Upon witnessing the death of the Divine Valkyrie, who was the ultimate symbol of hope for almost all of humanity for countless ages, humanity's mythical champion who appears only once every thousand years, the thousands of third-phase soldiers lost all their will and drive to fight.
If even their greatest symbol of hope and protection could be snuffed out like that, then why would they continue fighting? Even 4th-phase existences felt despair at that shocking sight.
Because the Valkyrie's death was no simple matter; it was equivalent to the death of humanity's future protection.
The weak and strong, everyone on the Unified Armies' side, were drowning in hopelessness. Powerhouses in mid-battle dropped to their knees; that was just how much of a silent pillar of support the existence of the Valkyrie was.
