Chapter 64: Death Toll
The next day...
Tenebrous Heaven, Amantha Mountains.
The six gods were present at a long black table, and on the table was Uniqueness of the Black Emperor and Justiciar, as well as three characteristics of Prince of Abolition.
Trunsoest, Alista, and Diana stood in front of the table, staring at the six gods and items on the table.
Trunsoest and Alista were summoned by the six gods, while Diana, the only archangel called up by the six gods, to represent the angels of the six gods as a whole.
"Your excellencies, Here are all the characteristics that we acquired during the war." Diana stated with a frail tone in her voice.
However, she still took the characteristics from the blue bag she was carrying and placed them on the table.
The characteristics of a Miracle Invoker, Trojan Horse of Destiny, two weather warlocks, one balancer, and one soothsayer were placed on the table.
The majority of it was obtained by slaying angels of noble families, while the soothsayer was an angel under Ouroboros.
Diana finally took the last characteristic and placed it. Unlike others, she specifically mentioned it.
"Hand of Order, Your Excellencies, it's a sequence 1 characteristic. Trunsoest gave it to us. It was previously in the possession of the Black Emperor." She looked at Trunsoest, who stood beside her.
Trunsoest nodded in acknowledgement, as he felt her gaze.
However, whether Diana, Trunsoest, and Alista, they were overcome with emotion in their hearts, as they gazed at everything on the table.
After all, it was a sight to behold that two Uniqueness, as well as four sequence 1 characteristics and many sequence 2 characteristics, were all on the same table.
Despite this, they saw that the gods were completely indifferent.
"How are our losses?" Leodero spoke up after a quick glance at the characteristics, pausing only on miracle invoker.
"Your Excellency, we lost one-third of our angels in the war." Diana looked at the Lord of Storms and said calmly, "We have retrieved all of the characteristics and they are being returned to the respective churches."
"That's a lot more than we expected." Lilith said this while rubbing her temples and digesting the astronomical numbers. Unlike the other gods, she was still somewhat concerned about lives of mortals. "We actually lost 1/5 of the northern continent's population during this war."
The other gods were indifferent; this was not because divinity affected them. They were immortals who had witnessed the fall of an entire civilization, and their feelings for mortals had long since faded.
"Your excellency, the total loss of life in the war is only 10 million." Alista continued, his tone and expression becoming solemn and grave, after noticing the concern of the earth mother.
"The remaining nine million were the result of the ascension of Primordial Demoness and the fall of the Black Emperor."
"A large number of people died suddenly as a result of fatal diseases that contaminated and instantly killed them."
"There were also minor accidents that resulted in many deaths. According to another report, people who had no prior health or mental problems appeared to die suddenly, without a clear cause. There have been numerous incidents like this."
"The situation becomes even more bizarre when some committed mass murders before taking their own lives."
"A large number of beyonders went out of control, turning them into mindless monsters with only the desire to destroy and kill. We're still not sure if this has anything to do with Primordial Demoness."
"And the Solomon Empire's capital, with nearly population of one million, was destroyed as a result of the black emperor's remains falling onto the city."
"Finally, we have a definitive report that the majority of the nine million deaths were primarily due to diseases."
Trunsoest, who was listening, stayed quiet. His hands were clenched, and his eyes were filled with anguish.
While, Aucuses who heard such figures remained indifferent. But, his thoughts wandered to his anchors.
His anchors are still fine; even though they were harmed, the damage was not severe. As, the Solomon Empire bore the brunt of the casualties in the war.
"You don't have to be concerned, Ombella." After fully hearing the report, Herabergan spoke up. "With time, the population will recover."
This was all he had to say to comfort her. It was the truth, even if it appeared cruel.
Lilith remained silent and looked at the other gods. She finally sighed and reclined in her seat.
"All right, let's move onto the next issue." Aucuses spoke while his gaze was drawn to Trunsoest. "The angel families."