Compared to the foresight of the Northern Continent, the Pale God Norton now seems completely relaxed.
The newly built Pale Holy See was small and pitiful, occupying a very small area, and it was connected to the magnificent palace of the Holy Empire, as if the Pale Church was an appendage of the Holy Empire.
Of course, this is all Norton's fault.
His Majesty Norton disliked overly magnificent and grand palaces; he preferred small monasteries, moderately sized prayer rooms, and the solemn and aloof Church members coming and going...
The more it is described, the more it seems to resemble the Holy Lord Cathedral before Norton became a missionary.
Norton stood tall and slender in the pavilion atop a small tower, no more than ten meters high, quietly gazing down at the figures of missionaries dressed in pure white robes, coming and going without uttering a word.
A long-lost sense of familiarity and a slight feeling of belonging surfaced in Norton's mind, making him feel somewhat amused and exasperated.
"What I once deeply feared, I now feel a touch of longing for... even a long-lost sense of belonging... How could I, Norton, the noble God of the Southern Continent, harbor such pathetic emotions!"
Norton's slightly wistful gaze turned utterly indifferent again, but only for a short while before it was filled with human emotion once more, and even a hint of a smile appeared on his face.
"But Abraham, for thousands of years, has never changed."
Even Duoxia still maintains his lofty ideals from the past!
Okay, that's really great! But the thing you're all so terrified of, I'm actually kind of looking forward to!
The Eternal Life Society... Jonah, even with my Pressure covering the entire Southern Continent, I couldn't detect him. It seems they truly have a way to shield my senses. I, Divine Stage Norton, cannot perceive such a sect. Is their method based on Jonah's exalted rank, or have they already begun researching the theory of Existence Level, or perhaps even made a breakthrough...? Ahahahahaha... Isn't this my chance to Norton?
Norton's delicate face split from his small lips to his ears, and a wanton laugh escaped from his mouth.
Indeed, he observed every detail of Abraham's journey by train to the farthest coastal city in the Southern Continent to meet with Duoxia, including the speech given by the mutated people in the tavern.
But this led Norton to discover something interesting.
" The Eternal Life Society?"
Norton's fingers gripped the edge of the fence, and he slowly raised his head to look directly at the sun in the sky.
He had already noticed that the color of the sun had changed slightly compared to before the wars between the major empires of the Aodelan Empire.
He had initially thought this was a change brought about by the fact that God's power could no longer enter the Garden of Eden after he destroyed Kuba, but now it seemed that this was not the case.
According to Duoxia and Abraham, it seems that Kuba sought the power to break free from bondage through death, which is why the sun's radiance became increasingly dim.
But in the past, when Kuba was alive, the sun was dim, almost reddish.
After all, it is the god of death, Garden of Eden is filled with the dead at all times, so its seal will naturally be gradually worn down.
Norton gazed at the sun; his eyes, capable of zooming at will, were like an ultra-long-range astronomical telescope, even allowing him to clearly see the flow of the sun's corona.
But he still couldn't see through the essence of the sun, nor could he see Jonah, who was supposedly imprisoned within it.
Confined within the sun, Norton can now do the same. His physical body is of the highest Existence Level, and neither the sun's high temperature nor the vacuum environment can cause him the slightest damage.
Perhaps he could fly now on wings and reach the sun to find the so-called Jonah.
But this is simply too dangerous.
Leaving aside whether he can fly out of Garden of Eden, the fact that his wings cannot provide the power for flight through flapping in the vacuum environment of the outside world means that he is destined to get lost in the vast universe.
Even if he could glide all the way to the sun using inertia, he would not be able to fly back from the sun.
Because the sun is in a plasma state, there is no point of leverage.
Moreover, he wanted to try out his own conjecture.
" The Garden of Eden is now developing in a way that is almost identical to that of Earth, and I have long since noticed the various anomalies in it."
If this Garden of Eden is indeed a petri dish and observation field set up by God for me, then this experiment can only have two outcomes.
Either I am subtly influencing the world, and my existence is God's transformation, then He will surely gradually elevate me to the highest position and assimilate me, just like the Garden of Eden of Eden today.
Either I use it as a reference for experiments, observing my own advancement methods, and thereby completing my own advancement.
Whether it's the first or the second scenario, I, Norton, am under their observation, and my safety is absolutely guaranteed... So this madman trying to break free and fight against me, Jonah, is probably just the next dessert God has prepared for me Norton!
Norton looked up at the sun, feeling a deep unease.
Without reaching the Fourth Stage, he viewed God as if watching a fire from across the river, feeling that God was far removed from himself.
However, achieving the Fourth Stage, while invincible in the Garden of Eden, would make one the number one person below God, instantly increasing the pressure.
Norton was invincible in the Garden of Eden, but God did not enter the Garden of Eden because he dared not force his way in, fearing Garden of Eden collapse. This is the desperate gap between the two.
"After all the advancements, I'm still just an experimental subject to be manipulated. When will I, Norton, ever achieve true freedom? Or perhaps, have I never truly been free from beginning to end?"
All living beings in the Southern Continent and even the entire Garden of Eden are against him. Even his own subordinates want to betray him. They think that Norton stands too high and too far, but little do they know that Norton is the most cowardly and weak person in the world!
"My life has been like walking on thin ice..." Bo Bing sighed deeply.
Its smooth body stood atop the tower, its skin gaps slowly opening and closing, revealing a pale form.
The despair that had been felt for many years finally needed to be released under the intense pressure of the present.
The scorching sun shone on Norton, yet it also brought him immense warmth.
Such self-indulgence is tantamount to the most blatant blasphemy against God!
"I... I, Norton... am the God... ooh!!!"
Queen Maria, now twenty years old, approached gracefully from afar, dressed in an elegant gown, her heart filled with joy as she jogged along.
Because today she turns twenty, His Majesty has already promised to transform her into an immortal Vampire when she turns twenty.
The sun was blazing, yet a light drizzle fell from the sky...
Norton has gone mad.