The Game between the champions spanning the eighteen organisms hadn't just restarted in this moment.
No, the heirs of the Ineffable Pantheon hadn't wrapped up their journeys right at the eight-millennia mark. Instead, over half the year had drifted past—a blink of an eye for beings like them.
But it was also just enough time for everything to finally settle in.
From the moment Ash stepped out of Pantheos, he was under watch.
As he defeated the champion, obliterated the High Dimension of the Venus Plane, and everything else that unfolded in such a short span, eyes followed his every move.
Now, seeing him in person and hearing his voice, they couldn't help but be taken aback.
Everyone in the chamber looked between Ash and his line of sight — which rested on both Luna and Ancestor Seeker.
