Chapter 369

As the Goddess of Evil and Chaos, the Evil Goddess Lilith's authority allowed her to ignore any conditions and directly make others lose their minds, go berserk, and fall into madness.

It seemed to be a kind of mental domination authority, but in fact, it was a kind of soul infiltration ability. It could not be mentioned in the same breath as general mental domination.

In other words, Lilith's evil energy did not interfere with the mind or affect the hearts of living beings. Instead, it directly penetrated the soul and injected evil and chaotic "poison" into it.

Even the Goddess of Life might not be able to save those who were afflicted with this "poison", which was why the ancient gods and demons were helpless. In the end, the Protoss could only seal the Evil Goddess Lilith and all the living beings who had gone berserk, returning peace to the world.

Under such circumstances, Maffey did not expect that she would be cured by Shien.

"Don't look at me like that."

Seeing that Maffey was looking at him in shock, Shien curled his lips.

"I can save you only because you haven't gone berserk. I can't save any of the ancient living beings here."

This was the truth.

Although the effect of [Star's Breath] was very strong and was known as an almost omnipotent Legendary-level recovery magic, it was undoubtedly a bit too much to use it to deal with the authority of the strongest Evil Goddess.

People like Maffey, who had not gone berserk yet or had just gone berserk, could still be saved for the time being. However, if it was those living beings who had gone berserk for too long and had even lost their self-consciousness, then Shien would be completely helpless.

Otherwise, Shien would not have freed those ancient living beings just now.

"… Thank you."

Maffey was silent for a moment, and then she thanked Shien for the time being.

"Thank you?" Shien raised an eyebrow and said with a faint smile, "I kidnapped your Holy Lady. This situation definitely happened because of me, and you're actually thanking me?"

Wasn't that right?

The seal of the Evil Goddess Lilith was loosened because of Shien, allowing the evil energy to escape and allowing these ancient living beings to break free from the seal and come to the outside world.

Looking at Maffey's current appearance, it was likely that the Orc Priests guarding the temple had already gone berserk due to the influence of the evil energy.

In addition, Shien had also kidnapped Elyse, so these Orc Priests should hate him to the core, right?

Therefore, although Shien saved Maffey, he was already mentally prepared to be held accountable by her.

Who would have thought …

"… These evil energy and evil beings did not escape because the seal was loosened."

Maffey was silent for a while. Then, she gritted her teeth and said bitterly.

"It didn't escape because the seal was loosened?" Sean was slightly stunned. He immediately frowned and looked at Maffey. "What do you mean?"

The meaning was very simple.

"The reason why the evil aura and evil beings came out is because of the Old Demon Sect." Maffey took a deep breath and said, "It was the old demons who interfered with the seal, which resulted in the evil god Lilith not breaking the seal. The evil aura leaked out first, and the evil beings were released into the outside world."

Muffy then told Sean the whole story.

It turned out that when Sean took Elise away and the Orc priests were in a terrible fix, the old demon faction that had attacked them previously appeared again.

This time, they did not invade with great fanfare. Instead, they took advantage of the fact that the Orc Priests were worried about Elyse to sneak into the Darkness Shrine and come into contact with the seal of the Evil Goddess Lilith.

"Their goal should be to free the Evil Goddess Lilith, but they don't seem to be able to break the seal directly like you can. They can only interfere with the seal and slowly break it."

Maffey looked at Shien and said.

"So, in order to occupy the Darkness Shrine and slowly remove the seal, the Old Demons sent people to release the evil energy and evil beings in the seal.

"They want to use the power of the evil energy and evil beings to eliminate anyone who intends to approach or stay near the shrine.

"We discovered this, but it was already a step too late. We couldn't attack the shrine in time to take it back, and we were attacked by evil beings. Hence, we were separated."

At this point, Maffey could not help but look worried.

She was worried about her companions and did not know how they were doing now.

Shien could guess that the Orc Priests were either affected by the evil energy and began to go berserk like Maffey just now, or they were attacked by evil beings. It was very likely that they were dead.

"Where's the Holy Lady?"

Maffey suppressed the worry in her heart and stared at Shien.

"Please return Lady Elyse to us."

When saying this, Maffey's tone already had a hint of pleading.

At this point, she could only hope that Sean could be merciful and return the Saintess, whom they regarded as the meaning of their lives.

Shien sighed and shrugged.

"Unfortunately, Elyse is not here with me now." Shien told Maffey the truth. "After discovering the evil energy, the Holy Lady rushed out like crazy, and I chased her here."

"What?" Maffey's eyes widened, and she hurriedly said, "In other words, Lady Elyse …!?"

"That's right." Shien nodded, and said straightforwardly, "It's very likely that she has already run here, or even entered the shrine, and come into contact with the people of the Old Demons."

Hearing this, Maffey suddenly turned around and rushed in the direction of the shrine as fast as she could.

However, Maffey had just rushed a short distance when a hand pulled her back.

"Let go of me!"

Maffey struggled and glared at Shien.

"Calm down, little girl." Shien grabbed the back of Maffey's collar without changing his expression. "Let's not talk about whether it's possible for you to break into the shrine guarded by the Old Demons first. Let's talk about the evil creatures everywhere and the evil energy that permeates here all the time. Aren't you afraid that you'll go crazy before you reach the shrine?"

Being in this evil energy, ordinary people would definitely not be able to effectively resist it. They would soon be affected and fall into a state of madness.

Maffey was still alive and kicking. On one hand, her level was not low. She was only one step away from level 90, and her resistance to abnormal statuses was more or less higher than ordinary people. On the other hand, the evil goddess Lilith had not completely broken free from the seal. The evil energy that was released now was only a small part of her authority, and the effect was not very strong.

Yes, the evil energy that was released now was just the remnant of the authority of the evil goddess Lilith before she was sealed.

Ai Yi had also said that before she was sealed, the evil energy of the evil goddess Lilith had already permeated the land and even shrouded a continent. Presumably, this evil energy was something from that time. Like the evil creatures, it was sealed in the shrine by the Protoss.

After nearly ten thousand years of sealing, the demonic aura had already been weakened by who knew how much.

If it was the evil goddess Lilith herself who released the evil energy, the entire Sterling territory would have been shrouded in it. Everyone would instantly fall into madness and be unable to save themselves.

Sean had a feeling that something was off.

I feel that I don't need to be afraid of the authority that the evil goddess Lilith personally released …

Although he did not know why he felt this way, Shien knew that others definitely could not be like him.

It was the same for Maffey.

"You can still barely maintain your sanity now, but if you stay here for too long, or get close to the shrine that is the center of the evil energy, you'll probably be finished."

Although Shien said so, he did not dissuade Maffey at all.

"That's all the more reason I should go!" Maffey said loudly. "The shrine is so dangerous. If Lady Elise goes there, she'll definitely …!?"

"Definitely what?" Shien interrupted Maffey and sneered. "Definitely something will happen? Then you're underestimating the messenger of the Goddess of Life too much. "

That sentence made Maffey regain some of her calmness.

"Do you understand?" Shien said. "You priests are different. The Saintess has indeed received the protection of the Goddess of Life. Even without the blessing of the Goddess of Life, she can use the power of the Goddess of Life to protect herself from being affected by the evil energy."

With that said, Shien let go of Maffey.

"As long as she is not directly discovered by the Old Demons or attacked by evil creatures, nothing will happen to Elise. And she seems to be able to use the power of the Goddess of Life to spy on something. It won't be difficult to avoid the evil creatures and the spies of the Old Demons."

Shien said confidently.

"Now, the situation of the Saintess is probably much better than yours. You should worry about yourselves first, then worry about her."

Listening to Shien's words, Maffey calmed down and fell into deep thought.

Shien could not help but sigh in his heart.

Originally, according to his character, he would not waste so much time talking to a group of people who might not even be his own people.

But there was no other way. This disaster was most likely caused by him. Shien could not just leave because he was afraid.

Although, even without him, with the purpose of the Old Demons and the mysterious mastermind behind the scenes, there was a high probability that they would unlock the seal in the shrine and cause all of this. But that was only the outcome.

In fact, it was Shien himself who loosened the seal on the evil goddess Lilith, not anyone else. Shien knew this.

In that case, he naturally had to bear the responsibility for the disaster he caused.

"I really want to find someone to take the blame like before."

Shien missed the free and unfettered days in the past.

Unfortunately, this was obviously something that could not be helped.

Hence …

"Let's go."

Shien said to Maffey.

"Lead the way."