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He was certain he had seen this man somewhere before.
There couldn't be many people who carried a Long Sword on their back like that.
His mind raced until an image settled on a beast shrouded in thick black fog.
"Well, well. So that's where I've seen him—in the memories of Minostaur's original body!"
Diabolo had extracted Minostaur's memories, including fragments from his original body. The god formed from that body might not even have known about them, but Diabolo did.
Minostaur had been formed from the energy of that creature outside—the one brimming with fear. And it seemed the creature had tampered with him, too.
In the memory, the creature hidden in the fog roared. Trapped by dense layers of magic seals, it tried again and again to break out of the black fog, all in vain.
Before it stood the man with the Long Sword on his back. Disdain flickered in his eyes, along with a hint of gloating.
"Princess Onyxia, I never expected to see Your Highness here. What an honor!" the man said as a pair of pure white wings slowly unfurled behind him.
"Hmph! A mere Principalities-ranked Dominion Angel dares to strut before me? You're courting death!"
Boom!
The unknown creature thrashed violently within the black fog. The surrounding sealing Magic Arrays shook, but it could not break free.
"Hmph? A Dominion Angel? Not for long! Once I seize this plane and complete Lord Almis the Archangel's mission, the middle ranks will be mine!"
"I look forward to visiting you again then, Black Dragon Princess!"
The man slowly