Chapter 112: The Divine Weaver
Before setting off, Loria checked the time. It was exactly 8 o'clock in the evening. She still had half an hour before the time she agreed to meet Vita. She also had about 23 hours until the Hidden Leader launched their attack in the simulation.
There wasn't much time, but it should be enough to deal with Vita.
Over the past two days, she had tried many approaches in the simulation, attempting to persuade Vita to surrender.
But no matter what method she used, even threatening to harm Vita if she didn't surrender, none of it worked. Vita was as unyielding as a piece of chewy candy.
Loria realized she had to find a way to deal with Vita. Otherwise, even if she managed to survive this crisis, Vita would continue to cling to her.
She welcomed beautiful girls to come and learn about the mysteries of the human body with her, but not if they were perverted.
Braving the drizzle, Loria walked through half of Creek Town, finally arriving at Vita's residence.
Under the drizzling rain, Loria walked through half of Creek Town and finally arrived at Vita's place.
Before coming, she had simulated once to make sure that Vita was not ambushing people nearby to catch her.
Therefore, even if they had a falling out later, she only needed to deal with Vita alone.
Vita's strength in Creek Town was very strong.
[Attributes]: Strength 51, Agility 84, Endurance 48, Intelligence 21, Spirit 46.
Compared to Sylph who died not long ago, her agility attribute was even more terrifying.
5. Compared to Sylph who died not long ago, her agility attribute was even more terrifying.
6. However, her endurance was only 48 points, not even half of Loria who is full firepower.
Therefore, Loria still had confidence in dealing with Vita.
"Even if I can't win, it's enough to run away."
After all, this time she didn't have to worry about Miss Plump Sheep's safety.
Knock knock-
The door was gently tapped.
As Loria raised her hand for the third time, the door suddenly swung open and Vita appeared at the doorway, her eyes slightly darkened.
"Adeline, she..."
"Let's talk inside."
Loria casually squeezed in.
Just like the last time she came, the house was very tidy, and she sat down at the table in the living room.
Vita brought a glass of juice with excitement. "Freshly squeezed."
Taking a few steps back and forth beside the table, her gaze suddenly focused on Loria's face.
"Loria, how did you avoid being seen by Adeline?"
Loria immediately sat up straight.
It was time to lay all the cards on the table.
Realizing that she couldn't convince Vita with threats or bribes, she had only one last move.
"Vita, I don't think there's anything left for me to hide at this point."
"？"
Loria calmly said, "I know you're from an organization called Hidden Leader, and I also know that Hidden Leader is planning to attack Creek Town tomorrow. These past few days, the guildmaster and I have been searching for a way to protect Creek Town."
Vita's eyes fluctuated intensely.
I'm not making this up, I know you're planning to act against the investigation team sent to Claren City. But in order to get the list of the person who ordered them, I took action before anyone else.
Because I knew that you contacted the tree spirit and were preparing to launch a monster attack on Creek Town, and after the news spread about the death of the entire investigation team, I blamed the tree spirit for it and, along with others, got rid of the tree spirit.
On the night after we defeated the tree spirit, a woman named Sylph ambushed me halfway. I killed her because I knew you obtained a power called "new life," so I destroyed her body.
In these past few days, the Hidden Leader sent people to investigate Sylph's cause of death. the guildmaster and I pretended to stumble upon her and got rid of her.
"After these actions, the Hidden Leader's power weakened quite a bit, but if they launch a full attack, Creek Town will definitely face a disaster. I don't want to see my hometown be destroyed like that."
Loria paused for a while, and Vita asked, "Are you not afraid I will kill you when you tell me all this?"
Loria shook her head, "Even before we went to trouble the mayor together, I knew that you, Vita, came from the Hidden Leader. So I was quite surprised that you were willing to help me. But now, I realize that I oversimplified the problem, no, I should say I oversimplified people."
People are complex; they have many different aspects.
Even a cold-hearted killer may lean in to lightly smell freshly rained-on flowers in the early morning.
To describe it using that classic movie, it's like this killer isn't too cold.
Loria said, "I believe Vita is a good person deep down, otherwise you wouldn't keep trying to save me. That's why I want to talk openly with Vita and make things clear. That way, even if we can't work together in the end, I won't feel regretful."
Vita stared into Loria's eyes for a long time.
In the night, only the sound of dripping water remained outside the window frame, playing a melody.
After a while, Vita sat down across from Loria.
This action relieved Loria.
She was afraid of saying something that would provoke Vita, causing her to react without hesitation.
"It seems like Vita is willing to continue talking with me, so I'll just say my original intention. I hope Vita will switch sides and tell me how many people the Hidden Leader has sent this time."
Vita shook her head.
She was about to speak, but Loria interrupted her.
"I know Vita won't agree, and I can guess that she'll advise me not to meddle and to leave Creek Town quickly for my own safety. But that's impossible."
Miss Knight turned the tables.
"I won't leave, I'll persist until this wave of monsters is over. It's only natural to do so. Creek Town is my hometown, and it's where the people I care about are. Just imagine if you, Vita, were in my shoes, would you run away alone?"
Vita really wanted to nod.
But after locking eyes with Loria's piercing gaze for a while, she gave up.
It's useless to lie, as it would be easily detected.
"No," she said.
If she would, then she wouldn't have met with Loria here.
At this point, Vita had already believed that Loria hadn't been forced by Adeline to do things she didn't want to do.
But she became even more worried inside because Loria had to face the Hidden Leader.
She had countless times wanted to confront the Hidden Leader directly, but every time she returned to that gloomy training ground, her breathing, her blood, and her muscles would freeze completely.
That fear not only came from speculating the strength of the Hidden Leader, but also from the dread of that unknown deity.
Loria continued, "Vita, sister, you should continue to reject me, right? I am mentally prepared, so today I came here to change my goal from hoping you would change sides to hoping you can tell me why you refuse me. I want to know the fundamental reason."
In the simulation, she searched again and again, but she never found an answer, which left her feeling stuck.
Vita couldn't help but ask, "How do you know everything?"
Loria made up, "I have unique interrogation skills."
Vita said, "Then why don't you try interrogating me?"
Loria couldn't help but mutter to herself.
Do you think I haven't tried before?
I have been simulating with full sexual desire, grinding you down several times, but you still refuse to speak. What else can I do to torture you?
Generally speaking, this kind of continuous attack for dozens of hours without resting is much more terrifying than ordinary torture, right?
Loria could only lie, "Because you are Sister Vita."
Actually, it can't be considered a complete lie, because in the simulation, she didn't force Vita to do evil things like riding a wooden donkey or drilling an iron virgin. Instead, she took the initiative to launch an attack, giving Vita a taste of drowning.
Afterwards, instead of scolding her, Vita excitedly expressed that she enjoyed that feeling, and told Loria to do it more often.
Loria, who was aware of being targeted by a pervert, never dared to do such things in the simulation again.
Vita's gaze softened.
She didn't care whether Loria's words were deceitful or not. In any case, hearing them made her feel comfortable, as if she was bathed in warm sunshine.
She said, "If you decide to stay, then you won't have a way out."
Loria nodded and said, "I have already thought it through."
Vita said, "After the wave of monsters, you will become the leader of resistance. Therefore, the Hidden Leader will see you as a thorn in their side. Even if you survive this time, they will not let you go in the future."
Loria smiled and said, "It won't be long before the Hidden Leader starts a war. By then, they will be too busy to pay attention to me. After all, I don't have the magic puppet they are looking for."
Are you more prepared than I imagined?
Vita finally nodded and said, "Alright, I'll tell you."
With this sentence, her right hand emerged.
It was a fair and tender arm, as soft as fresh tofu.
But on the wrist of this hand, an unusual pattern appeared. Loria looked closely for a while and confirmed that it was a graceful butterfly, as if it could fly out at any moment.
"Tattoo?"
No, that's not right. If Vita really has a tattoo, then the simulator should have shown it when something happened between her and it.
The butterfly suddenly disappeared.
Vita said, "Since you know about my 'new life' ability, you must also know that this ability comes from the Church of Goddess of Madness and Indulgence. The Church of Goddess of Madness and Indulgence worships a different god and is not accepted by the mainstream goddess religion. They are despised by everyone. That's why when the Hidden Leader reached out to them, they agreed to cooperate without hesitation. And the reason they agreed so quickly is that the core members of the Hidden Leader also believe in a different god, so they don't have to worry about being betrayed."
"Is this butterfly the representative of the different god?"
"This is a mark left by the weaver of gods, whom the Hidden Leader worships. Everyone who has received the weaver's blessing has this mark."
"What is the mark used for?"
Vita shook her head. "I'm not very clear about it. It has abilities far beyond my imagination. I only know that the Hidden Leader can send messages to me through this mark. But these messages are not ordinary. They are like hints that can subtly influence people. If I surrender to you, one day, you will all quietly die by my hands."
Loria was stunned.
This news is shocking enough to make people very surprised, but it's not enough to make the Vita in the simulation prefer to stay silent and let her blood be drained to the last drop rather than explain.
"Unlike the kind of gods that can be believed or abandoned at any time, such as the Weaver and the Goddess of Dawn, Wind, and Sky, He is a different god who increases his followers by 'infecting' them. Everyone who knows of his existence is his target of infection."
Wow, this is probably a virus.
No wonder the belief in the Goddess of Dawn, Wind, and Sky can spread throughout the whole continent of Ozel. This goddess not only has a beautiful statue, but the teachings of the churches under her name are also very tolerant.
With such a goddess in front of them, who in their right mind would believe in the Goddess of Madness and Indulgence, or the Weaver, these "monsters"?
If it's really about desire, Loria thinks it would be better for the followers to believe in her, and pray to her to sprinkle more dew every day.
She asked back, "So Vita, is it because you don't want me to have any connection with the Weaver that you insist on not telling me?"
"Your future is not in that darkness."
Vita's eyes became softer.
She was trapped in the big web woven by the weaver. She didn't want Loria, whom she considered her other half, to have the same experience, otherwise it would have been in vain.
However, Loria insisted on asking for the answer. And from the current situation, it seemed inevitable that Loria would confront the Hidden Leader and eventually find out about the weaver's existence.
Since that's the case, why not let her tell Loria what the weaver is, and make her be more careful.
Loria became guilty.
Doesn't this mean that she is also at risk of being infected by the weaver?
How annoying.
She wasn't ready to die yet, and she didn't want to become some stupid vessel for a god.
While Loria was lost in her thoughts, Vita spoke again, this time handing her a list.
"The people sent by the Hidden Leader for this mission are all on this list."
Loria hurriedly flipped through the list.
There were a total of five people at the top of the list, including Sylph and the fake Sylph. Now, these two have both met their demise, and Vita is the only one left here, having a fair and friendly conversation with her. This means that she only has to deal with two strong individuals in the future.
"With this, the possibility of safely passing through the wave of monsters has greatly increased!"
But she cannot take it lightly either.
Loria didn't want to fall before dawn, not only because she was afraid of death, but also because she wanted to see how the "changes" that happened because of her would unfold. In the eyes of others, what kind of person is she?
The rain is still pouring down noisily.
Suddenly, she asked, "Vita, I killed Sylph. Don't you want revenge for Sylph? If I'm not mistaken, your relationship with her should be pretty good."
Vita's gaze suddenly became empty, as memories floated up in her mind like smoke and clouds.
She had originally wanted to team up with Sylph, but people change. The once introverted and timid Sylph gradually became cold, jealous, and empty.
Sylph didn't seem like a lively person anymore, but rather like a lifeless body controlled by countless negative emotions. When she talked about protection, she actually meant possession.
"Have I also started to change towards Sylph these past few days?"
Vita suddenly remembered the time she broke into Adeline's residence that night.
She couldn't help but fall silent.
She remained quiet, and Loria did the same.
After who knows how long, Vita suddenly said, "Aren't you leaving?"
Loria shook her head. "Vita will soon receive a task from the Hidden Leader, which is to join the main force in attacking Creek Town."
"In theory, yes."
"So I can't leave, I have to stop you."
Even if time is short, this is still waiting.
From evening to dawn, from dawn to evening, from evening to midnight.
Loria didn't eat a bite of food, didn't drink a sip of water, she seemed to be competing with a statue for who could sit quietly longer.
At a certain moment, Vita suddenly opened her eyes, and a butterfly mark appeared on her arm.
"They are coming."
"Then let's begin."
Loria slowly drew out a big sword from her inventory.
The wave of monsters is about to come, stopping all of this is the highest goal she has had since she stayed here!
