Aaron disturbed the Spirit World region corresponding to La Cha Island and covered up the traces of Pallez's actions. Only then did he turn his head to look at Bornova, who had been quietly observing the entire time:
"Let's go, Roselle is still waiting for you."
Seeing Bornova nod slightly, Aaron took the somewhat surprised Audrey's hand and whispered softly:
"Restrain your spirituality, don't resist!"
The warmth in her ear had not yet dissipated when a rich dark golden light rose before her eyes. The instinctive spiritual warning made Audrey subconsciously close her eyes slightly. When she opened them again, she found herself in a magnificent and vast world.
It wasn't until a sensation of increasing heat came that Audrey, with undisguised astonishment, looked down at the back of her hand. "Crimson" flowed across her smooth, fair skin, like a "tattoo" of stars growing brighter.
This was Audrey's first true visit to the Nation of Disorder. Previously, only a personality split had been stored in the Giant King's Court Key, using the Nation of Disorder and the Door of Bestowal to cleverly descend upon the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
Clearly feeling the fluctuations of order around him, Aaron casually tapped the center of the "Crimson Tattoo." As invisible ripples spread, the restless Sefirah Castle imprint was immediately sealed and isolated. He looked at Audrey with a slight curve of his lips:
"Welcome to my Divine Kingdom!"
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Deep within the historical fog, colorful light spots were stained black. In this area, protected and hidden by a slight corruption transmitted by the Mother Tree of Desire through the Chained God...
The Mother Tree of Desire's followers, some oozing pus, some with various biological forms, constantly enduring the torment of curses, and wailing in pain, used their flesh and blood to build a massive altar base.
A towering earthy yellow pyramid stood atop the flesh and blood altar, and a figure wrapped in bandages, thorns, and roses hung quietly there, as if binding all curses and desires.
This was precisely the main body Astolfo had been searching for, the Chained God, Tolzna!
He had essentially died; his body, consciousness, and even his remaining spirit were filled with the Mother Tree of Desire's corruption. He had, in essence, become an agent of the Mother Tree of Desire.
This was also thanks to the Mother Goddess of Depravity's previous success in penetrating the barrier. The Mother Tree of Desire, making partial concessions to this existence at the apex of the Outer Deities, took the opportunity to further invade reality.
Opposite the pyramid structure, the "Beauty Goddess" Barranca, like a mountain of flesh, manifested with an ominous aura of curses. Undulating, twisting chunks of flesh constantly diffused a misty bloody fog, and bloody pupils split open, looking indifferently at the Chained God, Tolzna.
"Great Mother has helped you completely control this body and advanced part of the reward. Now it's your turn to show your sincerity..."
A cloying, soft, alluring voice, mixed with terrifying curses, emanated from the center of Barranca's massive, fleshy body. The face, which gathered all symbols of beauty in the world, formed a strong contrast with her deformed and ugly body.
His blood-red eyes rotated slightly. The Chained God looked indifferently at his former follower, who now, body and mind, had turned to the Mother Goddess of Depravity.
Amidst a roar that pierced the Spirit Body, countless brownish-gray branches pierced through the layered, coiling yellowish bandages, like branching offshoots, and continued unabated, directly stabbing into Barranca's massive body, which was constantly emitting bloody fog.
Without any defense, Barranca's face showed an expression of eager, intoxicated charm. As the bloody fog dispersed, a Door of Summoning opened, and a Blasphemy Slate, its surface glowing with a faint crimson light, flew out.
It immediately transformed into an invisible vortex, frantically absorbing Barranca's spirit and spirituality. Stimulated by a certain aura, several lines of ancient Feysac script, which had not existed before, appeared:
"Sequence 1, Tree God."
A miniature Crimson Moon rose, and from the back of the "Blasphemy Slate," segments of somewhat withered brownish-gray tree roots extended. These roots merged with the branches spreading from the Chained God, and together they surged into Barranca's body.
His right hand, covered in thorns, swung violently. The Chained God actively severed the brownish-gray branches that had pierced through his chest, allowing them to be swept away and disappear into the Mother card.
The roar ceased. This agent of the Mother Tree of Desire tilted his head slightly, and the depths of his blood-red eyes reflected the torn flesh cracks on Barranca.
A placenta of flesh, contracting and expanding like breathing, was wrapped in layers by the brownish-gray branches formed by the Mother card. It fused with the surrounding flesh and transformed into a monstrous figure composed of stacked reproductive organs, with dark brown roots coiling behind him like wings, his aura completely on par with Barranca.
With the cooperation of the Mother Tree of Desire, a "Tree God" was truly born within the barrier!
An undisguised hint of greed flashed in the depths of his eyes. The Mother Tree of Desire, manipulating the Chained God, stared intently at this newly born "Tree God," coveting similar authority yet fearing the Mother Goddess of Depravity.
Considering that the birth of the "Tree God" was an essential part of the transaction and an opportunity to completely resolve Farbauti, the Devil Monarch struggling in the Abyss, he ultimately did not act, merely letting out an unwilling roar.
Grayish-brown woody substance filled with densely wriggling organs. The increasingly full "Tree God" unhurriedly tore open Barranca's flesh and walked out to the top of the pyramid.
As a Sequence 1 of the Mother Goddess of Depravity's core Pathway, apart from the Earth Mother, he could be considered the most suitable vessel for the Brood Hive, capable of carrying and nurturing the power that the Brood Hive would use to break through the Western Continent's seal to the greatest extent:
"I still need some time to listen to the call of the Great Mother and receive more of Mother's blessings. After everything is over, I will go to the Abyss with you!"
"Besides that, you should also be very interested in some things..."
The ink-black light spots cracked open. Watching Barranca and the "Tree God" disappear into the historical fog in an instant, the Chained God's scarlet eyes rotated, and a curse-laden whisper echoed:
"Create more sins, let the Abyss fall deeper..."
"Go to Backlund, and meet your old friend..."
The flesh and blood altar below the pyramid suddenly boiled. Scarlet blood surged up and transformed into a monstrous Devil, precisely the "Bloody Archduke" who had emerged from the Abyss, whom Reinette Tinekerr was pursuing.
He bowed elegantly, his curved goat horns, covered in sinister patterns, ignited with an eerie blue flame, and a low, defiling whisper quietly echoed:
"I obey your teachings, Great Mother Tree of Desire!"
The dark brown mark on his brow flickered slightly. Having received some kind of blessing, he slowly rose, a sinister arc on his lips, and transformed into a bloody shadow, leaving this historical fog.
He hadn't returned to the Northern Continent for over a thousand years, and he wondered how many of those old fellows who had pursued and intercepted him back then were still left.