"What's going on? Didn't they say this city once gave off sacred white light? Have any of you sensed a sacred aura nearby?"
"Nothing at all. Forget a sacred aura—even the lingering aura of an ordinary god isn't here."
"Do you think the key to opening the protective barrier in this city has already been taken by the God of Hunting's Allied Army?"
"Very possible. They suddenly left, so they must have obtained something. Otherwise, after holding out for so many days, why would they suddenly leave today?"
The gods who had found nothing within the city gathered together.
At a time like this, they naturally suspected that the God of Hunting's Allied Army had already taken away the key that could activate the protective barrier.
After all, they were already utterly convinced of that rumor.
Of course, at that moment, one god suddenly said in a low voice, "Everyone, is it possible that the God of Hunting felt that with so many of our allied armies forming an alliance to attack the city, there would be no benefit in continuing to hold out, so they left?"
"..." The assembled gods immediately fell silent.
Naturally, the gods had thought of this possibility.
It was just that, for the faint hope in their hearts, along with their unwillingness to accept that their losses over the past days had all turned into useless effort, no one had brought it up.
And this god who had voiced that view had to be said to be a true oddity among them.
Of course, although the gods guessed that the God of Hunting might have taken away the crucial item within the city, this was a city they had only managed to capture with great difficulty, so they were naturally reluctant to leave just like