Why must the devil be Defeated?
Chapter 398 - 393 Hurry up and start fighting. _2

Chapter 398: 393 Hurry up and start fighting. _2

"Who do you think you should blame?"

Lasha’s tone was inexplicably bitter and resentful.

"What in the world happened?"

Shane didn’t pay much attention but was very curious.

After all, according to Lasha, the reason she disappeared was that she had been secretly watching Shane and seemed to have discovered something urgent, which made her rush away.

Once she left, she ran straight to the Divine World. What exactly happened and what did she discover, Shane couldn’t help but be curious.

Lasha opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but then she shut it again.

"...You’ll know later."

Lasha left him with this gloomy phrase and said nothing more.

To this, Shane only wanted to say,

"I hate people like you who always keep secrets, making the plot seem so draggy because you never reveal anything and pretend it’s some divine secret that can’t be revealed."

Shane felt like slamming his fist on Lasha’s head.

"Trust me, not knowing such heavy matters will make you feel happier."

Lasha rolled her eyes and left those sympathetic words behind before taking Lasha and turning away.

"Will I be happier sexually too?" Shane muttered under his breath sarcastically, "I’d rather you be the happy one."

Just you wait.

Wait till children can run around independently, and we’ll see if you can still be so stubborn.

...

Afterward, Anima left.

Lasha stayed for the time being, seemingly with no further plans.

Ai Yi remained the same, occasionally making a cold appearance just to keep Lasha on her toes, always seeming to be sleeping.

And Shane, during this period, began to feel rather melancholic.

Because, he noticed, ever since Lasha reappeared, Lasha followed her around all day and wouldn’t serve him like before as his intimate and versatile maid.

Although, she still took care of everyone’s meals and dealt with various chores, the daily ritual of waking him up (mysteriously appearing by his bedside to help him with washing and changing) had disappeared, which made Shane very sad.

"Big Sister, are you planning to abandon your benefactor after crossing the river?"

Shane gave Lasha a pitiful look.

Unfortunately, Lasha was not someone who fell for that.

"I originally served Mr. Shane as my master only because of the Lady’s orders. Now that the Lady has returned, she naturally becomes my primary person to serve."

Lasha said this indifferently.

This made Shane drop his pitiful expression, and he turned his head, staring intensely at Lasha, who was teasing Lilith at the moment.

"Uh...!"

At that moment, Lasha shuddered.

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Uninterested in Lasha’s teasing, Lilith, who was just watching her quietly, tilted her head in confusion.

"Nothing... nothing..." Lasha shook her head and murmured in a chill, "Why do I feel like someone just harbored murderous intent against me, as if wanting to simply get rid of me and steal the things around me...?"

Could it be that someone was after the items she had stolen from the Royal Palace of Mitra Kingdom?

Well, she must be more cautious recently.

And so, while there was much uproar outside over the affairs of Cosmos, only Shane’s place remained uneventful.

Until the arrival of Iris.

"Looks like you’ve managed to get all your treasures back."

That day, looking at Oz and Mafi who arrived along with Iris, Shane raised an eyebrow and said with a smirk.

"Yes, everyone is safe. That’s really great."

Iris looked utterly relieved and overjoyed.

Beside her, Oz and Mafi also spoke up.

"Thanks to the guidance of the Anima Goddess, not only did we find our fellow priests and freed them from the danger of being corrupted by the evil energy, but we also retrieved our lost tribesmen."

Mafi rarely showed a smile.

"I didn’t expect that Lord Jade would actually succeed in returning and become Goddess Lilith..."

Oz was observing Lilith, who was sticking close to Shane, with a complicated expression on his face.

There was no helping it; Lilith had been an evil god guarded by their race for a thousand years. They had suffered a lot because of her in the past. Now, the evil god was unsealed and had returned to her proper form, and they didn’t know whether they should genuinely feel happy about it.

"What are you planning to do next?"

Shane asked, holding Lilith in his embrace.

Lilith was unsealed, and Cosmos was destroyed. What was next for the Beastman Race, led by Iris, was a big question.

Fortunately, their main god seemed to have made some arrangements.

"With the coordination and assistance of the Anima Goddess, the Empire has stopped pursuing this matter and pulled back to their own borders. The Kingdom will also rebuild Cosmos," Mafi answered Shane’s question.

"Our tribesmen and those Beastman scattered across the Human Realm have made contact, and they’ve ultimately decided to move the entire tribe, temporarily heading to the nearest Beastman tribe to amalgamate and survive until Cosmos is rebuilt, and then move back."

This was also a viable solution.

However...

"We, the Beastman priests, plan to investigate the hidden mastermind behind this incident, who remained behind the scenes and never showed his face," Oz said, knocking his fist, fiercely adding, "The Anima Goddess guided us to pull out this human from the Human Race, who dared to collaborate openly with the Old Demon Clan Faction and commit such grave errors."

Shane thoroughly agreed with this method.

Shane himself had a score to settle with this hidden mastermind.

Although he did not know why the mastermind ordered Danass’s magic life to torment him, threw Jade to him, and even made the magic life commit collective suicide, dragging him into this incident, he believed in repaying debts of gratitude and vengeance. Just considering what had been done to Lilith, he couldn’t feel at peace without teaching the mastermind a lesson.

Also...

"I and the Lady of Cappelen from the Empire are friends," Iris said, her voice turning somber, which made her say quietly, "Now, Lady Cappelen has gone missing, and it seems that investigating along this line might be the only way to find her."

This was a major recent event.

During this incident, while the people of Cosmos did not suffer much loss or injury, both the First Knight Order of Duke Sterling and the Broken Blade Knights led by the Second Princess had vanished without a trace.

Some believed they had perished in this disaster along with the other evil creatures and that Cosmos had vanished into ash.

Yet some, holding onto hope, refused to believe this and continuously searched for their whereabouts.

"I did warn them not to go near the Temple. Since they didn’t listen, such an outcome is truly their own fault."

Shane stated bluntly, without a shred of sympathy.

"Aren’t you a bit too heartless?"

Iris felt indignation at this, but after being glanced at by Shane, she immediately jumped, hiding behind Mafi.

"It’s just the truth..."

This quick-to-cower Holy Maiden was still murmuring such words, causing Oz and Mafi to smile wryly.

But after the momentary smile, Oz sent an indistinct glance full of pity and affection towards Iris, noted by Mafi, who tightened his expression as if feeling very upset.

"Ho ho..."

Shane, noticing this scenario, displayed a smile suggestive of someone enjoying others’ misfortune.

This was surely a love triangle—let the fight begin.

Behaving in such a gleeful manner, Shane failed to notice that behind Mafi, Iris was peeking out, looking at his mischievous grin with a touch of red appearing on her charming face.

Suddenly, Oz was watching Iris, Mafi was watching Oz, Shane was watching Oz and Mafi, and Iris was stealthily watching Shane, making their gazes secretly intersect, creating a strange sight.

"?"

The pure little goddess within Shane’s embrace tilted her head, completely puzzled.