Unfortunately, Lady of the Night informed the Rune Civilization that, as a Level 9 Deity Creature, she could not defeat a Cthulhu Beast, which possessed a life level of 10 from the moment it was born. She could not accept the Rune Civilization's terms.
Humanity was one of the most resilient civilizations!
The Rune Civilization did not despair.
Under the leadership of its upper echelons, it tirelessly sought a way to overcome the calamity.
Unfortunately, the Cthulhu Beast gave them no more time.
Not long after the Rune Civilization made contact with Lady of the Night,
the Cthulhu Beast absorbed the immense amount of negative emotions from the Rune Civilization's minds—humanity was also one of the civilizations that produced the most negative emotions!
Before the Rune Civilization could find a new way to fight the Cthulhu Beast,
the Cthulhu Beast matured!
Overnight, a new Old One descended upon the material world and occupied the territory of the Rune Civilization!
Along with the mental pollution from a Level 11 Legendary creature,
almost all members of the Rune Civilization perished!
Only a tiny number of its members survived the mental pollution, became the Cthulhu Beast's dependents, and continued to live in a different form.
Moreover, because Lady of the Night's specialized divine domain was Secrecy,
although she could not face the Cthulhu Beast in direct combat, Lady of the Night still successfully used her power of Secrecy to protect a tiny number of devout followers within the Rune Civilization from the Cthulhu Beast's mental pollution.
This preserved a glimmer of hope for the Rune Civilization.
Faced with the immensely powerful Cthulhu Beast, the Rune Civilization's survivors realized that revenge was impossible in the short term. Even so, they did not give up!
A small number of survivors chose to travel to other