Across the boundless sea, Amon's avatar kept "stealing" distance, rapidly making his way toward the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
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Behind him was an enormous complex of buildings-the Church of the Evernight Goddess's Saint Samuel Cathedral in Backlund!
Stealing all this was already the limit of what this avatar could manage. He could have stolen the underground section as well, but the power of faith in the Evernight Goddess lingered there. Stealing it would have been more complicated and could easily have alerted her, so he had simply left it alone.
The essence of this plan was speed. The instant he appeared before Saint Samuel Cathedral, he had to succeed in a single attempt. Otherwise, within a second or two at most, the Evernight Goddess would notice and project her power through the Dark Sacred Emblem.
By then, he wouldn't be able to steal it even if he wanted to.
After stealing the cathedral, Amon's avatar swiftly left Backlund and borrowed some power from his main body to seal the Dark Sacred Emblem inside the cathedral. For the next few minutes, the Evernight Goddess could forget about sending her power down through it.
The more Amon's avatar thought about it, the happier he became. The instant he stole the cathedral, the Evernight Goddess's face must have darkened-oh, her face was dark to begin with.
Just as he thought this, a figure suddenly appeared in the void ahead. It was a woman with pitch-black eyes and long black hair, dressed in a simple robe cinched with a bark belt, her feet bare.
The abbess of the Evernight Cloister, Arianna!
She glanced at Amon's avatar, who wore a monocle, and her expression turned ugly!
The war already had her terribly busy, yet this fellow had come to cause even more trouble!