They Finally Took the Bait

"Finally took the bait." A smile appeared on Naimus's face when he saw Saint's Secret Curse light up around both the Holy Walker and the Holy Son.

From a purely combat-oriented perspective, if he had gone all out with an aggressive approach, these people would have been almost completely wiped out.

Just the fact that the Holy Son had used "Legendary Journey" with them, and that they had enjoyed the bonuses brought by that trait, leaving behind mediums of fate within their bodies, was enough to kill them eight times over.

The reason Naimus had not killed them all this time was to use them as bait.

If their combat strength had been depleted too quickly, then with Hays taking the lead, they would soon declare the mission a failure and retreat.

But if they could see hope of defeating Naimus and believed it would not be difficult, then because of the prophecy, they would be extremely cautious about using Saint's Secret Curse.

Only by doing as he had now—giving them absolute pressure on one hand while not letting them lose too much combat strength on the other—

could he first let them see the possibility of victory, then shatter that hope through other means.

Only then would they put aside their reservations and reveal their trump cards.

Gamblers were like this. The one setting the trap would continuously exploit dramatic rises and falls to break through the target's psychological defenses, causing them to completely lose their minds, disregard the "bottom lines" they once held, and become aggressive.

This differed from how Moriturus had previously used Saint's Secret Curse with himself as its vessel.

The Holy Walker now used Saint's Secret Curse by pairing it with his own spiritual power and casting it as a divine spell.

Using spiritual power