Is It Too Late to Leave the Chat Group? - Book 6: Chapter 45:2: The Dignity of a Goddess (Aqua Only)! Part 2

Returning to the topic at hand, according to Root, the Chen Clan ancestor had adjusted everyone’s memories in this world before departing. Now, the only abilities known to the public about Chen Heng were attraction and a cultivation level of an uncertain realm.

This was a massive advantage for Chen Heng. He could treat everything other than attraction and cultivation as his hidden trump cards.

If possible, Chen Heng didn’t want to use the trump cards his ancestor left. Those were his ultimate trump cards, not to be revealed easily, especially since they had long cooldowns. How could he use them casually?

After all, the reason they were called trump cards was that they could provide him with advantages when least expected.

Returning to the topic once again, with Chen Heng’s assistance, they quickly completed the mission to subdue 30 Giant Toads, a low-level mission. Then, Aqua produced a mission she had been hiding; it was unclear when she had accepted this task.

Subdue a One-Punch Bear (Berserk). Danger level: Dangerous. Note: A formidable solitary monster.

Upon seeing this mission, Satou Kazuma bowed to Chen Heng, indicating he needed to step away for a moment. He then dragged Aqua behind a large boulder.

Sensing Kazuma’s intentions, Aqua struggled wildly.

“No! Megumin, save me!” Aqua pleaded with Megumin for help.

“I’m sorry. I can’t help,” Megumin replied, shaking her head, denying any ability to intervene. She could never convince Satou Kazuma.

“Darkness! Darkness! You were there when I accepted the mission! Please, you have to help me!” Seeing that Megumin could do nothing, Aqua desperately placed her hope on Darkness.

“Huh?” Satou Kazuma shot a suspicious glance at Darkness. If Darkness had really done that…he actually could not do much to her.

Aqua was an idiot goddess, a freebie, and Satou Kazuma had no qualms about dealing with her. But Darkness was a different story.

However, no punishment was the harshest punishment for Darkness. Everyone understood her character, a darned masochist.

For someone who enjoyed humiliation, punishment was the greatest reward. Satou Kazuma would not punish Darkness but be extremely nice and caring to her. He would not let her stand at the very front while on a mission but keep her in the rear to protect her.

To ordinary people, that would be the greatest reward, but that was the greatest punishment for her.

“How can this be? How could I—a crusader—overlook Aqua’s reckless action that could lead our team into peril?”

Darkness stabbed her heavy sword into the ground and spoke with an air of righteousness directed at Satou Kazuma.

Satou Kazuma was highly skeptical of Darkness’s words, as he never really believed she was a serious crusader. Who would trust a masochist to be a proper knight?

However, the most important thing now was to teach Aqua a lesson. This time, Chen Heng was present, but if he wasn’t and Aqua failed to complete her mission, she would face consequences.

Satou Kazuma had to discipline Aqua so she would understand what she should and shouldn’t do.

“Ah! I’m a goddess! You can’t do this! It hurts!”

After Satou Kazuma dragged Aqua behind the large boulder, it didn’t take long for Aqua’s pitiful cries to ring out.

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“Please, Mister Chen Heng, help us!” Ten minutes later, Aqua begged Chen Heng for assistance, kneeling on the ground. (Satou Kazuma pressured her to.)

Normally, Aqua wouldn’t do something like this. After all, she was a goddess, and she had her dignity. But…Satou Kazuma had threatened not to lend her money anymore if she didn’t apologize. How could she defy him?

Due to her extremely poor luck, Aqua’s financial situation was always in the red. Her principal source of funds at the moment was Satou Kazuma.

Just thinking about her beloved alcohol, Aqua folded shamelessly.

When it came down to it, in the face of money (specifically Aqua’s situation), dignity wasn’t worth mentioning.

“Alright, alright, it’s just a One-Punch Bear, right? This could be a good opportunity to get a pet for Kazuma. It’ll save you all the trouble of dealing with Giant Toads. But…this isn’t for free.”

Chen Heng, as a person, generally believed in the principle of equivalent exchange. In most cases, when helping others, he would expect some compensation in return. Of course, this wasn’t the case for everything.

Ever since Chen Heng embraced this principle, his biggest business failure to date was adopting Sirin. He had suffered a significant loss. However, that was something he couldn’t say aloud.

Speaking of which, the one who betrayed me to Sirin must have been Merlin, right? After all, he had muted Merlin previously, and then he had backstabbed Merlin. If it wasn’t Merlin who did it, no one would believe it. So, Merlin, you’re in big trouble.

What if Chen Heng was mistaken? Well, Merlin was a despicable person in the first place and had offended him many times, so Chen Heng was unsympathetic.

After Chen Heng finished speaking, Satou Kazuma was initially quite happy, especially since what he needed most now was a decent combat force, the regular type.

His current team was quite peculiar, with only two members actually capable of dealing damage. Another had an extremely high combat prowess but only could attack once—Megumin. Such a party composition was extremely irregular, and Satou Kazuma knew it in his heart. Unfortunately, he could not find any suitable party members. His party was extremely problematic. How could he find new party members?

Erm…that Eris—ah! No, Chris—is pretty good. Satou Kazuma seriously considered how to recruit her into his team.

Most of Kazuma’s points had gone into buying the Poké Ball, which had failed to capture Aqua and Wiz. Trashy thing!

Of course, he could sell the Poké Ball back to the Dimension Administrators Association. However, if he did so, he would lose 20 percent of the points. This made him reluctant to do so.