A whole year has passed in the blink of an eye!
Nothing had changed around the North Sea. It was still inaccessible to enter or leave this area, and the forces that had been watching it before were still there.
The last ones to join the 'party' had arrived and started their work of study and observation.
Meanwhile, the powers around the world were beginning to understand what was happening in the north.
Extraterrestrial forces had arrived in the world and were hiding in the central part of the North Sea. These invading forces were not peaceful and would attack everyone in the Spiritual World in the near future.
As for the phenomena around the North Sea, they were part of the enemy's defense system, a protection that prevented the local forces from entering that sea area to understand better what was going on.
Aware of this, the most powerful forces in the world were full of uncertainty about the future, unsure if they would still have to worry about the ice age.
No one needed to see the alien robots to understand that they were more technologically advanced than the forces of the Spiritual World. Just observing how the aliens could control the entire North Sea was enough for everyone to understand.
The enemies had powerful methods of controlling territory, and they probably had powers that were harder to fight than the forces of this world!
Thus, powers such as the Pantheon of Honor were already preparing for the war to defend the world, and talks had already begun among the major powers of the Divine Continent to form a coalition.
At the same time, more powerful groups were sent to the North Sea during this time, with each power monitoring the area and preparing to confront their enemies.
If they were hiding now, it meant that they would act sooner or later. When that time came, it would be time for the strongest in the world to act together!
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While more than 200 Demigods between levels 93 and 98 were watching him at various places in the North Sea, a golden flash of lightning appeared in the sky above the capital of the Eastern Empire.
When that happened, the sky, which had been blue with a few white clouds here and there, suddenly changed color and became completely golden, while the density of spiritual energy over that city suddenly increased.
A rainbow appeared in the sky, and the Nature Laws difficult to absorb in most of the Spiritual World suddenly condensed over this city and made their way to the imperial palace.
The people in the streets of that city felt that everything around them suddenly changed, and they looked up to the sky and saw golden rays of light coming from the heavens toward the imperial palace.
Sensing the spiritual richness of the environment, the most talented and intelligent people didn't care whether they were standing in the middle of the street or going out to do something meaningful. Many just sat where they were and began to meditate!
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the palace, all the guard members at that moment were on their knees, looking in the direction where the rainbow and the golden ray of light were going.
If you followed the direction of those two special phenomena, you would end up in the main garden of the imperial palace, where there was a kind of portal in the middle of the garden, and space was distorted in the middle of it.
On the outskirts, all the soldiers and family members who were there at that moment were facing the direction of the portal's exit, all with their knees bent as they looked in that direction with eyes full of emotion.
Just as the special effects around the place began to fade, the portal vibrated, and a blond man stepped out.
"Your Majesty, welcome back!" Everyone said at the same time. "Congratulations on reaching level 100!!"
Upon hearing this, the young-looking blond man smiled while a golden, semi-transparent spiritual fluctuation covered his body, radiating the cultivation pressure of a God!
After years of trying, Vico Travisani had become the first of this generation to reach level 100, the first God in the Spiritual World since the last of them disappeared tens of thousands of years ago!
Vico was thrilled with himself, but he was more interested in the war with Maximillian, whom he wanted to eliminate immediately.
So he asked. "How is the war going? Where is Maximilian?"
"Your Majesty, Maximilian Flamen is in the Seraphim Spatial Kingdom still trying to reach the 11th stage. As for the war, a lot has happened in the past few years, so I'm afraid Your Majesty needs to catch it up." A level 98 man said as he stood up and threw something in Vico's direction.
He saw that Demigod threw him a copy of his most important memories, which could be absorbed and quickly make someone like him understand years of events in a single moment.
Closing his eyes for a moment, Vico understood many things that had happened since he began his seclusion, from the ice age that was about to happen to the most recent event at the North Pole.
Seeing this last part of what his trusted subordinate had told him, Vico became more serious, for even to him, the situation in the North Sea seemed rather strange.
"Minos Stuart... Involved in another disaster? That brat really has a rotten finger. Everything he gets involved in turns out to be terrible." He muttered as he clenched his fists, a little undecided about what he should do now that he had this information.
On the one hand, this seemed like the ideal time to end the war and kill Maximilian. On the other hand, the situation in the North Sea seemed to demand his full attention.
There was also the information that the strongest elf in the world was trying to reach level 100, and a Divine Medicine matured in the depths of the South Sea.
Considering this, Vico felt that he was only the first of the Gods of this new generation and could not act grandly or carelessly.
'First, I'll look at the North Sea. Then I'll see you, Maximilian.' He decided before looking at his people and floating into the air.
"I will visit the North Sea. I'll see what exactly is behind these intense spiritual phenomena in that area."
After saying these words, Vico moved so fast that no one there could follow what he had done. They just watched him disappear into thin air.
But everyone who stayed behind was more confident about the future. With a God leading them, everything would be easier for them and their state!
While they stayed behind, Vico quickly crossed the Central Continent, arriving in the Black Plain Empire's End area in just a few minutes.
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