Hearing such unified voices, everyone was dumbfounded, staring blankly at the sudden situation unfolding before them.
How could this happen so perfectly? "Sin" claimed to be the Saint Lord, and suddenly a whole group of followers appeared rushing to become those so-called "Saints"?
The game balance seemed completely broken! This was equivalent to gaining so many helpers out of thin air.
Even Sun was somewhat stunned. Although these people, including that Jiang Yuan, probably didn't have combat strength surpassing his own.
However, none of them were weak either! In the Heaven and Earth Society, these would all be top-tier combatants.
How did playing a game manage to gather such a group? Wasn't this equivalent to suddenly creating a top-tier faction?
At this moment, he truly couldn't understand, looking at "Sin" with an expression of unfairness.
Wait, so all this time I couldn't defeat you because you were purely cheating?
Who could handle playing like this!
"Actually... you might not know this, but I am the true Saint Lord, he's just an impostor!"
Sun's mind seemed to have suddenly conceived an outrageous idea, trying to bluff. But naturally, no one paid him any attention at this moment. The steadfast ones, led by Jiang Yuan, all stared uniformly at Pride in the center.
As for Pride's mental fortitude, it was truly unmatched. Even in this situation, he felt everything was perfectly natural, seemingly having completely forgotten that the title "Saint Lord" was something he had only heard about minutes ago.
He now genuinely believed he was the Saint Lord, and that he should naturally have these Saints!
He spoke up:
"Very well, from now on, you are all Saints."
Jiang Yuan, leading all the steadfast ones, asked Pride:
"Please, Saint Lord, give us our mission."
Lu Ce glanced at the people around him and actually slowly shook his head, saying:
"According to whatever prophecy you mentioned."
"Just do what you're supposed to do, no need to ask me for instructions."
But who would have thought that Jiang Yuan would raise his head at this moment, clasp his hands together, his eyes shining as brightly and transparently as stars, as if purified of all worldly dust.
"My heart had become empty, but the Saint Lord awakened me, letting me know what I should do."
"Therefore, the Saint Lord's will has already become my heart!"
"Moreover, everything the Saints should do is fundamentally to obey the Saint Lord's commands."
After these words were spoken, not to mention the players present, even the spectators outside the game were somewhat broken.
[ : Seriously? How can someone encounter such good fortune, why them? ]
[ : This is too much like a loyal dog, wasn't he supposed to have some mission regarding world destruction? ]
[ : Now he doesn't care about anything, brings a newbie starter pack and gives it all to "Sin". ]
[ : Hilarious, this is "Sin's" personal charm! People just follow him casually. ]
However, Xie Antong in the scene naturally didn't share those jealous thoughts others might have.
What surfaced in her mind was a very simple phrase.
— As long as you remain steadfast, people will follow you.
She could probably guess that these people before her were likely similar to "players" before this world's destruction.
They were this world's guardians, protecting the last hope, but that hope was too faint, likely just an empty, elusive prophecy.
And Lu Ce's appearance, Pride's appearance, was a shot of adrenaline, making their beliefs transform from emptiness to renewed firmness.
In other words, Lu Ce had now become Jiang Yuan and these people's faith! Their spiritual anchor.
It really was... as long as you're sufficiently steadfast, people will follow you.
However, due to some doubts, and also her instinctive thinking patterns from "mystery games," Xie Antong still proactively spoke up.
"Jiang Yuan, right? Hello, hey hey, look over here."
As she spoke, Xie Antong vigorously waved her hand toward Jiang Yuan.
Suddenly, over a dozen pairs of eyes turned to look at her, including the Death Messenger who currently appeared somewhat horrified.
"How about making a deal?"
"I have some information that might be very useful to your master, but you'll need to satisfy my curiosity a little too."
"What exactly is the content of this prophecy you mentioned?"
Jiang Yuan was momentarily stunned, then decisively said: "Agreed!"
Since he was already within the prophecy now, there was nothing to hide. Comparatively, information useful to his master was more valuable.
Hearing Jiang Yuan agree, Xie Antong didn't doubt him at all, nor did she fear he might go back on his word. She directly spoke up, revealing the eight cities' Demon Beacons, and that sealing them might require something from the Hell Envoy's chest.
The Death Messenger's expression suddenly turned somewhat unpleasant, giving Xie Antong a strange look, wondering how this person knew about this?
And... coming here to give away information for free again!
However, she did want to hear about that prophecy too.
Jiang Yuan was also an extremely honest person. After Xie Antong finished speaking, he didn't consider reneging, saying:
"The ancient prophecy said that everything in the world would be destroyed, people's thoughts, lives, would all become strings of data to be manipulated at will."
"But perhaps one day, Saints and Demons would descend upon this world. Following the Saints' footsteps, there might be a slim chance of reversal."
And now, the Saint Lord had appeared, and they had simply become Saints! Naturally, they would obey the Saint Lord's commands to seek that slim chance.
Xie Antong's eyebrows raised slightly, thinking that this prophecy was indeed incredibly accurate. Excluding Lu Ce's self-proclaimed Saint Lord status, it was completely precise!
Who made this prophecy?
"Hahahahaha! So that's how it is? This narrative structure feels really familiar."
Suddenly, after hearing Jiang Yuan's words, the Death Messenger seemed to suddenly understand something, laughing heartily.
"First prophesying destruction, then leaving you a thread to realize causality."
"Never expected it to be the methods of 【Causality】!"
"Heh."
As she spoke, the Death Messenger's entire body relaxed, shaking her head as if nothing was worth fearing anymore.
Looking down condescendingly at Pride, she chuckled lightly:
"Still playing Saint Lord? Still bestowing the title of Saint upon others?"
"Do you know the cost of doing this? From what I know, 【Causality】 is quite a petty one."
"The causality of an entire world—can you bear it? Who would dare to bear it!?"
"Better tell that fool beside you the truth sooner."
Pride originally didn't want to speak, but hearing this, he instead raised his head.
Casually, he threw the half Beacon in his hand to Jiang Yuan beside him.
"Take it, this is your mission now!"
His attitude was very clear.
— The mere causality of one world, and I wouldn't dare to take it!?