Chapter 180-The Bottom-Feeder Paradox

Why is Nether Butterfly here?

Bai Yue Ling stared blankly at Nether Butterfly. Floating beside her, Vicky's soul hovered in place, her gaze dull and unfocused, as if she had already lost consciousness.

“Nether Butterfly, why are you here?” Bai Yue Ling asked, “It's me, Little Bai!”

“Little Bai? Never heard of you.” Nether Butterfly frowned slightly, a look of disgust crossing her face. “But that sickening angelic aura on you—I could sense it all the way from across the River of the Dead.”

What's going on? Why doesn't Nether Butterfly recognize me?

Bai Yue Ling froze in place, carefully examining Nether Butterfly's current appearance. She noticed that her clothes bore many tears, her skin was covered in wounds, and even the bone staff in her hand had a chunk broken off... She looked exactly like someone who had just returned from the battlefield.

【Name: Nether Butterfly】  
【Race: Undead】  
【Level: 20】  
【Class: Necromancer】  
【Description: The mysterious necromancer by the River of the Dead, covered in wounds and utterly exhausted, clearly in a state of severe weakness.】  
【Remark: Not only is she very old, but her figure is also very... ample.】

“Wait, Nether Butterfly, you really don't recognize me?” Bai Yue Ling called out, “You're the village chief of Novice Village No. 4444, and I'm the Otherworld Traveler under your command, the priest hero! We defeated the Emissary of the Judgement Goddess, Aiya, together, and then founded the faction ‘White Night Castle’ side by side. Did you forget all of that?”

“What nonsense are you spouting... Novice Village, Otherworld Traveler, White Night Castle—I've never heard of any of those things.” Nether Butterfly lifted her staff and pointed it at Bai Yue Ling, her voice cold. “I do know the Judgement Goddess, though. That crazy girl caused me a lot of trouble during the war.”

“War?” Bai Yue Ling was confused. “Do you mean the Divine War?”

“War is war. The war between Light and Darkness,” Nether Butterfly replied icily. “Aren't you an angel of the Angel Legion? Do you really need to ask me that?”

What’s going on… The war between Light and Darkness must be the Divine War, and from Nether Butterfly's words, it sounds like the Divine War is still ongoing.

Could it be that this Nether Butterfly is the one from the era of the Divine War?

Suddenly enlightened, Bai Yue Ling's doubts were all answered.

No wonder Nether Butterfly had never heard of the Otherworld Travelers and even mistook her for a member of the Angel Legion—because this Nether Butterfly was her from a thousand years ago!

But then, how did I travel through time?

Or maybe I never traveled through time at all, and the Nether Butterfly here and the one in the ancient castle are two different people?

Bai Yue Ling shook her head, feeling dizzy from the confusion.

In any case, I need to communicate with Nether Butterfly peacefully right now.

Bai Yue Ling took a deep breath, and words of goodwill slipped out instinctively, “Hey, you big sis bottom-feeder!”

Shk!

A bone spike whistled past Bai Yue Ling’s cheek, leaving a bloodied scratch the width of a finger.

...

“Bottom-feeder? Are you talking about yourself?” Nether Butterfly’s eyes gleamed with disdain. “Right now, the Angel Legion should be fighting the demons around the Great Rift. Why would any of them have time to wander over to the River of the Dead?”

“If that’s the case, then there’s only one answer—you’re just a deserter who left the Legion.” Nether Butterfly raised her staff, deep purple magic swirling around her. “I don't need to show any mercy to trash like you.”

Nether Butterfly stepped forward, and a giant bone claw burst from the ground, smashing down fiercely toward Bai Yue Ling.

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Bai Yue Ling shouted, “Do you have postwar trauma or something? Why do you always want to fight at the drop of a hat?!”

She quickly stepped back and flung a ball of Holy Light, blasting the incoming bone claw into powder.

Just then, dozens of bone spikes shot toward her like bullets. Unable to dodge, Bai Yue Ling could only cross her arms in front of her to block with all her strength.

【Your current HP has dropped to 50%.】

Gritting her teeth, Bai Yue Ling forced herself to endure the pain, lowering her hands that were now covered in blood from the bone spikes.

Just then, she happened to see two massive, robe-wrapped softnesses swaying like water balloons, bearing down on her with an indescribable sense of oppression!

【You have been inflicted with the ‘Intimidated’ status by NPC ‘Nether Butterfly’.】

Bai Yue Ling was momentarily stunned, and in that instant, Nether Butterfly knocked her staff from her grasp. The massive bone claw clenched her tightly, squeezing her all over until she couldn't move or even breathe.

“Incredible. A battle angel from the Angel Legion, yet you revealed such a massive opening.” Nether Butterfly looked down at her from above, gently lifting Bai Yue Ling’s chin with her staff. The two ample mounds cast round shadows across the face of the busty girl. “Are you really one of Anlisa’s subordinates?”

“I... I’m not!” Bai Yue Ling hurriedly explained, “I never said I belonged to the Angel Legion, did I? And my race isn’t ‘Angel,’ it’s ‘Fallen Angel’!”

“Fallen Angel?” Nether Butterfly raised her eyebrows. “Hmm… you really are a bit different from the angels. There’s a bit of darkness in you. But that won’t stop me from killing you. Do you have any last words?”

“Listen to me, even if you don’t know me, I know you.” Bai Yue Ling hurriedly explained, “I come from a thousand years in the future, after the Divine War has ended. The Light Faction rules the World of Destiny now, and I met you in an ancient castle…”

Bai Yue Ling quickly recounted the story of how she and Nether Butterfly met.

But throughout her explanation, Nether Butterfly never lessened the pressure of the staff pressed against her throat.

“Are you done? You’ve spun a wonderful tale, but it’s not enough to convince me,” Nether Butterfly stared at her expressionlessly. “The River of the Dead is the land of the deceased. I cannot allow the living here. So... you still must die.”

“Ahhh… Nether Butterfly, you useless bottom-feeder big sis, when I get back to White Night Castle, I swear I’ll interrogate you myself!”

Gritting her teeth, Bai Yue Ling caused her slime skin to suddenly expand, creating enough space within the bone claw to free her hands. She swung a powdery fist at Nether Butterfly—

Smack.

Nether Butterfly easily caught her punch. Bai Yue Ling sighed and closed her eyes, bracing for death.

But unexpectedly, Nether Butterfly did not kill her.

Instead, she grasped Bai Yue Ling’s wrist, carefully stroking the ring on her finger. In her kohl-rimmed eyes was a look of pure shock.

“This ring of yours… Where did you get it?”

“It’s the ‘Ring of the Dead’ you gave me!” Bai Yue Ling exclaimed. “See? Everything I said just now was true!”

The ‘Ring of the Dead’ seemed to have an extraordinary significance to Nether Butterfly. At the very least, seeing it was enough for her to believe Bai Yue Ling’s words.

“So it was all true, then…” Nether Butterfly muttered. “I don’t know how you crossed time, but this ring is enough to make me trust you.”

“I’m glad you understand!” Bai Yue Ling finally let out a sigh of relief. “Before anything else, can you give me some ‘Water of the Dead River’?”

“What do you need ‘Water of the Dead River’ for?”

“It’s one of the materials for my job change.”

Nether Butterfly conjured a bone bowl, then strode to the riverside and bent over, her ample, round hips jutting out as she scooped up a bowlful of water.

For some reason, when her fingers touched the River of the Dead, her vitality didn’t drain away at all. She easily handed the water to Bai Yue Ling.

【You have obtained the item ‘Water of the Dead River’.】

【Congratulations, you have collected all 10 job change materials. Current Fallen count: 9/10, job change materials: 10/10.】

【You only need one more person to Fall, and you can become a ‘Fallen Succubus’.】

Phew, I finally collected all the job change materials… Bai Yue Ling finally let out a breath of relief.

Nether Butterfly crossed her arms under her soft chest, lifting her ample bosom, and narrowed her beautiful eyes as she asked,

“So, your purpose in coming here was to resurrect that human girl?”