Hearing her words, even this creep was relieved, but he now had a weird face, as if he was planning something, thinking it. I surely was cursing him, and he spoke with a smile: "So goddess, when do you want your spirits of those people? As I trust your words that your words are no less than the fate itself, so tell me, do you want them now only, or do you want them in war?" Hearing it, others were also making weird faces, as if they knew this trick, but I was purely indifferent because it was basic for trade that the person ask if he wants traded goods now or afterward, so I was not feeling different, but she made a thinking face and spoke: 'Not now or in the war; just hand them to any of my temple, and don't you dare play schemes, ok? or the destruction will await you!" As she said that, the other guy fell on the ground, and while we felt that she left and took a breath of calm and felt everything normal, I came near Bona and made a nasty face while speaking. "Jerk, just why in the world did you have to provoke her? What would have happened if she got angry and killed us right here on the spot?" Hearing my words, he smiled and spoke: "Kid, you are losing your edge. Try to be sharp, or you won't find your head intact on your shoulder around me. And besides that, do you truly think that she would truly come to that resolve? Just what are you, a kid? You don't know, kid, but gods or goddesses care way too much about rules and stuff because imagine playing a game where you break every law that was made by the creator; it might be interesting for some time, but after some time, you will get insanely bored and curse yourself for ruining the fun. The very same logic works with them. It isn't about if they can or not; it's about what if they did it and ended up with the same boring ending. The way she was describing the war, I was sure that she was going to join it, and to test this theory, I summoned her here!" Hearing his words, my eyes turned wide, and I looked at him in a way that was too shocked because the goddess appeared because of her devotee, but now this creep was claiming that he summoned her, so I asked him how. Hearing my words, he sighed and spoke, "Kid, remember when you all were about to leave? I had my doubts regarding her because such a large-scale war can't happen without these great deities, and fighting them would be like walking on fire; it would be really painful, and even after walking this path, we won't be able to secure the victory because they are just way too overpowered for so many reasons, so I needed that assurance, so I manipulated this guy's ritual material and activated it, and the moment—the moment I heard that she was going to join the war—it became my priority to seek assurance from her because fighting her is more like when an average person tries to fight a train. No matter how hard we fight, the result will be the same, so I told you to introduce me because she was not that angry with you, so she wouldn't mind it that much, and the moment I got invited into that conversation, I started placing every piece in its right place. I knew she still had her caring nature for her devotee because the way this guy was living was a sign that she didn't change over time, so it made my negotiations easy, and due to my previous actions, I had what she needed, and this was the perfect situation for me to trade and get our protection. As for other people, we can still deal with them, but we can't deal with powerhouses like her." Hearing his words, I realized why I put him in that doll, and now I was regretting it because this creep forced my life in front of her, and he was purposely provoking her while other creeps were also nodding with him, and I was also certain that what he was saying was 100% truth, so I was now thinking about what I should do, but thinking about the entire mess, the palace was feeling much better, so I told Angelina and Niyomi to help the other kid while I left many small spirits for him, as promised. So after clearing the mess, I told Bona to better go to her temple and give her what she wanted while we went across the hotel where Imu and Nona were staying, and we went to them and explained the situation while it was nearly evening, so we still had time, so I told both of them to rest while Antak and others were messing around. I called Antak to my side and asked for the story about this palace. As he heard my question, he spoke with an indifferent tone: "Brat, that palace was made by smaller spirits, and the spirit king forced them to make it. He used to live in that palace pretty nicely and lively while the spirits also praised their lord for such a great palace, and many years passed, but one day a strange incident took place that caused the entire palace to disappear; not even the king was ever seen again. The spirits who saw that scene were insanely terrified to say anything about it, but there was one thing clear in that incident: the palace was attacked by someone who was insanely strong and was talking about change!" Hearing his nasty words, I was getting a strange vibe of misfortune from him. Just the moment I was thinking about a nice and easy invasion, this creep again spread misfortune. Guess he surely desires me more than the devil himself. Why in the world did I always have to mess around with creeps
