The scene before Qin Ran changed as he walked beside Aitelinna.
The street was replaced by a cat bed floating in a void of chaos.
A fat yellow-and-white cat lay lazily among the soft cushions in the bed, greeting him.
"Hey, you little brat!"
"Nice work!"
"Better than I expected!"
Titch raised a paw and waved.
"Was Lei after Wenisha's or Kanli Kanton's divine office?"
Without wasting time on pleasantries, Qin Ran asked his question directly.
A war waged by natives against gods?
It seemed rather unbelievable.
But according to the clues he had gathered, that seemingly impossible conclusion had to be the truth.
"Not entirely!"
"Wenisha's and Kanli Kanton's divine offices are decent, but Lei doesn't think much of them!"
Titch shook his head and yawned before continuing, "What Lei wants is to stop the nuisances here from catching on and joining a battlefield where we're already at a disadvantage!"
"Nuisances?"
"Wenisha?"
Qin Ran ventured a guess.
To better understand this unfamiliar dungeon world, Qin Ran had thoroughly studied the Treatise on Temple Development in Navia City. He knew very well that Wenisha, the Thorn Lady, had originally held divine offices such as "overseeing fate" and "foreseeing calamities and obstacles."
Although the Wealth Temple had risen later and displaced her, those divine offices had not disappeared.
The Wealth Lady, who had ascended to godhood from mortality, had not successfully acquired Wenisha's divine offices.
Naturally, things ordinary people could never learn about had happened in the process, but Qin Ran was now considering what Titch had just said.
"We're at a disadvantage on the battlefield?"
Qin Ran asked.
"Yes."
"Things are pretty bad."
"A bunch of petty clowns have emerged, and someone calling himself 'Great' has joined in-that damned bastard is the one giving Lei a headache."
Titch nodded, making