Barbosa, having been berated bloody by the Pen of Judgment, was clearly a little dazed.
He stood there, seemingly at a loss.
The Pen of Judgment bared its teeth and cursed about the bad luck.
The alchemists, meanwhile, were shocked by the accusation Barbosa had raised.
Babeila's disappearance had practically become an open secret in Stephenson.
Generally speaking, after being missing for so long, everyone had concluded that the Great Prophet had died in some accident.
Of course, there was still a certain chance that she was alive. After all, Legendary Magicians occasionally wandered into other dimensions for a while, only to have temporal turbulence mess up their biological clocks. Such things had indeed happened in history.
At first, perhaps some people had still been searching for Babeila.
But as time passed, those people gradually slackened off.
If Ansu Li had not reopened Halse Palace this time, Stephenson's natives would have nearly forgotten the Great Prophet once renowned for her wisdom.
But no matter what, Barbosa's accusation was unreasonable.
When something happened to a prophet of Stephenson, the wizards' first suspects would definitely be those people from the Celestial God Kingdom. Further down the list would be ancient evil gods, Abyssal Lords, or Greater Devils!
In terms of suspicion regarding Babeila's disappearance, Ansu Li, who was also a guardian of Stephenson, would certainly rank behind a great many others.
Some alchemists would even rather pin the mystery of Babeila's disappearance on the Shadow Realm than suspect Ansu Li!
Yet Barbosa had raised such a judgment in public!
His words themselves were even more outrageous than the Pen of Judgment's awkward behavior.
"The Pen of Judgment cannot judge me."
Ansu Li's tone was calm yet domineering.
"Sorry to disappoint you."
"This is one of the privileges of a Supreme Magician."