It was the voice of a woman.
“Who is it?” Alex turned around immediately, but he saw nobody around him.
He was the only one within this boundary. However, he was certain that someone was actually behind him, talking. According to how the voice sounded, it was a young lady with a raspy voice. It even sounded rather familiar… He had most likely heard it somewhere in the past.
‘Could I have been hallucinating?’
Alex walked around, even using his divine eye to search his surroundings. Even then, he didn’t notice any other person around this place. Just as he was about to open up the boundary to leave, he felt a warm tickle at the back of his neck… It felt like someone was standing right behind him, blowing on his neck. It was a bone-chilling sensation.
“Who’s there?”
“Come out, right now.”
“Why are you hiding? Are you that sloppy?”
Just then, the person spoke once again, still behind him. “Hmph! I wondered how powerful you had to be to substitute the seed’s status. It turns out you couldn’t even find me, even when I was standing in front of you just now. How disappointing.”
A shadow appeared in front of Alex and slowly turned into a woman.
“The goddess?!” Alex was shocked.
The woman in front of him looked just like the statue within the Yukon Palace, the only difference being size, as she was currently the size of an average human. However, the goddess did indeed look the part. Even though the statue itself was already quite beautiful and realistic, her real self was more perfect… Even calling her a beauty would be an insult.
“No, when did I ever say that? Don’t put words in my mouth. I wasn’t even talking about you. If you really look like how you are now, then you’re definitely not ugly. But well… Your current state is just too odd to determine that.”
“You’re not human, nor are you a spirit. You can change your looks by will too. Who knows what you actually look like? Uhm… Are you getting angry? Don’t tell me, you’re actually ugh… Not that pretty? It’s okay. I don’t judge people by their looks. I wouldn’t say you’re ugly even if you really are. I have basic manners, you know?”
The woman felt like she was going mad. No one would be happy to hear such words, after all.
“Hold on!” Alex suddenly remembered the main issue here. “Did you just say that you let go of Underwood and his eight servants? Why did you do that? Didn’t you say you’d let us compete on our own?”
“You said it was up to destiny to decide who could become the seed! Yet, now, you, the judge, are helping one of the competitors cheat! I already trapped him, and that would be the end of the competition!”
The woman’s expressions had turned as dark as charcoal.
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