Chapter 249 - A Turbulent World (6) (1/2)

Brahm nodded when Yeon-woo yielded his turn.

His eyes weren’t those of an old man happy after receiving some work, but of the Exile who was once a god.

There wasn’t anyone who had a greater grudge against Vieira Dune than him. Sesha and Ananta. His precious family had suffered for a long time because of her.

Yeon-woo readily yielded to Brahm because he knew that.

Brahm spoke in a dry tone.

“Vieira.”

「Do you want……die……!」

“Vieira. Answer me, Vieira. ”

「Let me go……!」

Brahm continued to speak to her, but she couldn’t get herself together. He smiled coldly.

“If you can’t wake yourself up, I’ll help you. We have a lot to talk about.”

Brahm waved his hand in the air and pulled something out from subspace. It was a flask with a strange liquid in it. It was tightly sealed with a cork.

“This is called a Yongsan Elixir. I made it because I was curious if a ghoul-form monster can be injured. I don’t know if it’ll work on you.”

Brahm twisted the cork off. White smoke came out with a fizzing sound. He tilted the flask above Vieira Dune’s head.

「Aaaaaack!」

Vieira Dune stiffened her back and shouted. Her soul was melting. The liquid stuck to her body and began to destroy her from the inside.

“Hm. It’s more effective than I thought. I didn’t know by how much, because I hadn’t tried it out yet. I suppose I can decrease the acidity a bit. And this is healing water, so it’ll help with recovering. Try this too.”

「Keuk, keukk!」

The healing water did indeed recover her body, but as it mixed with the elixir, it became slimy and added more pain.

Vieira Dune tossed her body around, but the liquid didn’t move.

“Hm. What will we do if you’re so weak? My daughter probably suffered torture like this as well. If you’re this tired after a few experiments, there will be no point to this. You can do it. Let’s start again.”

Brahm’s experiments continued. Every time the subspace opened, new tools poured out. Since it was a soul they had gotten after much difficulty, he didn’t forget to carefully record everything, either. It was like he was trying to do all the experiments that he was behind on.

「Please! I’ll tell you everything, so please……!」

Vieira Dune couldn’t help but wake up. No, she had to force herself to.

If she didn’t, the pain would be endless. Her subconscious woke her up to be less in pain.

“No, no. It’s not over yet.”

But Brahm shook his head and crushed Vieira Dune’s hopes.

「Great Mother! Kidnapping Sesha and Ananta was for Great Mother!」

Vieira Dune began to spit out facts they didn’t ask for. It was the only way the pain would lessen.

「The experiments I did were to complete the vessel. I did all kinds of things to complete the vessel. I’m sorry. I’m sorry, so please. Ah, ah! That’s what you have to do to heal Ananta!」

She was spewing things out, so most of her babbling didn’t make sense, but Yeon-woo, who was standing in the back, was able to get the gist of what she was saying after combining it with the information he got from the other witches’ souls.

‘It’s as I thought. Was she trying to summon Mother Earth, who’s said to have birthed the witches?’

The being that the witches called their witches wasn’t a defined god, but more of a concept.

Her name ‘Whore of Babylon’ was more famous, and other than that, she was known as Tiamat, Ymir, Ishtar, Inanna, Kybele, Prithvi, Grandmother Mago.

However, she had a name that was more famous than the others.

Gaia.

Also known as Yama.

‘But her personality is quite different from being motherly.’

Mother Earth was one of the only great gods that were here since the beginning of time, but every time she showed herself to the world, she always had a different appearance, and it was hard to tell what she was thinking.

Vieira Dune was the only person who Mother Earth was interested in.

No one knew the reason why.

Whether it was because of her ability or something else, one thing for sure was that Vieira Dune had become stronger with the favor of Mother Earth and controlled the Walpurgisnacht because of it.

But…..

‘All contact with Mother Earth was suddenly cut off? The Walpurgisnacht tried to wake her sleep?’

Mother Earth wasn’t that well known, but she sometimes showed herself on the earth.

She had never cut off contact with Vieira Dune either. Her sudden disappearance would definitely have been greatly frustrating for Vieira Dune.

That was why Vieira Dune decided to take a gamble, to call Mother Earth to the ground.

She considered it a nice decision because she knew that Mother Earth was interested in the lower world.

‘Still, since she gave them a divine revelation, it’s not like she completely disappeared. What happened?’

There was more than one thing that was strange. There were a lot of unclear sections.

‘But it’s not completely mysterious.’

Yeon-woo suddenly had a thought.

His brother had Luciel’s Soulstone, but it suddenly disappeared. If even the Summer Queen didn’t know who took it, wouldn’t it be someone who was closest to him?

For example, a lover. And if that lover had done something for her god…..

‘…..’

Yeon-woo’s eyes darkened.

Whatever the reason was, it didn’t change the fact that Vieira Dune had tried to use Sesha and Ananta as a vessel.