649 Karwenzs Plans (1/2)

”I should probably start talking from the very beginning, about the grand goal that my lover, Karwenz Mist, has.”

Right after Didina said this, my first reaction wasn't delight at learning some secret, but rather…

”These relationships are so messy that they're impossible to describe. If this is how things are, and if I call Didina my sister-in-law, doesn't that make Harloys my niece…”

Could it be that all my luck with women had been given to my bastard twin brother? He had to be the type who loved older women. Not only was he involved with Devil Lord Ilmisya, he was even together with a more than 10,000-year-old succubus! How jealous he made me… er, I meant, how insane and ridiculous he was! Yep, we should all stand against such wanton behavior!

*Shing!*

The fruit knife that went whizzing past my head eliminated all my ridiculous thoughts. I could tell through our soul connection that even though Harloys seemed to be smiling quite happily, she was actually almost going insane.

”Sister-in-law… Cough, I mean, Didina, you have information about Karwenz?”

Several explosions sounded outside my window. It seemed that a battle had started up again outside with the inferno dragons. But right now, it was difficult for me to even sit up in bed, so all I could do was listen to the story. Meanwhile, Didina shook her head as she began telling her astounding tale with a melancholic voice.

”Karwenz is searching for the Abyss of Chaos. That's far too dangerous…”

The Abyss of Chaos? Wasn't the entire Chaos Abyss already known as the Chaos Abyss, so what was the Abyss of Chaos? Harloys and I paused in surprise for a moment, but we both instantly came to a realization when Didina pointed downward.

”The end point of the Cycle of Reincarnation, the true bottom of the Chaos Abyss?”

Nobody else would likely know what the ”deepest part” of the Chaos Abyss was, yet I just happened to know, and placed immense importance upon it. That was because…

”The place where Cynthia's physical body is sleeping?”

It was now Didina's turn to be astonished. She found it inconceivable how a ”youngster” like myself who was only 300-ish years old would know about such an ancient secret.

”Ha, perhaps in several more centuries, this won't be a secret any longer…”

The eternal Holy War between Order and Chaos was all for the sake of the respective Creator Goddesses of Order and Chaos, aiming to absorb lives and souls as a tremendous amount of nutrition for their sleeping and heavily injured physical bodies. If even one of them awakened, it would bring about the end of the entire world.

Logically speaking, we had created Hell and cut off a portion of the Cycle of Reincarnation. Order species that worshipped the Hell Gods would no longer be sent to the Pillar of Order. Part of the River Styx had also been transferred into Hell. The awakening of the two Goddesses should have been delayed indefinitely.

Not only that, the Goddess of Order's soul was currently with me, while Karwenz had taken away Cynthia's soul after the battle of Hell… Damn it, so that was the problem!

”Why does he want to go to the deepest portion of the Chaos Abyss? Does he want to awaken Cynthia? Or does he want to personally destroy her for real? Or, does he want to use his demonic abilities to devour the Creator Goddess of Chaos' physical body and soul…”

There were too many possibilities, so it was impossible for me to determine what Karwenz wanted. Thus, I simply asked. It seemed that Didina had come to us to volunteer information anyways.

”I don't know. He's never said anything to me. It's just that he's been searching for the Abyss of Chaos for more than 200 years already. Moreover, it seems that he's recently found some clues.”

”…So you were talking about Karwenz when you said that us collecting souls would enrage a certain person?”

”Yes. Several years ago, Karwenz said that this Holy War was incredibly important, and it would be best if the River Styx was filled to the brim with souls…”

I nodded in understanding. In that case, it was understandable why Karwenz had been around causing trouble everywhere since the Holy War began. Since he wanted the Cycle of Reincarnation to speed up and give the Goddess of Chaos's physical body more nourishment, it seemed that he was indeed plotting something regarding Cynthia's physical body.

Perhaps when he obtained Cynthia's soul back in Hell, it had given him the key to find and go to the Abyss of Chaos.