While Minos' people were settling his affairs in the Divine Continent, the Supreme Pontiff of the Spiritual Church had brought forward the beginning of his seclusion.
It was not in his plans to go into seclusion so soon. Still, with Maximillian's steady growth of influence over the factions of the Church, Duncan had decided weeks ago to go early to the Seraph Spatial Kingdom to become a God.
His only chance to stop Maximillian and such a man's destructive interests was to advance to the 11th stage.
Fortunately, the Divine medicine of his Spatial Kingdom had completed its last maturation stage a few weeks ago, finally enabling him to begin his attempt!
After Duncan's departure, what prevented Maximillian from engaging in a war with Vico and his allies had disappeared.
Thus, within a few weeks, the already dire situation in the southern part of the continent had worsened, and finally, the war between the south and west had begun!
