Why must the devil be Defeated?-Chapter 1104 - 968: Opposing Sister Goddesses

Elf Country, Queen’s Palace.

Shane and his group jumped down from You Lin’s back, landing together on the rooftop of the Queen’s Palace.

Nudura, Artemis, Sophie, Leiya, and Nia immediately came forward to meet Shane and the others.

"Carol, you all are...?"

Sophie looked at Carol and her group, who were dressed in rather revealing, almost scant clothing, with obvious astonishment on her face.

Carol, feeling somewhat embarrassed, kneeled on one knee in front of Sophie.

"I apologize, Your Majesty." Carol lowered her head in remorse and said, "We encountered some trouble, and only thanks to the hero’s party rescuing us did we manage to save our lives. I’m ashamed to have let you down."

The elf corps girls behind Carol also kneeled one by one, bowing their heads in shame.

Genom was naturally among them.

"We have completed the task Her Majesty entrusted to us, and hope we have not disgraced the mission." 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Genom said this while keeping her head lowered.

Could this impulsive and irritable elf girl be so humble?

Shane couldn’t help but think this.

In contrast, Sophie not only did not blame them but even showed a reassuring smile.

"I’m just glad you all could return." Sophie sincerely said, "The one who should apologize is me. It was such a risky mission, and yet I could only let you undertake it. If anything had happened to you, I wouldn’t have been able to forgive myself."

Leiya and Nia also stood behind Sophie, speaking in unison.

"You all did very well, Carol, Genom."

"This must also be the result of the blessing of the Nuadra Goddess?"

The two garrison commanders of the elf corps consoled their subordinates in this way.

However, Nudura, upon hearing their words, showed a face full of shame.

"I did nothing, to say I could only pass such a dangerous task to Carol and her team shows my incompetence. If it is about blessings, it should be our exalted Supreme God who is giving them."

Nudura said this.

"No, no such thing, Nuadra Goddess."

"To be entrusted with such a significant task is indeed our honor."

"Please lift your head."

"Indeed, Lady Goddess."

The elf girls of the elf corps hurriedly said this.

Evidently, they were somewhat worried, not expecting their greatest faith, someone akin to a mother to them, the Nature Goddess, to bow her head in shame.

At this time, Artemis finally spoke up.

"Since you have already returned, everything is fine. Do not be so self-critical anymore."

Artemis said a fair word.

Sophie, Nudura, and the elf girls finally showed smiles and nodded.

Just then, Merica came out.

"I... I have returned, Nuadra Goddess, Your Majesty."

Merica nervously paid her respect to the highest authority figures of the Elf Clan.

Sophie and Nudura immediately looked at Merica.

"You chose to return after all, Merica."

Sophie sighed.

"Were you not instructed to stay in the Royal Capital?"

Nudura seemed slightly reproachful.

"I’m sorry." Merica deeply lowered her head and said, "I did not mean to defy your instructions, but..."

Before she finished, someone else picked up the topic.

"It’s just that Merica is a member of the Elf Clan no matter what, and you leaving her out when the Elf Clan was in crisis, letting her stay in a safe place; do you think she could be at ease?"

The one who spoke was Shane.

Shane bluntly voiced what was in Merica’s heart, silencing her, leaving the others speechless.

Nudura looked at Merica, and after a moment, reached out, patting Merica’s head.

"I made you worry, Merica, I am truly sorry."

Nudura spoke to her as if confessing to her daughter, with a gentle expression.

"No... it’s nothing like that!"

Merica was instantly flustered, shaking her head vigorously.

Sophie also approved of the current development.

"Since you have already returned, stay in the Elf Country now. Don’t wander around again, understood?"

Sophie advised Merica.

This wasn’t a command, just a pure show of concern.

In the eyes of the Elf Clan, Merica’s status had long changed from before--not only as a Blessing of the Nature Goddess Nudura, but also as a companion of the Hero.

If anything were to happen to the Elf Clan, as long as Merica was there, the Elf Clan wouldn’t be extinct, as there would be hope.

Therefore, both Sophie and Nudura regarded Merica as extremely important and valued her safety greatly.

To some extent, Merica had become a seed of hope that the entire Elf Clan wanted to protect with all their might, even if something were to happen to the Elf Queen, nothing should happen to Merica.

This was a shared understanding among everyone, though Merica herself didn’t know yet.

Merica could only nod and accept Sophie’s advice.

Sophie and Nudura chatted with the elf girls a little further, learned the basic situation, and then turned around to face Shane.

Shane stood next to Lasha, who was holding Lilith’s hand, with his arms crossed.

Seeing Shane, everyone inevitably also noticed Lasha and Lilith.

Reactions varied upon seeing Lasha and Lilith.

When they saw Lasha, everyone’s expression turned somewhat subtle.

But when they saw Lilith, regardless of the others, Justice Goddess Artemis, who had been watching Shane closely, frowned, and stepped forward.

Seeing this, Shane raised an eyebrow.

"Artemis."

Nadura seemed to remember something and hastily tried to stop Artemis.

However, Artemis reached out and blocked Nadura.

"Don’t worry, Lady Nadura," Artemis said lightly. "I just want to say hello to the ’sister’ who is said to be born with me, stand opposite, appear at the same time, yet have a completely opposite nature. I won’t do anything at this crucial moment."

Saying this, Artemis stared intently at Lilith.

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Lilith seemed to finally react, tilting her head slightly with a question mark above her head.

This little girl naturally couldn’t know who this silver Valkyrie was in front of her.

But Lilith could still feel an incredibly familiar yet irreconcilable sensation from the other person.

That was unavoidable.

Artemis was the goddess of justice and order.

Lilith was the goddess of evil and chaos.

Both were born transcendent, though they were high-ranking gods, their power far exceeded that of the Life Goddess and Nature Goddess among the Three Great Goddesses, enough to rank in the top three of the Divine Race, right after the Fate Goddess Lidas.

Their existence was like twin sisters who were born, transcendent, appeared, and descended into this world at the same time.

But just as Artemis said, although they shared a deep bond, they were in an irreconcilable oppositional relationship.

Justice against evil.

Order against chaos.

White against black.

Strong against strong.

This was the relationship between the two.

Moreover...

"This is our first official meeting, Goddess Lilith."

Artemis spoke these words to Lilith.

"I know you are the God born at the same time as me, but after your birth, you immediately lost control, causing chaos in the world, turning the land into a purgatory, turning countless beings into evil creatures. At that time, I couldn’t stop you in time."

At that time, Artemis had just gained consciousness and was still naive to everything.

As a result, Lilith, who was born simultaneously with her, lost control and vanished from her sight while she was still in her naivety.

Artemis had never seen Lilith, only the back of Lilith wrapped in endless evil energy, soaring towards the horizon.

That was her only memory of Lilith, this sister-like existence.

"I actually regret it quite a bit," Artemis said extremely calmly. "For the past ten thousand years, I have been thinking that if I had reacted more quickly and stopped you immediately, perhaps the result would have been different, and many people would have been spared from the sudden disaster you caused."

Artemis said these words, making the surrounding atmosphere somewhat unpleasant.

"Artemis."

Nadura called out to Artemis.

Artemis, however, ignored Nadura and simply looked at Lilith.

"Originally, after knowing what you did, I made up my mind that if you ever broke the seal one day, I would definitely destroy you."

Artemis’s calm tone was chilling.

Including Shane and Lasha, everyone could sense that the goddess was serious.

She truly wanted to kill Lilith.

At least, she had thought of it in the past.

Realizing this, everyone held their breath.

Shane narrowed his eyes, also fixating on Artemis.

As for Lilith, it was rare to see her not tilting her head, her face filled with question marks.

Even she could recognize the threat appearing before her at this moment.

Therefore, Lilith faced Artemis’s stare, a black mist-like evil energy slowly rising from her body.

It was as if Artemis had been waiting for this moment for a long time, her body also emitting a white light.

Black mist and white light confronted each other like mortal enemies, fiercely clashing, causing the Queen’s Palace to tremble slightly.

"Artemis!"

Nadura protected all the elf girls present and erected a barrier of magic power, blocking the black mist and white light from spreading to this side, her voice finally taking on some seriousness.

The white light from Artemis’s body eased and then gradually subsided.

Lilith blinked her eyes but subconsciously retracted the evil energy.

The two confronted each other once again.

"I heard you’ve regained the rationality you once abandoned, rectifying the defect that occurs in special Transcendent Level existences like us, outside of the Three Great Goddesses and the Six Great Demons, correct?"

Artemis spoke to Lilith without the slightest hint of arrogance.

"If that’s the case, I will also temporarily withdraw the vow I made in the past and see if you, the strongest Evil God, have truly ceased harming living beings in the world with the return of your rationality."

"But don’t forget, okay?"

"If ever you harm living beings again in the form of an Evil God, I will unhesitatingly destroy you."

"Because that’s the only duty I must fulfill as the Justice Goddess."

Leaving such words, Artemis finally shifted her gaze from Lilith to Shane.

The Justice Goddess’s eyes flickered slightly but returned to calm after a while.

"Don’t stare at me with murderous intent, Hero. I said I won’t do anything to your Lilith now."

For some reason, those words "your Lilith" carried a peculiar nuance.

Shane, unaware, just smiled slightly and said:

"Sorry, but even so, to say that you’d kill someone in front of me, the fact that I didn’t take action immediately should be considered quite courteous, no?"

Shane’s words made Artemis’s gaze flicker once again.

Her gaze instantly turned complicated.