Chapter 1195: Belonging
Although the Church of the God of Combat and the Einhorn family chose to stand on Adam’s side in this contest over "0-08," they clearly did not invest much strength.
Take, for example, the "Duke of Graycastle," Wimbledon Einhorn, who had summoned the power of the "Duke of Blood," Yaldabaoth, and Archbishop Ivan, who had allowed the projection of the Inquisition’s Chief Judge, the "Glory" Boris, to descend before Ebner Bryan...
They—and the existences backing them—were themselves mbers of the "Twilight Hermit Order." They were double agents. Even if they were lost in this struggle, it would not be a major loss to the Church of the God of Combat or the Einhorn family.
As for the true core demigods and angels of the Church of the God of Combat and the Einhorn family, not a single one of them had co...
After all, the God of Combat personally stepping in to block the Lord of Storms was already a favor great enough.
But in truth, even Wimbledon and Ivan, along with the Yaldabaoth and Boris behind them, although mbers of the "Twilight Hermit Order" and nominally Adam’s subordinates, likewise did not go all out.
On the surface, the projections of the "Sage" Bernadette and the "Black Saintess" dea on Ebner Bryan’s side seed to be fighting fiercely with their opponents, but in reality both sides had a great "tacit understanding," only using "historical projections" to clash against "power phantoms"...
Ebner Bryan himself, just like Wimbledon and Ivan, was rely in a standoff.
The three of them even watched the "Avengers" besieging Ince Zangwill while chatting and comnting.
"The item in the chivalrous thief ’Black Emperor’s’ hand is ’Creeping Hunger,’ right? Heh, it seems his true identity is Gehrman Sparrow!" Archbishop Ivan said. As soone who had originally been an Adjudication Knight of the Inquisition, he was naturally familiar with all kinds of intelligence, so he recognized Klein’s disguise at a glance.
"That half-giant girl’s outfit reminds
of Roselle... Mm, he once had similar designs... Don’t look at
like that. The reason I know this is because, under Lord Yaldabaoth’s introduction, I have so acquaintance with the ’King of the Five Seas,’ Nast. I heard these things from him." Wimbledon Einhorn said this, then glanced at Ebner Bryan opposite him and continued, "Since we won’t be able to decide a winner anyti soon anyway, why don’t we guess who ’0-08’ will end up belonging to?"
It was precisely because they judged that it was impossible to defeat Ebner Bryan in a short ti and break through this hall, whose rules had already been established by the "Hand of Order" that they were acting so "slack."
After all, even if they went all out and paid a price, they still would not catch up to the battle between the "Visionary Angel" and the "Angel of Fate," so why bother working hard? Might as well just lie flat!
—Of course, the above was Ebner Bryan summarizing their ntality for them.
Hearing Wimbledon’s question, Ebner Bryan smiled and said, "Haven’t you noticed? ’0-08’ has already been taken!"
"Huh? That’s true!" Ivan reacted first. His "Demon-Hunting Eye" opened, and he imdiately saw the figure under "psychological invisibility" who had quietly swapped the feather pen while Ince entered his "mythological form" and his mind fell into brief madness.
That figure then very quickly handed the "stolen" ’0-08’ to a "giant dragon" that had entered reality from the "Mind World"!
The giant dragon did not hesitate at all. The mont it obtained ’0-08,’ it swallowed it whole in one gulp.
"What is that...?" Wimbledon frowned and asked.
"That is the ’Dragon King,’ the ancient god Ankewelt... While Adam was unable to spare attention, He swallowed ’0-08,’ advanced to Sequence 1, and will certainly seek refuge with an orthodox god afterward... Your plans this ti have ’fallen through,’" Ebner Bryan said calmly, as if stating a simple fact.
However, he only said your plans had fallen through—he did not say that Adam’s plans had.
"In that case... there’s no longer any need for us to fight?" Wimbledon chuckled.
He did not feel much disappointnt. After all, as a mber of the Einhorn family, although he had joined the "Twilight Hermit Order," his heart still leaned more toward his own family.
Ivan was the sa. He had co only because of a mission, and the enemy was indeed extrely strong. Every arrangent made by the chairman seed to have been—thwarted—and failure could hardly be blad on him.
Thus, the three exchanged a look and, with tacit understanding, withdrew their respective "angel-level" powers.
As Ebner Bryan let the projections dissipate, he looked at the figure who had offered ’0-08’ to the "Dragon King" Ankewelt and pondered inwardly:
So it was Miss "Greed" who made the move... She’s been controlled by the "Dragon King"? Since when? No wonder she previously paid such close attention to Ince and to ’0-08’.
Mm, most likely during that battle where "Lust" was set up...
Using Miss "Greed" to swap out the "Quill of Alzuhod"—perhaps that old dragon, after seeing the power hidden behind , felt that having soone around
do this would have a higher success rate? Because many who know of my existence would give
so "face"...
Heh, that really is sothing that old dragon would do!
Of course, that’s only on the surface—or rather, that’s the misdirection given to others... As for the truth, hehe...
...
At the sa ti, after witnessing the "Dragon King" Ankewelt devour the "Quill of Alzuhod" and quickly leave the scene, "Greed" Ksenia suddenly looked toward the window of a nearby building, pursed her lips, and said:
"Closfia, co out!
"I know that starting from the exhibition hall, you’ve been following
the whole ti."
A sigh sounded. Closfia lifted her "psychological invisibility," walked in front of Ksenia, and asked expressionlessly, "When did you break free of my control?"
Ksenia glanced at her and said irritably, "Switch personalities. You being this ’cold’ makes
feel a bit uncomfortable!"
Only then did she answer Closfia’s question:
"The personality you controlled has always been there... it’s just that, with that lord’s help, I replaced the main personality with a virtual personality.
"But whenever I was with you, I would temporarily switch back to the controlled personality... that’s why you never noticed."
"So that’s how it was!" Closfia nodded thoughtfully, then smoothly switched back to her own main personality. She curled her lips and congratulated her playfully, "Congratulations on gaining your freedom!"
"Freedom? What freedom do I have?" To her surprise, "Greed" Ksenia gave a bitter smile. "My current personality is still in a ’hypnotized’ state...
"After this, I’ll be given by that lord to Ebner Bryan... as a thank-you gift.
"I rember that I was already given to him once by you back then... and now it’s happening again... this is really awful!"
(End of the Chapter)
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