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When the rain clouds expanded to cover all of Bayam and continued spreading outward, the higher powers finally realized something was wrong.
The first to notice was, of course, the Sea King. Jahn Kottman frowned as he stared at the sky, his mood far less calm than he appeared.
The military's demigod had already expressed his intention to avoid any suspicion of involvement. He had begun evacuating people into air-raid shelters and pulling back to the Loen residential district, concerned only with ensuring his countrymen's safety, regardless of whether the natives and foreigners outside lived or died.
He had no intention of participating in the recovery of Sailor Pathway characteristics, nor did he plan to interfere in this clash between Bayam's local cult and the Church of Storms. Since they belonged to the same pathway, this was considered the Church of Storms' responsibility.
Unless Jahn Kottman explicitly requested his help, he would not get involved.
As such, the Sea King's mood was now rather complicated.
Without relying on Sealed Artifacts, Jahn Kottman could also envelop Bayam in a thunderstorm. But simultaneously communicating with sea creatures, stirring the tides, and triggering a tsunami would be somewhat difficult.
Sequence 4 of the Sailor Pathway was called Cataclysmic Interrer, while its angels were called Calamities. Catastrophes and calamities seemed little different, but there was an enormous gulf between their destructive power and lasting effects.
Only something capable of permanently changing a region's terrain, something that made people pale at its mention and feel heartfelt awe at nature's might, could generally be called a calamity!
"If not for all the evidence proving that sea serpent was already dying, I'd suspect this was its ritual to advance to angelhood..."
Jahn Kottman's expression was grave.
The deterrent power of Kalvetua's dying madness far exceeded his