"Demons? What does that have to do with that god?"
Shade asked in slight confusion, and the witch explained:
"Some people often confuse the evil god Stone Heart Demon with the ancient legendary demon Stone Mirror Demon, but they are completely different. The former is an ancient deity famous since the Second Epoch. When descending, it often uses stone statues rather than living people as vessels for saints; once it appears, any non-stone material nearby, whether physical or immaterial, turns to stone. The latter is an Evil Spirit Demon from the Third Epoch. It is quite ancient, enjoys playing with contracts, petrifies people's hearts before taking them away, and uses them to imprison souls. In this epoch, that demon even destroyed a kingdom in the southwest of the Old Continent through a cleverly crafted contract."
Shade had not known about that, after all, he had only been investigating the evil god.
"For the time being, we have no way to deal with the Evil God Order. The Orthodox Church will not let them succeed. The key now is still stopping the spread of Mad Earth. Thomas Granjay and Weilon Lathers definitely know more than we do. It's just that they do not seem willing to appear before the living so easily."
After Shade left the manor just now, Mr. Lathers's soul had purified the earth at the black mud spring before immediately vanishing.
"Now that the Evil God Order has intervened, the future is becoming harder and harder to predict. The evil god Stone Heart Demon... Their activities in this area are most likely also for the Chosen Ones. We just don't know what they did tonight."
Because of the Butterfly God's warning, Shade carried even more gloom in his heart than Miss Benanis. The little flower with six pink-and-white