Su Yi leveled up, jumping straight from Level 8 to Level 11.
The whole damn thing came out of nowhere, and Su Yi was pissed.
He had planned to wait until Level 9, then hire a Player and buy one of their lives.
He would go to the labyrinth in the Dawn Mountains and find a Soul Crystal to use as an offering.
Then he would follow the Goddess of Black Cinders' path to Level 10.
Instead, he had suddenly leveled up for no apparent reason.
It felt like he had held out for ages during an intimate moment.
Just as he was finding the perfect position, someone interrupted him, and everything went limp.
He was left unsatisfied and thoroughly irritated.
Worse, whoever had interrupted him had noticed him.
Who the hell is cursing me?
As Su Yi wondered, he suddenly felt a strange connection tugging at him.
He turned and saw Molly gazing at him with bright, shining eyes full of gratitude and reverence.
Su Yi could have cried.
Is this the price of interfering with fate?
Because of his interference, Molly's fateful encounter had come two years early.
Her utterly pure gratitude and blessing had drawn the Stigmata Totem's gaze, awakening her Void Abyss Projection.
And when the Stigmata Totem looked down, it happened to spot Su Yi too. It had marked him in passing, staking its claim.
The Players nearby sensed something was wrong as well. Su Yi had suddenly gained three levels!
At the same time, they clearly felt a fluctuation of the Void Abyss coming from among the children.
They turned and saw Molly and Su Yi looking at each other from across the room.
Winter, privately: "?? What's going on!?"
Evil God: "When the Goddess is jerking you off, you need to concentrate... Shit,