Is Your Goddess a Guy in a Dress?

"Hmph hmph hmph~ Hmph hmph hmph~"

Anlesi hummed as she walked at the front of the group, even though she was now facing away from everyone and only her back was visible.

However, you could still sense her mood from her almost floating gait and her hair bouncing around like a jellyfish.

Without a doubt, it must be a cloudless sky, bright sunshine, clear skies, and gentle breeze!

Why was she so happy? It was because everyone told her that her "coma rampage" had once again defeated the powerful enemy and triumphed over the monster!

The unanimous praise from everyone made Anlesi feel like she was floating on air!

At first, I thought my coma and outburst would only cause trouble for the people around me, but I didn't expect everyone to like me so much. I'm so lucky to have met such a group of friends. I will continue to work hard in the future.

If her current inner thoughts were translated into words, it would be a long string of words without any punctuation, enough to make a person breathless from reading it.

Behind her, Caius walked with the Holy Light Knight, chatting and laughing. Their eyes would occasionally sweep over Anlesi's back, and the emotions in those eyes were all the same—doting.

It's the kind of doting affection that comes from older siblings taking care of younger sisters or naturally cute little creatures.

My daily life is already miserable enough because it's like a battle, but I accidentally discovered Anlesi, such an adorable little creature with a great personality.

These lucky Holy Light Knight, who were chosen to be by her side, relied on drawing some lovely energy from her as their hope for daily life; they couldn't live a single day without Anlesi's energy.

The reason for concealing the fact that the other party was in a coma and went berserk was because of her Caius's request.

Secondly, whenever Anlesi wakes up thinking she's come in very handy, her cuteness level skyrockets, which is the perfect scenario for the Holy Light Knight whose Change of Heart!

Therefore, keeping it from Anlesi became a tacit decision everyone agreed on.

"It's that smile. I volunteered to be transferred here precisely because of that smile."

"That's amazing! That's amazing! That's amazing!"

"How wonderful it would be if I could hold both the brother and sister at the same time."

There seemed to be some ominous sounds coming from within the Holy Light Knight's ranks.

Anlesi didn't hear it. She only noticed everyone's gaze, so she stopped, turned around, and returned everyone's warm smile amidst the fluttering of her green hair.

In an instant, all the Holy Light Knight turned into ripe apples, some with steam rising from their heads, looking as if they were running a high fever.

Caius's lips seemed to curve into a slight smile as he waved to Anlesi in response.

Such changes in expression are rarely seen on him.

He glanced back at the Holy Light Knight who were equally captivated by Anlesi's smile. The curve of his lips seemed even wider, and the atmosphere he exuded was more relaxed, perhaps because everyone present was a like-minded person.

[Reporting to you in real time, Your Excellency]

At this moment, the two Brave' sense of belonging to the Holy Light Church is gradually increasing, and the influence is taking effect.

Even in the midst of a fierce battle against two Elite Monsters simultaneously, and even though they could use all magical elements, Anlesi and Caius still prioritized using Holy Light. This might indicate that they subconsciously prioritize Holy Light, which is a good sign.

[Next, I will continue to guide the two, increasing their sense of belonging to the Holy Light. Sooner or later, the mercenaries will convert and become true believers.]

[This concludes the progress report on the Twin Heroes. Also, the appearance of the Zane Dungeon may bring many changes; please allow me more time to investigate before providing a further report.]

Unbeknownst to Anlesi and Caius, a magical artifact specifically designed to transmit information in text form was operating silently.

Editing these words does not produce any magical fluctuations; only a tiny magical fluctuation is generated when the message is sent to the recipient.

"Um?"

Anlesi seemed to sense something and looked back at everyone with a puzzled expression. She seemed to have noticed a change in the magic in the air.

"Um, Lady Anlesi, we haven't discussed why this dungeon exists yet, have we?"

At that moment, a Holy Light Knight suddenly spoke up.

She took off her ornate white uniform helmet, revealing the face of a young girl with short, brown, ear-length hair and light freckles, giving her a down-to-earth, country girl vibe.

"There's nothing to discuss, Jaina."

Anlesi's attention immediately shifted to the girl named Jaina.

She is the liaison for this Holy Light Knight team. Although her combat strength is extraordinary, it is still inferior to others. Her main job is to be responsible for a series of communication tasks, including reporting the team's actions and receiving orders from superiors. She is also the most knowledgeable person in the entire team.

All the other Holy Light Knight were recruited through force, but she was the only one who was recruited by passing an exam, and this academic ability earned her the respect of many people.

Anlesi also respected the other person, mainly because the other person could quickly determine what foods were edible and what foods would taste best with them.

Anlesi quickly ignored the extremely faint abnormal magical fluctuation she had just noticed, after all, this was the Zane Dungeon, and abnormal magical power was commonplace.

Apart from her, no one else, including Caius, noticed anything amiss.

Perhaps it's because her sensitivity to magic has always been beyond that of ordinary people.

Anlesi, hands on her hips, said, "Isn't this just an evil, underworld-like dungeon expanding in the shadows, and we just happened to get dragged into it? What's there to discuss?"

This one sentence completely shattered her preconceived notions about the Zane Dungeon.

"Perhaps those Starfire cultists used some underhanded means to provoke Sain here, with the aim of dealing with us. Yes, this must be a conspiracy by the Sparkfire Church!"

Hervey would be overjoyed to hear this; what did he do to deserve having the Zane Dungeon brought to his side?

However, as soon as Anlesi said this, Holy Light Knight immediately echoed her:

"I've heard that the reason why the Zane Dungeon has expanded so rapidly is because of the Sparkfire Church's conspiracy."

"I think I heard someone say that Thane's tentacles extend to every place the Starfire Cult has been."

"Then its evil will descend upon the good, twisting their minds and causing them to develop Furious Rajang for Thane. The addictive nature of the Happiny is Thane's scheme!"

The Holy Light Knight spoke one after another, describing the Zane Dungeon as an evil god capable of memetic contamination.

It seems like there's no difference?

"You guys are being way too careless."

Jaina's lips twitched slightly. She pulled out a pair of sparkling glasses from somewhere, put them on, and said:

"What I meant was, what kind of changes will the appearance of this underground city bring to us and to the battle situation here? For example, should we occupy this place in advance? Should we send heavy troops to guard it? And will other forces come and get involved?"

Upon hearing this, everyone had a sudden flash of inspiration, clapped their hands, and said, "That's right, we also need to consider this issue!"

"Didn't any of you think about this before?!" Jaina was so shocked that her eyes stopped shining.

"Because we were busy looking for a way out, we didn't pay much attention to this."

"The main problem is that the Black Knight's oppressive presence is too strong, leaving no time to think about other issues."

The Holy Light Knight offered various reasons, some scratching their heads awkwardly, some touching their noses, some giving a wry smile, and some raising their eyebrows.

"Where did you guys get ADHD from?" Jaina gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, the urge to throw a punch was rising.

"This question doesn't require any thought at all."

At this moment, Anlesi suddenly said:

"Because this place will inevitably be occupied by us."

Her expression didn't change at all when she said those words, as if it were a matter of course.

"Didn't the Dark Moon Church send people to release Magic Curtain? As long as the Magic Curtain covers the sky, no rebels can survive. This place is now definitely ours."

By the way, the Magic Curtain is indeed a story.

Jaina nodded and didn't say anything more.

"Whatever anomalies have occurred in this underground city, that's not something we should be investigating right now. We just need to find a way out as soon as possible. We can leave all the investigation to others after the Magic Curtain is opened."

That makes sense, Jaina nodded.

Everything will be alright as long as the Dark Moon Church brings the Magic Curtain.

The Dark Moon Church, on par with the Holy Light Church, is one of the "Three Great Churches" that jointly rule the entire Ska Meron.

It is a large church that worships the ancient deity "Shadow Circle Goddess", commonly known as "Dark Moon Goddess".

Seventy percent of the followers of the Dark Moon Church are women, supposedly because the Dark Moon Goddess favors women and is much more likely to bestow blessings upon them than men.

They believe that the night is controlled by the Dark Moon Goddess, and everything that happens at night is the goddess's will. Even the shadow moon magic within the church will be more effective at night, and the effect will be further enhanced when the moon phase changes from waning to waxing.

Compared to the Holy Light Church, the magic of the Church of Shadows goes to two extremes: either it is so practical that it is excessively close to daily life, or it is such an extreme violence as Magic Curtain.

Therefore, the Magic Curtain over this battlefield will be set up by the Dark Moon Church.

Jaina's mind drifted to recent news about the Dark Moon Church, and a slightly embarrassed smile appeared on her lips.

Because the Dark Moon Church is currently in a somewhat unfavorable situation.

It's even worse than the Holy Light Church.

As for the reason, well, look, 70% of its followers are women, right?

The legendary traitor of Holy Light, Lady Beacon, who single-handedly instigated the internal strife within the Holy Light Church and led a large number of believers away under the guise of "freedom," was also a woman.

The wind Beacon of hope blew to the Dark Moon Church.

As a result, the Dark Moon Church fell into internal strife, which was far, far, far more serious than that of the Holy Light Church.

It even reached the point of near collapse, but fortunately the Archbishop intervened and managed to stabilize the Dark Moon Church.

However, after this incident, the Dark Moon Church was severely weakened and its size shrank considerably. If it weren't for the rebel army, they would probably be afraid that the other two major churches would wipe them out.

But if we're talking about which major church hates the rebels the most, it's definitely the Dark Moon Church.

After all, Beacon has lured away nearly a quarter of their believers with his heretical teachings! And that guy is also considered Rebel Army forces!

The Dark Moon Church is eager to annihilate all the Rebel Army, so it has mobilized all its forces and is currently deploying Magic Curtain across various battlefields.

"However, I seem to have heard that the Dark Moon Church targets Starfire believers in particular."

Jaina's database has everything.

Even before the Beacon lured away a large number of believers, the Dark Moon Church was already on the decline.

Moreover, it wasn't walking step by step; it was as if a huge iron ball was chasing it from behind, making it stride downhill.

As for when it will start its dramatic decline...

It all started when Gwyndolin, a god of the dark moon with a similar name, became very popular among adventurers.

God knows why there's a god in the Zane Dungeon whose name also has "Darkmoon" in it!

The Dark Moon Church initially wondered how their god could have an avatar in the Zane Dungeon, but after a thorough investigation, they discovered that the two were completely unrelated.

This is not the same god at all!

And that's when the Dark Moon Church's nightmare began.

When Gwyndolin began to gain notoriety, the Dark Moon Church's missionary work faced an unprecedented crisis.

Missionary A: "Hello, would you like to learn about our deity, our Goddess of the Shadow Circle?"

Adventurer A: "Huh? The Church of the Dark Moon God? It was established so quickly? If I convert, could you take me to sign the Dark Moon Blade Oath?"

Missionary A: "No, sir, we are not what you think."

Adventurer A: "That's all, goodbye."

Missionary B: "Come and pay homage to the statue of the Goddess of the Shadow Circle, and you will receive divine revelation!"

Adventurer B: "It's so crudely made. It doesn't even look half as good as the Gwyndolin posable sculpture made by the Bede Family."

An anonymous bystander. "Hey, did you manage to get one? I just ran to the store and it was sold out!"

Adventurer B (super proud): "It's the alternate color version, a limited edition worldwide! How about coming to my house for a look? My house is quite big."

A group of unknown people. "Great! Great!"

Missionary B: "Wait, come back!"

Missionary C: "Our Goddess of the Shadow Circle is... blah blah blah..."

Adventurer C: "Um, is your goddess also dressed as a woman? Is she pretty?"

Missionary C: "What the heck? This is a legitimate goddess!"

Adventurer C: (Sighs in disappointment and turns to leave)

Bystanders: (Sigh in disappointment and turn to leave)

Missionary C: "What's wrong with this world?"

In short, the Dark Moon Church's missionary work encountered unprecedented obstacles.

They never imagined that their goddess's beauty would become an obstacle to their missionary work.

This sculpting technique was clearly popular in the past, okay? What's wrong with people's aesthetic sense these days?!

From that point onward, the number of new believers plummeted to an almost unacceptable level.

The entire Dark Moon Church was furious about the creation of the Zane Dungeon in Gwyndolin.

The Sparkfire Church, which believed in Gwyn, was also targeted and resented.

I heard that many people from the Sparkfire Church are fighting on Anlesi's battlefield. The Dark Moon Church rushed over and wanted to wipe out these bastards with their Magic Curtain at any moment.

"Hmm, I'm starting to feel a little sorry for the Dark Moon Church."

Jaina muttered something to herself, then changed the subject.

"But Gwyndolin is really handsome."

If the Darkmoon Cult were here, they would be so angry they would vomit blood.

Just as she was engrossed in her database, a heavy thud came from the Northern Undead Asylum. The Asylum Demon had been killed by Anlesi and her group.

There's no need to worry about that. After all, if Anlesi and Caius can defeat the two Black Knights, then defeating the Asylum Demon is a sure thing.

The Fog Gate dissipated, revealing a path leading to the cliff with the giant bird's nest. The Holy Light Knight strode confidently onto the new path.

Then

"What should we do next?"

People stared blankly at the cliff where there was no road except for the Bird's Nest.