The Temple's rewards came swiftly. Since priests had accompanied all the knights who took part in the battle, every knight's achievements had been accurately recorded.
As no one knew when the Zerg would arrive, a simple yet grand ceremony was held that afternoon before the planetary Portal in Tula Main City.
It was simple because there were too many recipients, leaving little time for each knight receiving an award. It was grand because hundreds of thousands of knights from across Tula Star had gathered here. Receiving awards on such an occasion was an immense honor.
Ordinary knights were not qualified to approach the award platform, but more than a dozen priests joined forces to cast a divine art, projecting the ground-level ceremony into the sky. Any knight near Tula Main City could watch the ceremony through the projection.
"Ten thousand years ago, the five great gods defeated the savage evil gods and brought peace and tranquility to this world. From that day onward, this world gained a unified name—God's Great World. Over the past ten thousand years, evil forces have continually sought to destroy the peace of this world and return God's Great World to that chaotic era.
"The Space Gate in the Chaotic Starfield was the work of the resurrecting evil gods, who sought to destroy our world by this means.
"The evil gods' schemes will fail, just as their countless attempts over the past ten thousand years have failed, because this world has you—the knights who protect it.
"Brave knights have defeated the evil gods time and again, shattering their plans time and again.
"In the Space Gate campaign, the knights once again displayed their fearless spirit of sacrifice. They won sufficient time for Guardian Star and Tula Star to prepare their defenses.
"Here, on behalf of the