Why must the devil be Defeated?
Chapter 383: Goddess who Peeks from the Shadows

Chapter 383: Goddess who Peeks from the Shadows

"Boom, boom, boom..."

At some point, Cosmos’s sky suddenly became shrouded with dark clouds.

The clouds, swirling like a whirlpool, seemed to flicker with lightning, stirring up a series of oppressive drones.

The air became extremely heavy.

The earth also began to tremble from time to time.

The increasingly severe phenomenon made the people of Cosmos start to panic, constantly living in fear and anxiety.

In Cosmos, strange occurrences had already happened many times, and now even more bizarre incidents were emerging, causing many citizens to begin to collapse.

If anyone looked towards the gates of Cosmos, they would find that at any gate, numerous people with their families and large bundles were causing disturbances.

"Let us out!"

"We want to leave the city!"

"We’ll die if we stay here!"

"I can’t stand it anymore!"

"Hurry, let us out!"

The citizens kept shoving each other, trying to rush through the gates while shouting loudly.

But the gates were firmly guarded by the knights of the Knight Order.

"Go back!"

"Everyone go back!"

"The Duke’s family has ordered that Cosmos is locked down, no one is allowed in or out!"

"If you keep causing disturbances, we will have to execute you on the spot!"

The knights roared like this and initially managed to intimidate quite a few people, but as the phenomena inside Cosmos grew more intense, the citizens were genuinely terrified.

Thus, at any city gate, there was a loud quarrel and even shoving between the knights and the citizens, causing the sounds of clamor, noise, roars, curses, and screams to mix together.

Cosmos, this fortress city, was experiencing its first major chaos in a thousand years, and it wouldn’t be surprising if a riot broke out at any moment.

In such a scenario, small and large battles had even started to occur within the city.

Unbeknownst to anyone, at the top of a very tall building a distance away from the Evil Land, two figures had been watching the whole time.

They were two goddesses.

No, to be precise, one was a goddess and the other a young girl from the Demon Clan.

The goddess had long hair, a tall figure, wore a solemn vestment robe, had a stunningly beautiful face, but her eyes were tightly closed, as if she was blind yet could clearly see the deepest part of the Evil Land; she appeared very tranquil and extremely mystical.

The Demon Clan girl had waist-length jet-black straight hair, eyes of a deep red color, and though not as tall as the former, she, too, had a model-like height and figure, and also possessed a stunningly beautiful appearance. Just standing there alone, she became a striking presence.

Having such two extraordinarily beautiful women standing unnoticed in such a place, it was indeed regrettable.

However, if someone recognized the origins of these two individuals, they would be greatly shocked and could no longer muster any feelings of appreciation.

Because one of them was one of the Three Great Goddesses at the apex of the Divine Race, and the other was a former criminal from the Old Demon Clan who had been wanted by the Kingdom of Mitra for ten full years.

At one moment, the Demon Clan girl could no longer hold back.

"Aren’t you going to make a move, Goddess Anima?"

The Demon Clan girl spoke with a tone of indescribable difficulty.

There was no helping it.

"We’ve been here for several days now, and initially, you were intent on resolving the situation quickly, so why did you suddenly choose to coldly observe and ignore the happenings in the Dark Temple?"

Indeed.

The two had been in Cosmos for several days.

When Anima sensed something unusual in the Divine World, she and Laischa descended to the Human Realm and used Laischa’s Space Magic to swiftly reach Cosmos.

At that time, it was just when Shane had broken the seal on the Evil God Lilith.

They witnessed Shane slicing through Lilith’s sealing with the Holy Sword, even saw the scene where Shane defeated the entire Beastman Priest, and also noticed Shane abducting Iris, the Holy Daughter, without intervening.

Laischa found this truly baffling.

Because, at the beginning, she clearly saw that, the moment Anima witnessed Shane breaking the seal, for a split second, Anima’s expression turned cold, ready to intervene.

Had the goddess intervened then, even if Shane possessed great abilities, it would have been impossible for him to abduct Iris and escape unscathed.

Yet, in the end, Anima forcibly restrained herself and actually chose to stand by idly.

This standing by the sidelines continued up until now.

No, wait, Anima did do some things.

For example, when the Old Demon Clan Faction began to break the seal, releasing evil energy and evil creatures, Anima warned Iris, her own Holy Daughter, through revelations, making Iris aware of the situation in the Dark Temple.

In other words, Iris had been running out of the inn, becoming increasingly agitated during this time because Anima was revealing the situation there to Iris.

After Iris entered the land of evil energy, her ability to avoid so many evil creatures was also due to Anima guiding her path during her prayers.

In other words, aside from these kinds of actions, Anima did not do anything else.

This truly baffled Laischa, who did not understand why Anima would do so.

Up until now, Anima had offered no explanation.

Until this moment...

"You really shouldn’t be puzzled, right?"

Anima then glanced at Laischa, and even though her eyes weren’t open, Laischa felt as though every part of her was being seen through.

This made Laischa tense up her facial expression.

Because she wasn’t sure if she was really seen through by the goddess in front of her.

It’s known that this goddess is the mother of nearly all life, with an understanding of life unmatched by any.

In this world, when it comes to understanding the nature of a person, this goddess would be second to none, with no one daring to claim the first.

Even though Laischa was from the Demon Clan, not created by this goddess from the Human Race, she lacked the confidence not to be seen through by the other.

However, Laischa’s lack of confidence was, of course, not hidden from Anima.

Anima seemed to look deeply at her, then finally withdrew her gaze.

"If I’m not mistaken, according to the observations these past few days, one can deduce that you must know that noble human who can break Goddess Lilith’s sealing with a single sword strike, right?" Anima spoke softly, "Then you should know that I chose to stand by because of that young human, right?"

"...Really?" While Laischa had indeed considered this possibility, she couldn’t be certain, hence she asked, "Just because of a young human noble, you chose to stand by regarding Lilith’s affair?"

If one were to hear this without knowing Shane’s true identity, they definitely wouldn’t be able to understand Anima’s actions.

Unfortunately for them, Laischa knew Shane’s true identity.

Thus, she clearly understood that Anima had doubts about Shane’s origins.

"I’ve ’watched’ him for several days now, and I can finally confirm that the aura of life he carries does not belong to this world."

Anima thus spoke.

"Besides heroes, only descendants of heroes possess that kind of life aura."

Since descendants of heroes are equivalent to descendants of Otherworldly People, their life aura would not belong to this world, understandably.

However...

"His magical power is very strong, apparently even surpassing that of the child beloved by the Goddess of Fate, and although his level is not high, his strength proves that he has extraordinary talents, even possessing very powerful Unique Skills; such a person, if born in this world, should have been noticed by us, the Three Great Goddesses, including me, who would come to bestow blessings upon him."

Anima spoke as if talking to herself.

"But this person seemed to appear out of nowhere, clearly bearing blessings, yet those blessings do not belong to any of us, the Three Great Goddesses, yet it seems he can feel the power of our blessings. It’s quite contradictory, quite strange."

Anima discovered these things.

Besides this, she learned one other very important thing.

"The sword that the child used to break Goddess Lilith’s seal, if I’m not ’seeing’ incorrectly, it seems to have a Holy Sword Sealing Ring that only a forging god could create."

At this point, Anima’s tone became more serious.

And Laischa understood.

She knew that Anima had likely deduced Shane’s real identity through her observations these past several days.

After all, when it comes to understanding heroes, the Three Great Goddesses were certainly at the forefront.

Although the secret ceremony of summoning heroes was created by the Supreme God Ominis, in the past, all summoned heroes were received by the Three Great Goddesses and blessed by them, with the Supreme God herself never participating in any of the hero summoning affairs, and almost no heroes from past generations even met the Supreme God, except for Hero Mithra, who saw the Supreme God once a thousand years ago in the final battle.

Given this, it’s fair to say that the Three Great Goddesses interacted most frequently with heroes and understood them best.

All past heroes were blessed, assisted, and guided by the Three Great Goddesses, and Anima, being the Life Goddess, not recognizing Shane’s identity would indeed be strange.

The problem is, Anima knew very well that the Hero Summoning ceremony had been sealed and could not possibly be reactivated to summon a new hero.

Even if it were reactivated, the emergence of a hero should not have escaped their notice.

Now, suddenly there appeared a hero no one knew about. How could Anima not be suspicious, not be astonished?

It was for this reason that Anima held back her inclination to intervene, choosing instead to observe Shane.

The more she observed, the more astonished Anima became.