Lost again.

Mohe had no excuses to make. The first time, she could say she had allowed Doro's growth, she could say that she was defeated by Doro combined with the Goddess's sword and armor, or even that she was caught off guard.

She could find many excuses for herself to ease her conscience.

But this time, she was utterly defeated, with nothing to say and no excuses to find. In a direct confrontation, she even used devious tactics to try and shake Doro's heart, yet it all failed. This man was stronger than her, a fact she could not deny, no matter how unwilling she was to admit it.

She knelt on the ground, Doro's head resting on her lap as he fell into a deep sleep—although it appeared to be a perfect opportunity for assassination, there was no point in taking action as he couldn't be killed… the previous battle had shown the result, and she wouldn't do something so pointless.

She would not do anything foolish until her strength grew enough to defeat Doro.

But.

"Growth in strength?"

How many years has it been since those words could be applied to her? Does she truly have the potential to grow stronger? She had long stood at eternity's border. After all, wasn't eternity called eternal because it's "everlasting" and "constant"? How could she become stronger?

Even though Doro is here, even though he is stronger, is it possible for her to learn from him and reach his level of strength?

Probably not.

Because she didn't even understand why Doro was stronger than her.

But there's no helping it, losing is simply losing, and losing must be accepted, it is an uncontestable fact.

The strong have the freedom of arrogance—the relationship between herself and Doro had changed.

He became her former self, and she became the "servant" once crawling at her feet.

Servants are not necessarily loyal, Mohe had known this for a long time, just like the betrayals of various races, which actually were not surprising—though, in Mohe's view, it was a rare historical occurrence, and she would not be shocked by it.

Doro's emergence was indeed the most shocking event.

Fortunately, Doro liked her. Although Mohe didn't quite understand the reason, it was ultimately a good thing, as it meant she only needed to cater to Doro's preferences to buy herself "time." In those long years, she would eventually find a way to defeat Doro. Unless, one day, she decided to give up.

Of course, it was also possible that Doro might find a way to kill her—maybe a few centuries later, he would grow tired of her, after all, her understanding of this human species was still limited.

The girl simply stayed there, motionless, until day turned to night, and until Doro slowly opened his eyes.

"How long has it been now?"

"Since we left the Void Realm, three days."

"Do you think they've decided the victor?"

"No."

Doro rose from the girl's lap and stood up: "So, what did you do after bringing the so-called inauspiciousness into this world? Sheltering those souls wasn't your only goal, was it? If you won, wouldn't you just destroy those souls? It doesn't seem meaningful to you."

Mohe realized that Doro had indeed become much smarter now, so she confessed honestly: "I was also testing the Goddess's state. If I won against you—maybe I could devour your power, reaching a new realm, and at that time, it would be time to target the Goddess. Of course, at our level, devouring doesn't necessarily make us stronger, just like eating a hundred pounds doesn't make a person gain a hundred pounds. I was just thinking, since you're so beyond the norm, maybe..."

"Didn't you say you were once lovers with the Goddess?"

"Now you can say I'm your lover, I wouldn't object," Mohe's attitude was quite clear, "After all, you won."

"Did you win back then?"

"No."

Doro didn't pursue the question but instead paid attention to what Mohe cared about: "So, what were the results of your probing the Goddess?"

"The Goddess is dead."

"...What did you say?"

"Your hearing should be quite sharp, so you wouldn't have misheard, right? I said the Goddess is dead."

Doro felt dizzy: "It's because I heard that I asked... why do you say that?"

"That woman wouldn't ignore the inauspicious invasion, after all, inauspiciousness is more tolerable to me since the Curse I created was somewhat related to the inauspicious, in a sense I took part of the inauspicious power to create the Curse. But the essential power of the Goddess is blessing, which is fundamentally opposed to inauspicious. She wouldn't let inauspiciousness invade this world, so the conclusion is naturally: the Goddess is dead."

Doro wanted to say "that makes some sense." But he couldn't.

"But the Hero's Sword and Hero's Armor still reflect the Goddess's power, and even the people at the White Church use Divine Power. Last time, Charlette even summoned the Goddess's descent, could the Goddess have died after that? Is there anything capable of killing the Goddess?"

Doro did not understand; he was completely unfamiliar with this. However, it seemed that Mohe's words held no meaning now, and she had no need to deceive him—besides, she should be relatively straightforward at the moment, and frightening him would only satisfy her own twisted sense of humor.

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