Their romance storyline only begins on the second playthrough

Mirado chuckled.

"Don't you understand? Whether it's the fault of that fallen demon or the fault of you humans, it makes no difference."

"Because you killed her and corrupted her, it means that this city, and even the entire eastern part of the empire, will be destroyed."

"Let me tell you a simple story, a story about our great god."

"The god who dwells in the deep sea is an extremely great deity."

"She is a living fossil of life in the world, and also the strongest creature that evolved from whales."

"But the ocean environment is too complex and too chaotic. Over the course of history, the ocean has become filled with countless dangers."

Even though these threats are insignificant to the deity, she still cares about our safety.

So the moment she became the goddess of the deep sea, she transformed her body into a deep-sea continent and provided it for us, the sea-dwelling people, to live in.

However, the idea that a god of the deep sea, with its enormous body and boundless energy, could only be confined to a continent is something none of our people are willing to accept.

Therefore, we, the people, took the initiative to make an agreement.

Every hundred years, a young girl is sacrificed as the "Primitive Body," offered to the Deep Sea God to be devoured and melted, transforming into her human form so that she can roam freely in the mortal realm.

Upon hearing this, Rhodes' eyes froze instantly—

Could it be that—?

wo?

“That’s right, the girl killed by that corrupted demon was the chosen Primarch.”

"And what's even more unfortunate is that the demon seed deliberately used the power of the fallen demon god to corrupt Lord Deep Sea God."

As a result, the Deep Sea God awakened prematurely in the Primarch and was corrupted by that violent negative emotion.

The current Deep Sea God is extremely weak, constantly emitting uncontrollable distress signals, yet unable to take any action.

Because she is frantically fighting against the pollutant inside her body and trying to regain control of her body's energy.

Yes, that's why we said you're doomed.

There's something very bad I have to tell you... that is, the Deep Sea God, because he was in a disadvantageous situation, unconsciously cried for help.

In other words, if the human form of the Deep Sea God continues like this, it will degenerate into a demon god.

Do you understand what this means?

Even if the soul of the Deep Sea God in the [Primitive] is only one-twentieth of the original body, it is still an existence that can crush you with a single hand.

If such a being were to become a demon god and go mad, you would certainly die, or rather, your entire eastern part of the country would be doomed!

Or rather, since you dared to have our god destroy one-twentieth of your soul, we will certainly not let you off the hook!

"After all, to put it bluntly, the Fallen Demons are still just humans, aren't they?"

Rhodes's breath caught in his throat.

Damn it.

A crisis we never expected, a possibility we never anticipated.

Should we send reinforcements? Should we have the imperial capital send people to suppress this avatar of the deep sea god?

No, that's not right...

If there were truly no possibility of change, Mirador would never have used the word "negotiation" to discuss the matter.

Rhodes' eyes narrowed—

"So, this has nothing to do with what you said about us capturing your god, right? Or rather, you went to all this trouble to come to us, so you must have something to do, right?"

Mirado's eyes were serious as he slowly nodded.

"First of all, as we just said, we belong to the conservative faction within our ethnic group and do not want to start a war."

So as long as you can restore Lord Deep Sea God to normal and make amends for your mistakes, I think that with his magnanimity, he won't care about anything you do.

So, the person we're looking for is you, Chiven Lance.

Firstly, you are one of the most prominent people in this city right now, and capturing you would allow us to control the entire situation.

The second point is because—

You, Chivenlance, are the strongest Soul Seed in this city, and the only one who has the opportunity to help our great god's Primarch escape danger.

"Use your soul to enter the adult world; this is your last chance."

Chapter 115 Hello Saintess, I am the person Rhode likes (6k words, meow~)

"So, you're saying you want me to release your god, meaning you want to liberate her?" Rhodes rubbed his forehead.

So this is what it turns out to be.

He thought to himself that he hadn't even caged or trained the person yet, so how could he possibly let him go... Never mind.

“No, not exactly.” Mirado shook his head. “Releasing Lord Deep Sea God is exactly what it sounds like, because…”

Before she could finish speaking...

Cecilia spoke first, slowly:

"Rhodes, you know this too, right? The library of the St. Starson Academy was actually constructed from a special barrier from ancient times."

It contains countless spaces that have been forgotten by people.

The girl's corpse, the so-called Deep Sea God, is currently in one of those spaces.

However, because the Deep Sea Goddess is currently in a state of chaos, the power she unintentionally released has made the originally orderly [Carmen] space chaotic and disordered.

The entire academy library has now become a labyrinthine world, and no normal person can enter it to find the Deep Sea God anymore.

including me.

Because one of my bodies, the one that was guarding the corpse, has been unreachable since noon.

I thought it was some terrible reason... but it turns out it was just like this.

In other words, her claim of releasing the Deep Sea God stemmed from her belief that Carmen's chaotic space was under her control.

Cecilia smiled slightly.

Mirado's eyes narrowed—

"you are?"

"Oh, I'm the subordinate of that corrupted demon who killed the young girl, but I've betrayed them now."

Mirado's gaze instantly flashed with a hidden sharpness, his hostility directed at Cecilia.

"Demon Seed?"

"Yes, so why can't the demons surrender?"

"Hmph, unconvincing, but it doesn't matter." Mirado sneered. "Anyway, it doesn't matter who killed that girl, what matters is that we don't want war."

"I don't care whether that [Carmen] was caused by the Deep Sea God or not."

"I only know one thing, Chivenlance: you must enter that so-called Carmen and bring out the Deep Sea Goddess, and have her suppress the power of the Fallen Demon Seed."

"Otherwise, one of the students in the square would die every ten minutes."

Moreover, the Deep Sea Goddess will likely not last more than three days. After three days, she will unleash a rampage and slaughter, and none of you will survive.

After he finished speaking, the room fell silent.

Yes.

Everyone knows that, when it comes to matters of the mind, the only person who can help is Rod.

The problem is that the danger is too high.

Even if the soul of the Deep Sea God only has one-twentieth of its capacity, it is definitely not something that Rhode, whose soul level is currently only at the third level of ascension, can compete with.

They're practically ants...

But Rhodes also understood that the value was as high as the level of danger.

According to the truth of the second playthrough, the Deep Sea God was a god from one of the few neutral kingdoms among the twelve kingdoms in the previous life, and also one of the few gods that Rhodes never met.

If her human form is restored to normal, perhaps she can serve as a fighting force to maintain the Linlank Empire.

Moreover, there is one question that can be answered by the sea god: whether gods can also be reborn.

On the other hand, from the perspective of fusing with the demon god species, the current situation of the Deep Sea God presents him with an excellent research opportunity.

After all, once an ordinary person becomes a demon seed, there is absolutely no way to reverse the process.

But why can the deep sea gods resist each other?

Could she even use external forces to help her suppress the corruption?

If she fails to suppress it, she will become a fallen demon.

As one of the oldest races, the marine species undoubtedly have a much clearer understanding of the [Demon God's] corruption than Rhodes, who simply plays the game.

Rhodes pondered, "Could my external force really help reverse consciousness? Is that plausible?"

"Of course it makes sense. Because external pollution and internal pollution are different."

A fallen demon seed, if it is its own choice to fall into depravity, is irreversible no matter what.

However, if it is caused by the influence of others, then one can rely on consciousness to eliminate those negative emotional pollutants and return to normal.

In other words, even if you quickly become corrupted and die after entering the Deep Sea God's mental world, you can at least reduce the corruption for the Deep Sea God and increase his chances of success by a tiny bit.

"I see. All that's needed is an external force to invade, and for one's mental strength to be strong enough to purify these negative emotions, right?"

Rod stroked his chin, lost in thought.

In other words, as long as one is not inherently corrupted, is there a chance to control it?

In other words, as long as he didn't willingly degenerate into a "Demon God Seed," but instead fused with a Demon God Seed for special reasons, he actually had a chance to pass safely.

After all, as a soul god, he was born with strong mental resistance and willpower.

We've got a tiny clue in this regard, but we'll have to contact the Primarch to find out the rest...