After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

In any case, summoning heroes is more of a gacha game to them.

Although the Abyss is still barely clinging to life, the oldest and most powerful demon king has already been destroyed, and the once connected Abyss has long been cut into seven parts, so it is no longer a threat.

It's not impossible to completely destroy the abyss, but it would require a huge price, and no one is willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of others.

Besides, they haven't gotten tired of this game between the hero and the demon king yet.

It's not surprising that I drew the lowest quality white card nine times in a row. If a mere hero with no ability is killed, can't I just wait a hundred years and summon another one?

Just as the discussion was starting to rise, the blonde goddess sitting in the main seat slowly put down her teacup.

Her smile was as warm as the sun, and her voice was so gentle that it could melt the hardest ice.

Just sitting there, she gives the feeling of being the most dazzling sun. If her projection were to descend to the mortal realm, people would involuntarily want to raise their hands and be moved to tears.

"This is truly... delightful news."

The blonde goddess smiled, her gaze sweeping over every goddess present, as if sharing something wonderful.

"Now that the hero has arrived, let us follow the ancient rule—whoever finds him first shall guide him."

"It's time for our lovely little angels to descend to the mortal realm and make a pact with this hope for the next hundred years."

Her tone was incredibly relaxed, and the goddesses beside her all nodded in agreement. One of them even took out a notebook and started taking notes.

The hero must become the hope of the lower realm!

An angel must be able to form a contract with a hero!

However, she did not stop talking there.

The golden-haired goddess gently picked up a beautifully crafted divine cake, took a small bite with the most elegant gesture, and, as if suddenly recalling a trivial matter, continued in her compassionate voice:

"Ah, right."

"It seems like another century has passed since then."

"It's time to issue a divine decree to the mortal realm and clean up those witches that have sprung up everywhere."

"On this land, there are still people who worship the demon king in the abyss. Their hearts need to be purified."

The blonde goddess's smile remained serene, her tone gentle, as if she were not speaking of an impending great purge, but rather reminding everyone not to forget to water the flowers in the garden.

The sunlight shone on her long golden hair, making it sparkle, yet inexplicably giving people a chilling feeling.

The goddesses exchanged knowing glances and nodded in unison.

The witch must be cleansed!

As for the reason?

There was no reason, for it was the command of the sun goddess.

After the sun god fell from the heavens, bringing the age of gods to an end, the sun goddess became the supreme deity in the divine realm.

A thousand years ago, the dazzling Son of the Sun was killed by the first king under the Demon King's command—the Arrogant King, and since then no one has questioned the will of the Sun.

The will of the sun is absolute.

As for the feelings of those little witches, what does it have to do with them?

……

"You mean, she might have been a slave from the Age of Gods?"

Mu Qiu sat on the bed, staring at Lilith in front of him with a stunned expression.

Inside the room, there was a crystal coffin containing the pink-haired girl.

"Do you know who she is?"

Lilith sat on the edge of the bed, leaning against Mu Qiu, her slender legs swinging back and forth. Hearing the Demon King's question, she gently shook her head and said, "The Age of Gods... is too ancient. I don't know anything about that ancient history."

"But I know that this crystal coffin must be the legendary Starfall Coffin."

"The Coffin of Fallen Stars appeared at the end of the Age of Gods. It is said that... it can preserve the corpse of any living being. Ancient prophecies also mention that when a fallen star reappears, the slumbering one in the Coffin of Fallen Stars will be reborn."

"A fallen star has reappeared?"

Mu Qiu frowned.

Do all these prophets really enjoy being riddle tellers?

"In short, she was probably a being from around the end of the Age of Gods."

Lilith pointed to the pink-haired girl in the crystal coffin and said softly, "Countless gods and divine children perished in that era. To be able to use the Starfall Coffin... her identity must be extraordinary."

"Perhaps it is a fallen god, perhaps the offspring of a god and a human, or perhaps the descendant of a hero from the age of gods..."

Mu Qiu was slightly taken aback and looked at the slave mark on the pink-haired girl's forehead.

"But she also has a slave mark on her head...who can enslave a god?"

"The Demon King."

Lilith gave Mu Qiu an answer that took him somewhat by surprise.

"There is only one Demon King in the Abyss. Even though that Demon King has been weakened time and time again, during the Age of Gods, the Demon King's power was still beyond everyone's imagination. The Demon King enslaved all living beings on this continent and dragged down the gods in the heavens. Even the mark of slavery... was created by the Demon King."

Is the Demon King that powerful?

Wouldn't that make the hero seem weak and pathetic?

Mu Qiu blinked.

But then he thought about it.

Countless millennia have passed since the Age of Gods. Every hundred years, a hero or a demon king is summoned. Therefore, the power of the demon king has probably been weakened hundreds or even thousands of times over...

"However, even the Demon King could not enslave all the gods..."

Lilith's tone was somewhat wistful: "Otherwise, the demons of the abyss would be able to tread on this land now."

"That can't be a good thing, can it?"

Mu Qiu picked up the conversation.

Lilith pursed her lips, looked at the boy beside her, and nodded gently.

"Hmm...maybe,"

"However, it's probably impossible to find out her identity."

"After lying in the Coffin of Fallen Stars, although it is said that one will be reborn, one will not inherit past memories after rebirth. Even one's race and bloodline will change. One can say that one will be a completely different individual from one's past self."

"Is this so..."

Mu Qiu suddenly realized.

The reason the system couldn't detect her race and name was because she currently had neither a name nor a race.

Mu Qiu then asked, "How can we wake her up?"

"do not know."

Lilith answered very decisively.

"I've only read some records about the Starfall Coffin in books before. As for how to awaken the person lying in the Starfall Coffin... no one knows."

no one knows?

Mu Qiu had a feeling that the system actually knew something about it.

For example, he knew that to awaken this pink-haired girl, he needed a certain blood, to sign a certain contract with her, and a certain amount of gold coins, or a sufficient amount of gold coins.

"Forget it, let's talk about it later."

With a thought, Mu Qiu put the crystal coffin back into the special storage ring.

Lilith wiggled her toes and moved closer to Mu Qiu, whispering, "Brave...Brave hero, if you ever discover witches, please spare them."

"Witch?"

Mu Qiu raised an eyebrow slightly, asking in confusion, "Why?"

"Because they were all a group of very pitiful little girls."

Lilith glanced out the window, then lowered her eyes and spoke very softly: "This is no longer the Age of Gods. No one will worship the Abyss or the Demon King anymore."

"Only...those children who have nowhere else to turn, those children who have been driven to the brink of despair, will turn to the abyss of faith and become witches."

"If it were you... even if you let the witches go, no one would blame you."

"I see. I understand."

Mu Qiu nodded. Although he was a little puzzled as to why Lily, as an angel, would plead for the witch, he hadn't originally planned to hunt witches like people in the Middle Ages.

Ultimately, he had no grudge against the witch. Unless a witch deliberately provoked him, why would he attack a witch?

Even if he encountered a demon from the abyss, if the other party was an intelligent being, Mu Qiu would want to communicate with it—a problem that can be solved with gold coins is not a problem, and if a demon came to extort him, that would be even better!

Unfortunately, demons seem to reside in the abyss and don't readily venture onto the surface...

"Alas, what a pity that today, in my search for treasure, I gave away 1.5 million gold coins to the Goddess of Wealth for nothing..."

Mu Qiu shook his head and sighed.

No wonder she's called the goddess of wealth.

With these methods of accumulating wealth, who else but her deserves to be called the Goddess of Wealth?

What he regretted even more was that he had only lost 1.5 million gold coins!

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

Lilith blinked her beautiful eyes slightly, a thought suddenly forming in her mind, but she remained silent.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Lilith vanished from the room in an instant, and Mu Qiu turned to look at the door: "Who is it? Come in."

As the door was pushed open, Vera, dressed in a black and white maid outfit, walked in with a reluctant expression.

"Vera? What are you trying to do?"

Mu Qiu thought she was coming to help clean, but when he looked down, the room was spotless; Adele had already cleaned it.

"Stop nagging! Isn't this exactly what you've been hoping for?"

Vera blushed slightly and walked hesitantly to the bedside, sitting down in the seat furthest from Mu Qiu.

"?"

Mu Qiu looked puzzled: "I didn't ask you to come over, did I? What am I expecting?"

"Huh? Master, do you have the memory of a fish? Have you forgotten the agreement at the cave entrance so quickly?"

"An agreement...?"

Mu Qiu thought back for a moment.

When we were outside the cave earlier, Vera did seem to mention that if she couldn't open it, she would have to warm his bed or something...

But in the end, didn't it still manage to be successfully launched?

Although Luna was the one who opened the treasure, Vera could easily renege on her promise if she wanted to...

"Master, what's with that expression? Do you think we elves are as despicable, vile, and untrustworthy as you humans?"

Vera raised her snow-white neck, put one hand on her hip, and pointed at Mu Qiu with the other: "Although I didn't want to do this, it was a promise after all, and a noble elf like me will certainly fulfill the agreement seriously!"

As she spoke, she lifted the covers, crawled into Mu Qiu's bed, and patted the spot next to her with a reluctant expression.

"So, you're happy that a pure and kind elf girl is warming your bed, aren't you, Master? Then lie down obediently... I told you to lie down!"

Just as Mu Qiu was about to get up, Vera pulled him back into bed.

"...I wanted to take a shower! I haven't showered since we came back from Mirror Lake Forest today! And wouldn't it be better for you if I didn't sleep here?!"

"Shut up! Bathing can be done with water magic! Let me help you bathe! Hmph, you cunning human, I've seen through your treacherous thoughts long ago! Don't even think about letting a noble elf get a bad reputation for breaking promises!"