“Did you encounter anyone on the way here?”

Hyperion grabbed the Great Poet's forearm immediately, asking with concern.

“I arrived safely at the entrance transfer hall, and then I met the Warden. But she was already badly injured before we met. Then I called for medical help and sent her back to the base level."

The Great Poet told her about her own encounters when they were separated earlier.

"Phew, that's good, that's good."

Hyperion breathed a sigh of relief.

On closer thought, how could a Rank 1 Great Poet possibly injure the Warden of this level so badly? It was obviously a coincidence.

With Lancy's arrival, the group in the minus fifth level transfer hall immediately got down to business, focusing on the deep red light on their bracelets, which displayed the prisoner information for this level.

The name "Pranay" was not found on the list, but there was a prisoner named "Sinora," followed by warnings and markings no less severe than those previously attached to Antanas' name.

"So the Great Demon of this level is Sinora the Law Breaker. That means Pranay of Truth is on the minus sixth level."

After confirming, Lancy said to Antanas.

"Now I can understand why the Protos Empire locked Sinora up on this level."

Antanas nodded, sighing.

"Are you very familiar with Sinora the Law Breaker?"

Lancy asked.

As an anti-war faction member, the Ice Witch did not have a particularly good relationship with Sinora the Law Breaker or Pranay of Truth. The Ice Witch's information was also limited, and these two Great Demons were not rescue targets of the Church of the Goddess of Fate in the first place.

On the other hand, Antanas, being a conservative of the Demon race, would be more familiar with these two Great Demons.

"Of course, because Sinora's talent magic is quite special. After seeing a spell once, she can start to reverse engineer it. Once successful, the next time she sees the spell, she can instantly disintegrate it. So mages weaker than her have almost no way to fight her. After using a round of spells, they're basically useless. The longer the fight, the more hopeless it becomes."

Antanas shook her head. From her bitter expression, it could be seen that every time they fought, she would be beaten by Sinora without any chance of fighting back.

"Except for epic-level spells, which Sinora can't easily reverse engineer, and divine-level spells, which are a bit difficult to crack, the rest of the spells almost pose no threat to her after she's seen them once," she added.

"No wonder the Protos Empire locked her in the 'Hopeless Annihilation War'."

Lancy seemed to understand something.

Logically speaking, such a powerful and tricky anti-mage Great Demon should be difficult to imprison. But the minus fifth level of Herloom Prison just happened to be a natural prison for Sinora.

On this level, Sinora the Law Breaker is the new generation of noob-slaying king of the current Demon race. In a one-on-one fight against mages weaker than her, there is no possibility of losing. But she herself is also a mage, and would be beaten violently by the phantom Sinora summoned by the Great Demon trial, the "Hopeless Annihilation War," completely unable to leave her cell.

If Sinora the Law Breaker escapes from her cell, she will be hunted down by even stronger phantoms.

On the contrary, the cell has become her rare safe zone.

Pure physical classes, such as Sigrid, are more resistant to Sinora the Law Breaker and are her natural enemies.

And Melissa, the Warden of this level, as a defensive knight, is not very afraid of Sinora the Law Breaker either. Or rather, if she were to face Sinora in the "Hopeless Annihilation War," she only needs to keep herself alive, and Sinora would die quickly.

"I want to make a hypothesis. If you and Sinora the Law Breaker cooperate to deal with an eighth-order mage, can you win?"

Lancy pondered for a moment, then looked at Antanas again.

He couldn't quite assess the specific combat power of Sinora the Law Breaker, because Sinora's combat power differed greatly when facing mages and when facing warriors.

The two Overheaven priests were very moved when they heard this question. They knew that the Holy Son was always thinking about the Bishop, and had no fear even if the enemy was the Bishop of Annihilation.

"How strong is he, roughly?"

Antanas' expression became much more solemn. She could probably guess that this "eighth-order mage" was the great enemy she would have to deal with for the princess after leaving Herloom Prison.

After all, the gap between eighth-order individuals is also huge.

When the Demon World was still around, there were Great Demons who were not very good at fighting, and some who were freakishly strong.

"...If she's at her peak, Talia would be successful if she could last ten minutes."

Lancy thought for a while and assessed Ascensão's strength.

According to the new set of levels in the Southern Continent, Talia, with her strong eighth-order strength, might be around 82 to 83, while Ascensão, with his Bishop-level strength, probably has 87 or even 88.

"..."

Although Antanas wanted to say something after hearing this, she thought about it carefully and felt that the description was surprisingly vivid, allowing her to clearly understand the strength of that enemy.

"Then we still can't win. He's too strong."

Antanas shook her head. Apart from the ninth-order individuals, perhaps only the strongest Demon generals of the past could deal with such humans.

The few of them who are still alive are Great Demons who are more inclined toward logistics. Antanas' own strength is a little weaker than Talia's. Sinora is about as strong as Talia, and her characteristics restrain mages.

But obviously, the difference in hard power with that enemy mage is too great.

Antanas had no confidence in helping Sinora withstand a round of attacks, allowing Sinora to maintain until she had cracked most of the opponent's spells.

"What about adding Pranay of Truth?"

"Then we can try. If the three of us work together, even Grand Sage Isis of the Empire would have a headache."

As far as Antanas knew, the strongest person in the Protos Empire now is Isis, the holder of the "Original Stone Tablet - Light."

"Understood."

Lancy nodded upon hearing this, and had a general idea in his mind.

He wasn't sure to what extent Ascensão would recover in the Bishop election three days later.

But he would just assume he's at his peak.

Lancy would give this opponent the highest level of respect.

"..."

Hyperion frowned beside her. She had an ominous premonition now, but it was not convenient to ask Lancy anything in front of the two Overheaven priests.

She felt that Lancy was seriously analyzing combat power. When they were at the Iklit Academy, everyone in the Alchemy Institute liked to analyze combat power.

And Lancy proposed a hypothetical enemy as a reference.

Hyperion was a little unsure whether the "eighth-order mage" mentioned by Lancy was a real person.

However, Hyperion quickly quelled her suspicions. Lancy himself, as a big figure in the Protos Empire, was also a maintainer of order. It was impossible for him to take the initiative to overturn the table in a high-profile manner in the imperial capital, Herloom, on the day of the Bishop election, causing a large-scale disturbance.

Lancy's and her plan was to cooperate with the three demons, complete the transaction with the Overheaven branch, and be even with each other. Then they could return to the Kingdom of Estherellan. There was no need to completely get involved in the civil war of the Rebirth Church.

After all, Lancy only had some friendship with that woman named Sid. He wouldn't really risk his life for such a terrifying figure as the Overheaven Bishop.

(End of this chapter)