"You..."
A slight vibration.
"Deva...? Is that you?"
Just a small ripple.
"Deva!Look at me! It's me! Lucia!"
From the core of their hearts they were shaken.
For them, who have claimed her as their own, couldn't imagine her being thoroughly broken and claimed by another.
"..."
That made them unable to remain calm.
"Deva! Don't look at me like that! Please!"
"Deva...Yin...they were the same person?Is that even possible...?"
"She is! She is...you disappeared in a matter of seconds that I..."
The three reached at her. They didn't question each other's relationship to her, they just observed and touched the same person they dreamed and yearned.
However the woman didn't react to any of their words and continued to blankly gaze at the floor while another woman was watching with interest the scene infolding in front of her.
Hate. Nostalgia. Regret. Sadness. Happiness. Glee. Disgust. Amusement.
From four directions Deva tasted the fermented emotions that she intentionally and unintentionally developed in the hearts of the four girls, some were deeper than the others but nonetheless enjoyed them while continuing her acting.
Superiority. Pride. Anger. Confusion. Realization. Hostility.
Touching the strings of someone's heart or controlling the flow of their emotions to a certain direction and then letting them go, similar to releasing a dog in the wilderness after having taken care of them, Deva wanted to watch their reactions and how their reactions or behaviours differentiated with each other.
"What did you do to her?!" Why is she like this?!"
"To have done something like this..."
"Do you wish to declare war? Immediately return her to normal."
Fingers accusingly pointed at Arin. One question filled with ire, another towards a vague direction and lastly the last one was already going to path of slaughter, either way the three already knew that the Deva in front of them was already reduced to a state that is unable to return to normal, nonetheless they asked gripping the last straw for hope.
And just how Deva planned to, Arin gave them what they wanted to hear.
"I obviously do not wish to wage war against you queens I am in fact just a lowly bandit."
"Then return her normal!"
"If you know who we are, then do as we...no as I say."
Despite keeping a smile on her face, Arin was cursing inside her mind and glared at Deva who brings only trouble to her.
"Mmm..." Arin observed the three when they rushed at Deva like headless chickens and deduced that like with Lucia the other two hold dearly Deva in their hearts. "You two in act hold the highest authority in this world but... *snap* with her here I am the one who holds it as the highest."
Without hesitation Deva approached Arin and stood beside her and held her head down in submissiveness.
Grabbing Deva's hair and pointing a knife on her throat, Arin gazed at the two with loathing as she deemed them unworthy to be rulers as they were easily led by their emotions.
"Saintess, let's negotiate, alone." Arin eyed Lucia. "What...?Why...?She-" Lily wanted to protest but was held back by Saria. "Lily...Let them..." Saria sighed as she exchanged a glance with Lucia.
As the two left the tent Deva took a glance at the outside filled with corpses and licked her lips as the four have given her more than enough in her trip in this dungeon.
Deva let Arin and Lucia negotiate with each other while she gazed at the floating panels visible only to her.
Name:Yin Vin Race:Human Class:Class:Actress(special) Lv:none Strength:10 Dexterity:12 Defense:4 Magic:0 Charm:20 Skills:none Titles:none Alignment: Absolute evil Points:999]
[The Shop has been opened.]
[Conquer the dungeon=100000 p.]
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[Excalibur= 10000 p.]
[God of sea's trident=1000 p.]
[Blessing of Mother Nature=1000 p.]
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[Whistle of fairies=100 p.]
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[NPC exit ticket=100 p.]
[NPC return ticket=50 p.]
[Another player's permanent exit ticket=50 p.]
[Permanent exit ticket=10 p.]
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With her mind Deva scrolled through the list and mentally noted to herself all the items she took an interest in, despite some were extremely expensive to her she made sure to remember all the most interesting items and blessings in her brain. She wasn't the only one in the dungeon and there might be a madlad that might decide to grind points until they get the item they want. Deva also noted to herself that despite having the [Tower of trials] she cannot create with it blessings or any item that doesn't have a physical form like titles and skills so she might take the advantage of her position as Arin's pet and spend all her points on a blessing.
"Mm...you truly hold her dear."
"Of course!She is my everything!"
"Tsk!Such a disappointment..."
"I already signed a written testimony and that contract of yours, you better hold the end of the bargain or else..."
"Ah, such a shame...I lost my personal punching bag..."
"...Don't you dare even touching her again otherwise..." Lucia growled at the shameless Arin who was still pointing a knife on Deva's throat.
"Let's meet at the appointed day and until then good luck on earning as many points as you can...ah and please persuade those two from attacking me, they might steal your precious Deva."
"...You don't have to worry about me I'll take care of it..." Lucia left the tent and was immediately stormed by questions from Saria and Lily.
As the voices of the three women slowly drifted off as they walked away with their soldiers, Arin was absentmindedly caressing Deva like one would do with their kitten.
"To seduce such women of high status...how did you even do it...?" Arin was questioning herself about what Deva did to those women to charm them to the point of stupidity.
"..." Deva remained silent and continued to submissively look down.
"I forgot that I made you this way...tsk...I shouldn't have broken you too much...that Saintess might complain about the state the 'goods' she bargained."
Unable to do anything to Deva that might hurt her Arin proceeded on playing with Deva's hair, "Mm...strange...doing this makes me calm...mmm."
While Arin was discovering another way to relieve her stress, Deva was waiting to her points to arrive at one-thousand.
And when her points arrived at one-thousand she immediately bought the blessing she wanted.
[Blessing of Mother Nature has been purchased.]
[Those who forcibly obtain such title will be subjected to a test on affinity with it.]
[Confirmed affinity! A percentage of ninety percent has been confirmed!With a percentage higher than eighty percent there won't be any penalty on acquiring such title.]
[Blessing of Mother Nature: A being that is both ruthless and kind to life, she helds every being equal as an insect is equal to a bird or a goblin to a human. But the user has been granted high favorability of such being by being the possessor of the Eyes of End. Every lifeform born naturally will be more favorable to the user. As time passes the user will be able to communicate with the flora and fauna.]
Unknown to Deva her points continued to raise and behind such thing is the act of Lucia revealing something she shouldn't have to Lily and Saria.
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