So the Goddess and Lilith want me to pose as the Hidden Sage and ally with the God of Combat? Are they planning a double backstab?
Only after hearing what the God of Knowledge revealed did Abner understand the two goddesses' plan.
He had no objection to the arrangement. Both the Goddess and Lilith had helped and protected him when he was weak. He owed them something in return.
Abner had also thought of Traitor Dragon's proposal. The illusory "sun" in the Land of Unknown was, in essence, formed from a remnant of God Almighty's will. After thousands of years of continuous "corruption," though, that fragment of consciousness had nearly been assimilated by the Unknown.
Even so, it could still make the Hidden Sage release a Sequence 1 characteristic she had only recently consumed.
Seeing that Abner had no objections, the Evernight Goddess gave a slight nod. "Then I'll confine her in the Darkened Heaven for now. That will conceal her condition, and I can feed her water from the River of Eternal Darkness whenever necessary to keep her from waking."
The Evernight Goddess turned her gaze on Abner and continued in a gentle voice, "You'll also need to spend some time in the Darkened Heaven each day, using the 'sun' to purify her... I expect the Knowledge Emperor characteristic will separate from her in four to five weeks."
Her face remained indistinct, but Abner had the distinct impression that she smiled.
The Earth Mother Goddess had already withdrawn her divine power. All the plants that had grown unnaturally on Sonia Island withered. While she was at it, she used the Authority of Desolation to drain the life from Boris, the Glorious One of this world. The Hidden Sage had kept him concealed as a contingency, but he had never