"The day Vermonda Sauron breaks free of his seal will be the day Trier is destroyed. His 'resurrection' will come at the cost of all of Trier... and even the Intis Kingdom."
Krismona asked in surprise, "You don't seem to want to see any of that happen. Why have you kept helping him, then?"
"He deceived me."
The young king gave a miserable smile. "I thought I was someone my ancestor appreciated and valued, the future of Intis. I thought helping him 'resurrect' and undo his seal would give the Sauron Family a powerful ally. I thought he really had been sealed away by others because they had framed him and envied him."
"But those were all just things I 'thought.'"
"Vermonda Sauron was always someone who cared only about himself. That was why he went mad while advancing to Conqueror and had to be sealed beneath Trier."
"But by the time I understood all this, it was already too late."
Doloren continued, "So far, he has already killed four Demonesses and Hunters at the Half-God Sequences. He'll succeed soon."
Krismona asked in puzzlement, "Isn't that only four? Even counting me, that's just five. He's still two short of the seven Half-Gods you mentioned-heh, as far as I know, several of the Brass Rods have gone missing, haven't they? Can his plan still succeed?"
"...What if you count those two from the Sauron Family?"
"..."
She froze for a moment, then said in surprise, "He really is... quite decisive."
Krismona thought for a moment and said, "But after everything you just said, you've overlooked a few things."
"What?"
"The Churches. Do you think they'll sit back and watch Trier be destroyed?"
Doloren said quietly, "Vermonda Sauron seems to have reached an agreement with the Churches long ago. The Seven Deities