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When he heard the call, the Hidden Sage was trying to fit the Eye of Omniscience into one of his eye sockets.
His body, composed entirely of data streams, fell still. Even the words of his analyses stopped flickering. A moment later, that enormous body, containing almost all the knowledge of both worlds, contracted frantically toward its center, becoming a human man dressed in Western Continent attire.
The Demon of Knowledge's "Yang Mo" data loaded, temporarily overriding the Hidden Sage's personality.
He frowned toward Calderón, considered for a moment, then finally turned toward Klein Moretti, who was still in the Spirit World.
"I never imagined it would be under these circumstances."
"I can more or less guess what he wants to do..."
"Although Klein is still different from that Lord of Mysteries fellow, telling me to find Klein now is just spending what little goodwill remains in our alliance, isn't it?... Heh, but it doesn't matter. The world has already become like this, and I can't stay much longer anyway. Once I leave Earth and enter the cosmos, only an idiot would expect the Lord of Mysteries to remember anything about alliances and cooperation."
The goodwill and foundation for cooperation established through the "Western Continent" would rapidly depreciate once he left Earth. Using it all up now wasn't bad either.
Besides, I've already gotten what I wanted. No matter what happens, it hardly counts as a loss.
The Demon of Knowledge reached into his sleeve, rummaged around, and took out a blond rag doll, tossing it forward.
The seals and restraints wound around the rag doll dispersed. Its body rapidly swelled, becoming a young priest with blond hair and a beard of the same color. Wearing a priest's robe, he gazed with clear eyes at the Outer Deity who