When Raphael heard the White Jade Orb mention "God Almighty," he suddenly felt his mind churn again. A wealth of memories returned to him, but thick gray fog soon enveloped those unknown memories once more, and Raphael received another warning from the Vertical Pupil Eye.
Still, after some "recollection," Raphael gained a rough understanding of God Almighty. He knew that this was a great being from the First Epoch who could, in a sense, be regarded as the predecessor of the Ancient Sun God.
Only then did he realize the gravity of the words "God Almighty wants to use Abyss to resurrect himself." In other words, his current situation was even more dangerous. Once he reached the higher Sequences, in particular, he would have to watch out not only for high-level beings of the Chained pathway, but also for entities on God Almighty's level.
For a Beyonder, this difficulty was clearly far beyond anything he ought to have faced.
Raphael asked the White Jade Orb, "Then did God Almighty succeed?"
"He did not succeed, but neither did he fail," the White Jade Orb replied. "You needn't worry too much about this in the future. Once you advance to Angel, I'll be able to help you deal with God Almighty."
"What price will I have to pay?"
"You've actually been paying the price all along," the White Jade Orb said. "You can think of your very existence as an experiment of mine.
"Of course, rest assured that I'm not treating you as a lab rat. But you'll have to work hard yourself and keep convincing me that investing in you is worthwhile."
Raphael probed, "I thought you would replace me once my Sequence was high enough."
"Heh." The White Jade Orb gave a scornful laugh. "Humans may have considerable potential, but