"An... existence... that must be defeated..."
Luo Zhen's words caused Anna's breathing to stop for a brief moment.
The girl's hands clenched tightly at those words.
Luo Zhen took the change in completely.
His tightly furrowed brows drew together even more deeply, and when he finally looked at Anna, his gaze had turned thoughtful.
Under these circumstances, Anna's voice sounded again.
"As expected, this is what a human would think, isn't it?" Anna said quietly. "As long as someone is human, they would want to defeat such a monster. They would believe that such a monster shouldn't exist, right?"
Her tone was filled with complicated emotions as she spoke, sounding as though she had expected this long ago while also seeming self-mocking. It left one at a loss for words.
Anna began speaking to herself.
"Indeed, Gorgon is an existence that must be defeated. Or rather, her very existence is a mistake."
"She is clearly a monster, yet she descended into this era as a goddess. She even intends to exterminate humanity and seize the land. That is absolutely unacceptable."
"What she has done can no longer be forgiven. She must be defeated."
As Anna spoke, her tone gradually became firm again.
Rather than saying she was speaking these words to Luo Zhen, it would have been more accurate to say that she was saying them for herself to hear.
Luo Zhen gazed deeply at Anna like this before slowly opening his mouth.
"You're right about those reasons." Luo Zhen said, "But when I say she is an existence that must be defeated, it isn't merely because of that."
"Not merely because of that?" Anna was stunned for a moment before asking doubtfully, "Then do you have another reason why Gorgon must be defeated?"
The moment Anna said this, she