Su Xiao picked up the Chapter of Greed from the dining table. As its holder, he could already sense that the equipment had been activated.
Su Xiao had been able to arrange Azathoth's consciousness to such an extent mainly by piecing together clue after clue.
After meeting the three Immortal Wizards, Su Xiao had noticed many irregularities. Laurent's first expedition against the Dominator, Sothoth, could barely be explained, since he had been the leader of that era.
Laurent had suffered a crushing defeat, and Dawn had taken over the Wizard Association. None of that seemed strange. What truly made Su Xiao sense something was wrong was Nia's appearance.
After the first expedition failed, the Dominator, Sothoth, had resided in a different space within Heru City. Bone Harbor was actually not far from the Wizard Association's Headquarters. It was practically under Sothoth's nose.
Dawn and the others had already been beaten so badly by Sothoth that they could barely find their bearings. Raising Nia under the enemy's nose was abnormal no matter how he looked at it. Or rather, someone had been assisting Dawn and the others from behind the scenes, without their knowledge.
Had Dawn not thought of that? No. She had thought of it long ago, but she wanted the Dominator, Sothoth, dead even more. That was precisely why Gus had called her obsessive.
Through Nia's existence, Su Xiao deduced that someone was manipulating everything from behind the scenes. During his battle with the Dominator, Sothoth, Su Xiao had obtained an important piece of information: a surname called Xius.
The old wizard was named Xius Archid. Su Xiao naturally did not believe that was a coincidence. According to Dawn, Nia's sword, "Remnant Moonlight," had been forged by the old wizard. In other words, only four people, plus one puppet,