It's so hard being a hero!

The middle-aged woman was speechless.

"They also want to live."

Sophia raised her right hand, and a golden light shone from her fingertips.

The middle-aged woman's eyes widened, and she opened her mouth as if to say something.

But then a golden light flashed.

Her voice stopped abruptly.

His body fell straight down, with a small red dot between his eyebrows.

There was no blood, no screams.

Neat.

Chapter 14 Doing Good Deeds Anonymously

Sophia stared at the gradually cooling corpse of the noblewoman on the ground, her face devoid of any emotion.

She had seen far too many people like that.

In her previous life as Su Lan, she encountered countless people who succumbed to desire and ultimately met their doom.

Some pursued power, some pursued youth, and some pursued authority, but in the end they all went down the same path.

Sacrifice others to fulfill yourself.

She was young then and viewed good and evil as a very binary opposition.

Heroes are righteous, evil gods are evil, and those who follow evil gods are naturally wicked bastards.

But it's different now.

She returned to Earth and lived there for over a decade, transforming from a passionate 18-year-old into a 30-year-old corporate slave. Having experienced the harsh realities of society and witnessed the complexities of human nature, she now views these things from a completely different perspective.

God is not inherently good or evil.

They are merely the controllers and embodiments of the rules.

For example, the god of war doesn't care whether you're defending your homeland or invading and slaughtering; he only cares that the battle is ongoing.

This is God.

Lilith, the witch of desire, could not even be considered a legitimate deity.

She is a false god.

It is the embodiment of the negative aspect of the law of desire.

Desire itself is neither right nor wrong; appetite keeps us alive, the thirst for knowledge drives us to progress, and the desire for love enables us to reproduce.

But Lilith doesn't control these things; she controls greed and depravity, and insatiable desire.

Just like this noblewoman on the ground.

She wants youth and power, and there's nothing wrong with that.

But she chose the most evil way, exchanging someone else's life for her own.

Sophia shook her head, dismissing these unnecessary thoughts.

She crouched down and examined the dying girl.

The life-saving blessing is still working, and there is no immediate danger to life.

However, a complete restoration would require the intervention of high-ranking priests from the Vatican.

Sofia picked the girl up from the ground.

The girl's body was as light as a feather, her withered limbs hanging limply, her head resting on Sophia's shoulder. If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of her chest, she would have looked no different from a dried-up corpse.

"Luckily, I made it in time."

Sophia muttered something to herself.

If she had arrived ten minutes later, the girl would have been beyond saving.

After thinking it over, she closed her eyes and sensed the surrounding terrain and soil structure.

Earth-attribute magic allows you to traverse the earth.

The ground beneath her feet seemed to come alive; the soil and rocks automatically parted to the sides, forming a slowly descending passage in front of her.

Sophia carried the girl into the passage, and the soil behind them automatically closed up, leaving no trace.

A few minutes later, Sophia emerged from the back alley of the Church branch in Kel City.

She looked up at the spire of the Vatican to confirm that she was in the right place.

Then he walked to the main gate of the Vatican and gently placed the girl on the steps.

The girl lay on the cold stone slab, her withered body looking particularly pitiful in the moonlight.

Sophia took out another piece of paper and used magic to write a few words on it.

Then he squatted down and stuffed the note into the girl's hand.

It says

"The murderer in the case of the missing girls in Kele City was Count Vlad's concubine. She sacrificed seven girls in the basement, and their bodies were found in the basement of his mansion. This is the eighth one, and she is still alive. The murderer has been executed."

She thought for a moment, then squatted down, took the note from the girl's hand, and added a sentence at the end.

"A kind-hearted passerby."

Yes, this is good.

It's understated and mysterious, without appearing pretentious.

Sophia nodded in satisfaction and stuffed the note back into the girl's hand.

She took one last look at the girl, making sure her condition wouldn't suddenly worsen, then turned and disappeared into the night.

It was late at night when Sofia got home.

Instead of going through the front door, she climbed into her room through the window.

After returning to her room, Sofia took off her coat and casually tossed it onto the back of a chair.

Then he picked up the kettle on the table, poured himself a glass of water, and drank it all in one gulp.

Then she leaned back in her chair and stared blankly at the ceiling.

Tonight's events have left her mind in a jumble.

It wasn't because of that rich lady; she'd killed dozens of women like that in her past life, and this was the first time she'd seen her like that in this one, but she didn't feel anything special about it.

What bothered her was Lilith.

This marks the first time Lilith's power has appeared in Kyle City, and she wonders if there's someone behind it all.

Based on her past life experience, ordinary humans cannot directly contact Lilith.

She had a feeling that the gears of fate had begun to turn, and that Lilith was starting to approach her.

But she is only 12 years old.

A bronze-level magic swordsman.

At this age and with this level of ability, he is a genius among geniuses among his peers.

But against Lilith, this level of strength wouldn't even be enough to tickle her.

In her previous life, even at her peak, she was a Saint Realm expert, yet she still couldn't defeat Lilith.

She's only at the Bronze level now, what can she possibly fight with? Even if she reaches the level of a Saint Demon Swordsman, it probably still won't be enough.

"Ugh."

Sophia sighed and rubbed her temples.

She felt that things were too difficult for her.

Reincarnated as a hero is one thing, reincarnated as a female hero is another, but the problem is, how come you can defeat the boss you couldn't beat in your previous life in this one?

Just because she became a woman?

The goddess of fate says that being female grants Lilith immunity to her abilities, halving their effectiveness.

Halved?

Halving it is pointless.

What's the difference between adding and subtracting and nothing changing?

Moreover, Lilith's power has been increasing exponentially over the past fifteen years.

With the balance shifting, she might not even be as good as she was in her previous life.

"That bastard, the god of fate."

Sophia couldn't help but curse.

She grew angrier the more she thought about it, but there was nothing she could do.

The contract has been signed, the conscription has been triggered, and she is now like a fish on a chopping board, with no choice but to accept her fate.

Sophia stood up and walked to the window.

The window was ajar, and the night breeze, carrying the chill of early spring, slipped in through the crack.

She pushed open the window and leaned on the windowsill to look outside.

The night in Kyle City was quiet, with hardly any pedestrians on the streets, except for the occasional sound of patrolling knights' hooves in the distance.

She stretched and prepared to go to sleep.

Just then, she suddenly sensed a familiar magical energy fluctuation coming from afar behind her.

That's Frey's magic.

Sophia paused for a moment, then quickly turned around.

He wondered to himself: What is Frey doing in Kyle City at this time?