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Chapter 259: The Sun God and the Twin Moon Goddesses
Yogg might have been momentarily stunned by Cheng Tian's fabricated identity as the old man's illegitimate son, but it was impossible to fool the two winged goddesses.
The Six High Priests were the core leadership of Ys, and they were intimately aware of all its main and branch families. There was no one named Cheng Tian in the Fackelt family's branches.
Furthermore, although Cheng Tian's Crystal Eye of Observation was very similar to the Fackelt's Eye in both appearance and function, as the only two beings capable of using the Black Pearl's power, Fina could tell at a glance that Cheng Tian's Crystal Eye of Observation contained no trace of Clelia ore.
It might indeed possess the exact same abilities and attributes as the Fackelt's Eye, but it was definitely not the Fackelt's Eye.
However, at this moment, Fina suddenly felt that not exposing Cheng Tian's identity might actually be a better approach.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!? My father is one of the Six High Priests, a core figure of the Ys Kingdom! How could he be a traitor to the Goddesses!?
You're lying!"
This response hit Yogg's most sensitive spot. His emotions were so agitated that he even actively released the Fackelt's Eye.
In an instant, Bazett, who reacted first, flashed in front of Cheng Tian, adopting a defensive stance, while one of her hands already began drawing Rune symbols in the air.
But very quickly, Cheng Tian's hand rested on Bazett's shoulder, signaling her not to act. He wasn't angry; instead, he simply pointed his thumb twice towards the Goddesses.
Following Cheng Tian's gaze, she saw Fina's expression, which had turned thoughtful.
Noticing Yogg's gaze, which was filled with anger yet also contained a hint of pleading, Fina took a deep breath, then spoke with some difficulty.
"My sister and I did vaguely sense something was amiss with this large-scale monster invasion. Whether it was the timing or the location of the invasion, and even critical movements concerning the Temple Knights, all were filled with coincidences.
And the people who could simultaneously access and leak such information would theoretically be the highest echelons of the Ys Kingdom—that is, the Six High Priests.
Of course, we still can't be 100% certain that Cain Fackelt is the traitor. We can only say that all the Six High Priests are more or less under suspicion—"
"No! I don't believe it! I'm going to confront my father face to face!!!"
The rebellious young man not only refused to listen to reason but also ignored the Goddesses. Unable to accept this fact, he fled on the spot, not knowing where his old man was.
Fina's raised hand quickly fell. She couldn't deal with Yogg's family problems, yet she couldn't refute the definite conclusion Cheng Tian had provided, because if the current High Priest of the Heart, Cain Fackelt, were placed in the position of the traitor, then all their previous doubts would be resolved.
From another perspective, if they were still in the Sky Temple, the Twin Goddesses would have some home-field advantage. But to actively run into this Black Tower, which was entirely constructed from Black Pearl magical residue mixed with humanity's dark side, filled with monsters, and possibly even built with the traitor's involvement, bringing the crucial artifact Black Pearl with them—that was no different from actively offering themselves up.
Fina's expression visibly turned ashen.
She seemed to finally realize what a foolish thing she and her sister had done.
For them, sacrifice wasn't terrifying; what was terrifying was meaningless sacrifice. That was no longer arrogance or self-redemption, but pure stupidity.
"Scared?"
Hearing Cheng Tian's voice, Fina, somewhat dazed, subconsciously nodded.
"If you're scared, then quickly have your sister take the artifact and leave the tower. If you ask me, you two should just build a Twin Tower next to this one to spawn angels, and just have a tower defense battle directly with the Black Tower, just spawning troops against each other."
Cheng Tian was trying to incite the Goddesses to change the game genre of Ys Origin.
Fina, who was a bit stunned by the high-firepower output, quickly said "Oh" twice, then hastily activated her Goddess power, attempting to communicate with the Goddess statue in the Domain of Blamefire to complete a spatial transfer.
But unexpectedly, the Goddess statue in her perception was clearly covered by an evil power—
Evidently, someone had used a Black Crystal to corrupt the Goddess statue after she left, transforming it into an evil statue. This meant she couldn't directly teleport there anymore.
"What do we do? I can't teleport!"
Fina, who had lost her usual Goddess demeanor, was somewhat treating Cheng Mouren as a lifesaver, even though their reputation status was still cold.
Seeing this, Cheng Tian directly pulled out a Black Crystal, discovering that the Domain of Blamefire had become a transmittable state. However, because the Black Crystal had a default faction tendency, and he himself wasn't a spellcaster like Sabba who understood spatial transfer and interference, he couldn't select the Goddess, who was defaulted as an enemy faction, as a target for group teleportation.
"Then let's use our legs. We'll fight our way up again."
Cheng Mouren, looking refreshed, stretched broadly, his bones making crisp cracking sounds.
It must be said, pouring out nearly twenty years of resentment all at once, directly confronting the person involved and unleashing a barrage of words, felt truly exhilarating!
The kind of exhilarating that made him feel like he was flying!
In a sense, Cheng Tian had already overachieved his goal for coming to Ys Origin this time. Even if he were kicked out now, he'd be happy.
"Are you going to find those knights you troubled, or are you coming with me? I'm going to continue climbing the tower."
Cheng Tian asked casually.
"Born into the Race of Darkness, fabricating a false identity, and still wanting to explore the Black Tower despite knowing so many secrets... Who exactly are you? What is your purpose?"
After all, she was a long-lived race that had lived for at least one or two hundred years and had protected a human kingdom. The shattered beliefs were reassembled quite quickly.
Once an error was realized, the natural course of action was to correct it.
However, more than that, Fina was still more concerned about Cheng Tian, this mysterious person who had broken her defenses multiple times and carried a strong aura that instinctively made her feel fear.
"Me? Just a player. Conquering this tower is my purpose."
Cheng Tian answered directly, without concealment.
"A player... huh? To view a Black Tower full of monsters as an amusement park, you truly are a madman."
Fina, who didn't know how to describe her current feelings, actually smiled helplessly.
"Thank you for the compliment."
Cheng Tian savored the Goddess's evaluation.
But next, the Goddess stretched her wings, floated into the air, looked down at Cheng Tian, and then asked,
"Since you said I caused trouble for the people of Ys, then, do you dare to accept this trouble from me?"
"What's there to be afraid of?"
Cheng Tian, who lifted his Mask of Blazing Sun, showed no fear.
"Good! You said it!"
Fina's face showed a cunning expression, and the wings on her back, the source of power for the winged race, began to emit a brilliant glow like moonlight.
But at the same time, to Fina's rapidly growing surprise, a warm, sun-like light also bloomed synchronously from the center of Cheng Tian's forehead.
The next second, Cheng Tian's side began to receive notifications.
As the host of the Sun God Gem Shard, you have resonated with Fina, the Red Moon, who controls the power of "Freedom" among the Twin Moon Goddesses, creating an attribute resonance that transcends the dungeon's space-time.
You have received the blessing of the Red Moon Goddess "Fina"—"Goddess's Grace (Red Moon)".
All your skills gain the "Charge +1" effect, and using charged skills will not consume anything.
You have forcibly triggered and accepted the exclusive side quest—"Sun and Moon Shine Together."