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"This isn't how I sensed things would develop..."
"This is completely wrong. What kind of turn is this?"
Edward went over the series of events that had just occurred again and again, feeling his brain begin to fail to comprehend the changes.
With a god of knowledge and information as a temporary ally, coupled with his own authority over "changes in fate," Edward had little trouble learning how this melee would develop. At first, the God of Thunder had merely wanted to reclaim the colonies to ease domestic tensions and economic pressure, only for the fighting to escalate again and again-if Klein chose not to stand aside, he had long foreseen that escalation, but the current situation had clearly changed considerably. What exactly had happened in those few short minutes?
Amon had escaped Sefirah Castle? Klein had regained control?
Antigonus's body had undergone marionettization, but his spirit body was still intact, and he was using other means to pass information to Bethel?
...What had happened to these people of the Lord of Mysteries three pathways?
No, what had happened should already be obvious. Whatever had occurred, there was no getting around the Lord of the Mysteries' influence!
Then in whom exactly had the Lord of the Mysteries awakened? Judging by their reactions, none of them seemed to have turned into the Lord of the Mysteries, but a Faceless at the level of a Great Old One certainly wouldn't let anyone spot the difference directly... But why had God Almighty still not reacted? Shouldn't he immediately throw open the Eastern Continent and spring up to attack someone, or rain fire down from the sun in the sky? Why had there been no movement at all?
Did God Almighty not consider this the awakening of the Lord of the Mysteries?
But