Am I going to be controlled by the players too?

Congratulations on obtaining the permanent weapon, Sky Sword: Attack Power +40%.

Fuck your stupid game! A 90-pull pity system and you still get a permanent character? Game designers, I'll fucking swear!

Cheng Cheng took a deep breath and glanced at his Originium reserves—50 left.

All of this is the result of his hard work in completing the Abyss mission over the past half month!

It's gone with just a tap of a finger...

If it's a guaranteed drop after 180 pulls, then there's absolutely no chance; Originium isn't a necessity, Sylvia doesn't have it, and Vilette probably wouldn't carry it with her, but Cuckoo...

Cheng Cheng took a deep breath, his hand hovering above the button for a few seconds.

Let's keep trying! We'll see what happens if we don't win!

…………

Seeing Cheng Cheng suddenly mutter to himself and then freeze in place, Vilette ignored him and walked up to Freya, sighing.

Just as I was about to go up and comfort her, a sudden inspiration struck me.

An indescribable sense of "presence" emerged.

Bugu's eyes widened, her mouth slightly agape, before she smiled with relief: "I knew it. With her personality, how could she give up so easily?"

Originally, due to the battle between the inverted demon and the gold, the entire underground city's space was in complete chaos: more than a dozen underground city spaces overlapped in the same spacetime, one step might be in the fifteenth level desert, the next step might be in the sixth level ocean.

But at this moment, as if subjected to tremendous "gravity," all levels began to fall.

At the very bottom, there is "the world".

As Peng Longteng fought his way out of the underground city, he found a bright yellow dragon throne with a young girl sitting on it.

Long white hair cascaded down to her waist, the ends tinged with a deep blue. The girl wore a yellow robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, sitting languidly on the dragon throne. The shadow cast by her eyelashes obscured her face, revealing only a sliver of her proud, imposing golden eyes.

Empress of the Elf Empire, Hime Mikami!

She didn't give up at all. Instead, she turned around and charged into the dungeon. Taking advantage of the interconnected nature of the deepest dungeons, she fought her way back!

This time, the attack wasn't launched through a spatial portal; the main body descended directly!

Everyone was startled.

Beneath the dragon throne, five white dragons coiled, three chains extending from their mouths. One chain hung above Peng Longteng's head like a hanger, while the other two were each wrapped with a gleaming legendary flame.

"The Hanged Man" and "The Priestess"!

The essence of [Glory] is the power of "Domination".

Himeko can forcibly control all beings who consider themselves weaker than her, or whom she deems weaker than herself, and freely use their power, as well as...

They uphold the source material by virtue of the personhood of the dominated, falsely holding the position of God!

Originally, Himegami had three legendary figures under her command: "Chariot," "Power," and "Judgment," who could barely hold onto their divine status for a minute. However, at this moment, "Power" was confronting Karen, and "Judgment" was not by her side, so she was unable to use this power.

However, after obtaining the "Hanged Man" and the "Priestess" obtained from the previous battle against Jianmu, her rank was just enough for her to falsely assume a divine position and fully utilize the source matter!

At this moment, Himegami sat on the dragon throne, with countless chains extending from behind it, forming a huge vortex at the end of the "world".

The vortex began to rotate, and thus "gravity" came into being.

All the dungeon levels that had been superimposed by the inverted demons began to fall, and were then completely swallowed and dominated by the vortex; even Cheng Cheng and the others were out of control and flew towards the ever-spinning vortex!

Himegami is like a spider sitting in the center of its web, waiting for its prey to come into its mouth!

"Himeko! Are you going to wage all-out war against the kingdom?!" Vilette roared. "Saintess Serafina is also here. I advise you..."

"Call me Your Majesty!"

Hime Mikami gently tapped the armrest of the dragon throne, and countless chains began to tear apart the overlapping space, moving forward, forward, towards Vilette!

"Attacks are prohibited here!"

Vilette promulgated a law, a law specifically targeting the Empress who possessed Source Essence, causing blood to spill from the corner of Vilette's mouth.

However, the Empress's contemptuous and indifferent voice immediately reached his ears:

"reverse."

The chains tightened, and Himegami used the authority of the "Hanged Man," reversing the laws to "encourage attack here," making the chains even faster and stronger, and they were almost in front of everyone in the blink of an eye!

"Snapped!"

The chain vanished into thin air and was subsequently erased from everyone's memory.

Himeko frowned, and everyone turned to look. They saw Freya sitting in the center of the throne, having wiped away her tears.

The scepter hovers to her right, while the "Empress" card hovers to her left, like two planets orbiting the same star.

Freya stretched out her hands, one hand grasping the "Empress" and the other gripping the scepter. She raised her head, her eyes devoid of any softness or hesitation, only a resolute determination like a burning flame!

“I am Freya Alvira von Konoma—”

She declared this—

"From this moment forward, I officially assume the throne of the kingdom and inherit the source essence!"

The next moment, the card sank into her skin from her palm, and the scepter emitted a low, surprised hum before turning into golden light and entering Freya's mind!

The ceremony of donning armor and becoming a saint begins!

Freya could feel herself continuously receiving the Source Essence and the authority of the "Empress." The queens nurtured by the royal family throughout the ages were naturally the best vessels for the Source Essence, allowing the scepter to enter without hindrance. At the same time, the divinity of the Source Essence began to manifest, and her originally fragile humanity began to gradually dissipate—

Freya's tears welled up in her eyes.

She could sense that what she was "losing" and "forgetting" was not the memories themselves, but the feelings she had during those precious moments.

"Ascension to Sainthood in Armor Progress: 13%"

When she was three years old, her mother held her and sat by the window to look at the moon, telling her stories written by bards... knights and princesses, dragons and princesses, princesses and dwarves, Sleeping Beauty and princes, in short, all princesses.

The stories remain unforgettable, but the face that told them has begun to blur. The sweetness of those moments has quietly vanished, like a painting being soaked in water, the colors spreading from the edges outwards.

She clung to that relationship, trying to put it back in its place, but it slipped through her fingers like sand.

"Ascension to Sainthood in Armor Progress: 42%"

When they were five years old, at a banquet in the palace, two girls, each around five or six years old, were led to each other by their mothers. They looked at each other, and then simultaneously made a face...

The ghost face was also blurry.

Freya was initially confused as to why she made a face when she first met Sylvia.

Why am I so concerned about a girl I hate so much? Besides, what exactly is the emotion of dislike?

When the emotions that accompanied those memories completely disappear, leaving only monotonous memories like black and white photographs, looking back at them is like peeking into a stranger's photo album, leaving no ripples in one's heart.

"Ascension to Sainthood in Armor Progress: 78%"

She saw Cheng Cheng.

Perhaps the initial encounter wasn't pleasant; it was simply being controlled by a stranger and then playing games for three hours.

But later, from fighting and adventuring together, to participating in the witch's trial together: from the moonlit beach where I was bold and unrestrained, to the royal palace at night where dragons soared through the sky...

And after everything was over, that deep kiss, as if venting anger.

Strangely, Freya clearly remembers these past events, but she has no vivid imagery of them and can no longer recall how she felt at the time.

Was it shyness or sweetness at that moment? And what do shyness and sweetness mean?

It's like watching a stranger with your own face fall in love with another stranger whose name you can recall, with all the past events leaving only the simplest written descriptions.

And the words began to burn gradually...

"Ascension to Sainthood in Armor Progress: 100%"

Freya opened her eyes.

It may seem like a long time has passed, but in reality it's only a moment.

At this moment, she is already a legendary figure who wields the title of "Empress," and a queen who reigns supreme over the world, possessing the essence of "Understanding"!

Then, he easily "forgot" all the chains that Himegami had extended!

…………

"Submit to me."

After a long silence, Ji Yushen's icy voice echoed through countless layers of space.

"The ritual of the Hanged Man with the Flame is to turn a world-class event upside down. You can't do it... but I can."

The sound of chains rang out as Himeko summoned the Hanging Man's Flame. Under her control, the power over this unclaimed flame was manipulated at will, as if it were being led by an ox.

"Although you have now become a saint in armor, you can still turn back through the Hanged Man and regain your memories," said Ji Yushen. "I can help you, as long as you submit to me and willingly submit to the control of my dragon vein."

Submission.

Accept the control of Himegami.

He would let the chains of the Elven Empire bind his neck, becoming the Empress's puppet, but he could retain everything.

If Freya's personality were still intact, she might have agreed... but unfortunately, after donning the armor and becoming a saint, her humanity had been completely replaced by divinity. And as a source essence, she instinctively refused to be dominated and devoured by another source essence.

She shook her head, and just as she was about to say something, a figure blocked her way.

It's Cheng Cheng.

Freya remembered that he seemed to be her lover, and that he had many secrets. She had spent some time with him; but she could no longer remember why those times were precious, why she loved him, or even what "love" really meant.

So she waved her hand, wanting the man to move aside.

However, Cheng Cheng, taking advantage of her spoiled nature, went further and further. Not only did he not back down, he also plopped down next to Freya, pushing her to the edge of the throne!

"Hey!"

The newly crowned Queen was unusually temperamental and was about to lose her temper when she saw Cheng Cheng smilingly pull out a book.

It was a book that seemed to be adorned with stars, its pages yellowed as if it had been turned many times; there was not a single word on the pages, only countless tiny specks of light flowing across the paper, like rivers, like star trails, like all the days a person has lived through.

A line of small characters was engraved on the spine of the book—

"Past Events Become Books".

It was Cheng Cheng who spent 140 attempts to finally obtain Freya's character-specific weapon!