"Yes!"
"It's me!"
"You... hello, Mr. Yuki, I'm Lilis."
"V-very pleased to meet you!"
The flustered Lilis snapped back to reality, her words tumbling out a bit incoherently.
Yuki simply smiled gently, putting her at ease. "Relax, no need to be so nervous! I'm not some man-eating monster."
"Uh... I'm sorry!" Realizing her excessive nervousness, Lilis's cheeks flushed. Her heart pounded rapidly as she quickly bowed her head in apology.
Yuki waved a hand dismissively, indicating it was fine. His refined and approachable demeanor made Lilis feel a sense of closeness, and she gradually relaxed.
"Mr. Yuki, is... is what's happening around us your doing?" Lilis then asked about the frozen state of everything.
Yuki nodded in confirmation. "It's me. If I were to simply appear from a portal, it would likely cause quite a commotion. To avoid that trouble, I just stopped time in this world."
Hearing his explanation, Lilis understood.
"But you don't need to be so formal with honorifics. We're all in the same chat group, just call me by my name." Yuki said with a warm smile.
Lilis nodded gently. Silently, she recalled what Saeko Busujima had said earlier, Yuki really was easy to get along with. This couldn't help but make her fondness and admiration for him grow even stronger.
Then, with a casual snap of his fingers, Yuki released the time stop and took a seat opposite Lilis.
Watching everything return to normal, Lilis couldn't help but marvel at the sheer power Yuki possessed. Freezing time with a mere gesture—a miracle she had never even witnessed from the god she once believed in. Perhaps a title like "Supreme God" was only truly fitting for someone like Yuki.
Yuki paid no mind to Lilis's internal reflections. His gaze pierced through the void, traversing the reality of this world to reach a certain non-existent realm. He saw the beings this world called "gods" (Truth and Illusion), watched them tremble in fear, saw them desperately "rolling dice" in an attempt to interfere with reality.
Yet it was all in vain. The moment Yuki arrived in this world, their authority to influence reality—their "Dice"—had already been rendered null and void.
Stripped of their power to meddle, they scratched their heads in frustration, a mix of anger and helplessness. Some even abandoned the "dice" method entirely, attempting to descend and intervene directly in reality.
However, these so-called "gods" turned to dust the instant they tried to descend, before they could even manifest.
It took nothing more than a thought from Yuki to enact "Judgment" upon countless "gods." This instilled such fear in the remaining deities that none dared harbor any further notions.
Yuki smiled faintly, withdrew his gaze, and looked at Lilis. Noticing his attention, Lilis's heart tightened slightly, and she quickly steered the conversation.
"Yuki... what do you plan to do?" Lilis asked about his approach to dealing with the goblins.
"Naturally, to wipe out all the goblins in this world. Such creatures shouldn't be allowed to exist." Yuki stated calmly.
"I agree!" Lilis nodded firmly. The thought of goblins was a nightmare for women like her. She couldn't bear to imagine the horrors inflicted upon the women captured and violated by them in the past. Their complete eradication was the only acceptable outcome.
Seeing the resolve in her eyes, Yuki offered a light smile. He then said softly, "The gods of your world are quite interesting. The moment I arrived, their dice stopped working. Some, in their frustrated rage, even tried to intervene in reality directly."
"What?! Their divine dignity is only that much?" Lilis's expression showed both shock and disbelief. The gods' behavior was beyond her comprehension.
But on second thought, it made sense. If you were playing a game of chess and a piece suddenly appeared that you couldn't control, you'd naturally want to remove it. And Yuki wasn't just a piece; he was more like someone who had walked in and flipped the entire board over. Their anger was understandable.
"So... those gods, have they descended into the world already?" Lilis asked the crucial question, nervously glancing around.
Seeing this, Yuki chuckled softly.
"No need to be nervous. They were annihilated before they could even descend. Now, those 'gods' are just huddling somewhere, trembling, not daring to make a single move."
Yuki's arrival had effectively flipped the game board. Since the board was overturned, there was no more game to play. From that moment on, the divine dice had lost their power. Moreover, Yuki had altered the rules of reality itself, severing the link between the gods' dice and their ability to influence the world.
Now, they had completely lost their control over the "board," reduced from players to mere spectators.
Hearing that Yuki had effortlessly eliminated countless deities in the span of their conversation, Lilis once again witnessed the sheer magnitude of his power. A certain thought within her grew even more potent, quietly taking shape.
During their talk, Yuki also revealed to Lilis that goblins in this world weren't solely born through reproduction. This world operated on rules akin to a game's monster-spawning mechanics, randomly generating goblins. This was why, even if every single goblin were wiped out, they would eventually reappear.
It was precisely this mechanism that led to the goblins' vast numbers and seemingly endless population.
When Lilis heard this, she was rendered speechless with shock. She could never have imagined such a rule existed in her world. It was utterly vile—effectively making it impossible to ever truly eradicate goblins! And she had no doubt who was behind such a rule: the gods of this world.
This malicious design sparked a genuine feeling of disgust towards these deities in Lilis for the very first time—an emotion she hadn't even felt upon learning about the divine dice.
As the two conversed, Lilis's teammates returned to gather. Seeing Yuki sitting with her, the four were initially taken aback by his appearance, then greeted him and asked Lilis about him.
While Lilis was still hesitating over how to respond, Yuki spoke up first. He straightforwardly introduced himself as Lilis's friend and expressed his intention to accompany their party to the goblin nest.
Hearing that Yuki wanted to join their mission, the four found it a bit odd, but since he was Lilis's friend, they didn't question it and allowed him to come along.
Thus, Yuki and Lilis set out with the party towards the goblin nest.
On the way, Lilis moved closer to Yuki and quietly asked him about the situation at their target destination. Given his power, she assumed he already knew everything about the enemy.
And indeed, Yuki did. He told her that the nest contained one Goblin Lord, three Goblin Champions, and over a thousand ordinary goblins.
Upon hearing this, Lilis felt as if struck by lightning. She never could have imagined that this seemingly simple mission involved a Goblin Lord with power equivalent to a Platinum-ranked adventurer! Without Yuki's presence, a total party wipe would have been inevitable.
The thought filled her with both terror and profound relief.
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