Chapter 870
“……”
[Lily!]
[Lilha!]
[Ha ha ha]
[I thought I was gonna die from missing you;;;]
[Is this seriously the Ice Age?]
[A 3-week break is crossing the line, Lily.]
[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]
[Wow]
[Are you going to kill angels, Miss Lily?]
[Lilha!]
[Evil Lily LOL]
[Oh]
[Let’s stop hating angels now.]
[Finally, she’s here.]
[Isn’t this that place?]
After an impressive 3-week hiatus, Lily’s broadcast was on.
On the screen was a view of the blue sky with Lily’s back, staring blankly at it.
In a time when disasters had come, such a scene was hard to come by.
Currently, the continent was half-night and due to the auroras making daylight look dim, such a clean sky was nowhere to be seen.
Lily’s broadcast gathered many, including fans who had been eagerly awaiting her return, those hoping to join her, and forces wanting to keep her in check.
In just 10 minutes after going live, the viewer count already surpassed a million.
Judging that enough people had tuned in, Lily turned the screen to her face.
A gentle smile appeared on Lily’s face.
“Um… Hello?”
[Lilha!]
[Lilha!]
[What have you been doing?]
[Still pretty even after seeing you again LOL]
[Isn’t there an angel shrine here?]
[Planning to massacre the angels LOL]
[Are you going to kill angels?]
[Wow]
[What’s been happening?]
[Something feels off…]
[…Lily?]
“It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’m sorry. I had my reasons. It wasn’t easy to break free.”
Lily bowed her head.
Since there were far more viewers than usual, most didn’t notice the change in Lily.
But a very small number did.
[Is Lily okay?]
[Shivers]
[Is the angel about to die?]
[Lily, the demon is going wild, help!;;]
[You look unwell.]
Only a handful of devoted viewers who had regularly watched Lily picked up on her change.
Although everyone was excited about Lily’s return, they couldn’t engage in the chat.
Lily shook her head while gazing at the endlessly scrolling chat.
“It’s fine. You know, things like this happen in life, right?”
[Yena?]
“Oh, Miss Yena.”
The screen now adjusted again.
Beneath the blue sky was a pristine, restored white shrine and lower angels.
“Huh?”
“Is that Lily?!”
“Were you filming here?”
“Isn’t that the person who hates angels?”
And then there were the players.
The orderly line of users stood in a line, receiving quests from the angels.
The users waved towards Lily, but she merely stared at them silently.
Some users seemed to catch on to something and quickly logged out or exited the shrine, but still, most users remained.
They believed.
In ‘the peaceful Lily they knew.’
“Miss Yena. She’ll be here soon. I asked her to come, but I hope that happens once she’s done? I can’t quite remember what it was about.”
[Lily?]
[Shivers]
[Something feels wrong.]
[Oh, I see…]
[So she did vanish with Yena.]
[…Wait, didn’t Lily say not to take quests?]
[Lily?!]
[That can’t be right?]
[You can’t kill angels, Lily. The demons are going absolutely wild; angels are needed!]
[For real.]
The lower angel looked up at Lily.
Though they were cautious of the suddenly appearing Lily, the lower angel had their own backup plan.
First off, they had the protection of ‘Haelro,’ the shrine manager, and were trusted by the users.
According to the information, Lily was someone who absolutely wouldn’t do anything to herself…
“Ah.”
Lily’s gaze met theirs. She reached out her hand.
And then—
Crash!!
“Huh?”
“AHHHHHH!!”
“An-, angel!”
“What the…?”
And just like that, they were squashed.
The hammer imbued with divine destruction that appeared without a sound crushed the angel.
The light from Haelro descended, and without even a moment to react, it was shattered and vanished.
While the users fell into chaos and confusion, Lily remained unfazed.
With a cold gaze, she looked down at the users.
“I don’t understand.”
“Wh-what?”
“Was it such a difficult request? I didn’t even specifically tell you to go against angels.”
Lily had merely asked for a favor.
She promised to provide info about the disaster, usable power, and plenty of lacking resources in exchange; all she needed was to stand up against the disaster.
It didn’t matter if they were demons instead of angels.
No, they didn’t even need to face it.
They could simply wait in a corner of the city like regular users. She wouldn’t say a word to them.
But she asked them not to side with the “angels.”
About 300 users in the shrine heard her ominous words.
Some protested, while others couldn’t comprehend it, but everyone felt one common sentiment.
‘It’s dangerous.’
Lily’s demeanor was a stark contrast to the playful and compassionate figure everyone had known all along.
Lily…
“Is it okay to treat them the same way? Like they did.”
—
Just an hour after Lily’s return, the angel shrine was utterly destroyed.
All the angels present in the shrine were killed before they could do anything, and the users there couldn’t escape death either.
Of course, for immortal users, it was merely dying once and being reborn…
“Did Miss Lily just kill 3000 people in an hour?”
“That’s an estimate. She could have killed even more…”
“If that’s the case, isn’t she basically at the raider level? Actually, even raiders wouldn’t kill this many.”
“It’s already happened.”
“…Miss Lily.”
It was shocking.
The previous image of Lily, who had been friendly and playful, was now entirely different.
Lily had committed mass murder of countless users and had systematically become a ‘criminal,’ naturally recording herself in the raider rankings.
Of course, at this point, any systematic records weren’t important.
What mattered was public opinion now.
“Many users view Miss Lily’s actions negatively. I knew she hated angels, but I didn’t expect this…”
“Told you not to hold hands with the angels! It’s no wonder she’s upset.”
“Yena, did you foresee this?”
“Of course. To some extent?”
An emergency meeting of the Challenger Alliance was convened.
With the gates of the Demon Realm opened, there wasn’t much time to hold leisurely meetings, but the matter at hand was more important than anything else.
Honestly, having Lily as an ‘enemy’ was much more troublesome for the Challenger Alliance than any demon or undead.
Neris, the master of the Magic Tower, placed a hand on her head and shook her head.
“Every time someone talks about holding hands with angels, they end up calling those who don’t bad guys. Naturally, it’s no wonder Miss Lily is furious.”
“But there was no other way, was there?”
“Even so, they should have at least prepared an excuse for Miss Lily. ‘We tried hard but couldn’t restrict the users’ freedom,’ and yet look at the result.”
The Challenger Alliance had effectively turned a blind eye.
No, given their recent actions, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say they encouraged it.
They were the senior members of the Challenger Alliance who mobilized the users contracted with the angels to capture those who sided with demons.
To Lily, who had consistently supported the Challenger Alliance, it felt like being struck from behind.
If Lily were to barge into the alliance meeting room right now, she wouldn’t even know what to say.
“Now, what are we going to do?”
At Neris’s question, everyone fell silent.
How do we stop an enraged Lily?
“……”
“Should we catch Miss Lily…?”
“Are you crazy? How are we going to catch Miss Lily?”
“Why don’t we ask the angels for a favor to stop Miss Lily?”
“In this situation, you want to collaborate with angels? I think Miss Lily would get even angrier.”
“How about using public opinion to corner Miss Lily?! Since she’s a streamer, she can’t ignore public opinion!”
“Y-yeah! Miss Lily isn’t an ordinary user, right?!”
That’s right.
Lily is a user and also a streamer.
As she feeds off the interest of countless people, hearing bad news about public opinion may make her reconsider.
While it may not mean much to regular users, for Lily…
“…No.”
“Huh?”
“Do you really think Miss Lily would spare the angels just because of public opinion? I find it hard to believe. She might not kill users anymore, but the angels will continue to die.”
Hating angels was tied to Lily’s very identity.
It wasn’t merely a gimmick or a quest reward; she genuinely harbored ‘hatred’ because of the penalties.
Neris felt that whatever conditions were thrown her way, Lily wouldn’t cease her hatred for angels.
“What’s the Angel Guild doing?”
“I heard they’re in a state of emergency. Given their lack of visibility, they might be hiding.”
“Angels?”
“They’d better if they don’t want to die. However, because of that, the zombies are going crazy. At this rate, it’s going to be a massacre.”
“……”
Everyone fell silent again.
There were no solutions, and at any moment, Lily could come crashing into the alliance.
Ultimately, the one who had to decide was the leader of the alliance, the Knight.
He felt the hot glares and sighed.
“Well, how about we do this?”
