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At first, the Monarch of Decay had been somewhat depressed about losing the Sequence One characteristic.
He had been forced to cut his losses and flee less than half a month after acquiring it, having only just finished his enthusiastic exchange with Farbauti's residual spirit inside and left his own imprint. But a god beneath the barrier had to bow his head. Besides, although killing the Evernight Goddess was not impossible, he could not do it right now.
After that brief fluctuation in his emotions, the Monarch of Decay regained his composure. He was not an ordinary angel. With Grade 0 power sealed within himself, he did not need to gather three Sequence One characteristics and the Uniqueness as the ritual required to advance to a true god. He only needed one Sequence One characteristic, which he already had, and the Uniqueness. If discarding a dispensable Sequence One characteristic could lower his threat level, it was a gain.
Thinking it over, this was probably why nobody had dealt with Suah yet. The missing Prisoner Sequence One characteristic was most likely in the hands of the Seven Gods. Precisely because they knew Suah could not become a true god, they were unconcerned-anything that could not become a god was no problem anyway. And it was because the Prisoner pathway lacked this Sequence One characteristic that he had chosen the Devil Pathway.
The projection could only exist for a limited time. After letting his thoughts wander briefly, the Monarch of Decay began recalling and listing the information he currently possessed, analyzing the situation and possible next moves:
"The Evernight Goddess should already be convinced that I'm the Mother Tree's Believer, and losing a Sequence One characteristic is a harsh enough lesson for any angel. In that case, as long as I'm