On the day of the Pirate Conference, at the docks of Krus Island.
After the Moses Ascetic Order's surprise attack was blocked, its demigods acted without hesitation.
One of them recreated a creature with only two long arms, a shriveled body, dark skin, and a narrow, elongated head.
Its appearance sent nearby living beings to sleep. The few Sequence 7 Beyonders from the Sword of Dawn could not withstand it. One moment they were fighting; the next, they lay asleep on the ground.
Groselle, Bazel, and the other Sequence 5 and Sequence 6 Beyonders did not fall asleep at once, but their reactions slowed considerably.
Under the Mysticologist's control, the Moses Ascetic Order's members were unaffected.
Such was a demigod's power. One could easily overwhelm several Sequence 5 and Sequence 6 Beyonders.
Just as the Moses Ascetic Order's members moved to surround the struggling Groselle and the others, a staff flew out of a corner and planted itself in the middle of the battlefield.
A surge of power descended. The five Book People, including Groselle, along with Alger, Cattleya, Edwina, and the others, suddenly felt clearheaded again. Their strength returned.
The Moses Ascetic Order's members froze where they stood, as though they had suddenly lost their bearings.
The pirates watching the spectacle were stunned too. What they saw was far beyond anything they knew or expected.
In fact, Odys had arrived at the dockside square shortly after the Moses Ascetic Order's attack began.
He had used an Invisibility Scroll and come here unseen.
With the Evernight Goddess's help, even an Angel nearby would have struggled to see through Odys's invisibility.
He hid in a corner and waited for the Moses Ascetic Order's demigods, who were also lying in wait, to act first.
Once one of them made a move,