Chapter 85 World E:3 In the end, it was discovered that Ethan was missing...

Finally, it was Turner who discovered Ethan's absence and found him, rescuing him from the suffocatingly awkward atmosphere. Ethan felt that his gratitude towards Turner had reached its peak.

After an awkward farewell to the wolf king's family, Ethan followed Tenas and finally arrived at the teleportation array. Using magic stones—the universal currency of this world—he found himself surrounded by all sorts of strange creatures, including gods and orcs, and naturally, the world had its own power system.

Magic stones are essential materials for cultivating this power system; by absorbing their power, one can become stronger.

Since teleportation arrays were created for convenience, there are naturally corresponding teleportation arrays around them leading to other places, and the teleportation time isn't too long. They spent about half an hour using the teleportation array to arrive at another continent in this world, the territory of Starfall's domain.

Since the exact location of the meteorite is unknown, and it's impossible to directly teleport to her palace to find her, the first step should be to find someone who can access the meteorite, such as a priest or a maid. Unfortunately, Ethan doesn't understand this kind of Western fantasy system very well.

Turner questioned, "Why are you so adamant that we can't drive there? You clearly know where the palace is; we don't even need coordinates."

“You’ll be killed.” Ethan kindly answered his question: “Lord Starfall doesn’t show much mercy to strangers. He’ll treat them as enemies from the start. Trespassing into Lord Starfall’s territory is considered a provocation by him.”

Ethan and Starfall have spent these past few years together, and it wasn't for nothing. Even if Starfall was deliberately putting on an act, he was relatively kind to him—well, I guess that's right—but he wasn't as patient with others.

But Ethan still noticed the coldness that he inadvertently revealed.

Starfall is the kind of being who only cares about their own well-being and doesn't care about the deaths of others.

When it comes to things that interest or appeal to him, Xingyun behaves like an ordinary person—calm, even with a good attitude.

For example, small animals like cats and dogs, or some precious herbs, can be used to create more novel potion recipes, and they might even have a decent liking for him.

However, if it's something he doesn't like, he won't care whether it lives or dies; he'd rather it all be dead, like people, like Kagerou.

Ethan had actually heard Starfall mention the will of the Sunfire City before. Every time he mentioned it, he would grit his teeth and his eyes would become even sharper. A murderous aura that would make people lose the strength to even stand up would burst out all at once, causing Ethan to retreat quite a distance.

Starfall doesn't care about humanity, nor does it care whether its residents live or die. It's completely unlike what a city's will would do. Instead, it watches things unfold with the indifference of an outsider, observing how its residents have become like this.

Starfall no longer cared about its inhabitants, whether they were alive or dead, how they died, or what they had experienced. Even Ethan only discovered her extraordinary soul after her death.

Some people with a strong desire for control will devote all their energy to the city, knowing everything about its every move and event.

Ethan didn't know if Starfall had done that, or perhaps she had but ignored it, acting like an outsider who didn't care.

If even its own residents don't care, do you think Starfall would give its many guardians a friendly look?

The result is—of course not.

All the guardians of Starfall City, except those who died on the battlefield, were avenged by enemies, or were betrayed and schemed against by their own people, have either angered Starfall City and were sent to their next reincarnation by the current guardian who could not tolerate them.

Even with Starfall like this, Ethan's feelings for him are still very strong, just like Starfall's feelings for him.

Starfall probably thought he was alright, and they probably got along quite well. In short, he was inexplicably very nice to him, at least more patient than others, and he would even change the scent of the potion... Ethan would remember him for the rest of his life.

The potion tastes awful.

Of course, he wasn't just moved by the change in taste and added a heavy filter; Starfall showed his different feelings towards him in small things, so apart from his mother Selene, Ethan was actually the closest to him.

Starfall is just as important as Mom!

So in other worlds, even if it's a mother or Lord Starfall who is somewhat unfamiliar, whether they are villains or heroes, unless they really do something he can't accept, he might want to get close to Starfall and Selene.

If someone else were to look at it from God's perspective, they could extract the key point from his complex inner monologue: he regarded Xingyun as his parents.

However, Ethan was unaware of this, so they spent some time finding someone who could contact Starfall, but unfortunately, the person didn't trust them, and they had to go through some more effort before finally reaching Starfall.

Led by a maid, they opened the ancient, heavy door, and Ethan finally got to see Selene and Starfall, the world he had longed for.

The black-haired girl sat casually on the pure black throne in the center, her legs crossed, looking down at her hands. An older-looking black-haired woman stood beside her, leaning down and whispering something in her ear.

Hearing the door open, the two of them looked over together.

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Starfall is admiring the manicure Selene has done for her.

The nail polish was made from a poison she had failed to create in an attempt to kill Yang Yan; she wanted to create a poison capable of killing gods. She had no interest in other deities; her only desire was to kill that damned madwoman she had always antagonized.

It's a pity. If it had succeeded, it could have been named "Slaying the Sun" to kill the God of Light who was carrying the cargo.

It failed now, but it turned out to be a beautiful deep purple. Selene painted it on her nails, each nail with a different magic circle. In critical moments, she wouldn't need to use her hands; the magic circles could solve many problems, and the patterns on those magic circles were also very beautiful.

Xingyun casually named this poison, which had failed countless times, "Thorn." However, through so many failed studies, she seemed to have found some clues.

Researching this poison revealed that the corrosive effects it causes on wounds require considerable effort to halt. Even gods with powerful self-healing abilities cannot recover on their own and must be treated with herbs that can counteract the poison.

She only recently found herbs that could counteract it, and used them to heal her hand, which was still being corroded. She has also quietly arranged for the acquisition of other areas outside her own territory that have this herb, because she plans to use this poison.

Apply this poison to your nails, and next time you fight that annoying guy, you can pinch his face. The poison will enter his body through the wound and ruin his face.

That despicable Goddess of Light! She actually used her face to seduce her former Holy Son. She no longer has the position of Holy Son. Traitors who are seduced by beauty and convert to the Church of Light will be reduced to ashes by her. Useless things are not worthy of being her followers.

"It would be best if my face were ruined," Starfall thought calmly.

This was the first time she had ever seen such a deity, disguised as an ordinary woman, who inadvertently met the former Holy Son, inadvertently revealed her charm, and very inadvertently let him discover that she was the God of Light, leading to a gentle conversation.

"Although I concealed my identity as the God of Light, we are indeed friends," and so on. "It's a pity we couldn't be on the same side," and so on. This long, eloquent speech completely bewildered the former Holy Son, leading him to convert to the religion without even realizing it.

Damn it!

When she found him in the woods, he actually pretended to be innocent, saying things like, "Your holy son stuck to me on his own, I didn't do it on purpose, don't slap me in the face," and so on.

She couldn't hold back. After annihilating the former Holy Son, she engaged him in a fierce battle, causing the area to lose all life and turning a once lush forest into a desert—all within her own territory.

The saintess she has chosen now is different; she is not someone who is easily deceived by appearances. Although she was born in a country that believes in Novigrad and possesses the extreme rationality typical of Novigrad believers, she is not the classic type of person.

She shared her coldness, ruthlessness, and willingness to use any means to achieve her goals. Xingyun felt that this kind of person should be her saintess, her closest companion. Sometimes she felt sorry that she wasn't born in her territory, but more often she forgot that Selene wasn't born in her land.

She really admired Selene and was thinking of finding a way to create a godhood for herself, a small one, so that Selene could attain a higher position and stay by her side for a longer time.

If I could obtain her divine status as a follower, a goddess who controls the night or something, wouldn't that be perfect? ​​It just so happens that she's also named Nix, what a coincidence! She's also called Nix, and she's also called Selene. With so many elements of the moon and night, Starfall has really been trying to get a divine status for herself lately.

Of course, she wasn't afraid of being attacked by Selene. The two of them had such similar personalities, and Xingyun felt that the chances were actually quite high. Selene was a very ambitious person, which was her greatest charm.

She admires this kind of person.

Ambitious, ambitious, and driven to climb the social ladder, this kind of person is the easiest to control. However, if she gets out of control, it can be troublesome, but with her abilities, it's not a big deal.

However, a divine personality created through manipulation is not as powerful as a naturally born god.

This is perfectly reasonable. If a god created later could be the same as the being born from the blessing of this world's will, then that would be a reversal of the natural order.

In order to balance the power between nature and the gods created later, the two factions have a huge power gap. Although the gods created later are also very powerful and are an unshakeable existence for ordinary people.

However, generally speaking, gods whose divine status is fabricated later only have about 3/5 the power of naturally born gods. If a conflict occurs, they will usually be defeated, and their divine power may even be taken away.

Even worse, some would steal the deity's divine status along with the defeated one, stripping them of their divine identity. Once a divine status is created, it has an owner. If the original god falls, the divine status can be inherited. Therefore, some gods collect divine statuses to enhance their own followers.

Otherwise, what do you think the positions of those holy sons and daughters are for? To select the most advantageous, most loyal, and most qualified believers, and make them their personal deities.

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Author's Note: Why are the meteorites parents? — Because the city's will has no gender.

Selene's personality underwent slight adjustments in this world. In a world where the weak cannot survive, some personality changes are quite normal. There are so many different races, all stronger than humans.

The following content explains why Yang Yan got humiliated; it's because she shamelessly went after Xing Yun's people.

I'm never advising her to break up again. You can't reason with someone so obsessed with love. I even told her that he's bad luck for her just because she's thirsty, but she still won't listen to anything I say.