Mystery: She came from the Chaos Sea

Chapter 157: Hometown Association?
"Samael..."

Amanisis repeated the name in surprise and asked Hermione for confirmation, "Do the contents recorded in those prehistoric scriptures really exist?"

"What do you think?" Hermione said with a smile:

"Earth's various myths and legends are indeed related to the two pillars of the Earth. They have existed from eternity and have had a profound influence on the dominant species of every era."

Hermione paused, her expression becoming serious.
"However, 'God' is not the God described in various scriptures."

"It's just that the birth of those scriptures is indeed related to 'God'."

"Because of this, after I gradually gained higher authority in the 'Chaos Sea', the true name 'Lilith' resonated with me. From that moment on, I knew that Lilith was related to the old civilization."

Hearing this, Amanesis suddenly realized, "This 'Samael' is also a fellow countryman from prehistoric Earth?"

"Yes, fellow." Hermione sighed softly.

At this moment, under Hermione's will, a black lightning bolt chasing the sea monster condensed into a dark figure in front of them.

Although the appearance of this humanoid figure was different from what they remembered.

But when their gazes met those ice-blue eyes, it was as if they saw the fallen ancient god "Demon King" Fabuti.

When this black shadow formed by black thunder noticed Hermione and Amanesis who deliberately exposed their whereabouts, it instantly realized that its behavior of chasing the sea monster had fallen into some mysterious trap.

A trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and he turned around without hesitation, trying to escape.

However, the moment he turned around, the space around him suddenly darkened, as if covered by a transparent veil.

A thin mist filled the surroundings.

Seeing this, the black shadow decisively self-destructed. In an instant, blood mist filled the air and terrifying waves spread in all directions.

But when He opened His eyes again, He found that He had not been resurrected in the body of His followers in the abyss as He had expected.

The two women were still in front of me.

He is still on the misty sea.

"Hallucination...even the thought of self-destruction has been stopped?" The black shadow thought in horror.

"Fabuti." At this time, Amanesis called out, and the voice echoed in this secret space.

The black shadow looked at Amanisis with confusion, as if he did not recognize Amanisis.

Seeing this, Hermione used her mental authority to suppress the will of the black shadow in front of her. Under her power, a will awakened from the black shadow, and the doubtful ice-blue eyes gradually became cold.

Then, the shadow gracefully gave Amanesis a gentleman's salute and greeted her, "Lady Amanesis, 'Lord of Dusk'. I never thought we would meet again."

"Falbuti." Amanesis called again.

The shadow smiled and said, "I am Samael, the 'Wrathful King.' Lady Amanesis, have you forgotten? Farbuti fell in your self-destructive attack long ago."

Samael communicated with Amanesis, but from beginning to end, he did not even dare to look at Hermione.

Hermione used her psychic authority to maintain Samael's current state, allowing him to wake up from his rage and malice, while also gaining insight into Samael's inner state.

She saw the other person's soul, immersed in evil thoughts that were as real as reality.

This discovery surprised Hermione a little.

In her cognition, the "Demon King" Fabuti himself is the embodiment of evil thoughts.

Then, Samael, who was awakened after the fall of Fabuti with the characteristics of the "Filthy King" in the Abyss Sequence, as an existence that inherited Fabuti's self-cognition, should have merged with the evil thoughts of this conceptual nature.

Observing more carefully, Hermione detected the spiritual imprint of "God" among the evil thoughts as thick as ink.

At this moment, Samael is deeply troubled by the spiritual imprint of "God".

Judging from the activity of this mark, "God" seems to have the ability to revive in Samael at any time.

However, as if it was disgusted with Samael, this spiritual imprint of "God" was actually actively restraining itself and not reviving in Samael's body.

With insight into these clues, Hermione deduced many things in a very short time.

She confirmed that "God" had indeed housed the source substance "Shadow World" before his fall.

Therefore, by chance, the "Alien King" and the "Demon King" who became ancient gods both triggered the spiritual imprint left by "God".

In the Dark Ages, the "Alien King" was treated as a consumable by the will of "God", which stopped the revival process of "Tianzun" in the body of the Demon Wolf King.

The "Demon King" fell during Hermione's apotheosis ceremony.

"Samael, it seems you recognize who I am." Hermione took the initiative to say.

Samael sighed:

"Sun God."

"As expected, both the 'Imagination Angel' and the 'Dark Angel' are merely incarnations of the 'Sun God'. Just like the relationship between me and Fabuti."

Amanesis asked at this moment: "Are you a remnant of the previous era?"

Amanesis's statement was obviously not referring to the Dark Ages, but to a more distant past.

Samael whispered, "Longer than eternity... As expected, you are also a survivor of that era."

He sighed with emotion, a complex smile on his face, and continued, "Everything was suddenly gone. Suddenly, everything was dark."

"By the time I managed to regain some of my thoughts and memories, I had already become a great demon, and those few thoughts and memories were quickly scattering by madness and bloodshed. It wasn't until I fell once and was reborn as Samael that I finally managed to regain those thoughts and memories..."

His voice gradually deepened: "The old era has been completely destroyed, and only we, the remnants, are left."

Samael slowly raised his head and looked at Hermione. His smile was now even a little reserved as he asked, "'Sun God', are you also a remnant of that era?"

Listening to Samael's question, Hermione didn't show the warmth that fellow countrymen should have, nor was she as gentle as usual. Her eyes were cold and her voice was indifferent as she said:
"Unfortunately, the 'Thor' properties you ingested make it difficult for you to conceal the malice in your heart."

Samael was stunned.

Hermione continued, "You haven't just recently found the thoughts and memories of your past life. I think you've already recovered those memories and your true self when you were still the Demon King."

When Samael heard this, the corners of his mouth slowly rose, and the gentleness and reserve he had pretended to have were torn apart at this moment. In fact, his smile was ostentatious and full of malice:

"Yes, just as you said, I was the one who once ruled over the abyss and the earth." Samael's eyes flashed with madness, and he looked directly at Hermione and said provocatively:
"'Sun God', the 'Sun God' worshipped by these ants, are you going to bring down divine punishment on me, a survivor of my time?" Hermione, or "Zhou Mingxiang", was feeling a little complicated at the moment.

Her moral values are also at the level of ordinary people.

What is an ordinary person? They are people who manage their own lives and whose choices in most matters are in line with simple moral concepts, but they may also curse or even use some tricks on people they dislike.

But her subsequent experiences in this world and her pursuit of the footsteps of the "Ancient Sun God" have allowed her to avoid exposing the dark side of her heart.

At least, so far, apart from being a little selfish, the image she has shown has nothing to do with a bad person.

Amanesis's situation was similar to hers, or even colder than hers, but she did not unscrupulously pour malice towards other creatures after gaining power beyond the world.

Grisha, who has some memories of the future, has committed malicious acts against Hermione, but overall, he is the one with the highest sense of morality among these old survivors.

However, when faced with the trolley problem, Grisha would not hesitate to choose to kill a small number of people to save the majority.

Huang Tao is not a good person either. He will not empathize with the indigenous people of this world, but he will do something to save these indigenous people, which can make him feel a sense of satisfaction from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, he would make some wrong choices because of this satisfaction, but overall, he would not pour malice into the world without restraint.

However, Samael, or rather Farbti, was completely different from all the Old Ones that Hermione had encountered so far.

He takes pleasure in hurting others and satisfies his own heart by constantly hurting others.

In the Dark Ages, every invasion of the abyss ruled by Fabuti into the real world was an unscrupulous venting of malice.

In the eyes of Fabuti and those demons, the suffering endured by other living beings is the most interesting feast and an inexhaustible source of pleasure for them.

Hermione realized that Fabuti's distorted state was related to the "Abyss" path, the spiritual imprint of "God", and the hidden pollution of the "Mother Tree of Desire".

But no matter how much he was affected by external factors, Fabuti himself was indeed enjoying it all. He unscrupulously poured all his malice equally on all living beings except himself.

Even towards the remnants of the old times like Hermione and Amanesis, He could hardly suppress the instinctive malice in His heart.

However, these demons and devils are cunning. He even tried to use his identity as a remnant of the old times to gain favor from Hermione and others in order to save his life.

But after this thought was exposed, Samael acted like he was living a happy life with no regrets, laughing heartily and saying, "I've enjoyed so many things I never enjoyed in the old days. Even if I die, I'll die without regrets."

After Samael said this, the lively light in his ice-blue eyes dimmed, his spirit became silent, his spirit declined, and his life ended quietly and silently.

"I..." Hermione wanted to say something about this.

But it attracted Amanesis's sidelong glance:

"Don't tell me you didn't intend to kill Him?"

"Since we've confirmed they're enemies, leaving no room for further trouble and striking decisively are both necessary."

Hermione did not dispute this, but sighed and said:

"I don't think he was completely killed. There are probably other clones of Fabuti in the abyss."

"However, Samael's avatar died in a hidden space. It's difficult for his other avatars to know how Samael fell."

Amanesis thought silently for a few seconds, then raised his head and said:
"So, should we charge into the Abyss? There are no gods in the Abyss right now... and it just so happens that the 'divine evil' trait that Tolzna lacks is in the Abyss. The uniqueness of the 'Abyss' path also seems to have been lost in the Abyss, isn't it?"

Hermione was quite tempted by Amanesis's suggestion. After all, she also planned to go to the abyss, even if it was just to explore the situation first.

However, her gaze at this moment was suddenly fixed on the clusters of characteristics that had split apart after Samael's death.

The two most conspicuous ones are "Thor" and "Filthy King".

But Hermione didn't even bother to pay attention to "Thor", the last of the five family characteristics left out, but used the authority of "mind" to directly contact the "Filthy King" characteristic.

She heard voices that shouldn't have come from this "filthy king" characteristic.

"What's wrong?" Amanesis noticed her abnormality, a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes, and he asked.

Hermione didn't answer immediately. She waved her hand, holding the "Filthy King" attribute in her palm, and then she attached her mind body to it.

In an instant, the vague sounds she heard suddenly became clear and audible -

That was the Chinese language she was extremely familiar with!

"Brother Dao, you can go home."

"Evil demons can invade."

Hermione even discovered that the Chinese language, which was not magical here, was actually a language that could mobilize the power of nature in the world where the sound came from.

In a trance, Hermione saw a strange picture.

In a shadowy bamboo hut, women in plain white clothes, holding daggers, were committing self-harm in a fanatical manner.

They kept shouting Chinese words that seemed to be summoning spirits.

And high up in the bamboo hut, a gaunt man in a black robe, with long hair streaked with black, was quietly watching this cruel scene of sacrifice. His eyes were bright, as if he was expecting something.

Hermione was surprised to feel that her mind, which was attached to the "Filthy King", was vaguely attracted to this necromancy ritual.

She even realized that as long as she let go of her restraint, she could use the evil thoughts contained in this "Filthy King" to allow her spirit to squeeze into the bamboo forest world that was calling her.

"What's wrong?" Amanesis felt the spiritual fluctuations of Hermione and asked again.

Hermione calmed the abnormality in her mind and responded:
"I seem to have seen... the Western Continent."

After a pause, she continued with a serious expression, "This 'Filthy King' attribute has been contaminated by the penetrating power of the source substance 'Shadow World'. It seems that it can allow my spirit to squeeze into the Western Continent."

As she spoke, Hermione felt the attraction fade.

She thought for a moment, raised her eyebrows, and let a virtual personality emerge and separate from her spiritual body, and let this virtual personality try to respond to the call from the other side.

The originally blurred world of bamboo forest suddenly became clear.

Because she had an additional perspective in that bamboo forest world.

That was the perspective of a woman who was surrounded by many women in white.

(End of this chapter)