Italy.
At the ruins of Pompeii, inside the largest Beast Arena in the center of the city.
The white-bearded old man known as the Moon Priest stood atop a stone platform in the middle of the arena, dressed in an ancient wizard's robe.
His expression was solemn.
Before him stood a massive iron cauldron four meters in diameter, with blazing firewood burning beneath it.
The cauldron was filled with a thick black substance resembling boiling asphalt, bubbles of viscous sludge constantly rising to the surface.
On a wooden platform beside the cauldron.
The alluring woman with a belt strapped over her mouth was slowly stirring it with a wooden stick.
She was the woman the white-bearded man had repeatedly ravaged, using her to indulge his beastly desires whenever and wherever he pleased.
But now, after all that torment, her face was pale and she looked utterly drained.
Fabio, standing behind the white-bearded old man, had eyes gleaming with excitement.
He was filled with anticipation, for he was about to witness the Moon Priest's ancient secret art once again.
Once.
This very secret art had displayed miraculous power, helping the Fabio family locate oil fields buried underground time and again.
Fabio's Argos family had risen step by step to become global oil magnates through such methods.
"Finding oil is merely the most rudimentary application of my Astrology Secret Art."
The white-bearded old man said contemptuously, "Today, I will use it to observe the stars and see what our opponent is capable of—that man who can make contact with another world, the one that slut Lisa calls Liu Di."
Fabio wore a look of worship, then broke into a sinister grin.
That arrogant Man in White!
This time, with the Moon Priest and so many underground warriors making their move, he would