Ovia raised her hand, signaling all the clergy hidden behind the secret door to withdraw first. The injured Red-Eyed Woman also retreated.
Sizzle~
Su Xiao put away the Boundary Severing Thread. Just as he landed, Amu came crashing down behind him.
Father, Guild Leader Rogesh, and Xiusiro approached from the front. As for whether Deathly Shadow Ovia was the fifth member of the Sun Gate Squad, that remained to be verified.
"Ovia, as proof of your sincerity in joining us, you'll have to show us the Solar Disc and prove that you're qualified to use it."
Father was playing the good guy. When he wasn't fighting, he really did resemble a kindly old man.
"Of course."
Ovia walked toward the inner part of the cathedral. The hem of her black-smoke dress dragged across the floor. Soon, she arrived before the wall at the very back.
This cathedral was where Father had tricked over two hundred contractors into their deaths. On the innermost wall stood five half-embedded stone sculptures, all in human form. Some had single horns, while others embraced the sun. The only thing they had in common was the circular mark on their chests.
Above the five sculptures half-embedded in the wall were engravings of five keys: the Judgment Scepter, the Sin-Repenting Thorn Whip, the Solar Disc, the Ouroboros Slate, and the Flame of the Heart.
The Solar Disc was in the center. Ovia stopped beneath its engraving. Black smoke lifted her up, and she pressed her slender fingers against the edge of the Solar Disc engraving and twisted.
Click~
A stone disc the size of a bowl was twisted free. In the next instant, Su Xiao, Bubu Wang, Amu, Baja, Guild Leader Rogesh, and Xiusiro all turned their eyes toward Father.
"Ahem~ Lady Ovia, may I ask something