"I don't know."
Hearing that answer, Sno's face filled with an expression that said, "Are you fucking kidding me?" Seeing his expression change, Gochainam immediately explained:
"More precisely, it's that no one understands it. In fact, no one has ever understood it."
"You mean everyone only knows that such a thing exists, but no one knows what it actually is?" Although Gochainam had used Ancient Elf, a language with a slightly limited vocabulary but an abundance of meanings, Sno quickly understood what she meant because they were within a consciousness space.
"That's right." Gochainam nodded, seemingly recalling memories from thousands of years ago. After a brief silence, she finally spoke again:
"It had an amorphous body like black clouds, mist-like tentacles, and pollution that surpassed even that of Gods. We didn't even know whether it was a 'lifeform' or some kind of 'phenomenon.'"
"In the memories of every creature born in the Second Epoch, It had already existed for a very long time. Thus, everyone generally believed that It had existed in this world as early as the First Epoch, or perhaps even earlier. Therefore, we called It 'Ancient Chaos.'"
"It displayed neither intelligence nor emotion. According to the Dragon King Angwided, every one of Its tentacles radiated ultimate madness and greed. Once one stepped into Its domain, one would be completely devoured. Its tentacles spread throughout the entire world. No one knew whether darkness and shadows were merely natural phenomena or extensions of Its tentacles."
"It possessed extremely strange abilities. Within Its domain, time, space, distance, fate... everything became chaotic and disordered. Only existences above Angels could possibly escape Its tentacles, and only Gods could temporarily stop Its erosion."
Listening to Gochainam's description, Sno could not help but frown. He was certain that no such bizarre existence had appeared