Every Slacker Has a Disappointed Grind Dog Curled Up in Their Heart

Chapter 677: Every Slacker Has a Disappointed Grind Dog Curled Up in Their Heart—Bonus Chapter [45]

(Bonus chapter for brother Shoushou [4/5])

Gristletia the Firstborn broke down.

It was hard to say whether Diakum had used some vicious psychological offensive, but just now, when the big man had forcibly endured the concept of "duty," not only had he remained unharmed, he had also rolled successive "critical successes" in multiple checks.

It was only natural that a performance comparable to a "cheat-code king" would drive the Firstborn to despair.

After all, she could doubt her own strength, but she could not doubt the power left behind by the First Ones.

That was the power of a true Creator.

In other words, even if the First Ones themselves came to use a "duty check" on Diakum, the Vigilant would still clear it without a scratch.

He did not say it aloud, but that classic line—"My heart and deeds are clear as a mirror; all that I do is justice"—was practically written across his face. More terrifyingly, this guy was not some bastard like the President. Diakum truly could represent all "justice" within the Holy Light.

At this moment, he was practically the "Holy Light incarnate."

The Firstborn had witnessed the entire scene. Her strongest attack had not merely failed to harm her enemy; it had instead helped reinforce his will and conveniently bestowed a "Avatar of Justice" buff upon him.

It was only natural that the Firstborn, who styled herself a "dutiful one," would be crushed when confronted by the rebukes and questioning of such a "perfect dutiful one."

The collapse of her mind meant that she could no longer evade Diakum's questions, which struck directly at the root of the problem.

When the first white feather upon those sacred wings transformed