"..."
Even surrounded, Aglaea's eyes remained calm.
"If you're truly so impatient, by all means, try."
Kenis laughed.
"Hahaha! Face a Demigod head-on? We're not that stupid!"
She walked straight up to Aglaea.
"The dagger isn't at your throat. It's..."
Thud—thud—thud— Heavy footsteps approached.
"Hm?" Kenis turned. "What's that?"
Under the assassins' gaze, a fat Earth Beast came toward them on two legs, carrying a tray.
Seeing so many people at the Golden Bathhouse, the Earth Beast froze for a moment, then held up a sign: 'Meeting? I'll leave breakfast over here...'
It bent down and, pinching a bowl of porridge between two claw tips, set it steadily on the table.
"Hah, I remember now. It's that fellow's mongrel."
Kenis narrowed her eyes.
Come to think of it, this Earth Beast had been given to Yan Huan in the elders' name.
"Capture it too. That beast should have been ours. We'll slaughter it for meat later!"
"?" As the Earth Beast stared in bewilderment, some of the assassins drew their daggers and surrounded it as well.
Gradually, Dog Shun seemed to realize something, and his expression darkened.
The scene seemed to bring back an unpleasant memory.
Aglaea looked calmly at Kenis.
"Your gravest accusation is that I'm losing my humanity. You also claim my concern for mortal joys and sorrows is a pretense."
"If that were true... why would you think other people's lives could make me yield?"
Aglaea had spotted many assassins mingling with the citizens while observing the baths below.
"No matter." Kenis remained confident.
"Then I'll spend a few more words stripping away this Demigod's mask."
She looked down at the mortals and spoke at length.
"I told you already. You've grown not only blind, but oblivious."
"Lately, your grip on Okhema has weakened."
"You failed to