Afraid of being beaten to death... This is purely a joke.

  Since Raven had been on a path of opposition to the gods like Shyrick from the very beginning, he never intended to coexist peacefully. Raven was well aware that in the future when the world underwent great changes, only one of them could survive between him and Shyrick. As for the God of Thieves, if there was an opportunity in the future, Raven would definitely take over Mesk's Shadow God position. Once he had the power of shadows, whether Mesk lived or died was no longer important.

  Those are long-term goals, what Raven needs to digest is the things at hand.

  Before Leila took over, Raven was eager to finish the Shadow Moon Blade as soon as possible. Now with Mace watching from the side, his enthusiasm for forging the Shadow Moon Blade has decreased a lot.

  The Black Moon Blade is not worth remembering for Ma Sker, but the Shadow Moon Blade is different.

  The acquired Shadow Essence, Raven chooses to digest it immediately for 1 point.

  There is no divine will, and the Shadow Essence is just a supplement that allows mortals to strengthen their shadow powers. Moreover, the Shadow Essence does not conflict with the previous Phantom Essence, and Raven even wonders if he has become the Shadow Moon Blade.

  It's just a little joke.

  A 1-point shadow divinity separated from the divine crystal looked a bit like ink. Raven brought the shadow divinity to his nose and took a light sniff, whereupon the shadow divinity transformed into a faint wisp of grey smoke that was sucked into his nostrils.

  System prompt follows:

  "You have obtained 1 point of Shadow Divinity. Due to your high affinity with the power of shadows, your control over shadow powers has reached an unprecedented level that ordinary humans cannot achieve. When using shadow-based skills, all skill levels are defaulted to +20 levels. Each time you drive the shadows to attack your enemies, there is a 30% chance to temporarily summon a Shadow Demon that is completely obedient to you and of the same rank as its master."

  "The Shadow Demon is a mystical creature of the shadow realm, able to transform into any form under its master's will and infiltrate their shadows or silhouettes."

  "One of Phantom Assassin's skills: Absorb Vengeful Spirit. Phantom Assassin can absorb weak spirits within a 20-meter radius as her own energy, increasing her attack power."

  "Shadow Demon's second skill: Shadow Burst. When the Shadow Demon is killed, it will release all the absorbed vengeful spirits and shadow energy at once, dealing at least 60 damage to all non-shadow creatures and undead. The total damage is determined by the Shadow Demon's level and the total amount of vengeful spirits absorbed."

  A string of prompts came over, Raven blinked. Feeling that the Shadow Demon is still quite practical. Mixing in with the Phantom Clone, it can absolutely make the enemy fall into a trap. The only drawback is that there's no way to summon it 100%.

  Maybe using a bit more shadow will enhance it.

  Unfortunately, before having a body of white silver, two points of divinity were already the limit that Raven's current stage could bear.

  After some thought, Raven decided to head to the swamp first.

  With the help of mechanical terrors and shadow wasps, the swamp camp has taken shape.

  On the outskirts of the swamp, low-ranking magical creatures that were once released by humans began to multiply, such as slimes and the like. Once inside the swamp, except for a few specific routes known only to oneself, one would become trapped in the mist of the Phantom Goddess.

  Unfortunately, Leila was too weak and couldn't create a maze lock yet.

  Perhaps because she was afraid of being killed and lacked a sense of security, Leila insisted on creating a maze lock as soon as she slightly recovered her strength.

  Anything created by legendary spellcasting that is a permanent magical boundary or domain can be called a "Mystic Lock". A mature and perfect Mystic Lock can set the following four effects within the Mystic Lock boundary: Permanent Spells (permanent effect), Disabled Spells (will be cancelled within the domain), Triggered Spells (can be invoked with a command within the domain), and Permanent Effects (special effects that last permanently).

  To put it simply, even a simple maze lock can at least neutralize an opponent's legendary warrior.

  At this stage, it's just an extravagant hope.

  Lavinia was discovered by Lila as soon as she approached the swamp, and a group of misty Lolita-like creatures about Lila's height fluttered around Lavinia. If these misty female shadows couldn't make a sound, Lavinia would have thought that she was surrounded by a group of chattering Lolitas.

  Arriving outside the wooden fence, Raven saw a little loli wearing a black and white lace dress swaying on a tree branch, her small toes as white as jade making people want to go up and nibble on them.

  Laila glanced at Raven and puffed out her cheeks: "I... I wasn't waiting for you here, just happened to..."

  As she was talking, Leila seemed to have smelled something and suddenly jumped down from the tree.

  Levin caught her without much effort.

  "I think I've caught a whiff of that murderous aura again." Laila leaned in close to Raven, her little girl-like face inches from his.

  "Yah, it wasn't for you that I took down Shriek's priest and the thief god once." Raven gently stroked Laila's radiant golden hair.

  "Don't treat me like a kid..." Laila was still struggling, but suddenly thought of Shrek's cruelty and Mask's coldness, and suddenly had a few more points of recognition for Raven.

  "Just five seconds of touching you."

  "What if I give you something good?"

  "What's that?"

  "Stick out your claws."

  Laila stretched out her hand stupidly and put it in Raven's palm, then suddenly came to her senses: "You bastard!"

  Just as Laila was about to blow her top, Raven placed a divine crystal imbued with the essence of illusion at Laila's lips.

  "This..."

  "I won't be using it for now, so I'll return it to you first." This was the bit of Phantom Spiritual Energy that Levin had always been preparing to use in forging the Shadow Moon Blade.

  This 1 point of divine nature, if Laila said she didn't care about it, would be absolutely deceiving. There's nothing better than absorbing the power that has been separated from oneself. As a god who had already fallen to level 1, with a total divine capacity of only 5 points, any 1 point of divine nature was an extremely precious power for Laila.

  Although she didn't say it, Raven estimated that all her divinity added up to no more than 3 points.

  But she has just joined Raven's team and hasn't accomplished anything yet, it's really embarrassing to bring this up.

  At this time, Levi actually returned it to her on his own initiative, and Layla's curiosity was bursting.

  "Let's go ahead and say it." Raven dragged Leila's soft little hand into the camp.

  The lives of the Phantom followers in the camp began to get on track, and a faint smile with hopeful faces could be seen on many people's faces.

  In public declarations, Raven is a powerful and benevolent lord willing to shelter the Shadow Goddess and her followers. Only none of them suspect that their goddess has already sold herself...

  The followers were slightly surprised at Leila and Raven's harmonious relationship, of course, they also delighted in seeing this.

  So, the fake lord and Leila arrived at Leila's shrine, a small wooden hut with one hall and two rooms.

  The furnishings in the room were very simple, fortunately, daily necessities were being replenished batch by batch through Princess Euphemia's secret channel.

  Layla seems to be still getting used to this saint's body.

  As soon as they entered the house, Laila sent Bella and Alma away and began to ask about recent events.

  When she heard that Raven had used a dozen or so legendary powerhouses to deal with Dague, and also sealed off Tynos' strength, and even swindled the God of Thieves in the process, Little Loli's eyes widened in shock, her mouth hanging agape for a long time.

  "How did you do it?"

  Lewin tapped his own temple: "Knowledge. Many secrets are just simple memories for someone like me."

  Laila thought for half a day and finally came up with a more plausible possibility: "You're actually a scroll scholar?"

  Scholars of the scroll, brain-damaged fans of the god of knowledge, a group of reclusive and crazy pursuers of knowledge. They almost know all the secrets in the world, but they rarely use these secrets, let alone profit from them.

  Levin couldn't explain the fact that he was a transmigrator and could only be happy to let Laila misunderstand.

  Laila's bright green eyes sparkled as she suddenly said, "Although I'm still not happy about you becoming my master, since you're being so sincere with me, I shouldn't be too petty either. I'm willing to pay part of the dowry in advance."

  Shrimp rice? And dowry? Leila, you're a fallen goddess, what good things can you still have?

  "I know you have a Mechanist bloodline. Actually, I also have a Mechanist golem factory. It's located..."

  Lei Wen's ears perked up when he heard this.

  Who would have thought that little loli actually started selling guan zi (a type of Chinese pastry).

  A pair of white and tender arms wrapped around Raven's neck, smiling like a flower: "You kiss me first. Not the forehead, not the cheek, but the mouth——to——mouth——" After that, Laila actually closed her eyes lightly, pouted her small mouth, with an expression of letting him take the initiative.

  Soft golden hair like silk, delicate facial features, long eyelashes, a small nose, and bright red lips... At this moment, this legitimate loli who is probably over 2,000 or 3,000 years old is so tempting.

  Lei Wen suddenly found his heart beating very fast.

  Could it be... Am I going to become a freak soon?

  Just as someone was between crossing and not crossing, a shocking killing aura came from the doorway.

  "No wonder I've been feeling uneasy lately, it turns out that a little stray cat dared to steal my brother's first kiss without my approval!" This voice with killing intent was immediately recognizable to Levin.

  "Ah! Carlin, how did you end up here?!"

  Cold sweat instantly drenched Raven's back.

  Could this be the legendary Samsara?

  Still in Lolita version?

  What's going on here?!

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