Chapter 969: A Hero Unlike Any Other
There was no doubt that Shien's words had made the already heavy atmosphere considerably more oppressive.
The people led by Nadula seemed to want to say something, yet looked as though they did not know where to begin.
Artemis, however, wore a complicated expression. She glanced at Lilith, who was still covered in question marks and had no idea what was going on, then sighed after a long while.
"Then let that be that."
With that, Artemis turned and left.
With the departure of the Goddess of Justice, the atmosphere seemed to warm slightly, yet somehow became even more silent.
Shien watched Artemis leave, then suddenly remembered that his primary reason for coming to the Elven Village had been to question that Goddess.
Lidas and Anima had said that Artemis, the Goddess of Justice, had once challenged the Demon King directly.
In other words, Artemis had personally encountered the Demon King. Unlike Lidas and Anima, who had only seen the Demon King from afar on the battlefield and watched the Hero challenge her, Artemis had actually come into contact with the Demon King herself.
If he asked Artemis what sort of person the Demon King had been, she should be able to tell him things nobody else knew, right?
Under these circumstances, having embarrassed her to her face and then going to question her seemed somewhat inappropriate.
But there was no helping it. Who told that Goddess to clash with Lilith the moment she arrived and make such a declaration?
She had dared to say outright in front of him that she wanted to kill Lilith. The fact that Shien had not attacked her directly was already an incredible display of restraint.
By now, Lilith had become someone immensely important to Shien. Calling