The Villain’s Cheat Code: When a Gamer Becomes the Evil God’s Sidekick-Chapter 381: Fan Behavior, Idol Pays the Price
A chill like the northern winds crept up Mikaela's spine.
She looked up, staring at Gwen who sat atop her steed with an icy expression, and froze in place.
"Is she... also a Divine Envoy?"
Mikaela's curious and confused "gaze" circled around Gwen several times.
Despite her blindfolded eyes, she moved about like someone with perfect vision.
From one spot to another, she carefully examined Gwen.
The silver armor gleamed brilliantly in the sunlight as Gwen sat on horseback with a serious and detached demeanor, allowing Mikaela to scrutinize her freely.
After a lengthy examination, Mikaela felt utterly bewildered by this extraordinarily cold female knight.
"This is... too strange," she muttered.
The noble knight before her was simply too cold.
Too cold to resemble a normal person.
It was as if all her emotions had been completely drained away.
She resembled an emotionless statue, unmoved by anything happening around her.
What puzzled Mikaela most was that she couldn't sense any divine power emanating from Gwen.
As a Divine Envoy, she should possess divine power.
The nature of that power would indicate which deity she represented as an earthly messenger.
Now, unable to sense Gwen's divine power, Mikaela couldn't even determine which deity Gwen served.
Mikaela turned to Viktor and asked:
"Has she lost her emotions?"
Viktor calmly replied:
"As you can see."
Mikaela fell silent.
For a Divine Envoy to walk among humans, the key requirement is high compatibility with their deity.
Personality, power, understanding of the mortal realm...
Everything must align closely.
Like Mikaela herself, who, though not 100% identical to the Goddess of Abundance, shared nearly 80% of her traits.
Yet Gwen had not a trace of divine power, but Viktor claimed she was a Divine Envoy just like her.
Mikaela pondered silently for a moment.
What kind of deity would require a person to become so cold, completely devoid of emotion?
But soon, an answer materialized in her mind.
Mikaela clapped her hands and asked with sudden realization:
"The Goddess of Justice?"
Viktor nodded.
When Mikaela heard her guess confirmed, her throat suddenly felt constricted.
She suddenly didn't know what to say.
Why did Mikaela react this way?
Because the church of the Goddess of Justice was almost a complete adversary to other deity churches.
When the gods abandoned the human world, disappointed by mankind, only the Goddess of Justice remained steadfast in the mortal realm.
The Goddess of Justice still wanted to believe in humanity, which led people to hold her in much higher regard than other deities.
It developed to the point where people's worship of the Goddess of Justice far surpassed that of other gods.
Undeniably, this action by the Goddess of Justice caused followers of other gods to feel profound disappointment in their own deities.
The gods left, while she remained.
In that era, followers sought deities primarily for protection.
When the gods abandoned the human world, followers of other deities flocked to the Goddess of Justice, abandoning their original beliefs.
After all, since other deities had departed, what purpose was there for these protection-seeking followers to continue worshiping them?
Only those like Mikaela, who possessed divine power and closely resembled their goddess, could continue leading some followers to faithfully worship their former deities.
However, because of this, Mikaela harbored no particular fondness for the Goddess of Justice.
Fan behavior, idol pays the price.
So, she directly asked Viktor:
"So... what is her relationship with you?"
"My fiancée."
Understood. Better not mess with her.
Hearing this, Mikaela immediately shifted her attitude.
The furrowed brow that had tightened at the mention of the Goddess of Justice relaxed, and her entire demeanor became more serious and enthusiastic:
"A deity without emotions—I could only think of the Goddess of Justice."
Because any emotion would compromise the goddess's just judgment,
And fairness is the fundamental tenet of executing justice.
Therefore, the Goddess of Justice severed all her emotions, becoming an absolute judging machine.
Fair, selfless, and utterly without feeling.
And when this situation persisted, something even more terrifying unfolded.
As the followers of the Goddess of Justice grew in number, they began developing an extreme and distorted ideology:
The absolute justice upheld by the Goddess of Justice was the only truth in this world.
When they discovered someone slandering the Goddess of Justice, or someone whose actions violated justice,
They would unhesitatingly resort to violence to defend their faith.
Over time, to avoid becoming targets of attack, more and more people were forced to join their church.
As the saying goes, in a large forest, all kinds of birds can be found.
The followers gradually became fanatically obsessive, using various extreme forms of justice to judge humanity.
This situation spread like a plague—once ignited, it rapidly transmitted among the faithful.
Eventually, it infected the entire church and even influenced the governance of various nations, sparking waves of war.
The Goddess of Justice existed in the world precisely because she didn't want to see war.
When war once again engulfed the world, even she became thoroughly disappointed in humanity and abandoned the mortal realm.
The goddess's departure finally brought some rationality to those extreme followers, and the church of the Goddess of Justice was no longer as populous as before.
During the period after the goddess left, various countries finally began expanding their territories, forming the ruling powers seen today.
However, fanatical followers still exist to this day, a fact Mikaela knows all too well.
Those self-proclaimed "Goddess Followers"—these cult members—in order to bring about the goddess's return, even transformed themselves into pure consciousness collectives.
Thousands upon thousands of cult members gave up their humanity, abandoned their physical bodies, gathering their consciousness together.
They transformed into that distorted, writhing black flesh, solely so that life could attain eternity, persisting until the day the goddess returns.
They became just like the Goddess of Justice, abandoning all emotions, existing only to realize absolute justice.
Even though they themselves had twisted into black, writhing, foul-smelling flesh full of terrifying tentacles, they never surrendered their cause.
In short, Mikaela knew how revolting those obsessive cult members were.
She had thought the Divine Envoy of the Goddess of Justice would be some kind of distorted monster, but now seeing Gwen:
"So she's just a normal woman after all."
But now, Mikaela couldn't comprehend the situation.
At first, she thought Viktor could invoke the Goddess of Abundance because he was someone favored by the Goddess of Abundance.
For this, she was even willing to offer her body to him.
But now even the Goddess of Justice had taken a liking to Viktor?
How many goddesses had he seduced?
But this question couldn't be asked, so Mikaela could only pose the most serious question:
"Her personality indeed aligns with the goddess, but what about her divine power?"
This was the key issue.
Which Divine Envoy would worship a deity for their terrible personality?
Originally, they became willing earthly messengers of the deities for the divine power of the gods.
No power?
Then what's the point of worshiping you?
Viktor was silent for a moment, then said:
"She had it before, but it disappeared later."
The manifestation of the Goddess of Justice's divine power was the Heart of Justice.
However, to use the Heart of Justice, one must be like the goddess, abandoning emotions and viewing justice with the most impartial attitude.
But ever since Gwen told a lie for Viktor's sake for the first time,
Her Heart of Justice ceased to function.
Hearing this, Mikaela fell into deep thought: "Without divine power, she still takes on this form?"
"Honestly, this confuses me."
Even though the divine power no longer existed, she could still be forcibly summoned by the deity, inheriting that bizarre, extreme pathological personality.
Mikaela asked again:
"Haven't those obsessive followers of the Goddess of Justice come looking for her?"
Saying this, Mikaela began to mutter to herself.
If Gwen was truly connected to the Goddess of Justice, even being her Divine Envoy,
How could those fanatics who only hoped for the goddess's return possibly give up on Gwen?
Perhaps, even Gwen's current condition was orchestrated by those cult followers.
However, considering that the Carensia Empire did not allow the existence of any faith,
Those followers might not have any way to find Gwen.
Viktor calmly replied:
"On the train when we left the empire to visit the kingdom, a hundred thousand cult members came after us."
He raised his head, his gaze firmly locked on Gwen.
"In the end, they were all killed by Gwen."
This unexpected answer filled Mikaela with solemn respect.
Who could have imagined that Gwen, as the Divine Envoy of the Goddess of Justice, would kill the followers of the Goddess of Justice?
Showing no mercy even to her own people?
The Gwen before her truly inherited the extreme just personality of the Goddess of Justice.
Perhaps Gwen did not voluntarily become a Divine Envoy, turning to worship the Goddess of Justice.
She might have been forced to become a Divine Envoy through some means, obtaining part of the divine power, and inheriting the cold and harsh personality of the Goddess of Justice.
And Viktor's purpose was to help his fiancée break free from this constraint and return to normal.
Guessing Viktor's purpose, Mikaela clasped her hands together and bowed slightly to Viktor with respect.
"If this is Viktor's request, then I will do my best."
As her words fell, divine power arose from Mikaela's body.
Golden light spread across the grass beneath her, forming a vast sea of radiance.
Golden energy transformed into countless maple leaves swirling in the high sky, the dazzling light bathing the entire prairie in a layer of ethereal gauze.
It was as if a far-reaching melody of abundance had been stirred up on this vast grassland.
At this moment, Mikaela removed the veil covering her eyes and slowly raised her eyelids.
Those pupils flowed with mysterious and radiant nebula-like energy,
The intertwined heavy auras shimmered together, deep and luminous.
Heavenly light descended from above, a bright radiance shining upon the three of them.
Mikaela raised her head, with that gentle smile, opened her eyes to look at the sky.
The flowing nebula of brilliant light merged with the sunlight, golden splendor pouring down on Mikaela.
"The power of abundance shall rise from the flourishing human world, transforming colorful golden light into gentle caressing sounds."
"May the deity hear my call and bestow blessings upon those who seek mercy in misfortune."
With her series of far-reaching chants, something profound began to stir.
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Chapter 381: Fan Behavior, Idol Pays the Price
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