"We pray to the Land Martial God!"
"We pray to the Sky Martial God!"
"We pray to the Sea Martial God!"
With the sky turning dark, the echoes of the prayers reverberated throughout the temple grounds.
Eyes closed, hands clasped in front of them, and mouths moving, the hundreds of students continued to chant their prayers in unison.
They had been doing it for close to an hour already, and they were starting to get thirsty, with some of them even starting to lose their voice.
"…"
Kiernan mouthed the prayers only, without actually saying them out loud, and Aoi noticed it, having to suppress her giggles.
At that moment, the sun hid behind the horizon, and the sky turned pitch dark. When that happened, everyone stopped praying, and the gong of the temple rang out once.
"Praying shall stop! The martial gods of the sky, land, and sea are welcoming us into their home, and with that done, we shall entertain them with the tournament of the dojos!"
