Their romance storyline only begins on the second playthrough

"Is that so? Then, is she very strong? What kind of person is she?"

"I'd say I'm strong, but at least when it comes to helping her overcome this crisis, I don't really have much confidence. As for the person? I don't know."

Yes,

Before coming in, I forgot to ask Lilith what kind of being the Deep Sea Goddess was.

In that case, if he were to enter the consciousness realm of the Deep Sea God himself, it would be even more troublesome to help her.

The most crucial aspect of providing emotional support lies in understanding the other person's personality.

“He must be a rather arrogant being.” Rhodes pondered for a moment. “Almost all gods have this trait.”

"They include those who are unreasonable, inexplicably arrogant, and overconfident."

These three gods correspond to the God of Souls, the God of Stars, and the God of Dragons. One obvious commonality among them is that they are all somewhat arrogant.

After all, he is a god... He listens to people's stories all the time, so it's natural for him to elevate his own status, which is understandable.

"Huh? Isn't that a terrible person?"

Clara was taken aback and blurted out.

But after she said it, she felt a little awkward inside.

Ok?

What's going on? I feel like I said something wrong...

No, the key question is, why do I have this urge to punch Rod?

She quickly shook her head.

Clara is her name, and the Sea God is the deity she worships.

Something just doesn't feel right...

She couldn't quite understand where this strangeness came from, so she simply clenched her fists, then gathered that odd, fluid blue energy in her hands—

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The substance, which was clearly blue like seawater, swept and rolled wildly like a hurricane at this moment, and finally evaporated.

"Oh." Clara was taken aback. "It's gone."

Rhodes sensed something was wrong. "Wait... let me ask you something, do you know what your [skill] is?"

Funny?

A powerful individual who has advanced at least five times can't even control their own source of power? That's simply impossible!

"What are skills?" Clara blinked her small, innocent eyes. "I... I think I've heard of... water magic?"

You'd better be talking about proper water magic, thank you.

“…I.” Rhodes tried to explain something, but stopped himself halfway through.

There's nothing more to explain.

Just think of it as a vase hanging next to you.

That's not right either. Even without using any skills, someone who has been upgraded five times still has decent basic combat power after all.

At least there's no magical damage, so using a tough body to withstand the impact shouldn't be a problem, right?

As Rhodes pondered this, they had already passed through the snake gate of [Carmen] and entered another octagonal cage space.

This time, only four doors remained in the space.

However, the octagonal space is now much wider than before.

The doors were no longer adorned with animal patterns, but with eerie inscriptions, countless of which coiled and intertwined on them, like serpent demons.

And at this very moment—

In the very center of this octagonal cage, a dark, malevolent aura began to gather.

Eerie energy, like that of a vengeful spirit, along with pitch-black slime, continuously gushed from the ground.

Bang bang bang!

The slime coalesced, eventually forming two [Fallen Monsters].

The monster's head was covered in thick, black hair, like seaweed, with only one eye in the center, glaring angrily.

At the same time, it has a robust body, standing two and a half meters tall, with two pairs of rough arms, like a god.

[Heavenly Eye] is activated instantly at this moment, allowing it to perceive the strength of the demon.

[Fallen Demon Seed/Divinity]

[Upgraded four times]

Attributes:

Physical Fitness: 710

[Agility]: 655

[Physical Constitution]: 711

【Spirit】: 511

With the numbers laid out before us, combat strength becomes clearer and more readily apparent.

Judging from the stats on the panel, its strength is indeed not weak; it's a typical monster that has been upgraded four times to a mid-tier rank...

However, as corrupted monsters, they have almost no special skills.

In other words, this attribute value is completely insignificant in Rhodes' eyes.

Rhodes' fingers tightened, instantly creating the [Elf Dragon Sword], his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"Rhodes... what do we do? They're the enemy, aren't they? They want to kill us, right?"

"Can you beat him? No problem, right...?"

Ok.

The moment those two sentences were uttered, Rhodes really couldn't hold back anymore.

"They are not strong, or rather, they are the same for you."

“But they look much stronger than you…” Clara said, trembling.

"What makes it strong? I'm asking you!" Rhodes laughed angrily. "You go and deal with the other one, I'll take care of the one on the left."

The words fell.

Rhodes' figure flashed out like lightning and disappeared from the spot.

The moment Rod approached, he felt a strange word appear before his eyes—

【Door】

A huge "door" character appeared before his eyes, making him slightly dazed.

"Mental shock."

In an instant, he used his mental skill to pierce through the mental energy of the charging demon and assumed a defensive stance.

"Roar--!"

As expected, the demon's steps slowed down due to the mental shock, so even the strange bewildering skill that briefly distracted Rhodes had no effect.

After all, when both sides are half a beat behind, it's the same as neither side being behind!

The demon's giant hand slammed down like a warhammer, while Rhode simultaneously extended the [Elf Dragon Sword] to counterattack—

Puff-!

The clash between flesh and sword was not as hard as one might imagine.

Conversely, a gash was cut open on the demon's hand, plunging its mind into shock.

The spiritual shock here is a true mental breakdown.

After all, the Elf Dragon Sword comes with the [Soul Damage] effect after being upgraded.

This effect can undoubtedly tear apart the demon's mental domain with ease!

"Roar……"

It was as if a piece of my soul had been cut open.

Its body jerked backward, and at the same time, Rhodes charged forward—

Yes.

This is why it is said that divine spirits are extremely terrifying to mortal objects.

Once the first cut causes a loss of soul, the body's control will decrease.

Once the ability to control the situation decreases, it becomes even more difficult to win and one will fall into a passive state.

Unless someone has specifically trained in soul defense, soul damage is an extremely powerful skill.

At that moment, Rhodes' next sword strike landed squarely on the monster's arm.

With a soft "plop," two of the monster's four arms were instantly severed like vegetables and rolled onto the ground.

"Roar roar roar—!"

When the monster realized that it was in extreme danger, it no longer cared about anything else!

It instantly unleashed all its energy, like a dynamite, with crimson flames appearing on its chest!

"Self-destruct?" A sharp glint flashed in Rhodes' eyes, and his longsword instantly changed direction, piercing straight into the center of his chest!

Puff-!

The longsword pierced the monster's chest.

The pitch-black slime sprayed out along with a little crimson blood, and at that moment, the flames in the monster's central heart were extinguished.

Utterly foolish.

Who else but those idiots would be fooled by this level of self-destruction?