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At the very moment the Demon of Knowledge acted, Klein suddenly sensed something.
His heart lurched. His spiritual intuition told him that something he did not want to see was happening. Within those one or two seconds, the prayers that had been rising and falling like tides in his ears all vanished.
All of them vanished.
As though someone had instantly pressed pause, Klein completely lost his connection to his believers.
He had only just grown accustomed to those murmuring whispers, yet now they were all gone. An irrepressible sadness rose in Klein's heart. Even though he knew the Hidden Sage's help was the only solution, even though he knew this death was only temporary and they would reappear before long, without even remembering that they had died once-he still felt sorrow. It seemed to be a resonance between his divinity and humanity.
At the same time, this told Klein that his advancement ritual was about to begin.
But reality did not give him even a second to mourn his believers.
Even with the Hidden Sage holding God Almighty in check mentally, His power had only temporarily gone from "despairingly powerful" to "impossibly powerful to defeat." God Almighty seemed to be dealing with them with ease. Each attack not only had enough power to tear them apart, but also possessed the quality of making them feel pain. It was as though this was not merely a battle, but a punishment for unbelievers and blasphemers.
In that instant when Klein lost focus, God Almighty noticed the change in him.
The Dark Angel Sasrir turned into a pitch-black, viscous "sea" filled with an aura of corruption, swallowing the remaining sharp silver light and the various Beyonder abilities Klein had unleashed through Leymano's Travels, erasing them without a trace.
He immediately returned