"I was wrong, I was wrong!!!"
Norton's mournful howls, accompanied by the countless souls filling the sky and Jonah's triumphant laughter, echoed across the vast ruins.
Countless souls, like funnels, formed a dark, oppressive cloud that poured into Norton's body, which Jonah held aloft, entering his mouth, eyes, ears, nose, and even his roguish face.
Countless wailing souls crawled into it, causing Norton to wail endlessly. The misery and torment in their cries were enough to make anyone who heard them shudder.
However, people's joys and sorrows are not shared, and all this noise seemed only exceptionally noisy to Abraham at that moment.
Abraham's massive body lay supine amidst the ruins, the gaping holes blasted into his chest and mouth failing to heal for a long time.
Even if such an injury doesn't heal, it's nothing more than a piece of cake for him, the Vampire True Ancestor. It won't affect his combat or mobility in any way, except for his inability to speak.
But lying here, he felt completely weak, as if he were an old man, with no strength left in his body.
In reality, he had no strength at all, because Norton's Pressure was preventing him from getting up.
A single, glistening tear squeezed from Abraham's bloodshot eye, his mind buzzing with a jumble of thoughts.
At this moment, he seemed to understand everything.
All of this seems to have been preordained.
From the day Your Majesty was resurrected, Your Majesty's thoughts have actually been on a higher level!
First, he used holy water to infect humans, and then used the name of the Pale God to replace the God of the Holy Lord Church, attempting to steal God's authority through such means. This was something Abraham had seen through back then!
Why can't he consider that His Majesty's mental illness is actually part of his scheme?
Abraham was heartbroken, feeling as stupid and foolish as a pig or a dog, worse than an animal!
If we consider Your Majesty's delusional desire to advance in rank as the basis for our thinking, then all of this has been foreshadowed for a long time!
Because Your Majesty's path to advancement is exceptionally singular: either you seize God's authority through various means, just as Your Majesty has done in the past, or you devour another god, just as you have done in the past!
Your Majesty has already tried the path of stealing God's authority even before your resurrection.
If this path is blocked, then he will inevitably have to try a different path in order to advance!
If Abraham could deduce this from the unusual nature of His Majesty's soul, then he would surely be able to see through His Majesty's scheme!
Unfortunately, all of Abraham's thoughts had been blinded by His Majesty!
Abraham lay amidst the ruins, listening to Norton's distant wails. The more he listened, the colder his heart grew, and the more terrified he became.
To Norton, every wail was a mocking laugh, a crushing defeat of intelligence, and a whiff of conspiracy!
Upon closer examination, this guy is truly utterly cunning!
Using God as a pretext to instill fear, he then brought up mental illness, and for nearly a century, he would wail and lament in Abraham's ear. Every day, he would either suddenly erupt in rage, smashing a blood-soaked wine cup and shouting, "I cannot be part of this!" Or he would hide in a small wooden hut in a replica of an ancient church to release stress. Or he would have daily seizures, become paranoid, and suddenly kill the psychiatrist he had hired, shouting, "These are all spies sent by God!" Or he would occasionally stare coldly at Abraham, his eyes like knives, lost in thought, bringing immense pressure to Abraham.
Such a madman-like behavior would have seemed incomprehensible to Abraham in the past, and he even suspected that His Majesty was putting on an act, plotting something unknown.
But all these doubts became perfectly logical after he overheard His Majesty's so-called ' Theory of the Soul's Uniqueness '!
No wonder His Majesty always cries out, "I cannot belong here!" No wonder His Majesty always suspects that everything is against him! No wonder His Majesty is suddenly under so much pressure and so afraid of God!
All of Abraham's doubts were rationally explained by Norton's " Theory of the Soul's Uniqueness," which is also the fundamental reason why Abraham had doubts many times, yet was absolutely certain of his own conjectures.
Because this theory of the uniqueness of the soul and the explanations he conjectured were all based on his own speculation and observation, rather than being told to him by His Majesty himself.
But now it seems that this was all deliberately orchestrated by His Majesty!
This guy has been pretending to be a complete idiot and mentally ill person in front of him for hundreds of years, trying to mislead Abraham's guess!
This Norton is so stupid, he can even predict Abraham's betrayal!
"That's so sneaky!"
Abraham lay on the ground, on the verge of tears, but suddenly his heart tightened even more.
"No, no, no! That's not right. How could I, Abraham, possibly have any thoughts of rebellion? When I was in the Papal State, even when my Abraham and daughters were all offered to the archbishop, I had no desire to rebel. I only had a longing for that endless power!"
How could I, Abraham, possibly come to my senses?
Abraham suddenly opened his eyes wide, and then cold sweat poured down his back.
No, he didn't wake up; he was simply fed up with the constant fear and anxiety inflicted by the unpredictable and capricious ruler!
Serving a mentally ill person for centuries, constantly facing the threat of death, caused Abraham immense anxiety and exhaustion. This became the root cause of his Abraham.
Especially upon closer examination, His Majesty's Pressure constantly permeated the entire Southern Continent. He was naturally able to hear everything Abraham did, including his secret promotion to Prince and his conversations with Duoxia, but His Majesty never mentioned it. Instead, he relentlessly pressured Abraham...
Therefore, was Abraham's rebellion actually a result orchestrated by His Majesty for his own purposes?
Abraham was soaked to the bone, and his heart was truly ice-cold.
The more he thought about it, the more terrified he became.
The unpredictable moods and constant pressure from His Majesty in the past flashed through his mind. Looking back now, he realized that His Majesty had indeed been putting undue pressure on him. At the same time, His Majesty must have been able to fully perceive the changes in Abraham through His Majesty's own Pressure!
No wonder his and Elizabeth's rebellious remarks were not investigated at all; no wonder that group of researchers studying nuclear weapons were able to escape the Southern Continent smoothly; no wonder His Majesty even painted airplanes, something that had never appeared in the Southern Continent, into his murals, yet always pretended to be completely ignorant of nuclear weapons, this super weapon; no wonder His Majesty has never revealed his true strength.
Upon closer examination, it becomes clear that everything Your Majesty has done over the years has been riddled with flaws!
The reason for not pursuing the matter further was to allow him to truly rebel, thus enabling Abraham to reveal the lies His Majesty had meticulously crafted in this final stage. Knowing about airplanes but completely unaware of nuclear weapons—something the Southern Continent had been researching for years—was clearly intended to bolster the Northern Continent's confidence in their resistance, allowing them to release Jonah smoothly. Concealing their true strength was to make Abraham believe that what His Majesty was hiding was merely his own formidable power; in reality, His Majesty had concealed two lines of defense: one was power itself, and the other was the entire scheme laid out over the past century!
Furthermore, considering His Majesty's earlier statement, made before Jonah's complete arrival, that his soul was foreign and that he was not afraid of Jonah's Existence Level, it's likely that these words weren't just meant for Jonah, but also for Abraham!
Because of His Majesty's words just now, he completely solidified his previously wavering resolve and fully believed his own inner speculation!
Subsequently, His Majesty escalated the situation by threatening to destroy the entire Garden of Eden of Eden, making Abraham and Jonah extremely anxious. This forced them to no longer be able to distinguish the truth from the falsehood, and to use every means at their disposal to prevent His Majesty from destroying Garden of Eden...
After all, if Your Majesty hadn't so recklessly destroyed the Garden of Eden, Jonah might not have used the method I suggested. And if Your Majesty hadn't destroyed the Garden of Eden, I might not have betrayed Your Majesty so ruthlessly.
And thus, they fell completely into His Majesty's trap!
"Ah!!!" Abraham was going crazy.
A scoundrel from Biyang pretended to be mentally ill for a hundred years, just to fool him one last time. Who wouldn't go crazy in that situation?
Abraham beat his chest and stamped his feet in frustration, his teeth clenched in hatred.
He had initially sympathized with His Majesty after careful consideration, but now it seems that Abraham was nothing but a complete clown!
The more Abraham thought about his initial sympathy, the more remorseful he became.
If even a fool like Abraham could understand this, how could Your Majesty not understand it?
He actually managed to pretend to be a beggar for ten years to avoid the Church and Werewolf!
How could such a person be defeated by a mere, vague fear?
(Yes, Norton was indeed faking it all along. That's why I slightly changed my writing style earlier, reducing Norton's screen time and distorting his psychological descriptions to deceive you.)