‘What the hell is going on……? Why haven’t there been any updates or reports from Hell Hound?!’ Joshua was getting increasingly nervous. Normally, he wouldn’t have paid much attention if his subordinates were delayed in their reporting. This was because he knew that the Hell Hound team had always succeeded in carrying out its mission, even if the members had to take on large losses or be on the verge of being wiped out. However, the situation now was a bit different.

When he recalled what happened to him just a moment ago, Joshua could not help but feel his chest tighten. It had only been a few seconds, but the aura of a tremendous existence had swept past all the players on Earth. Moreover, there was a sudden, non-forecasted total solar eclipse, and the subsequent presence of an unfathomably powerful transcendent… The transcendent’s aura that swept past Joshua was much stronger than what he had ever felt from Athena.

Then, when a message appeared to notify all the players that the system would be permanently shut down, Joshua’s heart sank. The Joshua who always looked relaxed, who only showed a cold and cruel impression, was no longer present. Joshua intuitively knew that things were not turning out as he had initially planned. Moreover…

‘My Channel with Goddess Athena has been completely cut off!’ The powers and abilities that Athena had bestowed on him had all disappeared, so Joshua could not understand how or why he had these critical tools taken away. He...