Their worries were not unfounded.
The Painter was powerful.
But if more terrifying beings like the Nightmare King appeared, then even the Painter would eventually be unable to hold out against that endless succession of battles.
That dark cloud hung over everyone's heads like an immense black curtain.
Time flew by.
After the first full-scale war ended, everyone intensified their training, hoping to become stronger before the enemy launched another war.
But events never unfolded according to anyone's wishes.
Soon.
On the fifteenth day after the first war.
Across the Divine Realm, both among the Jailers and in Dark Night City, large-scale rebellions erupted within their ranks at the same time, as though planned long in advance.
The rebellion had devastating consequences. More than a dozen Jailers were killed in surprise attacks. Although Silver Fantasy's atomic network warned Dark Night City the moment the rebellion erupted, several Demigods still fell. But the greatest consequence of the incident was the severe damage inflicted on the Time Bubble Lynn had left behind.
This meant they would struggle to keep using accelerated time to achieve the astonishing training results they once had.
In that battle.
While trying to stop them from destroying the Time Bubble, the Captain suffered grievous injuries. His Demigod body shattered, and even his primordial source was severely damaged.
His teacher descended.
At that moment.
Only then did the people of Dark Night City understand why the Captain had been the first among them to become a Demigod back in Hell. He had been granted permission, because the deity who embodied death still existed and held a high position among the Jailers.
He was a withered old man whose eyes bore the indelible traces of countless years.
The Captain had already been his student dozens of epochs ago, and before