Phoenix started, and the Realizer actually slipped from his hand. He hurriedly fumbled to catch it, but he still could not hide the shock in his eyes.
What did she mean, the Lord had descended?
If a Great Being descended into His Abode, Phoenix would bow respectfully. This was His own back garden, after all.
If a Great Being descended upon the Sea of the Moon, Phoenix would offer devout praise. Projecting His power there was a display of His might.
If a Great Being descended into the present world, Phoenix would only suspect that he had gone mad. No matter how powerful a Great Being was, He should not be able to come here!
The barrier between the present world and dreams was absolute. After the First Era began, Great Beings could no longer walk the world. How could He possibly come here?
He stared at Vanessa, seriously suspecting that one of them had already gone mad.
Or perhaps the "Lord" she spoke of was not a Great Being?
For other cults, this would be the gravest blasphemy, and Phoenix would never even consider the possibility. But the Communion was such an uncanny place that anything could happen.
When he had come over just now, that Crow in the sky had even said Victoria had gone mad because the believers in the canteen were not eating properly. Utterly absurd.
So Phoenix looked around warily.
Then his eyes slowly widened.
The pocket watch slipped silently from his hand. This time, he did not catch it. He did not even notice, letting it fall to the ground.
Directly ahead of him, Elliot was slowly approaching.
That indifferent, calm expression, that familiar presence he had once encountered in the Abode, and his own spirituality screaming warnings all told him one thing:
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