What We Should Have Done Back Then, but Now It Was Too Late

Silver Moon Calendar, 2023. New Year.

It had been 1,100 years since Twilight Saintess Vivian was burned at the stake, and the fundamental contradictions within the three major churches—whose lower voices Alice had deliberately silenced—finally erupted.

Having cleared all gods from their respective spheres of influence, the fanatics of the three major deities finally turned their eyes toward one another.

They suddenly realized that they stood at a crossroads in history.

As long as they took one step forward, their names would go down in history.

As long as they eliminated the remaining two foreign gods, the deity they worshipped would become the first sole god in Dawn Continent's history.

Then, the entire continent would worship only our Lord.

For followers of any monotheistic faith, that held an astonishing temptation.

More than a thousand years ago, the gods had revived after the gods' twilight ended.

To prevent the story of Twilight Bishop Claude exploiting their conflicts and defeating them one by one from happening again, the gods had formed an alliance that ensured mutual aid.

However, the desire for divinity was carved deep into the souls of gods.

As Lady of Daybreak launched her war against the Lord of the Blazing Sun, the tacit understanding between the gods was broken as well.

Several more centuries passed.

The devouring of divinity had reached its final and most crucial stage.

Only three gods remained.

Who would emerge victorious in the end?

Madness.

All the fanatics had gone mad.

At Alice's call, they would fight to the death for their own gods.

The warriors of the War God Church roared as they climbed the walls of the Rowling Empire.

The Empire's nobles were simply gunned down to the last.

At the most dangerous moment, Alice even saw smoke rising beside the Thunder Church.