Infinite Paradise
Chapter 51 - 41 Do you believe in moonlight?

Chapter 51: 41 Do you believe in moonlight?

Elizabeth knew that her power had not fully recovered to its peak state, and even the eye that Le Cheng had blinded was not restored because she wanted to conserve more energy. But she never expected that the door would be so sturdy. Could this thing really be destroyed?

Swoosh!

While Elizabeth was stunned, a hand reached from behind, grabbed her neck and swept her backwards. The next moment, numerous tentacles pierced the position where Elizabeth had been moments before. As these tentacles turned to attack again, Le Cheng had already taken Elizabeth into the Shadow.

Shadow Step, a twenty-second cooldown and a five-second duration.

While entering the Shadow did not mean invulnerability and it was still possible to be hit by massive area attacks or targeted by specific abilities, the mere limbs of demons were obviously not included in this.

Moreover, Elizabeth was ultimately a Spiritual Body, her body weightless, so carrying her did not affect Le Cheng’s speed in the Shadow. Five seconds later, he managed to escape the encirclement with Elizabeth. The demon’s limbs did not pursue them and instead gathered tightly around the coffin lid, guarding against any enemies that could threaten it.

"It seems there are no devils."

Le Cheng stood in a relatively safe area, scanning the visible monsters around him, feeling regretful that, aside from the devil’s limbs, there seemed to be no presence of the devil itself.

Could it be that all of them were killed by Elizabeth?

It was possible.

When Elizabeth was controlled by the brain monster, she wasn’t completely powerless, and in fact, she was even more ferocious at this time. The clash of two wills led her to attack everything indiscriminately, possibly killing off the other devils.

What a pity, there’s no way to earn points now!

Le Cheng knew that he could only hope for Elizabeth to complete the mission.

"Stand up, Elizabeth!"

At this moment, Elizabeth was like many ordinary people who struggled all their lives and still ended up unaccomplished, realizing only at the very end that this was all there was to their lives, devoid of the fighting spirit she had before, her expression numb like a dying salted fish.

But her reaction was undeniably real.

When does a warrior become numb?

When they see no hope.

When No.1 was sacrificed, No.2 didn’t break down; when No.2 was sacrificed, Elizabeth didn’t break down, because they knew that death was not the end. Even if they were killed by the devil time and again, they could always start over. But when Elizabeth realized their efforts and struggles were meaningless, their power unable to destroy that door, and no matter how long they fought, they could never stop the devil’s invasion or free those suffering souls... When she realized this was a battle without hope, her fighting spirit naturally crumbled.

However, hearing Le Cheng calling her name, she still subconsciously raised her head.

"Hmm?"

"At a time like this, according to cliché plots, I should ideally give you a friendship slap to rejuvenate your spirits, but given the overwhelming difference in strength, that kind of toxic pep talk is meaningless. So let’s skip that part, Elizabeth, you have only one choice now..." Le Cheng extended his left hand towards her, "Make a contract with me, become a Magic Girl."

"Ah?" Elizabeth blinked in confusion.

"What? Don’t like the term Magic Girl? Then let’s try another—Servant, Envoy Demon, Stand, Back Spirit, Guardian Soul... There must be one that suits you."

Elizabeth blinked again, unable to comprehend what Le Cheng meant, but her gaze followed his down to the strange mark on the back of his hand. Suddenly, an idea struck her, "Do you mean if I make a contract with you, I can destroy that door?"

Le Cheng smirked, beginning to embellish, "Little sister, think bigger and look farther. What’s a mere door? Follow me, and I’ll lead you to thrash the master behind the devil."

"...Okay!"

Hesitating for barely a second, Elizabeth reached out her hand and placed it on the back of Le Cheng’s hand with a slap. "As long as you can help me destroy that door, I will make a contract with you. What do I need to do?"

"Close your eyes, listen to Gaia’s voice, let Mother Gaia cover you."

Gaia?

Elizabeth closed her eyes, pondering who this Gaia could be, then she heard a strange yet gentle voice in her mind.

"I am Gaia... from now on, I will cover you."

?

Elizabeth felt something was off; this being called Gaia seemed to be imitating Le Cheng, but that voice flowed gently over her body like spring water, instantly healing her weary body and mind, especially a warm current arising in her left eye... She subconsciously touched it and found the eye that Le Cheng had blinded had returned to normal, yet it seemed different from before.

She opened her void, created a mirror image, and looked at herself in the mirror. She was stunned.

She saw her left eye now shimmered a golden color, bursting with vitality amidst the golden light.

Snap!

Le Cheng suddenly slapped his thigh, pointing at her heterochromatic pupils, excitedly exclaimed, "Look look, you still say you’re not Crazy 3, now your true form is completely revealed!"

"..."

Elizabeth was confused, she didn’t know why this was happening, and besides, where would a Spirit of Madness get Life Force from?

"Roar——"

At the same time, the claws of the demons suddenly began to stir, especially those monsters closer to the two, seemingly sensing some ominous signs, instinctively retreating backwards.

Le Cheng turned his head and smiled, "Oh, I almost forgot about you guys, so next..."

He rolled up his sleeves, raised his left hand to his chest, and clasped his fist, making the Deputy Mark on the back of his hand even clearer.

"... then let me exercise the authority of the gods."

Buzz——

The Deputy Mark burst into brilliant light, forming one white ribbon after another, converging under his feet, slowly lifting his body upwards.

"Roar!!!"

Almost at the same time, a fierce roar vibrated throughout the space, Elizabeth turned her head and saw an immensely huge body emerge from that black door, showing just a small part of its body, and that terrifying size sent shivers down one’s spine.

"What is this...?!"

Elizabeth gasped, is this also a demon?

She swore, even if all the demons they had destroyed before were added together, they would not be as terrifying as the one in the door.

However, Le Cheng just lightly laughed, the Great Unclean One, a powerful being only second to Nagou’s Divine Chosen, they even sent such a warrior, obviously they were desperate, but... at this point, was it just to send heads over?

Le Cheng stepped on the continuously emerging ribbons of light, stepping higher into the sky.

"Do you believe in Gaia?"

"I really admire the first person who believed in Nagou."

"Because it might decay and vanish."

"Great Unclean One, thanks for the points sent from afar."

"I will definitely use them well."

"Nagou Fatty will eventually bring about their own destruction."

"One last time."

"Moonlight is about to descend!"

"Roar!!"

In response to Le Cheng, was the Great Unclean One’s extremely angry roar, however, its half body was still stuck in the door, it seemed like for such a being, arriving in this world was not easy, but when it finally passed through that door, the body huge as a hill standing on the ground was met by myriad threads of moonlight.

That endless moonlight fell like rain from the sky, cleansing every corner of this "world", whether it was venomous insects or plague, or the miasma hidden in corners, the moment they were exposed to the moonlight, they turned into strands of black smoke, disappearing cleanly.

Only the Great Unclean One, relying on its strong skills resisted the purification of the moonlight, yet its rotting body began to ooze black smoke.

"For the Merciful Father...!!"

Just as normal people would suffer when infected with plague, Nagou believers purified by the moonlight also underwent unimaginable pain, yet the Great Unclean One ignored it all, swinging the giant blade high up, its massive body like a cannonball charging towards Le Cheng.

Facing the attack from the Great Unclean One, Le Cheng raised his hand, pointing towards the sky.

Unknown when, a huge moon had appeared above him.

"Though Merciful Father is good, I choose Mother Gaia."

"Witch, JK, housewife, sisters, mother and daughter, fox spirit, mermaid, dragon girl, elf, female ghost, female zombie, female vampire, Mechanical Girl... for this world’s more diverse XP... Moon Fall!"

Boom!

The huge moon descended from the sky, heavily smashing onto the Great Unclean One, then falling like a meteor.

Deputy, the earthly envoy of the divine, exercises the authority of the gods in the name of the gods!