This Lich Requests More Remuneration

When a goddess asks you, "You saw everything just now, didn’t you?" it’s easy for one’s mind to wander toward suggestive territory.

But Amberser didn’t dare, because Shael wasn’t joking with him.

"Lady of the Night, how did you know I was sneaking a peek?" Amberser asked.

The face of Goddess Shael, made of smoke, floated in front of Amberser, almost touching his nose as she said, "Hehe, your illusion is quite interesting. Even if I chose to send an avatar, it might not have seen through it. But you carried my essence with you when you accepted the knowledge of the Magic Web, so no matter how you tried to hide, you couldn’t escape my senses."

Amberser calmly said, "Well then, the foresight of a deity truly is something we mortals cannot predict. So may I ask, Goddess, why didn’t you expose me directly? You chose to remind me in this way, which means there might still be room for negotiation, right?"

Shael drew back slightly, her eyes constantly sizing up Amberser. After a while, she said, "I knew you were important before, but I thought you were just chosen by destiny, entangled with countless threads leading to many deities. But it seems I was mistaken, your wisdom means more than so-called destiny.

"Or perhaps, it is precisely because you are such a clever person that destiny has set its eyes on you."

Amberser just laughed, completely ignoring Shael’s words.

It sounded like a compliment, but the Dark Goddess’s words also revealed a lot of information. If Amberser had expressed even a slight interest, the goddess would surely follow with, "Want to know? Sure. What price can you pay?"

That would have made negotiations quite difficult.