Chapter 115: Backstab
In the cold, ice-cave-like stone chamber, the eerie green flames flickered.
Satan remained motionless.
"How did you figure it out?" Maeve, inside the demon's body, asked in a low voice.
"Forty people represent forty different sins. Although you eventually came to your senses and turned to the light, you are still a 'sinner,' and your actions perfectly match one specific sin."
Zhou Yuan stared at her, "That sin is called betrayal."
"You betrayed your former classmates, and you betrayed Satan, the one who granted you your strength, just as Satan betrayed God in the Bible.
Your true intention was not to stop all this, was it? You had a bolder, more audacious idea."
Zhou Yuan continued, "You wanted to steal Satan's demonic power, or even replace it, right?"
In the silence, Maeve sighed, "You guessed correctly. But at the beginning, I didn't think that far. I simply wanted to stop Satan's descent.