"Let's get back to business."

Seeing Liens's helpless expression, Lucrezia smiled, dispelled the liquid on her hand, and put on a serious expression again.

"According to you, Antonio might indeed retreat into these three villagers."

"He awakened too late; after thousands of years, his faith has long since vanished, and there are probably no more of his believers elsewhere."

"What's more, times have changed. In his current state, using 'Manifestation' would make it difficult for him to teleport too far, and he probably wouldn't be able to use it multiple times consecutively."

"When he completes the 'Manifestation' teleportation, his state should be even weaker, and it should be much easier for you to take him down then."

Lucrezia nodded, confirming Liens's idea.

"Is there a way to directly interrupt 'Manifestation'?"

Liens then asked.

Antonio teleporting into these three villagers was ultimately just a possible conjecture. Although he could verify it through the dungeon, he still wanted to know a more direct method.

By asking everything at once, if Antonio didn't choose these three villagers, he wouldn't have to ask Lucrezia for a solution again.

Moreover, understanding a bit more could strengthen his own methods, making similar situations less troublesome in the future. After all, not every Evil God he encounters later will be as weak as Antonio, right?

"I can't do that."

"To interrupt 'Manifestation,' you either need sufficiently powerful strength, interference from other Godhood holders, or perhaps those Legend existences might have the ability to affect 'Manifestation.'"

Lucrezia shook her head, indicating that her abilities were limited and she couldn't help Liens with this.

As if guessing what Liens wanted to say, Lucrezia spoke before he could open his mouth:

"I know you want me to ask Elthorp for his thoughts, but I don't recommend you do that."

"He was among those who jointly attacked Antonio back then. Since he didn't deliver a fatal blow to Antonio at that time, he probably won't now either."

"Informing him of this might instead cause some unexpected issues."

Lucrezia didn't state it explicitly, but her words clearly implied that she believed Elthorp might intervene to prevent Liens from killing Antonio.

"Understood."

Liens nodded, agreeing with Lucrezia's suggestion.

In this matter, he was more willing to trust Lucrezia than the 'God of Absolute Fairness.'

It wasn't for any other reason, just a simple matter of alignment.

Although Lucrezia was an Evil God reincarnation, she was essentially still a human, while Elthorp, before successfully transitioning to Legend, was essentially still an Evil God.

Humans and Evil Gods ultimately cared about different things, and he couldn't confirm Elthorp's intentions.

After discussing the suggestion, Liens quickly moved past the topic and began discussing with Lucrezia how to save the villagers of Glen Village.

Although over two hundred people was a small number compared to the casualties in chaotic times, Life should not be measured by a simple number.

If possible, he still hoped to save those unfortunate villagers.

Of course, if the rescue operation would affect his resolution of Antonio, he would still choose to give up, because Antonio's existence would cause greater disaster.

For the action of saving the villagers, Lucrezia's advice was to inform the Heavenly Light Church. The Church was professional in handling such matters, and their operational level was absolutely guaranteed.

If the villagers of Glen Village still had hope of being saved, they would not give up, but if there was no hope, they could also more thoroughly clear the remaining Corruption in Glen Village.

Liens also remembered Monica had once said that the Church had been actively treating polluted commoners, so he agreed with Lucrezia's suggestion.

"Wait a moment."

Seeing Liens nod, Lucrezia, knowing the urgency of the matter, immediately used 'Earth Movement Technique' to find Isabelle.

After a quick exchange of information with Isabelle, she returned to the 'Alchemy Compass.'

"Isabelle said she would report your situation as soon as possible, but because it's a major incident involving an Evil God's true body, the Church will need some time to allocate personnel."

"They might arrive at your location a bit late, but she guaranteed they would arrive with people before tonight."

Lucrezia briefly explained the outcome of her conversation with Isabelle.

"Understood. I will constantly monitor the situation there. If anything unexpected happens, I'll inform you… That's it then. If there's nothing else, I'll disconnect."

Liens nodded, indicating that he would handle the work on his end, and then, feeling there was nothing else to ask, prepared to hang up this 'video call.'

"What a heartless man, using me and then discarding me."

Seeing Liens intending to end the call, Lucrezia immediately gave him a look reserved for scoundrels, feigning a heartbroken expression and lamenting:

"You know, these past few days, to let you cultivate feelings with Miss Nora and eventually live a Life with women on both arms, I've been holding back the urge to find you."

"But now you're treating me like this, it's truly heartbreaking."

Liens was already immune to Lucrezia's act. He directly ignored the sorrow on her face and repeated, "If there's nothing else, I'll disconnect."

"Wait, I want you to help me with something."

Seeing Liens about to cut off the 'Alchemy Compass' communication, Lucrezia stopped acting and quickly said.

"What is it?"

Liens looked at her seriously.

Lucrezia smiled sweetly, then stated her request: "I think this face-to-face 'chatting' method is good, so I plan to chat with you whenever I have free time."

"If you don't have anything urgent, please don't refuse my communication invitations… Don't worry, I promise our call time won't be long and won't take up much of your time."

"And, there will be a surprise."

After speaking, Lucrezia hung up the communication first, without waiting for Liens's response.

Looking at the disappearing image, Liens seriously suspected that Lucrezia's 'chatting' was not entirely proper, but she didn't give him a chance to refuse.

"Is there any benefit for her to satisfy physiological desires through this method?"

Liens thought to himself.

Although Lucrezia was very explicit with him, he could still tell that she didn't have the same feelings for him as Nimophila or Nora.

Moreover, this person was very rational by nature; she probably wouldn't invest too much effort into something without benefit.

"Forget it… I'll check on her situation next time we meet."

No longer dwelling on it, Liens glanced at the three villagers on the ground. After confirming that they still showed no signs of waking up, he re-entered the dungeon to gather more information about Antonio.

At the same time.

On the other side, in Glen Village, Adonis suddenly frowned, then dismissed others and went alone into a simply arranged, sealed room.

Then, his demeanor instantly changed. If Liens were here, he would be able to tell that Antonio was currently in control of this body.

"Why have you come to find me?"

Antonio said sternly. His expression was very wary, as if he was guarding against some existence, but there was no one else in the room that could be seen at a glance.

"I hope you leave this country as soon as possible."

A low, emotionless, mechanical whisper emerged from the void.

"I will leave and will not interfere with your ritual, but I need to recover sufficient strength and reclaim my body."

Antonio responded to the existence in the void.

"Hurry, you don't have much time."

As the words fell, the mechanical voice ceased. Feeling the familiar aura depart, Antonio clenched his fists, his brows tightly furrowed.

Others had already been quite polite to him; had it been anyone else, they might have already started beating him while he was down.

However, he ultimately disliked this Life of being driven around like a stray dog. Unfortunately, in his current state, he had little ability to resist.

"Inform those villagers that the sacrifice ritual will be shortened from once every five days to once every three days. Also, prepare for a new round of sacrifices tonight."

After leaving this message, Antonio returned control of the body to Adonis.

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