The air seemed to freeze.
Furina stopped eating cake, too. She blinked her big eyes, looking from Gu Yuena to Neuvillette and back again.
Neuvillette neither agreed right away nor refused.
He merely turned his head slightly and watched the flowing lights below, in Skywater City.
He was thinking.
Not about how powerful Asura God was.
To him, the so-called Asura God was merely an usurper who had stolen part of someone else's authority.
He was thinking about the cost-benefit ratio.
If he didn't protect Gu Yuena, the Soul Beast Clan would inevitably revolt out of fear, or be purged by the Divine Realm.
When that happened, the continent would be devastated, with countless dead and wounded.
The land would be strewn with corpses, and seawater would flood inland.
It was the kind of chaotic scene he least wanted to see.
Besides, if he had to clean up every mess caused by the fighting one by one, the paperwork alone would pile up until it filled all of Palais Mermonia.
Far too much trouble.
By contrast, if he protected Gu Yuena,
having an obedient Lord of Soul Beasts on hand would save him a great deal of administrative hassle.
As for that Asura God...
He would have to be dealt with sooner or later anyway.
Those exalted gods interfered with the mortal world as they pleased. That alone was the greatest desecration of "justice."
With that thought, Neuvillette turned his gaze back.
"Very well."
Two words.
Spoken as casually as if it were nothing.
Gu Yuena raised her head sharply, her eyes alight with surprise.
"You agree?"
Neuvillette gave a slight nod.
"If we are to establish a new order, then naturally, the old and corrupt rules must be swept away."
"The so-called Divine Realm is nothing more than a