〖 The Cocayth School of Apparitions 〗with a wave of his hand, Negary summoned a book from his shelf, which appeared as a near-transparent tome.
The light of the miniature sun also flickered a bit, which gave off a sensation as if it was observing everything.
Negary opened the tome, which depicted the author's observation of the Unrepenting Abyss, carefully explaining why a non-believer's soul would be absorbed into the Unrepenting Abyss, as well as how the fog of regret and darkness of despair would modify a person's soul into a dead soul.
Based on his observations, the author of the book, Cocayth, founded the School of Apparitions. The book depicted in detail on how to modify one's body through the axle ritual, gradually transforming one's body into a small Unrepenting Abyss.
The book also elaborated on how to prevent one's consciousness from being affected by vengeful spirits, the genius that went into this impressed even Negary. Unfortunately, Cocayth was ultimately killed by the Half Life church of the Life Bearer.
The School of Apparitions was never formally completed, and his successor never spent the time to do so, instead opting to put the existing knowledge into practice, using the mortal body to control Apparitions and obtain supernatural power.
Naturally, that successor was now already dead; while the new successor, Saron, was an even bigger idiot.
After obtaining the School of Apparitions' magical tome of knowledge, because he didn't know how to read, he studied the tome through copying one passage from the tome at a time and asking others to read it for him.
Never mind how effective that method actually was, his true idiocy was actually losing himself in the power that it brought him. He failed to use that power to attain more knowledge, at least, if he had been able to read, he could have reorganized the principles written in the tome as his own and prevented his body from rotting so quickly.
〖 The Unrepenting Abyss was previously the Burial Ground of elven Heroic Spirits; the curse of the seven Gods combined with certain unique factors had now turned that place into a residence of souls 〗Negary flipped through the Tome of Apparitions in his hand.
The content in the first half was how Cocayth founded the School, as well as some clumsy additions by his successor, but the second half of the book was now filled with new knowledge, which included the changes within the body after the Unrepenting Abyss had formed, as well as the many developments after that.
Even more surprisingly, there was detailed analysis of the seven Gods' curse upon the Unrepenting Abyss, as well as an observational report of how both this curse and the Unrepenting Abyss eventually came about. Additionally, the data written in this Tome of Apparitions was continuously manifesting.
This was also the part that drew Eternal Heat's attention.
Omniscience means Omnipotence, but this 'Omniscience' must include how to utilize that knowledge as well. If one couldn't apply the knowledge, it would be meaningless regardless of how much knowledge one possessed.
Each book here was created by Negary using germs. For example, this Tome of Apparitions was created from a type of germ with the characteristics of an Apparition, cultured from his observation of the Unrepenting Abyss combined with the School of Cocayth's principles. This book itself was constantly practicing Apparition magic, Negary had also used his understanding of the Unrepenting Abyss to link the book with the Unrepenting Abyss and constantly collect the corresponding data.
There were over a thousand magical tomes on his bookshelf, most of which were in fact germ-based life forms. They were both books that recorded magical knowledge and practitioners of that magic, during the process of their practice, all obtained data would be appropriately preserved as text.
After the miniature sun had finished observing the changes written on the Tome of Apparitions, it quickly returned to its indifferent appearance.
〖 This makes the Unrepenting Abyss even more special then I had thought. Even to the seven Righteous Gods, that place is unique 〗after reading the Tome of Apparitions for a while, Negary commented: 〖 Most likely, that is where the will of the world had been sealed 〗
〖 After all, that is the only place in this world that contain the power of all seven Gods 〗Negary slowly analyzed.
The Moon Tree world was currently being divided between the seven Righteous Gods, but the only location that contained the power of all seven Gods was the Unrepenting Abyss; apart from that, the only other existence that was under the curse of the seven Gods' powers was the elven race itself.
The so-called God's Offering Day was the day in which the world's harvest was once again split among the Gods. Since the will of the world was only being suppressed, every once in a while, the world's self-healing tendency would allow the will of the world to accumulate a certain amount of Source Energy.
〖 The world itself is like a farm, but the profit of this farm is split between 7 owners, while the one being treated as cattle also has its own wishful thoughts 〗Negary chuckled, quite obviously, not a single one of them was simple.
Be it the seven Righteous Gods, or the will of the world that was being farmed.
The seven Righteous Gods had suppressed the will of the world to a severe degree. Under normal circumstances, it would never be able to overturn the situation unless the seven Righteous Gods began cutting corners with their powers.
The will of the world wanted to become free, Eternal Heat wanted more Source Energy for himself, so it seemed that the two of them had formed some sort of agreement, and Chromie was nothing more than a pawn they were using to finish this agreement.
In truth, Negary was no different, but after Negary realized this fact, he had gained control over a certain pivotal object. This in turn made Eternal Heat unwilling to directly destroy Negary with force, instead attempting to assimilate him as a Dependant. After that failed, the two of them reluctantly reached an equilibrium.
Negary was immersed in his own thoughts. Every life form had its own desires and needs, be it the will of the world or Eternal Heat, and Negary was no exception; what he needed to consider right now was how to fulfil his own needs from this game of chess.
〖 Then, perhaps it's time I find out if I can manipulate a God 〗the corner of Negary's mouth lifted into a smirk as the large clock face behind him slowly turned under the influence of the ticking gears.
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While Negary was pondering on how to escape from the chess board to become a chess player, the pursuing battle on the other side had resumed.
"Right here" Chromie cautiously watched a branching path of the underground sewers that led into an unknown waterway. According to the images he saw from his Spirit Vision, one of the secret hideouts the other party had arranged was right here.
Although this teenager was still young, he was very thorough in his work, having rigged this hideout with numerous traps. One wrong step could mean being trapped, or perhaps even killed.
At the same time, while it was said that those who fused with the Gear would enter a state of weakness, it was merely weakness. If things really came down to it, he wouldn't find it particularly hard to flee or use the traps he set to retaliate; for this reason, Chromie believed that it would be best to silently sneak in and subdue the other party while he was unprepared.
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Darr suddenly looked up, an ominous feeling had clearly appeared in his heart. His admiration of Negary was above all else, so after he joined the Hermit Order, the power he chose was one that mimicked Negary.
Understanding the enemy, manipulating the enemy, for these reasons, he implanted a unique bloodline within his body, which supernaturally manifested as his snake pupils.
His ability allowed him to be relatively sensitive to everything around him, making it easier for him to collect information. In the end, Chromie's Spirit Vision wasn't omnipotent, so even when he had acted cautiously, he couldn't help but draw Darr's attention.
"Should I run, or should I fight?" Darr's gaze flickered briefly before choosing to remain.
