Hearing Isaac's name, Theus could not help but freeze.
Isaac had become one of the world's exceedingly rare dual-pathway Transcendents due to an accident, and had thus resolved to take revenge on the Holy See.
Dual-pathway Transcendents were immensely powerful. Only [Named Ones] could surpass them; ordinary Transcendents, regardless of their pathway, found it difficult to contend with them.
Wait, why did it feel like this immensely powerful dual-pathway Transcendent got beaten up every time he made a move?
Thinking it over carefully, it seemed that Isaac had either faced [Named Ones] like Lina or Jules, who was also dual-pathway... He really never fought low-tier opponents; everyone he encountered was someone he could not beat.
Could it be... Theus could not help frowning.
Isaac's dual pathways were [Nymph] and [Investigator]. The Investigator pathway had one small flaw: its users occasionally had rather poor luck.
Could this misfortune debuff really be that powerful?
He was still affected even as a dual-pathway Transcendent?
"My lord, Isaac vanished while carrying out a mission some time ago. We kept sending people to investigate, but received no news... So he had been taken by the Holy See."
Theus knew about this. He had personally given the order to find Isaac. Frey had infiltrated Rhine intending to search for clues, only to run into the Untouchables by a twist of fate.
"We later guessed that Isaac had been captured by the Holy See. It seems that was indeed the case. We just never expected him to defect..." Zoe sighed.
"What exactly is the situation? Like Beatrice, is he merely a puppet pushed to the forefront?"
"This news has only just emerged, and our understanding of the Holy See is quite limited. In fact, nearly all our attempts to infiltrate it have failed."
Though the Holy See