The moment Abner saw White Saintess Katarina, he knew something was wrong.
She was only a Sequence 3 Demoness of Unaging. There was no way she could have hidden from his Insight, enhanced by the All-Seeing Eye...
Worse, even now that they were face-to-face, he still could not detect what the enemy lying in wait had actually arranged!
Whoever's planning to ambush me is stronger than I expected!
Having reached that conclusion, Abner immediately raised the Star Wand, which he had yet to return to the Historical Void, and prepared to leave.
As for Vice Admiral of Ailment Tracy? With her mother here, at least her life should be safe...
But Abner's plan failed. An instant before teleporting, he sensed that the nearby Spirit World and Astral World were both filled with the aura of Destruction and the Apocalypse. Entering them rashly might be even more dangerous!
At the same time, another beautiful woman appeared in the Captain's Quarters.
She looked twenty-seven or twenty-eight, with gray-white hair pinned up, smiling blue eyes, and lush red lips. Her close-fitting dress accentuated a mature, alluring charm that stirred affection and desire without a word. She was a rare beauty.
Though they had never met, Abner had seen Yellow Saint's memories and recognized her at once: Sigrid Cheek, the Demoness Sect's Saintess of Gray.
Of the Seven-Colored Saintesses who led the Demoness Sect, she was also one of only two Demonesses granted the surname Cheek. The other was Purple Saint.
According to Black Saintess Medea, although Saintess of Gray Sigrid was only a Sequence 3 Demoness of Unaging, she had close ties to the Primordial Demoness and controlled a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact that let her borrow Cheek's power.
Even Angels like Yellow Saint and Black Saintess were wary of her and Purple