Chapter 65 The Saint is Coming_2

Humans of the next epoch will understand history thus—because of two gods who created humanity, humans were born, and then they moved desperately towards extinction. This is the true history.

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The Mortal Realm.

The air was thick with panic and sorrow among the crowd as, starting two months prior, mortals contaminated with disease began to die off one after another.

This calamity, different from natural disasters and wild beasts, sparked greater fear among humans, for the unseen was far more unnerving than the seen.

Fear stemmed from the unknown, and to calm people's hearts, the priests had to conduct three grand rituals to the gods in succession to provide a 'reasonable' explanation for the disaster.

They didn't expect any response; ever since the creator departed, communication between humans and gods seemed to have been severed. They intended only to appease the populace in the name of the gods, and then to pray for a swift end to this terrible plague.