The instant the Black Armored Knight appeared, Angel recognized who he was.
Or rather, his "Sequence."
He was a "Black Knight" of the "Secrets Suppliant" Pathway, just like the Aurora Order demigod who had stood guard when Angel and Klein ambushed the order's "Mr. X," Louis Wien.
This puzzled her. Why was a "Black Knight," most likely a believer in the True Creator, at a secret location controlled by the Demoness Sect, where Demonesses of Despair completed a crucial step toward advancing to Sequence 3?
Could the cooperation between the Demoness Sect and the Aurora Order extend beyond their activities in Tingen City and Backlund, beyond human trafficking and the Great Smog, reaching even this deep?
Angel recalled Wensa saying that there would be no Unaging Demonesses at the Fountain of Youth.
No wonder she said that. So this island was entrusted to the Aurora Order to guard... Maintaining a calm expression, she slowly took a few steps back and lowered the hand holding her Straight Sword.
"You are..."
Worried that the Aurora Order and the Demoness Sect had a specific agreement, perhaps even requiring every Demoness of Despair who came here to present a token or password, she refrained from showing further hostility and asked a tentative question instead.
Seeing that Angel did not attack again, the Black Armored Knight rested both hands on the hilt of his Greatsword, which stood vertically with its tip driven into the earth. His tall, straight figure possessed an inexplicable dignity amid the dense jungle, making him look like a knight guarding a temple rather than a member of the Aurora Order cult.
"I was ordered to guard this island, drive away those who stumble upon it, and await the Demonesses who come here to advance."
His muffled voice emerged from behind a