When she suddenly heard a fallen priest say that god was dead, Gabriel's expression turned grim.
Quite a few higher-ups among the various factions knew that god was dead, but everyone had tacitly agreed not to spread the news. Hearing it here now, one could imagine Gabriel's feelings.
However, her reaction was not as drastic as Kiana had imagined. Because... Gabriel glanced at Kiana. With Kiana here! In her eyes... the Lord would soon return, and all problems would resolve themselves.
"..."
Seeing that Gabriel did not seem to react too strongly, Kiana stopped dwelling on it. Though she had joined the Church, she did not really feel much belonging toward it, nor did she believe in the God of the Bible.
So she had no desire to look too deeply into that...
Compared to matters concerning the Church, Kiana was far more interested in these lost priests... and the Sacred Gears in the fallen angels' hands.
"It's useless telling me this. I'm only here to handle the murder of the priest! The murderer was a fallen angel, right? Where is he?"
"And what are you collecting Sacred Gears for?"
Kiana raised her arm. At her side... fragments of a greatsword formed a ring and hovered around her. Her purpose in coming here was merely to deal with the murderer and any Longinus that might be present. Nothing else mattered.
"Sacred Gears..."
Staring at the ring of greatsword fragments around Kiana, they did not recognize it... but immediately took it for a Sacred Gear.
After all, not everyone possessed knowledge as extensive as Gabriel's. These people were merely low-ranking priests!
Yet Kiana did not care about his words at all. As expected of an Inquisition knight, was she? She truly would not be easy to corrupt, but did that not