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However, because the fire line was compressed to an extremely high degree, it probably would not cause too much damage.
At most, it would pierce a small hole. It would not be enough to seriously injure him.
Even so, it was already shocking enough.
Dulio Gesualdo understood very clearly that the attack absolutely possessed enough power to easily pierce through any Satan.
And it seemed this was merely the power of one small formation.
Dulio felt that he still needed to leave himself plenty of time for slacking off, so he had no intention of courting death.
The sun began to set.
After educating Tiamat, Anos stretched and finally prepared to head out for the meeting.
Although Tiamat was generally obedient, she still did poorly in many small details.
Therefore...
Cough.
Once Anos found an excuse, he naturally would not hold back.
"Hm?"
The moment he opened the door, Anos saw Dulio and Grayfia standing outside.
"You two... were waiting for me?"
That was the only possibility Anos could think of.
It could not possibly be that these two had coincidentally met here. The chance of that was far too small.
"Yes, Lord Kanzaki. We came to escort you to the meeting."
Dulio finally saw Anos and bowed slightly.
The face of God.
Although it was different from what he had imagined, it was indeed the face of God.
After merely stealing one glance, he had no intention of looking again.
The radiance of the Lord only needed to be witnessed once.
"Ah, I understand. I was just preparing to go as well."
Anos looked toward Kuoh Town.
At the current stage, he could sense at least several dozen Satan-class beings inside Kuoh Town.
If a real battle broke out, he did not know whether even a scrap of Kuoh Town would remain.
Still, at the very least, he possessed enough power to protect one small town.
"By the way, the wound on your face..."
Anos sensed a familiar energy from the cut on Dulio's face.
That seemed to be one of the toys he had casually arranged yesterday.
Because he had been researching applications for his new ability, Anos had expanded his experiments in various directions.
This fire line was the product of compressing fire elements to the limit.
At the time, he had stored a few shots inside the formation, planning to continue researching them later after he finished his work.
He had not expected someone to fall into the trap so quickly.
"It was only an accident."
Dulio smiled and shook his head.
What else could he say?
Could he ask Anos to pay his medical expenses?
"Lord Kanzaki, I will guide you to the meeting hall."
Grayfia glanced at the time.
It was almost time.
"All right. It is about time."
Anos narrowed his eyes. Golden light flickered within his eyes, which seemed to reflect his nature itself.
Under Grayfia's guidance, Anos arrived at the meeting site of the three great factions.
Creak.
...
Grayfia opened the door for Anos.
Anos did not stand on ceremony and walked straight inside.
The moment he entered, Anos saw familiar faces.
His gaze met Serafall's.
He could clearly feel the provocation in Serafall's eyes.
It seemed she had indeed reached the stage where she no longer wanted to reason and instead wanted strength to do the talking.
But that was fine.
It would make handling her even easier.
When it came to reasoning, Anos was definitely capable of leading her around.
If strength was used instead...
That was even simpler than reasoning.
Anos looked around.
They were indeed all core figures of the three great factions.
Each faction had two top-level representatives.
On the devil side were Sirzechs and Serafall.
Serafall's main responsibilities included diplomacy, while Sirzechs was the number one Satan.
On the fallen angel side were Baraqiel and Azazel.
Azazel was the Governor-General of the fallen angels, while Baraqiel was known as the fallen angel with the strongest offensive power.
As for the angel side, there were Michael and Gabriel.
Because of certain requirements from Anos, the angel and fallen angel sides had brought far more people than in the original situation.
Aside from the two top figures from each side, the other top figures were actually already on standby.
It simply was not yet time for them to appear.
In addition to these people, each faction's guards also possessed decent strength.
On the devil side was Grayfia.
On the fallen angel side were Lavinia and Tobio.
Lavinia was the wielder of [Absolute Demise], while Tobio was the wielder of [Canis Lykaon]. Both were among the thirteen existing Longinus.
The angel side was not inferior either.
Standing behind them were Dulio and Irina Shidou.
Among them, Dulio was the wielder of the Longinus [Zenith Tempest], the second-ranked Longinus.
His strength was also extremely powerful.
If he fought Vali, his victory would be unquestionable.
In fact, even fighting Lavinia and Tobio together was not impossible for him.
...
"Anos, you finally arrived. I was starting to think something had happened to you."
Sirzechs smiled as he spoke.
Anos had arrived at exactly the right time. There were still a dozen or so minutes before the meeting officially began.
"Lord Sirzechs, how could I possibly be late?"
Anos smiled.
Could he say that he already knew Sirzechs had been the one to send Grayfia to mislead Serafall?
When Anos sat down at the seat reserved for leader-level figures of the three great factions, and a separate seat at that, no one present had any objection.
After all, the leaders of the three factions currently present seemed to have all interacted with him.
As for the guards, it seemed most of them had already been beaten by him once.
"Then, shall we begin the meeting on this issue? Does anyone have objections?"
Sirzechs asked with a smile.
"No objections."
Michael smiled and spoke.
"No objections."
Azazel lowered his crossed leg.
Perhaps it came from some rebellious feeling in his heart.
Whenever he saw Anos, he wanted to cross his legs.
Even after living for thousands of years, Azazel still showed an old troublemaker's personality in certain areas.
"Then, first is the matter of Kokabiel."
Following the proper procedures, the meeting began.
"I already know the full situation. This matter was indeed our side's fault."
Azazel admitted his mistake directly.
"However, Kokabiel was also killed by that side, so there is nothing else to pursue regarding him personally."
"As for the error of negligence I committed, I will give compensation to both sides. No problem with that, right?"
Azazel spread his hands as he asked.
Mm.
That was simply the way he was.
The others probably knew that already.
"Hahaha. The fallen angel brat is still the same as before. Seeing that makes this old man very relieved. Hahaha."
A rough, hearty laugh came from outside the door.
Hearing that voice, everyone narrowed their eyes.
Anos also smiled.
Although it would not make much difference whether he appeared here or not, if he did appear, he could at least provide some entertainment.
Not bad.
Not bad at all.
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