Their romance storyline only begins on the second playthrough

The outcome was something we already knew perfectly well.

It's really childish of her to admit it. After she went too far, she felt remorse and pain—she realized that she was just an incredibly stupid person.

There were not many words spoken.

She lunged at Rhodes, burying herself in his arms and clinging to him tightly, her breath coming in gasps.

This was probably the first time Cecilia had hugged him so warmly.

More often than not, she spoke in a flirtatious tone, which made her seem frivolous and weak.

But now she is just like an ordinary girl, having lost all her ambitions and given up on the future that she could not obtain.

"Rhodes." Her fingernails dug deep into Rhodes' back.

"You're more sensible now?"

"..."

"I won."

"Ah."

"You can say what you want to say now."

"do not know……"

“Admit your mistake,” Rhodes said calmly. “Regardless of your attitude towards me, whether you are seeking revenge or not, your methods are wrong.”

"Because you burned this land to ashes, and you caused the innocent students in the academy to die."

"How is your current behavior any different from that of the nobles who bullied you in the past?"

“…Yes.” Cecilia hugged him tightly, tears streaming down her face and eventually smearing onto his clothes.

“Our affairs have never been just between the two of us.” Rhodes patted Cecilia on the back. “The rest needs to be discussed together, with Lilith, and with everyone.”

"Now I'm going to clean up all the mess you've made."

He wanted to take this opportunity to test whether he could accomplish something.

He now possesses the faith power of more than half of the gods, as well as the [God of Life] and [God of Soul], which are most important for the reconstruction of life.

In other words, if he were to merge with the Demon God's divine position, perhaps...

He can erase the disaster Cecilia caused.

That's right.

He will resurrect all those who died here.

Taking a day off, meow

I'm so sorry, it's almost May Day, so I'm taking a day off to handle some things.

Chapter 193 The Time of Becoming a God

Cecilia raised her eyes in confusion, looking at Rhodes—

Rhodes began to speak:

“You have killed too many people this time. If I want to safely incorporate you into my organization, then I have to do this.”

The witches are now basically a defeated army.

Therefore, the problem no longer lies with the witch, but with the impact of the disaster she caused.

The situation he's about to face is going to be very tricky, since he not only exposed his ability to absorb [resentment] in front of everyone, but he's also clearly involved with the demon seed.

The reactions of people in various empires will likely fall into two factions: those who advocate sanctions and those who support them.

Absorbing the Demon God's position is necessary in every respect—rescuing the Dragon God, strengthening one's own power to ignore the opinions of these people, and dealing with Cecilia and the others.

But for outsiders... that's not necessarily the case.

Rhodes continued:

"I must merge with the divine position."

"In fact, my goal is not to prevent you from merging, but to merge myself."

At that moment, Cecilia snapped back to reality, the tears in her eyes disappearing, leaving only a bright red mark.

She gently released Rhodes and stood in front of the young man who was more than twenty centimeters taller than her, raising her head slightly and pursing her lips:

"Integration? Why?"

"The necessary conditions for defeating the Dragon God."

"It's impossible."

"why?"

"You're not a true demon god, even if you pretend to be one. Besides... even that demon god eventually went mad and died, didn't he?"

"When it's my turn to merge, you'll understand again?" Rhodes reached out and covered her head.

"Don't worry, trust me, I'll be right back."

Rhodes walked straight toward the altar.

Many people are watching him now.

At this moment, almost all the witches had been suppressed, and the enormous [Goddess of Fallen Lust] had been completely sealed by Charlotte, rendering it incapable of movement.

As order was restored, people naturally turned their attention to this most special place—at least, the reinforcements brought by Rhodes, those powerful beings who had been promoted seven times, were all watching Rhodes' every move.

Whether it was Merrick or Valerie, what they initially thought Rhodes wanted to do was simply to quell the witches' rebellion, but now it's clearly not that simple;

But all they could do was watch this scene with furrowed brows, unable to stop it.

After all, the giant whale in the sky was still watching them, and they couldn't be sure what the Deep Sea God was thinking.

As Rhodes took his first step onto the altar, a force appeared before him, blocking his path.

An invisible wall seemed to appear in front of him, blocking his progress by even a fraction.

"Rhodes".

Charlotte's gentle yet questioning voice flowed lightly into his ears:

What do you want to do?

Rhodes's gaze swept over the girl floating in the sky, and he spoke softly:

"The concept of fusion."

"Are you serious?"

"This is the necessary way to solve the Dragon God problem, and I can do it."

"Are you sure it's safe? In my previous life, you didn't possess this."

"You saw the abilities I just demonstrated; this is what I've been preparing for in this lifetime."

"Is that so... I understand. Be careful and keep going."

Thank you.

There were no further words spoken.

They both understood.

Understood. Their true enemy was never this group of weak witches, but the monster standing at the pinnacle of the Dragon God Empire—the Dragon God Sylvia.

Charlotte naturally knew what Rhodes and the others had done in their previous life. They definitely needed to have that trick again: using half of a demon god's position to blast the dragon god half to death.

As for whether Cecilia or Rhodes possessed this skill, it didn't matter to her. Rhodes wasn't a fool either; since he chose to possess it himself, he had his reasons.

She just wanted to see the Dragon God die sooner rather than later, so it wouldn't affect her.

The barrier that had been hovering in front of Rhodes completely disappeared at that moment.

His steps became light yet powerful.

With each step he took, ascending the altar and drawing ever closer to his divine position, his blood burned, and the resentment within him began to emanate.

The resentment he had just absorbed began to spill out, covering the area around his body.

The crown within his body was already itching for more, as if it wanted to detach itself and absorb and fuse with the fragments of the divine throne before it.

tread.

Tap tap.

Step by step, they crossed over, getting closer and closer to the divine position.

But then suddenly...

A third person stopped him in his tracks.

"Rhodes." His clothes were gently tugged.

This familiar action can only be performed by one person;

Rod turned his head.

In the blink of an eye, Lilith, who had been far away just moments before, was now standing right behind him.

It's very special.

In front of so many people, Lilith would never tug at his sleeve, because such an expression of affection would be too obvious.

But clearly, she has now broken free from that constraint.

no way.

Her inner unease made her completely oblivious to these so-called habits and face-saving; by the time she came to her senses, she was already here.

At this moment, Lilith dared not meet Rhodes's gaze, but her slender hand continued to gently tug at the hem of his clothes, showing no sign of letting go;

Rhodes looked at the girl behind him, who shone like a star:

"what happened?"