The Eager Holy Light Goddess (Four Thousand)

The Imperial City of the Orwell Empire.

The Hero's Palace.

Early morning!

Princess Antasia from the Ice Grand Duchy was hurrying upstairs, her face showing some repression and fear. She went straight to Qin Chu's bedroom door, and after a brief hesitation, Antasia finally knocked.

After a long while, the door creaked open.

Inside the room, Antasia saw Qin Chu and the figures of the Little Saya.

The two Dark Witch had already returned to normal, but Qin Chu was holding a coat and draping it over his shoulders.

Seeing Antasia, Qin Chu seemed a little embarrassed. "Antasia, is something the matter?"

Antasia's gaze swept over Qin Chu, Saya Big Saya Little Saya. It wasn't hard to imagine what had happened last night. Since returning from the Exeter Kingdom, the two Saya ladies had always been together.

Taking a deep breath, Antasia slowly spoke, "Qin Chu, I've come to say goodbye."

Qin Chu was initially a little embarrassed, was stunned upon hearing this, even stopping his fingers from buttoning his shirt. "Saying goodbye?"

Antasia's expression was very grave. "Something has happened in the Ice Grand Duchy."

Qin Chu's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, what was bound to happen had finally arrived.

Even the Little Saya behind them looked serious and subconsciously moved closer.

Some time ago, the Daughter of Death, Ileta, appeared and informed Qin Chu that she had discovered clues about the Evil God's Remnant Body in the Ice Grand Duchy.

At that moment, both Saya and Qin Chu sensed that something was wrong. It was as if some kind of force was pulling Qin Chu to collect the remains of the Evil God and to piece together the body of the Evil God as soon as possible.

It was precisely because of this eerie feeling that, upon learning of the Evil God's Remnant Body, Qin Chu made a decision without the slightest hesitation: to do nothing.

Just pretend you didn't hear anything.

Qin Chu even saw this as an opportunity to seize a small piece of Fate.

If some mysterious force is indeed guiding all of this in the shadows, then after I remain silent, something else will surely happen next, continuing to guide or even force me to go to the Ice Grand Duchy to collect the Evil God's limbs.

Qin Chu hadn't expected this moment to come so quickly; less than half a month after Ileta left, trouble had already broken out in the Ice Grand Duchy.

Although he still had many questions, Qin Chu quickly calmed down, glanced back at Big Saya and Little Saya, and then looked at Antasia again. "Don't rush, tell me slowly, what exactly happened in the Ice Grand Duchy?"

Antasia's anxiety and panic subsided slightly. She gently bit her lower lip, organizing her thoughts in her mind. After a few seconds, Antasia finally spoke, "The Ice Grand Duchy is located in the Far North it is bitterly cold."

Qin Chu nodded slightly; he was aware of this matter.

If we consider the situation on Earth, the Ice Grand Duchy, even if it can't be called the Arctic, at the very least has the weather of Siberia, and maybe even further north.

The harsh natural climate makes it impossible for the Ice Grand Duchy to grow any crops.

The Ice Grand Duchy was built on solid permafrost, and further north of the Ice Grand Duchy lies a vast expanse of Ten-Thousand-Mile Glacier.

Apart from a very few plants and animals with maxed-out cold resistance, almost no life can survive in that area. The vast majority of daily necessities needed by the Ice Grand Duchy must be imported from the Empire.

The climate there is so harsh that even Magic Creature find it difficult to withstand.

However, even with such terrible weather, the Magic Creature still chose to attack the Ice Grand Duchy, making it an indispensable barrier for the empire's northern border.

The reason lies in one point: the Ice Grand Duchy is different from the Exeter Kingdom. The Ice Grand Duchy, despite its harsh climate, is a vast plain with no obstacles in between.

Once the Magic Creature conquer the Ice Grand Duchy, they can use it as a base and launch a full-scale attack from the north.

While Qin Chu pondered his understanding of the Ice Grand Duchy, Antasia's voice continued, "The living conditions in the Ice Grand Duchy are terrible, and the worst time of year is winter, when the already frigid weather becomes even more extreme."

"For the elderly in the country, every winter is a hurdle."

Every year, a large number of elderly people die because they cannot survive the cold winter.

There was a hint of sadness in Antasia's voice.

In comparison, the living conditions in the empire were far too comfortable.

If the living environment of the Ice Grand Duchy were half that of the Empire, it would certainly be much more prosperous now.

"Last year, due to the farce caused by my marriage to the Crown Prince, His Majesty Wadsworth granted my request and provided twice as much aid as in previous years in order to quell the situation. This aid included necessities such as food and winter clothing, so this winter has been the most comfortable winter the Ice Grand Duchy has ever had."

"Winter had passed, and the weather was gradually warming up. Everything was moving in a better direction, but..." Antasia's small hand unconsciously clenched tighter. "Spring had already arrived, and the permafrost in the southernmost region of the Ice Grand Duchy was gradually thawing, but just recently, a cold front suddenly appeared from the ice field and struck the Ice Grand Duchy."

"The temperature, which had just begun to warm up, suddenly plummeted, and thousands froze to death overnight within the duchy..."

"Moreover, this cold wave shows absolutely no signs of abating; in fact, it's becoming increasingly terrifying."

"According to the sacrificial rites within the duchy, an anomaly must have occurred deep within the glacier, which caused this cold wave."

"My father sent a large number of experts to explore the ice plains, but they all perished on the glaciers; not one of them returned."

"If this matter is not resolved soon, the entire Ice Grand Duchy may be completely transformed into icebergs."

Antasia's voice made Qin Chu and Little Saya's expressions turn extremely strange.

Finally... I've caught the tail of Fate!

Chapter Two, 4,000 words, is here; 8,000 words will be finished today.

Chapter 488 The Impatient Goddess of Holy Light (4000 words)

Previously, Qin Chu, Big Saya, and Little Saya only suspected that the power called Fate was constantly driving Qin Chu to gather the remnants of the Evil God.

The Destiny's Shackles are everywhere.

But no one could see any trace of those shackles.

Even someone as powerful as Adelina could only sense the interference of Fate in her life. She tried to break free from Fate's influence, but until her soul was almost exhausted, Adelina ultimately remained under the control of Fate.

The same applies to Qin Chu, and perhaps even the Little Saya were affected by Fate.

This feeling of being manipulated, like a puppet, is absolutely awful.

The clues left to him by the First-Generation Jello, his encounter with the Goddess of Holy Light, and his meeting with the Evil God's Remnant Body all seem to have occurred under the influence of Fate.

Even his first playthrough and his rebirth in the second playthrough couldn't escape the traces left by Fate.

Although it seems that Fate has been influencing me almost entirely, and my strength has been steadily increasing with each encounter.

Those once formidable enemies are now all trampled underfoot.

But... Qin Chu is a person, a living, breathing person. He is unwilling to let his Fate be woven by others. Moreover, Qin Chu absolutely does not believe that good things will fall into his lap for no reason, and that he will not have to pay any price.

Everything we acquire may already have a price tag attached in secret; it's just that the moment of payment hasn't arrived yet.

Qin Chu clearly did not want to pay this sum, because it might cost him his life.

The more Qin Chu knew about Fate, the deeper his fear of Fate became, and the more he wanted to break Fate from its constraints.

When Ileta informed Qin Chu of the Evil God's Remnant Body in the Ice Grand Duchy, he vaguely sensed that the Evil God's Remnant Body was very likely part of Fate's arrangement.

So Qin Chu deliberately stayed in the Imperial City, pretending he hadn't heard the news at all... He was just waiting, waiting for Fate to reveal its true colors.

And now, it has indeed happened.

Just as Qin Chu had predicted, after he ignored the existence of the Evil God's Remnant Body, the Ice Grand Duchy soon began to experience unusual events.

The unusually cold wave that struck the Ice Grand Duchy has caused the deaths of a large number of people, and there is even a possibility that millions of people in the entire kingdom may face annihilation... This is the threat that Fate has posed to them.

Under normal circumstances, Qin Chu probably wouldn't care about this kind of thing at all.

Let alone just a duchy, even if the entire population of the Orwell Empire, numbering in the hundreds of millions, were to perish, Qin Chu wouldn't even blink an eye, as long as he and the people around him were still alive.

Unfortunately, the Ice Grand Duchy is Antasia's hometown, and Antasia is a woman from Qin Chu.

Given the disaster that has befallen the Ice Grand Duchy, Antasia cannot stand idly by and will certainly return to the kingdom. Qin Chu, worried about Antasia, will naturally follow her.

Inevitably, he would come into contact with the Evil God's Remnant Body, and eventually, logically, he would incorporate the Evil God's Torso into his own.

Is this Fate's arrangement?

As for the possibility that many innocent people of the Ice Grand Duchy might freeze or starve to death in this plan, it's clear that Fate doesn't care about that.

If sacrificing thousands or tens of thousands of people could allow Qin Chu to collect the Evil God's Remnant Body, it seemed like a very worthwhile deal in the Fate.

Qin Chu quickly began to plan in his mind.

He has now grasped the tail of Fate, but many doubts still linger in his mind.

First, it can be basically concluded that the mysterious Goddess of Fate Moirai, seems to desire to piece together the remains of the Evil God, but... why? And what will be the effect after they are complete?

Could it be that once the Evil God's Remnant Body are gathered together, the Eighth Evil God, who is also the strongest Evil God, will be resurrected within Qin Chu's body? If so, then the remains of the Evil God are not merely an energy source for Qin Chu, but also a powerful time bomb.

However, this Strongest Evil God was actually an invader from outside, which directly led to the fall of countless native gods on the Skyvault Continent.

Moirai, as the Goddess of Fate of the Skyvault Continent, should be naturally in an antagonistic position with the Strongest Evil God.

Reviving the Strongest Evil God would bring absolutely no benefit to the Goddess of Fate, Moirai.

It's an inference, purely an inference, without any basis.

Qin Chu and the two Saya were desperately trying to empty their minds and expand their thinking as much as possible. Under such circumstances, even speculation was still very valuable.

The gathering of the Evil God's Remnant Body was not without significance.

Considering that the Evil God's limbs were automatically placed in their normal positions after being absorbed within Qin Chu's body, it was clear that the intention was to reassemble the Evil God's Remnant Limb.

"Augustus ..." Just then, Big Saya seemed to suddenly remember something and inexplicably mentioned a name.

But this very name caused Qin Chu's pupils to dilate rapidly.

Augustus?

What was the purpose of the previous pope of this Holy Church, this old man who had always struggled against God, this guy who had always wanted to harm Qin Chu?

Their goal was to fuse Qin Chu's corpse with the Evil God's Blood, ultimately transforming it into a terrifying weapon of war.

Could it be that the purpose of gathering the Evil God's Remnant Body is the same?

And one's own body may just be the base pieced together from the Evil God's Remnant Body.

Once the remnants of the Evil God are assembled into a single, powerful weapon, who will wield it?

Qin Chu wasn't that foolish to think he was the one controlling this weapon. Rather, the question was, if that time truly came, would his own foundation still be viable?

Furthermore, is the only fate that can Fate one a fragment of Evil God's Remnant Body?

Absolutely not. Besides the Evil God's Remnant Body, Fate must have arranged countless other schemes in other ways.

The arrangements of the Goddess of Fate Moirai, must be countless times more meticulous than he had imagined, like a vast net that had already completely enveloped him.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Chu suddenly thought of a very strange, even terrifying, place.

The Goddess of Fate Moirai, wields the power of Fate and is the most powerful being in control of Fate on the Skyvault Continent... So, how does Moirai's strength compare to the Strongest Evil God?

Qin Chu could answer this question without hesitation.

Compared to humans, the Goddess of Fate Moirai, is a terrifying and unapproachable being. Even to the Seven Uglies of the Void, Moirai is a powerful and formidable enemy.

However, compared to the strongest Evil God, the Goddess of Fate, Moirai, might not be that powerful.

If Moirai can control the power of Fate, does that mean the Strongest Evil God can't?

After all, according to the Goddess of Holy Light, the Seven Uglies of the Void were all just a part of evil separated from the Strongest Evil God. However, even among the Seven Uglies of the Void, there was the Fate Weaver, an Evil God who controlled the power of Fate. There was no reason why the Strongest Evil God could not control the power of Fate.

If the Strongest Evil God possessed the power of Fate, shouldn't he have foreseen his own Fate and death? Why then did he obediently die? Didn't he leave himself any backup plans?

The more I thought about it, the more confused and terrified I became.

I feel that the complexity of the matter far exceeds my expectations.

Qin Chu and the other two were deep in thought, and a brief oppressive atmosphere filled the room. Antasia seemed unable to bear the atmosphere any longer and finally couldn't help but speak... But before she could finish speaking, Qin Chu suddenly raised his head, his gaze fixed on the girl in front of him. "Antasia, can you give me three more days?"

"Huh?"

"Three days from now, I will travel with you to the Ice Grand Duchy," Qin Chu said in a deep voice.

Now that he had glimpsed the tail of Fate, Qin Chu would no longer choose to run away. What he needed to do now was to find a way to grab this tail, and then follow it all the way up until he pulled out the Goddess of Fate's backside...

In this way, the Ice Grand Duchy also has its trunk, which is suppressed beneath the Ten-Thousand-Mile Glacier, something that Qin Chu must also confront.

Antasia was somewhat surprised, and after a brief moment of stunned silence, she immediately shook her head. "No."

"You can't go to the duchy now. It's too dangerous there. Nobody knows what the situation is like there, and you might even be in danger..."

Before he could finish speaking, Qin Chu smiled and patted Antasia's head, "Precisely because it's dangerous, I can't possibly let you go back alone."

Qin Chu knew that Antasia was a very responsible woman. Although she was in the Empire, she always remembered her identity as a princess of the Duchy. Now that the Ice Grand Duchy was facing such a disaster, Antasia would definitely not sit idly by and would definitely return to the Duchy, unless Qin Chu forcibly kept Antasia here.

"Good girl..." Seeing that Antasia seemed to want to say something more, Qin Chu interrupted again, "Just do as I say, give me three more days, and once everything is arranged here, we'll set off. It's settled then."