“Raphael! Are you okay?”
Laiyinmute kicked the door open, and the panicked look on his face shifted from worry to confusion.
?
“Heh heh, Mother, let’s get affectionate. I’ve missed you so much~”
The blonde woman cornered Raphael against the wall, 1 hand braced on the wall, and Raphael could only curl up pitifully.
Seeing this, Laiyinmute’s eyes nearly split with rage, and his eyes almost popped out.
“Fuck, where did this pervert come from? Get lost!”
Laiyinmute kicked out with his left leg at the blonde woman.
As the woman used her face to deliberately collide with Laiyinmute’s sole, her whole body flew backward in a graceful arc.
The woman fell to the ground but let out an eerie sound.
“Ohh~ So good.”
Laiyinmute held Raphael tightly in his arms and warily watched the flushed blonde woman.
He was just about to bend down to comfort Raphael, but when he saw that face he froze; that familiar face was cold and expressionless at this moment.
A large pair of eyes and a small pair of eyes looked at each other.
The 2 fell silent, neither speaking first.
“Haah~ That felt amazing.”
The blonde woman on the ground recovered, pushed off with both legs, and stood up, saying something that made Laiyinmute break into a sweat.
He had used full force in that kick just now; how could this woman withstand it?
For anyone else, even if they didn’t die, they would be paralyzed and gravely injured.
The blonde woman dusted herself off and walked toward the 2 step by step.
With every step she drew closer, Laiyinmute and Raphael retreated 1 step back.
The few of them maintained that unchanging distance.
Laiyinmute held his hand across his chest, and a longsword appeared in his grip as he spoke coldly.
“Don’t come any closer, you female pervert.”
“If you come any closer, I’ll kill you.”
The blonde woman was stunned for a moment, then tossed her hair and said with some dissatisfaction.
“Oh my, Little Laiyin, I took time out of my busy schedule to come down to the Lower Realm to deliver you a message, and you’re actually this ungrateful.”
“Boo hoo hoo, I, your big sister, am really heartbroken.”
The woman wiped the nonexistent tears from the corners of her eyes, and the white-gold radiance she had restrained was released once more.
Feeling that familiar aura, Laiyinmute couldn’t help but freeze for a moment.
He released Raphael and bowed solemnly.
“I apologize, Lady Lana.”
“I was rude.”
“May I ask what your purpose is in descending to the Lower Realm this time?”
“And what is the situation with your current appearance?”
Although Laiyinmute’s behavior showed great respect, his tone carried a hint of interrogation.
Lana crossed her arms, looked at him as he stood up, and puffed out her exaggerated assets.
“Hmph hmph, I merely changed my appearance, and you no longer recognize me, Little Laiyin?”
“You really break my heart.”
Laiyinmute looked at the drama queen before him and couldn’t help complaining inwardly.
‘Tch… She’s supposed to be the legendary Goddess of Light, yet she doesn’t act like a god at all. If I didn’t know better, I’d definitely think she was a lunatic.’
‘The reason I can’t recognize her now is entirely her fault. Last time she descended, she was clearly just a little girl.’
‘But this time her figure is that of a mature older sister. With such a huge contrast, who the hell could connect the two?’
Lana’s lips curved slightly as she spoke, and a few veins bulged on her forehead as she smiled.
“Hey, Little Laiyin, did you forget that when we first cooperated, I could hear your inner thoughts at any time?”
At that, Laiyinmute hurriedly stopped his internal complaining.
Lana casually slumped onto the sofa and crossed 1 leg over the other.
She patted the empty seat beside her, acting as if she were the master of the house and Laiyinmute the guest.
Laiyinmute held Raphael’s somewhat cold little hand and did not sit where Lana had indicated, instead sitting opposite her.
“Then may I ask what business you have in the Lower Realm this time?”
Laiyinmute looked at the woman before him with a grave expression, feeling uneasy.
He was her chosen one, but his contract with the Goddess was fundamentally different from that of the heroes.
To put it another way, the other chosen ones had a Master-Servant Relationship with the gods, while he and Lana shared a cooperative superior-subordinate relationship.
The other chosen ones essentially bound their souls to the gods.
Laiyinmute was different.
Lana only gave him power and rarely interfered with his choices; matters of the soul were also left for Laiyinmute to choose himself.
“Hmm… How should I put this to you?”
Lana grasped at the air, and a bottle of wine giving off waves of fragrance appeared in her hand.
She took a small sip, and a pleased expression appeared on her face.
Seeing Lana like this, Laiyinmute couldn’t help feeling a little anxious.
“Phew… How should I tell you?”
“Do you remember the Seed of the Abyss I once told you about?”
Laiyinmute thought back for a moment and then remembered.
He had originally signed a contract with Lana because of the Seed of the Abyss.
At the time, Lana had been too busy to manage the Abyss’s erosion of the lower planes, so she chose Laiyinmute as her chosen one.
“Hmm… I remember.”
“Did something happen to the Seed of the Abyss?”
Lana shook her head, a bitter smile tugging at the corner of her mouth.
“Heh heh, it’s not that.”
“The situation is far worse than that.”
“Of course, this isn’t something you can interfere with; this is something we should find a way to solve.”
Laiyinmute was puzzled and continued asking.
“Since you know I don’t have the ability to interfere in this matter, why did you come down to the Lower Realm to find me?”
Lana took another sip of wine and looked at Laiyinmute as if he were an idiot.
“If the Upper Realm is corrupted, where do you think will be corrupted next?”
The answer instantly appeared in Laiyinmute’s mind, and he couldn’t help thinking of the Demon Race’s monsters and that powerful, heart-stopping Demon King.
“The Lower Realm…”
No one in this world knew when the Demon King and Demon Race were born.
Everyone could only learn from history books that the Demon Race first appeared over 10,000 years ago.
According to historical records, at that time heaven and earth were covered by black clouds, and countless severed limbs and broken pieces of buildings fell from the horizon.
Boundless blood stained the earth red.
It rained for a full 100 days before finally ceasing.
A satisfied look appeared on Lana’s face, and she nodded.
“Mm, you’re fairly clever.”
“The main purpose of my visit this time is to give you a proper notification and provide you with certain countermeasures.”
Laiyinmute’s eyes fixed tightly on Lana, as if waiting for her to continue.
With a thought from Lana, a purple orb of light appeared in her hand.
“This is the thing.”
“When the Mother Goddess was corrupted, she entrusted this to me and told me to give it to someone trustworthy when the Abyss counterattacked.”
Having said that, Lana gave a meaningful glance at Raphael, who was staring at the ceiling nearby.
Laiyinmute looked at the purple orb for a while, then spoke.
“Heh, I don’t think I have the ability to bear this responsibility.”
“Even a problem you cannot handle, I certainly can’t do it.”
Lana smiled and gently pushed the orb, and it merged into Laiyinmute’s body.
“Relax, relax.”
“Even if I gave this to a pig, it would be able to ascend to heaven, let alone you.”
“You’re the chosen one I have my eye on.”
“As for the cost, it’s harmless.”
“You’ll know when the time comes.”
The wine in the cup was finished.
Lana no longer spoke.
Laiyinmute was just about to ask what was going on with Raphael when Lana spoke first.
“Father, this is a normal condition for her.”
“You don’t need to worry too much; it’s only the last of the corruption dissipating from her body.”
“She will recover on her own when the time comes.”
“I don’t have much time left, so I’ll be going now.”
Having said that, Lana’s body scattered into specks of light particles, leaving behind a dumbfounded Laiyinmute and a dazed Raphael.