The surface of the bath bubble that reflected the colorful light turned into a deep black, and then the neat glass windows of the Sodela Palace where the royal family was located and the spire towers surrounding the main building appeared.
Sure enough, it's there, let me see... Angel arched up excitedly and approached the bubble divination, Spirituality spread, following Anchor representing Trissy, approaching the corner of the palace.
But the next second, the divination screen was covered with a layer of black, and the palace, tower and a certain closed window disappeared in an instant. Finally, the whole bubble exploded with Angel's curiosity and dissipated in the dense water vapor in the bathroom.
Interrupted?
Angel's eyes became sharp. She knew that the palace where the royal family was located must be protected by the church and the military. Even an ordinary Saint would be difficult to spy on, but to guard against the sight of a "Catastrophe" Demoness who was proficient in divination, the other party would have to be at least a Angel, and it would have to be several special Pathways.
It shouldn't be the "Calamity" of Church of Storms's Sequence 2, otherwise he would most likely send a bolt of lightning from the air, and the royal family's "Balancer" would not be able to do so unless he expands the area to divide the battlefield. With this level of Anti-Divination ability... Angel recalled Evernight and Angel from the two major churches of Steam, and it was difficult to determine which one was taking turns Backlund.
Since the end of World War, Loen Kingdom has called in the attention of the Great Old One level in order to prevent the capital from being attacked again and to deal with the new Outer Deity believers in secret to perform sacrifices in time. It has abolished the previous regulations that did not allow "0" level Sealed Artifact and Angel to be permanent residents of Backlund. It learned from the practices of Intis's Trier and established the Guardian Angel rotation system.
Although before this, Angel knew that "Servant of Concealment" Arianna often came to this city, and the church most likely stored "Mother of the Sky", a living Sealed Artifact, underground in Saint Samuel Cathedral, but allowing Angel to settle in so openly can also indicate the tension of the situation to a certain extent.
In addition, Evernight and Storm reconciled with Church of the Earth Mother, who once invaded Loen but stopped the attack at the last moment, and allowed Church of Steam, who remained neutral in the war and therefore retained the right to preach, to continue to participate in the handling of extraordinary events. These are all measures to improve cooperation between churches.
"Moon" Emlyn once revealed on Tarot Club that Church of the Earth Mother has formed several extraordinary teams with Sanguine as the core at the request of Evernight and Church of Storms. They are similar to "Nighthawks" and "Mandated Punishers" and are responsible for handling the extraordinary events of South District, the bridge where Harvest Church is located, to deal with the increasing threats.
This makes Angel a little lucky that she was sent to the Southern Continent to exterminate the "Primordial Moon" believers instead of being tied to Backlund. These are trivial matters, otherwise just taking care of an urban area with five million people and responding to the prayers of Nighthawks and other official Beyonder would be overwhelming, let alone having time to take a bath here.
Alas, if you can't see it, you can't see it... She muttered silently, buried her body in the warm water, closed her eyes and continued to enjoy the bath time.
At least she is more comfortable than Angel who has to pay attention to the entire city at all times.
As soon as this disrespectful thought came to his mind, Angel noticed that a corner of the spacious and bright bathroom became dark, as if the light was swallowed up when it reached that area.
But no figure appeared inside the darkness.
It was Spirituality who was alert, maybe in a few seconds... Angel suddenly realized who it was, and immediately confirmed who the person was, his expression changed slightly, and he jumped up from the bathtub.
Before she could make any preparations, a figure suddenly came into view. It was "Servant of Concealment" Arianna who was wearing a linen robe with many stitching marks and a bark belt, with bare feet on the wet floor.
Under Angel's stunned gaze, this Church of Evernight's Angel's gaze lingered on her bare chest and waist for a moment, then moved away uncomfortably, and then the whole person disappeared as if it had been erased by an eraser.
He concealed His presence.
Angel took a deep breath, feeling that there were things she wanted to say but couldn't. Finally, she could only shake her head, walked out of the bathtub, and tapped her chest casually. Deep black flames surged out from her fingertips, clinging to her crystal clear skin and flowing down like a waterfall. While the moisture on her body surface was evaporated, it formed a black skirt that was not gorgeous, but dignified.
Black Flame solidifies quickly, and the appearance does not appear to be an illusory structure at all. Instead, it is similar to finely woven satin, reflecting luster under the light.
It's more convenient than changing clothes, but I'm completely empty, as if I'm running naked, and if someone touches me... Well, first he will go through the test of Flames of Destruction... Angel muttered a few words, glanced at the half-length mirror on the wall that was slightly blurred by water mist, and was very satisfied with his "dress".
This is almost the same image as her first Mystic Ritual, accommodating the "Demoness" card, except that a crown to match her long pale golden hair is missing.
But last time I was in the Spirit Body state to accommodate the image shown by Card of Blasphemy, but this time it is the real body, and it is the appearance of Angel that is close to Sequence 0... Could it be that the playing card that was probably made by Roselle in the mirror appeared to be the women's Roselle, but was actually based on me?
Before the thoughts that popped up in her mind dissipated, the figure of Arianna appeared in the corner again, with dark eyes that were calm and calm, as if it was not him who broke into the bathroom just now.
He must have done it on purpose. It was revenge for me spying on the royal family and trying to break through His protection... Angel curled his lips and left the bathroom first, taking Angel, who was silent but smiling, to the study. He occupied the soft and comfortable single sofa. Seeing Arianna coming to his side without any intention of sitting down, he asked:
"Arianna, are you on duty this month?"
"Three days ago, I succeeded Derlink·Augustus," Arianna replied in a tone that was so plain and almost emotionless, "There is no need to use honorifics for me, we are all Goddess's favored ones."
"Okay, Arianna."
Angel nodded and continued:
"I just wanted to see if my disciple was in the Sodela Palace. I didn't mean to spy on the royal family. I hope I didn't offend you."
But you offended me - she added with a look.
Being stared at by this pair of purple eyes that contained various emotions, Arianna looked away again, looking a little guilty. After a while, he sat on the sofa opposite. His bare feet were retracted under the robe, and his whole body seemed to have become smaller.
"She is talking to Edessak II to enhance feelings."
Angel, who had kept his existence secret to a certain extent, suddenly spoke.
It turns out that Trissy really went to see Edessak. To enhance feelings, could it be that they talked about bed... Angel's eyes lit up and he instinctively wanted to ask a few questions, but he lost interest again when he looked at Arianna's calm eyes.
"I hope they can negotiate satisfactorily."
She commented.
Arianna nodded slightly, agreed, and then continued:
"Is Witch Church planning to build a church in Backlund and conduct small-scale missionary work?"
"There is no such thing," Angel replied immediately to avoid misunderstanding between Arianna and Church of Evernight. "Coming to Backlund was Trissy's own request, and it is a private act."
Arianna said neither fast nor slow:
"I mean, you can do this."
Huh?
Angel felt a little confused in his heart.
Witch Church, who believes in "Angelica", currently only has a church in "Dream City" Partis deep in the Berserk Sea, and has developed almost everyone in the city into believers, giving Angel a stable Anchor, also plans to conduct appropriate missionary work in New City of Silver and Yarnam City, and build a second church in Bayam where Church of Storms gave way and Church of the Sea God moved in. Otherwise, there are no plans for expansion at the moment.
After all, she is just a Angel from Sequence 2. It is understandable that she should preach appropriately in order to stabilize her state and enrich her humanity. She also has a certain tacit understanding with churches such as Evernight and Storm. However, it would be a bit unruly to directly enter other Orthodox Church parishes to compete for believers.
Not only her, but "Church of the Fool" of Klein also follows this approach. The believers of New City of Silver were rescued by him from Forsaken Land of the Gods. Yanan is simply his own Marionette. The gradual replacement of Church of Storms by Bayam's Church of the Sea God is essentially part of the colony's regaining its autonomy and will not directly conflict with Orthodox Church.
But precisely because of this, Arianna's attitude made Angel confused.
As Church of Evernight's Angel, the candidate for the next pope, it's impossible that He doesn't know these things, but he still asked me directly whether I want to preach in Backlund... Could it be that both Sanguine and Sanguine were Just like the requirement to establish an extraordinary team, the official Beyonder of Backlund is so scarce that they all have the idea of Demigod such as Trissy and Helene?
We are just a small organization that has been established for less than a year...
Thinking of this, Angel was about to refuse, but he had doubts as he spoke.
She suspected that this was not Arianna's idea, or even Goddess Church's statement.
But Divine Revelation of Goddess.
Let me carry out a certain degree of preaching, accumulate followers and faith anchors, and prepare for continued promotion? Does this mean that Goddess has unabashedly supported me as Sequence 0, replacing "Primordial Demoness" Cheek? And now that the war has ended with Loen winning and Goddess gaining the greatest benefit, this also means that Lord of Storms, God of Steam, and Earth Mother Attitude... Angel's mind was spinning. He thought of his recent actions at the Southern Continent, Trier, and his trip to "Western Continent", and made some guesses.
Of course, another reason may also be because she herself, the Angel who has the blessing of "City of Calamity", now that Outer Deity has penetrated more and more frequently, her existence is almost equivalent to two to three ordinary Angel.
If this is the case, then her church in Backlund may really have to be put on the agenda and established as soon as possible.
Now I am the one who is short of manpower... She smiled self-deprecatingly, and then reported the results of the Southern Continent's actions to Arianna.
Semi-actively and semi-accidentally, "Abomination" Suah and "Chained God" Tolzna were trapped into Mirror World and severely damaged. After that, Southern Continent's operation to annihilate the "Primordial Moon" believers became extremely smooth. Of course, it will probably take a long time to find these believers hiding among ordinary people and eliminate them all.
Of course, the Outer Deity named "Mother Tree of Desire" will not sit still and wait for death. The "Chained God" he controls still has a copy of Sequence 1 Characteristic. Uniqueness, who also owns "Chained" Pathway, will cause a lot of trouble to Orthodox Church once it is completely contaminated and becomes a puppet.
Fortunately, in the previous battle, Angel discovered that King of Angel, who had lived from ancient times to the present, still had a bit of a rebellious spirit, and even tried to commit suicide under Angel's Chaos Vortex. This means that "Mother Tree of Desire" will no longer allow him a chance to move freely in the short term until it completely erodes Tolzna and turns him into an existence similar to Suah.
This process will take at least a few years, but as the penetration power of Outer Deity strengthens, it may be faster.
As for Suah, after he lost a copy of Sequence 2's characteristics, it would probably take more than a year to restore his previous power. Before that, Antigonus could cope with it relying on himself in Historical Void.
This gave Angel time to return to Backlund to rest and complete his other tasks.
During this short free time, she plans to go to "Samaritan Women's Spring" in Trier Underground Catacombs to retrieve the peripheral spring water, and help Mr. Azik repair his soul in batches, trying to get him to wake up in three months, that is, before the spring of 1352.
The staged repairs were mainly due to concerns about whether the repair speed would cause damage to Mr. Azik's soul. After all, this would condense the sleeping process that may last ten years into about one year. Even Azik himself was not sure whether it would have any negative effects.
During this period, she will also use "Corpse Oil Candle" to go to the Western Continent again to try to get this treasure from "Blood Emperor" Tudor Before the relics in the library are used up, establish stable connections inside and outside the seal, and try to facilitate communication between several God who may be promoted to "Great Old One" and the corresponding Dao Integrator.
At present, it seems that the one most likely to integrate "Sefirah" as soon as possible is undoubtedly Evernight Goddess. He has already collected three Pathway's, Sequence 1 Characteristic and Uniqueness, and is only missing "River of Eternal Darkness".
The other Pathway symbolized by Sefirah each have their own problems. Some God Adjacent Pathways are occupied by evil gods, some have almost belonged to the corresponding Outer Deity, some have not yet decided on True God, and some have suspected problems with their identities and status...
Angel can only tell the Dao Integrators of the Western Continent the situation truthfully and let them make their judgment.
Finally, it is her own strength improvement.
Angel already has a little idea about how to deal with "Primordial Demoness", but even with the help of other God, she must at least achieve a higher combat power than ordinary King of Angel with the help of Sefirah's power, so that she can truly survive in the hands of the most powerful Demoness.
In order to do this, the characteristics of Sequence 1 in the hands of "Pale Empress" are extremely important. Whether it is used for Switching Pathways or to accommodate some of the power of "River of Eternal Darkness", she must "borrow" this characteristic.
As for whether Sia Palenque Eggers is willing, she is no longer considering it.
"The most you can do is wait until Mr. Azik wakes up to persuade Pale Empress who is also Eggers Family... If there is no peaceful solution, then take action, but that will have to be delayed until early next year, until Klein's Marionette Town forms a corresponding area with Spirit World... If there is a real 'Mystic Seer' in Historical Projection to help, the operation will definitely go smoother."
Looking in the direction where Arianna had disappeared, Angel muttered silently.
"But Demoness Sect has been silent recently. Have they really evacuated from various cities as Tracy said? Amon and his brother have also disappeared without a trace, and the same is true for Zarathus. Have they given up fighting for 'Sefirah Castle', or are they planning something?"
Angel was a little worried when he thought of several "competitors" who had been eyeing Klein and made many attempts, but now had no movement.
Backlund Empress Borough, Sodela Palace.
In the luxurious bedroom that is as spacious as a ballroom, Edessak II is sitting on the sofa by the window, well dressed, with a faint smile on his face that is slightly more mature than when he took the throne a year ago, listening to the narration of Trissy who is wearing a black skirt and has long hair tied back on the opposite side of the coffee table.
The distress of editing Holy Bible alone late at night, the fear of secretly plagiarizing templates from other churches, the boredom of listening to various confessions from different believers, the panic of being discovered after secretly resting behind the altar...
He is a good listener, guiding Trissy to vent his emotions, and only express surprise or sympathy when needed. However, the latter usually lacks friends with whom he can communicate. Now that he has found someone to talk to, even the corners of his eyes and eyebrows stretch out, and he feels joy from the bottom of his heart.
It wasn't until the sky darkened outside the window that Trissy stopped her one-sided confession as if she had just woken up from a dream. She looked out the window, smiled a little cautiously, and said:
"It seems I should leave."
Although she said this, she had no intention of getting up from the sofa.
She is still like this, always duplicity... Edessak thought to himself, sighed softly, his eyes stayed on Trissy's beautiful face, and said:
"I'm getting married."
"Ah?" Trissy had a short question in the back of his throat, and then lowered his voice and asked, "Who is it?"
"It's not certain yet. It's the daughter of a certain Earl, or someone with similar status who is suitable but not involved in the interests of all parties. Georgina and Grove have urged her many times, and this is indeed my obligation and something I agreed to before I succeeded to the throne."
As King of Loen, whether he likes it or not, he has to leave a few heirs to prepare for the peaceful continuation of the royal power. As for who the mother of these Prince and Princess is, it doesn't matter at all under the balance of interests of many parties.
"Not sure? This is too childish..."
Trissy muttered and moved the corners of his mouth, wanting to laugh at the involuntary King in front of him, but he couldn't laugh at all.
Edessak laughed instead. He straightened his posture on the sofa and said in a deep voice:
"Actually, I have a definite candidate in mind.
"They may not agree, but I have fought for it. This is also one of the prerequisites for me to take over the throne and balance the interests of the church, the royal family and the military.
"Now, Trissy, can you guess who it is?"
Trissy was stunned, not expecting the topic to develop like this.
The next second, she raised her head and looked at the ceiling, frowned slightly, and then relaxed.
"What's wrong?"
Edessak asked curiously, only to find Trissy stood up from the sofa, walked around the coffee table, and came to her side.
"It's okay, I just felt like someone was peeking in here..."
"Maybe it's some big shot in the church. Now Backlund is under their protection all the time."
Edessak replied subconsciously, and soon found a smile on the beautiful face in front of him.
"No, I think it should be a kind, kind, and considerate Angel." Trissy raised the corners of his mouth and glanced at the ceiling again, "He will definitely not disturb us. This is Demoness's intuition."
Excuse us...Edessak was stunned for a moment.
The next second, all the lights in the room were shrouded in a deep black, and then completely extinguished.
PS: 2-in-1, no more today.