At this very moment.
In the "Corridor" region of the Land of Gods—Tuoyalan, beneath the massive cross-shaped Gate of Lion, a man and a woman stood silently.
The short-haired golden-haired man in a red cloak leaned on an oak cane, while the long-haired girl in a white dress had pure white wings growing from her back. Both gazed up at the sky.
At the golden meteor shower filling the heavens.
"Mr. Omer... He's gone..."
Morning Day Jerman, the July Apostle, said blankly.
His voice was filled with disbelief.
Beside him, Angel's eyes had reddened. She pressed her lips together without saying a word.
After a while.
The girl finally said through sobs:
"We'll never see Him again."
The two had waited bitterly for a thousand years, hoping that one day they might meet their teacher again and listen to His teachings... Yet all that had awaited them was the meteor shower formed from His spirituality after His laws had been stripped away.
It was dazzling, yet heartbreaking.
Just then, they suddenly heard a voice—a familiar voice—softly whispering by their ears in a gentle tone.
The two July Apostles could not help but freeze.
Their expressions abruptly shifted, as though they were weeping and laughing, grieving and rejoicing. In the end, it all turned into a trace of relief.
"We will never betray your trust!"
Angel declared firmly, her voice trembling.
"Goodbye, sir—!"
"You intend to use the world's return to its primordial state to summon the legendary 'leap month,' then ascend as the Leap-Month Hour-God?!"
Inside a simple wooden cabin in the Silent Land, the red-haired young man asked in surprise.
Before him were only Tolina and Gilan, seated in his wheelchair.
"Mm."
Gilan nodded calmly.
He had only told Tolina and William, the two Hour-Gods, about his