"As the first Saint—my father—discovered that our group existed.
"Soon, all the Saints learned about us.
"It wasn't difficult.
"For Saints who had retained their humanity, distinguishing their kind from among the thralls was simplicity itself.
"After a brief period of observation and thought,
"the Saints quickly made contact with us.
"Of course, there were a few bumps along the way.
"We couldn't accept the Saints' existence with just a few words.
"But those bumps were soon smoothed out.
"That was because the Rune Civilization survivors who had chosen to remain within their homeland could all be called pure people.
"As everyone knew, people free of the influence of various desires were often better able to make the right judgments!
"Thus, we quickly accepted the existence of the Saints.
"And we Rune Civilization survivors were greatly encouraged by this!
"Because this was hope!
"This hope wasn't confined to our thoughts. It was reflected even more in material terms.
20"Because every Saint was an individual with Level Ten Combat Power!
"This might have been related to the strength of their will during the thrall-conversion ritual—the more resolute their will, the more power they could withstand during the ritual.
"So every Saint was one of the Cthulhu Beasts' thralls' high-ranking members.
"They could independently command a certain number of thralls with Level Nine Combat Power.
"It was thanks to this, along with the generous support we received from neighboring civilizations, that the Rune Civilization survivors managed to gradually eliminate quite a few Cthulhu Beast thralls with Level Nine Combat Power.
"When the enemy's commander was secretly on our side, strategies like anticipating the enemy's moves, luring them into a trap, baiting them into splitting their forces, and using superior numbers against a smaller force worked every time!
"On top of that, whenever