Chapter 106: Leap of Faith!

"Hehe, Big Sister, although you're very cute, in front of my max-level five-star squad, you're just here for a cameo."

PD let out a sly laugh, confidently deploying his strongest Servants from the main cast who represented justice and light, such as Artoria.

"Saber! Give her a blast of Excalibur!"

Tactical time-stop—a golden beam of light washed over the battlefield with a roar!

However, when the light dissipated, Quetzalcoatl was still standing in the same spot, even leisurely dusting off her clothes.

And above her head, a number popped up that made PD seriously question his life:

[0]!

"What the hell?! Absolute defense again?!" PD exclaimed.

A red system notification box popped up: [Goddess's Authority Unlocked: Protection of the Supreme Good!]

[Trait Description: Quetzalcoatl is the incarnation of 'Absolute Good.' All Servants whose hidden attributes include 'Good' or 'Neutral' tags will have all damage dealt to her forced to zero!]

[Only 'Evil' aligned Servants who harbor malice can break through her defense!]

"Immunity to the Good Alignment?!"

"Holy crap, besides Classes and'Special Attack against Dragons,' this game actually has hidden settings like [Good and Evil Alignments]?!"

"Partners of Justice can't even scratch her?! You have to use villains to deal damage?!"

Faced with this hardcore tower defense mechanic, the players once again felt the fear of being dominated by Old Thief Kirito.

PD hurriedly retreated in disgrace, swapping out all those usually noble and righteous Servants for Evil/Chaos aligned Servants like Jeanne d'Arc and Cu Chulainn Alter, who clearly didn't look like good people.

Sure enough, Jeanne d'Arc's flames of vengeance finally dealt damage!

"Good! As long as there's damage! Jeanne, my waifu, burn her to death!"

However, even with her defense broken, Quetzalcoatl's despair-inducing stats as one of the Three Major Chief Gods still turned this battle into a one-sided slaughter without any suspense.

Her wrestling combos that came with stuns, along with her terrifying health bar, tore PD's defensive line to shreds within minutes.

[Mission Failed]

"Too strong... It's impossible to win. Is this the power of a god..."

PD stared at the settlement screen, sinking into a deep sense of powerlessness.

Right then, the plot advanced again.

Since conventional tactics couldn't defeat Quetzalcoatl, the protagonist's party was forced to retreat to the highest point of the temple—the top of a South American pyramid hundreds of meters tall, almost piercing the clouds.

Quetzalcoatl pressed on step by step, but that sunny smile still hung on her face.

"Master, I can feel your determination to save this world."

"But are humans truly a species worth saving? They are fragile, selfish, and even pathetic."

Quetzalcoatl walked to the edge of the pyramid, pointing down at the bottomless abyss shrouded in mist.

"Prove it to me! Prove that humans possess a [Courage] more dazzling than that of the gods!"

"If you dare to jump from here, without any magical protection, using only your mortal body... I will acknowledge your strength and join your faction!"

This was an ultimate trial from a god to a mortal.

It was also an extreme heart-rate test specifically tailored by Oriole for VR players, one destined to go down in the history of Blue Star gaming!

"Jump... jump down?!"

PD walked to the edge of the pyramid. Under the 100% realistic immersive perspective of VR, beneath his feet was a drop of over three hundred meters!

The howling gale tore wildly at his ears, and the forest below looked as tiny as green ants.

The intense sense of weightlessness and vertigo made PD—who normally wouldn't even look down from a pedestrian bridge in real life due to his acrophobia—instantly go weak in the knees, falling straight onto the virtual stone tiles.

"No... I can't... this is too damn high!"

PD's face was pale, and his whole body was shaking. Even though he knew it was a game, that suffocatingly realistic visual feedback still made his brain frantically send "You're going to die" warning signals to his body!

The viewers in the livestream also swallowed hard:

"Oh my god... just looking at the screen is making my palms sweat."

"This VR acrophobia is a disaster! Father Gu is too twisted, making players experience bungee jumping in a game? And the kind without a rope?!"

"P-Boss, jump! For the Big Sister waifu, go for it!"

"I... I'll try..."

PD closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and holding onto the edge of the pyramid, he stood up tremblingly.

In this gale from the Age of Gods, he felt as if he truly had become that mortal Master who possessed no power yet had to shoulder the weight of all human history.

"Human courage... screw you, acrophobia!"

PD snapped his eyes open, let out a roar tinged with a sob, and then...

Closing his eyes, he kicked off hard with both legs!

His entire body plummeted straight down from the top of the three-hundred-meter-high pyramid!

Whoosh—!!!

The sound of the wind in his ears turned into a terrifying sonic boom!

The violent sensation of weightlessness made PD's heart nearly leap out of his throat!

The absolute terror of watching the ground enlarge frantically in his vision caused him to let out a pig-slaughtering scream in the livestream!

At the critical moment just as he was about to be smashed into meat paste!

"Hahaha! Splendidly done! Master!"

A burst of laughter filled with extreme admiration and joy exploded in mid-air!

A golden streak of light dove down from the top of the pyramid like a lightning bolt.

It was Quetzalcoatl!

She spread her arms in mid-air, and with a cool posture full of South American wild flair, she steadily caught the free-falling PD.

A perfect "princess carry"!

The gale blew through Quetzalcoatl's long golden hair, and her emerald eyes sparkled with the purest praise and love for human courage.

She looked down at the PD in her arms, who was so scared his eyes were rolling back and he'd forgotten to breathe, and she gave a radiant smile.

"With a mortal body, you have shown a brilliance that surpasses the gods."

"You win, brave Master!"

"From now on, Big Sister will be your most solid support!"

Thud!

As Quetzalcoatl landed steadily on the ground holding the Master, the tens of thousands of viewers in the livestream, after enduring a minute-long extreme challenge, completely erupted into a world-shaking tsunami of celebration!

"Aaaaaah! Big Sister! I love you, aaaaaah!!!"

"That princess carry! That free fall! That's so damn romantic! So damn hype!"

"For a smile like that, forget three hundred meters, I'd jump down thirty thousand meters!"

"What human specimen museum, what absolute rationality! In the face of the jungle Big Sister's sunshine and generosity, it's all trash!"

"This is a god! This is a god who truly loves humanity!"

At this moment, the name [Quetzalcoatl], accompanied by that earth-shattering "Leap of Faith," was deeply etched into the hearts of all Blue Star players.

And the ultimate reversal and climax of the Seventh Singularity [Absolute Demonic Beast Front], after gathering the power of a god, officially sounded the charge toward that bottomless abyss.

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