"Black Sin Hammer 37 passed the challenge," Senior Protector Blooddrought announced. The relief of not getting embarrassed outweighed her shock, making her voice a bit more energetic than usual.
The onlookers were pulled out of their stunned silence by her words and started to rapidly converse with each other via voice transmissions.
"By Ayuvar, what is he?" Overlord Cloudhorn asked General Regalia.
"Hope," General Regalia answered.
"Hope?" Overlord Cloudhorn asked as he felt his insides churn in discomfort.
Hope…
He had once felt hope, but it had been brutally crushed by the overwhelming power of the Demons. The only hope he had was keeping the status quo. As long as things didn't deteriorate further, he could die without regrets. After all, he had achieved everything he had set out to do.
He had been young and ambitious once. He had believed that he could change the world.
And then, reality had hit him hard.
