My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 186: Kidnapped by a Villain?

The blazing red-eyed shadow lady approached the injured divine grace by reflex, but a whisper resounded within her mind.

’Eat her...’

The shadow lady stretched out her hands as if to harm the injured Goddess, but she refrained from doing so.

She could do whatever she wanted to the Divine Goddess right now, but it wasn’t about the benefits. There was nothing worth comparing.

The shadow lady held her head, fighting the whispers in her mind.

’I was once the world’s enemy, but she enlightened me. We were once the Supreme Ruvoid God’s avatar fragments, but she and her friends liberated us upon our oath and agreement.

The Supreme Ruvoid God has perished for good. I am not the fragment of the Supreme Ruvoid God. Goddess Elysia blessed me with a name. My name is Zera. I’m free to do whatever I wish to. She is my benefactor, friend, contract binder... someone precious!

Go away from my mind! My entire existence is connected to the Elysium Channel. Goddess Elysia and the Goddesses in her command have noticed you. I don’t care about your will. You wait for me to fully refine you as a unity.’

Zera shouted out loud in her mind, and then the previous mysterious whisper instantly vanished like it had never been there.

After that, Zera manifested her form.

A figure of profound and enigmatic beauty as a manifestation of the mysteries and depths beyond the light emerged from the shadow. Her appearance evoked a sense of awe and reverence.

She was cloaked in a full-body outfit that highlighted her curvaceous body, woven from the fabric of night itself with intricate patterns that shimmered like stars against the backdrop of the golden light.

Her fair skin seemed to absorb the surrounding light, leaving her form to stand out in stark contrast. Her presence was one of strength and resilience, a testament to the power within the shadows.

Bright red eyes of infinite depth and wisdom gazed out from beneath the veil of her hair, which flowed like midnight waterfalls, framing her visage in an ethereal frame.

Zera crouched down and carefully carried Goddess Elysia, her precious benefactor and master, in a princess carry.

"..." Zera then looked up, staring at where the dimming pillar of golden light was looming. She knew this world was foreign to her, the other world...

Regardless, she had to find a safe place for her and Goddess Elysia to rest and recover. Everything else could wait for later.

Therefore, she immediately flew into the sky through a hole in the ceiling and the dimming divine light pillar.

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A few moments earlier, when the divine light pillar suddenly soared high into the sky, everyone in the Sacred Mountain and its surroundings was astonished and stupefied as they witnessed such a divine phenomenon up close.

That golden light seemed to connect Heaven and Earth, rooted in the Sacred Mountain’s summit.

"Rua? Rua Rua!" Sakura immediately flew to the shrine abode. She was in utter panic and worry because the fifth petal of Ely’s sakura flower of life had withered.

"!?" Yuuki recalled about the danger that Ely was facing. She glanced at Sylvia once. This devil girl’s previous misdeed required an explanation, but it would wait for later. She then shot up to the Sacred Mountain’s summit with impressive speed.

Gabriella and her juniors soon followed to head to the divine light pillar. They glanced at Sylvia once with hostility before leaving without speaking. Their master’s safety was their current priority.

"You devil... We need your explanation later. If our master is injured, you will pay the price." Bai Yuchen pointed at Sylvia furiously. He then rushed after his seniors to the Sacred Mountain’s summit.

"Hey! Do you really assume I’m a traitor?" Sylvia raised her fist angrily.

"Yeah, almost, but we do need to hear your explanation later. It’s Ely’s aura, but... what’s with this fluttering feeling?" Evelyn put her hand to her upper chest, wondering what she felt.

[Elysium Channel Initializing...]

A small notification popped out before Sylvia and Evelyn’s vision.

Yuuki could see it, too. She stopped mid-air and looked at her friends and the divine light pillar.

"Do you feel it? Can you see it? Elysium Channel... I know it, right!? It is Elysia. Our Goddess Master is back! Ely unsealed our Elysia back. Ely paid a heavy price to unseal our Supreme Goddess without telling us beforehand!" Sylvia was pleasantly surprised when her previous hunch proved correct.

Previously, she tried to block anyone from any attempt to break into the sacred ground because she could feel the strong connection to her master via her blood contract.

So, she could guess Ely was trying to bring their Goddess Elysia back! She didn’t want anyone to mess up what Ely was doing. Even though it was dangerous, she believed in Ely because Ely was already considering everything without anyone’s knowledge.

"Goddess Elysia? The Supreme Goddess of Law shall grace her presence upon us!?" Kirara gasped. She clasped her hands in prayer while staring at the divine light pillar with awe and reverence.

"Let’s go. We need to welcome her return!" Evelyn used her lightning speed to head to the mountaintop.

Sylvia smiled and flew towards the divine light pillar with her acceleration magic, as she didn’t want to be left behind. Kirara followed shortly after.

Yuuki and the disciples floated around the pillar of light. They found a hole three meters in diameter in the ground. It was only 70 meters from the shrine abode.

They were about to barge into the hole, but the pillar of light suddenly dimmed. Sakura circled around the pillar of light like she was confused.

*Swoosh!*

A flash of shadow shot out from the hole, passed through the dimming pillar of light, and floated above everyone.

A graceful lady clad in dark energy stopped mid-air, scanning the surrounding area.

Everyone held their breaths because the shock they felt was beyond reason.

Their master was no longer wearing her usual shrine priestess outfit. It was the starlight divine dress, but it was torn apart with many cracked items everywhere. The fresh blood and apparent wounds soon sparked various emotions in all the disciples.

Worry, anxiety, and anger soon enveloped them when they found their master was gravely injured and fell into the big evil’s hands.

"Release our master right now, villain!" Gabriella was furious. She flew towards the mysterious villain with her treasured sword in hand.

All disciples immediately surrounded the villain in the sky as if they were determined to save their master, even if it cost them their lives.

Nobody could measure this darkness lady’s cultivation base, but everyone knew their opponent was far beyond mortal level. No ordinary God could injure their master. Therefore, this villain, the one who ambushed their master, was definitely far stronger than any Evil God they had encountered before.

"Zera, please return her to us." Yuuki called out anxiously at the sight of Elysia’s state. Elysia’s injuries were still as fresh as five years ago... Elysia had clearly just come out of the seal and was currently so fragile and weakened. She didn’t want anything wrong to happen to her Goddess Master.

"..." Zera just squinted her eyes. She tore the empty air and entered the void.

She knew Elysia sent a little avatar out to unseal them when the Primordial Gem did its job to neutralize the Supreme-tier evil curse. Of all the members in Elysium, those who claimed themselves as Goddess Elysia’s servants, it was still the little avatar who unsealed Elysia’s main body.

The so-called faithful servants who served the benevolent Goddess Elysia provided almost no contribution. Only three people were seen, and the others couldn’t even be detected within a thousand miles radius. She had no faith in them but would never let Elysia be in their care. Elysia personally requested her help before passing out, and she had to ensure Elysia’s safety with her own hands.

That was what Zera thought before leaving without leaving a word.

"I won’t let you go!" Gabriella, as the nearest one, shot into the void without thinking about her safety.

However, she got kicked out of the void right after.

"Wait! Where are you taking her to!?" Evelyn tried to catch Zera with lightning speed, but the other party disappeared into the void.

The void crack vanished, and Evelyn grasped nothing but empty air.

"..."

Silence soon enveloped the entire Sacred Mountain. The disciples felt lost, the forest dwellers were stunned, and the elders were dumbfounded by what had just happened.

However, they soon broke out into complete panic over the fact that their master was taken away!

At the same time, they could see many parties from various directions approaching their Sacred Mountain. The divine light pillar had already faded away. Nevertheless, this incident had already attracted the attention of many people.

Their Sacred Mountain’s whereabouts were exposed to the world...

"Elder, you know something about that darkness lady, right? That big villain ambushed our master. Our master is injured and kidnapped. Please tell us something! We need to save our master right now!" Jophiel grasped Yuuki’s arms. A raw panic was in her voice.

She trembled inside, but they had to do something to bring their master back as soon as possible.