Another silence fell. Outside the arena, many people even held their breath, while some were trembling.
It was not fear, but a strange sense of exhilaration.
One person—or rather, a godlike person—was claiming the authority of an entire world with a single word. What overwhelming majesty!
Time slipped by quietly. At last, someone broke the silence.
"Agreed!"
"We agree too!"
"Agreed..."
The voices were neither orderly nor united, scattered and faint. There was no impassioned fervor in them; instead, they brimmed with compromise and helplessness.
Yet it was precisely this sight that stirred many onlookers even more.
When had humanity ever truly been of one mind?
Compromise before overwhelming power was humanity's true nature.
It was only that people had long grown used to compromise aimed at groups. This—an entire world compromising before one person—had never happened before.
The supreme powers of old had merely been men who could stand against a nation. But now, someone had truly reached the height of: I am the world!
No person, no force, could restrain him any longer.
The atmosphere in the arena was heavy and oppressive. At such a turning point in history, the outcome had, for now, undoubtedly ended with the world's defeat and compromise.
Among nearly ten thousand nations, great and small, not a single representative spoke in opposition.
History turned to a brand-new page, but at least for now, the beginning of that page was neither joyful nor pleasant.
Across the world, in countless places, different people faced this outcome with different feelings.
"On this day, history's greatest emperor united the world and was crowned king in just twenty minutes..."
"Celebrate! The greatest sovereign has been born! He will forge Immortality, he will create glory. From this day forth, the entire world will have only one voice—the King's voice—and