P.S. Seriously, nobody guessed? You're all so slow. Maybe not enough people read this book after all? I gave you so many hints. Anyone willing to send some monthly votes or tips? It looks awfully bare. And thanks to Xingkong and Suiran GG for the tips.
A pale arm slowly emerged from the Portal. Flawless and unblemished, it looked like a masterpiece of nature, untouched by time.
Baal had seen that arm before, more than once, but he had never learned who it belonged to. Its owner's true face had remained hidden from him.
Slowly, the figure of a woman appeared before Baal. She was breathtakingly beautiful, yet something about her was strangely unsettling. Her features seemed to shift endlessly. At first glance, he thought he could see her clearly, but the next moment, she looked like someone else entirely.
An aura of darkness and boundless emotional power swirled around her: pride, terror, depravity, lust, bloodlust, and more. She seemed to be the Darkness Source itself.
Yet everything about her felt false to Baal—except that flawless pale arm!
"A projection? Won't you show your true self?"
Baal frowned, puzzled. Even now, this person insisted on hiding. Wasn't that rather petty?
"A projection? No. This is me!"
"Perhaps this will help you understand. This is what I am. That appearance was merely a fragment of my memories!"
The woman spoke without expression, her voice flat. As her words fell, her body abruptly dispersed and vanished, leaving only the pale arm!
The arm slowly rose, revealing five slender fingers. No, rather—
Four!
"So it really was you!"
Baal felt something stirring in an unknown part of his body, struggling to break free.
"Hmph! After hiding for so long, you finally show yourself!"
With a cold laugh, Baal thrust a hand into his