The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　The consciousness of those "angels" was stripped away along with the shadows.

　Now, after countless years, both sides have become relatively independent individuals, and some "angels" have even developed new consciousness.

　Just like the "Water Angel" sealed in the "Orb of Truth," or the "Possessed Angel" summoned to the mortal world by Sister Lillian...

　That's right, Dark has roughly determined the condition of the "possessed angel".

　The reason why the Holy Church still failed to obtain much information after acquiring the "possessed angel" has also been revealed.

　Since the "possessed angel" was merely a new consciousness that had grown from the original body, it naturally wouldn't be able to obtain much information.

　Even if the Holy Church were to empty its brain, it wouldn't extract anything. In this situation, even if a way were found to forcibly stitch the "angel's" body back together with those shadows wandering the streets, it would only cause the "angel" to fall, or even completely collapse.

　If you don't have the ability, then don't force yourself to be capable.

　Dark looked away from the pool and turned to the huge jar suspended in the air on the other side.

　The jar was transparent, revealing the white liquid inside. While the liquid appeared white, it actually contained a great deal of impurities. These impurities weren't solely due to the different attributes of the "angels," but also to some black, clearly toxic contaminants.

　The main purpose of filtration is to remove these pollutants.

　Therefore, if someone were to jump into the white pool that was filled with "angels" at this moment, not only would they not be able to absorb the angels' divine power, but they would also be poisoned.

　However, the creatures currently existing in the "Heavenly Court" have all adapted to the presence of pollutants.

　They all have varying degrees of resistance to pollutants and will not die suddenly after absorbing a small amount of pollutants.

　In fact, the white liquid residue mixed with pollutants is more suitable for them.

　However, Dark is now considering whether to cut off their supply and destroy the pipes in this secret room.

　"Destroying the pipes isn't difficult, but the problem now is that we still don't know Hermes' ultimate goal."

　“We’ve sabotaged the pipeline, which will definitely affect Hermes’ plans.”

　“If Hermes’ ultimate goal is not in line with our wishes, then doing so is justified.”

　"But if Hermes' ultimate goal aligns with our desires, then it is pointless destruction."

　Considering the need for collective wisdom, Dak shared his ideas and sought opinions.

　No sooner had he finished speaking than Albert Grantham of the Twin Paladins exclaimed in astonishment, "Of course it should be destroyed! This kind of device shouldn't exist!"

　Although Emily Grantham was not as radical as her brother, she made it clear that even if Dark did not intervene, she would destroy the device in the secret room.

　Since these two are so decisive, there's not much point in having others to say anything.

　"Then destroy it."

　After making the decision, Dak felt much more at ease.

　He was never interested in the devices in the secret room, but he refrained from destroying them out of rational consideration.

　But now that there is no other option, there is no need to worry.

　However, before destroying something, we should always make the most of it.

　Those "angelic essences" should not be wasted.

　One thing comes to another.

　The "angel essence" extracted from this secret chamber device is clearly an excellent material for creating "angel seeds".

　Even if the Twin Paladins are resistant to this, they have to admit this fact.

　Humans always have to learn to compromise as they grow.

　They were not the kind of people who were pedantic.

　One of the pipes used to transport "angel essence" had its outer wall actually cut open by "Gitomon".

　What it uses to ensure its own survival is precisely that "angel essence". Dark carefully sensed it and found that the "angel essence" in that pipe was pure light.

　The filtration system within this sealed chamber seems to separate the light-attribute "angelic essence" separately. It then transmits the other attributes of "angelic essence" along with it to the "Tower of Endymion."

　This resulted in two sets of pipes.

　After everyone reached a consensus, they immediately cut open the pipe and extracted all the remaining "angel essence" from it, then bottled it.

　There were nine people present, and the simplest and most straightforward method was to allocate the tasks by headcount. Dak's side had four people, so they took four-ninths of the tasks.

　The rest are distributed among others.

　Each person receives one jar of Light-attribute "Angel Essence" and one jar of Mixed-attribute "Angel Essence".

　However, after the distribution was completed, Emily Grantham used a jar of mixed-attribute "Angel Essence" to exchange for a jar of light-attribute "Angel Essence" from Fred North.

　Dark also traded a jar of mixed-attribute "Angel Essence" for a jar of light-attribute "Angel Essence" from Zenny Burns.

　In this way, Dark has five cans of "Angel Essence" with light attribute and three cans of "Angel Essence" with mixed attribute.

　After that, Dark sealed all the "Angel Essence" into the "Orb of Truth".

　The two elves and the "Twin Paladins" each have their own methods.

　Only Fred North temporarily entrusted his quota to Dark.

　Although their time together was brief, Dark had clearly built up enough trust in him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have entrusted such a precious item to him.

　Dark put away the "Orb of Truth" and then began to search the secret room with the others.

　After confirming that no information had been missed, they summoned the magical spirit to stay there, and then activated the mechanism to return to Hermes' bedroom.

　Once they had all left, the magical elves left behind in the secret chamber began to wreak havoc.

　Not long after, this "angel factory" was completely destroyed. In short, do your best and leave the rest to fate.

　Although there are many more "angel factories" like this, it's beyond their control to change that.

　When the magical spirits left in the secret chamber all returned after exhausting their magic, everyone received the information that the secret chamber had been completely destroyed.

　Then, relying on the slight tremors caused by the explosion in the secret chamber, they determined the true location of the secret chamber—it was right below that hall!

　So they immediately returned to the temple and rang the golden bell that had previously summoned all the "angels" there.

　One knock summons them, two knocks send them back.

　Driven by the tolling bells, the "angels" in the temple left the room and the church, re-entering the false society composed of those "angels."

　After they all left, Dak dug deep into the ground and found the hidden transmission channel.

　Without hesitation, they completely destroyed the transmission channel and then rested in the church.

　The fatigue has accumulated to a point that is quite severe.

　Although magic power was still abundant, energy was already overwhelmed.

　Dark summoned the "Fossil Aerial Dragon" through a sacrificial summoning method.

　The "Fossil Pteranodon" remained motionless, successfully triggering the "Silent as an Ancient Tomb" effect, causing its own aura to disappear and its body to become completely invisible, and giving the same effect to its companions within a ten-meter radius.

　Protected by the halo effect, the group entered the carriage and sat on the benches to rest with their eyes closed.

　From the moment they were brought into this "Heavenly Court," they essentially spent the entire night there.

　However, time was limited, and Dak only gave them two hours to rest.

　Two hours later, regardless of whether they had recovered to their peak condition, they had no choice but to continue on their way!

　During those two hours, Dark spent the rest of his time in the "Netherworld God Magic" state, except for checking and replenishing the magic power of his magic cards.

　Aurora, who trusted him completely, went straight into a deep sleep.

　Zani, Angrey, and the Twin Paladins, who were already recovering from their injuries, opted for deep sleep after their initial caution, in order to allow their bodies to fully recover.

　After resting for about an hour, "Magic Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" suddenly sensed a divine aura approaching.

　However, after learning about it, Dark did not wake the person up, but calmly instructed "Magical Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" to continue observing.

　Sure enough, the owner of that divine aura walked around the church once after entering, and then quickly left.

　It was completely unaware of Dark and the others, who were enveloped in the aura of "Silence as an Ancient Tomb".

　However, although it left, Dak was not prepared to let it go. The two-hour rest period passed quickly.

　Without hesitation, Dark woke everyone from their sleep and said directly, "An hour ago, my magical spirit sensed a divine aura approaching. I suspect it is the 'Monster Angel' that is chasing Emily."

　Upon hearing the whereabouts of the "monster angel," Emily Grantham's face turned pale involuntarily, and Albert couldn't help but tense up.

　Clearly, the "monster angel" that had driven them to the brink of despair had left a very deep shadow in their hearts.

　“I know you don’t want to face it,” Dark said solemnly, “but if we want to collect all twelve gold medals and defeat that ‘Monster Angel,’ it becomes absolutely necessary. Of course, we can also skip collecting the medals and go directly to the Tower of Endymion. Once we reach the Tower of Endymion, we should be able to uncover some of the truth.”

　Principal Arte is very likely on top of that tower! Dark didn't say this last sentence.

　His initial idea was to ignore the gold medal and go straight to the Tower of Endymion to find and rescue Principal Arte.

　But after gathering more information, he changed his mind. He stopped saying things like "haste makes waste."

　They were clearly caught in the middle of the game, with someone manipulating the entire situation behind the scenes. If they failed to collect all the gold medals as instructed by this mastermind...

　They were completely unable to reach the core of this game, and it would be difficult to bypass the person behind the scenes and meet Principal Arte.

　Under these circumstances, he ultimately chose to focus on collecting gold medals first.

　Of course, he still had a concern in his heart—the professors had not yet shown any signs of entering the "Heavenly Court".

　Without his professors by his side, he felt like he had lost his pillar of support. He lacked the confidence to face Hermes, one of the twelve gods, even though Hermes was most likely in an indescribably weak state.

　But even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; he wasn't foolish enough to challenge the might of a god at this time.

　By focusing on collecting gold medals, perhaps they can stall until the professors enter (the Heavenly Court).

　There are, to varying degrees, some ideas like these.

　……

　After persuading the "Twin Paladins" with a few words, Dark immediately began to discuss how to kill the "Monster Angel".

　That "monster angel" possesses the special ability to track Emily Grantham.

　Although that ability was thwarted by the "stillness of an ancient tomb," it quickly located Emily's position once it started moving.

　That "mysterious man" is now dead.

　Assume that the "Monster Angel" possesses rationality and is on the same side as the "Mysterious Man".

　It may also launch a revenge attack.

　So even if Dark didn't list it as prey, it would have come after it sooner or later; it was just a matter of time.

　Since that's the case, it's better to take the initiative and, with thorough preparation, completely eliminate it!

　The Twin Paladins and Ollie were very familiar with the strength of that "monster angel".

　Although the "monster angel" had a strong body and excellent regenerative abilities, its overall combat power was actually inferior to that of the "mysterious man".

　Of course, it can't compare to the "six-winged angel" phantom that actually didn't do anything.

　First, it did not break the shackles between angels and gods.

　It failed to condense a divine spark. Although it could use divine power, it primarily applied its divine power to a very special purification ability.

　That purifying ability ensures its regenerative abilities remain effective. To successfully kill it, you must first seal off that purifying ability, then suppress its power, and finally... break through its defenses!

Chapter 994 Angewomon: The Messenger of the Twin Swords (4k)

　In short, the "monster angel" had equally obvious strengths and weaknesses. It was physically powerful, with formidable offense and defense, but its overall impression was more like that of a beast than a rational and pure "angel."

　Aside from its unique purification ability, in its battles against the "Twin Paladins" and Ori, it only displayed a finishing move: shooting a beam of light from its mouth.

　That ultimate move is extremely powerful, but it has a charging time of about 0.5 seconds.

　When it is charging up, its eyes act as a sight, the part above its neck stops moving, its mouth opens wide, and the beam of light it shoots out does not even bend.

　Therefore, as long as you seize that 0.5-second gap, you can easily dodge it.

　Of course, this is not easy to do in the heat of battle.

　Moreover, the "monster angel" usually grabs its prey with its thick arms and then shoots a beam of light close to its face, instantly vaporizing its head.

　Ollie survived only because she was right up against the beam of light and received the "blessing of the wind spirit" from Professor Sylph.

　Therefore, the best way to fight that "monster angel" is to never let it get close!

　However, none of the Twin Paladins' magical spirits could do this, and even the Slow Angel couldn't control it.