An exchange

After handing this task to Mr. Z, Nimrod leaned back in his comfortable chair, his mood considerably brighter for the moment.

He had deliberately emphasized the connection between this matter and the Descent of God to Mr. Z-and he had done so to counter the arrangements of "0-08."

After all, if "0-08" wanted to arrange something, it needed detailed, sufficiently reasonable logic.

Then, after mentioning that a matter involved the Descent of God in front of an Oracle of the True Creator, a fanatical believer in the True Creator, how much effort would "0-08" have to expend to make Mr. Z ignore its connection to the True Creator's descent?

After that, Ince Zangwill would either have to pay a considerable price to manufacture coincidences and influence a Mid-Sequence Beyonder, or simply give up on interfering with Mr. Z and Lanevus-but either choice would consume a great deal of Ince Zangwill's energy and control over "0-08."

And all it had taken was a single sentence from Nimrod.

Let Ince Zangwill keep himself busy.

At that thought, a look of pleasure appeared on Nimrod's face.

After arranging Mr. Z's work, Nimrod sat down at his desk and began writing the letter he intended to submit to Saint Tenebrous Kisma.

Without a doubt, although the Aurora Order had an atrocious reputation, its strength was substantial, and it was indeed the foundation of Nimrod's foothold in this world.

And now that he enjoyed the True Creator's great favor, he could, in a sense, be considered to have one foot among the Aurora Order's upper ranks.

But the power Nimrod currently held within the Aurora Order came entirely from the True Creator's favor, making it utterly rootless for him personally. That would have been fine if he believed in the True Creator wholeheartedly, but the problem was that Nimrod had no faith in the True Creator whatsoever.

Under these circumstances, if Nimrod kept drawing vast resources and the protection of Saints from the Aurora Order, then even if its Saints unconditionally supported him on the surface out of respect for the True Creator's oracle, resentment would eventually accumulate.

As it happened, Nimrod also intended to improve the Aurora Order's situation at least a little-the simplest way was to gradually improve the condition of the True Creator, the source of the Secrets Suppliant pathway, and the Celestial Worthy at his side clearly had the same idea.

[Awakening the True Creator can effectively undermine God Almighty's condition.]

The Celestial Worthy analyzed the matter for Nimrod with tremendous enthusiasm:

[Based on my understanding of the evil Primordial, the vessel he chooses for his resurrection will undoubtedly be the one most compatible with him, and the vast majority of his psyche will inevitably awaken within the True Creator and Adam, who arose from the Ancient Sun God's division. That being the case, these two are our natural allies...]

"Then do you have any practical suggestions?"

Nimrod's wrist never stopped moving as he precisely wrote line after line, rendering some of the knowledge he had acquired before transmigrating into this world's written language-thank goodness for Mystery Pryer! Although its initial improvement to memory was inferior to Savant's, its higher Sequence made up for that. The overall improvement was roughly comparable, enough for Nimrod to recall some knowledge he had once forgotten.

The letter included some suggestions regarding the Aurora Order's transformation and fervent praise for the True Creator-the former was Nimrod slipping in his own agenda, while the latter reflected his consummate understanding of the Aurora Order's internal etiquette.

In this age when the gods did not manifest, if a Beyonder wanted to conceal himself, then as long as he bore no marks formed from Beyonder powers, deliberate concealment could be quite effective, apart from the supernatural incidents that arose naturally through Beyonder convergence.

Thus, having the Aurora Order adjust some of its methods and become somewhat less conspicuous, rather than making itself everyone's target, clearly aligned better with Nimrod's own interests and wishes.

[Of course I do.]

The Celestial Worthy spoke to Nimrod as though reciting an inventory of his own treasures:

[Sefirah Castle intercepted the True Creator's ravings. We can use those ravings to perform a ritual and establish direct contact with the True Creator. You have the True Creator's favor, as well as Sefirah Castle's power-wouldn't everything after that be easy?]

The Celestial Worthy paused:

[Enough "anchors" can bring the True Creator's mind closer to lucidity, while the power of "Sefirah Castle" can draw the attention of Primordial God Almighty and help the True Creator secure victory afterward. But without your permission, I have no way to control Sefirah Castle to trace the True Creator's ravings and will...]

Listening as the Celestial Worthy casually steered the subject toward "letting him control Sefirah Castle," Nimrod replied calmly:

"No need to trouble yourself. I'll handle it myself later."

The Celestial Worthy let out a long "tsk."

After finishing the letter, Nimrod sealed it neatly. Once that was done, he cleared his desk, then reached his hand into the gray fog and took out some materials rich in spirituality.

He was preparing to perform a ritual to summon a messenger.

Generally speaking, summoning a messenger was an extremely difficult process for Beyonders. First, they had to carefully prepare a ritual to summon a spirit world creature, then, much like drawing cards, see whether any spirit world creature was willing to respond-Beyonders like Klein Moretti, who successfully summoned a messenger on the first attempt, were exceedingly rare. After all, not everyone had such an affinity with spirit world creatures.

Only then came the final step: settling the messenger's payment. Of course, that payment could be negotiated with the messenger, or it could take the form of a contract enslaving it.

Of course, ordinary Beyonders faced other considerable difficulties as well, such as the incantation for summoning a messenger, how to describe the messenger, and how to communicate with it...

For Nimrod, however, with a Celestial Worthy clinging to him, everything was naturally straightforward. And as a transmigrator possessing "higher-dimensional knowledge," he already had the detailed summoning procedure recorded in his mind.

After setting up the ritual, the final step required for the summoning was to recite the incantation:

"Spirit wandering the upper realm, friendly creature that can be commanded, being willing to become my messenger."

As Nimrod spoke this incantation, faint grayish-white mist spontaneously rose within the Wall of Spirituality he had set up earlier, making it look as though he were inside the illusory "Sefirah Castle."

The next instant, the candle before Nimrod suddenly flared, its flames surging upward in the shape of a funnel and staining the entire room the color of fire.