After silently invading the Mind Islands of Klein and the other two, Hvin Rambis did not directly "manipulate" them. After all, doing so would inevitably alert Klein and certainly disturb Miss Messenger, who was lurking in the shadows.
Even Abner, who was nearby, would probably notice something.
--If he was going to put on an act, he had to see it through. Since he had decided to use Pride's identity to stir up trouble, he had to deceive even himself.
What Hvin was doing now was merely influencing the three men's subconscious minds, making them choose the options he had set for them first when making certain decisions.
This was more covert, and Mr. Fool would not reflect on himself so quickly.
After all, with an "invasion" of this level, Klein would probably break free of it the moment he ascended above the Gray Fog.
In short, just as Hvin finished making his move, the battle between the military and the Rose School's Indulgence Faction had already erupted at the docks.
First, the "steam chariots" packed with black technology were turned into "sheep." Then Silent One Mackhamus, together with two other Rose School Saints, held back Tiest, the military Demigod wearing a Golden Mask, and Duchess Georgina in her black evening gown.
At the same time, beside Tutanssess II's golden coffin, the void darkened and rippled, sketching out a translucent mouth more than ten meters long.
The mouth suddenly opened wide and inhaled, generating a terrifying gale that swept up the coffin and carriage together.
This was apparently a Spirit World creature!
It wanted to swallow Tutanssess II's mummy coffin!
Unlike in the original work, Duchess Georgina, who should have used a mystical item to create an Unshadowed Domain at this moment, had been jointly cursed by two Rose School