Source Quality...
Torzunah's gaze deepened slightly, but he withdrew it the next moment.
Source Quality was indeed the ladder leading above Sequence Zero, but it was not a source quality that could benefit him. Having once been controlled by the Desire Mother-Tree, he no longer had any pursuit of what lay above Sequence Zero.
Besides... twenty-two Sequence Zeros standing side by side, with no Sequence Zero above them and no Sequence One in the world—that was Shopkeeper Reed's vision.
Setting aside the lifesaving debt he owed the other party, as someone capable of dealing with the Desire Mother-Tree, even if someone above Sequence Zero truly appeared, they would probably be killed by him and dismembered into Sequence Zero Uniquenesses, right?
While mourning in advance for any being who might attempt to rise above Sequence Zero, Torzunah activated his ability and transferred the civilians within the mausoleum away through the spirit world.
With its upper camouflage ceiling ripped away, the mausoleum resembled a dug-up ant nest, exposing countless civilians laboring tirelessly like worker ants. Faced with such a drastic change, their first reaction was panic and screams.
But it was fine. After being teleported away, members of the Temperance Faction would be waiting at the destination to handle the subsequent soothing and relocation work.
At that moment, the mausoleum's guards had also reacted, emerging from all corners of the mausoleum.
Like soldier ants.
Their courage was commendable, but unfortunately... they were merely ants.
The aura of God's Corruption spread out, and the members of the Loen Royal Family emerging from all directions instantly froze in midair.
Corruption and curses silently entered their bodies, affecting their spirituality. At that moment, their flesh became the prison of their souls, and their consciousness could no longer freely control their bodies.
"Spirituality is forbidden here,