Borrowing a Hen to Lay Eggs

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With a light tap of Samael's fingertip, the projections of the seven figures marked with question marks gradually lit up. The text beneath them, blacked out and obscured by Aether Light Flow, appeared one by one, granting them titles akin to classes and revealing the true identities of the seven mysterious helpers who had appeared in the Persian camp.

Lancer: Vritra, the Demon God of Snakes—or evil dragon and King of the Asuras—described in the Rigveda, Mahabharata, and other texts. She was also a native Persian deity, possessing extremely powerful immortality and dragon traits. It was recommended that Sigurd assist in dealing with her...

Archer: King David (lightly wounded), the king of ancient Israel and one favored by God. His weapon was the sound waves produced by playing psalms on a harp. Beware the stone lock behind him; it contained a trace of divine power over fate, granting a guaranteed-hit effect, and was also especially effective against giants...

Assassin: Cain (severely wounded), a kinslayer and ancestor of sinners. He excelled at throwing daggers and transforming blood into swarms of bats. As he was protected by the God of the Jews, he could, when necessary, reflect damage sevenfold... The giant Grendel slain by the Norse Dragon Slayer Beowulf seemed to have been Cain's descendant. Beowulf's traits might have effects specifically targeting Cain's lineage...

Caster: Queen of Sheba, who appeared in texts such as the Old Testament (Books of Kings) and the New Testament. It was said that she ruled the Kingdom of Sheba, south of Jerusalem, a queen shrouded in countless mysteries. She had once brought vast tribute to Jerusalem to seek guidance from the sage King Solomon of Israel.

She posed three riddles to Solomon, but he saw through every one of them. Legend held that the two had