992 Arrodess Congratulations (2/2)
Meanwhile, he was filled with suspicion over Arianna's swift arrival. After all, the Evernight pathway wasn't well-versed in methods such as teleport. To go from Winter County all the way to Backlund required a significant amount of time.
My ritual isn't the kind that prays for a direct descent... Could it be that Ma'am Arianna happened to be in the vicinity, in the Backlund diocese? Isn't that too much a coincidence? If it isn't one, it only serves to exacerbate the problem. What is ”She” doing in Backlund? The undercurrents are stirring... Klein retracted his gaze and patiently waited a while before turning back into Dwayne Dantes.
He found a pen and some paper once again and drew the symbol that was a mixture of concealment and mystery prying.
When the final stroke was written, the full-body mirror in the master bedroom produced a dark but pure light, as though a silent undercurrent was surging out from the bottom of a lake.
Right on the heels of that, fireworks appeared, bursting in the sky.
Colors of gold, silver, red, and blue exploded as words formed in the mirror:
”Welcome back, Great Master!
Your humble servant, Arrodes, has witnessed the retrieval of a portion of your authority. I'm thrilled that you are gradually recovering your aura. You will eventually return to your supreme position and make the entire world turn silent under your watch!”
This is really... passionate... There's always something new... Klein nodded in silence.
Amidst the fireworks, those words dissipated and formed into a new sentence:
”Great Master, what instructions do you have for me?”
”I have a question,” Klein said calmly. ”In a place where being in darkness can result in danger, how should one create a safe but pure darkness? There are two kinds of dangers involved. One, it will make a person directly vanish in the darkness, and two, it will cause strange monsters to appear and attack.”
The fireworks in the full-body mirror calmed down as aqueous light rippled. Silver words surfaced one after another: ”Great Master, are you referring to the Forsaken Land of the Gods?”
This magic mirror actually knows quite a lot. He also gave me a free question in passing... Klein nodded and said, ”That's right.”
Without any breaks in between, Arrodes's full-body mirror produced new lines of Loenese text:
”The formation of the Forsaken Land of the Gods is related to the second Creator's fall. The danger of night there stems from the transformation of two essential powers.
”First, it's the remnants of the Evernight Goddess's divine powers. Second, it's the influence left behind by the Creator. ”He” wielded partial authority over shadows, darkness, fallen, corruption, and mutation. The former makes creatures vanish into thin air, while the latter produced monsters in the darkness.
So the two types of dangers stem from different powers. It's no wonder that there's such huge differences... Arrodes called the 抓dent sun god the second Creator…This is veiy close to my theory…Amon’s and Adam’s father isn’t 伽 reawakening of the original Creator, but a transmigrator who inherited a huge ”inheritance”? Klein asked in thought, ”In that case, the Evernight Goddess was involved in the fall of the second Creator?”
This was something Klein had vaguely expected. This was from the trait of humans evaporating in the darkness of the Forsaken Land of the Gods. It was very similar to the strange disappearances if one didn't sleep at night in the ruins of the battle of the gods. And based on Little Sun's description, King of Demonic Wolves, Flegrea, who wielded control over the Evernight and Concealment authorities, had long perished in the Second Epoch. It was impossible that ”He” had done it.
Therefore, unless there was another deity of the Evernight pathway born in the middle, it was difficult for the two abnormalities to not have the Evernight Goddess involved.
On the surface of the mirror, the silver light rapidly converged forming a short sentence:
”That's right.”
That's right... Klein was just about to press on when he immediately shut up. He had just recalled one of his identities— Blessed of the Evernight. Therefore, even without anyone watching him, he had to show respect to the deity and not seek out relevant secrets. Of course, time in the mysterious space above the gray fog was excluded.
He was just about to focus on the main question from before to urge Arrodes to list out solutions when he saw the silver words in the full-body mirror change:
”Great Master, your loyal servant, Arrodes, wishes a small favor from you. C-can we not discuss matters regarding the Evernight Goddess?”
At the end of the question, a simple stick figure was drawn.
Just as I wished... Klein deliberately pondered for two seconds and said, ”Okay.”
The silver swirls on the surface of the mirror immediately turned brisk as words began taking form:
”As for the question you asked, there are two solutions:
”One is to accept the corruption and let oneself transform into monsters of the darkness. The reason why these creatures do not vanish into thin air during the night is because they have received the protection of the 'Fallen' authority. This way, all the darkness is equivalent to safety.
”The second is to create a darkness that comes with the dream world. This will allow the Spirit Body to receive the protection of the dream; thus, slowing down the encroachment of danger at night.”