At the Tarot Club meeting.
After "Devil" Raphael finished his private exchange with "The World," "Hanged Man" Alger glanced at Raphael before saying, "I received some information a few days ago. An Abyss Entrance seems to have appeared in the eastern Fog Sea, attracting many Beyonders of the Devil pathway."
Raphael smiled. "That was a trap laid by the great Lord of Evil Desires."
"Fool" Klein was also somewhat surprised. He had originally thought the Lord of Evil Desires was using the Abyss Entrance to strike at the Blood Sanctify Sect. If it was a trap he had laid, however, that meant the Lord of Evil Desires could control that Abyss Entrance.
Those were two entirely different things.
Alger's expression grew solemn. "Could you elaborate?"
"Certainly," Raphael said. "The plan has already succeeded, with excellent results. The Blood Sanctify Sect suffered a considerable blow, so there's no longer any need to keep it secret from everyone in the Tarot Club."
Everyone turned toward "Devil." "Justice" Audrey's expression remained calm, but she thought to herself, I used to think the Lord of Evil Desires was a god who was sometimes evil and sometimes righteous. But whatever this god's usual behavior might be, his actions against these evil Beyonders are beyond reproach-or rather, very few gods could achieve what he has.
"Hermit" Cattleya realized that even the earlier operation against the Rose School might have been the Lord of Evil
Desires seizing characteristics from his own pathway and adjacent pathways. After all, he was a god who had only appeared in recent years. Even if he had just awakened like Mr. Fool, he should still lack reserves of Beyonder resources.
Raphael continued, "As everyone knows, once Beyonders of the Devil pathway reach Sequence 6, they become very difficult to find. As long