Before the light screen, everyone watched the black pillar of light on the screen steadily shrink.
Everyone held their breath, waiting for the moment the black mist vanished.
They desperately wanted to know just what kind of important figure could make all these legendary gods and ghosts wait so respectfully.
Even Sakura Country's Great Sky Dog had been crushed into the dirt by a single sentence, unable to move!
Finally, after several seconds, the black mist vanished completely.
At the center of the altar stood someone clad entirely in black robes, their features impossible to make out.
Judging by the figure's build, however, they could roughly guess that he was male.
"Any experts here? Tell us who that is!"
"Experts, my ass! We can't even see him clearly. Who the hell knows who he is!"
"I know! He must be someone important!"
"Uh-huh. So you think you're funny?"
"Stop talking nonsense and look! Those people all seem shocked! Can they see his face?"
"Probably! Maybe it's an Instance setting, or maybe that big shot doesn't want to reveal his identity and deliberately made it so we can't see him, but those players can!"
"This suspense is killing me! I really want to know who he is!"
Yet while everyone in the real world was speculating...
The players gathered around the altar were all staring in shock at the important figure who had appeared there.
But contrary to the online viewers' guesses, they couldn't see his face either.
They were stunned because the instant this important figure appeared, a Heavenly Book had materialized along with him!
At the same time, many strange words and sounds rang in their ears.
They sounded like an ancient language, obscure and incomprehensible.
Yet somehow, the power within their bodies kept changing along with those strong,