The God of Shadows refused Lin Yu's proposal.
This came as something of a surprise to Lin Yu. After all, whenever Lin Yu began negotiating with someone, the other party usually did not refuse him.
Even gods were no exception. Just like the God of Frost earlier—even though the god had initially been extremely hostile toward Lin Yu, Lin Yu had still managed to seize the god's weakness.
Even gods had things they desired, yearned for, and cared about. Those things... were Lin Yu's best weapons.
And in Lin Yu's view, the "Authority of Fear" should have been something extremely important to the Goddess of Shadow, Pain, and Nightmare. It could have become the starting point and breakthrough for their negotiations.
But...
Why had she refused his proposal?
If she had refused to negotiate with him at all, Lin Yu would have found it troublesome, but not particularly strange.
But after she had already negotiated with him, after he had identified what she cared about and put his bargaining chip on the table, being "refused" during the conversation... left Lin Yu rather confused.
"Why?"
Lin Yu looked at the God of Shadows, expressing his confusion without concealing it.
"Is the 'Authority of Fear' no longer important to you?"
The God of Shadows shook her head. "No, the 'Authority of Fear' is of course very important..."
Lin Yu said, "Then why did you refuse so decisively? Even if you don't want to let me go because of the 'Authority of Fear,' you should at least have talked with me a little longer and tried to glean some information from me, shouldn't you?"
As Lin Yu spoke, the God of Shadows laughed.
"Of course it's because killing you is more important than the 'Authority of Fear'!"
"I won't listen to you any