Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 391 The Story of Little Nyarlathotep and Yog the Sheep Mother

Ultimately, the most important role of the Cataclysm of Destruction is to combine with the Eternal Darkness to form the fourth pillar, serving as a guarantee of mutual destruction with the Outer Gods. Coincidentally, Rolin alone can serve as this guarantee of mutual destruction.

No one would think that once the Nyarlathotep power within Rolin is released, it will only destroy the Earth, right?
Moreover, Rolin didn't really want to engage in any mutual destruction guarantee. He was more interested in ascending to the old "Chaos" and then having a new Lord of Mysteries on his left and a new God on his right, along with a string of Sequence 0s, to give the Outer Gods a little Nyarlathotep.

Luo Lin had a premonition that his past was of very high value.

So after thinking for a few seconds while stroking his chin, Rolin looked at Medici and said, "Actually, I can try to see if I can remove the pollution that the Red Priest encountered."

Logically speaking, since he can remove the pollution from the outer gods, there's no reason why he can't solve the pollution from the source matter!
Especially now that he's the Grim Reaper, how can this not be considered a perfect storm of favorable timing, location, and people?

Rowling felt he could give it a try.

Anyway, he's not afraid of ruining the concept of uniqueness.

Medici paused for a moment upon hearing this, then looked at Rolin, his mind flashing back to all the things the other had done. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head—

Maybe Rowling really can?
"Then... why don't you give it a try?" Medici asked, unusually hesitant.

“Go ahead, go ahead. I haven’t come into contact with any source matter other than that from the Source Castle yet. This is a good opportunity to study it! The sooner I finish this part, the better I can go and deal with Azik’s matter.” Roland’s interest was piqued, and he nodded quickly.

The two acted immediately, and soon appeared in the divine kingdom of the god of knowledge and wisdom.

"You can remove the corruption that the Red Priest's uniqueness encountered?" Helabogen asked with some surprise, then, as if remembering something, he said with some relief, "That makes sense, after all, you can even resolve the corruption of the Outer Gods."

“I’m not sure if it can be removed yet, but I think I can give it a try. Anyway, that thing definitely can’t contaminate me.” Rowling shrugged, then, as if remembering something, he handed a bubble-like object to Medici next to him.

“Take this; it should protect you from the contamination of the source matter,” Rolin explained. The bubble he gave Medici naturally originated from the Yog power within it.

Medici took the crystal-clear, multicolored bubble that seemed to contain endless mysteries. Surprisingly, he didn't argue. Although he was confident, he knew the dangers of the source material. The Red Angel had been corrupted by the City of Calamity and only escaped it with his death.

Herabogen's gaze was involuntarily drawn to the bubble. His vision seemed to waver for a moment, and in that instant, he felt an instinctive attraction and an infinite mystery.

However, before Hrabogan could continue looking, Rowling had already pulled Medici behind him, completely blocking his view. Then Rowling stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers.

"Snapped--"

Hrabogan suddenly snapped out of his daze, looked at Rolin with some confusion, and then frowned, saying, "I just..."

“I’m sorry, I forgot that in a sense you and He share the same origin.” Roland spoke with a hint of apology, then asked, “Are you alright?” “…I’m fine.” Herabergen paused for a second, then shook his head. He looked at Roland hesitantly, then asked, “May I know what that is?”

“A great being, perhaps above God?” Roland asked uncertainly, then chuckled and said, “Of course, it has nothing to do with you. If nothing unexpected happens, you will never come into contact with Him.”

Herabogen's expression couldn't hide his astonishment; he was clearly learning of such an existence for the first time. However, considering that the extraordinary world had never been explored and that Rolin himself was indeed quite mysterious, he didn't question anything. Instead, he cautiously asked, "...What if something goes wrong?"

This time, Rowling also fell silent. He was clearly hesitant, and after a moment he said, "I'm not sure."

Hrabergen was clearly somewhat surprised.

Medici also looked at him. Compared to Hrabergen, who wanted to ask but was hesitant to, the Red Angel, who was already a good friend of Rowling, had no reservations and asked directly, "Are there things in this world that you are unsure about?"

“Look at what you’re saying. I’m not some omniscient and omnipotent god.” Roland shrugged and continued, “I’m not sure what His descent will bring. Theoretically, He has no ill intentions toward this world. In fact, He is one of the few beings among many who have no ill intentions toward humanity. In fact, when I summoned Him last time, He saved my world.”

“But…” Roland turned his head to look into the distance and said, “This world has never been destroyed only by deliberate destruction. The original creator did not revive with the intention of destroying the world, but He still destroyed the world that once existed. And that being… even if He did not want to, His unintentional actions were enough to make this world fall completely.”

Hrabergen and Medici fell silent. They could understand what he meant, since the same phenomenon existed in this world. For example, if mythical creatures revealed their true forms, they would still bring disaster to ordinary people who saw them, even if they didn't want to.

Hrabogan and Medici were more focused on the information revealed in those words. Hrabogan was naturally more surprised and uncertain, since he didn't really know much about Rolin, at least not about his origins.

Medici, on the other hand, was much calmer. He had already guessed some things, mainly because the person hadn't deliberately hidden anything. So, after his initial surprise, he asked thoughtfully, "You sound like you're quite familiar with that person?"

"Well, how should I put it, He took me in and raised me for a while..." Roland blinked and said.

This is the truth. After his promotion, he recalled some past events, such as what his relationship with Yog was.

The result was not unexpected. It was not a very complicated story. In short, it was about a little Nyarlathotep who decided to die because he was too nihilistic. He failed to die and was picked up by Yog who happened to be passing by. Then he learned some strange things from Yog.

As for the mother of the black goat, she was someone Little Nyarlathotep met during this time. The main reason was that the mother goat was eager to have Yoghurs have more offspring, so she frequently came to bother Yoghurs and sometimes even Little Nyarlathotep, but of course, she was always rebuffed.

Finally, after completing his studies, Little Nyarlathotep returned home. After countless years of back-and-forth with the original Nyarlathotep, he finally reached an agreement with Nyarlathotep and, witnessed by Yog and the Mother of the Black Goat, carried out a righteous separation.

After the righteous cut, Naya embarked on a journey alone in search of meaning in her life.

That's the whole story.

(End of this chapter)