Super Righteous Player
Chapter 958 - 16 Is This Really Reasonable?

Chapter 958: Chapter 16 Is This Really Reasonable?

"Well, that’s a real extermination of wolves. Far crueller than any callous person.

How dare one dig up the grave of a Presiding Deity in Preparation, an HR from the Realm of Light, the nominal mother and mentor of all from Gods and False Gods... She could even be considered the "Worm’s" own mother, the evil of this world.

No wonder Nigel said he felt like something had been hollowed out of him.

Even if it were for the sake of this painting that he exhausted his own talents, Annan wouldn’t be surprised.

That was indeed the "World’s Wound." But the wound of the world itself was not rare; it was the "Pearl" harbored within this flesh that was precious.

Nigel thought he had depicted the World’s Wound, but what he actually painted was the Charioteer revealed within that wound... the former god of the divine selection, the Charioteer himself!

He personally confirmed and depicted the remains of the Charioteer, yet he did not die or go insane from it, which was truly remarkable.

The death of the Charioteer alone was undoubtedly a mystery of the "Genesis" level.

Or maybe it was precisely because he was an ordinary person that he could barely keep from dying. For the Light of the Chariot is a "Sublimating Light"; the closer one is to the Realm of Light, the more one could feel the sacredness of the Chariot.

Nigel was not a Transcendent, he was just an ordinary person. He didn’t understand any divine knowledge either...

Perhaps it was precisely for this reason that he could observe the "Charioteer" with his eyes.

He didn’t even use his eyes to "see" the corpse – he simply replicated the breathtaking scene before him with his own intuition of "beauty."

That single painting possessed immense power in itself.

The portrait that Yawen once painted for the elderly grandmother, which is the true form of the Paper Princess, caused the windows along an entire street to be instantly sealed with ice with just a roar from the dragon depicted, on the hottest of summer days.

That painting could easily summon cold currents and blizzards... and Nigel’s painting also possessed one percent of that power.

As soon as the canvas of this painting was unveiled, the room would become extremely hot, some objects would begin to ignite spontaneously, mirrors would no longer reflect objects but would emit blinding light continuously...

And as we know, the eyeball itself contains a mirrored surface.

This means... mortal eyes might struggle to see this painting clearly. It could even blind those who gaze upon it.

This was already in the realm of a cursed painting.

But its power was obviously much better than directly witnessing the "Death of the Charioteer."

It was a kind of filtration, a... paraphrase of scriptures.

It was as if from the very beginning, he knew he must not glimpse the Charioteer and thus specifically summoned Nigel, who was "not a Transcendent and ignorant of divine knowledge," but precisely possessed the "intuition of beauty" to be able to transcribe the Charioteer’s remains without use of his visual sight.

In this world, perhaps only he could do this.

...But what do they intend to do with this?

— This is really a piece of news beyond all expectations.

Annan took a deep breath, and his whole being perked up.

He had originally thought that this was probably at most a problem of the "Icebreaker Army remnants," "artificial Frost Beast experiments," "self-made Curse Cellar" level.

He had never imagined that this could be connected to the Charioteer and the Worm.

The inside of the world — that was not a fanciful description.

It was the third tier of history, that is, the "deeper history" concerning the "secrets" themselves. Like divine knowledge that had been sacrificed... Those histories that stored the "buried mysteries" were the third tier of history.

Those who live in the first tier of history could never observe the third tier. Just as without light, people cannot see things; in the third tier of history, there is no "light" that can generate cognition.

Only the deities related to the hidden, secrets, and darkness can search directly in the third tier of history through the Power of Truth.

Those that enter the third tier of history are like "data that has been deleted." But deleted data can also be retrieved by special means.

If only thrown into the third tier of history, it could also potentially be brought back into the world by the special rituals of the "Mistress of Mysteries" and the "Lady of Silence"...

However, those "sewn into the inside of the world" are like being excluded from inside out. Even with the special rituals of the deities, it’s impossible to search for this target.

— But just as cards excluded from inside out can still possibly be reclaimed, there might be a way.

Even if she was stitched into the world in that manner, there was still a way to retrieve her.

The instant she entered the inner side of the world, all the information about her in this world would disappear simultaneously.

It’s like sacrificing a secret knowledge, and the brain subsequently forgets it.

If someone was sacrificed, "the world" would forget them.

But, if by chance, with no information at all, one were to directly rip apart the world—if that area just happened to be where she was "stitched into the world’s inner side," then it would be possible to unearth her once again.

"So the Charioteer passed away at ’Furnace Mountain’ back then..."

Annan murmured to himself.

But...

How did Earl Felix and Rafaelo Santi come by this information?

Even the name of the Charioteer no longer exists, and it’s likely that other True Gods, aside from Lady Silence, don’t know where she was precisely buried.

Could it really just be an amazing coincidence?

The ability to tear apart the world is a very high-ranking ritual in itself.

It’s probably a ritual of the same difficulty as the Tragedy Writer’s high-ranking ritual "Sleeping Beauty" or Suoye’s high-ranking ritual "Purifying Dragon Fire." A slight mistake could lead to divine displeasure or even hostility.

Not to mention the massive amount of cursed materials required for the ritual.

And then there’s that artificially excavated vertical shaft...

Construction around an active volcano is extremely dangerous. Using too brute a method—like explosives, for instance—carries the possibility of accidents.

Investing a vast amount of wealth, time, and labor to dig a vertical channel. Then pausing at a certain depth to conduct a major ritual and rip a hole in the world.

And it just so happened to unearth the remains of the Charioteer.

—This is just like walking in the wilderness, digging at a barren spot without any warning, and then oil just spurting out.

In principle, it seems only coincidence could explain it.

But it’s far too coincidental. So coincidental that Annan started to doubt its plausibility.

Is this really reasonable?

They even knew not to gaze upon the remains of the Charioteer, and specifically summoned the only painter in the world who might be able to depict the Charioteer’s image—Nigel.

Even Annan himself didn’t know what consequences this would lead to. It was inferred from Nigel’s description of his own artwork what effects it might have.

...Regardless, Annan couldn’t ignore this.

They may not be Annan’s enemies, but what kind of disaster would their actions bring...

...Actually, Annan himself wasn’t very sure either.

Because the specific information about the Charioteer doesn’t exist in this world.

No one can remember her, no chronicles can describe her.

The real "Forgotten by the World."

Nigel wouldn’t know any more than this.

He himself wouldn’t know what he had done... It’s possible that even Tower Master Hugo wouldn’t know this secret.

It seems that only Silver Baron might have answers to Annan’s questions.

The only good news was that this issue didn’t seem urgent...It wasn’t disruptive enough to mess up Annan’s prior arrangements and make him take the subway back immediately.

Annan furrowed his brows and sighed at the situation beyond his control.

He thought that after collecting all the mirrors, he might be able to take a break...

...Looks like he had to work overtime again.

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