As the Gigantification effect ended, the slime shrank back to palm-size and wriggled into Bai Yue Ling’s sleeve.
“Did we… succeed?” Luoluo Yue asked.
“Of course.”
Bai Yue Ling placed her hands on her hips, flashing a triumphant smile.
“I told you, you useless big sisters just need to lie back and let me carry you~”
Luoluo Yue’s anger flared. “You little…”
This scheming brat, getting all smug the moment her plan worked—how infuriating!
No way, she had to find a chance to make her crash and burn, then overtake her.
Meanwhile, Ying Ye stood behind Bai Yue Ling, her gaze lingering darkly on the defenseless curves under her short white skirt.
The duration of Fallen Heaven had ended, but the darkness in her heart hadn’t faded.
She had many questions for Bai Yue Ling.
The most pressing one, of course, was… what exactly was “corruption”?
At that moment, Aiya, lying on the ground, let out a muffled groan.
Her sunlit, wavy blonde hair turned jet-black, and her pure white dress was dyed the deep hue of night.
She opened her eyes, her once sky-blue pupils now filled with black mist and crimson, eerie purple-black patterns slithering across her body like vines.
Moments later, these changes vanished, and she reverted to the valiant holy knight, as if nothing had happened.
But unknowingly, this knight who once yearned for the light had been fully drawn into the abyss of darkness under Bai Yue Ling’s guidance.
“This is… the power of darkness?”
Aiya stared at her palm, where instead of holy light, a fallen black flame flickered.
“You really… joined our dark faction?” Luoluo Yue asked nervously, still a bit afraid.
Aiya shook her head. “I didn’t join the dark faction. I joined Little White’s faction.”
Like Ying Ye, Aiya felt an invisible bond forming between her and Bai Yue Ling, drawing them closer.
She gazed quietly at Bai Yue Ling, finding the girl before her inexplicably more charming and alluring, dark thoughts stirring deep within her.
Unfortunately, her limited knowledge only led her to one idea: “pinning her down.”
Ying Ye, nearby, keenly noticed Aiya’s gaze on Bai Yue Ling.
She maintained a smile on the surface but scoffed inwardly.
Hypocritical holy knight.
Just moments ago, she was calling us maggots festering in dark sludge, and now she’s shamelessly clinging to Little White’s thigh.
So annoying.
Bai Yue Ling, oblivious to the undercurrents, was still basking in the joy of her successful corruption.
“Mission perfectly accomplished!”
Completing the mission meant jumping to level 10, with equipment and skill rewards waiting.
But…
“Why hasn’t the system given the mission completion prompt yet?” Bai Yue Ling muttered, puzzled.
At that moment, the entire castle shook violently.
A blinding beam of holy light pierced the castle, turning the world before them starkly black and white…
[Warning! An unknown powerful entity is watching you. You have been afflicted with the “Fear” status, all attributes -99%!]
“W-What…?”
Bai Yue Ling panicked, finding herself frozen in place, as if under a binding spell.
It wasn’t just her—everyone present was immobilized.
“What’s happening?”
“That holy light’s so bright, I’m gonna catch fire!”
“This aura… could it be… the Goddess of Judgment?!”
Aiya’s words made everyone tremble, their fear deepening.
The Goddess of Judgment… the deity who judged the world’s good and evil, was watching them?
How was this possible?
Weren’t goddesses supposed to be lofty, mysterious, and detached from mortal affairs?
But it made sense… Bai Yue Ling groaned inwardly.
Aiya was one of the Goddess of Judgment’s seven Chosen.
By corrupting her, wasn’t she essentially stealing the Goddess’s prized knight?
This could be summed up in four words: Courting Death!
The Goddess was a supreme, mysterious entity, separated from mortals by an unbridgeable chasm.
And the Goddess of Judgment was the most volatile and ferocious of them all.
That bottomless rift in the world was said to have been carved by a single swing of her sword a thousand years ago.
In a daze, they truly felt a gaze from the distant heavens sweeping over them, devoid of emotion.
The gaze passed over Ying Ye and Luoluo Yue, lingered briefly on her Chosen, Aiya, and finally locked onto Bai Yue Ling.
She felt every secret within her laid bare under this supreme gaze.
I’m done for… Am I about to be obliterated by the Goddess without a trace left?
Bai Yue Ling, trembling in fear, instinctively clamped her thighs together, her delicate frame shaking like a rabbit eyed by an eagle.
At that moment, Lisa’s voice suddenly rang in her mind:
“Disgusting madwoman, get lost!”
The moment the words fell, the gaze was repelled, forced to shift away from Bai Yue Ling.
Gradually, the holy light in the castle faded, as if the Goddess of Judgment was leaving.
But in the final moment before the light vanished, Bai Yue Ling felt a piercing glare directed at her.
[You have been afflicted with a new status: “Gaze of the Goddess of Judgment.”]
Finally, the holy light disappeared completely, as if nothing had happened.
The Goddess of Judgment was gone.
Everyone let out a collective sigh of relief, but Bai Yue Ling couldn’t relax at all.
Oh no, I’ve earned the grudge of the Goddess of Judgment…
Meanwhile, Aiya knelt dazedly on the ground, staring at her hands.
“The Goddess of Judgment saw me, but my status as a Chosen wasn’t revoked… Why?”
One hand emitted holy light, the other a fallen black flame.
Two opposing forces coexisted peacefully within this holy knight.
Bai Yue Ling looked at her in surprise.
“So… even though you betrayed the Goddess of Judgment, she didn’t expel you?”
That was strange. They had all assumed the Goddess had come to punish them, yet nothing happened.
Aiya lowered her head, tense and uneasy. She had been prepared for her soul to be annihilated, but the Goddess seemed to bear no grudge and still supported her.
What did it mean?
At that moment, the system prompt finally sounded.
[Your mission “Fallen Holy Light” has been completed. You have acquired the skill “Dark Holy Light.” Equipment “Fallen Light Armor” can be claimed from NPC “Aiya.”]
[Congratulations, you have successfully defeated Holy Knight Aiya. Team experience increased.]
[Novice Village #4444 has gained a new NPC: Aiya.]
[Congratulations, you have reached level 12.]
[Your mission “Path of Fallen Heaven (1/10)” has been completed. Lisa’s freedom has increased. New mission “Path of Fallen Heaven (2/10)” has been triggered.]