As countless bolts of lightning swallowed the Gentleman Thief "Black Emperor," only for the damage to transfer to Ince Zangwill, the standoff in the Pete Hotel lobby between Abner and the two Saints, Wimbledon and Ivan, ended with the latter pair retreating.
After the two disappeared, the Evil Spirit of the Soren Family's Angel and the Red Angel carried their fight into the Spirit World. Only then did Abner release the Hidden Space that had sealed away the ordinary people and the mid- and Lower Sequence Beyonders.
He also plucked out Cindy, the Red Gloves member who had slipped into the celebration with Leonard, and the corpse of the Black Blade member he had killed, then Teleported them back to Loen.
But just as he finished, pitch-black stone pillars rose around him, supporting a vast, imposing cathedral.
Every pillar, arch, and dome in the cathedral was studded with the bones of different races. Packed densely together, they stared at Abner through their empty sockets and surrounded a cross over a hundred meters tall.
Before the cross stood a blurred figure who seemed to gaze upon everything with compassion.
The figure wore a simple white robe and had a pale blond beard covering the lower half of his face. A silver cross pendant hung from his neck. He looked like an ordinary priest, yet he was Adam, a King of Angels!
Strangely, the people in the lobby who had just returned to "reality" took no notice of the cathedral, as though it did not exist. They merely fled in panic.
Abner, who could see it all, let the cathedral envelop him and met Adam's gaze.
He was not worried that this former Creator would harm him. After all, he was only a Historical Projection. His true body had quietly headed toward