Just as the Hero had to defeat countless minions before facing the Demon King, Greg had assumed he would not encounter these Outer Gods until he reached the very bottom. Yet here he was, running into one already!
He had no idea how powerful she actually was, but Nightmare had said that next to beings like these, even the Demon King was just some roadside nobody. That meant they were far stronger than the final boss of the original story, the Demon King!
"The Goddess of Night, Nightmare, and I are sworn enemies!"
Greg immediately declared this, his survival instincts kicking into overdrive.
Last time, Hachimi told me seeing this hallucination wasn't a big deal, but things are obviously a huge deal now!
He stared fixedly at the red-haired girl's back, his heart pounding in his chest as he waited for her reaction. Perhaps a single glance would crush him, or a mere thought would send him sinking to the bottom of the lake.
Yet nothing happened.
The red-haired girl continued standing there quietly, her back a picture of loneliness.
Only the blood-colored lake water continued its steady, unhurried motion.
"She didn't attack right away. Does that mean... we can still talk?"
Greg forced his pounding heart under control, swallowed, and cautiously spoke again:
"Um... great, noble, supreme Lady Broken Mother? Look, I'm just a tiny little human who wandered in here by mistake. I absolutely, absolutely meant you no offense! That stinking cat and I... ah, no, that evil Goddess of Night, Nightmare, and I are like fire and water. Our opposition is a matter of principle! There might be a little of her aura on me, but even if you're settling scores, you wouldn't take it out on me, right?"
He paused, then continued:
"So... could you do