【Minerva clearly understands Seth’s current state and the torment she has endured, and has always done her best to help her. As the first angel created by Seth, she has accompanied her for tens of thousands of years. Even if she were to fall in battle against the other gods for her master, she would willingly do so.】

【However, Seth did not decide to strike first and wage war against the gods. Tormented by guilt over the suffering and mistakes of her other self, she decided to use this opportunity to sever the increasingly distorted path of error.】

【She knew that the Seth of withering would certainly not allow herself to be killed or sealed, but she also trusted Minerva equally. Therefore, Seth asked Minerva to help the gods kill her.】

【The loyal chief archangel eventually agreed.】

【So, on a day when the power of withering rotated in the cycle, the gods invaded the temple of the Goddess of Earth. The other two main gods of the order side and Seth engaged in a fierce battle. Although it was two against one, the Goddess of Earth was skilled in prolonged battles, and the rotation of divine power did not mean a complete loss of the other power. Both sides fought for several days, unable to separate.】

【At this moment, Minerva, who was supposed to lead the angels to resist the invaders, suddenly rushed into the temple. Under the guise of reporting, she stabbed Seth with a special artifact when Seth was unprepared. Seizing the opportunity, the gods rushed forward, thoroughly killing the Goddess of Earth and dividing and sealing her immortal essence.】

【Violet, my story… is finished.】

【Hmm…】

Both the priestess and the silent Sethlin in her mind remained silent for a long time.

It seems that Sethlin’s memories have indeed been restored a lot, and the past she just recounted is precisely the valuable information that Violet has been wanting to know. But to be honest, there are still some lingering doubts that have not been answered.

Let’s organize the known information first.

Firstly, the creatures in Sethlin’s story, without a doubt, are what is now referred to as Abyssal Beasts. The information known to Violet also corresponds to the basic content of the story, explaining why these creatures exist solely for the purpose of killing and devouring.

The world of Aibus, probably what is now called the Abyss, apparently chose a development direction that was vastly different from this world.

【Sethlin, the Abyss… In your era, was there mutual interaction between the Aibus world and this world?】

【Yes, but it was difficult. Although both sides could interact through channels, traveling through world channels had strict strength requirements. Ordinary beings couldn’t do it, and overly powerful beings like gods found it difficult to traverse because the channels couldn’t bear their power.】

【What about the world’s rejection? I heard that creatures from other worlds like demons would be harshly opposed when they came here. If the suppression of Abyssal Beasts actually originated from the Goddess of Earth, then what about the real Abyss, the people of Aibus?】

【No, at least before Seth was sealed, there was no mention of creatures from other worlds being rejected. The only ones affected by the world’s malice at that time were beings like gods.】

Is that so… So these changes only began to occur after the fall of the gods…

【Then, was the Floating Island created by Seth? Since Minerva is actually an angel, who were the gods that the winged people truly worshipped?】

Violet posed the next question, but after waiting for a while, Sethlin did not answer her, just looking somewhat embarrassed.

【As descendants of mine, the winged people indeed initially worshipped the Goddess of Earth. As for the Floating Island… I don’t have memories of creating them. At least before being sealed, there was only a production base for creating creatures similar to the Floating Island you described, so perhaps something happened after that.】

Hmm, it was a bit disappointing… It seemed unlikely that we’d be able to clear up all the questions at once.

Minerva was not a god of the sky, but the guardian archangel of the Goddess of Earth, Seth. The initial betrayal was also Seth’s initiative to restrain her own madness and mistakes. It’s just that after losing many memories, Sethlin herself forgot about these, only remembering the sealed part.

When Seth was sealed, the Abyss and this world were still connected, and the world did not reject things from other worlds. The earth had not yet risen into floating islands, and the created beasts—Abyssal Beasts—were not sealed beneath the Abyss.

In other words, these events all occurred after the Goddess of Earth was sealed and are likely related to Minerva, who later claimed to be the god of the sky.

It’s impossible to obtain answers from Sethlin regarding these questions, so there’s one last important piece of information that needs confirmation.

【Sethlin, how can you be sure that the Seth I encountered is the original consciousness of the Goddess of Withering?】

The voice from the statue chuckled.

【Violet, what do you think of the process of merging divine fragments or the resurrection of the Goddess of Earth?】

【What do you mean?】

【Sorry, my wording might have been too vague. So, do you think it’s possible for a single individual to easily contain multiple different consciousnesses, especially under the premise of having a divine nature as a spiritual core? Remember, even when authority is divided, Seth spent hundreds of years before finally giving birth to two opposing consciousnesses.】

【Divine authority is unified, so even if those fragments truly give birth to their own consciousness over millennia, during the merging process, only the stronger one will remain. And in terms of spiritual strength, how can these newborn consciousnesses, which have only existed for millennia and have mostly been dormant due to sealing, compare to the original will of the Goddess of Earth?】

【Since it has already grown powerful enough to produce offspring with the standards of angelic descent, it indicates that most of the divine nature has gathered. Its return is also an inevitable inevitability.】

【Inevitable…】

Sethlin’s statement reminded Violet of the memories she had seen earlier in the third level of the Courage City dungeon, of Rebecca.

When she initially fused with thousands of vengeful spirits and the blue dragon Alexia, there was also a direct collision on the mental and spiritual levels. If she had failed in battle at that time, Rebecca’s consciousness would have been devoured and dispersed by the soul of the blue dragon.

It’s probably the same principle here.

Contemplating this, Miss Priest suddenly blurted out a certain thought.

【So, Sethlin, you are the consciousness representing the Goddess of Life Seth, which has existed for tens of thousands of years, right?】

Perhaps Violet’s sudden question caught her off guard. Sethlin remained silent for a while before reluctantly admitting.

【You’re too sharp. I’ve only just remembered it myself.】

Indeed, that’s the case.

In fact, it’s not difficult to notice.

Firstly, there are subtle differences in personality. Sethlin’s approach to dealing with people is almost completely opposite to what she would expect from Seth, the Goddess of Withering. Moreover, after recovering her memories, Violet noticed that she no longer referred to herself as “this body” but rather directly as “I” or “Seth” and so on.

This indicates that subconsciously, she no longer considers herself as a new will derived from divine fragments but as something else entirely.

The divine consciousness passed down from the Goddess of Earth consists of two parts, representing [Life] and [Withering] respectively. Logically speaking, either could have prevailed in the fusion, but Sethlin firmly insisted that the other party represented the Goddess of Withering, Seth.

The reason for this conviction is quite obvious.

In this case, that little brat Lilya was really lucky with the statue she got for herself back then…