This necromancer is going to seduce the beautiful girls who are already dead.

The next morning, Abyss woke up with questions and told Rebecca about it.

“This…you dreamt from the first-person perspective of an evil god? Is this a memory…or…” Rebecca fell into deep thought.

Abyss's tone was somewhat grave: "I don't think this might be a memory. This dream I had was real-time because it connects to the voices I heard after provoking that high-ranking shadow demon. It's just that I'm still not sure why I'm seeing all of this from the perspective of an evil god."

"Could Abyss be that evil god called the Lord of Death and Silence himself?" Leona asked bluntly in the shared thought channel.

Flora, on the other hand, was very worried about the Abyss's situation: "Could it be that the evil god is using some method to bewitch the Abyss? Could it be that the Lord of Delusion is influencing the Abyss's mind?"

“The Abyss’s master.” Agnes succinctly pointed out the point that mattered to her, “What did he do?”

This question hits the nail on the head. According to the records left by Maggie's mother obtained at the Druid Gathering, the Abyss's master obtained the Sage's Blood, and several years passed before the Abyss was born. What did the Abyss's master do during this time? How did he manage to combine the blood of a powerful being like Agnes with that of an infant without causing the child to suffer serious mental problems?

"Could it be that my master borrowed the power of the Lord of Death and used it to strengthen my body?" Abyss speculated.

“Hmm, that’s possible.” Rebecca pondered for a moment and said, “You’re not entirely mortal, which I think is easy to understand. It also explains why you were able to easily touch the realm of gods with just a little knowledge you gained from the soul of a divine mage.”

The Abyss decided to rebel against the Creator God because it had accidentally touched the realm of the gods, entered the divine world, and saw the divine journal. This revealed the Creator God's absolute dominion over the world, sparking its desire to end this situation. This event has always been considered background information, but now, some questions have indeed arisen.

Divine arts and knowledge of the gods are always tools used by mortals to serve the gods and carry out their will, not fundamental knowledge for the gods. No matter how much a divine sorcerer knows or how devout they are, they cannot simply enter the divine realm to peek into the gods' logs or observe whether the gods need to use the restroom.

But Abyss accomplished what others couldn't with ease, and now it seems that he may have possessed power beyond that of mortals from the very beginning.

However, the Nine Gods never told the Abyss about this, and the reason for this is unknown.

“Oh, right, I have an idea,” Rebecca suddenly said. “It’s something that came to me during my exploration these past two days.”

“Go on,” Abyss said, somewhat curious about Rebecca’s conjecture. Rebecca shared her thoughts with everyone: “It’s like this, when we were sailing on the ship earlier, I had Sheila observe Abyss, and Sheila didn’t see anything, right?”

Everyone still remembers this. Shera could see the original appearance of many things through Eganda, and she could also see what the Abyss's servants looked like when they were alive, but she just couldn't see anything special from the Abyss itself.

There was nothing to doubt about this, because the Abyss is simply the Abyss itself, and there was nothing else to worry about.

However, with the unexpected addition of the "Lord of the Dead," it's quite suspicious that Sheila can't see anything amiss with the Abyss.

“I plan to let Sheila see the soul of the Abyss—the soul that is remotely controlling this body of the Abyss in Helheim,” Rebecca said. “We’ve all overlooked the fact that the real Abyss is the soul that controls the body, not the physical form. I wonder if Sheila can see anything new using the Egundar.”

"Is that so?" Sophia seemed to wake from a dream. "I hadn't thought about it deeply enough! Sheila hasn't used the Eganda to observe the soul of the Abyss yet!"

“Yes, I think we should give it a try,” Rebecca said seriously. “Besides, my team has also developed a way to prevent Sheila from being mentally damaged by seeing things beyond her comprehension, and we need her power now.”

Chapter 285 The True Form of the Abyss

Because of the happy things that happened when he went shopping yesterday, Hollik slept exceptionally well last night. He was still fast asleep after Abyss and Sophia woke up. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Abyss opened a spatial rift and entered Helheim.

There is one thing that still requires his personal presence to accomplish.

Upon entering Helheim, the Abyss did nothing but go straight to the room where he stored his brain, internal organs, and soul. Then, he began to use magic to reassemble himself.

The fully restored Abyss was still a little unaccustomed to it—he had been in a state of being an empty shell for quite some time.

Apart from Sophia, who was still at Holic's residence monitoring his every move and couldn't leave for the time being, the Abyss's retinue, along with Sheila, soon arrived. Everyone gathered around the Abyss, waiting for Sheila to use the Egonda to observe the Abyss's body, which now possessed a soul.

"This is the device, Sheila. Put it on your head."

A skeleton waiter handed her a beautiful-looking headband, which Rebecca took and then gave to Sheila, saying something to her.

Sheila took the headband, blinked, and looked at Rebecca, asking, "Is this the device that can protect my mind?"

“Yes, this is a multi-functional device that we have developed over a long period of time.” Rebecca nodded with a smile and answered Sheila, “As long as you wear it on your head, it can enhance your mental strength, giving you a level of resilience that surpasses your natural talent, making you less susceptible to mental shocks. At the same time, it can also limit the speed at which you receive external information—that is to say, as long as you wear it, your reaction time will be slower when using Eganda.”

“As long as your reaction is relatively slow, you won’t easily go mad from seeing too much truth in an instant,” Abis explained from the side. Although he wasn’t directly involved in the creation of this device, he was quite knowledgeable in mental matters. “What you’re about to see is likely to be more than ordinary; it will exceed your imagination.”

“It also has a final safety measure: if you suffer a severe mental shock, it can put you into a coma in time—it won’t harm you, you’ll probably be unconscious for about ten minutes, and then you’ll wake up without any aftereffects,” Rebecca concluded. “These are the mechanisms we’ve considered to protect you. What do you think? Of course, if you’re not ready yet, we can wait for you to take some time to prepare.”

“I’m ready!” Sheila nodded firmly. “I believe this device can protect me.”

With that, Sheila put the headband Rebecca had given her on her head. As the headband was on, Sheila could clearly feel that her five senses were clearer, which was a sign that her mental strength had been enhanced. However, she could not yet experience the mechanism that limited the speed at which she received external information—it did not mechanically reduce reaction speed, but rather limited the speed at which she received information to a relatively safe range.

Feeling her mental strength enhanced, Sheila's courage increased greatly, and she decisively pulled Ergunda out of her arms.

"I'm going to begin."

Abyss stood upright in front of her, arms outstretched, and smiled, "I'm ready too, Flora. I'll leave the rest to you."

"I'm all set on my end!" Flora was currently maintaining a divine spell behind Sheila—she used the spell to open Sheila's mind, allowing Sheila to share what she saw, transmitting it to the Abyss through Flora. Now, the Abyss shared Sheila's vision.

Carol has arrived now. As the most powerful healing mage in Evernight City, this naive child now also shoulders an important responsibility: to protect Sheila.

Rebecca, Leona, and Agnes watched from the sidelines, all feeling anxious for Sheila.

Sheila bit her lower lip, her unease, nervousness, curiosity, and excitement all mixed together, making her hands tremble slightly. She tried to steady herself and slowly lifted Ergunda, bringing the magical lens to her eyes.

She lifted the objects slowly to avoid putting too much strain on her body by seeing too much at once.

The wondrous perspective granted by her innate ability slowly unfolded before her eyes: as the lens rose, Sheila saw one of the Abyss's feet.

Ding--

Sheila felt a shock to her mind when she saw just that one foot; her ears rang instantly, and she saw double.

Next came a barrage of auditory hallucinations, as if countless people were chanting scriptures in a language she couldn't understand. The noise was incredibly irritating, and a strange sense of despair and emptiness washed over her like a tidal wave, bringing Sheila to the brink of collapse in an instant.

But then, a cool sensation came from the headband on her head, and everything in front of Sheila suddenly stabilized. She could no longer hear the auditory hallucinations. Only then could she clearly feel that her mental acuity was being suppressed by a gentle force, and it had dropped a level.

The image inside Eganda was also clearly seen: it wasn't the foot of the Abyss, but a silver object constantly changing shape and volume—it didn't look like a solid, nor like a liquid, shimmering with a mercury-like luster. This image was indeed unlike any object Sheila had ever seen before.

Just staring at this object made Sheila's eyes feel sore, but thankfully the headband was still working, and she could overcome the discomfort.

"What is this? Is this what the Abyss is really like?" Flora said in surprise during the thought sharing.

“Sheila, can we continue?” Abyss asked seriously.

“Yes!” Sheila nodded vigorously and moved Ergunda upwards again.

Through Eganda's small lens, the entire Abyss was gradually reflected, and wave after wave of mental shock washed over Sheila, who began to feel incredibly tired. Meanwhile, Carol, who had been watching over her, began using her healing magic on Sheila, rapidly restoring her vitality.

Finally, the full picture of the Abyss's "true nature" was revealed to Sheila.

She opened her mouth in surprise, almost unable to believe what she was seeing.

It was a mercury-like object, roughly humanoid, standing quietly in the same posture as the Abyss, its entire body changing shape and volume locally at a strange frequency. A face appeared above the object—it was the face of the Abyss, while the rest of the object was filled with this constantly deforming, strange substance.

The sight didn't make Sheila feel strange; instead, she felt an urge to worship it.

Is this... the true form of the Abyss?

Chapter 286 The Camp of the Evil God

Even the usually composed Abyss was quite shocked when he saw his own form.

"This is...me? My soul is actually like this?"

He always believed that his soul looked exactly like him, and that's exactly how he saw himself in various spiritual realms.

However, from Eganda's perspective, the Abyss sees a different version of itself.

Sheila across from them was already drenched in sweat, her legs were trembling as if she were about to kneel down, and her vision was beginning to blur.

Just as she was about to kneel down, the headband suddenly emitted a soft light, and under its influence, Sheila immediately fell unconscious. This was the headband's final safety measure working.

The vision that Abyss shared with Sheila was also cut off at this moment and disappeared.

Flora quickly helped Sheila up from the ground and seated her in an armchair that had been prepared beforehand.

Everyone present fell silent; some were deep in thought, while others were stunned.

“I never imagined… that the Abyss’s true form would be like this.” After a long while, Leona’s voice broke the silence. “So the Abyss was an evil god? Then why doesn’t he have the power of an evil god?”

“It’s already shown, but he’s still a mortal in terms of his status,” Rebecca pondered. “It can be considered that the soul of the Abyss is a mortal’s soul that has been infused with some of the power of the evil god, rather than the evil god’s soul being infused with the will of a mortal. The mortal’s soul is still in a dominant position now.”

“Yes, Rebecca makes a lot of sense,” Abyss nodded. “The power of the evil god that was injected into me has influenced my way of thinking to some extent. This also explains why my first thought after learning about the existence of the creator god was to defeat Him.”

"You mean, the evil god that merged into your soul... had the idea of ​​defeating the Creator God from the very beginning, and He simply passed on His ideas to you?" Flora asked in surprise. "Like the Lord of Bullying, He harbors hostility towards the Creator God?"

"I can confirm it now: the evil gods do have factions." Abyss revealed a hint of excitement, thrilled that he was gradually touching upon more of the unknown.

"One group consists of neutral evil gods like the Lord of Fall and the Lord of Nightmares. They have no clear goals and feed on instinct. They possess intelligence but can never resist their instincts. Another group consists of bullies like Little Jiajia, who are hostile to the Creator. Before regaining their memories, they do not know where their hostility comes from, but they will obviously not become the Creator's friends. And yet another group consists of evil gods like the bullies before their fall, who are controlled by the Creator and belong to the Creator's ranks."

"So, this Lord of Death and Silence is an evil god who is hostile to the Creator God?" Rebecca nodded slightly. "Then, what we need to do next..."

“Unite with the evil gods who are also hostile to the Creator God, win over the neutral evil gods, and eliminate the Creator God’s lackeys,” Abyss said decisively. “This is far more efficient than defeating the evil gods one by one and then slowly purifying them.”

“I can understand you uniting with the evil gods in your own camp, but what about the neutral evil gods?” Leona raised her hand and asked a sharp question. “What do you have to offer to talk to the neutral evil gods? Do you think they will listen to you? I think the evil gods, except for the silly Lord of the Fallen, are all quite temperamental.”

Leona's way of thinking had been well-trained during her time with the Abyss, and the question she raised hit the nail on the head.

When Leona asked him this, Abyss pinched his chin and began to think seriously.

After a long while, he raised his head and said, "Then, I must find a way to extract the power of the Lord of Death."

Abyss's idea was that if his master had fused the power of the Lord of Death into his soul back then, then the complete power of the Lord of Death should be hidden within his soul, or perhaps transformed and preserved somewhere else.

If these powers could be found, could the Abyss elevate its status, even temporarily?

When he elevates his rank to that of an Abyss, will his power also increase by one rank? Will he then be qualified to negotiate with other evil gods?

"Ah, I really want to know more," Abyss thought to himself, pacing back and forth in the room.

After learning that his soul had merged with the Lord of Death, Abyss was not saddened; instead, his curiosity was thoroughly piqued.

"Shouldn't the Abyss be in a state of severe self-doubt at this point?" Leona said, scratching her head as she watched the agitated Abyss.

“Abyss isn’t the kind of person who would be stunned into silence by the truth,” Rebecca laughed. “You’re talking about the protagonist in a chivalric romance novel, right? The kind who would despair and collapse after learning about their origins because they can’t believe it.”

“What’s there to be skeptical about? Reality is reality, and it’s here whether you accept it or not.” Abyss shook his head and said to Leona, “Instead of staring at the floor with your head in your hands, you should stride forward.”

“The problem is that you want to know more details about your background, but our leads seem to have gone cold,” Leona said again. “Is there anyone else we can ask?”

“Someone’s here,” Agnes suddenly said.

Leona turned her head and looked at her questioningly.

“Of course someone can ask, Leona,” Abyss said with a smile, “but she can’t be considered entirely human.”

"Huh?" Leona was taken aback, then clapped her hands. "Oh! You mean the Nine Gods! They haven't come out in ages!"

“Yes, let’s ask the Nine Gods!” Abyss nodded. “The Nine Gods probably don’t want me to know too much at once. Judging from their previous behavior and the truth I know now, they must know some details about my master and the Lord of Death. I’m going to ask them and see how much information they can provide me!”

As for why the nine gods didn't tell the Abyss these things beforehand, it's probably because they worried that the Abyss's power was growing too rapidly and posing a threat to the world. In the eyes of these nine deities, balance is paramount, and naturally they couldn't allow the Abyss to disrupt that balance.