Besides being indestructible, this pendant can also block one fatal attack for the user. However, the method is a bit bizarre. It will forcibly redirect the fatal attack to itself, like a pocket watch with a family photo in a movie, using its own indestructible property to withstand the blow.

If it's a large-scale area attack, it will directly absorb the damage.

After one use, the energy inside will be depleted and it needs to be recharged like just now. The pendant itself won't be damaged.

Overall, the pendant's effect is quite strong.

"It's a shame this thing is a bit dangerous, otherwise I'd want to get one for each of you..."

With such a strong effect comes an equally severe price; the user has a high probability of being corrupted by the Goddess of Love.

In a sense, the Goddess of Love's corruption is actually a blessing—a blessing for lovers to love each other forever—it's just that the manifestation is a bit grotesque.

For example, the Goddess of Love might directly alter perception, making the entire world appear as twisted lumps of flesh in the eyes of the corrupted person, with only their beloved appearing normal.

Putting aside everything else, She indeed ensures a pair of lovers stay together forever, because in their eyes, each other is the only normal person.

Never mind the process, just ask if the goal was achieved or not.

"Does it have a name?"

Anna looked at the pendant in Loren's hand and asked.

"It's called the True Love Amulet."

Loren hung the True Love Amulet around his neck, hiding it under his clothes along with his other accessories.

The True Love Amulet doesn't take up an accessory slot, which is a great feature.

Loren and Anna didn't stay in the bedroom for long. As soon as Anna came out, she was stopped by Naclis, who urgently asked what exactly Anna and Loren had been doing in the bedroom.

"Do you really want to know?"

Anna flashed a mischievous grin. Naclis had a bad feeling.

But in the end, she still nodded and admitted:

"I want to know..."

"Alright then, come closer, I'll tell you in detail..."

Laughing, Anna pulled Naclis into a small corner, leaned close to her ear, and whispered something. Loren didn't hear what Anna said, but he saw Naclis's face growing redder and redder.

Loren was quite reassured about Naclis; she was truly reliable, having not been corrupted by Anna and Mirrorheart all this time.

...

At noon, Koranda came as usual to report the situation to Loren. By now, her injuries were almost completely healed, even the ones Loren had caused earlier, though they still had some lingering effects on her.

So, the first thing Koranda did upon finding Loren was to express her gratitude, and only then did she proceed with her report.

Ever since yesterday, Koranda had remained highly vigilant, constantly using Entwined Roots to sense her surroundings, but nothing else had happened.

No one performed any sacrifices at night either, as if the matter had truly passed.

With the ritual unable to proceed, even if many Greed Worshippers remained, they couldn't carry out any actions.

Currently, there were many powerful combatants within the Gedlan Kingdom. They simply couldn't engage in direct confrontation. No matter how numerous the Greed Worshippers were, they were things that couldn't see the light of day, no match for the Bountiful Church at all.

Even so, Koranda remained cautious, urging Loren to pay attention to his safety.

After reporting all this, Koranda left.

"Does that mean things will settle down recently?"

Anna voiced her doubt. To this, Loren simply shook his head:

"Not necessarily. These Outer God worshippers are extremely cunning, not so easy to deal with. I suspect they're brewing something big again.

"If they want to achieve the element of surprise, they'll either wait a long time until people have forgotten these events before acting, or they'll strike tonight, right when people think they'll lie low for a while.

"Movila, recall some of your clones. We need to increase surveillance over the Gedlan Kingdom."

"Understood, Master."

Upon hearing Loren's instruction, more crows flew back to the Gedlan Kingdom, and Gwen also left Loren's bedroom.

There were some places Movila couldn't monitor, which was where Gwen came in.

Although Movila's surveillance range was wide, it wasn't tight. Her method of surveillance was simply flying in the sky and observing with her own eyes. Setting aside magic that could conceal one's form, even hiding inside a house would prevent Movila from monitoring.

Therefore, when it came to finding these hidden Greed Worshippers, Movila's role wasn't very significant; she was more for prevention.

When major events like sacrifices occurred, Movila could directly see them and inform Loren.

"When will things finally settle down? I want to go back for a visit..."

Caroline suddenly grumbled. Her words surprised Anna, who tugged on the collar around Caroline's neck and teased:

"Weren't you the one crying and begging to be Master Mentor's dog back then? Why do you want to leave now?"

"I'm very reluctant to part with Master, but my family has deep misunderstandings about him. Thinking about that makes me uncomfortable, so I want to quickly tell them the truth, to stop them from continuing to misunderstand..."

"You changed your tune really fast. I acknowledge you."

Anna gave Caroline a thumbs-up, making Caroline feel rather awkward, though she also felt a bit proud. Loren couldn't bear to watch this scene.

"Caroline, you're from the Witches' Church, right?"

"Yes. Of course you knew that too..."

At first, Caroline was shocked that Loren could recognize her as a witch, but now she was used to it:

"No wonder my family told me to be careful of you. If you truly became our enemy, we probably wouldn't even have the strength to resist, would we..."

Loren thought for a moment; what Caroline said was indeed true. Loren understood witches too well. If he really wanted to deal with witches, he could make them willingly commit suicide for him.

If one day, the identities of all witches were exposed, and the gods gave Loren a choice—either Loren dies, or he kills all the witches—the witches, upon learning of this, would unhesitatingly kill themselves.

However, Loren would absolutely never let such a thing happen. He still held many trump cards he hadn't used, especially that bottle of Swan Song he brewed a long time ago.

Since Loren was here, he would never let tragedy occur again.

"I will never stand on the opposite side from you all."

Then, Loren thought of the choice Noah had faced back then:

"If one day I truly had to choose between you all and this world, I would unhesitatingly destroy this world."

This choice was even more extreme than the one Noah faced. Noah's situation was that the world might be destroyed by the Goddess of Love if he did nothing, and this world didn't love him anyway. What Loren would do is personally destroy the world, destroy this world where he already has everything.

But in the face of love, all of this is worthless.