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Having Bhaal's divinity stripped away was far easier than Abdel and Sarevok had imagined.
Right there in the dockside warehouse, Aaron drew the Original Daemon, Drach'nyen. The symbols of ultimate evil and the destruction of civilization attached to it made all three Bhaalspawn gasp. Fear rising from deep within his marrow sent Abdel stumbling back, and he began to regret his decision.
Surely Lord Aaron wasn't planning to kill us?
But Aaron did no such thing. He simply suspended Drach'nyen in midair, told Abdel and Sarevok not to resist, and drew a Chaos Ritual Circle in blood.
Under the divine power of the Chaos Gods, Bhaal's divinity gradually peeled away from Abdel and Sarevok. Although the process was somewhat painful, Abdel actually felt a sense of relief.
Ever since his earliest childhood memories, Abdel had always felt as though something weighed heavily on his soul, leaving him unable to breathe.
The instant Bhaal's divinity was extracted, Abdel felt himself plunge without warning, as though the chair beneath him had been yanked away. Gorion's son screamed as he fell into an abyss. His soul hurtled down through the boundless depths of the universe, falling countless light-years toward the terrifying, warped terminus at the center of the galaxy-the ultimate Chaos known as the Eye of Terror!
"Aaaaah! Lord Aaron! Where are you taking meeeee?!"
Abdel screamed at the top of his lungs. He felt himself falling faster and faster through Chaos, growing madder with every moment. Hundreds of millions of Chaos Daemons around him burst into wild laughter. There was malice and curses among them, but also envy and jealousy.
After falling for a while,