Free Web Novel“What kind of messed-up scenario is this... all scrambled and chaotic.”
After ordering the pink-haired dwarf to leave on her own and go sleep in the monitoring room, Vieya could not help but rub her arms, no longer bothering to disguise her tone or behavior.
That girl was too cooperative.
So cooperative that even Vieya could hardly keep a straight face.
You’re the head of headquarters, why in the hell are you guiding someone who openly showed hostility?
Fence-sitter, aren’t you?
Pushing aside the confusion in her head, Vieya decided to focus her attention on the “All-Seeing Eye” replica before her.
Back in her days as a Hero, she had once visited the Tower of Knowledge, where she learned of the thirteen “impossible conjectures” circulating there.
One of those conjectures was closely tied to the “All-Seeing Eye.”
The “All-Seeing Eye” was a treasure left behind in ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ this land by some unknown deity, formed from thirteen gems, with a blood-red jewel at the center, the remaining twelve emeralds guarding it like ears of grain.
Once, it lay dormant within the “Twilight Ruins.” Four hundred years ago, the great scholar Alebe brought it back to the Royal Capital and activated it.
The moment it was activated, the “All-Seeing Eye” shattered into scattered form, leaving only the red jewel behind, while the twelve emeralds vanished.
Seven days after its activation, someone discovered a green jewel at the northern border city, Neringli, twenty thousand kilometers away from the Royal Capital.
Later, the remaining eleven emeralds were gradually found across different regions of the land. freewebnσvel.cѳm
Scholars eventually discovered, after extensive research, that the twelve emeralds all existed as subsidiary bodies bound to the red jewel in the Capital.
In their dispersed state, each carried a miraculous vision ability. They were gradually developed into rare devices for defending against demon infiltration.
But nothing in this world is perfect. In scattered form, the “All-Seeing Eye” no longer radiated the immense, casual energy it once held in its complete form.
Attempts to reunite them all had been made. Every single one failed.
Those people wasted centuries only to fail, so naturally Vieya, who had merely heard rumors, had no idea how to succeed.
Not knowing was fine, because it did not stop her from deceiving Hua Shiyu.
“...I am sorry. I lied.”
Sighing softly, Vieya walked deeper along the gallery.
At the end of the walkway stood a massive, tower-like glass container, within which floated a single emerald jewel, exuding a misty green glow.
Before the enormous transparent window, Vieya’s figure was as small as a grain of sand.
That grain of sand stood there in silence for a long time, as if both stunned and reminiscing.
Suddenly, Vieya moved.
She stripped off the long worker’s uniform, removed the cap pressed down over her head, and let moon-white hair spill free.
She shed the external disguise, and her green eyes met the emerald gem beyond the glass.
“I had not planned to seek you out just yet.”
Speaking to herself through the thick glass, Vieya’s voice was low.
“But my condition right now is really bad. The Hero’s Seal is still here, but full of cracks. I don’t dare squander its power. So many people no longer dare to trust me, so many old friends I can no longer go to for help...”
Her tone sank, and as she spoke she suddenly felt an absurd urge to laugh.
Once called the strongest Hero in the world, she had ended up like this. Back then, so many friends and companions had surrounded her. Now she did not even have a single person to confide in.
They always said a Hero should be as unyielding as iron. But no matter how hard the metal, once it reaches its fatigue point, it shatters like glass.
“Now I even have to use my little disciple, deceive that... junior sister, and then rely on some luck just to stand here in front of you.”
“Heh...”
Vieya chuckled twice. “Remember back when I was a Hero, whenever I lost a game and raged and cursed, someone would come comfort me, recommend a new game to distract me... And every time that happened, Flaviel would show up to mock me, saying I was weak, addicted, and couldn’t stand losing...”
“When she laughed at me, I’d fire back at her. If I pushed her too far, Flaviel would threaten to stop cooking for us for days. Heh, imagine that—a Demon King hiding among humans, but she ended up learning to cook, and even maxed out her culinary skill points...” ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
“We had no choice. Our whole Hero Squad, seven people including me, and not one of the six humans could cook. Only the Demon King could, and she mastered it. Isn’t that ridiculous?”
The bright chamber suddenly darkened. Vieya stopped talking and looked forward. At some point, shallow green ripples had appeared across the smooth floor.
A vague, glowing green silhouette quietly emerged behind her. Silent, it shed drop after drop of luminous green tears that slid down its face and splattered onto the ground.
As if guided by instinct, Vieya slowly turned her head. Seeing the familiar blurred green figure, a flood of sorrow surged through her like a tide.
“...I’m sorry. Today is your birthday, and I could not even bring a gift to see you...”
The glowing silhouette raised its hand, wanting to touch Vieya, but its hand passed straight through her body, touching nothing.
It froze.
“Brother Ye... you... you are still alive?”
“No, no, that’s wrong.”
The hazy figure stared at Vieya, examining closely, shaking its head again and again. “No, no, you are not Brother Ye! I must report! Report to Sister Red, there is a monster intruder!”
“Xiao Lü!”
