Saintess Hayley had drawn widespread attention ever since entering the preliminaries.
Dark and the others sincerely hoped that this war hero could extend her life once more.
However, the effects of the "Gift of God" varied from person to person, and everyone received different enhancements. They had no way of knowing what kind of gift Hayley would receive.
Moreover, with Mephis's example before them, there was no guarantee that she would receive the favor of one of the Twelve Heavenly Gods.
Yet a divine phantom soon emerged within the pillar of light. The "War God," Ares!
"Bloody Saintess" Hayley Saint Meredith had received the favor of the "War God," Ares!
Though she herself might have preferred the favor of the "Fire God," Hephaestus, being chosen by a Heavenly God was still better than not being chosen at all.
Unable to conceal her excitement, she gladly accepted it and offered the War God the highest tribute. Even though the "War God," Ares, did not have a particularly good reputation in myth and legend.
After all, the Holy Church had long possessed the inheritance of the "War God's Soul," so they knew him quite well.
Ares was merely "a bloodthirsty Demon King of slaughter and a conqueror of defended Castles."
War, mutiny, slaughter, and riots.
Ares was the symbol of strength and power, a god of human calamity who was inherently murderous, bloody, and violent.
He stood at the opposite extreme from Apollo, the "Guardian God of Humanity," and bore the worst reputation among Bolobos's Twelve Heavenly Gods.
But he was also the embodiment of martial spirit, the faith of countless warriors, rather than a purely crazed killer.
Though accusations that he was an "Evil God" had always existed, the fact that he was one of the Twelve Heavenly Gods was equally