Targeted by the "knowledge" that had originally been pursuing Angel, the two Sequence 2 Sages hesitated for an instant. Even though they had long since become angels, they could not forget the pain and terror of being affected by the Hidden Sage's ravings and pursued by endless knowledge.
Taking advantage of that instant of change in Toriobo's and Letitia's expressions and mental states, Angel briefly entered and exited the Mirror World, appearing before the Dragon Scholar almost as if she had teleported. The black flame shortswords in her hands crossed as she slashed at her opponent.
The black flames imbued with the authority of chaos terrified Letitia, instantly snapping her out of her fear of the "knowledge." Several images obtained through the power of prophecy flashed through her mind. In some, she and her mask were cut in two with a single slash; in others, Flames of Destruction that annihilated spirit bodies and destroyed information engulfed her entire body. All of them pointed to an inescapable death.
But as a Sage, she still caught a glimmer of survival in the prophetic information. Without hesitation, she made the surface of the mask on her face light up, its two eye sockets flashing with pitch-black light.
This was a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact that the Moses Ascetic Order had obtained during the chaos of the Four Emperors War. Named Solomon's Mask, it appeared to be a mask cast from black gold, with extreme asymmetry between its left and right sides. One eye socket was large and the other small, half its nose bridge was sunken while the other half stood high, and its cheekbones and chin had chaotic shapes, brimming with indescribable madness.
With the Sealed Artifact, Letitia "magnified" the distance between herself and Angel, making the latter's unstoppable attack miss. She