Gabriel's act worked as well. Initially, he was going to send a mental transmission to Avilia to ask her to play a scene with him to get him out of this battle, but he didn't expect things to work even better!
Before he could ask Avilia what he wanted to do, Litvia from the Temple of Time took the lead. "You are hurt and too weak now. You'll only slow us down and become a burden. Get away."
Even though she was initially suspicious, now she had more or less fallen for Gabriel's story. No Holy Lord of Light had ever worked with the Holy Lord of Darkness after all. Even if they worked together, it would've been too stupid to destroy the spatial channel for the small act. She didn't have much room to doubt.
Gabriel was pleasantly surprised. In his heart, he was even thanking Litvia for falling for his ruse. Now that the first part of the plan was completed, the rest was much easier. It all depended on the bait...
"I can still fight!" Gabriel scoffed.
