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The murky, pitch-black mind was filled with flickering scarlet symbolizing madness and oppressive, negative dark colors.
Red moonlight radiated from the sphere in Edward's hand, temporarily serving as a simple barrier against outside influences. He sighed, released his hand, and watched the neurotic madness brought on by the Mother Tree of Desire's corruption in silence for a few seconds before sighing again.
"Could you be a little sunnier? Seeing you like this really makes me worry my depression will relapse after I eat your Uniqueness."
"You're going to eat me, and you still have so many demands?" With the Outer Deity's help, the Chained God had barely managed to escape the Great Old One's corruption for a while. Listless, he said weakly, "You're stronger than the Mother Tree of Desire. I can't resist you. If you want to kill me, just do it."
"Don't be so pessimistic. I only want a Uniqueness."
Edward casually traced a cross before his chest. "You could say you've successfully saved yourself, or you could thank the Creator. After all, he wants you, someone who resisted the Mother Tree of Desire for a thousand years, to live. I'm not particularly interested in taking an Angel into my service, but he might be."
The Chained God fell silent for a while. He shifted his twisted, hideous Mummy body and reached out to pluck away the disgusting, flower-shaped tumors slowly growing through the gaps in his bandages. Congealed Mythical Creature blood churned in the wounds, and his shriveled face remained expressionless.
"Did I ever have a choice?"
"Perhaps you once did."
The Devil reached out. Under the powerful convergence effect between Adjacent Pathways, the body of the Prisoner Pathway's King of Angel involuntarily twisted and transformed, growing warped claws and fangs amid filthy spirituality. The bandages