Coordination

The aura Klein had once sensed through The Travels of Grosell outside Bayam was pouring from the black vortex above the isolated island. Even above the Gray Fog, it made his blood run cold.

And unlike the Black Giant Hand that had descended on Bayam, a gigantic, strangely shaped tree was about to take form inside the vortex. Its branches were made of countless swaying arms.

Every arm was as powerful as the Black Giant Hand from that day!

"There's no doubt about it. This is the Rose School's attack on Angel. They used some kind of Sacrificial Ritual to summon Suah, the Abomination, out of thin air. And this time, it might be his true body..."

Through the Gray Fog and his connection to the Crimson Star representing Angel, Klein saw the corpses strewn beneath the vortex and the various Werewolves and wraiths transformed by the black raindrops. He immediately understood.

He instinctively looked behind his high-backed chair, his gaze moving over Creeping Hunger, the Luck Stealer Charm, and the other pieces of The Fool's Collection before finally settling on the Sea God's Scepter.

Combined with the Tyrant card, it was the strongest attack he could directly wield.

But that's only at the Demigod level, and it still lacks a trace of divinity that's truly my own. It would barely be enough against Angel. What could it possibly do to an Abomination who would undoubtedly be Sequence 1 once he descended...?

He beckoned the scepter studded with azure gemstones into his hand and picked up the face-down Card of Blasphemy with the other. As it merged into his body, an aura of terrifying majesty enveloped the long bronze table. The Fool became a Pope in a triple Diadem and a deep-blue robe.

The newly minted Sea Emperor raised his