The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Chapter 789: Is This Public Execution?

A battle between Transcendent Level beings, under the intervention of various forces, ended without a conclusion. In this era, a true battle between such beings was difficult to see through to the end. Even the previous battle between Lilith and Kamina was stopped by Sara. Unless a war broke out again, witnessing a decisive battle between such beings would be difficult.

Shien understood this and obediently returned to the Supreme Castle. If he continued to run away, those three idiot goddesses might cause even more trouble. He had only run for a while, and they had already clashed with their old nemesis. If he truly left, they might cause a catastrophe.

Sara, also realizing this, asked Shien,

“Don’t let them leave your sight, and don’t leave theirs, even if it’s for the sake of this world.”

The supreme being of the Demon Race, Sara, the Moon Demon, spoke these serious words just to deal with these three idiot goddesses.

Frankly speaking, Shien refused inwardly.

But…

“Do us this favor, considering that we six sisters helped you reach Limit Level,” Sara said, and Shien knew he couldn’t refuse. He owed them a great debt. They even considered sacrificing their own power for him. Therefore, he had to help them with this “small favor,” both logically and emotionally.

So, Shien compromised.

But what followed was cruel treatment.

“Since you’re taking these three idiot goddesses with you, then go back to your own room,” Airi said, mercilessly kicking him out of her room. Clearly, this Dragon Demon didn’t want to be disturbed by these three noisy little girls.

“Sister Lilith can stay with me, Master,” Yulin said, appearing silently and quickly taking Lilith away, as if worried that her cute little sister would be corrupted by these idiots.

Shien wanted to say, You’ve changed, you’ve all changed.

Not just Airi, Yulin, and Lilith, but even the other Demon Lords who usually surrounded him had all disappeared. He knew they didn’t want to come. Kamina naturally didn’t want to see those three idiot goddesses. Lid and Millu, probably like Yulin and Lilith, were worried about their “little darlings” being corrupted. As for Airi… well, her treatment of him clearly showed her attitude. Sara was always busy and hadn’t appeared before, so she definitely wouldn’t appear now. Only Shafney had said,

“Well, compared to those boring, obedient people, I prefer those who are a bit more lively and disobedient, but if it’s those three idiot goddesses who can cause trouble without even trying, I’d rather stay away.”

In other words, she also didn’t want to come.

“…” Shien looked up at the sky, speechless. What had he done to deserve this? Was he destined to lead this group of one god and three troublemakers?

At this time, the Three Goddesses of Time naturally didn’t know what he was thinking. They had already separated upon returning to the Supreme Castle, following Shien and secretly observing him.

Shien, noticing this, said listlessly,

“Speak if you have something to say, otherwise, dismissed.” He was tired, mentally exhausted.

Unfortunately, the three idiot goddesses didn’t seem to notice, and one of them raised her hand.

“Can we ask you some questions?” Verdande asked. Among the three, she played the role of the more mature one and had been wanting to ask something.

“Ask away,” Shien didn’t bother arguing, still listless, “But only one question per person.” He was truly tired and didn’t want to be bombarded with their strange and nonsensical questions. So, he set a limit.

Unexpectedly, Norn was the first to raise her hand timidly. She was also curious about something.

And her question was simple.

“W-Why can you ignore our power and not be affected by the distorted time stream?” she asked cautiously.

Yes. This was what the three goddesses wanted to know.

“So that’s what you were wondering about?” Shien said, realizing this, then, not bothering to hide it, he replied directly, “Because my blessing makes me immune to the divine powers of all Goddesses of the God Race. Therefore, your powers can’t directly affect me.”

“Blessing?” Norn was startled.

“A… a blessing that makes one immune to the divine powers of all Goddesses?” Verdande asked hurriedly, “I’ve never heard of such a blessing!”

“But it’s true,” Shien shrugged, “Whether you believe it or not, I can ignore your powers because of my blessing. You have to admit that.”

“Then can you tell us?” Verdande asked, frowning slightly, “Who gave you this blessing?”

“Are you sure you want to ask this?” Shien asked casually, “This will count as your question. You won’t have another chance.”

Hearing this, Verdande hesitated, but she was clearly very curious.

Soon, she nodded firmly.

“I want to know, please,” she said, her small face serious.

It seemed that when they weren’t causing trouble, these three little girls could also be reliable.

“My blessing was given to me by a goddess named Nien,” Shien said.

These words stunned the three goddesses.

“Nien?” Norn looked confused.

“Who is that?” Verdande also asked, puzzled.

“Is there a goddess with that name in the God Race?” Even Skuld was confused.

The three of them were only two thousand years old, very young compared to the other Goddesses of the God Race. Moreover, with their carefree nature, they naturally couldn’t immediately recall if there was a goddess named Nien.

Unfortunately, they didn’t know that Nien’s existence was a secret, unknown even to the Three Goddesses, let alone them. A more experienced goddess might associate this name with the first Hero, but these three idiots didn’t know about the first Hero. And they didn’t know that although Shien’s blessing was given by Nien, it wasn’t Nien’s own blessing. His blessing was essentially bestowed by the Supreme God, only taken by Nien and given to him.

Therefore, even if they racked their brains, they wouldn’t be able to figure out the source of Shien’s blessing.

Shien didn’t give them time to think, turning to Skuld.

“Your turn. What do you want to ask?”

“Me?” Skuld blinked, then her eyes lit up as she thought of something, and she asked excitedly, “What does it feel like to touch us when we’re merged?”

“Pfft!” Shien spat out whatever he was drinking.

“Skuld!?” Norn, startled, her face flushed crimson.

“What kind of strange question is that!?” Even Verdande was shocked.

“I’m curious,” Skuld said, not ashamed at all, “The three of us don’t usually merge, and when we do, we’re always busy with serious matters, not bathing or sleeping or anything, so I’m curious, what does it feel like to touch us when we’re merged?”

The consciousness created after their merging wasn’t a new consciousness, but a combination of their three consciousnesses. Like a soul split into three parts becoming whole again, the merged Goddess of Time possessed the memories of Norn, Verdande, and Skuld, but she was still them, not someone else. It was like the three of them growing up in the same direction, eventually becoming a single person with the same personality and values. But they could also separate and return to their original forms at any time. Therefore, as Skuld said, after merging, they were always busy with serious matters, not having a chance to do other things, naturally making them curious about their merged form. It was like wanting to know what they would be like when they grew up.

However, compared to Norn and Verdande, Skuld, carefree and playful, was naturally less shy and more straightforward.

So, she asked this question directly.

“Aren’t you curious?” she asked Norn and Verdande.

The two goddesses were speechless.

“I… I am a little curious…” Norn admitted in a mosquito-like voice.

“Although only a little…” Verdande tried to appear less childish.

“Then that’s settled!” Skuld said, turning to Shien again.

“So? What does it feel like to touch us? Big brother!” she asked, her big, sparkling eyes filled with curiosity.

“So nervous…”

“So anxious…”

Norn and Verdande also looked at him expectantly, their eyes filled with a hidden curiosity.

“…” Shien fell into a long silence.

Is this public execution?

Dammit! (sF□′)s!!

Chapter 790: “Protect Your Hero.”

As expected, Shien ran away. Even he couldn’t bring himself to describe what it felt like to touch those three underage-looking girls, especially since they were troublemakers. He felt that if he made any inappropriate comments, they would somehow become public knowledge, leading to his social death. Therefore, he fled without hesitation, the three little girls shouting behind him. If he weren’t worried about them getting lost and causing more trouble, he would have teleported away. In the end, he brought these three trouble magnets back to his room in the Supreme Castle.

Naturally, the three idiot goddesses also moved into his room.

“W-We have a mission…”

“That’s right, we have to watch over you.”

“This is an important mission from Goddess Nadue!”

The three goddesses chattered.

Shien had to admit, he had never hated Nadue so much. What grudge did she have against him to send these three to torture him?

“I hate you, Nadue,” he thought.

…

“Achoo!” In a corner of the Divine Realm, Nadue suddenly sneezed.

“Did someone just call my name?” she wondered, covering her face slightly, her big eyes filled with confusion.

Just then, a voice came from before her.

“What’s wrong, Lady Nadue?”

It was a sweet, clear, and refreshing voice, like a gentle autumn breeze.

The speaker was a young elf girl, dressed in a magician’s robe, with long, willow-like green hair, delicate features, and long ears, both pure and beautiful. She sat cross-legged on the ground, seemingly cultivating, her magic power flowing smoothly. A keen observer would notice that although seemingly gentle, her magic power was incredibly dense and powerful. Moreover, ambient magic power continuously flowed towards her and into her body, constantly increasing her reserves. This ability was truly terrifying.

Nadue looked at this special elf girl, her eyes filled with gentleness and affection.

“Your control over your power has improved considerably, Melika,” she said, having been supervising Melika’s training, witnessing her growth from an insignificant little elf to her current state in just a month, praising her without reservation.

Melika, the elf girl, was also quite happy.

“It’s all thanks to your help, Lady Nadue. If it weren’t for you letting me enter the Inner Sanctum, I wouldn’t have been able to control such powerful magic power so easily,” she said gratefully.

Nadue, however, shook her head.

“The Inner Sanctum is a treasure bestowed upon the Human Race by the Mother Goddess, meant to be used by humans, to help them cultivate talented individuals and heroes. As long as one has sufficient ability, entering the Inner Sanctum is easy. Even without my help, you would have eventually entered,” she said.

“Moreover, everyone’s enlightenment in the Inner Sanctum is different. You not only successfully controlled your surging power, but also awakened your Unique Skill, greatly increasing your strength. This shows your own talent and potential.”

Therefore, helping such a talented individual was the duty of the God Race, who guided humanity. And if this person was also her child, a member of the Elven Race, then she should help her even more.

“So, you don’t have to thank me. Rather, I should be thanking you for becoming such an excellent Blessed One,” Nadue chuckled, “If you must thank someone, it shouldn’t be me, but him.”

Who was “him”?

Melika didn’t need Nadue to tell her. If it weren’t for him, she wouldn’t have gained such an incredible opportunity and reached this level. During her time in the Divine Realm, Melika had been constantly thinking about him, even seeing him in her dreams countless times, her longing evident.

Of course, although in the Divine Realm, thanks to Nadue, she was well-informed about his current situation.

“Is he doing well?” she couldn’t help but ask.

“Don’t worry,” Nadue said reassuringly, “Although his identity as the Hero has been exposed, thanks to Sara, the Moon Demon’s timely intervention, the unrest among the three races has subsided, and the Demon Race’s reaction isn’t as intense as before. Except for a few troublemakers, the situation in the Divine Realm, the Human Realm, and the Demon Realm is relatively calm.”

That being said, the fact that the Hero was currently in the Demon Realm and even engaged to the Dragon Demon still caused quite a stir in the God Race.

After all, since ancient times, Heroes had always been the God Race’s trump card, their partners, those they should support and assist, their reliable comrades in arms. In the God Race’s view, Heroes should be on their side. But now, the Hero was engaged to a Demon Lord, being wooed by the Demon Race. This naturally caused a strong reaction within the God Race. Recently, many Goddesses even suggested bringing the Hero back immediately, not letting him stay in the Demon Realm any longer, some even believing that if he were to marry, it should be to a Goddess of the God Race, not a Demon Lord. Especially some of the more hot-headed War Gods, Military Gods, Evil Gods, or Demon Gods, who almost couldn’t control themselves and wanted to charge into the Demon Realm and kidnap the Hero. Even a certain easily agitated Goddess of Fate wanted to do so. If not for her and Anima desperately stopping her, the Demon Realm would be in chaos by now.

Fortunately, in the end, Nadue and Anima managed to calm them down. If the God Race dared to go to the Demon Realm and demand the Hero’s return, the recently appeased Demon Race would become suspicious again, thinking that the God Race truly wanted to use the Hero to eliminate them. Therefore, the God Race could only wait and see. Otherwise, how could they allow their Hero to be “abducted” by the Demon Race?

This was truly frustrating.

However, this wasn’t something Melika needed to worry about. Therefore, Nadue didn’t mention it, only reporting good news.

However, she did tell Melika about Shien and Airi’s engagement. This couldn’t be hidden. Everyone in Omnipotence knew about it, even the Goddesses in the Divine Realm were discussing it. Melika would hear about it even if she just went out for a stroll. They couldn’t keep her locked up forever, right?

Fortunately, this elf girl was kind, innocent, and easily satisfied. Even knowing that her beloved was engaged to another woman, a Demon Lord, she wasn’t disheartened. Rather, she felt like she was the “other woman.” After all, Shien and Airi’s relationship had always been good.

Although she met him first, she wasn’t as close to him as Airi. If not for the Peace Festival, she might still be just a background character in his life. Being able to be with him now was already the greatest happiness for an elf who was only meant to experience tragic love. Even though Melika was no longer the same, no weaker than most women in this world, her feelings remained unchanged.

“I have a gift for you, Melika,” Nadue said, bringing over a staff.

It was a staff made entirely of wood, yet as clear and translucent as amber, its top branching out like tree roots, entwined with an emerald green gem.

“This is…” Melika was instantly captivated by the staff, sensing the astonishing magic power emanating from it. She could tell that this was a top-tier staff, possibly even surpassing the scepter passed down through generations of the Elven royal family, held by the Elven Queen. For a magician, it was no less important than the Holy Sword for a Hero.

“This staff is made from a branch of the magic tree I cultivated for a thousand years, combined with the core of a magic crystal vein, and forged by the most skilled God of Forging in the God Race,” Nadue said, caressing the staff gently, as if it were her own child.

“I call it the Staff of Nature. I even used it personally for a while. It’s one of my favorite pieces of equipment.”

Saying this, she handed the staff to Melika.

“With this, and your Unique Skill, at your current level, you can even fight against Limit Level experts.”

Nadue was giving this precious weapon to Melika.

“This… this is too valuable!” Melika said, flustered.

“Don’t refuse,” Nadue shook her head seriously, “You are my Blessed One, and also the Hero’s companion. Recently, many strange things have been happening in this world, things that even we and the Demon Lords haven’t fully understood. I have a feeling that something big is about to happen.”

This was something the apex beings of the three races all agreed on.

“I hope that when that time comes, you will have enough power to protect yourself, and even, protect your Hero,” Nadue said.

Hearing this, Melika fell silent.

After a while, she solemnly accepted the Staff of Nature.

As her magic power connected with the staff’s, powerful fluctuations rippled through the air.