Chapter 1788 - 159: Brain in a Vat

"You mean, just like you, I too was born from the Sea of Souls, and I was created by the owner of the Demi-human Girls Completion Manual, disguised as a human and placed into the world..."

"Chaos Species is merely a term reality uses for us, but each one of us is an independent entity, fond of observing everything happening in civilization for a long time, rather than being a race in the true sense. We are a collective, a gathering of mutual assistance because we all originate from the Sea of Souls. And you, you are the most precious entity among us, giving shape to the soul, to the Sea of Souls, and causing the Authority to cease its mutual rejection, revealing their true names..."

Pisces nodded slightly, and his response seemed very sincere,

"The Sea of Souls is a masterpiece of creation by the great Divine, a treasure unimaginable and incomprehensible to all gods. Yet, the gods stole it, pocketed it, and hid it within the Boundary, from which destruction was born. They committed crimes, and a Transferee created you to prevent the destruction resulting from repaying those sins, forged you as a human, imbued you with their values, making what was originally stolen by the gods a tool to resist the reckoning, while that Transferee fled... What a pathetic situation, Fisher."

The face of the Cardinal of Destiny changed slightly. Before her, Fisher had already become rigid, and a thread of ominous foreboding flashed through her heart. She hurriedly called out the gentleman’s name before her as a reminder,

"Fisher!"

"..."

Fisher returned to his senses and looked up to once again meet the gaze of Pisces amidst the mist,

"Pisces, your consciousness should have been born when the Sea of Souls was brought into the Boundary by the gods, right?"

"Indeed it is so."

"If that’s the case, then everything you know must have been told to you by other entities, anyway, you haven’t confronted the gods themselves, right?"

"..."

Pisces was silent for a moment but still said,

"But we witnessed with our own eyes that woman coming to the Sea of Souls to fabricate you. You hesitate, and deep down you might have long suspected that your mission is fixed by others, fearing that everything you’ve experienced was arranged... As for confronting the gods, they obliterated the Mother Goddess, allowed the Spirit Realm Pollution to erupt, causing us to fall like this, daily repaying their shortcomings for centuries, such is their usual ploy...

"The newborn consciousness of Authority was deceived and domesticated by them, tied to the warship, unable to escape, and naturally discarded us under the guise of ’the greater good’... And you, they instilled in you that you’re the key to saving from destruction, driving you to suffer and face choices, unaware that you are the source of destruction, using the crime of causing destruction to counter destruction, using what’s lost to fight against the lost, how despicable..."

The magic from within the Star Magic scattered mist around, blurring Fisher standing amidst it, the Cardinal of Destiny couldn’t see his expression, only picking up his silence with her ears, unable to resist moving forward a few steps trying to grab onto Fisher,

"Fisher, don’t forget you’re here to save Valentina and the others, you..."

"Dong!"

But Pisces suddenly erupted due to her actions, visibly thrusting a tentacle from within the mist with incredible force onto the magic before them, that terrifying force instantly transmitted along the body of Dalasgon outside the Gap.

"Crack, crack, crack!"

The Dream Magic around wobbled as though hit by a severe earthquake, making the Cardinal of Destiny dizzy. At the critical moment, it was still Fisher who extended a hand to stabilize the Cardinal of Destiny’s form.

Close at hand now, the Cardinal of Destiny managed to see Fisher’s calm expression clearly, he confirmed she was alright, then looked up again towards the magic,

"I cannot determine whether what you say is true or false, or maybe it might actually be true. But now that the Outer Realm Divine has told you these hidden truths, does it mean you are collaborating with Elizabeth, to help her realize the Death Trinity, right?"

"...That is indeed so."

"So, assuming I am the core of the Doomsday Prophecy, assuming the gods indeed committed the real crimes, then if the Doomsday Prophecy ultimately fulfills, I should be a part that must be returned for the gods to repay their sins... But Elizabeth doesn’t know this, she foolishly believes that as long as destruction descends and the gods’ rules collapse into new ones, I’ll return to my original form and continue to stay by her side..."

Fisher’s words were calm, seemingly without any trace of other emotions, which took the Cardinal of Destiny aback,

"If the Outer Realm Divine has hidden this point from Elizabeth to achieve their ends, how can you guarantee that the Outer Realm Divine hasn’t hidden something from you, saying everything is truthful just to gain your cooperation? Perhaps, in the eyes of those Divine, you are no different from a human?"

"..."

Fisher’s response was brief, yet it plunged Pisces and a group of Chaos Species into silence.

But things that cannot be proven true or false exist after all, the Sea of Souls being stolen is likely true, but the gods’ purposes fall into the realm of the former.