"Miss Lilith…"
"Do I not have to die?"
Feeling the miraculous sensation of her body seemingly rewinding in time and recovering, Merka reached back to cover the two fang marks left on her neck by Lilith, and asked in a puzzled tone.
"Death is definitely inevitable…"
"But I must say, you now have a few more choices on how to die."
Lilith winked mischievously at Merka, teasingly speaking to her.
She stood up from Merka's body, stood obediently, with her hands clasped together, patting the dirt on her knees.
"So, the urgent matter is resolved, you should set off to find the path to the next level now～～"
Lilith pulled the still slightly stiff Merka up from the ground, lightly tapping his shoulder, urging him to leave quickly.
"Uh, aren't you going to help me?"
Merka looked at Lilith's snake-like eyes, asking in confusion.
"Of course not."
"I'll wait for you here."
"Although I am your guide, after all the commotion just now, I'm tired and can't walk anymore."
"I'll be waiting for you in this observatory, cheering you on."
Merka looked hesitant, although Lilith urged him to go on quickly, he really didn't know how to proceed now.
He was afraid that as soon as he opened the door, he would see the horrific owl face of the Owl God.
"Wait, Miss Lilith, the girl who came in with me at the beginning… Turing, you should know her, right?"
"Where is she now? Did she enter the smoke-free zone with me?"
Merka's eyes were downcast, full of autumn waves, the lake of his heart filled with distant autumn winds blowing in, stirring waves of emotions.
He thought, if Turing was by his side, even an angel like the Owl God… would definitely be easily captured.
"Oh, you are worried about her, but you should be more worried about yourself."
"Killing angels is just like slaughtering pigs and sheep. What right do you have to worry?"
"And you always have to go upstairs to meet."
"The passage between adjacent floors in the smoke-free zone is not affected by illusions."
"If you manage to survive, you will definitely meet there."
Hearing Lilith's words, Merka sighed lightly in his heart, feeling a bit relieved.
"All the information about the different areas on level α is in the bookshelf over there."
"Including all the information about the angels imprisoned in the α zone. Feel free to use it if necessary~"
"I'll take a rest first… Haah–"
Lilith let out a loud yawn, closing her eyes tightly, eyelashes trembling slightly, mouth wide open, fangs protruding slightly, as if still covered in saliva.
Merka couldn't believe that such a long thing had just pierced into his neck.
She sat on the sofa behind the desk, leaned to one side, closed her eyes, a relaxed smile on her lips.
"Let me know when it's time to go to the next level, don't leave me alone."
This woman…
Merka dared not say more, silently cursing in his heart, afraid she would give him another countdown to death.
Ignoring Lilith's deep slumber, Merka went to the bookshelf and started going through the materials.
He flipped through and found that besides some agreement papers and financial statements that he couldn't understand, the most numerous were introductions to various angels.
The angels detained in zone α were mostly docile.
But docile didn't mean they weren't powerful.
Like Beelzebub, who was originally kept in the zoo area.
By the way, humanoid angels here are also kept in the zoo area.
Angels transformed into humans do not enjoy privileges like real humans.
"Is the Owl God in the zoo area too?… It looks like not."
Merka pulled out the file bag for the zoo area, quickly flipped through it. Merka thought this would give him more information about the Owl God and Lilith, but he found nothing.
"Is it not in the zoo area… Is it in the conceptual zone?"
"Oh, there it is."
Merka took out the file bag of the conceptual zone from the deepest part of the bookshelf, blew off the thick layer of dust on it, and opened the file bag.
To his surprise, there was only one page inside, which was about the Owl God.
But it only listed the Owl God's physical strength and magical data. There were only a few brief paragraphs about the Owl God's abilities.
Written by— Pandora Altria
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The Owl God is the god of self-mutilation, the god of suicide, and the god of introspection.
For those attacked by the Owl God, it will mimic the personality and behavior of the victim.
The victim will then be trapped in their own personality flaws and unable to escape.
In the end, the victim will die not knowing whether they are themselves or someone else.
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"It indeed said everything I didn't want to hear and cursed me."
"But, mimic me…? It didn't mimic me at all, though?"
Merka looked at the explanation in the file, still somewhat puzzled, so he put the file bag back.
"Huh…?"
Just as Merka put the file back into the bookshelf, his pupils dilated as he noticed something very strange.
In the deepest part of the bookshelf, there was another file bag labeled Curseborn zone.
This smoke-free zone was not just researching angels.
It also researched Curseborn.
