After completing the "pilgrimage" required to meet the Tenth Abyss, Yi Chen's "three prostrations and nine bows" brought the memories concerning the Death Idol back into focus.
The reason Yi Chen had been able to traverse worlds, and the reason he had carried the black liquid symbolizing death and been reborn in this world, was directly related to that death-associated idol.
Now, the War Relic Jin had found actually emanated a faint divinity. Although the divinity spilling from the broken sword's surface did not match the idol Yi Chen had worshiped while kneeling in the orphanage's small dark room, and might even belong to two different theological factions, the two should have come from the same world—or perhaps the same greater world.
The sword's manifestation also aroused William's tremendous interest in the War Relic.
Could one of the War Relics scattered throughout the Old World be connected to the Death Idol Yi Chen worships? If I could find a related object, it might help me understand the mysteries of death. I might even find a way to reach that world.
Snap!
An explosive snap of the fingers rang out in front of William, dragging his thoughts back.
"William! What are you thinking about? You tossed out a pile of strange terms without explaining them, and you seem to know what this is. Hurry up and tell me."
"This sword should be an artifact belonging to some deity, or an artifact bestowed by a deity upon one of its believers."
"A deity? What's that supposed to be..."
Jin looked utterly confused. She had never heard any stories about gods.
Because the Human World had been ravaged by disease, most humans had long since stopped believing in gods. A few surviving churches might still have priests who spoke of Jehovah, but most