When the clock hand was moved to its final position, a cloud of gray fog appeared around Nimrod.
At the same time, the Amon avatar standing beside the Hugues Artois avatar raised his hand and stole something from Hugues Artois's body.
Nimrod had not forgotten his promise to Anthony Reed, so he had deliberately preserved Hugues Artois's spirit body.
He casually accepted the soul handed over by the Amon avatar and retrieved a charm from above Sefirah Castle to seal it, keeping him from dissipating.
The gray fog swiftly enveloped everything around Nimrod. The Hugues Artois avatar raised his head, a strange smile slowly spreading across his lips, and deliberately lost control before "returning."
In the world of Lord of Mysteries, the Sequence Two angel Amon frowned, suddenly sensing that something was wrong.
The moment he began parasitizing his target, he had indeed read a great deal. The mind of this "Chosen of Sefirah Castle" contained vast amounts of secret knowledge. That had not surprised Amon, since anyone serving a hidden existence was bound to encounter such knowledge.
Yet now all that secret knowledge had vanished, along with the avatar he had sent to parasitize the target.
Amon frowned, sensing something amiss.
Several avatars immediately appeared beside him. The angel-level avatar placed them in front of himself, cautiously interposing a protective layer of weaker Sequence 4 avatars before turning his gaze back to this "Chosen of Sefirah Castle."
This was because the weaker Sequence 4 avatars had less capacity to bear corruption. After receiving highly concentrated corruption, they could sever the connection more quickly, protecting his angel-level avatar.
Naturally, a low-sequence Amon's life did not count as a life.
But the instant he looked at the "Chosen of Sefirah Castle," Amon's pupils contracted slightly. A strange smile appeared on the