Nightingale had many reasons to refuse Goki—she was an Infected who would contract oripathy if touched, and a Sarkaz who 'knew nothing but stealing and killing.'
However, based on her understanding of Mr. Goki these past few days, Nightingale knew that these reasons wouldn't persuade Goki—if she truly didn't want to be held by him, she only needed to say so.
But... she felt that the current situation wasn't bad?
Although Nightingale usually appeared calm and composed, in reality, she was a child who had never seen the outside world.
Or, to be precise, she was just an ordinary girl.
Despite having a mission, she had been confined and bound in a cage, forced to provide healing to others and communicate with gods. After a somewhat desperate escape, she experienced a sense of novelty and security for the first time in Kazimierz.
And both of these feelings were given to her by Goki.
At Nona Margaret's home, Goki specifically renovated her and Shining's room. The soft bed and sets of cute and comfortable new clothes were things Nightingale had never owned in Kazdel.
Every time they returned home, Goki would prepare hot and delicious meals and bring her and Shining many souvenirs from Kazimierz, showing meticulous care in their daily lives.
Although the time they spent together each day was short, Nightingale always felt very happy when she was with Goki.
Of course, Shining had reminded Nightingale not to be deceived by a person's appearance, and that offering courtesies for no reason always had an ulterior motive—Nightingale was so cute, many people coveted her!
But Liz, on the other hand, felt that Mr. Goki was very safe.
Not just because of the Great One powers he possessed, which belonged to different attributes and came from different Domains, yet were all submissive, exceptionally docile, and completely suppressed.
But also because—Goki was equally caring towards every girl around him!
Whether it was Nona Skadi who was with him, or Nona Margaret, and her sister and aunt, as well as Nona Gravel and Nona Platinum who arrived later, Goki showed the same concern for all of them.
Even for Shining, who always kept everyone at a distance, maintained extreme vigilance towards everyone, was completely unwilling to socialize, and was exceptionally cold, Goki consistently maintained sufficient enthusiasm for her.
It was as if... Mr. Goki also knew, just like her, that Shining was a truly gentle person.
Since Goki was so caring towards everyone, then he definitely had no improper thoughts—he couldn't possibly like everyone, right! Impossible!
In short, Nightingale instinctively confirmed that Mr. Goki was a gentle person.
And through her 'power,' which she was not happy to possess, Nightingale knew that Mr. Goki... was a Hunter, feared by non-human beings.
In her vision, the dark tomb was filled with light like starlight, and shimmering stars floated around everyone, like a slowly moving celestial river.
However, near Mr. Goki, those'stars' seemed to fear him, constantly fleeing away from him.
And Goki's body emanated a mixed yet pure light—surging waves, jagged crystals, scorching flames, swirling stars, countless lights echoing each other, but ultimately merging into one under the soft moonlight.
That was indeed the power of a god, but it was not power obtained by praying to any god; rather, it was—power unique to Goki.
Nightingale had confirmed this the first time she saw Mr. Goki on the plains of Kazimierz.
"That calamity descending from the heavens, perhaps only you can subdue it."
Thinking of this, Nightingale turned her head and looked at the three women beside her—Skadi was spinning a Blade Storm, knocking away enemies, while Platinum was concentrating on suppressing fire, and Shining seemed to have opened a floodgate, continuously recounting the sins committed by the Confessariuss to Goki.
After confirming that no one was looking at her, Nightingale relaxed and curled her petite body, leaning against Goki's firm chest, gently bumping it with her curved black horn.
The Shining sword light cut through the darkness. The elegance in Shining's sword techniques gradually diminished, becoming more violent. No enemy could last more than a second before Shining.
"The Confessariuss began to frequently participate in political struggles. These people gradually started performing a large number of unethical human experiments. Liz became their tool for carrying Divine Power and communicating with gods... Their actions have already invited disaster, which is why I took Liz and left them."
Finally, the narrow corridor was nearing its end. According to traditional Kazimierz tomb design, ahead should be the main burial chamber.
After clearing the last enemy, the group arrived before a heavy stone door carved with a pegasus motif.
Above the door, starlight surged. A cultist whose arm had turned into a squid tentacle, who had just been kicked onto the stone door by Skadi, was instantly disintegrated into smoke by the crystalline light—clearly, there was extremely strong Spell protection on it.
Behind Goki, a Knight's sword glowed—it had an ancient scabbard and a brand new blade. It was the scabbard of the Knight King's sword and the longsword Margaret had lent him.
"And now, the allies of the Confessariuss are about to bring pure calamity into this world. I don't think I need to explain what kind of madness that is—Mr. Goki, Liz trusts you. Can I trust you?"
The rapier in her hand was reinserted into the scabbard disguised as a staff. Shining turned to look at Goki, bowing slightly. Golden light began to emanate from the gaps in the scabbard, seemingly building up power.
"You can always trust me... I will fight for you, my lady."
Goki smiled slightly—he seemed to have said this to quite a few girls already.
"Then—let us begin, everyone."
Nodding, Shining, who had kept a stern face for a month, uncharacteristically curved the corners of her mouth.
The next second, accompanied by a flash like a morning sunrise, or perhaps a twilight sunset, day and dusk were cut apart.
The starlight Spell instantly collapsed, and the heavy stone door, half a meter thick, was instantly sliced open, crashing inwards.
And then, everyone couldn't help but take a step back, looking at the massive space before them.
In the so-called 'main burial chamber,' there were no sarcophagi or decorations.
There was only a vast, empty space, roughly the size of a Knight Tournament arena.
"Well, well, last time we met, you weren't this big."
Looking at the center of this space, Goki couldn't help but grind his teeth.
There, an existence nearly a hundred meters long and wide, twisted and overgrown, like a giant squid, was bound to the ground by countless heavy silver chains, but most of them seemed to have been artificially severed.
And at the 'head' of this giant squid, a small figure, holding a longsword, had pinned it firmly in place.
This... was the fallen place of the Star God!
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