When Ash came back to himself, he almost thought he had returned to Jia Shi in Multistar Country.
But when he saw the empty City Center, the capital utterly devoid of human presence, and the huge, bright Rainbow Beam in the distance, he knew he had been teleported by the Holy Grail into another scene again.
The Source Angel's chain schemes really did come one after another... Ash looked at the Holy Grail in his hand, then had a thought and let go. The Holy Grail automatically began circling around him.
Then he pulled up his mask to cover his face and headed toward the Rainbow Beam in the City Center.
He could have gotten away with not hiding his identity before, but now that he possessed the Discolored Holy Grail, it meant he had drunk the Discolored Nectar.
"Guilty for carrying treasure" could no longer describe his situation. If the Divine Lords had the chance, they would definitely capture him, squeeze him dry, refine him for oil, and think up every possible way to restore him into Discolored Nectar.
If other Demons saw him, they would definitely realize Ash was inside Multistar Country. After all, the only ones who could condense a Discolored Holy Grail were Demons, and only Demons. So even if Ash was not a Demon, there had to be a wild Demon hidden away behind him.
That was why Ash was very glad he had taken the Holy Grail away in time. Otherwise, if Philly had been teleported in, she would definitely have strutted around everywhere with the Discolored Holy Grail without hiding it at all.
Even if she could safely return to the stars afterward, Ash would have to lock her in the basement's Small Dark Room, lest she be snatched away by Demons.
But