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At the Tarot Club gathering.
Judgment Xio briefly described the battle the previous night and the general circumstances of both sides. Silence fell over the Tarot Club's meeting hall for several seconds.
A Sequence 6 had killed eight Beyonders! And two of them had been Sequence 5s!
That-
Justice Audrey stared blankly for a moment before asking, "Did Raphael really do that?"
After all, she had been the first Tarot Club member to meet Raphael. Back then, he had still been a Beyonder she could easily control and hypnotize.
Now-he was terrifyingly powerful.
Magician Fors was also somewhat surprised. From their previous encounters, she could tell that Raphael was extremely powerful, but she had never realized he was powerful to this extent.
Hermit Cattleya thought, I've only ever heard of a battle like this once before.
Hanged Man Alger simply asked, "How... did he do it?"
Xio replied, "According to the information, he should have a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact."
Understanding dawned on everyone. No wonder.
Everyone present had either seen or heard how formidable Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts were. Klein even had two himself: the Poseidon Scepter and the cross the True Creator had "given" him, which corresponded to an Unshadowed.
A Sealed Artifact of that level was practically a weapon of mass destruction in a mid-sequence battle! It could easily turn the tide.
But Klein also knew very well that Sealed Artifacts of that level generally had severe negative effects.
Take the Poseidon Scepter, for example. At present, he only dared to use it in Sefirah Castle, not bring it into the real world.
And no matter how mild a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact's negative effects might be, they would still place an enormous burden on a Sequence