Grand Duke Mora's message made Green frown.
Seize the Sphere of Faith from Modi and Arudika? What a joke. With the strength of the Demon Warlock he was playing, that was impossible. Even if he defeated Modi, he might never find where they had hidden the Sphere of Faith.
Had something driven Grand Duke Mora into such desperation that he was grasping at straws?
A thought struck Green. The more he considered it, the more possible it seemed.
But he dismissed the idea almost at once. He knew Grand Duke Mora's temperament. Even on the brink of total defeat, the man would not panic or lose his head. That made the meaning behind this message worth examining, especially alongside the warrant issued earlier by the Sison Kingdom.
What exactly was Grand Duke Mora trying to do by asking him to get the Sphere of Faith?
And what did Grand Duke Mora need it for?
Green guessed it had to do with the God-Making Plan, but the Sphere of Faith would only come into play in the latter half of that plan.
The thought startled him. Had the Lorenzo Kingdom's God-Making Plan already advanced that far?
If so, Green had to weigh his next move carefully. Once the Lorenzo Kingdom's God-Making Plan succeeded, Grand Duke Mora would have a strong chance of reaching Saint Spirit Rank. The leverage Green had held over him would then vanish.
Grand Duke Mora had held an overwhelming advantage over Green from the beginning, but he had been lying low then and could tolerate a great deal.
Once he reached Saint Spirit Rank, though, his outlook was bound to change. What he might do afterward was impossible to predict.
Then again, as the Duke of Northwest Province in the Lorenzo Kingdom, Green would also stand to