Taking stock of the lambs

From Luther's perspective, Trissy Cheek was a dark, Degeneration Filth, and simply looking at her caused him intense pain. He didn't want to risk using the Tide for such a reason, so he had the unaffected Klein communicate with her.

Judging from the outcome of the communication, this Demoness seems to be able to become their ally.

"In other words, she wants revenge for Prince Edessak, and like us, she wants to stop George III from becoming a god..." After listening to Klein's explanation, Luther nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "Do you think she's credible?"

"Trissy is cunning and treacherous. She once acted as an 'Instigator' on the Clover, manipulating people and causing a bloody tragedy. Logically speaking, one shouldn't trust someone like her..." Klein hesitated before saying, "But my Spiritual Intuition tells me that she's not lying."

He also seemed very hesitant and planned to verify it later through Divination.

"Yes, I agree with your intuition."

Luther nodded and said, "Actually, I met her once before. At that time, she was investigating the secrets of the Royal Family..."

He was referring to the time when, as Senior Deacon of the Church of Evernight, he went to Feysac to stop the war. At that time Leonard and Miss Daly encountered a mass incident on the ship, and the two groups, instigated by the incident, almost broke into a brutal fight. Trissy followed the clues and infiltrated the ship, only to be mistaken by Leonard as the mastermind behind it all.

"But even so, we must be careful when dealing with her."

Luther warned, "The aura of evil god emanating from her is terrifyingly strong..."

With Shepherd's instinct, he sensed that the other party was already Sequence 4 Beyonder. It's hard to say that Trissy's rapid advancement was not directly related to the influence of the "Primordial Demoness".

After a brief discussion, the two decided to cooperate with Trissy to a certain extent. For example, they would share some intelligence and work together to prevent George III from holding the Ritual. "You're just letting me off the hook like that?"

Trissy naturally wouldn't refuse; on the contrary, she was surprised that the Blood Bishop had spared her life.

"Get out of here quickly, before I change my mind."

Luther said coldly.

Trissy clearly bears the marks of a "Primordial Demoness," and excessive contact might cause what lies dormant within her to erupt. He didn't want to provoke an evil god unnecessarily.

After Trissy left, the street fell silent once more, leaving only Luther and Klein.

What are your plans for the future?

"Klein asked."

"I'm going to sail with the 'Queen Mystic' to find Roselle’s Mausoleum and see if our time-traveling predecessor is still alive," Luther said. "If we can bring him out and resurrect him as the 'Black Emperor,' George III's plan will fall apart."

That would be best, of course.

Klein agreed, but also looked worried. "But you must be careful. Judging from Roselle's diaries in his old age, he may have suffered Concealment corruption... There might be another reason why he cannot be resurrected."

"Understood, I'll keep an eye on it," Luther said. "Then, keep a close eye on Backlund's situation during this time."

After exchanging a few more words, the two said their goodbyes. Luther returned to the sea, Klein returned to his manor.

Later that day, Luther finally received a reply from the "Queen Mystic," Bernadette. The letter was very simple, written in the Queen's elegant handwriting:

"I will be setting sail soon, and the journey may be extremely dangerous. If you decide to come with me, please wait for me on the island outside Emerald City on Tuesday afternoon."

Tuesday?

That is, the day after the Tarot Club ended... Luther thought to himself, having a general idea in mind that perhaps the Queen planned to obtain some more information from Mr. Fool in order to make a final judgment.

While waiting for Tuesday, he had a rare moment of leisure.

Luther planned to make good use of this time to sort out the various Lamb and Beyonder Item he possessed. Before this, he had been busy traveling around and killing people, and many things were in a mess. Finally, he had a chance to take stock of them.

First, the Lamb.

After advancing to Sequence 3, Luther can now Grazing 13 Lamb. However, many of these Lamb Grazing in the early stages, and their Sequence are low and their strength is insufficient, so keeping them is no longer appropriate.

Among them, he Grazing four Sequence 3 Lamb: "Death Announcer", "Blatherer" from the "Devil" Pathway;

Demigod of the Feysac Church of the God of Combat, the "Silver Knight" of the "Warrior" Pathway;

Prince Grove, Demigod the Loen Royal Family, the "Chaos Hunter" of the "Arbiter" Pathway;

And the recently Grazing "White Demoness" Katarina, and the "Demoness of Unaging" through the "Assassin" Pathway.

He herded three sequence 4 lambs:

Qonas, the Deputy Director of MI9, is known as the "Fallen Earl" through the "Black Emperor" Pathway.

Demigod Lamb stolen from "Saint Tenebrous" Kisma, a "Shaman King" through the "Vampire" Pathway;

And Pallez's gifts after clearing out Amon, the rat Demigod, Lola Jacob, the "Parasite" of the "Marauder" Pathway.

As for the remaining Lamb, they were all from lower Sequence.

Luther decided to keep only the Demigod- level Lamb, namely those of Sequence 4 and Sequence 3, and clear out the rest. He opened his palms and, in the cold, howling wind, released the tormented souls one by one.

"Ah..."

"It's finally over..." The souls, freed from Luther's control, immediately showed expressions of relief, dissipating into the air without needing any Purification.

The first Lamb Soul to emerge was the "Faceless," whom he Grazing for the first time; then came Steve, the "Wraith" of the "Rose School of Thought"; two "Desire Apostle" (Beria, who failed to assassinate Duke Negan, and Gilles Ais the Slaughterer); and Mr. A...

Oh right, we can't let Mr. A go.

Luther reacted immediately, tightening his grip and grabbing Mr. A's neck.

"Aaaaaah!! Why!!!"

Mr. A, who thought he was about to be free, was eagerly trying to squeeze out when Luther forcibly stopped him, and the hope on his face immediately turned into utter despair.

"Because I hold grudges."

Luther sneered, "You'd better stay inside me and enjoy yourself, and wait to see the day I drag your master down from the Cross."

"No—Lord, please punish the blasphemers..."

Amid Mr. A's unwilling roar, Luther once again forcibly pushed him back into the Slot.

Not to mention that Mr. A 'Grazing "Scribe" still retains the ability to "Travel," his own grudge against Luther makes him willing to waste a Slot to make the other party continue to suffer in his body.

At this point, Luther had a total of 8 Lamb inside him, leaving 5 empty spaces.