Vecna was very satisfied with the Dark Night Crystal he had just taken from Shar's Quest Puppet.
Of course, although he had suffered heavy losses as well... since he had been able to use the Hidden portfolio as bait to lure Shar into acting, Vecna had naturally been prepared for her retaliation.
Although he had still sacrificed more than he had expected, at least he could sense divine power from his battle with Shar that came from the same source as that Dark Night Crystal.
Though it was minuscule, Vecna could be certain that Shar had at least come into contact with Mask and reclaimed some shadow-related portfolios from him.
Heh~
Even after losing a great deal of the power of laws related to the Hidden portfolio, Vecna still could not suppress his excitement.
If it had not been to make Shar think that his attacks on the Shadow Wraiths and Shadow Demons were meant to exchange certain benefits with Iggwilv, why would he ever have cooperated with that bitch?
Vecna would never forget why he had been forced to lose half his body and hide in Elemental Space... if he had not eventually had the chance to become a god, the agony of being half-alive and half-dead would have driven him mad!
Everything had been because of Iggwilv and her Half-Demon son.
Otherwise, Vecna would not have set his sights on Shar, the Goddess of Dark Night!
Did he not know how dangerous this was?
Did he not know that his chances of success were only one in ten thousand?
Vecna knew perfectly well.
But what else could he do?
The Hidden portfolio had given him a future, but the body that had been elementalized because of that accident had become his greatest obstacle.
If Vecna could not find