Witch, Fireball and the Evil God of Steam

Chapter 1085 - 266: Meeting an Online Friend (2)

She used to disdain these "codes," but now she finds the occasional flirtation with Ethan quite enjoyable.The great First Lady has become more and more lively recently. It’s not hard to see the rise of the tribe, coupled with the unlimited supply of junk food and strawberry Sundaes every day, has put her in a good mood.

"Aren’t you worried about the situation of the Lord of the Holy City at all?" Ethan was somewhat curious.

From the information disclosed by the demons to the Ministry of Justice, it seems the Lord of the Holy City was kidnapped by the Demon King to a place where no one could find. This was proven not long ago during a collective prayer hosted by Monk Vidis.

Now, the priests remaining in the First Special District can no longer receive guidance from the Lord of the Holy City.

He tried summarizing in Lindong’s language, "Your account has been hacked, it must be Sincaro."

Ethan thinks that usually, if players find their account hacked, they would be extremely anxious, yet Lindong hasn’t once actively mentioned the predicament of the Lord of the Holy City in recent days.

"If needed, I can help."

"I can somewhat guess the reason for Sincaro’s hacking."

Lindong closed the light blue holographic projection and seriously discussed the whereabouts of the Lord of the Holy City for the first time, "If He just wanted to paralyze the entire Holy City, the best approach would be a fierce assault on the location of the Lord of the Holy City’s body. If even the Origin Society has joined Him, He will locate the Lord of the Holy City’s position sooner or later, even if those people are more foolish, at least they will rule out methods."

Lindong paused and continued, "Remember the collective prayer results led by Monk Vidis? The priests mentioned the glory of the Lord of the Holy City dimming to the point of almost extinguishing... If directly observing the Old Gods, you would only see darkness, but if overlapping the Lord of the Holy City with the Old Gods, you would get the result observed by the priests."

"Is the Lord of the Holy City now with Sincaro?"

"The Demon King is the most special Old God I know, He resembles humans in many ways, ambitious and ruthless in achieving His goals."

Lindong believes this is also why Sincaro is regarded as an outlier by other Old Gods, labeled with the derogatory term "crap."

His ambition offends many, including His peers.

And all the Old Gods except Sincaro are passive.

Unless hearing prayers from humans, They almost never actively intervene in human civilization.

Usually, prayers that catch the eyes of the Old Gods almost involve large-scale soul sacrifices.

Only Sincaro, He always comes uninvited.

"This time, He’s targeting the computing power of the Lord of the Holy City."

Observing the tribe’s rise led Lindong to make an unexpected discovery, "Song Xian mentioned he once battled a Prince Demon as the King of Gold, although he eventually banished the red eyes, the plane was also turned into a Death Star by demons."

Here, the individuals possessed by demons exploded upon death, forming a highly corrosive black mist.

The black mist spread to every corner of the plane until it rendered the entire plane uninhabitable.

Song Xian never figured out the demons’ purpose, but Lindong did.

She is, after all, the brilliant First Lady, "At that time, Sincaro was having demons research Bazatous’s powers, but obviously, He hadn’t grasped it."

Only researched the lethality of the plague, but couldn’t convert it into new life forms upon the organisms’ death.

"Perhaps Sincaro isn’t just secretly researching Bazatous, He’s targeting all His brothers and sisters."

Upon hearing this, Ethan understood, "So He needs a tool capable of fast calculations to achieve His goals."

Coincidentally, the Lord of the Holy City has also been conducting similar research and has already obtained multiple True God entities.

"The forces of the Holy City Navy and those probes wouldn’t be able to bring the True God specimens back, nor extract Node Space, summoning so many demons all at once."

Lindong said, "The collaboration between the Lord of the Holy City and Sincaro began long ago; the Demon King might be the major sponsor of this research."

Thus, Lindong never considered this a simple kidnapping or hacking.

The Demon King believes the time is ripe for a face-to-face discussion with His long-time divine partner.

"If the Lord of the Holy City is meeting a long-time chatty online friend, it would be quite a bummer for us to interrupt Her now."

"But meeting an unscrupulous friend might lead to abduction."

Ethan reminded Lindong.

Such cases happen across all planes; even he could testify from personal experience, having left Node Space to meet Lindong, his online friend.

After that, he almost never returned to Node Space.

Little Dark always felt he had been led away by a bad woman, thus harboring some grievances towards Lindong.

"You’re right, Sincaro is dishonest."

Lindong agreed, "If He were in a game, He’d be the type to send CPDD messages to many different genders simultaneously."

Very likely not sparing the same gender either.

Because strictly speaking, Old Gods don’t have the concept of gender, nor are they influenced by traditional gender notions.

This makes Sincaro even more dangerous.

"Remember our encounter in the Abyss? He tried to seduce you during the trial and take you away."

Even in front of someone else’s wife!

Thankfully, Ethan remained unwavering.

"And this time, upon my return to the Holy City, I was also harassed by Him."

One night, in the quiet of the night, Sincaro’s deep yet sharp voice sounded in Lindong’s mind, "Great First Lady, perhaps I could request you to forge a Demon Engine for me."

The Demon King said to her.

But Sincaro clearly lacks self-awareness; in the virtual world, His voice was already sentencing Him to death.

Regrettably, nearly no counterpart will agree to pair up with Sincaro upon hearing His voice messages.

Because no one wishes to feel like they’re communicating with a criminal when flirting with CP online.

And take into account Sincaro’s appearance...

The eyes occupying the entire sky in the demon library, that clearly doesn’t fit human aesthetics.

"So I directly blocked Him."

Lindong said.

She thinks the Demon King’s immediate task should be figuring out how to buy a high-quality voice changer.

"You know? Research suggests that when the appearance is unknown, the voice directly influences mutual affection."

Lindong smiled, "You’re different, though. When I first heard your voice in the stranded starship, my affection instantly increased by 15 points."

She believes she and Ethan are a textbook case of successful meeting-after-online-relationship.

"Given that, there’s a way."

Given Lindong openly claims Sincaro is unreliable, likely trying to act indecently during the first meeting with the Lord of the Holy City, even planning to trick Messiah into a hotel after dinner, he naturally can’t let such a vile incident happen.

"We can try tracking them, exposing Sincaro’s true face to the Lord of the Holy City as He takes further action."

"Great idea."

Lindong opened her wristwatch, her finger gently sliding over the light blue holographic screen.

Ethan suddenly realized the meaning of the "method of elimination" she mentioned earlier and why she never proactively brought up the Lord of the Holy City in recent days.

Messiah’s body... was always stored in her wristwatch.

"Now..."

Lindong returned to the bed, lying side by side with Ethan, continuously tapping on codes he couldn’t comprehend, the light blue glow extended to every corner of the room.

"Close your eyes, focus."

She advised Ethan.

Ethan’s skin touched the cool light screen, feeling the cold temperature; as he closed his eyes, the tapping sound became particularly clear, as if constructing a new world.

His ears heard Lindong’s gentle whisper:

"Let’s see what the Lord of the Holy City dreams of when He dreams."