My Goddess is Good at Pretending

Chapter 81: Double Agent

Ely was waiting. The secret protectors and the demon fiance were on their way to her current location, and so were her disciples. However, a powerful lich demon attacked her and summoned hundreds of undead.

Unfortunately, the demon chose the wrong enemy. Ely possessed many holy weapons and artifacts. Not to mention, she was the evil nemesis. She took down the powerful lich and his minions with ease.

It was a blue diamond skeleton with a violet core in it. Ely thought she would be involved in a great battle because this lich was at 8th Rank, but somehow, forcibly broke through to 9th Rank by an unknown forbidden technique in desperation.

Nevertheless, this incomplete Demi-God lich couldn’t withstand a single arrow from her S Rank bow.

The 9th Rank lich couldn’t be more dead and perished with just one critical strike to his core. The lich’s summoned ghosts and skeleton undead could do nothing. They were annihilated like unimpressive mobs.

’Fortunately, he has both great killing intent and malice. My attack becomes super effective, especially since he has a lot of evil demon energy.’ Ely breathed a sigh of relief and retrieved the cracked, violed core.

It was the demon’s Energy Core, but she could probably experiment with making something like a cursed weapon or forbidden artifact.

Any being that took the path of cultivation always possessed a core in their body. She called it Energy Core, which only cultivators had and were usually in one’s dantian. As for anyone who chose the path of magic, they wouldn’t form such a core in their bodies. However, they possessed something called Mana Heart.

Regardless, both retained a third of one’s strength after death. Energy Core or Mana Heart could be used like a spirit stone, but more sinister, and had to be appropriately refined before being used for anything.

"Hmm..." Ely found it a bit strange.

That powerful lich immediately attacked her as soon as he spotted her. It was the same as the spider demons’ incident. No one was open to talking. They attacked like they had a deep grudge.

Ely could only assume the spider demons, and this lich had an enmity with the nightmare demon. After all, Celestia gave off an unknown chaotic, dark aura. Even the nightmare demon king and queen mistook her for their long-lost son.

"..." Ely scanned her surroundings.

After crushing the blue diamond skeleton with a holy sword, she secured the remains into her storage pouch. She then sat on a boulder while contemplating her situation.

Her disciples needed at least half a day to arrive at her location because they needed to detour to avoid the monster tide.

The ancient demons would only cause disaster if they released countless demonic monsters. Not to mention, the ancient demons would also invade the outside world to expand their territory.

In the last two hours, she had encountered two demon overlords, namely a 7th Rank spider and a 9th Rank lich. If her prediction was correct, there were several Deity-level demons in this secret realm.

Considering this realm’s oppressive laws, the Demon Deity was tough and formidable.

’Wait, a Deity-level demon?’ Ely recalled last month’s event about how she and Rafaela were kidnapped by a demon cult.

Those demons sent sacrifices to a demonic egg with a Demon Deity embryo inside...

Even though that embryo only had the aura of an 8th Rank demon in his flesh, it possessed a Deity-level soul.

A demon that hadn’t hatched yet, but was already at 10th Rank...

Although she didn’t see that demon embryo’s status screen, she was sure he was Gerrard Fear. That one was the only powerful demon she encountered before entering this ancient secret realm. The Demon God of Necromancy was excluded.

The sword of darkness, Celestia, woke up because of that Demon Deity embryo, and this sword also woke up now.

Celestia might have a nightmare demon’s soul sigil. The mark was stuck somewhere unknown. She still needed to check it. After all, this SSS Rank sword of darkness was the one which reduced that demon embryo to black mush.

Ely thought for a moment. Celestia didn’t react when she faced a 9th Rank demon, so this sword was obviously only attracted to the 10th Rank demon or above. Celestia was awake, so a particular Demon Deity was nearby...

Ely wondered if she could take down a 10th Rank demon, but she hoped Celestia would give her a helping hand later.

For now, she should think of a plan to stir up trouble among the ancient demon overlords to weaken their forces and take some advantage of it. She might be able to prevent the ancient demons’ invasion.

She might be able to disguise her face as the nightmare demon young lord, but she didn’t have confidence if it was a full-body transformation. She couldn’t transform her body structure to become a male.

Her safeguard was her dark knight full-body armor’s defensive effect. No one could analyze or see past her defence. As long as she wore this armor and possessed an unknown nightmare demon mark, she would still be considered Gerrard Fear, the nightmare demon’s young lord.

*Rustle* *Rustle*

The demon fiance and the demon maid jumped from the tree branches.

The four secret protectors also arrived but were still in the shadows.

"This-" Skyla widened her eyes in surprise.

The ground was as black as ordinary soil, but the thick malevolent demonic aura was scattered everywhere. It was as if a battle had just happened, and her fiance emerged victorious.

However, this kind of aura could only be emitted by a 9th Rank demon who had just met its demise. This place was the dangerous territory of the nightmare demon’s rival, the Lich Clan!

"Young lord, are you all right? Did you have a conflict with a high-class lich?" The demon maid rushed over to her young lord.

[Daphne Moon (FV: 310) | 4th Rank Late Stage]

[Favorability: 79%]

[Talent: 2 Stars | Rare]

Ely found this moon demon maid was concerned. She had no idea whether this maid had a relationship with the real young lord, but that favorability was pretty high. Nevertheless, it could quickly become hostility once this demon maid discovered she was someone else.

"I accidentally killed one because he attacked me and hindered my path." Ely replied in an indifferent tone. She then looked to the distant west and found many ghosts and other liches, though much weaker than the one she killed.

So, it was okay if she killed one by accident, right?

"You, you killed a lich and his ghost troops by accident?" Skyla’s lips trembled as she finally discovered her mistake. Her fiance was not too weak to be appraised but too strong to be measured.

And she already provoked this super strong young lord... He probably would kill her and eat her alive!

[Skyla Dream (FV: 1248) | 7th Rank Early Stage]

[Hostility: 11%]

[Talent: 3 Stars | SR]

Ely raised her eyebrow as she wondered what had caused this demon fiance’s hostility to suddenly lessen. It was 25% two hours ago.

"Yes, what’s the problem? I killed an enemy." Ely gave off a hint of intimidation in her words.

This demon fiance possessed disguised hostility towards her. If she left this kind of woman unattended, it would be like a ticking bomb.

As for the talkative demon maid, she could take advantage of this girl to dig up some information.

"No, it’s nothing. Lich Clan is Nightmare Clan’s rival. It’s always good for them to lose a powerful expert. He deserves it because he offended you..." Skyla was scared as she knew it was addressed to her.

"Oh, then they should know their place in the future." Ely was satisfied with Skyla’s change in attitude. At least this demon girl wouldn’t cause trouble anytime soon.

"Young lord, you apparently didn’t start over but became all-powerful that Lord Martin and Madam Sarah couldn’t even measure it. We need to notify them immediately so we can celebrate your breakthrough!" Daphne took out a thing from her cleavage.

"No, no need. Don’t let them know about it for now. I need to do something before anything else. The invasion plan by releasing countless monsters to the outside world is not as simple as you might think." Ely grasped the demon maid’s hand as she didn’t want to return to the restricted zone again.

"Why don’t you tell your parents about the situation in the outside world? You left immediately after coming back, just like 37 years ago." Skyla crossed her arms.

"What will you say if there is a traitor or a mole from within? I can feel a lot of hostile parties. You’re about to stage an invasion and release countless monsters into the outside world, so the higher-ups must have many plans." Ely replied calmly, but she didn’t forget her cold tone.

"Then, can’t you even trust your fiance, at least?" Skyla frowned. She was sure this fiance of hers had some secrets that couldn’t be told in front of everyone.

"You four, come here. I have a few things for you to do. This is urgent." Ely beckoned the four secret protectors in the shadows to come closer.

"!!!" The four secret protectors were surprised. They had concealed their presence perfectly, but their young lord spotted their exact location accurately.

Four cloaked nightmare demons then came out of the shadows and floated over.

"Young lord, what are your instructions?" The team leader saluted.

Ely smirked behind her helmet, then instructed several things to these secret protectors.