Who knows...

The moment I yelled out her name, my shadow went into motion.

What do I mean by that?

Well, you see… My shadow became as fluid as ink, as it gathered altogether into one area, in order to form an orb that floated above me.

The orb was hand sized, and much bigger than my balls. It was black, unlike mine, and seemed to be very smooth as well.

The greatest difference between the orb and my balls of course, was that the orb had an eye. A humanoid eye, which made sure to inspect its surrounding carefully.

I'm guessing that the eye is the eye that goddess Artia watches through. It is similar to a drone then, I guess…

Anyway... One thing for sure, is that I have gotten my promised privacy, albeit with a bit of annoying additions to it that completely changes the premise of it.

I'll have to get used to the spam notifications of the goddess in the future then, I guess…

Sigh…

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

"Heyyy!"

So... At this point, I finally realized that the goddess was calling for my attention. By some magic means, I could hear her voice, and the way I heard it, was through my eyes, instead of my ears.

I don't know, it's weird…

Like… I could see her words inside my thoughts, and could also feel the emotions behind them.

Perhaps not, but to me, it seems that it was the emotions that made it possible for me to hear the writings. Yep, very weird indeed. Talk about her potentially being the ultimate spammer. I hope she won't end up becoming something as horrible as that...

"Yes. Yes, I can feel your presence." I answered with the most annoyed face that I could ever show anyone.

"Excuse me, a demonic god is talking to me."

I was quick to explain the current situation to the four leaders, since I didn't want them to ask me questions out of their confusion. I didn't want to seem crazy, nor did I want to put myself in a complicated situation, so logically, I did what I did.

The goddess would've surely enjoyed a complicated situation, but for that, I'll have to apologize to her, because entertaining her isn't part of our deal. Well, it kind of is, but specifically, my part of the deal is for me to only show her the progress that I make with the assistance of her powers. Nothing more!

Anyway… Thanks to my quick wording, the four leaders understood the fact that they had to remain silent again. Thanks to their understanding, I had no one to disturb me while I making a ploy out of the goddess.

So, here's how it went…

"There you are. I thought my device was broken…" Was what the goddess said to me after I had given her my attention.

"Right! All my hard work! It got robbed by some other god or whatever sorcery!"

Obviously, she did not forget about the main subject that she probably had been urging to tell me. But what does she mean with hard work?! Hard work my ass! She literally produced only one crystal!

What if she's a loser type of god...

A weakling…

That would make sense…

Quite the bad luck that I have if it's like that…

That's just a guess nonetheless. I knew that I had to ask her what she meant with hard work, if I wanted to know if she was just lazy or weak,. But, I also knew that I couldn't do that, because, obviously, I didn't want her to know that I was the one who took the crystal.

You see… If she thinks that someone's stealing from her, my scheme against her will be even greater!

I'm not going to talk about my plans though. It'll take some time to explain it all, plus I don't know if they're all even great plans that would easily succeed.

Also, the goddess will probably annoy me again if I keep staying inside my mind for too long…

"What?! How did that even happen?! It has not even been ten minutes too!"

My reaction was beyond exaggeration, and my acting too outstanding. If I could see myself, I would have been able to easily tell the sarcasm in my voice and the exaggerated expression on my face though.

But the goddess wasn't be able to do that, unfortunately. Maybe she was, but surely, she couldn't connect the dots back to me. After all… How can I, a mortal, steal something from a god? Hahaha!!

The goddess couldn't guess my plans at all, simply because of a factor that she would never think of. That factor being, my system. Kekeke…

"I'm not too sure…" The goddess replied, not capable of giving a solid answer.

"Maybe you're mistaken. It's probably a counting mistake. I make that mistake sometimes as well." I told the goddess. Of course, If you weren't able to tell, the usage of my words aren't that simple. I said all that with the purpose to draw in information from the goddess. Kekeke…

"That's impossible. There was only one crystal, and it was stolen at the exact moment I was finished with its production." The goddess explained.

Hehehehe… She had fallen for my trap…

Not that trap!

Cough Cough

"One?! Are you joking?! One?! You're a god, aren't you?! How does it take you forever to make something equivalent to rat food?!"

Hahaha… I was finally able to let out my dissatisfaction and outrage.

She didn't keep her word! How do you expect me to react? I told her an endless supply, didn't I?

"Joking? It's your own request that causes this trouble, you fool." The goddess returned the same dissatisfied tone to me.

"Heh? What do you mean?" I asked, since I couldn't guess what she meant with that.

"I told you that I'm demonic, remember? I can only produce crystals related to the corrupted nature, thus, things led to this." The goddess reminded.

"Only some high ranking demons trade, since it's not in their nature to use negotiation." She went on to explain, before finishing her words off with a solid conclusion.

"In conclusion, there is only one kind of corrupted crystal that can be used as a cultivation resource and a trading material. One and the only kind that I can make, because the rest of them are not compatible with my kind of powers. I am not an actual demon after all, since it's only a term that is used for the corrupted in your world. In actuality, I am simply a corrupted god. An abandoned. A god that's no longer a part of a pantheon. A god that floats in the void with no true purpose..."

As you can tell, by solid conclusion, I meant a long speech of hers...

Valuable information though, so, who am I to complain?