Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 436 Inspiration from God

“Is this difference because the story isn’t over, or because we’re not welcome here…” Roland raised an eyebrow at the tightly closed bronze door in front of him, not caring about this small change. Instead, he walked to the door with great interest and placed his hand on it.

His power seeped through the door, exploring the world inside little by little, in a swift and secretive manner.

Soon, Rowling's eyes lit up. He then raised his hand, knocked on the door a few times with his fingers, and asked with a smile, "Is anyone home?"

The will of the City of Calamity on Medici's shoulder had a subtle expression upon seeing this, probably recalling some not-so-distant memories.

There was no response from inside the door, only deathly silence.

"Boom boom boom——"

So Roland knocked on the door a few more times and continued, "If you're home, say something, otherwise I'll call the Sun God to kick the door down."

At that moment, there was finally movement inside the door, and a voice said:

"The sun god has long since fallen, and as for Adam or the true creator, I don't think they can be regarded as the sun god."

It sounded somewhat ethereal and eerie, as if the voices of countless people were mixed together.

Upon hearing that voice, Roland felt a force trying to stir his soul; if that force succeeded, it might give rise to a second personality or something.

However, it is clear that there are no "ifs." This force that wanted to stir up Rolin's soul did not even cause a ripple in Rolin's body.

Roland wasn't surprised. He glanced at Medici to make sure Little Red wasn't affected either, then looked back at the bronze gate and said, "You actually know about Adam and the true creator? I thought you, a sealed-away homebody, had been offline for thousands of years!"

The voice from inside the door replied, "I was indeed sealed here long ago, but everyone who enters this world can provide me with information."

"You viewers really don't care about personal privacy at all," Luo Lin shook his head, commented, then suddenly seemed to remember something and asked with interest:
"Since you don't regard Adam and the true creator as the sun god, then I'm curious, what do you think you are? Are you that imaginary dragon Angorweid?"

"……I have no idea."

“I am Angelweid.”

"I am God."

"I am a mixture of both..." The voices inside the door became chaotic, as if countless people were giving different answers at the same time.

"Boom boom boom!"

Luo Lin had no patience to wait for the being inside the door to recover. He knocked on the bronze door again and said with a smile, "If you want to go crazy, you can do it when no one is around."

Silence fell again inside the door.

Rolin then spoke again: "So you are the part of Angelweid that was corrupted by the Chaos Sea. Your will is probably a mixture of Angelweid and God's parts at the same time, tsk!"

Luo Lin pursed his lips before continuing, "I won't ask who your self-identity is. I roughly know your resurrection plan. You want to be resurrected in 008's body, return to this world as a secondary account, and then rely on your negative personality to control the Chaos Sea, directly becoming the King of Angels. I must say, theoretically, it's a very feasible plan." After a few seconds of silence in the room, he said, "Unfortunately, it's no longer possible to realize it."

“You know quite a lot.” Roland smiled and continued, “Of course, I know that’s not your only plan. The King of the North is very interesting. If I’m not mistaken, it is indeed a key, but not the key to the City of Miracles. You almost fooled me, but you were still a little short.”

The icy blue scale reappeared in Rolin's hand. He laughed and said, "Do you think I can use it to find the other consciousness you've preserved? You viewers really like cutting yourselves apart, aren't you afraid of making yourselves stupid?"

There was a few more seconds of silence inside the door before someone said, "What do you want from me?"

“As expected of the audience, they are smarter than the hunters…” Roland smiled. He knew he had guessed correctly. The King of the North was indeed related to Angelweid’s second resurrection plan.

Of course, Rowling didn't have any intention of sabotaging Angelweid's resurrection, mainly because it was unnecessary. He was fairly certain that if Angelweid were resurrected through the second method, he could at most become a Sequence 2 angel, posing no threat to Adam and the others.

With so many demons, monsters, and lunatics in this world, there's no shortage of a Sequence Two Angelweid.

However, this did not stop Rolin from using it to threaten Angelweid, so he said, "What I want is very simple, I just want to discuss your resurrection plan with you."

"If you don't approve of the sun god's resurrection plan, then I'm curious, if you were resurrected in 008's body, would you still be considered Angelweid?"

……

As a prominent figure who preceded the sun god and a powerful ancient god who dominated the Second Age, Angorweid certainly had many unique insights into resurrection methods.

Especially regarding the preservation of personality, Angelweid greatly despised the sun god's resurrection method, which divided humanity and divinity into two, calling it heresy.

"The beings resurrected using this method, apart from their memories, can no longer be considered human beings at all; they're practically insane," the voice from inside the door said.

“Although I think so too, but…” Roland stroked his chin and asked a crucial question: “Isn’t your resurrection plan also divided into two parts?”

“How can that be the same? If I were to be resurrected using Alssurold, although my strength would regress to Sequence 1, my personality would remain intact. As for my existence, you can understand it as being the same as Sasriel’s,” the voice from within the door retorted, even giving an example:

"To give a simple example, if you consider a complete personality as a cookie, my existence is like a dusty corner of the cookie. After breaking off that corner, the cookie can still be called a cookie. But a resurrection like that of the sun god is like splitting the cookie in two, throwing one half into water, and baking the other half. After that, do you still think the cookie is a cookie?"

"A very apt analogy." Rowling tentatively accepted the analogy, and then asked, "So how did you manage to preserve the main body of the cookie intact?"

……

Rowling and the voice behind the door discussed for a long time, mainly focusing on resurrection, personality, and the divinity of humanity.

After emptying the space behind the door, Luo Lin finally stood up with satisfaction and said, "Although I don't know who you are, thank you for sharing. At least it gave me some inspiration."

There was a few seconds of silence inside the door, then a sudden laugh was heard, and the person said, "Actually, you know, don't you?"

(End of this chapter)