Chapter 673 Skin of Omniscience

3 DAYS LATER.

True to the expectations of many, the Welcoming Ceremony of the Church of Wisdom's new Divine Maiden was an event that was not snubbed.

All the invited churches, clans, and countries all sent their representative on this event, and n.o.body had the inclination to snub it.

Even the religions like the Temple of Combat and Immortal Paragon Gathering that were the enemies of the Church of Wisdom attended too….

This amount of visitors naturally turned the whole event into a gigantic one, one that can only be accommodated by a venue as impressive as the visitors.

The members of the Church of Wisdom seemed to have expected this to happen, as they set the venue of the event within the vicinity of their own main quarters….

This led to everyone staring at the Church of Wisdom's obelisk as they waited for the ceremony to start, something that intimidated the smaller religions. As for the larger religions, they only gave the obelisk a sneer, as if they thought nothing of it.

"…."

All in all, the atmosphere inside the whole area can be said to be subdued, although a great sense of tension can also be felt amongst the silent newcomers. This was more p.r.o.nounced on the religions that came in with ulterior plans, who did not even hide their intent on doing something in this event….

Amongst these tense people, there are some who could not keep themselves quiet, and one of them was currently mumbling to himself.

"I told Beatrice that I don't want to join in this event. It is obvious that something bad will happen here, so it is safer for me to stay! But she did not listen to me, even when I am the Traveler and she is my Companion! Sigh, I should have been the one calling the shots here, but I can't even argue against Beatrice anymore…"

"Huhuhu… is this how low I have fallen? I can't even fight back against my own partner? Sigh, maybe I should not have brought her with me before…."

This mumbling person was a 20-year old man who wore an all-black coated suit on his body. He had a sleek hairstyle that drew his hair back, and a pair of rimmed gla.s.ses that hung well on his handsome face and curved nose.

The combination of these looks elevated this man's appearance to the level of insanely 'handsome', and the women near him could not deny that.

Whether it be the elderly, the ripe, the budding, or the young, all women who set their eyes on him found themselves enchanted by his appearance. Even some of the men were affected too, and it made them question their s.e.xuality.

Such level of attractiveness should have led to a chaotic situation, especially on a crowded place like this man was in, but none dared to approach the man at all.

The man stood on an empty circle by himself, and the only person accompanying him was a voluptuous, green-robed woman with a mask on her face.

Just like the man, this woman seemed to be a peerless beauty too, as her voluptuous and streamlined body is already enough to make her a desirable woman. However, the hostile design of her mask and the undeniable killing intent leaking out from this woman's body made it impossible for anyone to even like her.

This killing intent was also the reason why n.o.body dared approached the two, as the voluptuous woman made everyone feel as if they were going to be decimated if someone tries to approach them…

"Huhuhu, I want to go home already…. Beatrice, when can I go home?" The handsome man continued his monologue, with his head still facing directly forward. He was not looking at the voluptuous woman at all, but judging by his tone and the way that he avoided her, the man's words were clearly meant for her.

"Beatrice, come on! We can't waste our time here waiting for the appearance of the new Divine Maiden! For all that we know, this could be a trap by our enemy! So please let's just go back! We can just deal with our enemies once I have been strong enough!"

Although his appearance was that of a das.h.i.+ng knight, the way that this man spoke showed nothing but only cowardice from his behavior. Add the sight of his trembling legs, and even the women who were enchanted by him began to snort at his behavior.

Only the voluptuous woman did not show any reaction to his words, although she seemed to be irritated by what he said, evidenced by her reply.

"Xavier, get a spine, will you? We're already here in this event, so we can't just go back. Doing so will just make the others suspicious, and that will make our situation worse." The voluptuous woman, whose name seemed to be Beatrice, uttered this sentence with a great emphasis on the word 'worse'. "You said that you don't want to die? Well if you leave now, that's what exactly will happen to you…"

Beatrice might sound calm and subdued, but the handsome man, who was also called as Xavier, began to tremble more as if what she said was a nightmare.

"Oh, what's the problem Xavier? What I told you was crystal clear, so don't look at me like that. You can't leave right now, so let's just do what we are supposed to do here. Otherwise, it will be you who will suffer in the end."

"!!!"

As if he was prodded with an electric wire, Xavier jumped up after hearing Beatrice's latest words, with a short squeal coming out of his tiny throat.

"Hie!!!!" Xavier looked much more terrified this time, and not even his slim gla.s.ses can hide the fear in his eyes.

"Beatrice, are you sure that we will succeed here? It's the Church of Wisdom that we are talking about!" Xavier seemed to want nothing more than to run away from his current spot. Just the way that his legs aligned themselves to the exit gate made it obvious, and the way that he avoided the woman's glare added to its certainty.

He could have actually run way, but he was stopped by a stern glare from the voluptuous woman.

"Xavier, I told you today that my Skin of Omniscience had sensed a Divine Sensory Organ Holder arriving in this area 3 days ago. I don't know who could that be, but judging by the sudden change of tune by the Church of Wisdom, that Divine Sensory Organ Holder must be related to the Divine Maiden!"

Beatrice tried her best to sound calm as she hissed at her partner, but her tight grip on Xavier's shoulder had just terrified the latter more.

"Beatrice it hurts, it hurts! Can you please let me go? My shoulder hurts!"

"No. I will not let your shoulder go Xavier. Not until you agree to proceed with our plan here." Beatrice did not even falter in face of Xavier's whimpering, as she actually increased the pressure of her grip.

"Ow, ow, ow, Beatrice! Your crus.h.i.+ng my shoulder!"

"Xavier, I invested a lot in this attack, and the Holy Order Church has pooled in some of their resources too. So don't you dare back out here. This is my chance to obtain my second Divine Sensory Organ, and this is the chance of the Holy Order Church to become a dominant religion!"

"Ow, ow, ow, Beatrice! HUhuhu, please release me!"

"Xavier, you are the Traveler in our group, so you know that today's event is important for us. As long as we do our plan right here, we can finish our Main Mission with high success! That's what you want, right? To always win our Main Mission without any problems? If you want that to happen, then f**king cooperate here!"

"Ow, ow, ow!"

"Well Xavier, if you can't even muster the courage to do this, then you are better of dead!"

"Okay, Beatrice! Okay! I will not back down anymore! I-I will follow your plan!"

"Good. You should have said that earlier already."

With a tone filled with venomous spite, Beatrice let go of her grip on the poor man's shoulder. This allowed the man to heave a sigh of relief, although some grimaces of pain can be seen on his faltering grin.

"Tsk, you said that you want to do the plan properly Xavier? Hmph, you better do it according to what we talked about. Because if you don't, then well…."

Even when Beatrice did not do any more violent actions against Xavier, the sheer threatening aura in her voice was enough to make the man cower.

In fact, the poor man looked like he was about to pee himself, and the only thing preventing that from happening seemed to be the remains of his self-consciousness.

"Beatrice…. You are my Companion, but why do you always treat me like this? Can't you even have some compa.s.sion for me?"

"Heh, compa.s.sion my a.s.s, Xavier. If it weren't for me, your weak a.s.s would have been killed countless times already in the past worlds. How many times did I save your life again? Was it 10? 20? Or 30? Oh right, it's-"

"H-hey, Beatrice, can we just stop talking about those stats? I think this is not the right place to talk about them…"

"Xavier, you are only a Fifth Stage Being, while I am a Sixth Stage Being. You don't get to command me on what I want to do, even if you are the Traveler and I am your Companion. So if I were you, I would just shut up and listen to the instructions well. Maybe if you do that, you could be more useful to our group…"

"…."

Even an idiot could see that the relations.h.i.+p between Xavier and Beatrice was unhealthy, and that it is one where Xavier was at an obvious disadvantage.

Xavier did not even have the guts to resist against the voluptuous woman, and from the looks of it, he has no interest to stand up for himself.

Such gutless att.i.tude was rare to see, and for it to be seen on a Traveler out of all people was just flabbergasting.

In fact, if Alex were to see this, he might feel better about his own situation, as what Xavier was going through right now is just pure h.e.l.l!

"Now Xavier, just like what the higher-ups said, you will a.s.sist me on attacking the new Divine Maiden. We will wait for her to show herself, and once she's in my strike zone, you will use your power to restrain her. Just focus all your power on restraining that Divine Maiden, and then I will do what I am supposed to do. Do you understand that?"

"Yes, I get that, Beatrice. I am not a child anymore, so-"

"If you understand it, then shut the f**k up. If you continue to talk, I will punch you in your nuts later."

"Beatrice, please anything but the nuts."

"I. SAID. SHUT. UP. SO. KEEP. YOUR. d.a.m.nED. MOUTH. CLOSED."

"…"