In a secluded, dilapidated church, one high-pitched scream after another echoed.
When Roy regained consciousness, he saw Isabella riding him like a Valkyrie.
The black, tight-fitting, holy nun's habit billowed like towering waves, distracting Roy so much that he couldn't even think about what was happening. His eyes were almost spinning.
Isabella's hands were clasped together at her chest in a praying gesture, but her pupils were filled with pink hearts.
This extreme contrast felt like a Berserk buff had been applied to Roy. His attack speed instantly doubled, and a flurry of combo moves even caused Isabella to briefly float in the air.
"Ahhh—"
Isabella cried out, her head thrown back, as if a fireworks display had started in her mind.
But Roy didn't stop his assault. His 40 points of constitution and the 32-centimeter length of his weapon were pushed to their limits at this moment.
Isabella felt as if her soul had floated back to heaven, so comfortable, so happy.
Wait!
Something didn't feel right!
Perhaps the intense sensory pleasure had broken through something, allowing Isabella to regain consciousness. She then realized she was riding Roy like a shameless, skilled woman.
"No—what's going on! What did you do to me!"
Isabella covered her face, unable to accept this reality. However, her movements didn't stop at all, as if her body had a mind of its own.
Roy was at a critical moment and didn't bother thinking about anything else. He just went for it.
He'd save the thinking for the afterglow.
"Take this, Isabella!"
"Wait, no!"
It was like the moment of a volcanic eruption, bringing immense impact.
[Ding! Obtained Michael's Conquest Treasure Chest! Open it now?]
[Ding! Obtained Isabella's Conquest Treasure Chest! Open it now?]
What a thoroughly enjoyable showdown!
But why did he get two Conquest Treasure Chests?
Could it be that Isabella, like Jennifer, also had two souls in one body?
So, he fought two bosses in one battle?
Just as he was wondering, Roy saw Isabella looking at him with a frosty expression.
"Wait a minute, Ms. Isabella, I tried to dissuade you! You were the one who took the initiative!"
This made Isabella's expression even worse. She suddenly raised her fist and punched Roy in the jaw. Unfortunately, Roy's constitution was too high, and one punch obviously wasn't enough to knock him out.
So, Isabella raised her fist again. This time, she used holy power and finally managed to stun Roy.
After knocking Roy out, Isabella tore open his shirt. With a swipe of her hand, she found Beryl's mark and a pink magic circle.
"Beryl? Or Lilith?"
At this moment, Isabella already knew who had schemed against her. That's right, it was Lilith.
Although Beryl was a demon lord, she didn't have the ability to manipulate desire like this. But Lilith did.
That night, after Lilith finished fighting Roy, she took advantage of his carelessness and cast a spell on his lower abdomen and weapon.
And Beryl's mark happened to cover up this spell, preventing Isabella from noticing it.
"Damn it, if it weren't for that fight with Samael..."
After understanding the truth, Isabella really wanted to kill Roy directly. But as a fair angel of judgment, she couldn't lay a hand on a good person.
Otherwise, Michael would be no different from the fallen angels in hell.
Helpless, the only thing Isabella could do was leave.
Thwack!
Isabella gritted her teeth, trying hard to disengage from Roy's weapon. Even in his unconscious state, Roy's weapon maintained its fighting power.
Fortunately, Isabella had extraordinary willpower. If she hadn't controlled herself and sat back down, it would have been a tragedy.
After barely standing up, Isabella limped out of the dilapidated church.
After leaving the church, Isabella suddenly began to talk to herself. A cold voice and a gentle voice alternated from her lips.
"Isabella, I need to sleep for a long time. I'll have to leave everything to you next!"
"Lord Michael, how did things turn out like this?"
"It was Lilith's desire magic, and Beryl's mark. That kid is the son of a demon! If it weren't for that battle with Samael, I wouldn't have easily fallen for Lilith's magic!"
"Oh heavens, the son of a demon! Lord Michael, are we just going to ignore him?"
Michael was silent for a long time, then answered Isabella.
"Since there are fallen angels, why can't there be righteous demons? Perhaps he is the one who will change heaven and hell."
With that, Michael let out a long sigh and then fell silent.
Control of the body returned to the nun Isabella. She continued to limp firmly into the distance, but after only a few steps, she tripped and fell.
The nun was very weak now. She had been seriously injured after the fierce battle with Samael, then accidentally stabbed in the private club, and just now, Roy had stabbed her thousands of times with his 32-centimeter weapon. It was already a testament to her willpower that she could even stand up, let alone walk.
"Damn it, my body!"
Suddenly, a pair of hands lifted Isabella up from behind.
"Ms. Isabella, I..."
Roy hadn't actually been knocked unconscious. After all, Isabella's body couldn't exert any force at that time. Who could exert force while being clamped around a weapon?
He mainly pretended to be unconscious because he was afraid Isabella would keep hitting him if he didn't.
Now seeing Isabella in such a disheveled state, Roy couldn't help but come out and help her.
"You, you stay away from me!"
Unexpectedly, after seeing Roy, Isabella shrank back like a startled little rabbit, completely lacking the aura of a female warrior she had before.
Roy scratched his head, a little bewildered. This was the first time a woman had reacted to him this way.
This made Roy realize that the person inside this nun might have changed.
"Ms. Isabella, I don't have any bad intentions. I just want to give you a ride."
Isabella's face was flushed, and her eyes kept darting around, looking very scared.
"I, I don't need your help!"
Roy was a bit helpless. Isabella was already injured, and she had just suffered severe trauma and heavy bleeding. There was no way she could walk out of this wilderness alone.
"Let me take you anyway!"
Roy picked up Isabella without giving her a chance to object.
At first, the nun was very scared and struggled violently. This behavior actually backfired.
Isabella's figure was too good, and this only made her more alluring.
However, after realizing that Roy wasn't doing anything to her, Isabella stopped struggling.
Roy placed Isabella in the passenger seat of the Chevrolet Camaro and then asked her.
"Where do you want to go?"
"To, to the nearest town, please."
Isabella answered Roy timidly in a gentle voice, making him even more certain that a different soul had taken over.
"I'm sorry about what happened just now. I wasn't aware of it either."
"I, I know."
By the time Roy drove Isabella to the nearby small town, it was already bright.
"If you run into any trouble, you can call me on this number."
Although he knew that the soul of the archangel was still residing in the nun's body, Roy still handed Isabella a piece of paper with his phone number on it.
Isabella hesitated for a moment, then took the paper.
"Thank you. I hope you can always be a good person."
Isabella gave Roy a slight bow and then struggled out of the car.
Only after watching the nun's receding figure disappear did Roy start the car and return to Waterfall Town.
From what he had heard while pretending to be unconscious, Roy had already guessed that Lilith was behind all of this. He now wished he could immediately appear in front of Lilith, hang her up, and whip her to death.
No, if he did that, Lilith would only enjoy it. He should just lock her in a box!
Hmm, that didn't seem right either. This woman was a complete masochist. Even being locked away would probably feel good to her. She was invincible!
Roy drove his second-hand yellow Chevrolet Camaro back to Waterfall Town. After changing his clothes, he went to Niddy's house to find Lilith.
The little loli had already been sent to school by Niddy's parents, so he didn't need to worry about her.
"Jennifer, you immediately get Lilith out here!"
Oak Tree High School was still on break today, so Jennifer and Niddy were both at home.
"What happened?"
Jennifer looked at Roy in surprise, curious as to why he was angry.
"Anyway, you immediately call out Lilith! Niddy, could you please step out for a moment and give Lilith and me some private space!"
Niddy had already learned about Lilith from Jennifer, so although she was a bit curious, she obediently left the room.
Seeing how angry Roy was, Jennifer had no choice but to close her eyes and call Lilith out.
Soon, Jennifer's aura underwent a tremendous change. Lilith was now in control of her body.
"Roy, what's so urgent?"
Lilith's response was Roy's hand gripping her neck.
However, Roy still didn't use his full strength, because he cared about Jennifer's body, even though her special witch constitution wouldn't allow her to die from this.
"Why did you release magic to scheme against me!"
Lilith didn't struggle when she heard this. Instead, her eyes lit up.
"So, it was successful?"
Lilith's first thought was this, which made Roy even angrier.
He had almost thought he was going to be killed by Michael.
"Did you want to kill me? Or should I kill you first!"
Lilith smiled charmingly and licked the back of Roy's hand with her tongue.
"No, I understand Michael. That guy is full of righteousness and wouldn't hurt any good person."
"What exactly do you mean?"
"Hehe, didn't I say I'd give you a gift that night? And you accepted it yourself!"
Lilith's words brought Roy's memory back to that night. He did indeed remember her saying something like that.
"Explain to me, how is that a gift?"
"Hehe, you definitely haven't properly felt the changes in your body. That was the blood of the holy virgin, the human form of Archangel Michael. It can have a huge effect on any living being."
Hearing this, Roy looked at the system and finally noticed a notification he hadn't seen before.
[Obtained special ability: Blood of an Angel!]
He actually obtained a special ability?
[Blood of an Angel: The blood of a righteous angel flows within your body. One day, you will be able to transform into a true angel and soar through the sky.
Passive effect: Slightly increases magic resistance, shortens the duration of negative effects, and allows you to gain Righteousness Points when killing evil creatures.
Active effect: Consumes collected Righteousness Points to enter the Angelic Descent state, greatly increasing physical attributes. When the collected Righteousness Points reach a certain amount, activating the active effect will allow you to use some angelic abilities.]
This special ability looked like an angel version of Son of a Demon. It was indeed a good ability. Even the passive effects were excellent.
It was just that using the active effect felt like it would conflict with Son of a Demon.
Plus, he had gotten two Conquest Treasure Chests at once. Lilith's gift was quite substantial.
However, this didn't make up for Lilith's mistake of hiding things from him.
"Why did you do that!"
"Roy, I wonder if you've ever heard of the Nephilim?"
The Key of Solomon immediately reacted.
The Nephilim originally referred to the offspring of angels and mortals. It had the meaning of giants, but also rebellion and fall.
In the story of the Bible, God obviously didn't allow the existence of such beings as the Nephilim, so he sent down a great flood to cleanse all the Nephilim and drove those who didn't die into hell.
Many fallen angels were originally Nephilim.
"God feared the potential of the Nephilim and almost wiped out the entire race. But I know that the strongest Nephilim should actually be a hybrid of angels, demons, and humans. You have human blood, as well as the blood of Beryl and the blood of Michael... I just tried it casually, but I didn't expect you to actually succeed. I think you will definitely be able to obtain power beyond God!"
Lilith's face was full of fervor. This was the first time Roy had seen her show such an expression.
Roy threw Lilith heavily to the ground. He wouldn't easily believe her words again.
"I don't need you to manipulate my life!"
Lilith lay prostrate on the ground very obediently, like a pet cat.
"Of course, Lord Roy, you are my master!"
Hiss, could it really be like this?
Roy was speechless for a moment.
"This is your last chance. If you dare to deceive me again, I will pull you out of Jennifer's body and kill you completely!"
Lilith actually stuck out her tongue and licked Roy's shoes.
"My master, I will always be loyal to you!"
Roy was almost driven crazy by Lilith's antics. Indeed, he was still too kind.
"Get up! What did you want Jennifer to tell me earlier?"
Lilith stood up obediently.
"Master, the little girl you brought here a couple of days ago seems to be an unawakened witch."
Hearing this, Roy was a bit surprised.
"You mean Emma? Wait, don't call me master. Jennifer might hear!"
"Hehe, actually, I can shield Jennifer's senses."
Lilith looked at Roy seductively, but Roy still gritted his teeth and refused.
"Call me by name. I don't want to hide anything from Jennifer!"
"Okay, Master Roy, I was talking about that Emma."
"Is there a problem with an unawakened witch?"
"There's no problem with an unawakened witch, but once a witch awakens, it might attract the Witch's Union, and they are the real trouble. Because my daughter should be in this Witch's Union!"
Unsurprisingly, the case of the private club still couldn't be covered up. After all, more than a dozen important figures from the political and business worlds had died, along with dozens of security guards. That didn't even count the injured club staff.
It would be a miracle if this could be kept quiet.
Naturally, Keller had played a part in this. Roy had given her the hard drive he had taken from the club, and she returned to Los Angeles. Not long after, a big news story broke.
Coupled with Elena's subsequent investigation at the private club, a storm was successfully stirred up in Texas.
It was just a lot of thunder and very little rain.
In the end, only Isabella and the masked Roy were put on the wanted list, while the dark web, the mastermind behind it all, disappeared from all the reports.
However, Roy received a call from Elena, saying that a certain organization had been warned and would lie low for a while.
Sure enough, Keller still hadn't succeeded completely, but at least she had pried open some cracks.
After the dark web club incident, Roy finally ushered in a period of peace.
Every day was just going to class, getting out of class, practicing boxing, and occasionally teasing Jennifer, Niddy, and Nancy.
Moreover, Wade had recently started shipping, and dividends were gradually being given to Roy, which made his wallet start to bulge.
Oh, and there was one very important thing: opening the treasure chests.
[Opening Michael's Conquest Treasure Chest...]
[Gained 5 points of Strength!]
[Gained 5 points of Agility!]
[Gained 5 points of Constitution!]
[Gained 5 points of Memory!]
[Gained 5 points of Spirit!]
[Gained 5 points of Willpower!]
[Obtained special ability: Eye of Judgment!]
Just like Beryl's Conquest Treasure Chest, Michael also gave +5 to all attributes and a special ability.
This allowed most of Roy's attributes to cross the 30-point mark, with only his Memory attribute still a bit short at 28 points.
[Eye of Judgment: God bestowed upon Michael, the guardian of Eden, a pair of eyes that could see through all sins. Michael has always used these eyes to judge humanity, but the uses of these eyes are more than Michael imagined.]
After obtaining this special ability, Roy could check the good and evil of others by consuming spiritual power, distinguishing them through the aura around their bodies.
Ordinary people had a white aura, good people emitted a golden light, and criminals emitted a red light.
The deeper the degree, the more brilliant the light on their bodies.
For example, because Roy had killed many sinners, the golden light on his body was very bright, which was also why Michael had let him go.
This ability could be used in conjunction with the Blood of an Angel that Roy had previously obtained, so he wouldn't kill the wrong people.
It was just that the Eye of Judgment consumed a lot of spiritual power and couldn't be used frequently.
[Opening Isabella's Conquest Treasure Chest...]
[Gained 1 point of Spirit!]
[Gained 3 points of Willpower!]
After that was the nun Isabella's Conquest Treasure Chest, which only yielded four attribute points.
Because Michael's Conquest Treasure Chest had such a huge reward, Roy didn't care what Isabella's chest contained.
However, the 3 points of Willpower did push Roy's Willpower attribute to 39 points, just 1 point away from 40.
Time quickly came to early March. By this time, the weather had begun to warm up, and Roy began to prepare to visit the University of California, Los Angeles, also known as UCLA.
He had to go. Coach Lambert's senior brother, Alan Berg, was afraid that Roy would be poached by other universities and had urged him several times.
So, Roy had to ask his homeroom teacher, Elizabeth, for a long leave of absence.
It wasn't a big problem, because Roy was a sports student. Even if he failed all his academic subjects, he could still be admitted to university and even get a scholarship.
Jennifer and Niddy were different. They had to prepare well for the SAT exams to avoid any accidents.
Elizabeth had also just returned to work today, after disappearing for a month somewhere.
Knock, knock, knock!
"Come in."
When Roy entered the office, he saw Elizabeth intently looking at some documents.
Thinking about it, after taking a month-long leave, she would have to look at the teaching progress when she returned.
"How is it you? You startled me!"
As a result, when Elizabeth looked up and saw that it was Roy who had come in, she immediately threw the documents aside, put her legs on the desk, and entered a state of complete relaxation.
Okay, this was the Elizabeth Roy knew, the true face of the Slothful King.
However, Elizabeth always wore tight, super-short pencil skirts to work, and this action revealed some "absolute territory."
"Ahem, Teacher Elizabeth, I'm here to ask for a leave of absence!"
"Close the door and come over here to talk!"
Roy closed the office door, walked over to Elizabeth, and her gaze suddenly became very dangerous. Then, she suddenly grabbed Roy's tie, pulled him in front of her, and sniffed him.
"Hmm? Little Roy, why do I smell a familiar scent on you?"
Was Elizabeth's nose so sensitive? Was she a demon or a dog?
"Judging by your expression, you seem to be thinking about something not very good?"
"Nothing like that! I only ever think about how great Teacher Elizabeth is!"
Roy looked at Elizabeth solemnly, speaking as if it were the truth.
Elizabeth affectionately pinched Roy's nose.
"Well said! You should say more of that in the future! But you might not know, I also possess the power of lies. No one can lie in front of me."
Roy recalled the information in the Key of Solomon. The Seven Deadly Sins weren't just the seven original sins, but also included things related to them.
For example, Beryl's title of Slothful King also included lies related to laziness.
Stretching lazily, Elizabeth stood up, pushed Roy down onto the chair, and looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Tell me, what interesting things happened during the days I was away?"
Roy scratched his head and told her about what happened with Isabella, but he omitted Lilith's role in it.
After listening to Roy, Elizabeth was silent for a while, then suddenly burst into wild laughter.
"Wahahaha..."
This laughter was even more exaggerated than the hellish jokes Roy had told her on Halloween night.
There was a knock on the door, as if someone passing by had been startled by Elizabeth's wild laughter.
"Ms. Elizabeth, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I just heard a particularly funny joke."
After saying that, Elizabeth immediately set up a barrier to prevent the sound from escaping.
Immediately afterward, Elizabeth sat on Roy's lap, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Good boy, I knew I didn't misjudge you. You did a fantastic job! I won't have to worry about being bored for the next hundred years! Oh, right, what did you say you wanted to see me about?"
The warmth and softness in his arms made Roy a little restless.
"Uh, I need to ask for a long leave of absence to go to California."
"A long leave, huh? Approved! But before you leave, aren't you going to accept a special reward from your teacher?"
Elizabeth wiggled her "taillights."
Roy loved rewards the most! Especially rewards from a Great Demon Lord!
What could it be? It's so hard to guess!