BXBX NOVEL Chapter 168: Villain Simulator, Ch 167
Chapter 168: Villain Simulator, Ch 167
Indeed, he had every reason to be proud. After all, he had just accomplished two unprecedented feats that might never be replicated.
The first was conquering Inazuma, and the second—marrying a deity.
"Hmph..."
Lucas let out a cold snort, a faintly intoxicated smile on his face. "General, do you regret your earlier rudeness toward me? If you hadn\'t, perhaps you wouldn\'t find yourself in such a predicament today."
Raiden Makoto was silent for a long time before she replied faintly, "I have no regrets."
"You truly have no need to regret," Lucas said, changing his tone. "In fact, conquering Inazuma was always one of my plans. It was merely a matter of when, not if."
"My... my sister was no match for you. That much is beyond dispute," Raiden Makoto said calmly. "Victory and defeat are common in warfare. There\'s no need for you to gloat."
"But I will gloat!" Lucas spread his arms wide, laughing maniacally. "Look at this room—I prepared it especially to imprison you."
"How coincidental," Raiden Makoto sneered coldly. "In Inazuma, I also had a room prepared just for you."
"Audacious!"
Lucas grabbed Raiden Makoto by the hair. A sharp glint flashed in her eyes, but Lucas was unfazed. Unlike Raiden Ei, Makoto might also be a deity, but her power was negligible by comparison. She posed no threat to him at all.
Even in the face of his aggression, Raiden Makoto remained composed, sneering coldly. "You may have defeated me, but... I will never yield to you."
In that instant, Lucas sensed an intense aura of menace emanating from her. It was the kind of feeling he\'d only experienced when fighting Raiden Ei.
"Wait a moment..." Lucas narrowed his eyes coldly. "You wouldn\'t happen to actually be Raiden Ei, would you?"
After all, the two of them were so alike that even among identical twins, it would be nearly impossible to tell them apart.
What\'s more, Raiden Ei was officially Makoto\'s "shadow warrior," her double. If she had replaced Makoto and allowed herself to be captured, it wouldn\'t be entirely out of the question.
Even though Makoto didn\'t possess Ei\'s strength, she had once been a god. Without a Vision, she could still resist elemental forces to some degree. This made discerning between them extremely difficult.
"I am Raiden Makoto," she argued immediately. "There\'s no need for you to doubt."
"It\'s not hard to determine whether you\'re Makoto or Ei," Lucas said, gripping Makoto\'s chin with a cold glint in his eyes. "What I\'m about to do next—if you\'re Ei, you\'d resist without question."
With ease, Lucas pushed Raiden Makoto onto the bed. Her arms weren\'t as frail as one might expect. She made a token effort to push him away but ultimately gave up, allowing herself to be at his mercy.
"Are you truly not resisting?" he asked, his tone slow and mocking as he defiled the goddess. "Is it because you\'re powerless, or are you afraid of revealing your identity and intentionally holding back?"
"I don\'t have my sister\'s immense strength," Raiden Makoto said, biting her lip. "From the moment I became a hostage, I was prepared to sacrifice myself."
According to the Wisdom of West Wind, the best strategy was to use Raiden Makoto as a hostage. Yet in truth, it didn\'t matter to Lucas—whether she was Makoto or Ei.
As a god, he wasn\'t like mortals, prone to being blinded by desire. While the woman before him possessed beauty and grace unmatched even by Amos, his satisfaction stemmed not from her appearance but from the thrill of conquest.
Conquering nations. Conquering Inazuma. And now—conquering a powerful and beautiful woman.
Makoto closed her eyes, seemingly resigned to her fate.
"Open your eyes and look at me," he commanded, his tone brooking no dissent. "As a hostage, you are bound by our treaty. You cannot refuse any of my demands, or... I will invade Inazuma again."
Raiden Makoto hesitated briefly but ultimately opened her eyes.
What beautiful eyes they were. Though they brimmed with hatred, he remained unperturbed.
As Lucas advanced upon her, it was as though he were breaking through the formidable barriers of Inazuma once more—with ironclad will and relentless force, quenching his victories in the fiery blood of battle.
Her body shone with bursts of lightning, each touch jolting her like a defibrillator. At first, the lightning caused him intense pain. But over time—perhaps due to the weakening of Makoto\'s power or his body\'s growing resilience from fighting Raiden Ei—the pain subsided, transforming into a surge of strength.
[Exiting Immersive Mode]
[Acquired Trait: Conductive Physique]
[Effect: Your resistance to Electro elements has greatly increased. When struck by Electro attacks, there is a small chance of recovering health.]
[Entering Text Mode]
Had he truly developed resistance to electricity?
Though the name of this trait seemed ordinary and its applications limited, it was undeniably practical. Among the seven elements of Teyvat, gaining resistance to even one was a significant advantage.
[Age 2147: Years have passed since Inazuma\'s conquest. As a vassal state of Mondstadt, Inazuma remained subdued. Many Mondstadters traveled overseas, becoming merchants or settling in Inazuma, easing the tensions that once plagued Mondstadt.]
[Initially, the people of Inazuma resisted Mondstadt\'s control fiercely. Civilian uprisings aimed at overthrowing the regime were crushed with uncompromising force.]
[Age 2321: A large-scale rebellion emerged in Inazuma\'s islands, rallying hundreds of thousands in an attempt to reclaim sovereignty. Yet the insurrection was effortlessly suppressed by your army.]
[Mondstadt\'s betrayal had taught you a harsh lesson: soft rain and gentle winds could never secure loyalty. For these rebels, only a storm would suffice.]
[All rebels were enslaved and sold as commodities. As for the captured soldiers, they were cast into the sea and drowned—the number reached hundreds of thousands.]
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