Chapter 188
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Chapter 188: The Deceased Evil God Girl and the Ancient Runes
The so-called “Divine Throne” was naturally born with the deity’s birth, emerging in the Divine Kingdom and symbolizing the place where the deity resides.
Therefore, the “Divine Throne” is generally located in the center of the Divine Kingdom, and even when the deity is absent, it can still symbolize the deity.
When the deity is on the Divine Throne, the connection with the Divine Kingdom becomes even closer, achieving the true state of “God is the Kingdom.”
But this thing in front of me clearly cannot be a “Divine Throne,” for this seat is truly just a seat, lacking any divine “status” or “power.”
Even its connection to this space seems to rely on those “threads.”
So, Lolth figured out that it is not the real Divine Throne, but most likely a replica or alternative.
Even though this “Divine Throne” is not the real “Divine Throne,” the girl on it looks like a noble lady who has fallen asleep after playing too much.
But she is indeed a genuine “Evil God.”
And she has really been… dead for a long time.
Upon her lifeless body, which has no soul or life energy left, an unimaginable amount of ‘Power of the Evil God’ remains, still stronger than anywhere in this Divine Kingdom after thirteen thousand years.
Even when faced with an empty shell, there is a majestic presence that cannot be looked at, touched, or desecrated.
Standing next to Lolth, Dorothy could not look up at that deity.
Even though she is a descendant of heroes, it is still the same.
Although the power of the Evil God cannot affect her, she also cannot bring herself to look directly at the deity.
“Lord Succubus… She truly has…”
“Yes, dead.”
Lolth replied calmly, gazing at the girl’s face.
She looked quiet and peaceful, making it hard to imagine her as a deity or evil god.
She wore a plain blue robe. She had delicate hands and feet, and a petite figure. Aside from the gravity that comes with being a deity, her features appeared somewhat friendly.
On the chest area of the blue robe, there was a small crack about the length of a finger, pulsing with the power of the Holy Light.
This must be the fatal wound dealt by the God of Light or a highly ranked sub-god.
At this point, Lolth could easily picture what might have happened in this evil Divine Kingdom thirteen thousand years ago.
The God of Light sent Spawn and angels to attack. After disturbing this evil god, she instantly annihilated those angels and the God of Light’s Spawn, which also attracted the attention of god-level powers from the Land of Light.
Although it’s unknown if she caused any damage to the God of Light, the blow from the God of Light struck her body, likely severely injuring this ancient evil god and forcing him to flee to the Divine Kingdom’s inner core.
Even though that hit guaranteed her downfall, the God of Light did not know this, and to eliminate any future threats, he directly sent the Divine Artifact into this evil god’s realm, aiming to break through the outer structure to kill that evil god.
However, this plan ultimately failed because five loyal cultists fought desperately to block it, even leaving the Light Artifact behind.
After this, the connection between this evil Divine Kingdom and the Land of Light was cut off.
This evil god fell upon her special “Divine Throne” as well.
But…
Thirteen thousand years ago, there were still older events that Lolth could not understand.
Why did this evil god return here in her dying moments?
What power does this special “Divine Throne” truly have?
What kind of people were those who died in this hall?
Although a little curious, Lolth did not dwell on it too much.
After all, the most important thing was to leave this place.
Knowing the ins and outs of this place was of no help to her; it only satisfied her curiosity.
Lolth thought this way and directed her gaze to the runes.
She had a feeling that these runes contained the key to leaving this space.
Even though these runes were very ancient, Lolth could not understand their meanings.
The structure of these ancient runes even surpassed the realm of modern magic, often combining the qualities of all extraordinary powers.
Some runes could even produce effects tied to non-magic professions!
But… for Lolth, this does not matter.
Just like she taught Kanor—the most important thing for a mage is not their magical skills, but their ability to think!
Although she couldn’t understand the meaning for now, she had another way to figure out how these runes worked.
That is… to activate them.
So-called magic requires “bold hypotheses and careful verification”!
Throughout history, epic mages—ancient magical engineers, sorcerers, or today’s Sages of the Wizard Association—rarely died of old age or in battle.
The most common cause of death among high-level mages often comes from accidents caused by experimenting with various new magical spells or magical devices, or the aftereffects of those accidents!
Even though activating a suspected “Evil God Divine Throne” device carries great risks, Lolth believes that these risks are definitely controllable.
This evil god is already dead, so what else can’t be done?
“Let me give it a try…”
She tried to inject a bit of energy similar to the Power of the Evil God here, but it was not absorbed.
This makes sense. If it could absorb that power, these runes would still be active, since the Power of the Evil God is everywhere here.
Lolth then decided to try injecting pure, attribute-less magical energy.
This time, the attribute-less magic was successfully absorbed, so Lolth chose to continue injecting more magical energy.
The runes near where Lolth was injecting magic glowed a little.
These ancient runes twisted like tadpoles, and after glowing, they seemed to dance slightly.
“Magic runes with a single, independent magical structure? Each one is like a small magic circle… They are much more advanced than today’s mainstream magic runes…”
Lolth said this, continuing to inject magical energy.
More and more runes lit up completely, and the entire platform glowed with a soft green light.
They lit up in a circular pattern, spreading outward.
After about one-tenth of the runes lit up, it had consumed nearly half of Lolth’s magic power.
The amount of magic power needed to activate these ancient rune structures was beyond imagination.
Even Lolth had to stand up and take a break for a while.
Fortunately, because these runes had independent magical structures, they also could store magic power. Even if the flow of magic power stopped, the loss of already activated magic power was very slow.
“Sure enough, this thing is not just a simple magic circle.”
Although only one-tenth of the runes lit up, Lolth had already made some guesses about their functions.
