Book 3: Chapter 21: Self-Destruct

Book 3: Chapter 21: Self-Destruct

The atmosphere seemed to have frozen out.

Jasmine stared silently at the statue that was broken into two on the ground, as though it was an entirely different statue.

Sae stood unmoving behind Lilith, but was ready to strike at any time.Aall newest chapters on n.o./velbi/n/(.)com

The men in the black robes were tense too, ready to tear these two heretics to pieces for their blasphemy against the Goddess as soon as the Saintess gave her orders.

No one knew how much time had passed when Jasmine finally raised her head.

She glared at Lilith with her bloodshot eyes.

“You... why did you do that?!”

There wasn’t even a trace of emotions on Lilith’s face. “All for the sake of revenge.”

“Isn’t your enemy the Radiant Goddess?”

“I don’t care if you believe it or not, but the Goddess of Darkness is the Radiant Goddess’ younger sister. It was one of them who caused me to end up in this state.”

“How dare you insult the Goddess even after destroying her statue!!” Jasmine rushed angrily toward Lilith and tried to strangle her, but Lilith nimbly evaded her. “Everyone knew that the Goddess of Dark and Light are archenemies, just as how light and dark could never coexist with each other! How dare you claim that the Goddess of Darkness is that b̲i̲t̲c̲h̲’s younger sister! That is the biggest insult to the Goddess!

Lilith sighed softly. “As expected, the people in the world are stupid. They blindly believe in the goddesses and refuse to see that they are nothing more than tools for them to gather faith. Maybe your hostility is deliberately fostered by the goddesses.”

“You’re the stupid one for spouting nonsense here! Kill her!”

The other men brandished various weapons hidden under their black robes. Without a word, they all came pouncing on Lilith and Sae with their swords, spears, and halberds.

“Defense.”

The vindictive attacks coming at Lilith were perfectly blocked by a purple crystal wall.

Although Sae was completely useless against powerful experts, she was still pretty useful in fending off the small fries.

“Get ‘em boys! Charge!”

Jasmine paid no attention to the shield and continued giving out the order to attack.

Lilith gave her a look of hurt. “I thought we are friends?”

“Friends? Hehe...” Jasmine let out a weird chuckle. “The moment you broke the present from my sixteenth birthday into two, our friendship that lasted only five seconds was already over.”

“Are you still a seven or eight-year-old girl who takes a doll for a birthday present?”

“That’s not a doll!!! That’s a limited edition goddess statue! There’s only three of them in the entire Shadow Theocracy!!!”

Jasmine shrieked like a lunatic who had finally realized that she was a lunatic. “Aarons, it’s your turn to shine.”

Sae was forced to gather all her strength to defend against the next big blow. There was nothing she hated more than fighting with brute force.

The reason was due to the incomplete integration of her body and soul.

“Umm... sorry to interrupt you.”

Lilith suddenly spoke up after watching the entire drama. “I won’t stop you from self-destructing and have no objection with your desire to exhibit your perversion, but can we change location?”

“Why? Scared?” Jasmine mocked her.

“No, not because of that...”

Before Lilith finished speaking, Aarons blew himself up without any hesitation under the command of his Saintess.

BOOOOOOM!!!!

The huge explosion created a powerful blast wave that swept across the surrounding area. The fragile ancient building was instantly blown into smithereens. The sky full of stars above their heads was soon covered by the flying house debris.

However, the explosion seemed to be caused by a targeted attack rather than indiscriminate self-destruction because Jasmine and the others were unharmed.

“Aarons, are they dead?”

There were no wounds on his body, but the tattoo on his face had dimmed quite a bit. “I’m not sure, but an attack of this level will probably leave them unable to fight if they’re not dead yet.”

“Good job. You’ll be rewarded with a handkerchief that I have used once when we go back.”

“Thank you for your generosity, Saintess!”

After a long time, everything finally settled down as the dust slowly dispersed.

Sae and Lilith, who should have at least lost their combat power, stood unscathed in the middle of the huge crater that was created by the explosion.

Golden light gradually faded around Lilith. She had actually used a precious Saint-Level scroll without any hesitation.

“Geez, can’t you wait until someone has finished talking?”

Before Jasmine and the rest could even recover from the shock of discovering that Lilith and Sae were unscathed by the explosion, they felt something was off in their surroundings.

It was strangely quiet.

Lilith looked around and sighed. “I’m actually being chased down by the entire Luminous Theocracy. You guys are just asking for trouble by creating such a huge commotion.”

“!!”

It was only then Jasmine realized that they were surrounded by a large crowd among the darkness.

The enemies... from the Luminous Theocracy!