"Hmm …"
After some time, Jenn opened his eyes and woke up. He shook his head, stood up, and surveyed his surroundings. Then, Jenn was dumbfounded.
What kind of place is this?
As far as the eye could see, what lay before Zayen was a boundless grassland. In the distance, he could see towering mountains and snow-capped mountain peaks.
Other than that, there was nothing else.
In fact, Jenn couldn't tell where he was. Only the few suns above his head allowed Jenn to believe that he was still in the Klein Continent. Otherwise, he would have thought that he had transmigrated to a godforsaken place.
But … this is going to be troublesome …
Looking at the system prompt, Jenn gritted his teeth.
Although he did not know what the Fate Slate meant by starting a new era, on Zayen's side, he had already deeply experienced the pain of a version upgrade.
That's right. With the completion of the Fate Ritual, Zayen's Dungeon System had been completely upgraded. However, it was hard to tell whether it was a positive upgrade or a negative one.
In fact, after Zayen did a cursory check, he found that his system had undergone an earth-shattering change.
Firstly, Jenn's Dungeon Core had been forcefully separated from the main plane.
This meant that Jenn's Dungeon was no longer in the Underdark Region, but in his own Divine Realm.
As long as Zayen closed his eyes, he could project his spirit into his Divine Territory, where he could carry out various constructions and upgrades.
But … on the other hand, Jenn was unable to construct and expand his Dungeon in the main plane.
In the past, no matter where Zayen went, he could first create goblins, then carve out a large piece of Dungeon territory, then build all kinds of buildings.
It was just like what he did in the wilderness. Now, Jenn couldn't do that because all of his Dungeon units had been forcefully teleported back to the Dungeon.
That's right. Whether it was a heroic unit like Patrina, or combat units like the Celestial Legion and Xenomorphs, they could only crawl in the dungeons of Zayen's Divine Realm.
Of course, there were benefits. At least, Jenn didn't have to worry about his Divine Realm being attacked by other Gods.
The downside was that his previous life of summoning a large group of thugs with just a wave of his hand was completely over.
The only ones that Jenn had left in the main plane were the Succubi like Olfen, Allie, and Tilly.
The problem was that Jenn couldn't contact them. In the past, Jenn could contact them with a single thought.
But now, Zayen had no way of communicating with them at all. It was a little like a cell phone that was too far away, resulting in poor signal. Occasionally, they could know each other's existence, but it was very difficult to further communicate in detail.
Fortunately, Jenn knew about the Fate Ritual, so he had assigned missions to everyone. Hence, he wasn't worried that there would be problems if he couldn't contact them.
On the contrary, the "upgrade" this time brought Zayen a lot of trouble. The only thing left for him now was the various attribute bonuses and spells that the dungeon's upgrade gave him.
Besides that, Jenn didn't have many additional benefits.
But this was not a problem for Zayen. In comparison, it was just like returning to the time when he first built the dungeon.
Compared to then, the current Dungeon's level was much higher, so the attribute enhancements were significant for Jenn.
Jenn was used to this kind of life. After all, he didn't rely on the Dungeon to obtain his first territory in the main plane. He obtained it through trickery.
It seemed like this was the Descent of the Saints.
Though it was Jenn's first time experiencing the Fate Ritual, based on his current situation, Jenn could roughly guess the situation of the other gods and demon kings.
First of all, they definitely couldn't return to their Celestial Territories using normal means.
Secondly, the gods could summon an army of gods to fight for them. It was now a thing of the past.
Now, they had to do everything by themselves or contact their believers in the main plane to do things for them …
Thinking of this, Zayen finally understood why the Demon Kings were basically watching the show and did not mind if things got out of hand.
The previous War of the Holy Saints was tragic, but that was because the gods of the Sky Kingdom had a large group of believers on the ground. Hence, even if the Saints descended, they could still recruit many people to listen to their commands and work for them.
But now, the situation was different. The Templar Church was completely destroyed, and more than half of the believers of the Nine Saints had died in the attack to destroy the Fate Ritual.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible for the gods of the Sky Kingdom to recruit a large group of believers like they did in the previous War of the Holy Saints.
This was because most of their loyal believers had died, and the remaining ones weren't that devout.
On the other hand, the evil cults of the demon kings had taken advantage of the previous incident to recruit believers. Though they weren't as strong as the Templar Church, as the Templar Church fell apart, the evil cults that lost the power to balance them grew stronger. In other words, now that the gods were forced to descend, they wouldn't be able to find so many lackeys to work for them.
On the other hand, after the Saints descended, the demon kings could gather a large group of believers. Hence, it was about time for them to turn the tables and take revenge.
It wasn't hard to imagine that the demon kings would gather their believers and sharpen their knives to slaughter the Nine Saints.
In the previous War of the Holy Saints, the Nine Saints had the upper hand. The other demon kings fled for their lives, and even the powerful Princess of the Netherworld had to behave cautiously under the pressure of the Nine Saints. Now that there was such a chance for revenge, they definitely wouldn't let it go.
As for whether the Nine Saints could escape from the butcher's knives … Well, only God knew.
Zayen even suspected that fate was fated to destroy the Nine Saints, now that the fate ritual had reached this stage. After all, from Zayen's point of view, the continent ruled by the Nine Saints had not developed much. Apart from the conflict between the Church of Holy See and the ruling class, both sides were only focused on fighting for power and profit, as well as "punishing evil and promoting good".
This obviously didn't fit the Ancient Deities's idea of developing this world.
For now, the best solution was to kill the Nine Saints and redistribute them.
Considering that the Lady Of The Night had once asked Stefania to support her plan in order to find a chance to kill Thom, the True Eye, Jenn suddenly felt that the possibility of this happening was very high.
It might even be the result of the Ancient Deities reaching a certain consensus. If not, no matter how powerful Stefania was, she was just the son of a demon king. It was impossible for her to find an Ancient Deity like the Lady Of The Night to endorse her plan.
So then …
"Big Brother …!"
"Big Brother!"
And just as Zayen began to think about what he should do next, suddenly, a shout rang in his ears. Then, Zayen looked towards the source of the sound, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.