Fu Qian ignored the question and forcibly changed the subject. Elina glared at him with reddened eyes, staring for a full half minute.
She'd already thought he was unusual, but she hadn't expected him to be even more mysterious than she'd imagined.
The Sin Fire's scorching had already begun to affect her mind, tearing at her with a strange greed.
But in the end, she took a deep breath and suppressed the turmoil within her.
"The Sin Seeker won't appear right away. He'll only descend here after someone finds the Goddess's statue and purifies the sin."
"As for my condition..."
She studied her hands, then glanced at the remains on the floor.
"It's not too bad yet. As long as Patrick hasn't been slacking off too much, his Sin Fire should still be stronger than mine."
Everyone had secrets. Faced with this expert of unknown origins, she decided to stop digging.
The thing on the ground had clearly been ravenous for flesh and blood. It had probably disguised itself as the Goddess of Sin to trick unsuspecting people into "shaking hands" with it.
If Fu Qian hadn't acted first, Cross would have been the one caught just now.
He couldn't conjure an arm out of thin air like that. If he'd been caught, he'd most likely have lost his ability to fight.
Not to mention that Fu Qian had even used the thing against itself, tossing it beneath his teammate's attack and killing it outright.
The Sin Seeker would come when someone found the Goddess?
If I were Patrick, I'd definitely want to make sure no one found the statue.
After hearing Elina's explanation, Fu Qian said nothing, merely nodding lightly.
The mission hadn't refreshed, so he'd known at once that the thing before him was fake. That was why