Chapter 321 (1): All Life Originates from the Void
“What does She want?”
Wayne drove away from the castle, heading straight for his residence while pondering his conversation with the Goddess of Darkness. He analyzed it word by word, trying to decipher her true intentions.
The Goddess of Darkness hadn’t provided much information. To summarize, the other goddesses were dangerous, but She was different—She cared about him.
Wayne didn’t believe a word of the nonsense. Whether She threatened him or tempted him, he had never trusted the Goddess of Darkness, and he trusted Her even less now.
But She was right about one thing: the other goddesses were dangerous, especially the Goddess of Nature. The path of being chosen by all five goddesses led to life, aligning with the Goddess of Nature’s grand plan perfectly. On this evolution path, he would be in the same business as the Goddess of Nature.
Competitors in the same business were essentially enemies. In a ruthless business war, he would certainly face advanced cyberattacks, such as unplugging his network cable. Wayne believed that the Goddess of Darkness hadn’t told Her fake friends the secret of Wayne being five chosen knights in one. Only by monopolizing the dining table could She eat her fill. Otherwise, with too many diners at the table vying for the porridge, the Goddess of Darkness would be left with nothing but thin stock.
The same question remained: what was the porridge?
Wayne looked into himself. The path of being chosen by all five goddesses pointed to life, to the all-encompassing universe that was the lifelong pursuit of mages.
However, that wasn’t enough to make the Goddess of Darkness descend in person, even erasing Anastasia’s memories for fear of exposing her true goal.
He pressed a hand to his chest and felt his pounding heart. His greatest treasure was the Book of Greed, which the Goddess of Darkness couldn’t possibly know about. Next was the evolution path that mimicked an ancient god, made possible by his ‘original bloodline’.
It was all a misunderstanding. While ordinary mages couldn’t see the truth, the Goddess of Darkness certainly could.
Wayne had indeed mimicked an ancient god, but he didn’t have the original bloodline—there was no blood relation between him and them whatsoever. Strictly speaking, it was the Book of Greed plundering knowledge from the Void that allowed him to see the essence of life from the beginning of his pursuit of magic.