"Seems like I’ve guessed right again... Hm? Do you also want to speed up a bit?"
Seeing Leon stop and not attack again, but instead crush two shell coins, the Goddess of Fortune shook her head and said,
"Suit yourself, but your wealth is far less than mine, and if you want to catch up with me, crushing just a few shell coins won’t suffice."
After giving this not-so-kind reminder, the Goddess of Fortune smiled and said,
"Then onto the next guess... When you rushed down from the mountain, you kept drinking nonstop, so can I assume that your ability must be activated by heavy drinking?"
"Seems like I’ve guessed right again!"
Seeing Leon’s sudden shock, a flush of excitement rose on the part of the Goddess of Fortune’s cheek not covered by the Snake Scale. Then, with a snap of her fingers, the entire Emerald Valley suddenly brightened.
"Triple the sunlight, just enough to make you feel hot but not scalded, it’ll help you sober up faster."
Pointing to the two additional suns in the sky, the Goddess of Fortune, feeling herself close to the "truth," pressed her rapidly beating heart and said with anticipation,
"I really want to know, what happens to an ability activated by drinking once you sober up? Does it disappear directly, or... hmm?"
Feeling the world in front of her slightly blur, the Goddess of Fortune rubbed her eyes subconsciously, then looked at the increasingly blurred world in front of her, somewhat bewildered, and said,
"Your body is approaching death."
After secretly crushing all the shell coins in his hand and confirming he couldn’t buy anything more, Leon, who had remained silent throughout an entire Chapter without even inner monologue, spoke expressionlessly,
"Next, your skin will slowly turn pale, your eyes will become redder, drier, even bloodshot, and your forehead and nails will turn bluish-purple. Your heart will beat faster and faster, blood will flow wildly through you, but your strength will grow weaker, more exhausted..."
"You... you’re talking nonsense!"
The Goddess of Fortune’s expression tightened, and she bit her teeth, saying,
"I am a True God! How could you..."
Leon continued unhurriedly,
"The changes will affect your consciousness, making the flame of your soul flicker continuously, causing anxiety, panic, irritability, lack of concentration, until you lose consciousness, experiencing a temporary separation of soul and body..."
"You’re just spouting nonsense! I don’t even..."
"Look, it’s already beginning."
Interrupting the Goddess of Fortune, Leon pointed at her slightly bluish nails and slowly said,
"You have the ability to tell truth from lies, so you know whether I’m lying or not, but you just don’t want to admit it."
"Moreover, what has turned you into this involves the very foundation of this world. I once exchanged the secret technique of Aquarius with the Aquarius Director using the secret that includes its existence.
And those humans who have come into contact with it in the past, they’re either dead or will die on some future day; none have escaped unscathed. I believe you will be no exception."
As the world before her grew increasingly blurred and the scenarios Leon described began unfolding, the Goddess of Fortune gritted her teeth and said,
"You must have done something while... attacking me, right?"
"Damn! Do you carry a Numbered Anomalous Object? Is it... is it the Scent of Corrupted Flesh from the emptied blood and flesh Hell? Or... or the Fallen God Flower that melted the Omnia Cicada?"
Completely unaware of what she was talking about, Leon said nothing, giving her a mysterious smile instead, then secretly pressed the mirror cufflink hidden in his mouth with his tongue.
Hurry! Expand the Mirror World passage a bit more; I’m also a bit short of breath!