"Finally, the truth is revealed."
Mary's countless words ultimately converged into this single sentence. She had spent her entire life preparing for this moment.
Ever since her encounter with that mysterious vortex-masked man, she had dreamt for months about scarlet ice and chairs turning into red tapeworms writhing on the ground. This made Mary aware of a tragic fact—at that time, if he had wanted, he could have easily taken her life.
But he didn't. Instead, he toyed with her, showing her the principles of the scarlet plague and admiring her desperate struggles.
This left her, the Chief Priest of the Life Sanctuary, feeling insignificant before the Evil God Bazatous.
This aligned perfectly with the usual conduct of Bazatous' followers.
In fact, she was unable to find any other followers of Bazatous that came close to him during that period.
Ethan did not respond; he simply watched Mary.
