The Ten Most Moving Figures of the Deep Sea: "The Selfless One," Three-and-a-Half Measures

The moment Dagon was "incinerated," the mermen—already being steadily beaten back on the front lines by the Transians, who had gone into overdrive, and the merfolk—collapsed on the spot.

It was as if they had suddenly lost every reason to fight. With their trademark shrill, gibbering cries, the mermen turned and ran.

Their utter cowardice earned the pursuers' scorn. Veteran players who had taken part in the Black Calamity easily recognized the scene: it was just like when the Gnolls had fallen apart after the Lord of the Hunt was killed.

This kind of mass mental collapse, rooted in faith, was practically identical across every race.

It also confirmed to the players that the ridiculously powerful evil god Dagon really was dead. It had been a textbook "plot kill," but after enduring "BOSS hell," the players couldn't even be bothered to complain that Dagon had died without ever showing up. The old evil god had nearly broken them just by sending so many powerful followers. If the evil god had actually appeared on the main battlefield, the players might really have faced a mass "shameful stream-ending."

Of course, Dagon's death wasn't a reason to celebrate, because the same thing was happening to the merfolk.

As the mermen broke and ran, many devout merfolk suddenly went limp and collapsed.

It wasn't because they were tired. The sight of the Deep Sea Celestial Venerable "suffering" in the Primordial Flame, appearing before them, had deeply shaken their minds. They mistakenly thought their own god had perished alongside the evil god.

But then, the voice of faith from the Deep Sea Divine Kingdom flowed into the mourners' minds like a gentle stream, seamlessly taking over and reviving them.

Right!

It was the Celestial Venerable's mortal incarnation who had died. The true Celestial Venerable was