Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 456 Storm Pigeon and Adam

"Hmm? I've digested a bit of the Time Memory Potion, since this is considered a replica of a famous meme?" Roland looked at Adam hanging on a street lamp not far away, and suddenly raised an eyebrow, feeling that he had digested a bit more of his Time Memory Potion.

"So just as I guessed, at least one part of the key to digesting the Time Memory Potion is the replay of history." Roland muttered to himself, rubbing his chin, before putting the matter out of his mind. He then smirked and pulled out a camera from somewhere.

"Kacha kacha kacha——"

Without any hesitation, Rowling started snapping photos of Adam, and even enthusiastically greeted the others, saying, "Anyone want to take a picture? Come on over now, or you'll miss this opportunity!"

Rowling was telling the truth. Don't be fooled by Adam's obedient behavior of being hung on the lamppost; it's purely because Adam feels some guilt towards Medici that he's behaving this way.

Otherwise, even if someone else had actually defeated Adam, they would never have obediently been hung on a lamppost.

"Me! I want to!" Little Amon, true to his name, the king of mischievous kids, immediately raised his hand and even pulled his friend next to him, excitedly saying, "We all want to take pictures!"

Having been dragged onto this pirate ship, Xiao Ke coughed lightly. Although he was a little embarrassed, he didn't say anything in rebuttal.

After all, Xiao Ke does have some wicked sense of humor. Simply put, he doesn't actually mind torturing others a little.

Adam's current predicament is undoubtedly the result of his own actions, so although he feels somewhat embarrassed, he feels no remorse.

Needless to say, "Jack," as Rowling in disguise, even pulled out several standees that had been prepared at some point. Some of these standees were shaped like animal heads with only the middle part empty, so people could hold them up for photos. Others had different slogans written on them, such as "World Famous Paintings."

It was obvious at a glance that they had come prepared.

“Although I have no grudge against this guy, but... it would be foolish not to join in the fun!” Rosell laughed, clearly a potential entertainer himself.

The god of steam and machinery clearly shares the same attitude as Roselle.

Sasriel hesitated for a moment, then smiled apologetically at Adam and said, “I think this is indeed a memorable moment. You should remember this lesson and never forget humanity.”

Adam, who was hanging on the street lamp, glanced at Sasriel upon hearing this and said calmly, "I won't forget again, otherwise I wouldn't be hanging here now."

The Goddess of the Night seemed to smile when she heard this, and said, "You have changed a lot, but to me, you are much more reassuring now than before."

Adam was once feared by the goddess of night. This divine incarnation of the sun god possessed absolute rationality and secretly manipulated many things. In particular, Adam's actions in causing Medici's death made it impossible for the goddess of night to trust Him anymore.

Although the goddess of night had not yet figured out Adam's true identity at that time, she at least knew that he was the eldest son of the sun god and the angel king who had been watched by Medici as he grew up.

Therefore, when the Goddess of Night learned that Adam had tricked and killed Medici, she was quite surprised and developed a deep sense of dread towards him. This dread persisted until the Fourth Age, right up to this moment.

Looking at Adam, who was obediently hanging from the streetlight, the Goddess of Night smiled. She didn't know what Rowling had done to Adam, but Adam was clearly no longer the Adam who had abandoned humanity and was absolutely rational.

The Lord of Storms silently gazed at Adam on the lamppost. Whether He knew Adam's true identity before or not, He clearly did now.

This true god of the Storm pathway doesn't seem so irritable; instead, he appears somewhat rational and silent, reminiscent of an outlier in the Storm pathway, such as Alger the Hanged Man from a certain Tarot society.

"Is there anything you want to say to me, Leodorus?" Adam naturally sensed the gaze of the old storm dove, and calmly looked at the latter, asking.

"...You are not Him. Although you are trying to emulate Him, a fake is a fake." Leodorus, the Lord of Storms, finally spoke. This god, who had been silent since his appearance, clearly shared similar views with the Eternal Sun.

He also does not recognize Adam or the true creator as the sun god.

The Lord of Storms truly submitted to the former Sun God, but felt only disgust towards Adam, who was a counterfeit of the true Creator.

This is normal. It's like when a vase is broken, the fragments are taken and reshaped into something completely different. Some people will think that the vase is still the same vase, but others will just think that the fake is very annoying.

"These are familiar words. You're not the first to say this, and perhaps you won't be the last." Adam had clearly anticipated Storm Dove's words, and seemed slightly helpless as he spoke:

"However, I can probably understand why you think that way. The gap between me and the former Sun God is indeed huge, and I do not deny that."

Although Adam always felt that whether it was himself, the true creator, or Sasriel, they were all the sun god, all "I," and insisted on the idea that a unified soul meant one person, he did not deny that even though they were all himself, there were great differences between them.

“This isn’t about personality… never mind, you wouldn’t understand.” Storm Pigeon was clearly about to say something, but in the end, he shook his head and swallowed the words he was about to say.

Adam clearly understood what the Lord of Storms had left unsaid. He had no intention of engaging in these debates about values, since they usually yielded no results. Adam simply said, "It doesn't matter whether you agree with me or not. If the future God is not the Sun God, then it will be Sasriel. You can't possibly disagree with them as well."

Storm Dove did not refute these words. He naturally acknowledged the true Sun God, and Storm Dove did not reject Sasriel either—not because the other was the incarnation of the Sun God, but because their past interactions had made Storm Dove understand what kind of person Sasriel was and what kind of abilities he possessed.

To put it more bluntly, Leodorus submitted to the sun god and trusted Sasriel, but he had neither submission to nor trust in Adam.

“I’m glad you still believe in me, Leodorus,” said Sasriel, who had clearly been listening to their conversation, with a gentle smile.

After many years, the Dark Angel and the Wind Angel finally meet again.

(End of this chapter)