Who are you calling a stable boy?!

It's okay to gossip, as long as you don't mention that god too much, you're less likely to make a mistake.

But for them to take the initiative to talk to that thing...

The demons stared at each other, silently urging the other to go over.

Just then, the figure in the black robe suddenly stood up.

Almost simultaneously, the demons also instinctively stood up.

Immediately afterwards, almost all of them, which possessed teleportation capabilities, sensed the spatial fluctuations one after another.

Following the ripples, a red and black portal suddenly appeared not far away.

Under the wary gaze of the demons, two figures emerged from the portal of light.

“We have been waiting for you for a long time, divine child.”

Momoga, who had just stepped out of the portal and hadn't even had a chance to utter a word, was stunned into silence by the black-robed, masked man's words.

"...Son of God?"

Fortunately, the advantage of a skull face is that it's virtually impossible to see any changes in expression.

After a moment of silence, Momoga asked, "You called me, Divine Child?"

"Exactly."

"......Who are you?"

"Ah, my apologies. I am a faithful servant of God and Man, and I will be your faithful servant as well. If you need a more suitable title, please call me... Wan."

Wan Shen lowered his head and hunched over, seemingly unable to look directly at Momoga.

"Wan? Very well, then, Wan, you are a follower of the god Razmir, why do you call me the Son of God?"

"That's a long story."

"Then let's get to the point."

“Hmm... You were created by my God. Since the divine decree has been delivered, you are the Son of God.”

Momoga felt more and more confused the more she listened.

What do you mean by saying he was created by Razmir?

“It seems you have many questions. Why don’t we go somewhere else and discuss them in more detail? The fortress my god built is quite impressive; I remember it was called… the Great Tomb of Nazarick?”

"--What did you say?"

The emerald green light flashed and disappeared on Momoga's body.

He stared at Wan, his deathly aura burning silently like flames.

"Hmm? My language shouldn't have that—"

"Answer my question before my last bit of patience runs out."

Momoga interrupted Wan directly.

At the same time, two figures suddenly appeared on either side of the scene.

It was none other than Cocytus and Shatia, both fully armed.

Including Momoga and Albedo, who were positioned in front, they looked ready to annihilate this team at any moment.

The surrounded demons tensed up immediately. Judging from their expressions, they would probably pay the courtyard to rescue them as soon as they sensed something was wrong.

If they run away, they might be purged by the evil warlord above them in the future, but if they don't run away, they might die on the spot.

It goes without saying how these devils, who have never had any integrity or honor, would choose to be chosen.

"Ugh......"

Wan sighed softly.

He slowly straightened up, and his eyes, hidden behind the moon-white mask, stared straight at Momoga.

In those eyes, Momoga saw a genuine regret.

"I understand. Let me explain everything to you in the simplest and clearest way possible."

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes behind the mask suddenly burst forth with dazzling light!

Momoga, having applied all available buffs before arriving, was immediately tasked with, as planned, cooperating with the Guardians to take down the suddenly active Wan—

"Uh?!"

Momoga cried out softly as her body suddenly became unresponsive.

But then he discovered that he couldn't even make a sound.

However, this was not the most shocking change that Momoga found hardest to accept.

"Facts speak louder than words, Son of God."

With his eyes shining, Wan stood before the immobile Momoga.

Behind him, Albedo, Cocytus, and Shalltear walked past quietly one by one and stood up straight.

—It was as if, at this very moment, Wan was the supreme being whom the Guardians faithfully served, and who ruled over the Great Tomb of Nazarick.

Chapter 302: All is Illusion

"Do you think you're a human who came from the game YGGDRASIL, Suzuki Satoru?"

"Actually, that's not entirely wrong, since a large part of the memories that make up your soul do come from a human named Suzuki Satoru in that material plane."

"Our God's experiments in this material plane began a long time ago."

"Well... to put it in a way that you, as Suzuki Satoru, can understand better, YGGDRASIL was originally a place that my god opened in that material plane in order to collect data. You, and the other YGGDRASIL players who have appeared in this material plane over the past 600 years, and even those monsters, are all products that my god recreated in this material plane based on your data."

"In order to create a perfect earthly divine kingdom, extreme good and evil are unreasonable. Therefore, for 600 years, my God has been using divine children like you to maintain the balance of good and evil in this material plane."

"If everything goes smoothly, you wouldn't need to trouble yourself."

"Because of those hypocritical Aomede and Desna, who dared to obstruct my god's great cause, and recklessly shattered the harmony of this material plane. In order to completely crush their minions, my god chose you."

"You, and Nazarick, in this material plane that the false gods cannot truly reach, are absolutely enough to determine the outcome of this holy war!"

"Having said that... do you have any further questions?"

He bowed respectfully and looked at Momoga, who was sitting on the throne, and asked.

"..."

"Oh! Look at me, I forgot to give you back control of your body."

"..."

"It seems you need some more time? No problem, you can take your time to sort out your thoughts. I was sent here to help you with your problems."

With that, Wan turned around and said, "You succubus over there, Albedo, the chief guardian, since the divine child is temporarily unable to attend to matters, you shall report to me everything that has happened in Nazarick so far."

"I...I understand."

With a hint of worry in her eyes, Albedo glanced at Momoga, who sat quietly on the throne. After a moment's hesitation, she nodded.

As she and Wan left, the doors between the jade thrones closed.

In the vast jade throne room, at this very moment...

Only Momoga remained.

-

As night deepened, Bubble sat by the campfire, its entire body nestled in MiTuan's fur, and yawned with its mouth wide open.

"If you're sleepy, just go into the tent and sleep."

"what!"

The sudden sound in her ear made Bubble jump up in surprise.

When she realized who had spoken, she relaxed her hunched back, turned her head with disheveled hair, and looked at Zheng Jing with a pitiful expression, just like Mi Tuan who was also startled.

"Captain, why do you move so silently, meow..."

"Waaah..."

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry! I've been so spoiled!"

With one hand on each side, Zheng Jing angrily rubbed the heads of the cat and dog team, then sat down by the campfire with a grin.

"Well......"

Enjoying the petting with his eyes half-closed, Bubble grumbled somewhat helplessly.

Don't let her yawn fool you; she's absolutely serious about keeping watch!

Logically speaking, no little thing happening in the camp should have escaped her notice...

I'm not bragging!

She could even accurately report that her halfling teammate, who was acting as a lookout, had just been hiding in the bushes scratching his butt a few times!

However, it wasn't until Zheng Jing spoke that she realized her captain had come to check on her.

Bubble had heard her grandmother, who no longer took risks, say that some monks could completely blend into the natural environment. It was said that this was called the unity of man and nature. When a monk who had reached this state acted, players below the legendary level could hardly detect him.

Could it be that our captain is a martial monk of this level?

Bubble opened its big, round eyes and stared at Zheng Jing.

But I've heard that to reach that state, one must have a heart as still as water, completely undisturbed, appearing as if they have no joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness whatsoever...

Our captain is always grinning and jumping around, and who knows when he'll pick up a stick and beat someone to death? He doesn't seem like me at all.

"What are you looking at? You idiot."

"I'm not stupid, meow! Grandma has always praised me for being smart, meow!"

After offering a couple of rebuttals, Bubble shook its kitten face and secretly glanced to the left and right.

There are three tents in the camp.

One of the tents belonged to their team; they were all small-sized races and always shared one tent when they went out into the wild.

One of the tents belonged to the orc Ale. He was too big, snored when he slept, and had a bit of body odor. Fortunately, he was self-aware and brought his own tent with a soundproof barrier.

The other one belongs to the three-person team, [Romantic Morning Light].

It was a small team composed of Sheryl followers. As benevolent deities, the Eternal Rose, symbolizing love and beauty, often appeared as an ally of Aiomeda on the battlefield against evil, so it was not surprising that Sheryl followers would appear here.

As for Zheng Jing, he didn't have a tent.

In fact, with the backpack function that comes with the panel, it is quite common for players to bring more living supplies when they are in the wild.

Not to mention tents, even more luxurious camping equipment will be brought by someone.

But Zheng Jing did not.

To be precise, this is the third night since the forced march, and Zheng Jing has not slept for three consecutive nights.

Every night, when Paopao was on night watch, he could see Zheng Jing, who was wide awake.

Zheng Jing had actually suggested yesterday that he would take charge of keeping watch at night...

"Captain, I want to ask you a question, meow."

Climbing onto Mi Tuan's back, Bubble leaned over and whispered into Zheng Jing's ear.

"What do you want to ask?"

"W-Won't you think we're holding us back, meow?"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Jing blinked, sat up straight, and grinned at Paopao.

"Nonsense! You were all chosen by me, Old Zheng!"

Upon hearing this, Bubble seemed to want to say something, but before she could finish speaking, she suddenly twitched her ears and widened her eyes.

"fool!"

At that moment, Mi Tuan stood up abruptly, let out a low growl, and raised his head, swaying it from side to side.

"Captain! Something evil is coming, meow! It's coming from all four directions, and there are a lot of them!"

"See, isn't that amazing! You already noticed something was wrong when we were still almost a kilometer away."