Stop hiding?
Cornelius's words made the other four uneasy. They felt as though the clothes on their backs were about to be stripped away, leaving them exposed and embarrassed. The air froze. None of them knew what to do.
You're still pretending, even now?
Cornelius looked at the four of them, who remained silent, and roared inwardly. From the moment they had boarded the ship until they disembarked, each had insisted they were no good at this or that. At first, he had thought they were being modest, playing down their abilities when they were actually powerful.
But when it came time to fight the Evil God's Believers, he realized they simply wanted to push him forward as the main force.
From killing the Evil God's Believers to the appearance of the Primordial Species, he had been the only one to act. Everyone else, including Sekhmet, had stood by and watched.
They couldn't claim they had been too frightened to act. How could the hidden strength of a nation be that feeble?
"Priest Tomioka..."
When no one spoke up, Cornelius decided to call on someone himself. "Your perception is the strongest among us. Sorry for the trouble, but could you sense where the Evil Aura is weakest? We'll start there and take them down one by one."
"I think the Evil Aura outside is weaker..."
Tomioka Yoshimasa noticed Cornelius looking at him, and his voice gradually faded.
He closed his eyes and made a show of sensing the area, then pointed behind himself. "I sense weaker Evil Aura over there."
He breathed a sigh of relief. *Thank goodness he only wants me to sense how strong the Evil Aura is. I can point anywhere. If he asked me to perform Purification on the spot, I'd have no choice but to