Nimo heard Bowen's words and hurried to argue, but when he tried to speak, he couldn't think of what to say. He opened his mouth, then finally closed it and fell silent.
After venting his anger, Leiding had calmed down. He carefully thought back over what had happened before and after the conflict, then suddenly found something strange. "Nimo, Ers, Bowen, when did you hear that the Death Chief Sovereign and the Water Chief Sovereign were on friendly terms? After something so serious happened to Lincoln today, she didn't stay in the Fire Divine Plane. Instead, she came all the way to the Water Divine Plane to meddle. Something's off."
Bowen also realized it. "Water Sovereigns have always avoided the Death Chief Sovereign. Who's ever heard of one provoking her on purpose? The Underworld still doesn't have a single Water Sovereign stationed there."
Nimo's attention shifted, and his anger faded. "Could she have found out we planned to kill Valeria?"
Leiding shook his head. "It wouldn't be hard to guess that we'd fight Valeria. After years of preparation, there's already plenty of bad blood between us and Valeria. They're all trivial matters, but they add up, so a fight would be perfectly reasonable. But there's no way they could guess who would kill whom. They don't understand the power of our Combined Innate Divine Ability."
Ers laughed angrily. "Then she can't have come to protect us!"
"Of course not. We're not close." Since neither his elder brother nor second sister seemed inclined to answer, Bowen had to respond.
Leiding thought for a moment. "In any case, there's something strange about this. Hunting a Chief Sovereign is risky enough as it is, so we should be even more cautious."
Nimo, Ers, and Bowen nodded silently.
Orf chuckled. "Augusta, you don't understand