They had thought that winning this war would bring everything to an end.
Yet what no one had expected was...
During the slaughter of the void creatures, many warriors were stained with their blood.
This foul substance could not be washed away with water alone.
Before long, warriors began to be infected by the power of the void, losing their minds and descending into madness.
At first, those infected warriors could still be stopped from committing evil by killing them.
But as time passed, more and more warriors lost their sanity after being infected by the power of the void.
"Even I kept hearing the whispers of the void in my ears."
As Sobek spoke, his teeth ground uncontrollably against each other.
He hated those damned void creatures.
Yet he also blamed himself for not having a strong enough will.
And at precisely that time, Ascension Day arrived.
"So I made a decision that was both foolish and idiotic."
Sobek clenched his teeth and slammed his tightly balled fist into the ground.
A spiderweb-like crack instantly spread across the surface.
He had thought he could rely on his willpower to suppress the madness within his body.
So he had not told Anubis about his condition.
As for the infected warriors, Anubis sealed them away one by one.
They placed their hopes in the King's ascension.
"At the time, we all believed that once the King completed the ascension ritual, he would gain supreme divine power."
"He would become a true god."
Strictly speaking, although famed figures such as Sobek and Anubis were revered by humans as gods, their strength was merely at the demigod level.
Only an ascended king could reach true godhood.
Because of this, everyone believed that the Ascended King could completely eradicate the power of the void.