The apocalypse draws near

"The Forsaken Land of the Gods" is located in City of Silver, on the other side of "The Giant King’s Court".

"Chief, you wanted to see me?"

Derrick Berg accepted the chief's summons and went to the top of the Round Tower, climbing all the way up to a spacious room.

"Um."

Seeing him enter, Colin Iliad nodded slightly. "Come in."

He stepped aside slightly, revealing the furnishings inside the room.

The room was filled with a mysterious and complex Altar, with six different items placed in different locations, all exuding a dangerous aura. These included an ordinary-looking silver flute, a mask made from a skull, and the remains of Shapeshifter, among others.

"This is..."

Derrick looked at these Spirituality imbued materials with a sense of awe and bewilderment.

Seeing this, Colin explained:

"This is the Ritual I performed to advance to Sequence 3, 'Silver Knight.' The materials for the Ritual are now complete, but one thing is still missing..."

"What is that?" Derrick asked Consciousness.

"I need the blessing of a great being who has at least reached the level of Subordinate Deity."

Colin replied.

From Subordinate Deity... oh right, I mean the Angel beings that Mr. [The Hanged Man] and the others mentioned... Derrick thought for a moment before realizing. On this side of the Old World, they still used the ancient terminology, while in that world, Sequence 2 and Sequence 1 were already called "Angel."

He then understood why Colin had called him over.

"Do you want me to pray to the Fool for a blessing upon your promotion?"

He asked.

"... That's right."

Colin nodded slightly in agreement.

Excellent! Chief Promotion Sequence 3! Our City of Silver's power will increase again... I'll go pray to Mr. Fool right now; the kind-hearted Mr. Fool will surely agree... Wait, something seems off...

Derrick was about to agree when a question suddenly occurred to him:

"Your Excellency, the 'Silver Knight' Potion recipe was provided by Elder Lovia. Why didn't you ask her to help from beginning to end?" Elder Lovia's faith in the Blood God had been certified by Mr. Fool; she was a trustworthy deity. Although her name was somewhat frightening, she was still someone one could pray to...

Then he saw Colin suddenly fall silent.

"... Lovia's condition isn't right."

A few seconds later, he slowly spoke.

Something's not right... Could it be...?

Has Elder Lovia lost control?

Derrick looked anxious. "What do we do now?"

It's such a shame that something unexpected happened to one of the Council of Six, which was just the beginning of the ordeal.

"No."

Colin shook his head. "She didn't lose control, it's just... well, you should see for yourself."

After saying that, he raised his right hand and pointed to the room opposite.

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Derrick walked out of the room in a daze, went to a closed door across the street, and opened it.

Inside the room was Elder Lovia, with her silver hair and gray eyes. However, she looked somewhat anxious, her hands clasped together, constantly chanting something in a low voice, over and over again without stopping.

"Elder...?"

Derrick asked somewhat fearfully.

Upon hearing his voice, Lovia abruptly looked up. An unprecedented look of panic crossed her face.

"I can't hear the Lord's voice anymore, I can't hear it..."

She looked like a drowning person who had lost her grip on a piece of driftwood, appearing extremely helpless.

The Blood God did not respond to Elder Lovia?

Derrick was taken aback.

The gods suddenly ceasing to respond to prayers has happened once before in the history of City of Silver, during the desperate era following the Great Cataclysm... so its recurrence is definitely not a good omen.

"It's alright, Mr. Fool certainly won't abandon us..." He forced himself to stay calm, then walked to the side and bowed his head in prayer as well.

Unfortunately, just a few minutes later, his expression also began to turn grim.

"Um?"

Deep within the dark continent, Luther suddenly tilted his ear. He seemed to hear layers of sounds, as if someone was chanting his Honorific Name.

Unfortunately, the Blood God is currently in dire straits and unable to answer your prayers...

Luther thought to himself.

Adam was not far ahead, his steps unwavering, leading him deeper into the continent.

"Are you planning to take me to see the True Creator so that I can return the Chaos Sea to him?"

He gazed at Adam's retreating figure in his white robe and asked, "Speaking of which, what is the origin of this evil god? What is his relationship with the Sun God... Could he actually be a Degeneration version of the latter, so you have to call him 'father' when you see him?"

"He is the product of [the Lord]'s near-death experience, a collection of all extreme and negative emotions, encompassing the Characteristic of the 'Secrets Suppliant' Pathway."

Adam didn't turn around, nor did he heed the provocation in his words. He simply explained calmly, "In other words... it's a manifestation of [the Lord's] humanity. But because He only possesses humanity, He became insane Distortion." The Ancient Sun God really didn't die completely... So this is what the True Creator is like; pure humanity leads to extreme madness...

Luther's heart skipped a beat as he recalled the "Betrayal Banquet" painting and the scene in the "Sunless Cross" he had seen before. That pitch-black infant truly symbolized the True Creator... In a sense, like the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Wisdom, He was born from consuming the corpse of the Ancient Sun God...

However, there is another problem --

"And what about the other half?"

He continued, "Besides humanity, that Creator must also have a Divinity aspect. Where did that part go, and what Beyonder Characteristic did it combine with to become what kind of being?"

Was it transferred into the body of the "Dark Angel" Sasrir, and is it now slumbering in the Tower alongside the latter?

Or did it become integrated into his Characteristic, coexisting with the three King of Angel devoured him?

"..."

Adam did not answer the question, seemingly either not knowing or unwilling to answer.

"Heh, aren't you going to answer?"

Seeing this, Luther changed the subject, "But even if it was part of the former Creator, He has now become an evil god. The Ancient Sun God saved humanity from the Ancient God, and you, as His son, are joining forces with an evil god. Is that really appropriate?"

He wanted to directly Judgement the other party on a moral level. "What's that saying again? For the sake of one's own advancement, plunging the entire continent into war... Do you accept such an outcome?"

He directly quoted the question the other party had asked him.

To his surprise, Adam turned around, looked at him calmly, and said:

I accept.

This statement seems to come from the heart.

"... Why?"

"Because... the Apocalypse is near."