As a member of the Deity Species, being Kafni was her greatest pride.
She was born at the Divine Rank, and upon reaching adulthood, she became a Deity.
Far superior to an ordinary human like Lin Da.
So, when she met Lin Da, her attitude was one of blatant arrogance and scorn.
Kafni felt the energy within her body.
It was entirely different from what she once had!
But no longer the same Divine Rank!
Kafni was utterly distraught, as if she had just eaten durian that had rotted for three days: "For f***’s sake, no wonder the Trident Spear feels so powerless in my hands. I’m a thief-turned-deity! Among all the Divine Positions, my combat abilities are the crappiest!"
The speaker was casual, but the listener wasn’t.
Tricia shuddered as something clicked in her mind.
"Kafni, now is your time to shine!"
Lin Da laughed heartily: "What’s your Ultimate Skill? Did you forget?"
Before he could finish, Tricia sensed danger.
She abandoned her immense form, transforming into a two-meter-tall Treant, flying away into the distance!
Prompted by Lin Da’s reminder, Kafni finally realized.
The thief’s greatest skill was stealing.
If she could steal "that thing"...
Even if Tricia died, the divine power meant to seal the spatial rift wouldn’t disappear.
"I see now, I understand!"
With renewed excitement, Kafni licked her lips, grabbing her right wrist with her left hand. She opened her palm, aiming it at the fleeing Tricia.
"I bet my entire lifetime’s luck as a deity, Su-per THEFT!"
It was precisely because of this Ultimate Skill that Lin Da laughed so audibly.
The ordinary [Theft] skill had a chance of stealing an item from the opponent.
But Kafni was uniquely gifted.
Her Ultimate Skill, [Super Theft], guaranteed a 100% success rate in stealing one item from the opponent.
In the distance, Tricia’s body froze.
A shimmering green orb detached from her body and flew toward Kafni.
It was a tender shoot of grass, suspended within the green orb. Wherever it passed, the earth renewed with life, and wounded Legendary Rank individuals were healed. The sprout seemed to bristle with endless vitality.
As the sprout was taken, Tricia’s expression shifted drastically, and she let out a blood-curdling wail.
She stared at her hands tremblingly, seeing bark spread across them. Her once-proud chest had transformed into an ugly tree knot, and her divine power was rapidly draining away.
In the blink of an eye, she plummeted to the Legendary Rank.
What had just happened?
The onlookers were utterly baffled.
Why did learning that Kafni had become a thief-turned-deity terrify Tricia so deeply?
And what exactly was that sprouting shoot Kafni had stolen?
Lin Da chuckled: "It seems your luck is truly the best among us. We can never mock you again."
"Damn right," Kafni said smugly, puffing out her chest. "I told you from the beginning—if it weren’t for my discerning eye, how could I have picked you out of billions of adventurers to become the Hero?"
The two shared a smile.
Their past grudges melted away like snow in the sun.
Lin Da helped Kafni save the world and completed her Divine Realm mission. In turn, Kafni no longer resented Lin Da for transforming her into a beautiful girl.
After all, Deity Species had no fixed gender; certain predecessors Kafni knew were male one day and female the next.
Lin Da glanced at the sprouting shoot in Kafni’s hand.
[Item: Holy Tree’s Sprout]
[Quality: Divine Level]
[Description: A fragment of Tricia’s godhead, capable of absorbing the souls of the dead in the world and converting them into divine power.]
What Kafni had stolen was none other than Tricia’s godhead!
The magic needed to repair the spatial rift resided within the godhead.
With this item in their possession, even if Tricia perished, the world would remain unaffected.
Lin Da and Kafni could now take their time cultivating, working toward fully restoring this world one day.
"In the end, saving the world always comes down to me!"
"Right, you truly are the best goddess out there."
The compliment made Kafni a little embarrassed as she scratched her head: "What goddess? This old man doesn’t want to play that role. Let’s deal with that bastard World Tree first."
"Exactly what I was thinking."
The two figures flickered, encircling Tricia.
"It wasn’t supposed to be this way, it wasn’t..."
Tricia clutched her head, her divine essence shattered.
Faced with Lin Da and Kafni, she didn’t even have the courage to run, collapsing into despair.
"Die, World Tree. From now on, this will be an era for adventurers."
Tricia dazedly raised her head.
In her vision, she saw only the pitch-black Destruction Magic surging toward her.
A massive chasm was left in her place, and the World Tree Goddess Tricia was utterly obliterated, reduced to dust within the destructive magic.
A massive red damage number appeared.
Lin Da glanced at the bottom-right corner, where a system notification appeared: ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel⟡fire.net
[Congratulations! You have defeated the World Tree Goddess Tricia (Level 100) and earned 10 billion Mystical Points!]
[You have cleared "Mystic Continent" and earned the title of "True Hero."]
At the moment Tricia died, the perpetually looming black clouds over Devil’s Continent began to dissipate.
For the first time, the blue sky revealed itself to the Demons living below.
There were white clouds—and the "golden fireball" they had only read about in ancient texts.
One by one, the Demon Clan Legends and the ordinary citizens in the cities froze in shock.
As Tricia perished, the black clouds scattered, the earth sprang back to life, and new sprouts emerged from the ground.
The desperation that had driven them to wage war on Mystic Continent—the uninhabitability of Devil’s Continent—was no longer valid.
The sunlight poured in from the east.
Evelyn, Lia, Isa... everyone gathered by Lin Da’s side.
Shoulder to shoulder, they silently admired the beautiful sunrise.
It was the first ray of sunlight Devil’s Continent had seen in millennia.
From this day on, there would no longer be Heroes or Demon Kings.