"Wifey! You saved my life!"
The player dropped to one knee without hesitation and shouted at Ilyena at the top of his lungs:
"Say no more! There's no way I can repay such a kindness, so all I can offer is myself!"
At those words, the players, who had still been reeling in shock, instantly lost it over his shameless flirting.
"Holy shit! You shameless bastard!"
Lu Ziye hooked an arm around his neck from behind and cursed him out:
"She just dragged you back from death's door, and the first thing you do is repay her kindness with cruelty?"
Another player spat beside them. "Exactly! Who gave you the right to call her wifey? Everyone, spit on him!"
"Piss off! Sister Nun belongs to everyone!"
"Ilyena is so beautiful! Boohoo, and she's so kind, too! She actually came out of town herself to meet us!"
"Now that's a true Wasteland White Moonlight! You bastard devs, I forgive you for designing those disgusting bugs!"
The gloomy, solemn atmosphere dissolved completely amid the players' goofy laughter.
Ilyena watched these esteemed Apostles, who had been trembling with fear one second and were at each other's throats the next.
A trace of helplessness flickered in her amber eyes before she let out a soft laugh as sweet as silver bells.
Ilyena walked slowly up to them and explained in the gentlest voice she could manage:
"Warriors, there is no need to be so alarmed."
"Those foul Pale Mites are, in essence, products of the Abyss."
"And the compassionate divine power bestowed upon us by the Madonna is the natural bane of such abyssal filth."
Ilyena paused, thoughtfully giving the players an in-game "mechanics tutorial":
"The Madonna's power of compassion possesses a purity capable of cleansing all sin."
"If, during your future adventures in