O43novel #549 - Chapter 549: The Ambition of the Venerable
#549 - Chapter 549: The Ambition of the Venerable
Liz felt increasingly apprehensive as she followed the Mother of the Forest, Elsa, deeper and deeper.
She was shocked to discover countless cells along their downward path.
However, these cells were devoid of any living beings.
Only a few remains and fragmented corpses, not even worthy of being called remains, were left.
Some remains emanated an aura as weak as that of a lower god.
Others were so powerful that they rivaled the Progenitor of All Demons, Yogg!
But without exception, they were all…
Eaten!
“…”
Although Liz remained silent, simply continuing her descent,
Elsa, the Mother of the Forest, chuckled beside her.
“Little darling, you don't need to worry.”
“Not all of these fellows were eaten by me!”
“Many of them are beings I couldn't even scratch, even if you put them in front of me. I wouldn't be able to take a bite.”
“Besides, I'm not hungry right now, having just devoured that giant who had degenerated to less than a demigod. So, you don't have to worry about me doing anything to you.”
As she spoke, a strand of Elsa's hair grew exceptionally long, reaching out to stroke Liz's soft golden locks, much like a person petting a dog.
“Now, let me explain why this area looks so dilapidated, yet I still say I've only spent a year here.”
Pausing in front of a cell, Elsa pointed to the creature confined within.
“Little darling, do you see the creature inside?”
“This… this thing is a Star God hatchling?”
Within the cell, a monstrous being resembling a deformed octopus slumbered in a kind of suspended time.
Inscribed on the outside of its cell, in characters Liz didn't recognize, was the time remaining until its release.
“Oh? You recognize this thing?”
“Indeed, this is a Star God hatchling.”
“Like me, it's here because it committed an unforgivable sin, and was imprisoned here by the Will of the Venerable.”
“However, its sentence is much longer than mine.”
“It probably has about three epochs left before its release.”
Elsa explained, pointing to the characters Liz couldn't decipher.
“I was in a similar state before.”
“We were trapped in a kind of static time, quietly waiting for our sentences to end.”
“But don't think that we don't feel the passage of time while we're trapped. On the contrary, we can feel time flowing.”
“Because if we didn't, we wouldn't call this place a prison, because this 'punishment' would be no different from taking a nap, wouldn't it?”
“And this kind of punishment has the most terrifying aspect of all.”
“That is, this static punishment involves some kind of karma. As long as we are trapped in it, we will gradually extinguish our Sea of Consciousness.”
“Those mortals with shorter sentences are fine. When they are released, their Sea of Consciousness remains relatively intact, and they can still be called gods.”
“But those of us who have committed slightly more serious offenses are not so lucky.”
“When we are released, our Sea of Consciousness has been completely extinguished.”
“In fact, when I was first released, I was forced to devour hundreds of prisoners similar to me in order to reignite my Sea of Consciousness.”
“In short, these cells built by the Will of the Venerable organization are truly terrifying.”
Elsa said, trembling.
“Little darling, can you imagine? We, these mighty gods, are locked in such crude cages, watching our strength degenerate little by little, watching our divine fire extinguish little by little, until we become mortals who are not even gods!”
“Billions of years of cultivation, vanished in an instant.”
“Such punishment is truly terrifying…”
The Fallen Angel Liz nodded.
“Indeed…”
“A little scary.”
The Mother of the Forest, Elsa, was right. In the eyes of these powerhouses,
Death was sometimes not terrible. What was truly terrifying was that their strength, which they took pride in, was being eroded and destroyed little by little in endless time.
They changed from high above gods to mortals.
Such a gap was even more unbearable than killing them!
However, the person who could create such a punishment might truly be a genius.
Liz thought to herself.
Because the person who could extinguish the Sea of Consciousness and invent this technology was perhaps only slightly less intelligent than the great Abyss Master.
But as Liz was lost in thought, the Mother of the Forest, Elsa, quickened her pace, finally bringing the Fallen Angel Liz to the bottom of this prison.
However, to Liz's surprise,
The bottom of this prison was littered with the corpses of various monsters.
The aura emitted by the strongest among them almost made the Fallen Angel Liz tremble.
And those who were weaker were not ordinary either.
But what truly caught the Fallen Angel Liz's attention was a scholarly man sitting alone among the corpses of these monsters in the darkness.
“Little darling, look, this guy is the one who locked me in here.”
“Warden, hello, we meet again.”
“And this time, I brought the one who can free me.”
“Hehe, maybe this is the last time we'll ever meet~”
In the darkness, a flame ignited.
However, after this flame ignited, it gave people an extremely warm and comfortable feeling.
And after the flame ignited, Liz saw the man's face clearly.
This was a man with extremely ordinary looks.
Judging by his appearance, he should also be some kind of humanoid creature.
However, his face was extremely gaunt at this time.
Moreover, his eyes were also very special.
His eyes were entirely composed of golden light, as dazzling as a star.
“Hello, outsider.”
“I am member number 6754 of the Will of the Venerable organization.”
“And you can just call me Practitioner.”
“Could you please not release this monster?”
The man who called himself Practitioner gave Liz a very gentle smile.
“She is very dangerous.”