Since Mr. World was in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, Hermit Cattleya had accepted Magician Fors's commission to assassinate the Saint of Secrets, Botis.
She had just used a match to create an illusion, preventing him from leaving with Traveler and gaining an initial advantage.
Fors took the opportunity to Flash to a corner of the room, then hurriedly left using Traveler.
Cattleya did not know what the illusion had contained, but her spirituality sensed that the jewelry box in Botis's hands was a very dangerous Sealed Artifact. She could not let him open it.
The instant Botis broke free of the illusion, a gigantic cross appeared behind Cattleya. Pinpricks of candlelight lit up around it, illuminating a long table laden with flesh and blood.
Around the table, three extremely indistinct figures held chunks of flesh and blood, devouring them without pause.
The three figures seemed to sense something. They turned simultaneously to look at Botis, making the Saint of Secrets' heart abruptly race as a chill welled up from the depths of his soul.
Meanwhile, Saint Tenebrous Kisma, who had been preparing to help, went rigid at the sight. He felt as though he had been caught committing the most blasphemous of acts.
This woman knows quite a lot, Raphael thought. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he secretly cut his finger and summoned a phantom of the Eye of Illusions. Through his spirituality, he ordered it to knock him away first, then attack Kisma.
At the same time, Botis's eyelid twitched. He hurriedly lowered his head to look at the Box of the Great Old Ones in his hands.
The gem-encrusted box had opened on its own at some unknown point.
The magic Cattleya had just used was called Betrayal Feast. It originated from the mystical knowledge of