In normal times, this would have been a cause for celebration. Every abyssal lord dreamed of a day without a ruler looming over them.
But for this to happen on the eve of an Unhallowed invasion was nothing short of a catastrophe.
Without a powerhouse of at least the fourth demigod stage to lead the defense, Orion was certain that most factions were already drawing up evacuation plans. He himself had considered a strategic withdrawal to the seventh layer, or even back to the Abyss, Fifth Layer, to weather the storm. He had kept these thoughts to himself, of course, to maintain morale.
The return of a Ruler to the sixth layer was a good thing. It meant order.
But it was also a blaring siren, signaling that the arrival of the Unhallowed was no longer a distant threat, but an imminent reality.
