As time passed, the founding ceremony slowly drew to a close. The final event was the military parade.
The Wizard Order, Knight Order, naval fleet, and other military forces displayed their strength.
The military parade had been scheduled last to accommodate Dunn's ascension ceremony.
After all, the duration of a legendary ascension ceremony was uncertain.
But the proceedings of the founding ceremony took a predictable amount of time.
If the founding ceremony ended before Dunn's ascension ceremony did, wouldn't that be a disaster?
Under these circumstances, they needed an event whose duration could be freely adjusted to control the timing of the founding ceremony.
The military parade served that purpose well.
By now, the Wizard Order, Knight Order, and other ground forces had all finished their reviews.
The five Legendary Battleships had also begun leading their fleets around the island for inspection, one after another.
Yet Dunn's ascension ceremony still showed no sign of ending. However, the aura emanating from him now already seemed to faintly surpass Karagon's back then.
Within the Storm Sea.
"What's going on? Why hasn't this brat finished ascending yet? Isn't this taking far too long? It's almost dark!"
The hot-tempered Pantos frowned as he spoke.
"Could his consciousness have become lost in his consciousness sea?"
Another figure spoke with some hesitation.
"How could that be? This brat could kill Karagon, so his will attribute must be above 20. No one with a will attribute above 20 has ever failed to ascend because they became lost."
"Then what's going on with him? This ceremony has lasted several times longer than mine did."
"Still, this brat did have foresight. This founding ceremony has lasted almost an entire day, and it's still going."
"There are only two possibilities for an ascension ceremony lasting this long."
Hohenheim suddenly