809 Cunning (1/2)

”Silent! No shouting in the court!” The ”judge” picked up the gavel and brought attention back to the bench, looking rather unbiased.

It was Hypocrisy!

Looking at Lucien, Hypocrisy announced, ”With regard to the accusation against you, a fair sentence will be given to you. Please go in the dock. Don't worry. I am the most upright and impartial judge in the primeval hell.”

As soon as Hypocrisy finished the words, Abhorrence sprang up from the chair and said aloud, ”I accuse him of the violent desire for killing! Anyone who pissed him off was killed! He killed the followers of Argent Horn, the night watchers, and so many! Even a hundred sheets of paper is not enough for the list!”

”I accuse him of being jealous all the time although you can tell nothing from the outside,” Jealousy said. ”His guts are on fire with envy, all the time! He was jealous of the gangs' life when he was poor. He was jealous of Natasha's love toward Silvia. He hated Felipe's reputation, the Hand of Paleness, and even all the great sorcerers in arcana! His body is only a hollow container of acidity as his soul has gone forever because of envy. Disgusting!”

Greed joined and said, ”His heart is full of the desire for treasure and reputation. He put his name on his students' papers and attacked those who didn't agree with him. He wants everything, leaving nothing to anyone else!

”Those are just on the surface! The deepest reason is that he's more than arrogant! He looks down upon all the arcanists in the Congress, including Douglas and Fernando. He despises the Saint Truth, including the popes and grand cardinals. He laughs at all the intelligent creatures in the world and believes that he is the only one knowing the truth of the world and the only lighthouse in this dark age!”

”In his mind, all other creatures are savage and silly, and he's the only one standing above while watching everything with full awareness. Therefore, he's cold, he doesn't care about other people's lives, and he is full of jealousy! All because he's arrogant!” said Arrogance excitedly, waving its arms, as if it was the true judge in the court.

When Indulgence and Pain were about to join, when Hypocrisy was lifting the gavel again, Lucien suddenly smiled, and there a silver pocket watch appeared in his right hand.

Click.

The court suddenly came to a pause, and everything in the space now looked very pale.

Hypocrisy's gavel remained in the air, while Arrogance had become a solid statue, which looked like it was giving a long speech.

And the rest of them had all frozen into statues.

Like an old painting in gray and white.

Without hesitation, Lucien was about to blink to the other side. After all, the devils were too many, and he could not manage to give each of them a Luxury Cracking within the time range given.

Lucien's plan was that after there was a distance between them, he would use Space Shackle to trap them all and then throw Eternal Blaze at him. He knew that this one single strike could not kill them all, but it would earn him time.

At this time, he heard a mix of sounds!

The seven pocket watches and the clicking sound were mixing together. Faster and faster, as if it was going to blow at any time!

Lucien saw that each of the seven ”Lucien” had a silver pocket watch in their hand! Exactly the same pocket watch!

There was a sarcastic smile on their faces, as if they were saying, We were all lying! We could even copy your legendary items!

Hypocrisy reached out its right hand.

”Luxury Cracking!”

The previous fights were for Lucien to lower his alert. Arrogance, Greed, and Abhorrence purposefully made Lucien believe that he could run away because of Moon Timer at any time so that he could be confident enough to come to this place where the seven of them could show up together!

Meanwhile, Arrogance grinned at Lucien and said, ”Storm Barrier!”

The devils were grinning in triumph. Lucien had to pay for underestimating them!

Lucien had to pay for his own arrogance!

Without his arrogance, Lucien wouldn't have fallen into such a trap.

Abhorrence reached out its right hand and was thrilled as if it had seen Lucien's death.

”Positron Cannon!”

We were devils! Known for our cunning tricks of playing with human minds!