After leaving Mr. A's residence, Nimrod sat in the carriage, considering what he needed to do next.
Earlier, he had barely managed to rein in Mr. A's excessive fanaticism, persuading him to preserve his "useful self" instead of thinking about sacrificing himself to the Lord every day. He could praise the Lord's glory once Qilingus appeared.
Although most of his final words to Mr. A had been bait, Nimrod had not lied. Adam and the True Creator were indeed enemies at present, like the two halves of a brain fighting each other.
And according to his memories, Qilingus had risked infiltrating Backlund for the reward he would receive for assassinating Duke Negan. The one offering that reward was Adam, the "Writer" preparing for his apotheosis ritual!
The Visionary's apotheosis ritual was to "make the development of the times align with your expectations, then consume the potion at a critical juncture within the prescribed tide of the era." For Adam, the "expectations" in this ritual were his most important guarantee in his dealings with the Evernight Goddess.
The Evernight Goddess needed an opportunity to kill the God of Combat and seize the Twilight Giant's Uniqueness and Beyonder characteristics, and that opportunity would inevitably come with war. Adam likewise intended to steer the tide of the era toward war. It was precisely these shared interests that allowed Adam and the Evernight Goddess to cooperate.
Moreover, this was a "conspiracy" stretching from ancient times to the present. After all, the true gods kept one another in check, and with the barrier of the Astral World needing to be maintained, large-scale war was difficult to ignite.
As for the prescribed tide of the era, although Nimrod did not know its essential meaning, he knew it manifested as developments matching those of the bygone era-for