"What are you pretending for?" Selûne mocked without the slightest politeness. "Such a peculiar existence as Xuekedelaopast—anyone who knew where he was and could get there would go take a look.
Heh~ Of course, for the people in Hell and Mount Celestia, if they could figure out the nature of that Shadow Snake foolish enough to try becoming a second Abyssal Will, or even find a way to kill him...
Then they would certainly be able to find a way to deal with the Bottomless Abyss.
Naturally, there was nothing strange about their failure.
Then there were those curious whether Kedelaopast truly died and came back to life, lived and died again, knowing nothing but his own name and identity.
As far as I knew, the God from Toril who had observed him the most was probably you, right, Lathander?
And the one who had clawed and pecked him to death the most was probably you too."
Lathander chuckled. "But aside from his cruel and chaotic nature, his personality was different every time he revived, you know~
I just wanted to see whether his personality rotated through a cycle or switched at random.
And whether he truly had no memories at all."
Hill lightly glanced at his friend... Lathander really was good at grasping the important point.
Xuekedelaopast's state might make every powerful being who saw him shudder, but if he was still himself, if his temperament and personality were part of him and he was merely forgetful, then who knew how many Abyss Lords would leave themselves a similar escape route.
If it was merely a cycle, then one day, a personality belonging to his true self would appear.
In that case, as long as they left something belonging to themselves somewhere they were bound to go—such as the