He Wasn't a Peerless Beauty

In just a few short days, the extent of the world's changes had exceeded everyone's imagination.

King of Conquerors Iskandar had returned to Greece and become its new king.

King of Heroes Gilgamesh had remained on this island nation. However, overnight, he had built himself a resplendent palace and frequently appeared in the media. Every day, people from all over the world gathered there, hoping to join the Divine Realm.

Meanwhile.

Lorelei and the others had also regrouped the magi of the Aristocratic Faction. Every magus had reached an unprecedented level of fervor in their wishes. Unfortunately, no matter how they prayed, pleaded, or drew Badges, they still received no response from Shen Mo.

Although Shen Mo judged people by their wishes, if wishes alone were the only requirement, there would be countless qualified people across the various worlds.

That was why this was only a closed beta for now.

Besides their wishes, they also needed to win Shen Mo's favor.

And this world was already more or less sufficient.

Shen Mo had little interest in these magi whose names he had never even learned. If they summoned more Heroic Spirits, though, they could help increase the number of closed-beta players.

Unfortunately.

This world was temporarily unable to summon Heroic Spirits anymore.

The two Counter Forces had already realized that they had been toyed with. With the Contract in place, they could do nothing to Shen Mo, whose strength had greatly increased, but they were absolutely unwilling to send any more Heroic Spirits into this world.

As for why it was only "temporarily"—

Shen Mo's strength would not stop here. There would be plenty of opportunities in the future. At the very least, in his estimation, once the open beta began, not a single Heroic Spirit would escape.

In short.