Chapter 205 Goddess of Love
Divine Continent, Elysium Domain:
Amidst the towering clouds, there exists a paradise that houses a magnificent castle, standing tall and proud.
Inside the castle, an otherworldly beauty was frowning, seemingly in deep trouble.
"What is this feeling of love? Am I cursed?" Elysienne, the goddess of love, questioned.
"Did the Extreme Virtual World, created by Sage Agon, fail or something?" Elysienne's frown deepened.
This is the first time she entered the extreme virtual world crafted by Sage Agon, a tier 9 gamemaster.
A gamemaster is a profession that delves deep into the laws and rules of the world, formulating games based on these rules or bending them to their will.
This profession is not very popular that very few, took it as their profession.
However, despite these challenges, lack of inheritance, few opportunities, and a lack of platforms.
Agon, hailed as the sage of games still ascended to one of the apex soverign.
He used games as his leverage, defeating all the odds and coming to the top of the world.
The reason for his success lay in the fact that almost half of the top 100 virtual games in the Arcane Continent were his creations.
With the feedback from the World's Origin, he became the fastest being to reach the apex realm in all the Eherium realm.
What Elysienne had just played was the Extreme Virtual World, which ranked in the top 30 on the leaderboard.
The uniqueness of this game lay in the fact that everything in it was real.
Despite being a mortal world, every person, plant, animal, and even object, as long as they possessed consciousness, was real.
The reason for this realness was the fact that the game was administered by real beings, the vast majority of whom were mortal humans.
These mortal humans and all the others, had their consciousness transferred into the virtual world without any memories of the real world.
After living a lifetime in the virtual world, mortal humans were usually rewarded with a lifetime of wealth.
With a time differential of 1 to 360, these mortals only needed to work for a little over two months to secure a lifetime's worth of wealth.
Of course, this generous compensation came with a significant trade-off.
While it may seem that these mortals only invested two months for a lifetime of wealth.
The time spent in the virtual world was experienced by their souls.
Without healing their souls, they could only live for another 30 to 50 years after exiting the virtual realm.
Other beings were also drawn to this world because of the various incentives that it offered.
As for who is willing to bear the price of all this trouble, it's the 8th and 9th-tier powerhouses.
Staying in the Extreme Virtual World for a lifetime can rapidly strengthen their will.
With their strength, the damage of time will only fortify their soul.
Regarding their experience, from birth to death, they would also have no memories.
They can only passively accept the benefits bought by the Extreme Virtual World, which is hassle-free.
After all, these powerhouses didn't want to be burdened by people living in an imaginary world.
The only reason Elysienne felt something is that she is the goddess of love.
The embodiment of love itself, even though she didn't have memories of her life in the virtual world.
Elysienne felt a deep sense of love and helplessness.
Since it was the first time Elysienne played this game, she didn't know what went wrong.
As for why would she bother playing this game when she can have everything at her fingertips?
That's because of the zealous witch hidden deep inside her.
Elysienne is not born naturally like most of the gods.
She got her position by killing the previous god and inheriting her godly authority.
Unfortunately for Elysienne, a god is not something that can be killed without consequences.
Although she replaced the previous goddess of love, she also received the curse of the zealous witch.
From time to time, Elysienne would experience hysteria, causing her to become a seductive witch in heat.
Previously, she could still control it, but as time went on, the curse seemed to strengthen itself.
With no other choice, she tried the Extreme Virtual World, which others said to deeply cleanse one's soul.
Although the game is only available on the Arcane Continent, as a 9th-tier being, getting access from the Divine Continent is easy.
After entering the game, she also felt the curse calming down a little.
But just a few days later, a different feeling emerged.
A feeling of love and obsession seemed to take over.
Under this change, Elysienne immediately wanted to quit.
Unfortunately for Elysienne, she was too unlucky.
The world she managed to enter was a private testing ground rented by the Lumina Crysalis Guild.
Usually, this would never happen, but because Elysienne used private access.
She managed to enter the world through sheer luck.
As a private testing ground, the world allowed entry but not exit.
Seeing that Elysienne couldn't quit through normal methods.
Elysienne also tried to send her power to her mortal self so that she could destroy the world and consequently exit the virtual world.
Who knew that even with all of this, her mortal self didn't do anything?
Instead, as time went on, the love and obsession grew like a raging fire.
Now, although the curse of the zealous witch had calmed down, there was another emotion that she needed to rid herself of.
The only problem was that she was the goddess of love.
How could she get rid of her authority's godly essence?
Doing so would likely lead to her immediate demise.
Yes, as the goddess of love, she couldn't eliminate her feelings.
The goddess of love was destined to be loved and love all living beings in the world.
This was also the reason for the downfall of the previous goddess of love.
Her deep love for her people became Elysienne's opportunity.
After all despite being a newly born god, the previous goddess of love is not something an 8th tier like her can kill.
However, the carelessness, deep trust, and love eventually led to the previous goddess's downfall.
This was also why Elysienne didn't want to be too influenced by her Godly Authority.
Others only needed to love her; there was no need for her to reciprocate.
But now, a hint of love emerged dyeing her mood until she gradually became a puppet of her Godly Authority.
This was the usual fate of newly born gods, assimilated by their Authority, turning them into mere puppets.
With no thoughts or will of their own, they existed solely as pawns for higher gods.
Now the problem in front of her is also this.
Sooner or later, if not remedied immediately, she would eventually be engulfed by her Authority.
"Now, what do I do?" Elysienne frowned.
Without any memories of the virtual world, she couldn't even begin to find the one who had caused all of this.
If she could confront the man who had tainted her with the hint of love, solving her problem would be easier.
She could either erase the man directly so her love would have no source, or devote all the love she had for that man to ensure it wouldn't consume her.
Unfortunately for her, not even the gamemaster, Sage Agon, knew all the details of the various virtual worlds.
Even if she were to ask, finding the man amidst the vast number of virtual worlds would be impossible.
As for the inconspicuous test conducted by the Lumina Chrysalis Guild?
It was just a slight ripple in the endless sea.
Even the parents of most of the examinees didn't bother to pay close attention to what was happening in the virtual world.
To them, the test was childish with no learning substance.
It was better to train than to watch children wrestle among themselves.
Furthermore, the Lumina Chrysalis Guild was not the only one conducting tests in the extreme virtual world.
Various top guilds and families also rented private extreme virtual worlds customized for their members or heirs.
As for Elysienne, she didn't think in that direction at all.
Previously, when she was still a believer of the Goddess of Love, her source of information was limited to the Divine Continent.
Furthermore, she had just become a god, with little experience and knowledge, everything was still new to her.
How could she think about something she didn't even know existed?
"I guess I can only ask help from the Council of Gods," Elysienne thought as a last resort.
The Council of Gods consists of higher gods and new gods who are still not assimilated by their power.
As for those who have already been assimilated by their power, they live in a closed state, managing only their domain.
Without their own thoughts, such gods are extremely xenophobic, only thinking about their believers and regarding others as heretics.
This is why other gods regard them as thorns and eliminate them when they can.
This is also why, even though she killed the previous Goddess of Love, Elysienne was not targeted by other gods.
Deciding to seek help, Elysienne suppressed the budding feeling of love, as she flew through the God Domain.
The center of the Divine Continent, much like the Origin Domain in the Arcane Continent.
"I hope I can make it through..."
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