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Honestly, at that moment, Lin Ruo truly suspected if Leonard had some passive skill equipped, like [Vest Buster], which could automatically strip off anyone's vest.
However, on second thought, passive skills were nonsense. The blame for this reveal largely fell on him. Who told him to forget to warn Leonard beforehand? — Although Lin Ruo highly doubted that with this guy's occasional cluelessness, even if he had warned Leonard, he might still accidentally blurt it out.
So Lin Ruo decided not to beat Leonard for this matter this time. At most, he would inform Archbishop Saint Anthony when he returned, asking him to take extra care of Leonard, assign him more tasks, help him overcome his laziness, quickly accumulate achievements for advancement, and strive to be promoted immediately upon digesting the potion.
Hmm, I truly am someone who repays grievances with virtue!
Lin Ruo sighed in his heart, while Mobet beside him was already stunned.
Mobet looked at Leonard, who was excited and unaware of his future fate of being busy as a dog, then looked at the smiling Lin Ruo beside him. He couldn't help but swallow, his voice slightly dry as he asked:
"What is your relationship with the Angel of Judgment...?"
Evidently, although he hadn't met Lin Ruo before, as a direct descendant of the Zoroast family, Mobet at least knew the true name of the Angel of Judgment.
In fact, not only the true name, Mobet also had some understanding of the Angel of Judgment's appearance, which came from gossip among other Zoroast family members.
However, the gossip only described the Angel of Judgment's appearance in text, such as black hair and black eyes, delicate features, a youthful face, and always a gentle smile at the corners of his mouth. So, Mobet initially didn't connect the person in front of him with the Angel of Judgment.
Now that he looked again... Hiss, isn't this exactly the same?
Mobet immediately recalled Lin Ruo's words, "friend," and then thought about his own attitude just now. The thought that flashed through his mind at that moment could be translated into four words: My life is over!
"As for my relationship with the Angel of Judgment... it's probably me and myself type of relationship?"
Lin Ruo smiled and replied to him. Although the reveal was an unexpected accident even for him, since things had come to this point, Lin Ruo didn't mind admitting his identity.
Although theoretically, he could patch things up now, such as saying he was William Lin Ruo, a descendant of the Angel of Judgment or something. He believed that both Leonard and Klein would probably react and cooperate with his performance.
But there was no need for that.
One lie requires countless other lies to cover it up. Lin Ruo used a fake name just now mainly because he was afraid of unnecessary complications.
But in the end, on one hand, neither Elf Singer Siatas nor Giant Groselle were irrational people.
Although the Young Miss Elf was irritable, and in the original work, she had a tendency to fight with Snowman at the slightest disagreement, they had managed to fight side by side and coexist harmoniously until now. Lin Ruo felt that even if the other party knew his identity as the Angel of Judgment, and knew that the Angel of Judgment was under the Ancient Sun God, they shouldn't immediately start fighting. As long as they didn't immediately fast-forward to the 'enemies meeting with intense animosity' stage, Lin Ruo was confident he could raise the lowered favorability.
For example, by fighting the Northern Dragon with them, or by taking Siatas to explore the ruins with the golden cup from the original work, and seeing if he could meet the Elf King.
From the original work, the other party did have some connection to the Western Continent, making them worth getting to know.
The only problem was probably that he and the Elf King might also be 'enemies meeting with intense animosity'?
— Lin Ruo thought about it and decided that this point could be considered later.
Anyway, for Lin Ruo, it was naturally best to disguise his identity, but being exposed was not unacceptable either.
On the other hand, it was because Elder Pallez and the others had arrived. If Lin Ruo's identity was sensitive and inconvenient for him to use his real identity to meet the main characters of the book when he was alone, now with Elder Pallez as a mediator, things naturally became much more convenient.
All in all, no big deal.
Compared to Lin Ruo's complex psychological activities at that moment, Mobet's thoughts were much simpler. This simple thought directly reflected on him, as Mobet bowed deeply in a grand Thank you for meeting an Angel, stuttering:
"I-I'm sorry, Your Highness Angel of Judgment, I was very rude just now, please forgive me..."
His tone and expression almost carved the word "fear" onto his face.
Elf Singer Siatas beside him didn't react as strongly. After a slight hesitation, she instinctively became reserved, yet also curiously sized up Lin Ruo.
Clearly, Elf Singer Siatas had not heard who the Angel of Judgment was before today.
"Eh?"
This time it was Lin Ruo who was stunned. He blinked, then thought of the untrue rumors about him during the third epoch, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, saying:
"Are you very afraid of me?"
"No!"
Mobet's reply was incredibly swift and decisive. If his voice hadn't trembled slightly at the end, Lin Ruo might have actually believed him.
But this couldn't be blamed on Mobet; in reality, he was truly afraid.
The Angel of Judgment! That was the person who commanded the Judgment Sword of the Solomon Empire. Although Mobet had never met the Angel of Judgment before, he had heard stories about him since childhood. He had been warned more than once in the Family not to cause trouble, or else if he ended up in the Judgment Hall, even his great-grandfather couldn't protect him.
As for Lin Ruo looking very gentle?
Did Mobet really not know that this person would also smile so gently when killing people?
It could be said that the moment he recognized Lin Ruo, all of Mobet's memories, which had almost faded due to the passage of time, instantly reawakened, along with the childhood trauma caused by hearing too many rumors.
"Heh!" Lin Ruo, who could probably guess Mobet's thoughts, chuckled and looked at Leonard and Klein, who had approached and were looking at the scene with confusion. His gaze fell on Leonard and he said, "Elder Pallez, was my reputation very bad in the fourth epoch?"
"Huh?" Leonard was stunned for a moment, then seemed to hear something as his expression gradually became strange. After several seconds, he looked at Lin Ruo and said, "The old man said, Your Excellency Lin Ruo, your reputation was very good in the high-Sequence circles during the fourth epoch, but not good among the common people. You commanded an organization similar to the Nighthawk, called the Judgment Sword..."
Looking at Lin Ruo's increasingly brilliant smile, yet instinctively sensing danger, Leonard quickly added:
"But this isn't Your Excellency Lin Ruo's problem, but rather caused by someone deliberately spreading rumors."
"Spreading rumors? Who?" Lin Ruo asked, a name already popping up in his mind.
"The old man said, that person's name is Amon." Leonard honestly acted as a relay machine.
"Indeed..." Lin Ruo bit his lower lip, once again feeling how annoying that brat was.
If he hadn't guessed wrong, at least half of the blame for his reputation in the third epoch lay with Amon.
Heh, you brat, sooner or later I'll have Klein blow you up with a supernova.
Lin Ruo selectively ignored the fact that his reputation couldn't possibly be good because he commanded the Judgment Sword, and silently added another entry to his little notebook for Amon.
One entry after another, he would settle these scores sooner or later.
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