Although I became the Evernight Goddess's lackey in the future to protect myself, ever since coming to the past, I've avoided having anything to do with her as much as possible, precisely because I was worried that scheming old bastard might catch me off guard.
And now I've learned that she holds the Beyonder Characteristic I need to advance to Planeswalker. Aren't I screwed?
Edward thought for a while, then asked, "How do you think I should obtain that Beyonder Characteristic?"
"My suggestion is to go to the Church of Evernight yourself and obtain the Beyonder Characteristic through a trade."
"...But what could I possibly offer in exchange?"
Arrodes fell silent, neither answering nor asking another question.
Ah.
Acting as a Wanderer might require going to the Astral World, and getting the Planeswalker Beyonder Characteristic means 'trading' with the Evernight Goddess herself. It looks like there are some things I can't avoid if I want to advance to Sequence 2.
What the hell am I afraid of!
I can resurrect through other people's memories anyway.
Edward gave himself a pep talk, as though trying to comfort himself.
But then it occurred to him that if a god really figured out the "principle" behind his resurrection and used it to collect his corpse, or killed everyone who knew him... his "resurrection" would become water without a source, no longer able to take effect.
-Although killing the Russian Priest and Amon would be rather difficult, Edward had absolutely no desire to resurrect through their memories either. God knew what sort of monstrosity he would become after resurrecting!
"If I wanted to obtain a Miracle Invoker Beyonder Characteristic, what would you suggest?"
The Dressing Mirror shimmered faintly once more. A moment later, Arrodes answered, "If you can travel to the Forsaken Land of