I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 676, Section 2.5, Chapter 16: The House of Silk and the Dollhouse

"Can't you even recognize my voice, Lord White Knight?" His slow speech and teasing tone were like a fine red wine that leaves a lingering aftertaste, rich and intoxicating.

The man slowly emerged from the darkness, his unkempt, wine-red hair casually cascading down his back. He wore a white ceremonial robe, revealing his fair and muscular chest and abdomen without reservation, making him both sexy and alluring.

His handsome face showed little expression, his long, narrow, golden phoenix eyes slightly upturned as he casually glanced at the fighting Jafar and Fei.

“Ghafar, he still has a use,” Dionysus said slowly.

“Dionysus…” Gafar pursed his thin lips, lowered his eyes, and said with a complicated expression.

The next second, Jafar arrived in front of Fei, and before he could defend himself, he knocked away Fei's sword, the spear tip pointing directly at Fei's neck.

With a 'clang', the spear struck something solid, and a scepter came horizontally to block it.

Dionysus held the scepter in one hand and casually brushed a stray hair from his forehead with the other. His narrow, golden phoenix eyes glanced at the two people on either side before finally settling on Jafar. He said in an ambiguous tone, "Didn't you hear what I said, Lord White Knight?"

Jafar pursed his thin lips and remained silent, stubbornly refusing to retract his weapon.

Seeing that Gafar did not move, Dionysus continued, "The White Knight is the most law-abiding, or do you intend to break the law? If you break the rules, the punishment will be severe. Moreover, if you ruin that guy's plans because of this, he will not plead for you."

“Rules? As if you’ve never broken any.” Jafar scoffed.

Dionysus smiled and said, "It's precisely because I've violated the rules that I'm advising you not to act impulsively. After all, you and I are different. I am a god, and even though I've lost my divinity, I was still the ruler above the rules ten thousand years ago. In that case, even if I were punished, it wouldn't be too severe. But you are different. You bear the heavy responsibility of protecting the rules. If you knowingly break the law, you'll suffer a fate worse than death."

Jafar frowned, slowly closed his eyes, took a deep breath and exhaled, then glanced at Dionysus and said sarcastically, "You're here as a persuader? You think you can play the peacemaker?"

"How could that be? It was all just for that plan. I don't care about the lives of humans at all, after all, I've been betrayed by cunning humans several times." Dionysus shrugged, chuckling as he looked at Jafar, seemingly waiting for Jafar's choice.

Jafar sneered, "Isn't it because your gods are too arrogant that divinity and power have disappeared? It doesn't seem like humans can be blamed for this."

“Ghafar.” Dionysus narrowed his long, golden phoenix eyes, his tone carrying a hint of danger as he warned, “You yourself said that our divine race is arrogant, so do you want to experience the punishment of a god who once ruled this world? Even if I have lost my divinity, I am still a god, and I can still inflict small-scale divine punishment.”

Jafar sheathed his spear, kicked Fei away, and turned away, no longer looking at him.

Fei clutched her stomach, coughing painfully. Her purple eyes were misty, and her vision was blurry.

"Your task is probably not finished yet," Dionysus reminded him.

"I'll go now." Jafar turned his head and took a deep look at Fei, who seemed to be unconscious, snorted coldly, and walked over.

Dionysus watched Gafar disappear down the stairs before turning his gaze to the nearly unconscious Fei. "It's better to cancel your deal with the puppeteer; it won't do you any good. This is just advice; take it or leave it." Dionysus finished speaking and was about to leave when Fei called him back.

Fei, lying on the ground, struggled to look at Dionysus's retreating figure and asked, "Helping me won't do you any good, so why did you remind me?"

“People who are used to drinking wine may suddenly find it unpalatable and crave beer. But such thoughts only appear occasionally. After all, no matter how much beer someone drinks, they will eventually switch back to wine because it doesn't suit their taste. Trying beer is just about novelty, a rebellious desire to be different from usual, and has nothing to do with preferences or habits,” Dionysus said thoughtfully, looking down at the Holy Grail hanging at his waist.

"You and Mu Yegui are quite familiar, otherwise Jiafaer wouldn't be so jealous of you. In that case, please pass on a message for me: from now on, write down every single word I say without missing a single detail."

Dionysus picked up the Holy Grail and poured the overflowing wine from it onto his flying body, and all the wounds touched by the wine were healed.

"After the Age of Gods ended, not all the gods perished. In this current Age of Kings, there are still two gods: one is me, and the other is Lanlos, also known as Sloth, one of the Seven Lords. Unlike me, a mere second-level god, he is a chief god, and he still possesses all his divinity and power. He is the god of light, the master of life and prophecy."

As times changed, kings emerged, and the Age of Gods (the divine age) transformed into the Age of Kings (the royal age), where all were equal under the king. The gods thus became just one of many races, albeit one with special abilities, no different from the others. The gods were no longer deities, but merely a name for their race.

What you see now is all his authority, not the power of sloth. The Seven Lords' power was locked away with the king's disappearance; one could say they lack the original power of the Seven Sins. Sloth's purpose is to unlock, to break the lock that holds back the original power. Once unlocked, the power of the original sin will surge forth, affecting not just individuals, but the entire kingdom.

For example, if he unlocks the power of laziness and gains the original power of laziness, then the entire Wonderland will fall into the domain of 'laziness', and all creatures that come near it will be affected.

Sloth wanted to unlock all the fundamental locks of the Seven Deadly Sins, causing them to spiral out of control. In doing so…

"Let's stop here." A cold voice came from behind the two.

Dionysus's expression didn't change much; he simply turned his head slightly to look at him and casually said, "Weren't you in the basement?"

"I came up here because I sensed that someone was thinking of betraying me. Is it you, Dionysus?" Lanlos stared at him quietly, his expression calm, making it impossible to guess his thoughts at this moment.

Dionysus chuckled, “Do you think I’m crazy? Why would I do something so thankless? I’m just talking to myself; there’s no one else here who can hear me.”

Lanlos stared at Dionysus, then suddenly chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter. It's fine if they hear us; it'll only make things more interesting."

After all... he had already anticipated this; it was just one part of the plan, and there might even be additional gains.

For example, that person personally appears in front of him and makes a deal with him.

Xiao Jiu is a perennial spoiler, constantly backstabbing Lanlos. To be honest, Xiao Jiu is actually a really good person; he helped Fei out of a predicament and even healed him.

Fei's current fighting strength is still far behind that of Gafar; he will become stronger later.

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(End of this chapter)