"Siya is gone?"
When she heard Lin Mo say this, even Ning Xi found it hard to believe.
"Can pets in the Divine Oracle run away on their own?"
"Normally, no," Lin Mo was worried, "But this is an abnormal situation."
Because when Divine Descent Seraph·Siya was revived in the Divine Tomb dungeon and he took her as his pet, the S-rank hidden quest [Heart Knot] that was triggered at the same time had a detailed explanation, the player had to complete the quest in order to permanently revive Divine Descent Seraph·Siya and establish a permanent master-servant contract with her.
In other words, Divine Descent Seraph·Siya was currently only temporarily revived through the system's power, and her contract with Lin Mo was temporary as well.
During this period, she didn't have to completely obey her master's summons and commands and could act freely.
Of course, there was another important point: Divine Descent Seraph·Siya had a mind of her own.
So Siya must have taken advantage of Lin Mo being offline last night to "run away from home".
But what Ning Xi found strange was, "But isn't Siya usually very obedient to you, Brother Lin Mo? Why would she run away for no reason?"
"Looks like having too strong a sense of self isn't necessarily a good thing."
What Lin Mo was worried about wasn't Divine Descent Seraph·Siya betraying him, because he knew Siya could never do such a thing.
Rather, he was worried about what she might do in her current state.
She had a severe heart knot, equivalent to severe depression in the real world. What if she did something foolish?
Just as Lin Mo was extremely anxious, several young players who looked like students happened to hurry past them.
Their conversation caught Lin Mo's attention.
Student Player A: "I heard there's a super pretty angel girl outside the east gate of Inferno City."
Student Player B: "Really? How pretty? Can she be prettier than our campus belle Xia Shiyao?"
Student Player C: "Campus belle? What does she count for in front of an angel? I just saw someone post pictures on the forum. Her looks and aura completely crush the campus belle, okay?"
Student Player D: "Holy crap! Then we definitely have to go take a look! Maybe we can bring the angel sister home! Hehehe!"
After hearing this, Lin Mo and Ning Xi immediately hurried to the east gate of Inferno City.
Sure enough, outside the east gate, a large crowd of players was packed together, watching something.
Through the crowd, a girl wearing a golden princess dress, with a pair of golden angel wings on her back, an incredibly beautiful appearance, and an extraordinary aura, sat alone in an open area with her long legs held close, looking frightened and helpless.
And she was none other than Divine Descent Seraph·Siya.
When he saw Siya, Lin Mo hurried over.
At this moment, Divine Descent Seraph·Siya raised her head and looked up at Lin Mo.
Her beautiful golden eyes were filled with endless pain and sadness.
"Brother Lin Mo, has no one wanted Siya anymore?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a system notification panel suddenly appeared in front of Lin Mo, leaving him stunned.
[Ding~ S-rank hidden quest·Heart Knot completion progress: 0%!]
Originally, Lin Mo had taken Siya to the Divine Capital and let her reconcile with the Fifth Prince Changge.
He had also gone to great lengths to forge the Eternal Set for Siya.
It had taken a great deal of effort to gradually raise Divine Descent Seraph·Siya's heart-knot resolution progress to 50%.
Originally, only half remained before the quest could be completed.
Yet overnight, Siya's heart-knot resolution progress had actually dropped back to 0%.
Lin Mo found it difficult to accept.
But what he wanted to know even more was what had happened last night and what Siya had gone through.
So instead of blaming Siya, he held out his hand to her.
At the moment when Siya was at her saddest, Lin Mo's action was a form of salvation.
Siya placed her hand in Lin Mo's.
The moment she stood up, waves of golden divine aura swirled around her, causing countless onlookers nearby to widen their eyes.
Passerby A: "Holy crap! She's that tall? Those legs are longer than my life!"
Passerby B: "Those legs, damn! So beautiful! I'm so jealous of Rulebound! I wish I had a pet like that! I guarantee I'd be online 24 hours a day!"
Passerby C: "You idiot! What are you thinking?"
Passerby D: "Yeah, what else could he be thinking!"
Passerby E: "We're jealous, but Rulebound isn't! Isn't that his girlfriend, Liuli, standing right next to him? She's no worse than this Divine Descent Seraph! And she's both beautiful and strong!"
Passerby F: "Fuck! Seriously! I've lived forty years and never been this jealous of someone! Rulebound, you really make people jealous, envious, and resentful!"
The moment Divine Descent Seraph·Siya came into contact with Lin Mo, through the telepathy effect of the golden title [Heart-to-Heart], Lin Mo instantly saw everything through Siya's thoughts.
It turned out that deep in Divine Descent Seraph·Siya's heart, her heart knot had originally only come from her fear that her people wouldn't accept her.
But recently, she had watched Lin Mo constantly rushing around.
Braving the five major dungeons of the Snake Race.
Going to great lengths to conquer the Snake King Island secret realm.
Searching for the Divine Refining Cauldron.
Obtaining Divine Water.
And preparing to head to the Divine Kingdom next.
Everything he had done was for her, her guilt made Siya's heart knot even worse.
She wanted to do something for Lin Mo, so last night, she returned to the Divine Capital alone and used the Divine Capital's teleportation array to go to the core territory of the divine race, the Divine Kingdom.
Siya had originally intended to resolve her heart knot on her own.
But before she could even enter the gates of the Divine Kingdom, she was stopped by her Sixth Brother, the Sixth Prince of the divine race, Nofei.
Nofei deliberately provoked her with his words and even seriously wounded Siya, driving her out of the Divine Kingdom.
And that was how Divine Descent Seraph·Siya ended up sitting alone outside the city, sadly.
Only then did Lin Mo remember that yesterday, when they were in the Divine Capital, Siya had asked him one question: whether everything he was doing in his rush to the Divine Kingdom was all for her.
So it turned out that the seed had already been planted in Siya's heart at that time.
After learning what Siya had been through, Lin Mo immediately felt a surge of anger.
The Sixth Prince of the divine race, Nofei, had firmly refused to let Siya enter the Divine Kingdom. Perhaps this wasn't the Divine Emperor's will.
There had to be something suspicious going on.
Unfortunately, even though Lin Mo could figure this out, Siya still found it difficult to understand and accept.
At this moment, tears of utter sorrow fell from her golden eyes.
"Sixth Brother doesn't want Siya anymore..."
"Father doesn't want Siya anymore either..."
"Everyone doesn't want Siya anymore..."
"Brother Lin Mo, do you not want Siya anymore either?"
As Divine Descent Seraph·Siya's emotions gradually collapsed and she approached losing control.
Before Lin Mo even had time to comfort Siya, one emergency system notification panel after another suddenly appeared in front of him.
[Ding~ Player, please note! Your pet, Divine Descent Seraph·Siya's heart knot is rapidly deepening! She is about to go dark!]
[Ding~ Darkening progress 1%!]
[Ding~ Darkening progress 2%!]
[Ding~ Darkening progress 3%!]
[Ding~ Player, please note! Due to Divine Descent Seraph·Siya entering a darkened state, the difficulty of your S-rank hidden quest·Heart Knot has increased to SS-rank.]