Ultimately, they had been misled by past experience.
The previous Dream Walkers had fought the Enemy of Humanity in dreams for who knew how long and had long since understood the monsters' patterns of behavior.
Simply put, the monsters were merely dim-witted beasts. What was truly difficult to deal with were the Enemy of Humanity's various rules. The monsters could be lured away with simple tactics.
The Enemy of Humanity clearly understood the allied forces' ingrained way of thinking. It directly exploited that point, seizing the opportunity to strike the allied forces hard.
If it had been the civilization from Theus's memories, such a devastating blow might have left it beyond saving. Unfortunately for the Enemy of Humanity, this time the entire continent stood united.
The allied forces quickly held the line, covering one another as they pulled back most of the wounded. Then, fighting as they retreated, they forcibly dragged the battle line back into a stalemate.
This caused a slight shift in Angelita's thinking—she had originally believed that the Dream Walkers were the main force in this war, while the allied army was incapable of inflicting effective damage on the gods and was merely there to make up the numbers.
Although she had never gone so far as to cause trouble, she had not placed the allied army first either, seeing them only as a supporting force. Now, she finally threw her full support behind the allied forces and began coordinating everything as one.
"Have the Blackstone Weapons been tested?"
"They have. Although there still aren't many of them, every one we've tried so far has worked. Very effectively!"
At that, Angelita could not help but smile.
The fact that gods could not be harmed by mortals had always weighed on everyone's hearts like a mountain. Although Blackstone