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-Since the world war had to be fought anyway, they might as well arrange some blood sacrifices along the way.
Of course, blood sacrifices were only one of the objectives. The real goal was to make the current situation even more chaotic and more conducive to his own activities. Now that he had directly switched off his "future prediction" Beyonder Ability, the decisions being made suddenly became much more worth pondering over.
However, Edward remained rather pessimistic about whether Medici could become a Great Old One. Becoming the "Red Priest" was entirely within his reach, but... the "City of Calamity" was so aggressive that it had even contaminated Medici's descendants across Bansy Island in return. Its degree of awakening could not possibly be low.
The Demon of Knowledge had rarely mentioned the circumstances of the other Sefirah Incarnations on the Western Continent, but a Sefirah symbolizing catastrophe, war, and power would naturally receive considerable worship and gain many followers.
Perhaps it had already become a god, but faced too many restrictions on this side to act freely.
The "Key of Light" was the same. They had been fighting one another from the First Epoch, or even earlier, all the way into the Fifth Epoch, yet even now, neither of the two Angels of the "Wheel of Fortune Pathway" could accommodate the Uniqueness. It was impossible to tell whether this was a hint from fate or whether someone had already begun manipulating fate behind the scenes.
Although the closer it came to the barrier shattering, the weaker the spirit within a Sefirah became, Medici had failed to accommodate it even with the Ancient Sun God's help back then. His chances now were even less certain. He ought to know perfectly well whether he could win.
If there were now a