Chapter 784: Chapter 404 Grace’s Anti-Demonic Blessing_2

This number always makes him involuntarily recall the circumstances when he first arrived in this world.

At that time, Grace and the others should have accepted the invitation from the Enchantment Nation, intending to send the main army into the Gate of the Abyss to fill the void left by the Emperor’s descent into the abyss.

And now, he sensed an atmosphere similar to that time.

This is not a good sign.

The situation of the Lokeshi Empire is worse than he imagined.

If this is indeed a Holy War, it means the current situation in Lokeshi is no different from how it was in Ensen at that time.

It’s already at the stage where foreign forces need to desperately intervene to fill the void.

His gaze shifted to Grace, eyes sharp, he asked in a calm voice:

"Grace, have you received any divine oracle from the God of Glory and Justice recently?"

"Sure, does Mr. Caesar want to know?"

"Yes."

"Although the church advised me not to speak about it externally, Mr. Caesar isn’t an outsider."

Louis: ...

For some reason, he always felt that Grace was bolder now than she used to be.

Previously, the young girl dared to speak to him, but most of the time, it was with a cautious demeanor.

Unlike now...

She even had a slightly mischievous vibe.

An illusion, it must be an illusion.

Bear in mind that in this life, Grace hasn’t gone through the tragedy of family ruin and maintains her delicate, demure personality.

But now, something seems to have changed.

Yet the instinctive nature of a succubus told him that Grace had no malice.

Rather than no malice, it’s more appropriate to say that her body exudes an emotion full of "like, like, like."

Bad.

What did he do?

He did nothing.

But why did Grace’s emotions towards him deepen?

Could it be a self-capture?

Involuntarily, he recalled that time during the harrowing of the Cosmic Serpent, when he was seriously injured and fell into unconsciousness.

Many people appeared in that dream.

But among them was one person who shouldn’t have been there.

That was Grace.

He could assure that the feelings he had towards Grace were not romantic, yet she appeared there.

Moreover, her behavior at that time, continuously speaking in riddles, made him, who was used to straightforward communication, find it intolerably frustrating.

But... it inexplicably caught his attention.

He instinctively felt that the words Grace said in the dream had a direct connection to the reason the Emperor told him it was necessary to come to Lokeshi.

Yet he couldn’t figure it out.

That’s why he was asking Grace about the divine oracle.

Grace softly said, "The god said, the silent land will inevitably fall into despair, and the seeds of glory may choose to be sown here, awaiting the bloom."

Louis was stunned.

"Nothing else?"

"No, nothing else."

"Really nothing else?"

Louis suspiciously glanced at Grace, feeling she was blushing, obviously hiding something.

If this were a two-dimensional world, pink bubbles would be furiously popping over the young girl’s head by now.

This time it was beyond "like, like, like," it was the emotion of "so embarrassing."

Grace hesitated for a long time before saying, "The rest of the oracle is related to my personal privacy, does Mr. Caesar want to know?"

"No, if it’s related to your privacy then don’t say it."

His instincts told him that knowing Grace’s privacy would lead to disaster.

Especially given that Grace was already progressing from secretly admiring him to a more extreme direction, he didn’t want to ignite the powder keg.

He still hadn’t figured out how to reasonably explain to Beatrice the situation with little swan, black swan, and Alice.

He didn’t want to invite trouble.

As for "try first, talk later"... He wouldn’t claim himself to be a moral saint but he had his limits.

Enough is enough.

Seeing Louis stop pursuing the matter, Grace looked visibly a bit disappointed but still perked up, smiling brightly:

"Speaking of which, this should be my first time fighting alongside Mr. Caesar, right?"

"Huh?"

"Didn’t you know? The church has already issued the order; we need to assist the local stationed legion in Lokeshi and defend against the Demon King Army."

Louis gasped, "And now they’re pushing you, the saintess, to the forefront? You’ve only just broken through the example... um um um."

Just as Louis was about to say the war with the Demon King Army was too dangerous for her, he noticed something amiss with Grace.

"How, how have you advanced to legendary rank?"

He felt like he had encountered a ghost.

No, it’s not just you that has saintesses, why is that!

The strength raised too quickly.

"Could it be you’re also a major sin?"

"What nonsense is Mr. Caesar talking about?" Grace mumbled softly, "It’s just because I’ve further received divine blessings."

"Huh?"

Louis was even more confused.

What exactly is the God of Glory and Justice trying to do!

First a divine descent to help him mowing down the Cosmic Serpent.

Then enhancing Grace’s strength.

This method of strength enhancement is totally unnatural.

Louis scrutinized Grace even more, he gasped once again.

Good heavens.

Once the Eye of Truth was opened, Louis knew why Grace’s strength had increased so fast.

She had now become a mythological being.

This evidently came at a massive cost of divinity and divine power from the Master of Glory, directly elevating the girl’s rank.

Reconsidering the Libra Saintess’s life akin to a Goddess of Fortune’s, he clapped his hands and said:

"Grace, you wouldn’t be the God of Glory and Justice’s illegitimate daughter, would you?"

Grace shook her head and said, "It’s just that I’ve received more favor."

"Favor needs a reason."

"I’ve said the reason before."

"Huh?"

"The god just hopes I can fight alongside Mr. Caesar."

Louis: ...

No, what exactly does the Master of Glory want?

This feels just like a fan driven by personal interest!

Hold on.

Could he have misunderstood, and the Enchantment Nation is actually the God of Glory and Justice’s secret child?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

The Master of Glory has always been on the frontline against the abyss.

More demons have likely perished by His hand than there are people on Star Continent.

In such circumstances, only the blind would take a liking to a succubus, let alone have a child.

Totally false!

Grace seeing Louis somewhat frenzied, slightly smirked, showing a hint of mischief.

A moment later, the smile faded, leaving only a clean and innocent expression as she said:

"Speaking of which, I heard an interesting thing in the church."

"What thing?"

"The Sunset Church might be involved in this counterattack."

"Huh?"

Louis pinched his earlobe, after a moment he said with some confusion:

"Isn’t it good to stay alive?"

"Mr. Caesar, saying that sounds a bit disrespectful to the brave ones."

"I didn’t mean it like that, it’s mainly a bit hard to understand... Now the Sunset Church hardly has any example ranks left, even extraordinary ranks are scarce, why go asking for trouble."

He respected every warrior who dared risk life and limb for the nation.

But the Sunset Church was really too bleak.

Without a deity protecting them, their presence in the Lokeshi Empire was largely because Knight of the Scorching Sun was strong, and they truly didn’t emphasize the need to "believe in Eternal Fierce Sun" much anymore.

Otherwise, their treatment wouldn’t be much better than the various churches before.

Not being driven out is already a blessing.

But now they want to join this battle...

Brave but foolish, and unnecessary.

The best would be to have Brother Aaron represent them once.

Since 99.9% of the Sunset Church’s power was on Aaron, that Knight of the Scorching Sun.

Forget it.

Better not to dwell on these.

It’s not his place to interfere with what the Sunset Church wants to do.

The focus is how to deal with the Demon King Army’s encirclement next.

He thought for a moment, then turned to Grace and said:

"Grace, I remember you mentioned before that among the blessings you’ve received, there was one called [Blessing of Demon Breaking], right?"

Grace nodded and said, "Yes, it’s one of the rare blessings under the Master of Glory that targets both demons and wicked beings simultaneously."

"We’ll go and try later, see if this blessing can be applied to the Curse Binding Legion."