Super Righteous Player-Chapter 1147 - 198: Bound by Love

"Hiss..."

Annan’s expression and mood subtly changed: "Even Ingrid too..."

There was no doubt that Ingrid was Annan’s archenemy.

It wasn’t because of her moral character, nor was it because she planned to destroy the world—because even without taking her faith in The Worm into account, only one of them could survive between her and Annan.

Their paths were in conflict, and in this world, there was no way to switch paths. When two people vie for one chair, only one victor can emerge in the end.

After all, when she aimed to achieve the Doctrine of the Heavenly Chariot, Annan hadn’t even been born yet. In terms of chronological order, Annan was actually the latter.

...Of course, there’s another interpretation.

It was that the world actually gave Ingrid enough time. But she failed to complete the ritual even after more than a hundred years. After all, one can’t occupy the bathroom and do nothing, eventually the world could no longer bear it and brought Annan over...

Up until now, the competition between Annan and Ingrid was fair. There was no right or wrong between them, merely a competition.

Annan had the advantage of the Book of Truth, but Ingrid didn’t initially intend to follow the path of the Book of Truth. She had prepared many rituals over these hundred years, but all had failed.

Then Ingrid felt targeted, unable to resist the "favored Annan," so she turned to The Worm and acquired some new powers or Wisdom.

By this point, she was not just Annan’s enemy, but the enemy of the entire civilized world—

This could also be seen as a case of seeking benevolence and receiving it.

Ingrid, relying on idol-school abilities, sensed Annan’s arrival in advance. Thus she actually had the initiative.

Because she didn’t necessarily have to enter a nightmare of the Otherworld level. At that time, directly ambushing Annan or simply fleeing were both viable options...

She had the courage to delve into this Otherworld level nightmare, probably because some intelligence, power, or knowledge given to her by The Worm, emboldened her to freely enter and leave the Otherworld level nightmare.

But what she was familiar with was definitely the initial Otherworld level nightmare.

However, when Annan entered this Otherworld level nightmare, his possession of the "Echo of Genesis: Doctrine of the Heavenly Chariot and The Worm" disturbed this nightmare and caused it to mutate.

It was as if Ingrid learned from her predecessor (The Worm) about a bug that could quickly end a high-difficulty, lengthy task. And so, she confidently accepted the task.

But when Ingrid was halfway through the task, close to where the bug would appear, the server suddenly patched the bug with a hotfix. Unknown to her because the task lacked any notifications, she kept confidently exploiting the bug, struggling and wondering why the bug wasn’t working...

Seeing Ingrid struggling, Annan was undoubtedly happy.

He watched the entire video happily. And until the end of the tape, Ingrid was unable to escape the absolute control of the demon lord "named Love."

Seeing no hope, unable to contact anyone outside the demon lord, and not even having control over her own life and death.

Until the very end—she even became pregnant!

As a Gold-ranked Transcendent, it was difficult for her to get pregnant.

Unless it was with another Gold-ranked Transcendent... their bodies were fundamentally different from mortals’, just as deities were almost unable to have their own offspring.

Watching her belly swell day by day, her fear and despair deepened.

Because the demon lord’s speculation was actually correct.

——As a Gold-tier Idol Wizard, Ingrid’s child can indeed be called a "Divine Child". With a bit of nurturing, they could indeed be used for making wishes.

Although Ingrid has lived for over a hundred years...

But since she became the Tower Master at such a young age, she never had children—this was even Ingrid’s first child.

What exactly is the experience of having a child? Will she completely lose her usefulness? Would she just die, or is it possible... she could truly fall in love with this bastard?

Besides, would she fall in love with her own child? This child, who exists only in nightmares... a child who cannot be taken out?

Then, if she eventually leaves this world, does it mean her first child will disappear into thin air? Or rather... being trapped in this place, can she realistically still leave this world alive?

For the first time, Ingrid, who had masterfully harnessed the power of "love", was now driven to despair by that same "love".

Due to this despair, her long-diluted humanity eventually reawakened.

"Constantly shooting at geese, the geese might just peck out your eyes."

Annan slightly raised the corners of his mouth with a bit of schadenfreude: "Always playing the sea king in the civilized world, waiting to return to the primitive world that doesn’t respect laws or rules, seems like karma finally caught up."

Although Ingrid had often been a defeated general, her personal strength remained beyond doubt. With various idol school spells enhancing and supporting her, essentially anyone who came into contact with her would fall hopelessly, irreversibly in love with her.

Once someone fell in love with Ingrid, they would be controlled by her "love" element. Even spells like [Iron Will] or [Forced Calm] could not resist the power of the elements—meaning, this charm effect was inevitably effective and unavoidable.

Using this accumulated influence, she orchestrated various conspiracies from behind the scenes, even secretly manipulating half of Dennisiowa.

However, the other way to put it is that, despite so many resources at her disposal, Ingrid had still failed to complete the ritual over a hundred years... Whether it was Bone Duke or Mirror Man, even the Rotten Husband had a higher efficiency than her.

And those deeply in love with Ingrid, controlled by her like puppets, couldn’t resort to force.

Because Ingrid had an entire Sycophant Legion around her... and she herself was a Gold-tier Transcendent.

Moreover, being a century-old beautiful young woman, even without using spells, her grasp over people’s hearts was sufficient to manipulate others.

It could be said that this was the first time she found herself in such a passive situation.

This must also be the fear lurking deep in Ingrid’s heart.

Over the years, she must have thought about these dangerous potentialities.

—What would she do if those charmed by her suddenly lost control? If her "love" element was neutralized by some force and her allies were not by her side, how would she deal with enemies as formidable as herself?

And this already distorted nightmare just aptly revealed this despair.

This was also why Annan’s mood became subtle.

Isaac, Ofelia, Ingrid.

Aside from Annan, all three were completely trapped by this suddenly intensified nightmare.

...But clearly, so was he.

"What is this despair awaiting me... exactly..."