"Very good. You will surely rejoice over the choice you made today."
Nalant nodded in satisfaction.
After that, the high priests summoned back the Divine Kingdom Guards they had dismissed earlier.
Then they had the guards disarm this Flame Legion.
The soldiers of the Flame Legion were very obedient. After learning that the God of Flame had fallen, and that they had been abandoned by the other gods' legions as well...
They had no will left to fight.
That night, after the battlefield had been cleaned up, the Aio Continent Allied Army held a grand victory celebration.
Nalant was escorted by the high priests of the various divine kingdoms and seated in the place of honor.
"Baron Nalant, please accept the respect offered to you by our Great Forest Kingdom! That our divine kingdoms were still able to survive today is all due to you alone, Nalant!"
"That's right, Baron Nalant. Please also accept the respect offered to you by our Mother Earth Kingdom!"
"We offer Baron Nalant our highest respect!"
At the long banquet table, Nalant was undoubtedly the protagonist among protagonists.
If, in the past, the high priests of the various divine kingdoms had still treated Nalant as a relatively equal existence...
Then now, they had already elevated Nalant's status to something akin to that of a god.
After all, Nalant was now an existence capable of slaying gods.
"Heh, everyone, in this battle, I merely fulfilled my due responsibility, while all you high priests and guards were equally brave."
"Everyone in our allied army performed very well from top to bottom, so please don't single me out for praise, lest I grow arrogant."
Nalant, however, remained as modest as ever.
At once, a divine kingdom high priest said with a smile, "Baron Nalant, do you know what