Azar looked at everything before him and could not help rubbing his eyes, muttering to himself, "Huh? Lesser Lord Kusanali?! Hadn't she already escaped? Why is she here again? Am I seeing things?"
"Hmph! What a farce you've let me witness, Azar!"
Just then, a voice Azar absolutely did not want to hear came from behind him. He slowly turned around and saw Cyno, holding the Staff of the Scarlet Sands and wearing an Anubis crown, staring fixedly at him with wolfish eyes that sent a chill down his spine.
Azar closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. "Cyno... have you been waiting for an opportunity like this all along? When I saw Alhaitham and the Traveler, I already guessed you must have come too.
"Although the Akasha predicted you would return to confront me, I never expected we would meet under these circumstances. I let my guard down.
"Hmph! Tell me, then. What have you uncovered?"
Cyno glanced at Lesser Lord Kusanali, imprisoned behind layer upon layer of seals, and said disdainfully to Azar, "Trying to stall for time? This is the Sanctuary of Surasthana. You yourself decreed that Akademiya personnel were strictly forbidden from entering or leaving this place. No one is coming to save you.
"As for our investigation, at the very least, I know that your defiance of the gods has already violated Sumeru's Six Root Sins!
"I originally thought everything Alhaitham said was too outlandish. I never imagined you really would do something so utterly depraved, turning the device Greater Lord Rukkhadevata used to shut out all outside interference so she could meditate alone into a cage for Lesser Lord Kusanali. You've really outdone yourselves."
At that moment, Azar suddenly felt as though mud had fallen into his trousers-innocent or not, he would