Even Deception was starting to lose his composure.
He said, delighted:
"Looks like the great Flazhol exhausted herself saving the world. Well, that's understandable.
"At least she's much better than certain indifferent gods who attend every assembly for the sake of authority while ignoring the entire universe."
"..."
Silence descended over the scene once more.
When a foul-mouthed, noisy source of disaster cursed himself along with everyone else, there was simply no angle from which to refute him.
In the past, only Folly could exchange a few blows with him. But Folly was absent now, making Deception invincible.
Yet those words had truly struck a chord with Hong Lin.
I really did want to save the world!
But the world rejected my salvation and hypnotized me with a strobing little fox!
Hong Lin was, of course, awake. No matter how much she loved sleeping, it was impossible for her to remain lost in dreams after Order's summons. After all, Order had issued an invitation, not an order of forced execution. Therefore, the moment she arrived at The Gods' Covenant Assembly, she had already been awake when the invitation was sent.
But why had she continued pretending to sleep?
The answer was naturally the same as when she had closed her eyes and attended the assembly in self-deception the first time: out of sight, out of mind.
As long as I can't see you, I can't make any mistakes. And being without fault before the gods is already the greatest merit.
Before learning the reason Truth had destroyed the world and why The Gods' Covenant Assembly had been convened, Hong Lin didn't dare conclude whether everything she had witnessed was a conspiracy among the gods or an accidental occurrence. But no matter what, attending this meeting was her only way to