The young knight beside me suddenly erupted; he dared to defy the evil god, yet he dared to defy me.

He suddenly drew his sword and slashed at me. I didn't move, but the paladins who had come to reinforce us from the Papacy moved.

He shoved the young man to the ground, grabbed his head, and made him look at the girls on the gravel road in front of him.

He lectured, "What you need to do now is to carefully observe what's happening in front of you, remember it, and tell me what you think they're doing."

They are fighting for their homeland, and that is inviolable. What you should do now is bless them, not destroy this hard-won compassion.

The young knight, already sobbing uncontrollably, didn't utter a word in response.

I just gritted my teeth and silently shed tears, keeping a straight face, but in my heart I cursed him as a deadbeat simp.

The girls have started using both their hands and feet now, as the road is a bit uphill and not easy to walk on.

Supporting each other, they struggled to reach me, and Lydia finally made eye contact with me.

The girl was probably no more than a teenager, and she was bravely looking me in the eye.

I suddenly reached out and lifted her up, making her look at me at eye level. The maids behind her tensed up.

But I didn't do anything; I just stared at her for a moment and then put her down.

We didn't exchange a single word from beginning to end, but that's the end of it.

She saved her home in her own way, which is admirable, but also tragic.

Kindness without power is the most painful.

I didn't look at her after I put her down; I just brushed past her and went straight to Ming, who was still lying on the ground.

I reached Ming-ge, stretched out a hand to pull him up, and hooked his neck around his neck.

He said, "Actually, I don't like her either. It makes us look like some kind of demon king. You were right to make a move, it just didn't work."

Ming-ge looked at me, who was clearly talking nonsense, smiled, and didn't say anything.

Hades stepped forward and used his power to open a door that looked ancient and imposing.

I was so excited looking at the gate. This skill looked so high-end, it's a great way to show off.

Everyone gathered there, bringing with them the corpse of the evil god.

The sycophantic knight over there had already started comforting his goddess.

I glanced back at the crowd.

Finally, they said, "We are Biyou Palace. Don't let us know who is still colluding with the evil god, or we will come back."

After saying that, he turned and walked away coolly without looking back, and the others behind him also began their journey back.

The last one to enter was the centipede puppet, because it was terrified by my astonishing strike.

This thing was deliberately quiet the whole time, even when it was making noise; it completely transformed into a whiny little monster.

It dares not roar in front of me again, afraid that I'll stab it too.

When the gates of the underworld disappeared, Lydia collapsed into the arms of the devoted knight.

The reason we left so quickly was partly because the little girl was almost at her breaking point.

She didn't want to show her vulnerable side in front of us, so we gave her that face and complied.

Hades' gates to the underworld lead to a completely new and mysterious realm. I glanced back at him.

He gestured with his eyes, asking where they were.

Hades shrugged and said matter-of-factly, "I don't know either."

I stared wide-eyed at Hades, who had already begun to resort to cheating, incredulously.

Looking at him, she asked, "What do you mean you don't know? Didn't you open the door? Why don't you know where you are?"

He said in a roguish tone, "That's a new trick I developed to show off. Today is the first time I'm using it, so I don't know where this is."