Chapter 184: A Deal with the Goddess
The goddess, is a ball of light?
Loria looked up with a puzzled expression.
But in the next moment, all these doubts disappeared.
As her attention focused on the ball of light, its shape began to change.
It twisted, expanded, and swayed, as if undergoing a magical transformation, and finally, right in front of Loria, it turned into a woman wearing a flowing white gown.
The woman had a pure white flower crown on her head, with her hands clasped together and her eyes tightly shut, standing barefoot.
"I wasn't wrong after all."
Loria's mouth fell open slightly. The woman in front of her looked almost identical to the goddess statue in her inventory, except that she had a faint glow surrounding her body, giving her an even more sacred appearance.
If a follower of the Goddess Church suddenly sees the goddess, they would surely be too excited to say anything, right?
But Loria is different, she is extremely afraid now.
Not to mention all the bad things she did in front of the goddess in the simulation, she has also done disrespectful things to the goddess in reality.
Including, but not limited to, cursing the goddess, calling her useless when there's a problem, using the goddess's statue as a weapon, and reading stories about the goddess written by heresy followers.
Now, she has fallen directly into the hands of the goddess.
Run?
She has no idea where to run to.
"Will I be killed by the furious goddess?"
Loria is trembling with fear.
Misunderstanding, it was all just a misunderstanding.
Even though she wasn't a believer in the goddess, there was no doubt that she was a fan of the goddess.
She scolded the goddess to spur the lazy goddess to start working. She used the statue of the goddess as a weapon to prove to the world that the goddess had always been there.
Without a doubt, this was a love with a slightly twisted passion.
Who says a twisted love isn't love?
With this thought, Loria was no longer afraid, instead she stared at the goddess with her eyes.
She didn't have the mood to waste time here, she activated the magic of returning to the ruins, hoping to turn back time and save the guildmaster.
The goddess slowly opened her eyes.
They were extremely lively and spirited eyes.
Just by looking at each other, Loria felt like she was floating, her body became light, and her heart felt liberated. The anxiety that had weighed on her suddenly became unimportant.
The influence of the gods?
Loria desperately shook her head.
No matter what, she couldn't forget what the guildmaster had experienced!
Just as she was about to speak, the goddess over there suddenly started talking.
"I know what you want to say, feel with your heart, and you will understand."
This sentence had a miraculously powerful effect, instantly calming Loria down.
Calm.
Settle down.
She felt herself standing in a gentle breeze, communicating with consciousness and the goddess.
The goddess told her something that was unexpected by everyone.
"Actually, I woke up a while ago."
"Huh?"
"It's different from what you understand as waking up. When I wake up, it's only my superficial consciousness, because once my deep consciousness wakes up, the world you are in will disappear."
"So, you've been pretending to sleep all this time?"
"That's right, just like now, quietly watching all of you."
Loria was puzzled, "Since you've been in a semi-dream state, why don't you show miracles and give some feedback to your followers?"
The goddess answered, "I am a 'spirit' born from the wind of freedom. I hope you pursue freedom, not be trapped in shackles, even if those shackles are me."
"..."
"..."
Seeing that the goddess remained silent, Loria had to speak up, "If things continue like this, the world created in your dream will be taken away by the evil gods."
The goddess said, "If I drive away those evil gods, the world you are in will immediately disappear. If I don'thing, you still have a chance to control your own destiny."
Loria sighed, "You should have seen what I went through before activating the magic of the Underworld, right? It's impossible to defeat that giant spider in such a short time."
The goddess shook her head, "That's not necessarily true."
Not necessarily?
Loria looked down at her own hands.
The goddess didn't speak nor communicate with her through consciousness, but thoughts kept flowing in the depths of her mind.
The Goddess of Pleasure and Dark Moon, this is her last trump card.
She always thought that the Dark Moon Goddess was the goddess's mortal enemy, but now it seems that she was mistaken.
The Dark Moon Goddess and the goddess are two sides of the same coin.
Originally, there was only the goddess in the world, but when she entered a state of false sleep, things changed.
The goddess is born from the wind of freedom, and being in a state of false sleep is like imprisoning her nature. After a long period of repression, a part of her negative emotions separated from her body and turned into the Goddess of Pleasure and Dark Moon.
The Dark Moon Goddess was unwilling to be trapped in the goddess's dream, so she tried every means to escape.
Since she couldn't do this on her own, she placed her hopes on Loria.
Loria was chosen for a simple reason — she is a traveler who happened to pass by the Dark Moon Goddess during her journey.
"Then, it's decided, it's you!"
"Wow, so you're saying I can borrow the power of the Moon Goddess?"
[This is a trade.]
The goddess gave a positive answer.
But the trade wasn't so easy, Loria needed to pay a certain price - her freedom!
Once she sent away the Moon Goddess, she would transform into an anchor, replacing the original Moon Goddess and watching over the world.
"YES" or "NO"?
[YES]or[NO]？
Making this choice wasn't difficult.
This choice is not difficult to make.
Loria had learned from the goddess that the time travel of retrogressive magic could only go back in time in their world and had no effect on the world beyond.
In other words, although time returned to the moment of the Oath Council after leaving here, the evil gods from the outside had already gathered near the seal.
They were greedy, they were hungry, and they craved everything.
Time travel could not rescue this world, it would only make the disaster "explode" earlier.
"I am willing."
Loria reached out her right hand to the goddess.
For her, having the people she cherished alive was far more valuable than freedom.
The deal was reached just like that.
Under the dim moonlight, rivers flowed ceaselessly in "reality".
Loria's absence didn't delay the action to defeat the Hidden Leader. Everyone, following Charles's call, marched towards the capital with great determination.
The journey remained as eventful as ever.
When they arrived in the capital, they faced fierce resistance as usual.
However, this time things were slightly different. In the midst of the battle, the Succubus Queen and Dream Demon Empress arrived with a large army. They joined forces with the Imperial Army and delivered a heavy blow to the rebellious Hidden Leader.
This sudden turn of events caught everyone off guard.
But what was even more astonishing was that as the Imperial Army stormed into the capital, the giant spider stood up ahead of schedule.
The ground shook and the sky crumbled.
In front of the square, facing the determined crowd, the prophet calmly threw three Stones of Enka into the seal.
At that moment, right in front of everyone, another Stone of Enka flew across the sky and straight into the seal.
Buzzing...
A bright blue light suddenly burst out and broke through the red island above their heads.
"Is this... the seal completely lifted?"
The prophet stood still, unable to move.
According to his original plan, Weaver could only truly arrive when the power from the ruins eroded half of the seal.
But now he only needs an hour... No, not even that long. He can see Weaver now.
A red torrent gushed out from the seal, and the prophet faced the seal, raising his hands high.
"Great Weaver, you have finally descended upon this world!"
With his crazed shouts, one after another, black figures poured out from the seal. Those shadows kept extending into the distance, resembling tentacles.
The prophet's laughter became more and more wild.
"Great Weaver, now lead us to break free from the control of the goddess!"
A dark shadow stopped in front of him.
Crossing the world barrier, the two "beings" who traveled back and forth finally met.
The prophet bowed in a gentlemanly manner, showcasing his elegance.
From this day on, the world will embark on a completely different path from what was expected. Those who are currently criticizing him will one day realize how great his actions were!
Oh Sun, truly illuminating this world...
Suddenly, the prophet's hand, which was slowly raising, froze.
He slowly lowered his head, his face filled with disbelief.
He saw it clearly, his stomach was pierced by a dark shadow and blood was flowing out of the large wound.
As his gaze followed the shadow forward, he recognized the owner of the shadow, it was Weaver, the one he had always praised.
"Fo...fo...f...f..."
Weaver remained silent and pulled back the dark shadow.
In an instant, the prophet fell to the ground like a torn cloth sack.
He made no sound, and all that remained for the onlookers was a pair of protruding eyes, filled with astonishment.
"Alright, it's time to stop."
Loria stepped forward under the gaze of the crowd.
