Chapter 414: 414

“Falken, it’s you?”Roland’s surprise was understandable . He personally watched Falken pass away, and his soul rejuvenated and taken to the Paradise of Life .

Falken squeezed out of the crowd and looked at Roland in surprise . “Why are you here? You’re dead too?”

Then he shook his head . “Wait . You’re not a believer of our goddess . How did you end up here?”

It was not until this moment that Roland realized that everybody here was translucent and emitting ivory brilliance except Roland . He was also translucent, but he emanated no light .

Then, a crazy thought popped up in his head . “Falken, is this place the Paradise of Life?”

Falken nodded . He looked much stronger as a young man .

He hugged Roland and smiled . “No matter how you got here, I’m really happy to see you again . ”

Seeing that Falken knew the stranger, the souls around Roland dispersed .

Roland patted Falken’s arm with mixed feelings . He thought that he would never meet Falken again after he was taken to the Paradise . He didn’t expect that he would have another chance .

They walked and chatted . Roland looked around, only to see nothing but white clouds in the Paradise .

The souls were sitting, sleeping, or chatting passionately . They could also create food out of nothing and enjoy it .

It did seem to be a peaceful place .

All the souls here were smiling, without any sadness or sorrow on their faces .

Noticing Roland’s surprise, Falken said, “There’s no death, no pain, no hunger, and no departure in here . Roland, now that you’re here, why don’t you stay? People toil away their entire lives in the main plane just so that their soul can rest in peace after they die . ”

Roland shook his head . “I have a lot of unfinished businesses . ”

“Such as?”

“Like mysteries of magic . ”

After a shock, Falken shook his head and said, “As expected of a Mage . It seems that you won’t be here for long . ”

“How should I go back?”

At first, Roland thought that he had come to the Paradise of Life because he triggered a special quest . But he just checked the system menu and found no notifications .

Then why was he here as a soul?

Wait, a soul?

Roland looked at his translucent body .

Based on his speculations, this should be a real world, so did it mean that he was in the soul state?

If he could study it further, would he gain a better understanding of the nature of souls?

Could he learn the basics of soul spells?

While Roland considered, Falken suddenly fell on one of his knees .

Stunned, Roland subconsciously raised his head, only to see a four-winged angel descending and landing before him .

Falken lowered his head even further, but Roland looked the angel in her eyes and even examined her .

She had long, curly, bright golden hair, which was wafting in the breeze . She was wearing a loose white dress, so loose that her breasts were half-revealed .

“It’s been a while . ” Withdrawing his gaze from her breasts, Roland looked her in her eyes again and asked, “Did you bring me here?”

“Devout soul, please keep yourself away for a while . I have something important to say to this Mage . ”

Falken nodded and stepped back with his back bent .

As a soul and a believer in the Paradise of Life, he couldn’t refuse an angel’s order . He could barely even look at them straightly because of the level suppression .

Roland was reticent as he watched that .

Falken was not a coward . His optimism before his death proved his generosity and bravery .

But here in the Paradise, he had become a humble servant .

Roland was not fond of this change .

After Falken backed off, the four-winged angel smiled at Roland and said, “You must know where you are by now, don’t you?”

Of course!

Roland nodded and looked around again .

The world was ivory and seemed boundless .

Roland could sense the exuberant power of vitality in the Paradise of Life, but it seemed that he couldn’t use it .

“Actually, it’s our goddess who wants to meet you . ”

The four-winged angel curled her finger at Roland and then flapped her wings, slowing taking off .

Automatically, Roland followed her .

Flying in the sky, they were embraced by a balmy breeze .

The four-winged angel sighed and said, “Actually, we didn’t want to bring you here . After all, you’re not a believer . ”

Roland was dazed . “Then why did you bring me here?”

“Because we can’t visit the main plane frequently,” the four-winged angel explained, “The main plane is highly suppressive for divine creatures like us . Our every condescension would consume immense power of faith . It’s very difficult . ”

“That explains a lot . ”

Roland finally understood why gods and devils barely revealed themselves in the human world .

“Can you give me a heads-up? Why does the Life Goddess want to meet me?”

Roland was quite curious .

The four-winged angel shook her head . “I don’t know . ”

“Then what’s your name?”

“Nia . ”

The four-winged angel pointed at her face and said, “I’m the youngest of all angels . ”

“You haven’t reached adulthood yet?”

“Not yet . I’m only 132 years old . ”

One hundred and thirty-two years old, yet still an adolescent… Roland secretly clicked his tongue and glanced at the four-winged angel .

She had such an attractive body figure and such great boobs, yet she said that she was not an adult .

Hehe .

As they talked, they flew to a place that had a gigantic cloud pillar .

Then, they both landed .

The cloud pillar was unfathomably tall and huge when seen from below .

Roland estimated that it must be more than five hundred meters in diameter, and three kilometers high .

On the top of the cloud pillar was an enormous round building, and a line of stairs made of clouds that led to the heights .

“You have to climb on your own from here . ” The four-winged angel landed and smiled with her arms akimbo . “Flight is forbidden here . Even we have to climb it when we want to meet the goddess . ”

Roland didn’t know if it was his imagination, but this Nia seemed much cuter here than she was in the main plane .

Was it because she felt more at ease when she was home?

Looking at the stairs that spiraled up around the pillar, Roland swallowed .

Then, he stepped on the stairs under Nia’s hopeful eyes .

There was a handrail at the edge of the stairs, so it was safe . Also, as a soul, he wouldn’t be exhausted, although the climb was slightly boring .

After half an hour, or maybe an hour, Roland finally reached the top .

Getting off the stairs and stepping onto a huge platform, Roland saw a six-winged angel before him .

She was at least two meters tall . Same as Nia, she had curly blonde hair that reached her shoulders .

But she was much more indifferent, and conservatively dressed, than Nia was .

Her body had been fully covered by white leather armor .

“Roland the Golden Son, please come with me . ”

The six-winged angel turned around .

Following her, Roland asked, “May I know what your name is?”

“Claudia, the War Angel . ”

Her tone was cold, but she did not seem rejective .

“I saw you a while back . You cast a spell on all of Winterwind . What’s its mechanism?”

“I don’t know . It’s the grace of the goddess . I was born with it . ”

“According to aerodynamics, you can’t fly with your wings, so are your wings actually decorative? Or a device to activate certain magic?”

“You’re quite smart . ”

That was indirect acknowledgment .

As he expected… It was impossible for a human-shaped creature to fly with wings .

Claudia took Roland to the front of a round pavilion while she talked .

Roland looked at the pavilion and found a person sitting before a cloud table .

But oddly enough, Roland couldn’t see her face, her clothes, or her body size .

He only knew that it was a “she . ”

Certain theurgy on the level of natural law had blocked his senses .

Roland was quite surprised . This was the first time he had seen a natural-law ability .

He was of a mind to discuss with the goddess on what natural law was .

But on second thought, could he learn natural laws when he hadn’t studied level-three spells yet?

He’d better drop the idea and focus on the basics .

Then, he nodded and sat down before the human-shaped mosaics .

Claudia opened her cherry lips in surprise .

She was about to say something, but she held herself back in the end .

Roland was seated in a cloud chair, which was cozy and comfortable .

He raised his head and said, “It’s great to finally meet you, Lady Elyse . ”

“Are you disappointed?” Her voice was very gentle .

Roland nodded . “This is the first time I’ve met a goddess . I was told that Lady Elyse is the most gorgeous goddess, and I thought that I could appreciate your beauty, but all I see is just a swirl of energy . ”

“You can’t look at a goddess directly until you become a Legend . ” Elyse spoke with a pleasant voice . “If I cancel the disguise, your head will explode immediately, and your soul will be heavily wounded and sent back to the main plane . ”

Well… Roland learned something new .

So, all he needed to do was kill his soul in order to leave the Paradise .

He’d better write it down . It might be useful later .

Roland smiled and asked, “I wonder, is there anything I can help you with, since you have specifically summoned me to your Paradise?”

“Of course, or I wouldn’t have sent for you,” Elyse said . “You’ve beaten Diablo back to the Realm of Gods, which means that you are a man of integrity and reasonable strength . So, I have a dangerous mission that I would like you to help Nia and the other angels accomplish . ”

Roland thought a moment and said, “But it was Andonara who defeated Diablo . You should’ve asked her . ”

“A soul who lacks a sense of safety and whose heart is not as strong as she appears cannot shoulder this responsibility . ”

Roland looked at his system menu . It already had reactions .

Epic quest detected: The Fallen Angel Must Die .

Would you like to pick it?

Yes .

No .

Roland pressed yes . Looking at Elyse, he said, “It’s just a mission . You could’ve asked Nia to pass word to me instead of meeting me in person, no?”

“You Golden Sons are too proud . If I had asked a servant to inform you, you would’ve hated us, claiming that we’re all pretentious and condescending . ”

Well…

Roland was going to say that it was impossible, but then he realized that it wasn’t .

The players were definitely a group whose behavior couldn’t be predicted with common sense .