Chapter 805: Creating a New God, Covering the Eyes

The content of the *Genesis Proverbs* is not obscure; or rather, compared to the rich, suggestive language of the Elves, it is simple to the extreme.

Xia Duo roughly flipped through it and already understood its content; in short, it is a story about a great god creating the world.

The book mentions that the Creation Mother Goddess already existed in an era when nothing existed, and because of loneliness, she created the world, and later created the various peoples of the Tel-Quessir in her own image.

There were no explosive revelations inside as Xia Duo had imagined; it was just a conventional myth and legend, except that this *Genesis Proverbs* also included sections on religious organizations.

The book mentions that initially, a female Drow known as a "Prophet" received a calling from the Mother Goddess and inexplicably perceived Holy Power, only then beginning to propagate the name of the Creation Mother Goddess.

And in this process, more and more Priests perceived Holy Power, and later, based on each founder's understanding of Holy Power, various sects and organizations were formed.

Among them, the Redemption Sect where Maluxisi belongs is one of them, and the only source Xia Duo could find in the *Genesis Proverbs* was a single sentence—

"The merciful and philanthropic Creation Mother Goddess shall surely bring redemption to her lost children!"

Combining this with the situation regarding the God of Redemption that Maluxisi spoke of during her sermon earlier, Xia Duo could not help but form a guess: perhaps the Creation Mother Goddess is creating a new god.

Of course, he had no way of knowing exactly how to create a god for the time being, but the fact that the Priests of the Creation Mother Goddess were promoting the God of Redemption itself was highly suspicious.

Perhaps it is also possible that the Creation Mother Goddess is creating a new Divine Office.

However, the talk of a Divine Office was just a conjecture Xia Duo made based on some materials from before he transmigrated; whether such a thing actually exists in the real world of Magic is hard to say.

……

Next, Xia Duo picked up a book related to Magic again and flipped through it in a pretense of reading, but in reality, his attention was not on it at all.

The efficiency of reading books directly was still somewhat low; he had already begun to trace his memories in his consciousness. As for Magic and the like, Xia Duo did not really want to learn any Drow Magic; having a reference would suffice.

Compared to Magic materials, he cared more about the records and information that might hide great secrets, such as the books and volumes he was currently tracing regarding the Creation Mother Goddess and the God of Redemption.

During this Projection trip, Xia Duo suddenly felt he was so close to the gods, which made him somewhat fearful, but even more excited.

In the Main Plane, whether it is the Lord of Radiance or the Elven Main God, they are all high and mighty; how would an ordinary person have the opportunity to explore the secrets regarding them?

Only in the Projection Plane, in the Astral Plane—this place suspected to be a graveyard of gods—might he be able to catch a glimpse of a secret.

To say Xia Duo had no ambition to become a god would be impossible; even if not a god, one must become a person who can stand shoulder to shoulder with gods!

……

Just like that, under Maluxisi's "indulgence," Xia Duo spent half the day training and half the day reading; such painful yet leisurely days passed by a month without him noticing.

This day, Xia Duo had just finished his half-day adaptation training at the Training Ground and was about to return to his courtyard residence when Maluxisi, who had not come to the training even once in the previous month, suddenly arrived.

"I heard you are going to remove the Protection again?"

The suddenly appearing voice was docile and soft, but this made Xia Duo quite surprised; over the past month, he could consider himself to have a relatively good understanding of Maluxisi.

Generally speaking, as long as a third person was present, Maluxisi was always of that cold, condescending demeanor; only when the two were alone would Maluxisi possibly become gentle.

He was still at the Training Ground now, and although he was still covering his eyes, the other Drow undergoing training were not; would Maluxisi also become gentle in front of others?

Xia Duo gripped his Blind Sight Cane and probed the surroundings; if Ba'er was not deliberately hiding from him, there was no one here but him and Maluxisi at this moment.

Since when? Xia Duo no longer had the heart to consider this question; he had already discovered that the wider area around them was completely quiet, as if the space had been cleared for them.

And at this moment, Maluxisi pressed in close again; when his eyes were covered, Xia Duo always had an abnormally depraved feeling from this sensation.

*Cough*—

"I feel I have already been able to adapt to the sunlight."

This statement of Xia Duo's was not an excuse; recently he had already felt that the sunlight in the Training Ground could no longer cause him harm, and although there was still some pain, it was already within a tolerable range.

As for his eyes, he had not done nothing over this past month; when at the Training Ground, he would often stimulate his eyes in the area with the weakest light intensity.

Anyway, these were not his original eyes, so it did not matter if there was any permanent loss, as long as he could complete the adaptation as soon as possible; he was still thinking about going to the Surface!

He had already confirmed that even if he took off the Protection device, as long as he did not open his eyes, there was almost no abnormality.

As he spoke, Xia Duo reached out and pulled off the light-blocking leather strap wrapped around his head. Maluxisi did not stop him in this step, but just as Xia Duo's eyelids trembled and he wanted to open his eyes, Maluxisi suddenly covered them with one hand.

The Drow female's fingers were slender, and one hand was just enough to cover both of Xia Duo's eyes completely. Feeling the warmth between the other's fingers, for such a moment, he was actually somewhat moved.

This momentary thought made Xia Duo shiver uncontrollably, but this action of his caused Maluxisi to misunderstand:

"What's wrong? Is the sunlight too intense?"

Following Maluxisi's gentle words, the surrounding light suddenly weakened by a level. Xia Duo did not want to make things so ambiguous, so he hurriedly pulled Maluxisi's hand away and opened his eyes.

The next instant, endless light poured into his eyes; other colors were almost lost from his field of vision, all occupied by a dazzling light.

Along with the endless light came endless pain. For any creature, the eyes are always a relatively fragile part; without eyelids, bringing the eyes into direct contact with sunlight felt as if countless needles had been jabbed in all at once.

"Ah—"

Xia Duo let out a miserable scream and crouched down, clutching his eyes. If not for the fact that he still had some reason left, he would have almost rolled on the ground in pain.

He desperately pressed his knees against his eyes, seemingly wanting to use one kind of pain to overcome another, but this approach only made the pain come with more layers and made it even harder to endure.

Even in the Light Prison, it had not been this unbearable; in the Light Prison, the whole body shared the pain together, and the eyes alone were not so prominent.

But now, he had long since adapted to the pain on his body; only his eyes, even if it was just the difference of a single eyelid, made it unbearable for him.

Xia Duo shouted loudly in his heart, "Too rash!"

If he had known, he would have waited a few more days; that would have been better than suffering like this!

……

Just as Xia Duo was filled with regret, Maluxisi turned back into that cold Drow Matriarch, snorted coldly, pulled Xia Duo up from the ground, and pressed her hand, which carried Holy Power, directly onto Xia Duo's eyes.

"Oh—"

In an instant, Xia Duo almost wanted to cry out in relief; so that was what that hand meant!