Humanity had been rejoicing about their silent build-up.
Two hundred and fifty high level awakeners, mostly level 9s and a sizable level 8s advanced to the next sub level.
While it's not a fundamental shift that would grant them unilateral victory, it certainly gave them a definitive edge that'd put them in a dominant position.
This was the first time in the history of humankind that they gained a definitive edge over the abyssals.
Their previous best was roughly equalling the abyssals, but still slightly inferior to them. But a threshold was crossed and humanity raced ahead.
Even if a war came, it'd be on their terms.
Or that's what they thought until the abyssals attacked.