Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 489 Luo Lin Ascends to the Ancient Chaos
"You did this on purpose, didn't you? I don't believe you didn't sense who was outside the door!" Will said irritably.

“Yeah, right!” Rowling didn’t deny it at all, and with a smile, he raised his hand to rub Will’s head and said, “After all, your height is really suitable for such a joke.”

"Hmph, you wait, in a few years, I'll definitely be taller than you." Will grumbled somewhat discontentedly, but instead of swatting away Rowling's hand, he held up a number.

"Hmm, you'll definitely grow into a 2.4-meter-tall double-door refrigerator, and then you'll have broad shoulders for a canary to snuggle against..." Rowling nodded perfunctorily, making a joke as he pulled Will's hand into the house, then casually asked, "Did Medici tell you?"

“Who else could it be but him?” Will asked rhetorically, then added, “He said you might blow up soon and that we should come back to see you one last time.”

"You believed it?" Rowling glanced at him.

“How could that be? Everyone knows he’s the most stubborn!” Will shrugged, then suddenly became serious and said, “So you’re going to take the final step?”

“Hmm!” Rowling smiled and nodded, then whispered, “Are you happy? Once I take this step, you can embrace uniqueness.”

“There’s no rush. Even if you can’t do it, I can get Bethel to help,” Will said cryptically, then added, “Don’t forget you still owe me ice cream for several months.”

“I remember!” Roland pointed to his head and said with a smile, “I won’t forget it for a single day.”

“That’s more like it.” Will said, already at the table. He immediately noticed the variety of fruit on the table and said, “I like mangoes, save some for me.”

"What a coincidence, I like mangoes too." Luo Lin grinned and placed a large portion of mangoes in front of himself, proving with his actions what it means to be possessive of food.

However, Will was no ordinary man; he would never give up his favorite fruit so easily, especially with little Amon stirring things up from the sidelines.

And so a fruit war began.

"...So, in the bustling villa, Rowling decided to become Chaos."

In the study, Rolin wrote the last sentence on the ancient book, then curled the corners of his mouth, closed the book, took out his usual potion-making tools, and began to prepare the Potion of the Lord of Pleasure.

The finished product of the Lord of Pleasure potion is very beautiful, composed of two different colors, half bright and half sorrowful, and within these colors, countless stories seem to flow.

Rowling stared at it for a while, admiring the beauty of the Lord of Pleasure potion, and without hesitation, picked up the potion and drank it all in one gulp.

In that instant, it was hard to say what Luo Lin had experienced. He only felt as if his soul had been torn in two, with different emotions filling both ends of his soul. He wanted to laugh, and he wanted to cry. Joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, resentment and other emotions almost overwhelmed him, making him almost drown in the sea of ​​emotions.

Anything taken to extremes is never a good thing, not even emotions; any extreme emotion can easily destroy a person.

But Rowling didn't really drown in the sea of ​​emotions, because a series of anchors held him tightly. Those anchors were Rowling's connection to the world, and all the people related to him. Their feelings and memories of Rowling held him together, helping him to gradually rediscover the emotions that truly belonged to him and rebuild himself.

Bethel, whom he had personally placed in the position of Lord of Mysteries, had a close connection with the world, which allowed Rowling to find his own connection with the world from this point of view, and thus land safely.

But Rolin did not open his eyes. Even though he had successfully advanced to Sequence 0, Lord of Pleasure, Rolin knew that this was not the end.

And that was indeed the case. At the moment when Rolin truly became the Lord of Pleasure, the last fragment of Nyarlathotep's power within him seemed to resonate with the fragments that Rolin had already digested, and then spontaneously merged with Rolin.

But to Rolin's surprise, the fusion process was not painful, nor was it like the previous advancements which were full of trials and tribulations, where one could easily lose their way. Instead, it was very smooth and gentle.

Rolin paused for a moment, then suddenly understood. Ascending to the Ancient Chaos wasn't without a ritual; in fact, absorbing all the potions in the correct method and order to ascend to the Ancient Chaos was the ritual itself. The purpose of this ritual was to use this world as a foundation, allowing him to truly take root in it and thereby solidify himself.

From then on, he was no longer the little Naya who could only wander around, but truly had a home of his own.

At the moment Rolin ascended to the Ancient Chaos, the entire world trembled. Whether it was reality, the starry sky, the spirit world, or the astral realm, there was a slight but real tremor.

It seemed as if the entire universe was cheering, or perhaps trembling.

A new old day is born, a new pillar is born, and something that should not exist takes root completely in this world.

"It seems to have succeeded..."

The sun god gazed in a certain direction, his expression slightly complicated. He then smiled and looked at the Messiah beside him, saying, "Then it's time for us to take the final step."

……

The commotion in the universe didn't last long; in fact, the tremor only lasted for a moment. By the time Rolin, disguised as Lucifer, came downstairs, the universe had returned to silence.

"Why is everyone staring at me? Is there something on my face?" Luo Lin said with a smile as he walked down from the second floor, meeting everyone's gaze.

"Because dinner is waiting for you now, and if you don't come soon, the food will get cold." Medici glanced at him, her gaze somewhat appraising, before looking away a moment later, and then said with a smirk of annoyance.

"Alright, alright, my fault. I almost let down Little Red's mother." Luo Lin raised his hands in surrender, then very consciously found a seat, poured himself a glass of red wine, and raised his glass to say:

"So, cheers?"

Everyone looked at each other, then smiled and raised their glasses, saying:

"cheers!"

……

After a hearty meal, Medici went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, grumbling as he did so. Little K followed him to help, while Little Amon went off to cause trouble, leaving Azik and "Jack" to clean up the mess in the living room.

Meanwhile, Rolin, disguised as Lucifer, nudged Will and asked, "Uniqueness in Fusion?"

"Are you in a hurry?" Will, who was the only one who didn't have to do housework because of his age, looked up at him and asked.

"No, it's just that I've become part of the Old Ones now, and I'll definitely be fighting the Outer Gods soon, while you're still just a Sequence One..." Roland shrugged, saying...
"You know, it's very difficult for a Sequence 1 level to be effective in the Outer God Battlefield. Although we don't need your combat power, you don't want to miss out on even the chance to be a bystander, do you?"

"Is it something to be proud of to just be a bystander?" Will snorted, but didn't mince words. He nodded and said, "Uniqueness isn't in my hands right now. I need to get it back first."

Luo Lin wasn't surprised and nodded, saying, "Okay, then come find me then..."

As they were talking, they suddenly paused, looking up in a certain direction.

(End of this chapter)