Chapter 779 She’s Coming
Cindy gave her a reassuring smile, calm and steady.
And just like that, the red haze in Hera’s vision began to lift. The storm in her chest calmed slightly, and the danger lurking in her eyes—the raw, unfiltered fury—slowly retreated into the shadows, waiting.
What Hera didn’t realize at that moment was that the emotions surging within her weren’t originally hers—they were emotions meant to ferment and take root in the heart of the villain.
She had unknowingly teetered on the edge of villainy, and if Cindy hadn’t interrupted her emotional spiral, Hera might have fully crossed that line.
Had she done so, the portion of the female lead’s halo she had taken from Alice would have been automatically returned, and Hera’s fate would have shifted toward that of the story’s villain.
Only later would Hera come to understand this truth: just as she could steal the female lead’s halo and alter the story’s trajectory by affecting others’ destinies, it was also possible to inherit or even absorb the villain’s fate.
After all, the powerful emotions she experienced were identical to what the original villain had once felt when he lost the person he loved most. Those emotions had consumed him, festering into hatred, until all that remained was his thirst for revenge.
Hera had almost followed that same path.
While she could be petty, vengeful, and even ruthless at times, Hera still knew where the boundary lay. Her actions, though flawed, were still grounded in a sense of justice. But the line between righteousness and darkness is thin—and in that moment, she had nearly crossed it.
If she truly embraced the role of a villain, then her fate would become far more difficult—and nearly guaranteed to be one of loss rather than victory. That path, one built on revenge and destruction, would inevitably consume not only her future but also the people she cared about. But Hera didn’t have the luxury of dwelling on such thoughts right now. Time was running out.
"Alright, let’s go. Have the team keep an eye on the surrounding area where the last signal was received," Hera said, her voice sharp with urgency.