Syrien instinctively turned to look in the direction the shadow on the ground had come running from.
A tall, heavy suit of silver armor was charging toward them.
A large patch of dried blood stained the area slanting down from its left shoulder. Syrien sensed the dense Spirituality within it, as well as a will so mad that even time could not wear it away.
Klein glanced at the bloodstained silver armor that had suddenly appeared, then said in a low voice, "That's Sealed Artifact 1-42 from the Church of Evernight. It was transferred here from somewhere else specifically to deal with the Desire Apostle. It's very dangerous. Leave quickly."
He ended the summon at once and vanished from the spot.
Feeling the gaze of the bloodstained silver armor fall on him, Syrien's Spirituality went wild with warnings. It seemed that in the next moment, an attack he couldn't predict would cut him to pieces.
Suppressing the unease in his heart, he asked with a smile, "Could you pretend you didn't see me and let me take his Characteristic?"
Sssshk!
Fine silver-white swords erupted from his body, blossoming like a flower of blades and slicing him to pieces from the inside out.
The figure Syrien had been cut into didn't fall as flesh and blood. Instead, it broke apart into countless scraps of painted paper.
At the nearby corner, the darkness that had shrouded it fell like a curtain, revealing Syrien's figure.
He curled his lips and smiled at the bloodstained silver armor across from him, which had attacked without a word. Then he took a Monocle from his pocket and brought it up to his eye.
The air seemed to freeze in silence for an instant.
Then Syrien felt an indescribable sense of relief. The Trickmaster Characteristic contained in