Charles Soren.
With his back to Katarina, a flicker of surprise crossed Sifa's eyes.
Of course he knew of the Sauron Family.
He also knew that the Sauron Family had once controlled the Hunter pathway.
That gave him some basis for understanding why Catherine, the Black Saint, had killed Charles Soren despite loving him deeply.
Demoness and Hunter, calamity and war.
They truly were a pair of pathways destined to love and kill each other.
"I see."
Sifa asked another question. "Does the Black Saint have any Sealed Artifacts worth mentioning?"
"Yes."
Katarina nodded quickly. "She has one of our sect's precious Sealed Artifacts, a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact."
"'0-15,' Evil God's Gaze. It's a gold forehead ornament set with an eerie eyeball. It can transform any target reflected in its eye into another creature, causing the transformed target to lose most of their traits and Beyonder abilities for a certain period."
"Once the eyeball catches a target, it begins building up a curse. The longer it builds, the more powerful the curse becomes."
"At its most extreme, the curse can instantly kill demigods and saints. Angels can resist it, but they will still suffer some injury."
"Lastly, it can control every inanimate object within a certain range. That includes Mystical Items and Sealed Artifacts that lack any 'living' traits."
"As for its negative effects, I'm not too sure. And the abilities I just described might not be all this Sealed Artifact can do."
Sifa nodded slightly.
This Sealed Artifact corresponded to Sequence 2 of the Hanged Man pathway. Its abilities were extremely powerful, and both transfiguration and curses were difficult to guard against.
A Sequence 2 Demoness of Catastrophe paired with a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact was indeed a difficult opponent.
Sifa turned around and gave her a "sincere"