As a fellow "evil god," Klein trembled for a moment.
"To be precise, I only finished it off when it was gravely wounded and dying."
"It?"
In Loenese, "it" and "He" were, of course, two completely different words, but why would Edward use "it" to refer to a god?
...Did evil gods have so little dignity these days? Even without the honorific "He," couldn't he at least use an ordinary "he"? A certain evil god who wished to remain anonymous couldn't help grumbling.
Edward explained, "Actually, the Sea God worshipped in Rhos Island was only a sea serpent that accidentally swallowed a High Sequence Beyonder characteristic. Through extraordinary good luck, it avoided dying or becoming a monster and became a Sequence 3 Beyonder creature."
"However, it spent all these years half-mad and half out of control, barely keeping itself from going completely insane by relying on the faith of Rhosid." Of course, the Book of Calamity was even more crucial.
"For years, the Church of Storms' Archbishop in Rhos Island had wanted to find its hiding place, until today..."
Edward then recounted the cooperation between the Sea God Church and the Numinous Episcopate, as well as what had happened after he lured Kottman to Tiana Island.
Klein listened, dumbfounded. So you were the one who led the enemy...
First, he enraged that sea serpent and sent it rampaging on Tiana, then lured the Sea King there. While the three half-gods fought, he disrupted the Numinous Episcopate's ritual, then finally found the "Sea God's" hiding place, successfully finished it off, and took the Sea God Scepter.
What a fine example of pitting enemies against each other, diverting disaster elsewhere, and reaping the rewards from the sidelines.
But...
Klein's scalp tingled. *Why did you have to do all this under Gehrman Sparrow's