"Sea King" Ian Courtman watched Hermes's actions, a flicker of surprise passing through his deep-blue eyes as the faces of royal family members he knew surfaced in his mind for comparison with Hermes.
A newly ascended angel hidden by the royal family? Or someone from the Castiya Family over in Feysac?
But I should know every angel still active in the real world...
After pondering for a while and failing to figure out Hermes's identity, Ian Courtman temporarily set the matter aside.
Whether Hermes was an angel concealed by the Loen Royal Family or the Castiya Family, he could be an ally when facing these "Witches" and the Rose School of Thought's demigods—and had to be an ally.
Otherwise, even with a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact under his command, he had no confidence in facing so many demigods and angels, even if they were clearly hostile toward one another and would not coordinate at all.
This was Bayam, the Church of Storms' core diocese in the Sonia Sea. No losses could be permitted here.
With that thought, as though he had made a momentous decision, he spoke to Hermes. "Unknown angel, as long as you do not oppose the storms, I can work with you to punish these evildoers, and I will not pursue the matter of you breaking into Bayam and causing this chaos."
"Sure."
Hermes replied with a chuckle, then once more pronounced in that immensely authoritative voice, "Chaos in this place shall diminish, and order shall strengthen!"
"Evil shall be punished!"
The instant his words fell, Ian Courtman felt a force born of rules descend upon him, greatly weakening the effects of "mysticism weakened, reality enhanced" on his body.
Across from him, the several "Witches" and Jakes, the Rose School of Thought demigod, suffered punishment from the