The Great Era

"'Saints'?"

Sulu stood at the highest point in the world, looking down upon its changes.

The so-called "saint" system was, in essence, the plundering of other creatures' supernatural power.

However, the flora and fauna mutated by the collapse of the Magic Net were stable and orderly.

The powers of monsters contaminated by gods—especially those created by Montichi—were chaotic and disorderly.

Thus, these bloodline abilities came to be divided into righteous and evil.

"In essence... they're actually the same thing."

"And in the later stages... magic power will only grow weaker and weaker. If humanity overhunts as well, magical creatures might even go extinct. By then, they'll probably have no choice but to turn their eyes toward monsters... after all, the gods' contamination will continue forever!"

Sulu felt a headache coming on. "This world will still turn toward chaos and madness... tracing it back to the source, it's because the Laplace World was originally forged from Demon flesh and blood..."

"Still... civilization keeps advancing, even if there are setbacks..."

His gaze became tranquil, and the changes of the entire world seemed to accelerate at once.

He saw Phil and Tannasha rise to power, unify the Land of Chaos, and confront the Holy Sees of the east and west.

In the end, they each founded a nation, dividing the human continent into three.

The three newly established powers were the Forest Kingdom in the northeast, the Talin Kingdom in the northwest, and the Free City-State Alliance formed from the southern Land of Chaos.

These three nations warred with one another, fighting over the continent's resources.

Among them, the Free City-State Alliance, lacking divine support, was the most chaotic and the weakest. Had the two great kingdoms not kept each other in check, it would likely have been destroyed long ago.

Even so,