Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 311 God, shall we make a bet?

"Ah, I found you! So you were here! I knew you were here..."

Osekus was surprised to hear Lucifer say this, as if he had discovered something exciting. Then he found that Lucifer was looking at him with a half-smile.

"Are you going to keep hiding? If you don't come out soon, maybe you want to experience absolute madness?"

Ocycus swore that when Lucifer said those words, the eager look on his face was genuine and not feigned; the other man seemed to be really preparing to do something terrible.

Lord, what kind of being have you allied with?
Ocycus muttered to himself, then suddenly realized something—who was Lucifer talking to?

Could it be...?!
Just then, Ocycus suddenly realized that he could not control his body. This feeling was familiar, just like every time he had been possessed by the resurrected God, yet it was also strange, because his consciousness was still clear, but he had been reduced to an observer from the perspective of the main body.

“You won’t do that. My consciousness exists in every characteristic that is connected to me. If you really contaminate me with your madness, all beings connected to me, all high-sequence extraordinary beings connected to God, will be infected by that madness. You don’t want to see that happen.”

When Osekus heard himself speak, his voice was still familiar, but it carried a sense of composure and elegance, as if victory was assured.

Osekus then saw Lucifer raise an eyebrow after hearing His words, seemingly finding it amusing, and say:

"How amusing that you're threatening me with something like this? Why don't you ask this Mr. Sun God next to you if I'm capable of taking everyone down with me?"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Sun God, standing nearby, kept his eyes downcast and neither confirmed nor denied it.

After all, in this kind of situation, it always felt strange no matter how He answered.

However… the sun god gave “Oscythus” a deep look, no, now he should be respectfully addressed as “God”.

The sun god was no stranger to the existence of God, but this was the first time He had dealt with the other so clearly, face to face.

However, the sun god could also see that the God before him was not complete. The other party may have recovered a part of himself, but he was still a long way from truly returning.

“Of course you would do that. I can see that you never love this world. In that respect, we are no different,” God said, then suddenly changed the subject, saying:
“But that would be far too boring, Mr. Rowling. You wouldn’t want something so boring to happen. Destruction is easy for you, but it would mean nothing to you.”

Rowling raised an eyebrow, not surprised that God could call out his name, given God's omniscience and omnipotence.

Rowling simply smiled at Him and said, "You're afraid, Mr. God. It seems my madness is indeed enough to corrupt you."

After a half-second silence, God did not deny it. He smiled and said, "I do not deny it, but I also do not understand, Mr. Rowling, you are already a being above all things in the world. Even in the beginning, they may not have been greater than you. Why do you look down on these mortals? They do not even fully believe in you. They accept your blessings while plotting to harm you."

Upon hearing this, Luo Lin lowered his eyes, seemingly moved by what he had said.

Seeing this, Ocycus became anxious. He didn't know what Rolin really was, but from the glimpse he had caught and God's current attitude, Ocycus could imagine the disaster that would occur if Rolin were truly persuaded by God to abandon humanity. While Ocycus was getting anxious, Rolin finally looked up again, smiled, and said, "I'm almost embarrassed by your flattery."

As he said this, he showed no sign of embarrassment. Rowling then nudged the sun god beside him with his elbow and said, "Hey, Mr. Grisha, did you hear that? Even God can't stand what you've done. Don't you have anything to say?"

The Sun God seemed somewhat helpless, but not in a hurry. He looked at Roland with gentle eyes, and after thinking for a few seconds, said, "I'll lend you Sasriel?"

"You're on the right track!" Roland's eyes lit up instantly. He gave the Sun God a thumbs up and said, "I knew you understood me best, Sun God."

“However…” the Sun God changed the subject, emphasizing, “It’s just a temporary transfer, not a gift to you.”

"Mmm-hmm!" Luo Lin nodded perfunctorily.

So what if he's on loan? Don't you see that Medici was also on loan back then, and now he's his number one tool?

Once someone lends money to him, it's just a matter of Luo Lin deciding when to repay it.

Seeing this, the Sun God shook his head helplessly. He could see that Sasriel's loan might be a one-way trip, but it just so happened to be the right time, giving Roland a chance to take advantage of him. He could only offer a deal that would satisfy the other party.

However, it may not necessarily be a bad thing.

Having obtained what he wanted, Rowling looked at God with satisfaction and smiled, saying, "Are you satisfied with what you see, Mr. God?"

God looked at him quietly, and after a second of silence, said, "Human nature always surprises me, but I still don't understand your choice. I can see some traces in you. The power you use now doesn't seem to belong entirely to you, but you can perfectly contain it, so your essence can only be higher than it."

"If I'm not mistaken, you were once even greater than you are now, but you willingly relinquished your power and chose to become a mortal." God looked at Roland, a rare expression of curiosity and doubt appearing on his face, and said:

Have you ever regretted it?

Before Rolin could reply, God seemed to have received an answer and said, "I guess you regretted it, so you chose to embrace the power again."

“No, I have never regretted embracing humanity.” Rowling shook his head, looked at God, and smiled, “I just realized one thing: to protect my humanity, power is indispensable.”

“And…” Rowling looked at God with a puzzled expression. He said to God, “I thought you understood the importance of humanity, Mr. God. After all, only the anchors built by humanity can truly suppress you, can’t they?”

God did not deny it upon hearing this. He merely glanced at the sun god beside him and smiled, saying, "Unfortunately, no one can do this."

“I don’t think so.” Rowling looked at God with a smile, then suddenly said, “Mr. God, how about we make a bet?”

(End of this chapter)