Gabriella felt that humanity was doomed.
But for now, the priority was to dispel suspicions and stabilize the situation; this was exactly the outcome she wanted.
She felt there was nothing wrong with what she had said.
She didn’t actually care if the Evil God awakened.
The reason the Evil God wanted to destroy the world was simply because she had lost hope in it and grew to hate it.
First, Isabella hated war; that would make the world more peaceful.
Second, if she could please the Evil God and make her abandon the obsession with destroying the world, wouldn’t that also be a way of saving it?
A perfect logical closed loop~
“Mm, let’s work hard together, Lady Tina.”
“Okay~”
Tina also thought there was nothing wrong with it.
However…
Gabriella noticed Elsa—her idiot little sister’s gaze.
Elsa was staring deeply at her and Tina, the corners of her mouth curling upward as if she had realized something, nodding in understanding.
“By the way, Lady Gabriella~ Actually, Lady Elsa has something she needs your help with.”
“Hm?”
Only now did a trace of guilt and embarrassment appear on Tina’s face.
“Um…”
“It’s just… I…”
“I only just…”
Watching Tina stammer, Gabriella felt truly helpless and spoke for her.
“Lady Tina, could it be that you want me to help recharge you?”
“Yes! Exactly!”
“…”
As expected.
In truth… Gabriella still had some reservations in her heart.
That Simona woman thought she was dead?
Well, she kind of was now, but the divine artifacts stored in the warehouse had certainly benefited all of humanity.
No wonder they dared to challenge the demons; they really had obtained quite a few blessings.
However,
Those divine artifacts were, in reality, nothing more than expensive ornamental artworks; their aesthetic value far exceeded their practical use.
So when the artifacts fused with humans, amplifying their original power to the extreme and even boosting their magic… Holy Queen Simona really was a genius.
“Ah…”
At this moment, Elsa noticed the hesitation and doubt on Gabriella’s face and explained,
“Lady Simona once bestowed your weapons upon all of the 【Four Saints】, allowing them to absorb and fuse with them. That’s how they became humanity’s peak fighting force.”
“But… I’m still not fully complete,” Tina continued, not wanting Elsa to keep bringing up such unpleasant memories.
Gabriella, however, had no interest in digging deeper.
In the game, who would leave the best items just sitting in a warehouse?
She didn’t care at all; she only found Tina’s situation both funny and tragic.
An inverted silver-white triangle appeared on Tina’s forehead.
She closed her eyes, looking like a little girl excitedly awaiting birthday candles.
When Gabriella placed her finger on Tina’s forehead, Tina proactively grasped Gabriella’s wrist.
“Thank you, Lady Gabriella.”
At this moment, Gabriella still felt a little nervous.
Because she suspected her pure holy power could no longer be used.
After being filled with darkness, shadow had found a warm, cozy home and burrowed deep into her body.
Her silver-white magic had been “enslaved,” so to speak.
A few days ago, when Gabriella had examined her body, she had tried to draw out her pure magic.
It had been an arduous process.
Shadow resided within her, corrupting her power. She was already half an apostle of the Evil God.
If she abused the Evil God’s shadow power, she would even be temporarily hypnotized and dominated by darkness.
So this was a very complicated process.
“Wait just a moment… Lady Tina.”
Gabriella began trying to awaken her silver-white magic.
But suddenly she felt something was wrong.
The instant her fingertip touched Tina’s forehead, her power suddenly surged with life, eager to pour out of her body… A trace of darkness appeared at her fingertip!
“Nn…”
Gabriella looked at Tina, who trusted her completely and only wanted replenishment, her face filled with apology.
Tina had already entered a dormant state, like an old phone that had to be powered off while charging.
She had no idea that this dark power was coiling before her like a venomous serpent, baring sharp fangs, ready to devour her whole at any moment.
“Haa…”
Gabriella still wanted to try harder, to force out whatever pure power remained inside her.
Yet every time she attempted it, that intoxicating pleasure of being dominated and controlled by the Evil God would surface and obstruct her.
Her body began to grow hot. Unknowingly, her consciousness blurred, sinking into darkness.
Evil God… Lord Evil God…
Fall… more…
No…!
“Big sister, are you having trouble?”
At that moment, Elsa cast a concerned gaze from the side.
Gabriella nodded but said nothing, simply closing her eyes and feeling the pure power within her.
She forcibly suppressed the anticipation for 【Shadow】 inside her body… If it were anyone else, they would have already been corrupted and brainwashed.
Yet unexpectedly, Elsa walked behind her and placed her hands on Gabriella’s shoulders.
What was she doing?
“Big sister, let me help you. I… still know a little about so-called 【Shadow】. Lady Liya told me.”
Elsa’s voice was full of concern; she truly felt very sorry for her big sister~
What had she just said?
Because Gabriella was concentrating, she didn’t react at all to the terrifying thing her little sister had just uttered.
Shadow?
What shadow…
At that instant, Gabriella felt a familiar power flow from Elsa’s hands.
“Gu…”
That power did not pour into her body.
Yet this familiar pure power—her silver power that had been enslaved by shadow—caused the shadow inside her to grow even more excited, as if it had met a long-lost kin and began to cheer.
“Wai—?!”
Before Gabriella could react, 【Shadow】 crawled all over her arms, instantly transforming into countless dark tentacles that burst from her body.
Like an ancient slumbering beast revealing a horrifying corner of itself, the entire tea room was plunged into pitch blackness in an instant.
They emitted an ethereal restlessness, an echo from the abyss… and yet, intoxicating.
Gabriella immersed herself before this great power.
Using it felt incomparably liberating.
She recalled her Master’s appearance, recalled… how happy she had been the moment her Master bestowed power upon her~
But suddenly, she remembered she was supposed to be transferring power to Tina?!
She instantly retracted all the darkness and stared in shock at the dormant Ice Saint.
The silver triangle on Tina’s forehead had already been defiled into pitch black.
“Big sister, you succeeded~”
Elsa smiled sweetly, walked over to Tina, picked up the completely limp Ice Saint, and let her rest against her shoulder.
Leaving behind a Gabriella who had practically turned to stone.
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