Erlin, the leader of the Temperance Faction, simply could not understand how Raphael had managed to kill two Wraiths in such a short time.
It was common enough for one Sequence 5 to swiftly defeat another, but swiftly killing another Sequence 5 was a much rarer occurrence.
And Raphael had killed two Sequence 5s in succession. Even Erlin's daughter Lucia had not had time to ask him for help.
If Raphael had given Lucia another second or two, she could have temporarily borrowed some of her father's power. Then she would not have fallen to even a single round of Raphael's attacks.
In truth, this was also because Erlin had listened only to his daughter's side of the story. If he had been willing to have a proper talk with Sharron, she would certainly have told him that Raphael had already killed two Sequence 5s when he was still a Sequence 6.
But none of that mattered now. Raphael had already killed Erlin's daughter and unleashed Saint-level Mind Deprivation on Erlin.
Naturally, Erlin knew that Raphael possessed a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact.
Without hesitating, he turned and entered the Spirit World.
Sharron did not stop him, allowing Erlin to leave.
She glanced at Lucia, who had been sliced in two in the courtyard, and said to Raphael, "You shouldn't have killed her."
Raphael smiled. "She was trying to kill me. Why couldn't I kill her?"
Sharron did not continue discussing Lucia. Instead, she said, "You're safe now."
Then Sharron vanished.
This bout of infighting was over. Erlin had made a grave error in judgment, and none of the other Saints would support him remaining their leader.
Though Sharron was very reluctant, she still had to hurry to the outskirts of Backlund to take charge. Maric certainly could not handle the