"When did you find out?
"Why have you come here now?"
The Eternal Blazing Sun's Giant of Light asked.
His voice passed directly into the mind of the equally enormous humanoid formed from his own shadow. The two Lightseekers beside him showed no reaction. All they saw was their Lord, the god they worshipped, facing a shadow that seemed to have turned into someone else.
Likewise, the words of Grisha Adam, the True Creator who had emerged from the shadow with an illusory body and five heads, only the central one bearing a distinct face, passed directly into Osekes's mind, as though the two were communicating through consciousness and thought:
"You thought I was still using the Visionary's abilities to maintain his mental state, helping him stay rational so he could ease his suppression of the Lord of Mysteries further and invade Sefirah Castle?
"That was only an avatar.
"As early as when Rose Redemption assassinated me, and I took the opportunity to prepare for resurrection with the Hanged Man as my foundation to isolate the Primordial's influence, I noticed the Sun's unusual activity. But at the time, I merely thought that both were the true god pathways I possessed when I left the Chaos Sea and first entered this world, and had therefore suffered the greatest influence to begin with. Besides, after the Third Epoch ended, the six gods became my enemies, leaving me unable to investigate further."
The shadow giant's central head gradually became Grisha's, with features resembling those of the original Visionary, Adam, but a more rugged outline and jet-black hair. It seemed to be explicitly telling his opponent that the one in control now was the True Creator who had resurrected from the Ancient Sun God's divine body and taken the Hanged Man pathway.
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