NOVPUBThe Last Bishop also gazed at An Su, his Pure White Eyes intensely confronting An Su's eyes. If an ordinary Saint were scrutinized by Him so deeply, not to mention one's soul completely collapsing, at the very least they would drool uncontrollably after being cured, yet An Su's gaze did not waver at all.
The disciple of the Merlin Sect is indeed quite interesting.
He withdrew his gaze from An Su, looking off into the distance.
[Chaos Level: Fifty Percent]
The view beneath the staircase was utterly eroded by a wrongful crimson, all the streets of Avad drowned in error, and as 'error' spread, it overran the ruined Witch Garden and enveloped the Parliament Building, beginning its slow climb up Fate's Staircase.
When 'error' fully ascends Fate's Staircase, upon meeting Heaven,
Avad will be completely usurped.
However, the aftereffects of error are still somewhat insufficient.
The Last Bishop slightly frowned, he saw that the error was still not enough!
When it spread to Fate's Staircase, it slowly came to a halt.
"An Su Moningsta." The Last Bishop pondered for a moment, sighing lightly, "Indeed, I do not know where Yage Sylvia is. However, I can infer what has happened."
"You were able to escape fate and survive until now... To achieve such a miracle..."
His Pure White Eyes looked back at An Su, calmly stating, "It's because 'Yage Sylvia,' as the unknown Saintess, sacrificed her name to the Shadow and Unknown Mother Goddess."
He nodded slightly, his lips barely parting with a knowing smile,
"Indeed, Shadow and the Unknown, we should've thought of this sooner... This would indeed overturn the game of fate."
Error's sunlight streamed in from the edge of the cloud cover, splitting Heaven's Gate into two halves, one a gloomy and muffled shadow, the other a divinely splendid Radiance, An Su stood in the shadow, words from the Faceless One coming from the highest tier of Radiance,
"An Su Moningsta, you should know as well."
"To some extent, the 'Shadow and the Unknown' Mother Goddess is among the most mysterious of the thirteen contemporary gods, her uniqueness even surpassing the absolutely neutral Star."
The Last Bishop's mouth cracked into a smile, "She is the only god of this era who has descended from beyond Nether, thus the only [Outer God]."
"Her image embodies the cruel, chaotic, and irrational dark spectrum in cosmic concepts."
"As she is not a native god of Nether, she is not bound by Nether's destiny, nor does she adhere to this so-called fate."
"Thus, by sacrificing the unknown Saintess' [Name], one could obtain a 'self' transcending fate."
Upon hearing the Last Bishop's explanation, An Su widened his eyes, also recalling something—that the faith in 'Shadow and the Unknown' had never appeared in the original world line; as players, they could only access the long-lost Shadow Magic.
And couldn't even learn it.
[Error Level: Fifty Percent]
"But gods never harbor good intentions, let alone a shadow such as the Outer Star Evil God."
The Last Bishop lowered his voice, "What gods harvest will always exceed their offerings."
"For sentient beings, [Name] is more important than the soul; a name is the proof of all past existence, and the 'self' of a being."
The Last Bishop looked at An Su, "So that girl exchanged her former self, Yage Sylvia, for your 'self.' Ever since then, Yage Sylvia has ceased to exist, using her past as 'Yage Xiyiya' for the sacrifice."
Yage Xiyiya never existed.
An Su frowned, seriously listening to this information about Shadow and the Unknown, and for some reason, he suddenly felt a sense of unease growing within him, a vague unease that seemed to swell, yet the young man couldn't discern where this prickling discomfort originated.
He glanced below the Fate's Staircase, his pupils slightly constricted.
Since an unknown time, the crimson symbolizing 'error,' had not continued climbing up Fate's Staircase. Error had only usurped half of fate, and time was no longer waiting; Radiant Nai Luo above the star was closing in, and the era of Radiance would descend from the end of dawn.
[Time until the end of this world: Ten more minutes]
Error only usurped half of fate…
That unease finally spread to its fullest, An Su felt a chill all over.
"An Su Moningsta, you haven't completely escaped the fate of 'death.'" The Last Bishop emotionlessly looked down at the staircase, half crimson and half Radiant, His Pure White Eyes seeing everything, "Only half."
"You are destined to die, an unresisting and inevitable fate, only the time of death was pushed back."
"An Su Moningsta, you won't die in the sacrifice two years ago, but you will die eight years from now in the 'Abyssal Fall,' buried along with your generation, this is fate's 'correction' to error."
His tone grew colder. "The name Yage Sylvia belonged to that girl's past, she only sacrificed her past as Yage Xiyiya to the Shadow, so it's only half the error."
"And that girl, apart from the Demon Clan Saintess known as 'Yage Xiyiya,' apart from the sacrificed past, she still has her future."
"Only by offering both past and future names to the Unknown and Shadow can you truly transcend fate."
