Ark, after I died, the operators started to love me.

The only good thing is that Amiya might doubt his role in the mission, but not his identity.

Thinking about this, Mike cursed Kal'tsit in his heart.

The lynx is unreliable; how come it didn't expect Amiya to suddenly arrive in Londinium?

"Mike, what should we do now?"

“Go to the address on the letter. If no one is there, we’ll leave Lentinium immediately. It’s not too late to leave now.”

After facing Amiya, Mike was already a nervous wreck. The thing he least wanted to encounter had actually happened to him. This couldn't be described by probability, or was this just his fate?

terrible.

……

Before long, the group found the address and saw a Sarkaz sitting in a chair in front of a fast food restaurant. When he saw Mike and the others arrive, he stood up abruptly and said happily, "We've finally waited for you."

Mike was also surprised to see this Sarkaz. He originally thought that Kal'tsit would send other experts, but he never expected that the person standing in front of him was the enemy of Laterano, a pioneer who wanted to forge a path that no one had explored before.

Andorn.

Mike remembered that his gun had been taken by Fiameta.

What kind of weapon should an angel with no gun use to fight?

Kal'tsit must have had her reasons for making this choice, but unfortunately, Mike is too incompetent to understand it at all.

Nevertheless, he took the initiative to step forward and firmly grasp Andorn's hand.

"Director An, it's so nice to see you."

The subtext of this sentence is: Why am I able to see you here?

Upon hearing this address, Andorn's expression froze. He had expected to feel joy at the reunion, but instead, he was met with an address he didn't want to hear.

Angel subtly withdrew her hand from Mike's and corrected him, "Don't call me Director Ann, I'm not a director."

"Director An... wait, what are you holding in your hand?"

Andorn carried no gun or other weapons, but when he turned around, Mike noticed that he was holding a scepter.

This scepter does not represent power or symbolize authority. It looks no different from an ordinary cane. The only thing that is noteworthy is that the top of the scepter is an angel with outstretched wings.

Mike had seen this cane before; it was in the hands of another person, the current Pope of Lateran.

"No way, you actually stole the Pope's cane?!"

Mike glanced around warily, fearing that Mostima and Fiameta might jump right in front of them at any moment.

"Don't worry, the origin of this cane is somewhat special. I can only say that I obtained it through legal and compliant means."

"You overthrew the current pope, and now you are the pope."

"Absolutely not, the path of Laterano is not for me."

Andorn tried to soften his tone as much as possible.

He had dealt with this doctor before, but back then he wasn't as difficult as he is now.

The title "Director An" is particularly despicable.

The angel thought to himself, then took out a letter from his pocket. He knew without even looking at it that it was from Kal'tsit.

As Mike took the letter, he said, "Okay, Director Ann, our next trip is to the far north. Are you ready? It's not too late to back out now."

"Now that I have accepted Ms. Kal'tsit's letter and agreed to her plan, I am already a member of this team."

13. Escape from Lentinium

Andorn is an unconventional person.

This Sarkaz is not an angel in the traditional sense, nor is he the Lateran who lives a sunny and carefree life, spending his days playing and having fun.

Although he has the aura of an angel and can empathize with other angels, he is also unable to empathize with them.

Andoan was born in a small town in Iberia. Before he went to Lateran to seek help from an impending natural disaster, his life trajectory seemed to remain largely unchanged.

But after that catastrophe, the town where he lived turned to dust and disappeared completely, and everything familiar vanished into thin air. The separated angels finally returned to their holy city, but Andorn was shocked to find that even so, he could not become one of the many Sarkaz.

Even though they share the same racial characteristics, Lateran's path could not support his dreams.

Andorn decided to forge his own path, and as a result, a group of people gathered around him.

As for the feud between him, Mostima, and Fiameta, to put it simply, the most direct victim is Remian, and the biggest victim is Fiameta.

When Mack met Andorn in Londinium, he was amazed by Kal'tsit's connections, and also marveled that Andorn had not only come, but also brought the Pope's scepter.

It is highly unlikely that Anton will be able to wrest the scepter from the current pope.

First, he had to break through Lateran's gun-wielding guards, then escape the special protection of the Angelic Laws, and finally cross the territories of several countries to reach Victoria. If any accident had occurred along the way, today's meeting would not have happened.

However, Andorn still came.

This means that the scepter was personally handed to him by the Pope.

Did Kal'tsit also write a letter to the current Pope?

After thinking it over, Max felt this was the most likely possibility.

"Welcome to this adventure, Mr. Andorn. I must tell you that you are about to face the most terrifying danger of your life. Do you need me to give you some psychological counseling beforehand?"

The angel, dressed in a black coat, remained calm and slowly shook his head: "My race is Sarkaz. Even if I am unwilling to follow the path of Laterano, I am the one who should be praying for the beings of this land."

Very good, very confident.

Mike suddenly realized that this team wasn't so easy to manage.

The straggling angel of Lateran, the avatar of the Year Beast, the favored one of the Lord of Goats, the chosen one of Dionysus, and this demon.

Gan.

Can't we have some normal people here?

They were all bizarre and eccentric freaks.

What a hell.

……

With Amiya and Vina watching closely behind them, Mike and the others completed their resupply as quickly as possible and drove away from the mobile city.

It's worth mentioning that although there are seats inside the van, it's clearly too crowded for a small team of five people.

The newly joined Andorn readily took a seat in the cargo hold. In his words, they could buy another off-road vehicle in the next country, and Andorn could cover the expenses himself.

As a bishop, Andorn had ample funds at his disposal. Moreover, he had his own purpose in traveling to the North: to observe the Sami people living in the icy wilderness up close and see how they followed their own path.

Andorn was more interested in how the locals in the Sami region, where miracles were commonplace, viewed their gods.

In harsh, cold lands, the tests of faith are always more profound than in warm, spring-like regions.

Mike didn't ask Andorn what he was thinking. Angels have their own paths; they move forward steadfastly and will not be hindered by external forces, unless death comes.

So the group fled Lentinium as if they were running away, and their every move was naturally under the surveillance of Vina's special department.

According to the findings of a special investigation, the group of four, along with the newly joined angel, is headed to Casimir and does not intend to stay in Victoria for long.

However, Casimir is not the end of the journey; the real destination is the frigid land.

This was not a special operation by Rhodes Island. With its current strength, Rhodes Island was not capable of organizing an exploration operation of this scale.

Amiya, sitting opposite Vina, said thoughtfully, "If they really are going to the far north, they will definitely stop in Columbia in addition to Casimir."

"why?"

"Several technology companies in Colombia have formed a joint investigation association and possess the necessary equipment to enter the far north. Entering the north without equipment is no different from suicide."

Amiya paused here. (Chihiro, 255.595300)

What does this have to do with them?

“I received a report before,” Vina said after a long silence, finally voicing her doubts, “There is evidence that strange phenomena of varying degrees have occurred in the various kingdoms of Terra, including one in Victoria. Fortunately, it was quickly extinguished and did not cause much impact. If I’m not mistaken, Phantom and his team are probably investigating the truth behind these anomalies, but…”

She didn't continue, looking up at Amiya. Katz looked at Vina, and a strange thought simultaneously arose in both of their minds.

If the person who organized this team wasn't Kal'tsit, then who else would bring together the top combat forces from multiple countries and send them to a distant, unfamiliar territory?

Amiya actually had someone in mind, but she hesitated for a long time before saying it, since that person had already passed away.

Shortly afterward, someone came in to report that the van they were focusing on had left Lentinium's observation range and disappeared into the wilderness.

"Many people on this land have secrets, and we don't need to know everything so clearly."

Vina didn't say anything more, and Amiya gave her a bright smile.

……

It wasn't until he was far away from Victoria's capital that Mike felt alive again.

There was no way around it; the current Demon King was putting too much pressure on him.

It wasn't that Amiya was particularly strong, but rather the unease and guilt in his heart.

"So why did you make that choice back then?"

“You don’t understand, you don’t understand my difficulties at all. Imagine if everyone rejected you, treated what you mustered the courage to say as a joke, and asked you when this prank would end. Wouldn’t you want to run away?”

"Mike, you've been defeated by the weaknesses of human nature."

The Grandmaster stepped in to ease the tension: "Everyone has their own weaknesses, and Mike's weakness is that his emotions outweigh his reason. But now I can see that he has overcome this weakness."

14. My Highness

Since the addition of another person to the team, and after several nights of harmonious interaction, Chongyue also felt that Andorn was a very thoughtful angel.

Unlike the eccentric and unpredictable Laterans, Andorn was much more normal. The hardships he had endured made him incredibly resilient, but also caused him to lose many of his angelic traits.

To this day, he still retains the halo above his head and the wings of an angel, and has not fallen from heaven, which means that the Lateran Law still recognizes his actions.

However, when asked to talk about the conflict between him and Fiammetta, the angel unusually chose to remain silent.

Clearly, he didn't want to continue the conversation; that was his secret.

Mike learned from elsewhere that Mostima's two staffs were related to Andorn's departure from the party.