“Saintess…!”
“Saintess…!”
Oz and Maeve, who had been blasted away, looked at the fox-girl lying on the ground, as if stimulated, struggling to get up with renewed vigor.
The beastmen priests also broke free from Shien’s aura and rushed towards the fox-girl.
However, Shien arrived beside the fox-girl before anyone else.
“As expected, she’s the beastmen saintess, huh?”
Shien glanced at the unconscious fox-girl lying on the ground, positioning himself in front of all the beastmen priests.
This provoked the beastmen priests.
“[Bestow: Immobilize].”
Just as the beastmen priests were about to attack, Shien acted first, casting his magic.
“Wha…!?”
“Ugh…!”
“Can’t move…!”
The beastmen priests were instantly rooted to the spot, their feet firmly locked to the ground, unable to take a step.
Shien single-handedly controlled the entire beastmen priest group, suppressing them all.
Then, Shien turned around and looked at the crystal behind him, which had completely returned to its original state except for a single crack.
Beatrice also came to the crystal and stared at it, motionless.
Seeing this scene, the beastmen priests became anxious.
“Stop! Don’t touch that seal again!”
Oz, who had struggled to his feet, also became anxious.
Maeve couldn’t help but speak.
“Please, listen to us…!” Maeve shouted anxiously. “That’s a very dangerous thing. It absolutely cannot be released, otherwise, this country, even the entire human world, could turn into hell…!”
—”Hell.”
This word sounded terrifying.
Shien frowned, his gaze shifting to Beatrice.
Beatrice looked back at Shien, her eyes filled with pleading.
Clearly, Beatrice wanted Shien to help her continue breaking the seal.
However, the beastmen priests were terrified of the being sealed inside, their eyes filled with pleading as they looked at Shien.
Seeing this, Shien somewhat understood the situation.
Undoubtedly, these beastmen priests weren’t villains, they were even on the side of justice.
Beatrice’s origin was a mystery, but her goal was clear: to break the seal here and release the being sealed inside.
But the being inside seemed very dangerous.
Therefore, the beastmen priests were guarding this temple, their purpose likely to protect the seal and prevent the being inside from escaping.
“So, I really became the villain?”
Shien felt depressed.
But if breaking the seal made him the villain, then what was Beatrice’s position?
The mastermind behind the villainy?
Was he being used by Beatrice, the villain?
Shien thought about these things, but didn’t dwell on them too much.
After all, when he decided to help Beatrice, he had already prepared to bear all the consequences.
He had also considered the possibility that breaking the seal here would cause a disaster, but even so, he still did it.
For no other reason than that Shien felt Beatrice might be the biggest victim.
This might just be a vague intuition, but for some reason, Shien was very certain about it.
(I feel like ever since I came into contact with the Supreme God, Omni, in the Sanctuary, I’ve been having all sorts of strange intuitions and feelings…) ꞦἈ₦O͍bĚꞩ
Shien himself was puzzled.
But he still wanted to trust his intuition.
He was certain that what he was doing was absolutely right.
Of course, at this point, Shien wouldn’t blatantly break the seal again in front of these beastmen priests.
Intuition was intuition, but Shien still needed to unravel the mystery of this matter himself.
Therefore, Shien made a decision.