(Execution Livestream Continuation, Across the Universe)
For a while, as the Cult army stalled against the warriors of the Third Ring, the Righteous Faction's citizens began to believe once again that their army could win this war, because for the first time since the execution broadcast began, the terrifying momentum that had shaken entire star systems no longer felt unstoppable.
"Get in there! Don't let those monsters advance!"
"This is it… we've got them in a chokehold."
"This is as far as they go…."
Cheers rose across planets, stations, and sanctuaries, echoing through public squares and private chambers alike, as citizens who had been watching in dread now leaned forward with renewed hope, fists clenched and voices raised, as the image of Transcendent-tier defenders holding firm fed into a collective belief that the worst might finally be over.
"Come on, brave soldiers! Crush the Cult completely!"
