And now, he, Faldeus, had not only provoked those lunatics from the Holy Church, but had also sent someone to stab the "Lord" whose descent they had just confirmed, right in front of them, inside their church.
As he racked his brains over how to handle this, the subordinate beside him responsible for monitoring Snowfield City suddenly let out a scream. "Someone... someone is approaching the main passage!"
Faldeus immediately raised his head and looked at the surveillance feed displaying the main passage.
The main passage was long, with heavy alloy walls on both sides. It should originally have been filled with infrared sensors and automated defensive machine guns, but now, the barrels of those guns had all been sliced to pieces by Black Keys and lay scattered across the floor.
At the end of the passage, a figure was walking toward them at an unhurried pace.
Faldeus froze for a moment.
He had expected to see a whole force of Executors in black vestments, charging in like a pack of rabid dogs to tear them apart. Yet contrary to his expectations, there was only one person.
She was a blue-haired girl in black vestments who looked no older than sixteen, with three Black Keys held between the fingers of each hand. Her steps were exceptionally steady, every stride precisely the same length.
As the seemingly sixteen-year-old girl drew closer, the surveillance cameras not only captured her image, but also picked up her voice:
"Ask of Me, and I shall give thee the nations for thine inheritance."
"And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."
"Thou shalt break them with a rod of black iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
"Therefore, O kings, show yourselves and receive the teaching of the Judge of