That was why the Holy Church spared no expense in creating "Artificial Saints." The emergence of every "Saint" would bring enormous changes to the balance of the world.
Though it was still unknown whether Pandora had become a "Saint" through miraculous "inheritance" or a later awakening, the fact that she was already the embryo of a "Saint" had been revealed.
However, Alvitr suspected that Pandora herself was unaware of it. After all, when ordinary humans awakened as "Saints," they could easily notice the change through the explosive growth of their strength.
Pandora, however, had possessed tremendous power from the very beginning. So far, that "Saint" bloodline had merely been the icing on the cake. Still, as a student of Saint Marian Academy, her changes should logically have escaped neither Principal Arte's notice... Well, Cynthia really was that kind of person.
If anyone else discovered a "Saint," they would certainly want to keep them firmly in their grasp. Cynthia St. Arte, however, would only let them develop as they pleased.
"So then, between the 'Holy Dragon' and the 'Zeus Fragment,' who will be the final victor?"
Using Devimon's Instant Transmission to arrive nearby, Dark watched Pandora and Quintina's increasingly fierce battle with a grave expression.
Quintina no longer looked exactly as she had in the Heavenly Court. She even differed somewhat from how she had appeared at the beginning of her duel with Chloe.
What was especially astonishing was that she seemed to have gained some rationality during her battle with Pandora.
That was, of course, not a good thing.
A god's consciousness and a god's soul were two different things. Put simply, consciousness was what was known as "intelligence." The flesh was the vessel of the soul, and the soul was the vessel of consciousness. Though Magic Spirits were called