"If you want me to become your nutrient, that will have to depend on how capable you are" the Dim Silence Envoy clashed against Chromie's soul. The Mana Eye was his creation, and also one of the main reasons why he was able to become one of the three elven Lord Gods.
Having become the avatar of the sprout of the Moon Tree, the other party was at an advantage, and it was a considerably huge advantage as well, but the difference between the two of them wasn't especially great. After all, one of them was a mortal, while the other was a God, even if this 'God' was in a lying dead state.
Chromie clenched his teeth, the emerald flames in his eyes constantly beat as he searched for the Dim Silence Envoy's openings, then used his Fearless Spirit to attack those openings.
To be frank, if the Dim Silence Envoy wasn't in a lying dead state, he would have a hundred and one ways to deal with such attacks, then retaliate against Chromie at the same time; but as he currently was, he had no choice but to passively endure those attacks while looking for his chance to contact the sprout of the Moon Tree and find a way to overturn his current situation.
When he was cornered by the seven Gods, his body was completely destroyed while his soul was split apart. For the sake of survival, what remained of the Dim Silence Envoy's soul brought along his [Origin], completely reversed his state of being, and bonded itself to the aspect of silence.
Although he managed to prolong his last breath like this, it wasn't without its drawbacks. He would infinitely approach the state of death closer and closer, eventually truly becoming dead; his rationality and thoughts would eventually freeze, which meant giving up on thinking and becoming a unique star in the aspect of silence, no longer capable of resurrection.
Normally, the Dim Silence Envoy put himself into a sealed state to maintain a thoughtless state, which would prevent his thoughts from freezing, but if he couldn't achieve resurrection right now, he would simply die even if he returned to the aspect of silence.
Using the connection of the Moon Tree and the world, I shall reverse my state of being once again, awakening from death.
As long as I'm resurrected, I only need a small bit of time and mana to trigger my preparations and transmigrate.
With my current weight of existence, the traces left behind would very quickly be stripped away by space itself, making it impossible for anyone to track me.
It would be extremely difficult to achieve all of this, but it was also the Dim Silence Envoy's only hope to survive. After all, he was the loser, the fact that he even had a slim chance to survive right now was entirely thanks to him having better preparations.
In the past, whenever the Dim Silence Envoy and the others invaded other worlds, they had also killed numerous powerful entities and thwarted numerous revival preparations.
This is the only way, although it would lead to me becoming even more weakened.
The Dim Silence Envoy quickly thought of a solution, then charged straight towards the sprout with his soul mixed with warped mana, appearing incredibly belligerent.
"You underestimate me too much, God!" Chromie naturally wasn't a fool. He wasn't completely helpless during his capture by Pernod, he had been constantly using the Spirit Vision ability to sniff around the underground ruins, obtaining a considerable amount of information.
He knew the medicinal water he drank was made from Pernod's flesh, he knew of the many things that occurred in this land in the past, but he didn't mention any of it. He kept everything to himself while sincerely accomplishing the tasks Pernod gave him because that was simply most beneficial.
During this process, Chromie naturally found out about the existence of the elven Lord God Dim Silence Envoy, since this city used to be under the Dim Silence Envoy's rule. That, coupled with Soundless Cult's actions and some of the unique features about this entity who was trying to take over him, Chromie naturally recognized them.
After becoming the sprout of the Moon Tree's host, Chromie became the avatar of the Moon Tree. He naturally understood that Pernod wasn't lying and that the elven race already couldn't be saved in this world as the seven Gods had already taken away the majority of this world's authorities.
The only path left for the elven race was invasion, taking the elven race's racial data with him to other worlds, invade them, then alter them to become the new homeland of the elves.
This was the exact same thing that happened to the Moon Tree world in the distant past, and the Moon Tree was originally an alien. But having ruled this world for so long, the elves had forgotten this fact, mistaking this world to be their original homeland.
As one who carried both the elven bloodline and the sprout of the Moon Tree, Chromie naturally sided with the elven race. This would never change unless he removed his elven bloodline and the Moon Tree decided to abandon him.
Following the plan and swallowing the Dim Silence Envoy, the sprout of the Moon Tree would retrieve a part of its authority – the one that governed the aspect of silence – giving the avatar, Chromie, the ability to freely traverse the aspect of silence.
At that point, Chromie would at least be able to participate in some businesses of the Gods. For example, in God's Offering Day ten years from now, he would act as a blade in the shadows. As for whether this blade would allow the will of the Moon Tree to flee, for Eternal Heat to obtain more benefits, or have any other uses, that would depend on the means of each individual.
Naturally, to achieve this, the first step was to consume the Dim Silence Envoy. Borrowing the Mana Eye and the sprout of the Moon Tree's power, Chromie immediately saw an opening right as Dim Silence Envoy conducted his attack. Using his Fearless Spirit as a weapon, he directly struck the Dim Silence Envoy, severing his connection with the aspect of silence, then prepared to immediately consume everything and retrieve the authority.
Right now, Chromie was in a kind of an awkward situation. While he was able to observe the opening of most things in this world thanks to the Mana Eye and the sprout of the Moon Tree, his offensive capabilities were severely lacking, his only means of attack that would actually make a difference was the highly restrictive Fearless Spirit.
But everything would change as soon as he consumed the Dim Silence Envoy. Obtaining both his relatively large pool of warped mana and the aspect of silence's authority, Chromie would be able to instantly turn things over.
Now's the chance!
It was significantly easier to sever the aspect of silence's authority with the Dim Silence Envoy than Chromie had thought. Or rather, this was because the Dim Silence Envoy had cooperated with him to actively return the authority to the sprout of the Moon Tree, he then borrowed this severance to reverse his state of being, returning from death. Although he wasn't a true living entity due to the lack of a body, he had still truly been resurrected.
He paid a great price for it, but Dim Silence Envoy managed to achieve his goal. With his understanding of the aspect of silence, even without his authority, the Dim Silence Envoy would still be able to use his abilities without issues, only that he would never have the same ease of controlling the aspect again.
A light-blue shadow then escaped from Chromie's body, together with all of the Soundless cultists' mana from their bodies. It was him who granted this power to them, so it was naturally easy for him to retrieve it.
The Dim Silence Envoy didn't let his guard down. Or rather, this would actually be the most dangerous moment of all. Chromie was merely a fortunate beneficiary, of course, he was excellent compared to other humans, but compared to the Dim Silence Envoy who had lived for over 10,000 years and had invaded countless worlds, he was still too green.
Sure enough, the axle ritual was suddenly altered by something unknown, causing the function of the ritual to change in an instant. The Dim Silence Envoy could feel his entire mana-based soul becoming frozen in place, this was done in such an advanced manner that even someone like him needed a bit of time to undo the stasis.
Right at that moment, the Mother Tree collapsed, a gigantic maw opened up from below, its numerous rows of teeth were filled to the brim with mana, which then swallowed the Dim Silence Envoy without hesitation.
