Mystery: Starting with the Night Pope.

Chapter 176 "The Child"

"Grant your people new guidance, leading the vampire race back to its former glory..."

Olnia's voice is also part of the "Goddess of Beauty," and her prayers have a powerful force, calling upon Lilith.

Most of the time, Lilith's gaze doesn't fall on this side, so most of these rituals fail.

But this time, with Truman's intervention, something with a very low probability of happening occurred.

First, Truman used the Dream Imprint to bring out the historical projection of the "Angel of Life".

This was once the "Moon," even more exaggerated than the "Goddess of Beauty." Even using simple addition, you can tell that this is three times the happiness!

laugh!

An angel of life emerged from the gray mists of history, its eyes instantly gaining a lively luster.

He looked at the altar and sensed the call.

"Don't respond," Truman warned, then snapped his fingers to make what he imagined happen.

Lilith nodded slightly and waited quietly.

The vampire's prayer lasted for several minutes before receiving a response with the help of "Daydreaming".

"Here it comes!" Lilith's body tensed instantly.

"Relax, He can't corrupt you yet." Truman also looked at the moonlight falling from the void.

hum!

The crimson flames on the altar suddenly surged, illuminating the entire altar with their bloody light.

"It's the progenitor!" Many vampires had already knelt on the ground, the moonlight shining down on them just like the feeling they had when Lilith was an ancient god.

Even Truman, who had seen Lilith in her true form back then, was momentarily dazed.

This is no longer just passing off fakes as real; it's replacing fakes with real ones.

"However, the one on the moon is the source of the 'moon' and the 'mother,' and Lilith is an illusion compared to Him."

Truman sighed softly, confirming his suspicions.

Lilith clearly noticed this as well, and no one but herself could tell if it was true or false.

This feeling of being almost completely suppressed is really unpleasant.

Bathed in the red moonlight, Olya became even more beautiful and captivating, like a fairy under the moon.

"Ancestor, I pray to have a child to continue the bloodline and inherit the spirit..."

Under the glow of the red moon, the goddess of beauty, Olnia, prayed devoutly, her face flushed, making her even more beautiful.

At that moment, Olya radiated an intense light that was impossible to look directly at, and her words caused Truman and Lilith to freeze in place.

Truman's fingers lingered on the Book of Dreams, his brow furrowed.

Olya's problems were more serious than he had anticipated.

It's possible that Olnia really did have the idea of ​​having a child with Trensoust, or that this love and its offspring were being manipulated by some kind of force. The corruption Olnia is currently suffering from may be far beyond Truman's imagination.

And what about Terence, Olnia's husband?

Truman deeply felt the profound threat posed by the Outer Gods, a threat that those Source Matter beings could not even begin to comprehend.

This "Fallen Mother Goddess" is the only pillar that is still alive and intact. Although she has lost two paths, she still retains some of the symbolism. Her power may be even greater than Truman imagined!

Of the two pillars he had faced, "God" had most of his power tied up by Sasriel, and "Lord of Mysteries" was unable to fully recover.

Their power was limited, but this one is different.

While Truman's body stiffened and his thoughts were in turmoil, Olya continued to pray, expressing her desire to the "Original One".

Then the "Ancestor" responded to Him!

In a split second, the crimson moonlight surged, illuminating not just the altar but the entire palace, and a phantom crimson moon slowly condensed above the altar.

The moon sent down a divine decree.

Olnia and the other vampires are a pleasant surprise; the progenitor will surely guide the vampires to even greater glory!

This time, Truman intervened decisively. He suddenly looked up and saw his reflection in the astral plane.

He looked up at the red moon in the star realm.

This moon is a conceptualization of the real moon, like a moon scribbled on by a three-year-old child—asymmetrical, imperfect, and absurd and comical.

In Truman's eyes, there was a figure at the center of the moon that looked like it had been drawn by a child's paintbrush.

This is the conceptual manifestation of the "Fallen Mother Goddess" on the Moon in the astral plane.

The power that responds to the vampire sacrifices comes from here.

laugh!

Truman pulled an ocean out of the Book of Dreams.

This ocean completely obscures the moon, isolating it from His power.

The Fallen Mother Goddess's power to pass through the initial barrier is very limited; she is still unable to penetrate the Sea of ​​Dreams.

"Come back." Suddenly, Truman heard Lilith's call, her tone helpless and somewhat dejected.

Truman frowned. The division of the "real" authority blurred the boundaries of existence, leaving him in two places at the same time.

Outside the vampire altar, Truman looked into the altar.

Amidst the buzzing sound, a portion of the blood within each vampire burned, providing power for the ritual.

In this way, even if Truman isolated the Crimson Moon, he would still be unable to stop it.

Blood droplets, like rubies, seeped from Olnia's body. These droplets drifted onto the phantom of the blood moon, making it more realistic, and eventually condensed into a word.

"dream!"

Truman's eyes flashed like a sea of ​​stars as he met the crimson moon's gaze.

It's like the eye of the one on the moon, separating us from the initial barrier and allowing us to see this place.

At the same time, a scene appeared in the minds of all the vampires present.

Without a doubt, it is that dreamlike statue adorned with a magical phosphorescent glow.

The oracle and guidance are already clear enough.

"He's going to attack you." Lilith also saw that image in the moonlight.

In the eyes of the vampires, this is the revelation of the "Progenitor".

How will the vampires respond? Faith is out of the question; that would be a betrayal of their progenitor.

Then the only options are cooperation or... gradual encroachment and absorption.

"Tsk." Truman picked up a ray of blood-red moonlight and also gained this insight from it.

This blood-red moonlight itself is unpolluted; it has already been filtered by the initial barrier and is not much stronger than the moonlight seen by ordinary people.

Otherwise, the vampires present would have already succumbed to the pressure and exploded out of control.

Among the vampires present, apart from Olnia, no other one had been found who wanted a "child".

The "Fallen Mother Goddess" still uses the symbolism related to the "moon," which is impossible to defend against.

"Olnia is too corrupted." Lilith sighed softly. Compared to Him, Olnia had almost no resistance to Him and had been corrupted at some point.

"Let's consider the worst-case scenario first, assuming that Trensost has also been contaminated to some extent..."

Truman glanced at Olnia, then refrained from intervening and continued to watch as a "spectator."

(End of this chapter)