Chapter 13: The Black Door

Chapter 13: The Black Door

It would be a lie to say that Artisan's bold proposal did not surprise Aucuses. Moreover, this plan actually had a potential of success.

Because he was aware of something similar happening in the future, during Amon's apotheosis, where Amon absorbed the characteristics and uniqueness of the door pathway from Bethel Abraham while replacing him.

Only because Bethel gave up, understanding the threat posed by the mother goddess of depravity, who is using him as an anchor to open the door and bypass the barrier, was the entire ordeal possible at the first place.

Artisan, on the other hand, didn't have to worry about this because the artificial life he created would most likely obey him.

However, Aucuses can almost guess what happened next based on Artisan's expression.

Diana, who was standing next to Aucuses, was in a daze again, as she processed the information she had received.

Outer gods..Demon of knowledge..Above the sequence...These words kept repeating in her mind, because this information was too great and impactful for her.

She had no idea there was a higher level above the gods!

What exactly are outer gods? When her idol mentioned that term, she could clearly see fear in her idol's eyes.

The presence of outer gods is known only to the gods and kings of angels, as it was not known among angels during this period.

'Wait.' Diana's thoughts turned quickly as she began to analyse. 'The conflict between the lord, the god of wisdom and knowledge and lord of storms.'

'There are also ongoing battle between Evernight Goddess, God of Combat, and Death.',

'The sun, tyrant, white tower, hanged man, visionary pathways are adjacent, as are the death, darkness, and twilight pathways.'

'So, the reason for the conflicts between gods, is that they are fighting for a chance to ascend above the sequence.' Diana felt more clear than ever before, as all the doubts and puzzles she didn't understand before became clearer as she analysed the truth.

'How about the ancient sun god?'

'Did he manage to reach above the sequence?'

Diana's memories of that era were as clear as day, where the ancient sun god was said by some of his believers to be above all the gods themselves. She didn't think much of it at the time, but looking back, she realised it wasn't as simple as she thought.

'How did the lord betray and survive? More importantly, how did ancient sun god die?'

According to her knowledge, the information and secrets of that time were completely concealed, and even her lord never spoke about what really happened on the battlefield.

"I couldn't believe what I was witnessing, the artificial life I built was absorbing the uniqueness of the hermit pathway on its own, right before my eyes at such a fast rate, so much so, I calculated it wouldn't take more than a week or two to finish,"

"Then, obviously, I intended to stop it, but I came to a halt in my tracks when something appeared directly behind it, as if sensing my intention." In the empty room, the Artisan's low, distorted voice resonated.

Diana, who was listening, had a shiver go down her spine and her eyes widened in sheer shock as she realised the reality around her were fading away into oblivion and a phantom of a black door appeared behind artisan.

As she stared at the black door, she had a terrible feeling that if her idol kept talking, something cataclysmic would happen.

The horrible feeling pressured her body and spirit, as she began trembling and sweating as a result.

She instantly turned to face her lord, who was likewise staring at the door with a solemn and grave expression that she had never seen before on her lord.

Diana wanted to speak out right away to stop artisan from continuing to speak, and she almost did, but she was stopped by Auceses' severe glare.

Artisan went on as if he wasn't aware of anything unusual going on around him.

"It was a door that resembling a black stone tablet..."

"There was mural on the door that drew my attention almost immediately...it portrayed an inverted tree..."

As Artisan divulged the knowledge of the door more and more, the phantom of the black door became increasingly vivid, as if it were going to fully appear in reality.

"There were nine branches on the inverted tree..."

"Enough!" Auceses finally spoke up, rising to his feet and approaching artisan in an instant.

Auceses pressed his index finger against artisan's glabella before he could react.

He declared before the black door could fully emerge.

"Light!"

A blinding light exploded from the contact, engulfing artisan and the forming black door behind him.

Artisan eventually awoke from his weird condition beneath the glare of the unending light, as the black door behind him faded away.

'The knowledge moor.' As he glanced at the fading black door with a sigh, Auceses thought. 'Just when I thought things couldn't get much worse.'