Chapter 903
Paradise Lost
Eivass’s pupils trembled intensely.
He subconsciously reached out his hand, as if to grasp something.
But even Eivass himself didn’t know what he would say after grasping it.
The feeling was like when you drop a glass, you know you can’t pick it up anymore, but you still subconsciously reach out your hand.
Lucifer was originally an illusory thought, just a small corner cut from a complete soul. He was able to independently maintain such a large-scale preservation technique for so long, and now he had clearly reached his limit.
Sustaining a torn fragment of space-time for thousands of years—perhaps the reason for being able to do this was that what happened here was a “mistake” and also a “taboo”…
“…Alright.”
Eivass whispered to the void, “I will remember.”
As if in response to his words, the six golden-inlaid white wings on the ground flew up—
They swirled around Eivass, gradually accelerating. The countless white feathers scattered, turning into points of light.
Then, Eivass’s pupils gradually lit up with red radiance, followed by purple. Afterward, it turned dark red, dim yellow, green, blue, and finally pure white light.
The wings suddenly shattered, turning into countless light spots that were absorbed by Eivass within.
Eivass felt an extremely unfamiliar power surge into his body. The power was so immense that he felt the familiar sensation of being overwhelmed by power… The last time he felt this way was when his Shadow Affinity was not high enough, and he tried to use the power of a Shadow Demon.
At this moment, a system panel without words appeared before him.
It was not that the text gradually appeared, but rather that countless azure runes materialized in the void, and then solidly imprinted onto the light screen like nails, turning into text that Eivass could understand!
[You have obtained Lucifer’s inheritance]
[You have obtained the characteristics: Devotion – Wings of the Gospel, Transcendence – Salvation of Sin]
[Devotion – Wings of the Gospel: The six wings are the mark of the King of Winged Ones. When you spread the white wings of the Gospel, your priority when using any Extraordinary Power against Winged Ones increases by 1; you can use the ability “Paradise Lost”]
[Spell: Paradise Lost]
[Requirements: Light + Fire + Wind + Water + Earth + Darkness, total 66]
[Action: Non-contact, Projectile]
[Effect: Depending on the proportion of mana attributes used, it deals immense damage of six attributes to all enemies, and strips away the enemy’s corresponding attribute resistance by a total of 66%, lasting for 666 seconds. Can only be used once every six days]
[Transcendence – Salvation of Sin: The Beast of Sin you summon can merge with the white wings of the Gospel, bearing each other’s sins, sharing each other’s status, and synchronizing each other’s will; it enhances “Paradise Lost” and reduces the cooldown of “Paradise Lost” by one day]
[—New entry recorded]
This was the brand new panel description, word by word, nailed in front of Eivass.
This color, these runes… undoubtedly, this was the power of Truth!
No wonder the Great Philosopher promoted the Professional System together with the Hourglass!
Among the power the Great Philosopher obtained from the Origin River of Truth in the past, perhaps one of them was this power that revealed all secrets. The Hourglass wanted to rely on this power to achieve the Bewitchment Dispelling and unification of Extraordinary Abilities; the Great Philosopher did not want to fully reveal this power, so he concealed its superficial form.
The Ring Heavenly Envoy should have obtained a portion of the Truth from the Great Philosopher through some transaction. Using it as a base, and with countless “snake sloughs,” they cultivated a system that was almost complete. Until Eivass gradually deviated from the Ring Heavenly Envoy’s plan and began to come into contact with unrecorded knowledge… finally, from Lucifer, he obtained a completely new power that belonged entirely to Eivass, a power that no one had ever possessed before!
It was not like that alcoholic liver, obscured by the power of other Heavenly Envoys.
This was not a memory from Eivass’s “game,” nor a gift from the system, nor any ancient inheritance… but a power that belonged entirely to Eivass himself!
In so many reincarnations, only this time… before the ruins of the Sky-Piercing Tower completely collapsed and fell into the Void, Eivass came into contact with Lucifer’s residual consciousness and gained his approval.
This was the fusion of Lucifer’s remains and Eivass’s own power!
—It should be known that the “Sin Scholar” profession on Eivass originally came from a Fallen Heavenly Envoy. This profession was created by a Ring Heavenly Envoy in a past reincarnation, and its core power—”Great Sin”—came from the inheritance after the Fallen Heavenly Envoy’s fall.
And the Fallen Heavenly Envoy and Lucifer were essentially the same person.
The power of the Beast of Sin also belonged to Lucifer by nature!
Their powers could naturally fuse together perfectly!
Compared to the most “orthodox” route of making the unruly Beast of Sin submit by relying on the power of the Ring Heavenly Envoy, merging with it into a neither-this-nor-that monster, and becoming the “Lord of Great Beasts” with his own sin of Arrogance…
Lucifer’s inheritance before him gave Eivass another choice:
After collecting the Beasts of Sin, instead of merging them separately into six different monsters, merge them all onto the White Wings!
—If the Lord of Great Beasts was the “Sin Route,” then the Wings of the Gospel opened up the possibility of a “Redemption Route”!
No… if these were two “routes,” it would be too hasty to say.
Eivass had not yet used this ability, nor had he collected all the Beasts of Sin for the second advancement of his profession. Therefore, he did not know if this choice conflicted with the “Lord of Great Beasts” profession… they might even coexist.
However, no matter what…
Eivass had obtained power “outside of the plan” of the Ring Heavenly Envoy.
At this moment, the entire space began to shake violently.
Rumbling as if of an earthquake, coming from afar and growing stronger. The rumbling sound echoed through heaven and earth.
Without Lucifer’s power to maintain it, such a large-scale preservation technique was like duckweed without roots.
Dark cracks gradually appeared in the air, and space began to collapse. However, the surrounding space had already lost light, so it was impossible to see where these cracks were.
Galatea grabbed Eivass: “Let’s go meet up with them first!”
She didn’t speak, but her voice directly echoed in Eivass’s mind, extremely clear.
If not for this illusion, her speaking voice would have been completely drowned out by the increasingly loud rumbling.
Afterward, a series of light spots appeared in Eivass’s eyes and on the ground.
The entire world had now entered a night without light, so these light spots, like footprints, were exceptionally clear, even illuminating the path around them. It even reminded Eivass of a game he played when he was a child—Marcy chasing a man who started fires while walking, and the man who left “auto-pathfinding indicators” actually thought he could escape…
This was clearly also an illusion projected into Eivass’s mind by Galatea.
The intense rumbling continued to grow, making one’s head ache. Eivass felt as if his heart was resonating with the sound, and all his bones were creaking.
Space was collapsing.
How could he find them quickly?
Eivass thought so, but then he was suddenly enlightened—
Six wings suddenly appeared on his back—they did not grow from within his body, but first condensed into light behind his back, and then transformed into pure white and sacred wings!
(End of this chapter)
