Varian's group proceeded to find the Fortune Spirit.
It wasn't that he thought himself to be strong enough to defeat the other candidates. He just realized he didn't have as much time he thought he did.
Every single candidate was hostile.
If Samantha accomplished whatever she set out to do, as long as she's sane, she'd eliminate the variable who threatened her.
The less said about Robert, the better.
But it's Xeola who was the most dangerous.
'I don't know if the old guy is fine but…'
That soul was weak enough that he could subjugate it in Requiem. But only because the old man exerted himself fighting against the Orion captain.
His original aura belonged to that of a peak rank 9. Whether he interacted with Prince Merov or Varian, the old guy had been speaking from a state of extreme weakness.
If luck favored him, Varian could hope to escape the attacks of peak rank 8s.
But a rank 9?
"We'll have to hurry."
