An ethereal, deeply abstract power gathered around Raphael.
He felt no pain, only a growing connection between himself and this valley filled with lava.
It was a peculiar feeling, as though an ordinary employee had suddenly become the general manager of a company.
The employee had undergone no physiological changes, but something had changed in an abstract sense: his status and wealth had increased.
Raphael was in much the same situation. Nothing about him had changed, yet he felt that he had gained some abstract power and connections.
The brilliant light emitted by the human aspect of the Oldest One, which took the form of the White Jade Orb, gradually dimmed. Raphael felt the powerful force surrounding him slowly fade.
In the valley, the volcano stopped erupting, and the boiling Source of Curses instantly settled.
The Oldest One said, "God Almighty really did leave some arrangements in the Shadow World. Heh, fortunately, his plan to resurrect through the Abyss failed. Otherwise, the moment he became the Abyss, he could have gone on to accommodate the Shadow World and become half a Great Old One."
Raphael was more concerned about something else. "Are God Almighty's arrangements dangerous?"
The Oldest One replied, "Not before you become an angel. Haha, he would never have imagined that his residual psyche would one day follow a human in here."
The White Jade Orb flickered slightly. "Once you become a saint, you can use God Almighty's residual psyche to suppress his arrangements.
"After you become an angel, you'll be able to eliminate all those arrangements.
"I'll teach you exactly how when the time comes."
Raphael nodded. Now he believed that these dangers really posed no danger to him.
Over in the wooden corridor, the second Master of the Shadow Cottage watched Raphael with shriveled eyes. "I