The pope and other members of the Radiant Church had been utterly startled when they realized that someone was assassinating the Angels.

Moreover, the arrows of this assassin had actually pierced the Angels' bodies. The Angels found it difficult to move because of the Poison on these arrows.

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The Portal had closed now. And the staff returned to normal and was back in the Pope's hands.

The Angels were also utterly startled and distraught upon facing such an assassin.

They faced the direction from where the arrows were fired and tried to move their bodies out of the way of the incoming arrows.

They failed in their attempt to move their bodies.

The Angels had nearly lost all hope when they saw another barrage of arrows fired at them.

Steven Roger suddenly struck the ground with all his might.

His body was very powerful as an Earth Elemental Warrior. The result was extremely impressive when he combined his physical power with the vibrations he transmitted to the ground via his Earth Element.

A sudden Earthquake occurred, and it shook everyone's bodies who stood on the ground.

Due to this sudden Earthquake, the Angels' bodies also shook, and they narrowly dodged those next sets of arrows.

In the distance, Poison Archer King frowned as he didn't understand why Steven Roger was suddenly assisting the Angels.

Was he feeling chivalrous?

He didn't need to think much about it as he saw the situation ahead.

Steven Roger had blocked the way of the arrows by raising two Earth Walls. Now, the Poison Archer King would need to attack the Angels from another direction.

The Poison Archer King noticed that the other 6 Star Warriors from the Roger Dukedom's Mansion were also heading out.

They were coming forward to assist Steven Roger.

The Poison Archer King didn't feel that he had good chances of successfully assassinating the Angels. Thus, he decided to leave the area.

It was a smart decision by the Poison Archer King.

Two 6 Star Warriors were charging towards his location, and if he hadn't left the area earlier, he would be forced to fight them in close combat.

As an Archer, his close combat skills weren't worth mentioning as compared to other warriors.

The two 6 Star Warriors chasing after the Poison Archer King were the two experts of the Roger Dukedom. They weren't their ancestral experts but from their previous generation.

The Ancestral Experts were those warriors from 3-4 generations back.

Edwin and Sophie were utterly shocked as they saw Steven Roger move to protect the Angels from the Poison Archer King's Arrows.

They never expected such a thing would occur, especially Edwin.

"W-What is going on, Edwin?" Siluca asked with a look of disbelief.

Edwin remained quiet as he continued to think deeply about this situation.

'Where did I go wrong? Did I miss something? Did someone figure out my motive and anticipate my actions?'

Edwin felt as if he had lost this battle. He paused just as he was about to inform Siluca that this was the worst conceivable conclusion for Walsh Dukedom.

'All is not lost. I still have a move I can play.'

Currently, Steven Roger, the Nemesis Order's Leader and the Spectral Squad's Leader, were assisting the angels.

The Angels were surprised to see these humans coming forward to help them. They didn't understand the situation here.

However, the two angels understood that these three humans weren't their enemies. They were their allies.

"How long would it take you to recover?" Steven Roger asked quickly.

One of the angels spoke with a polite tone, "…Hold back our enemies for a couple of minutes."

It had to be known that although the anti-poison created to deal with them was quite potent, it hadn't been tested on an Angel yet. Only on Popes.

The Angels possessed Celestial's Pure Bloodline. And a pure Celestial Bloodline possessed an ability to adapt and destroy the poison.

Unless it was a poison made by a Demon God or Demon Venerable, killing a Celestial using a Poison would generally be impossible.

Meanwhile, one of the Angels looked in the Pope's direction, who summoned them. She used her Spirit and sent a mental message to him.

'Don't be startled. I am talking to you telepathically. Just think about what you want to say. Now, tell me, who is the enemy? Someone attacked my sister and me with a Demonic Poison!'

The Pope immediately spiritually replied to the Angels' voice as if he knew she would ask this question.

'Esteemed Angel… The men near you are your true enemies. They are the ones who destroyed a branch of the Radiant Church and disrespected the Radiant God. Moreover, we were fighting against them for quite some time. When Duke Roger arrived, I summoned you to fight against him.'

The angel didn't appear to be satisfied with those words. She immediately replied 'How can this man be an enemy?! They saved me from that terrifying enemy!'

'Esteemed Angel, this was a trick from him. He wishes to capture you and acquire the secrets of the Radiant God. For that, he has created an array to reveal the Celestial's secrets in his mansion. To take you to that mansion, he orchestrated this scene where he would save you while you were ambushed by an assassin. The assassin was someone he hired as well.'

When the angel heard those words from the Pope, she couldn't help but stare at Steven Roger with a hint of suspicion.

Steven Roger was indeed glancing at them from time to time. He appeared to have some suspicions in his heart whether saving these two angels was truly the correct choice.

But he did trust Inquisitor Fox's judgement. Thus, he acted on it.

The Angel informed her comrade about it. The two decided among themselves that they would first observe the situation.

If they did feel that the Pope was telling the truth, they were immediately going to attack them.

Steven Roger soon looked at his comrades and spoke, "There might be more assassins. Let's move to the mansion. It has a protective array, and we can easily protect you there."

As soon as Steven Roger spoke those words, the angels felt that the Pope's words were right, and their eyes flickered with killing intent.

They knew that further testing their luck wouldn't be a good idea.

One of them immediately used her Spiritual Energy to glance at the Nemesis Order's Leader. The angel chose this man because he appeared to be the youngest among the three men ahead of them.

She winked at him.

The Nemesis Order's leader immediately blushed when he noticed that wink. He never thought that an Angel would wink at him.

Did she like him? Was it love at first sight? He never thought he was this good-looking that an angel would fall in love with him at first sight.

The Nemesis Order's leader was feeling giddy from that single wink from an Angel.

He had no idea that the Angel had actually utilized her Charm skill on him. As Angels, they were born exceptionally beautiful.

By combining their beauty with a Charm skill, they could easily captivate a man into having good feelings for them.

One of the angels then spoke, "We can't move during our recovery. It would halt our bloodline's ability to deal with the poison."

Steven Roger frowned upon hearing those words. Before he could speak, the Nemesis Order's Leader had already opened his mouth and added, "No problem. We will stay here and protect you."