Vien had always had a custom of holding coming-of-age ceremonies for young people. Even ordinary families would arrange something ceremonial when their children reached that age, whether it was seeking a priest's blessing at church or adding extra mushrooms and diced meat to the soybean paste the family would eat that evening.
Kallen felt that today was his own "coming-of-age ceremony."
This noble young lady from the Lax God Church had given him a sense of confidence in both body and soul, leaving him satisfied in "body and mind" in the literal sense.
Hunger Addiction's power increased alongside Kallen's own. After Kallen completed his Divine Revelation, Hunger Addiction had been further nourished and strengthened.
However, Kallen had already changed his approach to it, going from finding a way to resolve it once and for all to shelving their disputes and developing peacefully.
As long as Hunger Addiction did not launch an attack on his "conscious existence" unless severely provoked, Kallen would accept its presence and let the depths of his soul become its private plot.
He was responsible for growing, allowing Hunger Addiction to benefit passively. In return, Hunger Addiction had to defend its private plot-his soul-as a sort of rent payment.
Kallen had never negotiated with Hunger Addiction. In fact, there was no effective channel of direct communication between them at all, yet this understanding had formed naturally.
Right now, the Spear of Sin's Artifact Spirit had all but abandoned resistance.
Kallen had seen similar scenes many times.
Sometimes, no matter how fiercely one's will flared, it could not change this bloody, cruel reality.
Even now, Kevin would collapse to the ground in terror upon sensing the God of Order's aura. And Kevin was no Artifact Spirit, but a genuine deity.
Without personally experiencing the Previous Era, one could