“Elise, hold your sword more steadily, walk over to Dani, then use your sword to stab her in the neck,” Raymund said in a lower but firmer tone. “That way, you won’t make her suffer.”

“I can’t do it….” Elise’s tears were getting heavier. She leaned her back against the tree. The sword in his hand slipped and fell. “Why can you talk so easily, asking me to kill people, sir?”

Gina approached Elise and took the female warrior’s sword. “Sorry, I’ll borrow your sword, okay?”

Elise still couldn’t move, only looking at Gina, who was moving away from her. The mage then approached Dani and raised the sword high.

“Again, I’m sorry, Dani.” Gina hissed.

Elise felt the tremors in her body getting out of control. She didn’t want anyone to die in front of her, but her body couldn’t cooperate.

“So, you don’t want Dani to die, but you choose to stand still.” Raymund seemed to be able to read Elise’s mind. “It’s the same, right? In the end, she will die. Why don’t you just use your hands? Do you still want to be a saint? Bad news, Elise. If you become my servant, your hands will definitely get dirty. Sooner or later, you have to kill someone else.”_.

“It’s okay, Elise,” Checo muttered without looking at the female warrior. “Not everyone is made for this kind of thing.”

Several minutes had passed since Gina raised the sword. Dani’s breath was already so ragged.

“Please… Free me from this pain.” Dani whispered.

Finally, the tip of the sword pierced Dani’s neck.

***

It was my method of making myself less attached to Elise. Yes, I do have fantasies about that woman sometimes. However, emotional feelings beyond that are something that is not normal. I still have to keep my distance.

I glanced at Anja, who was lying on her stomach by the pond. Instead of staring at the scene through that pond, she glanced at me while slightly opening her mouth. I replied to her with a sharp look. Anja flinched looked at the pond again.

Maybe the woman thought I was just as cruel as the other gods.

“We are gods, but we are only allowed to send ideas to the beings we are responsible for. We did it without them knowing. However, whether those ideas will be accepted by the being or not, we have no power. They sometimes come up with their own ideas too.” Erbau explained. “I don’t know if you remember that information or not.”

“So, you give people ideas about building designs and constructions, right?” I answered him. “If it’s a god of nature, maybe he gives ideas to the animals. For example, when there are signs of an earthquake or something.”

“Goddess of nature.” Erbau corrected me. “Your conclusion is absolutely correct, Ray.”

“Sometimes people have tried hard and never reached their goals.” I sighed. “I imagine that my predecessor simply gave people ideas to keep trying or told them how to reach their goals. However, many still fail to achieve their dreams. So, maybe he asked Levi and Edna for blessings to be allowed to send his servants.”

A small chuckle escaped Erbau’s mouth. “Well, maybe that’s the case.”

Ugh. Why am I talking about things like that?

“Looks like another guest has arrived.” Anja got up from the floor, staring at the fog approaching me.

When I looked over there, I saw the silhouette of a slim person who looked like a girl. I immediately doubted that it was really a girl after the incident with Erbau. However, when the figure emerged from the fog, I breathed a sigh of relief. On her chest was clearly a medium-sized breast that was almost bare, only covered by a pair of tiny leaves on the nipples. Her beautifully curvy hips were just wearing a super short skirt made of something like bark. Other than those two things, there was only a crown made of roots on her head and green plant vines that slightly wrapped around her arms and legs.

Damn it, she was almost naked, and it made her extremely hot.

“Raymund, the god of hope.” The dark green-haired woman folded her arms across her chest. “I ask you to withdraw your servant from that place. After watching her for a long time, I feel that your servant will interfere with my efforts to destroy the plantation. I can feel she is your servant, and I don’t want to kill her out of respect.”

No wonder the flying scorpions didn’t try to kill Elise after the first attempt.

“Hey, you haven’t even introduced yourself, Frei.” Erbau chuckled and stood next to me. “And I’m sure you can only come to this place now because you’ve been with the god of love, not watching Ray’s servant.”

The goddess named Frei’s face turned red. “Hey, don’t talk about unimportant things, Erbau…. Why are you here!?”

“You didn’t notice me until now!?” Erbau chuckled again.

“So, your name is Frei, the goddess of nature?” I asked with a friendly smile. “I am Raymund…. Ah, it seems you already know my predecessor, right?”

“I have seen what you did, Frei,” Erbau smirked. “You stirred up those monsters with more power than just giving an idea, right? You control them directly. You should have known it was illegal. If Levi and Enda find out, you’re done.”

“Tch.” Frei looked away from Erbau. “I’m so sick of seeing people destroying the forest for their own sake! They had already got their share of land for their livelihood! Why did they even cut down to the remote corners of the pristine forest!? I can’t stand just watching them through the eyes of the wild animals! I have to do something directly! Or my forest will be completely destroyed by them! Over time there will be fewer wild plants and less variety because they are replaced by homogeneous plants!”

I wonder if the white bird that Elise saw at that time was Frei’s spy.

Erbau took a deep breath. “I know we often clash. I am the one who supports the expansion of human buildings, opposite you, who maintains nature. However, I think what you are doing is overkill, Frei. To the point of sending those monsters to die.”

Frei wiped her tears, still not wanting to look at Erbau. “You think I like doing it? By sending those monsters, their population decreases, which is dangerous for nature.”

“That doesn’t justify you doing what you do….”

“Hey, I have a proposal, Frei.” I joined in before the heated argument broke out. “But before that, did you know that some people in that plantation stole the oil?”