The consciousnesses of those "angels" had been stripped away along with their shadows.
After an unknown number of years, both sides had become relatively independent entities. Some "angel" bodies had even spawned new consciousnesses.
Like the "Water Angel" Imprisoned within the "Orb of Truth," or the "Possessing Angel" summoned into the mortal world by Sister Lilyan...
That was right. Dark had already roughly determined the condition of that "Possessing Angel."
And the reason why the Holy Church had still failed to obtain much information after acquiring that "Possessing Angel" had also become clear.
Since that "Possessing Angel" was merely a new consciousness that had grown from the original body, there was naturally only so much information it could possess.
Even if the Holy Church hollowed out its brain, they would find nothing of value. Under such circumstances, even if they found a way to forcibly stitch the "angel" bodies back together with the shadows wandering the streets, it would only cause the "angels" to fall, perhaps even collapse completely.
If they lacked the ability, then they should not force the issue.
Dark shifted his gaze away from the pool and turned toward another enormous vat hanging in the air.
The vat was transparent, revealing the white liquid inside. It appeared white, but it actually contained an enormous amount of impurities. These did not come solely from the differing attributes of the "angels," but also from black pollutants that were clearly toxic.
Filtering out those pollutants was the primary purpose of the process.
Thus, if someone jumped into that white pool full of "angels," they would not only fail to absorb the angels' divine power, but would instead suffer toxic contamination.
However, the creatures currently existing within the Heavenly Court had all adapted to the presence of pollutants.
Most of them