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Other forces naturally couldn't fail to notice the changes happening within the Sea God Sect, especially Jahn Kottman, the Punishers' Advanced Deacon and a Cardinal of the Church of the Lord of Storms, who had long regarded the Sea God Kalvetua as his possession.
This was not a rare situation, as any discerning person could tell that the Sea God Sect wouldn't last long, and those with professional knowledge could see that Kalvetua, the sea snake, didn't have much time left—even without the Book of Calamity incident, Kalvetua was already in a state of lingering on at this point, and his demise was only a matter of time.
In such circumstances, Jahn Kottman had naturally prepared to completely eliminate Kalvetua and his fanatical followers once Kalvetua could no longer sustain himself. That would not only add a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact to the Church's foundation but also allow him to smoothly take over the Sea God's followers who were willing to convert, becoming the faith of this region and better embodying the "Sea King" to digest the potion.
But who would have thought that such a well-planned matter could suddenly encounter an unexpected turn of events?
Standing on the top edge of the bell tower attached to the Cathedral of Waves, Jahn Kottman gazed into the distance, but his gaze lacked focus, clearly not truly appreciating the scenery but rather lost in thought.
Just then, a Punishers team leader hurried over and reported, "Your Excellency Kottman, there's new intelligence."
"Speak," Jahn Kottman said concisely, looking at him.
"According to the information from our informant within the Rebel Army, although the statues of the Sea God Kalvetua were indeed collectively shattered yesterday, they created new statues yesterday afternoon and announced a new covenant this morning."
The Punishers team leader didn't waste time, reporting at an extremely fast pace, while handing the detailed intelligence report to Jahn Kottman.
"New statues, new covenant... Hmph!" Jahn Kottman read through the documents almost at a glance, and after finishing, he almost instinctively let out a cold snort, filled with undisguised anger.
"Kalvetua, that mad snake, doesn't have the brains for this; someone must have stolen his identity..." While angry, Jahn Kottman clearly had his own judgment. He then thoughtfully glanced in the direction of the archipelago sea area and said:
"Search for anomalies in the archipelago sea area, but do not take action without my command."
Through this intelligence, Jahn Kottman could almost confirm that Kalvetua had fallen; this fruit, which was about to drop, had clearly been snatched by someone first.
But this was also the most crucial point: no matter how useless Kalvetua, that mad snake, was, he was a Sequence 3, and his hiding place was special; even their Church of the Lord of Storms hadn't determined the exact location.
In such a situation, the fact that the other party suddenly killed Kalvetua almost indicated one thing—the person who stole Kalvetua's identity at least possessed the strength of a Saint, either a Sequence 4 with a powerful Sealed Artifact, or already at the Sequence 3 level.
As for the possibility of an Angel, Jahn Kottman naturally considered it, but felt it was unlikely.
After all, Angels are numbered; apart from those of the righteous churches, the Angels of secret organizations are known, and basically, their high-ranking church officials are aware of them, with at most two or three overlooked. And Jahn Kottman, after counting the Angels he knew, truly didn't believe those people would have nothing better to do than specifically deal with Kalvetua, and then disguise themselves as the Sea God after dealing with him.
Compared to an Angel, the possibility of the other party being a Saint was undoubtedly greater.
And if it were a Saint, they obviously wouldn't be able to forcibly suppress Kalvetua's remnants, and it was also unlikely that they would find a sealing method in a short time, which meant a flaw.
A Grade 1 Sealed Artifact with extremely negative effects would almost certainly affect the surrounding environment.
Regarding Jahn Kottman's thoughts and actions, Lin Ruo naturally understood them to some extent; on one hand, it was a guess, and on the other, after he had dealt with the Sea God Kalvetua, he had somewhat paid attention to the Church of the Lord of Storms's actions and, by virtue of his official identity registered with the Church of the Evernight Goddess, successfully obtained a lot of intelligence.
As for Jahn Kottman's focus on anomalies in the archipelago sea area, Lin Ruo praised his thinking, indicating that the old guys still had some brains, and at the same time, couldn't help but sigh—although the old guys had brains, what could they do when our side had a cheat!
No matter how great the negative effects of the sea god scepter were, once placed on the gray fog, it would behave itself.
Not to mention... even without the gray fog, with Medici, the King of Angels, manually suppressing it, the sea god scepter wouldn't cause any trouble.
Thinking this, Lin Ruo's gaze fell on Medici, who was unilaterally lecturing Klein not far away, and he immediately shed a few feigned tears for the old guys in his heart.
Poor, too poor... Lin Ruo sighed, his lips unconsciously curving up a few points due to excessive sympathy for the old guys.
However, after sighing, Lin Ruo naturally reined in his wandering thoughts and continued to watch the battle in the arena.
Today was the fifth day since they killed the Sea God Kalvetua. In these five days, except for the first day when Lin Ruo was lectured by Medici, Medici would spend a certain amount of time each day to "guide" Klein.
He didn't take advantage of others with his Sequence; he basically limited his strength to the Sequence 6 level, the same as Klein.
But limits are limits; extraordinary abilities can be limited, but combat experience, combat instincts, and other things cannot. Medici, as a War Angel who had lived for thousands of years, was a dimensionality reduction strike against Klein in terms of combat experience, not to mention the hard-core difference in physical fitness.
In these few days, almost every "guidance" session was Medici unilaterally lecturing Klein. It was only because Lin Ruo, the unprofessional healer, was there that he could directly provide a wave of healing after each battle; otherwise, Klein would have been in the hospital long ago.
—Although Lin Ruo would supervise their battles, battle is not a game after all. To truly learn something, injuries are almost inevitable. So, as long as Medici wasn't deliberately tormenting him, Lin Ruo wouldn't interfere.
Medici indeed wasn't deliberately tormenting him. In fact, Lin Ruo could tell that although this guy was extremely Yin and Yang with his words, he taught with unexpected seriousness, clearly intending to genuinely improve Klein's combat abilities.
The only problem was probably that Medici clearly hadn't been a teacher much, or perhaps it was intentional; his teaching method was simple and crude, best described as "practical."
Not reacting fast enough to danger? Then beat him a few more times; beat him enough, and he'll develop conditioned reflexes.
Are there flaws in combat? Then keep beating him, while also being Yin and Yang, to make him understand where he went wrong.
The force of his blows made Lin Ruo, the bystander, feel pain just by watching.
However, Klein also lived up to expectations. These days, not only did he not cry out in pain once, but his combat skills improved rapidly at a visible speed. If the current Klein were to encounter himself from five days ago, saying he could achieve a crushing victory would be an exaggeration, but he could definitely overwhelm his past self, though there was still quite a gap compared to Medici.
This was not surprising; a gap of thousands of years of combat experience cannot be bridged in just a few days, unless one is a cheat.
Although, in some ways, Klein really is a cheat... Lin Ruo muttered in his heart, took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, then reached out to call a halt: "That's enough for today. Klein and I have something to do later, so it's not convenient to continue training."
Today is Monday; they still have a meeting later.
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