A year passed very quickly in the Divine Protection Universe. During that time, Darian periodically checked the Celestia Academy galaxy, and the number of living people with karma inside it didn't change enough for him to notice any difference.
That meant the Celestial Shadow was truly keeping its word. Possibly, it didn't expect Darian to actually not attack, but since nothing really happened and the enemy didn't move either, it became clear that it had some method to try to recover a bit.
Because of that, Darian couldn't delay for too long.
On that day, an army of nearly one hundred million people waited in an immense courtyard.
Within that army, only a quarter was made up of Spiritual Guardians. Among them were immortals and also those with nine rings.
