Becoming a God Starts with Acting

Chapter 510: [Crimson Inheritance] (29)

"Daddy, I want to become a believer of Erebus too."At that moment, Neo, who had always been as quiet as a doll, suddenly spoke up. His large eyes blinked as he looked at Silvanus. He clearly resembled Silvanus, yet there was always something different about him, something strangely dark that people could never quite put into words.

He looked at Silvanus and smiled before rubbing his head against Silvanus’s chest.

"If I do that, can I stay by Daddy’s side forever?"

Silvanus: "..."

He really wanted nothing to do with this little monster.

Although Neo had appeared harmless from beginning to end, Neo’s motives were still something Silvanus could never understand.

He had appeared out of nowhere, belonged to no faction, and had done absolutely nothing. It was as if the only reason he had come here was to cling to Silvanus.

Could it be that he was especially attractive to monsters like these?

To be honest, Silvanus wasn’t looking forward to that possibility at all.

He smiled and gently patted Neo’s head.

"You’re still too young, Neo..."

"Then what if I grow up?" Neo asked without the slightest hesitation. His eyes remained fixed on Silvanus, so intensely that Silvanus felt as though there must already be a hole bored through his body.

Silvanus simply pressed Neo’s head down lightly and smiled ambiguously.

"In that case, it would be best if you never grew up."

[Well, well, well. Not scared anymore, are we?]

[Honestly, Silvanus’s earlier timid behavior around Neo was probably just an act. This guy has been acting for far too long already.]

[I seriously can’t tell whether he came here to explore a dungeon or to pursue an acting career, hahaha.]

[But I’m still confused. If he had Erebus’s protection from the very beginning, why did he act like a frightened bird the entire time...?]

[There are always a few idiots who show up just so I can demonstrate my intelligence. Thanks for that, by the way. It’s simple. Think about the relationship between a God and a Heir. Does a God ever personally show up and clear an entire dungeon for their Heir? No. Most of them only appear at a critical moment, or they don’t appear at all unless the Heir specifically prays for help. They grant the Heir power—that’s all. The Heir’s job is to grow stronger and build up the God’s reputation, not sit around waiting for the God to solve every problem. Otherwise, the Heir might as well become the God’s father instead!]

[Exactly, exactly. A God appearing without being summoned by a believer is already incredibly rare. The fact that Erebus did it shows just how, just how biased he is toward Silvanus. So Silvanus’s confidence is completely understandable, hahaha.]

[Talking about this all of a sudden is getting me so excited!!!]

[So Silvanus has been trying to spread Erebus’s name all along, right? Doesn’t that mean all of his previous actions were deliberately meant to attract our attention, hoping that we’d notice him?]

[Tsk, tsk, tsk. I knew it.]

[Silvanus, you don’t have to pretend you don’t care about us. Your actions are far more honest than your words, hahaha.]

At a moment Silvanus never could have anticipated, his viewers had somehow managed to win themselves over without any help.

Nick gradually began to notice the strange atmosphere between Silvanus and Neo. After everything that had happened, he couldn’t even be sure whether the two of them were actually father and son...

As for Neo, he seemed completely oblivious to the knife-edged implications behind Silvanus’s words. He simply continued burying himself in Silvanus’s embrace, looking exceptionally obedient.

Silvanus ignored him and turned to Nick instead.

"Your mission is to survive for seven days. But this castle certainly has no intention of letting you accomplish that."

[Finally, we’re getting down to business!]

[Silvanus is right. In normal beginner dungeons, the boss is usually fairly weak and follows clear rules. As long as the artist follows those rules, they can generally survive until the final day, no matter how difficult or terrifying things get. But the boss here is way too aggressive!]

[Exactly. Daisy is nothing like a beginner-dungeon boss.]

[And beginner dungeons are usually very straightforward. There shouldn’t be two bosses. But here we don’t just have Daisy—we also have Lord Lethos!]

The comment section erupted into lively discussion, the viewers delighted that the atmosphere in the livestream had finally returned to something resembling normal.

"Then what should we do?" Nick asked Silvanus instinctively.

"There is always a way out of every situation. Right now, the only truly unusual thing here is Mia’s disappearance," Silvanus said slowly.

A room without blood.

That simply wasn’t Daisy’s style.

If she had truly killed Mia, then even if she had devoured her whole, she would still have left behind a few bones and scraps of flesh to frighten the others.

"Do you mean Mia was most likely taken somewhere else?" Nick asked.

Silvanus nodded.

"You need to go there, Nick."

As he spoke, he tossed the diary to Nick.

Nick hurriedly caught it and then heard Silvanus continue,

"If there’s something in your room that’s different from the other rooms, then all you need to do is focus on that."

Nick wasn’t stupid. Hearing that, he immediately said,

"You mean I just need to read the story?"

It was only a hypothesis, but Mia had almost certainly used the computer before being taken to that world. There was undoubtedly danger there, but at the moment it was their only way out when facing Daisy as ordinary humans.

Almost the moment Silvanus finished giving his instructions, a mechanical voice sounded in his mind.

Nine: [For our cooperation to proceed smoothly and without putting you at a disadvantage, it would be best if the two of you became teammates.]

Nine’s sudden interruption actually startled Silvanus a little. He had thought the thing was still busy conserving its power.

[How?]

Nine: [As long as both parties agree, the interface will appear automatically. The system is always intelligently controlled by the artist’s will.]

Silvanus replied softly,

[Thank you.]

Nine said nothing further. Evidently, it had gone right back to conserving energy.

That said, was this thing helping him?

Judging from Nick’s expression, it seemed Nick’s system hadn’t told him any of this.

Silvanus temporarily set the matter aside. Looking at Nick, he spoke in his usual casual tone,

"Then let’s form a team. It’ll make it easier for us to keep track of each other’s movements."

[Is Silvanus really a newcomer? He even knows about this.]

[I knew it! He has to be the alternate identity of some big shot!]

[I love characters with this many secrets!]

Watching the reactions of the viewers, Silvanus confirmed once again that Nine was indeed taking the initiative to help him.

But why?

Nine was a system, and it certainly wasn’t some kind-hearted, saintly system...