Edward and Esna, who had finally been able to absorb the rest of Gilbalar's divine spark and break through to the Epic Realm, did the same too with other countries.
On a side note, Esna's breakthrough finally made her capable of temporarily restraining her racial passive weakening effect temporarily like Arthur could, though she could do this for a lesser amount of time.
She could also now select specific targets she wanted to restrict the weakening effect to, increasing the individual percentage of the weakening in the case of multiple targets.
This was a welcome upgrade as now the problem of her weakening the allied Benevolent gods in battle had been solved.
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The Empire's Eastern Border
Planet Gade
Varona Realm
October 11th
Year 717 of the 50th General Calendar.