Lambard was standing on the roof of his castle, looking in a specific direction in the distance.
There was too much distance between him and the Holy Priests, but still, he was able to see Elora and Thalia clearly. He looked quite upset, standing with his hands behind his back.
It hadn't been long since Elora and Thalia were in the city to take part in the Auction, and now they were here again. However, this ti they weren't here for anything good. It was evident that they were here to attack him.
A maid stood right beside Lambard, looking in the sa direction. Even though she was also very special, even she couldn't see Thalia and Elora clearly as she didn't have the Nun, which was helping improve Lambard's vision.
"They are waiting for more forces. It looks like they are really determined this ti," the maid comnted, being able to guess just why these people were waiting.
"They know we won't be able to attack them. They can certainly afford to take the ti they need," Lambard asserted. The city was one of his most powerful Nuns, but it was a defensive Nun.
All the defense chanisms were such that it couldn't attack anyone unless they were attacked first. The Churches knew about this. They knew that Lambard wasn't soone who could attack first, as his offensive power was quite weak when he ca out of his city.
If he was a Warlord inside the city, then he was only a decent warrior outside. That's also why he rarely left the city. He had Nuns that could be used to attack as well, but even they weren't strong enough to help him against such a force. That's also one of the reasons he wanted the Eye of Osiris that was kept at the Academy of Elents.
He only told Gabriel that he wanted the Eye of Osiris because he was interested in learning about the history through it, but even he didn't tell Gabriel one thing. His true goal wasn't just to learn about the history. His true aim was to use the history to his advantage.
He was called the Lord of Nuns, but even he knew that he didn't have enough Nuns. Only a fraction of all the Nuns had been found, and amongst the ones that weren't discovered yet, there were so really powerful Nuns.
He wanted more powerful Nuns! He wanted sothing that was on the sa level as the City of Abandon but on the offensive side. He wanted a powerful Nun that didn't restrict him to a place, and there were definitely many. He just needed to know where they were.
The best way to find those Nuns was by going through their history. He wanted to use the Eye of Osiris to see through the past of the Demigods to find out where they died. If anything, that was also the place where he could find their Nuns.
That's also why he was collecting any random item he could related to the Demigods, as he could use their essence to look at their lives and find the secrets that were unknown so far.
The Eye of Osiris was very important to him. That's also why he couldn't ignore the allure of receiving the eye of Osiris, even though it ant he was going to be offending many people by going through with the plan if he found it.
The greed of these items was too much for him. However, only now was he waking up from that greed. Not only did he not receive the Eye of Osiris, but instead, he received the wrath of these Churches, all thanks to Gabriel.
He was quite angry at Gabriel. All that guy had to do was steal the items and co to him, but instead, he went inside the Tower of Challenges.
"I don't understand one thing though." The maid had a question floating in her head for a long ti. She had wanted to ask it even before, but she didn't want to look stupid since Lambard made it seem like it was too obvious.
Before these people even attacked, Lambard already knew that the attack was coming.
"What thing?" Lambard asked.
"Why are they attacking us? Just because we had a link with the person who went there to steal sothing? The Academy probably already caught Gabriel. They will most probably recover all the Nuns as well. Then why is it that these people ca here to attack us?" the maid asked.
"Don't they know that a lot of their own people will die as well? Why break the status quo that was established when we sent the Church of Light back over such a small thing?
"Because they are idiots!" Lambard exclaid. "They think that the Church of Darkness has made a return and that they are in danger. They think I'm working with the Church of Darkness against them."
"Should we just tell them that they are wrong?" The maid asked.
Lambard couldn't help but shake his head in amusent. "Even if we told them now, do you think they'll believe us at this point? They want to remove all the threats, no matter how unlikely. There is only one way to send them back..."
"... By Crushing them!" He exclaid. "I don't care how many they bring! I don't care what reinforcents they call! If they think they can kill inside my own stronghold, then they're in for a surprise. They want a bloodbath... I'll give them a bloodbath!"
As Lambard made a declaration, lightning flashed in the sky, revealing his tall figure even more. There was a ring on each of his fingers, each having a different function. One of those rings was the Ring of Apophis that he had called back.
There also remained two pendants around his neck, each having a different gem attached to it. What was different was that this ti Lambard was also wearing so earrings.
Even when Lira arrived here last ti, Lambard hadn't been wearing as many Nuns as he did now. It was as if he was completely prepared for a war that was on the horizon.
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