Let them offer their loyalty!

"I promise I will complete the task!"

Larilo nodded in her reserved and noble manner, then said, "Since that is the case, you may leave."

"Once you have completed the tasks I have assigned you, you can contact me again."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu nodded earnestly and replied, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, I will accomplish it as soon as possible."

Larilo nodded with satisfaction.

The next second, her body exploded into a mass of white vapor.

For a moment, the white vapor condensed and contracted, finally returning into the form of that ancient coin.

Then, with a "clang..." it fell onto the table, rolling around several times before it finally came to a slow stop.

With the end of the communication and the falling of the coin, the room became eerily silent...

At this time, Qiu Tu made no movement.

He just watched the ancient coin quietly, then suddenly let out a soft chuckle.

The next second, without giving the coin another glance, he took out his communicator and dialed a few numbers.

The person on the other end had clearly been waiting for Qiu Tu's call, so as soon as he called, the other party instantly picked up.

At the same time, a familiar woman's voice came from the earpiece, "How did it go? What's the result?"

Upon hearing the woman's voice, Qiu Tu, while stepping out of the room, replied with a light chuckle, "I've almost gotten to the bottom of it."

"She indeed fell into Yan Chen's trap. Now, not only is her soul unable to leave that body, but she's also restrained by the Godslayer artifact that Yan Chen had prepared long ago."

At Qiu Tu's words, Qin Shuman laughed, "It seems... our Heretic Goddess has truly taken a fall this time."

Qiu Tu hummed in acknowledgment and couldn't help but recall the entire conversation he had just had with Larilo.

Larilo did possess some cunning: despite being outmaneuvered by Yan Chen, and now trapped, she remained unpanicked and tried every possible way to escape.

And she had actually already communicated her method of escape to Qiu Tu: by leveraging the power of the Great Evil God Zhaohui, forcefully shattering Yan Chen's Illusion of the Law, causing his advancement to fail and him to suffer backlash. Thus, revealing a flaw that would allow her to flee.

As for most of what she and Qiu Tu had talked about, the mutual calculative moves between Yan Chen and herself were largely true. Or should we say, nine parts truth to one part falsehood.

The only false part might be that Larilo had discovered Yan Chen's trap and had made preparations in advance...

As for the rest, Qiu Tu speculated that they were probably deductions Larilo made based on the events of these past few years after she had fallen into the trap.

And why was Qiu Tu so certain that Larilo had truly been duped, rather than, as she claimed, turning the tables on Yan Chen and setting a trap for him?

It was actually quite simple...

Larilo thought she had behaved very normally, but in fact... she had overplayed her hand.

Recalling Larilo's entire history of interaction with Qiu Tu—the Heretic Goddess girl was arrogant, sinister, and cunning.

During the three interactions and tests with her, although the outcomes varied, there was one constant in Larilo: she was tight-lipped! (Chapter 155, 184, 204)

Qiu Tu was someone adept at controlling the flow of conversations and extracting information, yet he never received a single useful piece of information from Larilo.

The only time he did get useful information, it was false—Larilo claimed that Jia Shu was her follower.

So, when Qiu Tu discovered that today's Larilo, without any prompting, spilled all the beans, he immediately became certain that Larilo was lying.

She was using her words to guide him, to feed him the information she wanted him to know or believe.

And across all the information revealed by Larilo today, the only thing worth her elaborate deception of Qiu Tu was the fact that she had fallen into a trap. Stay connected through My Virtual Library Empire

Qiu Tu guessed that Larilo had probably sensed something was off and amiss, but being controlled by Yan Chen, she simply had no time to escape or call for help.

Moreover, during this time, Yan Chen and Qiu Tu had done away with all of Larilo's core followers, leaving her with no one to contact.

This was also why Larilo continued the conversation despite possibly knowing she had overexerted herself—she likely had no other choice, Qiu Tu was her last lifeline.

Therefore, even if she knew she might be exposed, she... might not last much longer and had to take a gamble.

Of course, she lost that bet.

Thinking this way, Qiu Tu also took out the list of ten tasks Larilo had told him to complete.

Most of these tasks were to create a smokescreen, but one seemed to have an issue.

"Light three sticks of incense at the east gate of Xinjie City and whisper 'My Lord Larilo' three times."

According to Larilo, this was to signify Qiu Tu's allegiance to her, after which they would be on the same side.

But... to be honest, Qiu Tu had never seen such a way of marking believers, so he surmised that it was probably a distress signal.

The east gate was precisely the direction of Eastern City, and the incense might be a special kind of signal, while "My Lord Larilo" was clearly to notify Zhaohui who needed help.

It was through these two major details that Qiu Tu became certain that Larilo was not as shrewd as she claimed, but instead was trapped!

He conveyed his entire analysis to Qin Shuman.