"Apologies, Your Excellency Charlgarnia, it seems Lievice directly tore open a dimensional rift and forcefully stepped in here. This is a great power that only deities can possess."

"Huh? That guy has surfaced and submerged no less than seven times, and still managed to tear a dimension? Are all the deities of the Destroyer Path just monsters?"

"In a sense, indeed. We've stayed in Haines for too long, while the Destruction Universe was initially a world facing the three great Destroyers. Their Spiritual Warriors and Chief God have evidently stronger combat skills than us, and their bodies are the same... I apologize greatly, please punish me."

"Forget it, what's the use of blaming you now."

Rednaya shook her head, severing the connection with Ranmalock.

[Why has it come to this?]

When Rednaya examined her changing circumstances, this doubt involuntarily arose.

The intelligence network operated for many years might face issues, but it's nearly impossible for Ranmalock, as an angel envoy, to make mistakes.

She ordered the White Disaster with the intent to drive the people of the steppes to the warmer, crop- and land-rich south. Previously, Lievice was explicitly near the Underwater Abyss Port, and had been harmed by the Epic Society's Reidori.

Even for an Evil God, after being injured, time is needed to recover and build one's strength, especially in the foreign Border Abyss. Lievice definitely needs to foster some believers or corrupt the populace as followers, thus swiftly expanding personal power from both a worldly and individual angle.

Rednaya had imagined countless possibilities, yet she never dared to believe the Woman of Depravity, Lievice, would appear here.

Moreover, it happened precisely when General Nato of the Sodanland Khanate brought his samurai in an attempt to hunt dragons, making the previously clear and bright situation suddenly become complex and convoluted.

"What do you say, Rednaya?" Leoz, with an expression of not minding the chaos in the slightest, said to her, "It seems you need to strengthen your intelligence work and pay attention to temporal effects."

"... It's an unavoidable situation, after all, as you know, I'm a bit old and sometimes not accustomed to working as tirelessly as those of the Brief Lifespan Species."

Rednaya smiled on the surface but secretly complained:

[Leoz, this guy gained quite a bit from the Mysterious Rock Lord's tomb, and he's already starting to resist my leadership.]

No, this guy has been hiding from the start. The tactic he used to defeat the Mysterious Rock Lord is still unclear to me, and I don't know if it would have an effect on me either.

Anyway, in just less than a month of my absence, Leoz has completed a successful transformation. If this guy continues to develop like this, sooner or later, he will be standing shoulder to shoulder with me, competing against each other.

[However... even if that day does come, I won't be surprised.]

Leoz's greatest talent is his lack of talent. It is precisely because of this that he, like me, refuses to remain mundane and dares to resist the old order. This does not appear particularly noble; it's merely an unwillingness to accept the status quo and a desire to vie for power and profit for oneself.

A person like that, given a spark, could set the Galactic Universe ablaze.

[Well, forget it, let's just have Leoz reveal himself first, see if we can force out his trump card, whether it's mere bravado or something genuinely worth fearing. In any case, let others step into the pitfalls first.]

Rednaya thought, and then clapped her hands, saying:

"Leoz, I suddenly realized something. While errors in intelligence are inevitable—right now the situation might not necessarily be bad for us."

"Not necessarily bad?" Leoz was intrigued, eager to see how Rednaya would recover her dignity.

"You probably have met Lievice before. However, I have crossed paths with her once."

Rednaya set up a projection and began to explain:

"Lievice is not to be taken lightly. Over the years, she has repeatedly defeated Ascenders who challenged her, attempting to seize her godhood. In the Destroyer Path, she steadfastly maintains the final pathway of the Demonic Hunter. Her individual strength is not to be underestimated, even if her body suffers from repeated surfacing and submerging; she's still not someone those Nomadic Warriors can contend with."

"Plus that Golden Dragon Monk." Leoz questioned, "The Golden Dragon Monk and Lievice are from factions that couldn't cooperate at all, but those Sodanland Tribe's samurai might act as the fishermen watching tigers fight until both are exhausted and then swoop in for the win, just like a seabird and clam fighting only for the fisherman to take advantage."

"That's called 'when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits.'

Rednaya corrected:

"Precisely because of this, we should wait until the end to act, no rush to head over just yet. I'll have my angel envoy explore the situation first. After all, our goal is to defeat Lievice or meet with the Golden Dragon Monk."

"Can't you get in touch with that monk in advance?"

"That would be tantamount to outright announcing the Raiding Chief God's intervention in the Starry Abyss's situation, especially since this isn't my domain."

Rednaya gestured to the land with her fan, saying:

"The narrative of the Border Abyss is much more united than that of the Layer Abyss, and there are quite a few God Embracers in its narrative. I wouldn't want to provoke them in our weakest moment."

"Hmm... I don't see it that way."

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