Chapter 379: The Goddess Observing in Secret

“Rumble…”

At some point, the sky above Cosmos became overcast.

Dark clouds churned like a vortex, lightning flashing within, creating a low, oppressive hum.

The air grew heavy.

The earth trembled intermittently.

The increasingly intense phenomena made the people of Cosmos tremble with fear and apprehension.

Strange occurrences had already happened many times in Cosmos, and now even more bizarre things were happening, causing many citizens to break down.

If anyone looked towards the city gates, they would find that at every gate, crowds of people, carrying their families and belongings, were causing a commotion.

“Let us out!”

“We want to leave the city!”

“We’ll die if we stay here!”

“I can’t take it anymore!”

“Hurry up and let us out!”

The citizens jostled each other, trying to rush out of the city gates, shouting at the top of their lungs.

But the gates were firmly guarded by the knights of the Knight Order.

“Go back!”

“Get back!”

“By order of the Duke, Cosmos is under lockdown! No one is allowed to enter or leave!”

“If you continue to cause trouble, you will be executed on the spot!”

The knights roared, initially intimidating some people. But seeing the increasingly intense phenomena in Cosmos, the citizens were truly terrified.

Therefore, at every city gate, knights and citizens argued and shoved each other, creating a cacophony of shouts, screams, and curses.

The fortress city of Cosmos experienced its first major chaos in a thousand years. It wouldn’t be surprising if a riot broke out at any moment.

Under such circumstances, small-scale fights had already broken out in the city.

No one noticed that on top of a tall building, some distance away from the land of evil, two figures were observing everything.

They were two goddesses.

No, more accurately, it was a goddess and a demon girl.

The goddess had long hair, a tall and slender figure, and wore a solemn robe. Her face was stunningly beautiful, but her eyes were tightly closed, as if she couldn’t see anything, yet she could clearly see the situation deep within the land of evil. She looked serene and ethereal. 𝙧𝘼ɴȪ฿Ěŝ

The demon girl had waist-length, straight black hair and crimson eyes. Although not as tall as the goddess, she still possessed a model-like height and figure. Coupled with her breathtaking beauty, she was a sight to behold.

Such two stunning beauties were standing here unnoticed, which was quite a pity.

However, if anyone recognized their identities, they would be shocked and unable to appreciate their beauty.

Because one of them was Anima, one of the three goddesses at the pinnacle of the Divine Race, and the other was Leisha, a former member of the Old Demon Faction, wanted by the Kingdom of Mitra for ten years.

At a certain moment, the demon girl couldn’t hold back any longer.

“Aren’t you going to intervene, Goddess Anima?”

The demon girl said with a troubled tone.

It couldn’t be helped.

“We’ve been here for several days. Initially, you were eager to resolve the situation. Why did you suddenly choose to stand by and observe in secret, ignoring the situation at the dark temple?”

That’s right.

The two of them had been in Cosmos for several days.

When Anima sensed the abnormality in the Divine Realm, she and Leisha descended to the human world and, with the help of Leisha’s spatial magic, arrived in Cosmos in a very short time.

That was also when Shien broke Lilith’s seal.

They witnessed Shien using the Holy Sword to cut open Lilith’s seal and even saw him defeat all the beastmen priests. They even saw Shien kidnap Elise, the saintess, but they didn’t intervene.

This truly puzzled Leisha.

Because, at first, she clearly saw that when Anima witnessed Shien breaking the seal, her expression turned cold for a moment, and she was about to intervene.

If the goddess had intervened at that time, even with Shien’s great abilities, it would have been impossible for him to kidnap Elise. Escaping unscathed would have been a good outcome.

However, in the end, Anima restrained herself and chose to stand by.

And she had been standing by until now.

No, Anima did do something.

For example, when the Old Demon Faction started to break the seal, releasing the evil aura and the evil beings, Anima warned Elise, her saintess, through revelation, allowing her to sense the situation at the dark temple.

In other words, the reason Elise ran out of the inn and became increasingly anxious was because Anima was giving her revelations, letting her sense the situation there.

And after Elise entered the land of evil, the reason she was able to avoid so many evil beings along the way was also because Anima guided her during her prayers.

In other words, apart from this, Anima hadn’t done anything else.

This truly puzzled Leisha. She didn’t understand why Anima was acting like this.

Anima hadn’t explained it before.

Until this moment…

“You shouldn’t be puzzled, should you?”

Anima glanced at Leisha. Although her eyes were closed, Leisha felt like she was being seen through.

This made Leisha’s expression tense.

Because she wasn’t sure if she had really been seen through by the goddess before her.

This goddess was the mother of almost all life and had an unparalleled understanding of life.

In this world, if this goddess claimed to be second in understanding a person’s essence, no one would dare to claim first.

Even though Leisha was a demon and not a human created by this goddess, she wasn’t confident she could hide her true self from her.

Of course, Leisha’s lack of confidence couldn’t be hidden from Anima.

Anima seemed to look deeply at her, then looked away.

“If I’m not mistaken, based on my observations these past few days, you should know that human noble who was able to break Lilith’s seal with a single sword strike, right?” Anima said softly. “Then you should know that I chose to stand by because of that young man, right?”

“…Really?” Leisha had indeed considered this possibility, but she wasn’t sure. “Just because of a young human noble, you chose to stand by and do nothing about Lilith?”

If this were heard by someone who didn’t know Shien’s true identity, they definitely wouldn’t understand Anima’s actions.

Unfortunately, Leisha knew Shien’s true identity.

Therefore, she knew that Anima was questioning Shien’s origin.

“I’ve been ‘watching’ him for several days now, and I can finally confirm that his life aura doesn’t belong to this world.”

Anima said.

“Those who possess such a life aura are either Heroes or their descendants.”

Since the descendants of Heroes were also descendants of people from another world, it was understandable that their life aura wouldn’t belong to this world.

However…

“His magic power is very strong, seemingly even surpassing the child favored by the Goddess of Fate. And although his level isn’t high, he possesses such strength, proving that he’s exceptionally talented and even has a very powerful Unique Skill. Such a person, if born in this world, should have been noticed by the Three Goddesses, including myself, and we should have bestowed our blessings upon him.”

Anima muttered to herself.

“But this person appeared out of nowhere. He clearly has a blessing, but that blessing doesn’t belong to any of the Three Goddesses. Yet, it also seems to possess the power of our blessings. It’s quite contradictory and strange.”

Anima had discovered these things.

Besides that, she had also discovered something very important.

“The sword that child used to break Lilith’s seal, if I’m not mistaken, seems to have a Holy Sword Seal Ring that only the God of Forging can create.”

Anima’s tone finally became serious.

And Leisha understood.

She knew that Anima, after several days of observation, had probably discovered Shien’s true identity.

After all, when it came to understanding Heroes, the Three Goddesses were undoubtedly the experts.

Although the Hero Summoning Ritual was created by the Supreme God Omniis, in the past, all Heroes summoned through the ritual were received and blessed by the Three Goddesses. Omniis herself hadn’t participated in any Hero summoning. Most Heroes had never even seen the Supreme God. Only the Hero Mitra had seen Omniis once during the final battle a thousand years ago.

Therefore, the Three Goddesses were the ones who interacted with and understood Heroes the most.

Heroes of all generations were blessed, assisted, and guided by the Three Goddesses. Anima had also guided several Heroes, and as the Goddess of Life, it would be strange if she couldn’t recognize Shien’s identity.

The problem was that Anima knew very well that the Hero Summoning Ritual had been sealed and couldn’t be used again to summon new Heroes.

Even if it were used, the appearance of a Hero couldn’t possibly go unnoticed by them.

Now, a Hero whom no one knew had suddenly appeared. How could Anima not be suspicious and shocked?

It was precisely because of this that Anima held back from intervening and began to observe Shien.

And the more she observed, the more surprised she became.