Thanks to the cleanup carried out by Chief Colin and the others, there were temporarily no monsters left in the church tower. Abner easily glided all the way down the stairs, whose wooden boards had been completely corroded, to the deepest part of the basement.
The moment he arrived, the black gemstone the Goddess had left on his chest once again gathered dense "darkness," instantly pulling him into a deep "Nightmare."
Abner only felt the ground beneath his feet vanish completely, forcing him to keep falling...
Who knew how long passed before his feet touched solid ground again? By then, he stood before a pair of open Bronze Doors.
The densely packed symbolic markings and strange patterns carved across the doors' surface were generally similar to those on the door in the God of Luck's ruins, though the details differed slightly.
At this moment, the doors stood open. Beyond them was not the slightest trace of the Chaos Sea, but rows upon rows of illusory black doors arranged like the torii gates of an island nation.
"Actually, I've always felt that these Bronze Doors that originally sealed the Chaos Sea are somewhat similar to the door inside the Gatekeeper of the God of Death Pathway...
"Furthermore, people who die before these Bronze Doors sealing the Chaos Sea can easily become Vengeful Spirits, then transform into Ancient Vengeful Spirits through the convergence of some unknown power... And Ancient Vengeful Spirits are a major source of materials for the Door Pathway.
"The God of Death and the Door Pathway, together with the ability to seal the entrance to the Chaos Sea... Was this the work of Gregrace, the Phoenix Progenitor?
"Also, the God of Luck's authority has nothing to do with either the God of Death or the Door Pathway... When 'I'