Under the watchful eyes of all the guests, the Holy Son "Arthur" wore the Crown of Thorns atop his head and a white robe as he faced the hundred Temple Knights standing below the platform, his hands forming profound gestures.
Camael could see that the entire Spirit-Gathering Array was being stirred by those gestures. He secretly nodded. This "Arthur" truly deserved to be the human Raphael valued so highly. He could actually cause fluctuations in the grand array on this scale. It seemed there would be no problem at all with this Temple Knight conversion ceremony.
Tangible patterns of energy emerged in the air, spreading outward with Chen Rui at their center. The Crown of Thorns above his head radiated an intense white light.
Just as Vandis and the others believed the Divine Favor conversion ritual was about to begin, the white light suddenly rolled back in the opposite direction, converging into a single point. A strange image appeared in the space at that location.
It was an enormous, eerie "tree." What drew the eye was the human body "embedded" within the tree—a frail woman.
Her hands and feet had already fused with the tree, extending countless "roots" that spread through the void.
The strange sight startled everyone. What was this? Some special performance for the conversion ritual?
The first to react was the Holy Maiden Eudora, who had long harbored an ominous premonition. Her mind shook violently. She had never imagined that "Arthur" would reveal Tiffany's location at this investiture ceremony, under everyone's eyes!
How did he know about Tiffany?
What exactly was he trying to do?
They saw "Arthur" turn around and step upon some sort of staircase in the void, walking step by step toward the great tree fused with the woman. He paid no heed whatsoever