My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 475: A Friendly Hidden Boss

The next floor was a vast chasm filled with traps and bottomless pits. The team had to navigate across narrow ledges and swinging bridges while avoiding various traps. Their agility and coordination were put to the test, with the rogue and acrobat showing exceptional skill in guiding their friends.

However, Elysia and her Goddess sisters stopped at the edge of the widest chasm, staring at the seemingly bottomless pit.

This floor was also filled with thick mist, and the chasm was shrouded in darkness. Everyone could hardly see anything, but Elysia saw something different below.

"Nee, Ella. Was your grandfather’s elite team ever tried to go to the bottom? Can you see what awaits us below?" Elysia shared her vision with her family members via Elysium Group Chat.

They could skip this floor via the available ledges and bridges, but she felt that was not the real challenge. The reward for clearing the floor was a thing, but finding the treasure rooms and precious resources in the unexpected wild spots would provide something even more interesting, especially in the unexplored areas.

"No. Not a single soul dares to go there. Is there anything down there, master?" Ella tried to peek at the abyss, but she immediately backed away as she felt got stared back.

"Yes. It is shrouded in mist and darkness, but the origin of this dungeon is not from evil. A canyon awaits us down there." Elysia noticed several good things as she used her sacred vision skill.

She invited everyone to go to the deepest abyss. Everyone agreed as what awaited them down there had never been touched and explored by anyone before. So, the dropped items, treasures, and resources were still original and authentic, not second-rate replaceable products.

"Light." Nell cast a holy light lantern to illuminate the way.

The chasm was a thousand meters deep. The darkness and mist shrouded the real terrain, giving the illusion of the bottomless. The ground was only three meters wide on both sides of the river, and the atmosphere was so eerie and silent.

*Gurgle* *Gurgle*

Some strange noises come from the dark river. The flowing water was pitch black like ink, and Jophiel was terrified by the darkness.

She couldn’t peer beyond the thick mist and darkness. The entire group was illuminated by the holy light and magical dome, but she still felt afraid. Unless her master was right next to her. Therefore, she trotted closer to her master for protection and reassurance.

"Are you afraid?" Elysia offered her arm as she knew Jophiel was sometimes afraid of the dark despite being a half demoness.

"Jophi wants to stay close to master~" Jophiel smiled sweetly and hugged her master’s arm.

"..." He-Dao rolled his eyes at that sight. He had no idea what Elysia had in mind, but her way of treating her people would most likely spoil them.

If she kept treating her people with the utmost care, they would become a bother rather than helpful, weak to the great obstacle, especially for individual matters and problems. They urgently required some character development.

However, he didn’t know much about Elysia’s way of doing things, and her people’s point of view. It was also a casual dungeon exploration to visit a possible old friend, not a real battle.

’I guess, it’s fine...’ He-Dao put his previous thought aside as he remembered Elysia’s people sometimes would become a group of menaces.

"Hey, I found something nice. These elixirs grow wild on the cliff!" Sky God Spirit pulled out a crystal-like grass with its roots from the nearby cliff and returned to the group.

"A Pygmy Wintercress? In the ancient era, it was a mid-quality vegetable that could be refined into a high-grade yin-type medicine. It was already extinct in the outside world..." Lifa analyzed the plant. She rubbed it as if it brought back old memories from an ancient era.

"I catch this fish, and it doesn’t turn into a bubble." Sylvia showed a dead fish impaled on her spear.

"Pick me winter grass?" Erina found the elixir name amusing. It was as if the plant asked to be plucked.

"Master, my sonar detected high-grade minerals contained in this boulder. Can we take this away?" Xentia pointed at the large boulder next to her.

After getting a nod from Elysia, Xentia secured that boulder instantly.

Each individual in the group discovered something nice one after another as they explored the chasm, wading through the canyon.

"?!" Dylan encountered an ambush. Several fish monsters attacked him, but he immediately stepped forward to kill the ignorant monsters.

"What if we go in the direction where the water comes from?" Elysia proposed an idea. The more they went along the direction of the flowing water, the more monsters they found, but the less valuable resources they could find.

"Hmm? That’s good. Let’s turn around." He-Dao punched the big fish which was about to devour him. Those monsters were weak, but so brazen. They could gain nothing if they keep going in the wrong direction.

"Bye, bye fish." Vanessa bid her farewell to the fleeting fish monster, but she threw the dead prey into a storage pouch. After all, these fish wonderfully do not turn into bubbles. She could give these big fish to the monster army.

"The water is unpleasant." Dory dipped her feet a little, but her feelings gave her a strong resistance to coming into contact with that dark water.

It reminded her of the Polluted Sea God, and this water clearly brought nothing good.

Since everyone agreed to turn around, then they went in the direction the water came from, against the flow of the water.

However, what awaited at the starting point where the water began its flow was a vast expanse of unkempt garden.

The light from the plants sparkles beautifully, and the charming crystal lighting seems to cast an otherworldly luminance. The sanctuary in the middle of the dark hidden land.

"A garden?" Nell asked in wonder.

"Is this perhaps the garden cultivated by him while he was still alive? It’s been a long time since the glory of the Era of God ended..." Lifa crouched down. She discovered a plant over two hundred thousand years old. This garden was clearly an ancient one.

"You may loot anything on this floor, but please leave our garden alone." The old lady spoke in a half-sleepy tone.

"May I know if you are the Misty Garden Mistress?" Lifa asked in wonder. She couldn’t see the person she was talking to, but she could sense it was the 200-thousand-year-old-ginseng dwelling in the center of the garden.

"It’s been a long time since someone called me by that name. But, this divine aura... are you the Goddess of Life and Death?"

"Hum."

"So, you survived. Thank goodness. It’s been a long time since the decisive holy war. Is he still alive too?"

"I guess, he is still lurking around in his soul remnant state. We’ll visit him soon."

"I see... Hmm, this dungeon actually leads to the bottom. He should be on the deepest floor. Please tell him to visit us soon."

"Alright. We shall convey your regard to him."

Lifa briefly chatted with the 200-thousand-year-old ginseng. They only conveyed their greetings to each other, without asking what or why.

"There is a small treasury at the edge of the secluded cave in the deepest garden area. You may take our little treasury, but please help him out when you meet him later." Misty Garden Misstress pointed her root branch towards the back of the garden.

"Understood. Thank you for your generosity." Lifa nodded in understanding and stood up.

She then beckoned everyone to follow her to take a detour to the deepest part of the garden to visit the hidden cave.

"..." Several girls looked at the garden area with some thoughts in mind, but they didn’t dare to take anything from the garden, even though they were aware that many high-grade elixirs were already within their reach.

’Don’t be greedy. Misty Garden Mistress could be considered an immortal. If she didn’t treat us as old friends, this garden would be a troublesome death trap. Even an Emperor can die without being able to do anything.’ Lifa reminded everyone via telepathy.

"Never mind." Dylan crossed his arms, keeping his hands away from the trap garden as he could sense the hidden danger from those seemingly harmless plants.

Also, the old lady in the garden was clearly someone dangerous. Since she was being polite and mindful, then they had to adhere to her wish.

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A few moments later, the little treasury was wiped clean. Not even a single grass was left behind.

’We found several necessary materials to repair a soul remnant. We also got some surplus to create a substitute body for the revival like what we did for the witches.’ Elysia put the loot into the treasure box.

’So, we’ll revive them with this method again? But, what happens if we revive three people with the available materials?’ Rhea was worried because it was only for one, not two, let alone three.

’We can get around it.’ Lifa got an idea.

’How?’ Fortuna was curious about what method they would use this time.

’We promised them a reborn, but we got more than enough materials for a partial revival. They don’t have to be adults, right? After repairing their soul, they can refine their new body, sparing us troublesome things.’ Lifa shared her ideas with pleasure.

’Hmm, what do you think, Ely?’ Nell rubbed her chin and looked at Elysia.

’That’s enough to form an adult prime body. It was as if he had prepared this beforehand. But, if we need to divide it, plus materials from us, then the best we can make is three 5-year-old prime bodies... 7-year-old is possible.’ Elysia came with her measurements.

’Five-year-old baby? Fufu, that’s more than enough. They don’t need to start over from newborn or toddler.’ Rhea covered her mouth in amusement.

Elysia nodded with a smile when the discussion reached a mutually agreed decision. She then looked aside and found her family members dividing their loot with He-Dao’s group and Dylan.

"Since you tag along with us using me as your clause and reason, then yours is mine, and mine is still mine." Sylvia grabbed her father’s share rightfully.

"Since when is there a rule like that? You can take the rest, but I want this." Dylan snatched a special silver ore as if he would never give it up to anyone else.

"Alright then. You can keep it." Sylvia nodded and threw her loot into her storage pouch.

Seeing that, Yuna and Amy immediately put away their shares as if they didn’t want their lord to snatch their share as Sylvia did.

"Well, you may have my share." He-Dao handed over his share to his agents. It was amusing because they didn’t need those items, but their behavior sometimes looked like a little girl, afraid of their toys being taken away.