Chapter Seventy-Four: The Fall of Lady Silver Moon! Third Update
2015-10-05
Author: 诸生浮屠
Under the dim moonlight.
Soren’s figure left the unremarkable inn. Outside, it was already very quiet, only occasionally disturbed by the sounds of barking dogs.
He made a deal with the Warden.
Although he could not understand why Soren could use the Holy Avenger, he decided to make a trade with Soren to fully restore the power of this artifact. The Warden was not one of those thick-headed Paladins; after the Saint’s Cataclysm erupted, he quickly became one of the leaders of the Holy Avenger organization. As someone who could rise in times like the Saint’s Cataclysm, the Warden must have been different from other Paladins. This was evident when observing the other Paladins trained by him; they were clearly more rational and calm.
The moonlight grew dimmer.
After the fall of the Goddess of Magic to the mortal realm, today’s moonlight suddenly appeared dull and lifeless, looking almost as if covered by a layer of grey shadow.
Soren was also unsure whether the Lady Silver Moon had fallen from the sky, but this lady was a core figure in the eruption of the Saint’s Cataclysm.
She was one of the oldest goddesses and once one of the most powerful goddesses.
Lady of the Night and Lady Silver Moon.
One is an evil deity with strong divine power, while the other was once a good deity with strong divine power. These two goddesses seemed like fated twins, fighting for countless years throughout the long ages. The Lady of the Night always sought to completely defeat Lady Silver Moon, and Lady Silver Moon also desired to defeat the Lady of the Night. Their struggle spanned uncountable battles, with much of the strong divine power possessed by the Goddess of Magic coming from their conflict. In the ancient times, the battles of these two goddesses caused the chaos of arcane energy, giving birth to the first generation of the Goddess of Magic.
They were older than Mother Earth, as they were the embodiments of light and darkness.
During this time, many things occurred.
Due to certain reasons, Lady Silver Moon’s power greatly declined, reaching a low point where she possessed only weak divine power.
However!
After all, she was an ancient and powerful deity. Under the protection of the Goddess of Magic, Lady Silver Moon quickly regained part of her power, restoring herself to a level of weak divine power. Following that, over hundreds of years, she gradually intervened in realms like fertility, nursing, and motherhood. Eventually, she successfully restored her strength to a level of medium divine power. The current Lady Silver Moon no longer required the Goddess of Magic’s protection, but with the eruption of the Saint’s Cataclysm, the two goddesses clashed violently once more.
It must be mentioned here that according to Soren’s memory, the Fear Witch—Lilian—was killed by Lady Silver Moon.
She was one of the oldest deities.
Her birth cannot be statistically determined, and many legends are far too ancient. It is hard to say what exactly is true.
One thing Soren can be sure of is that Lady Silver Moon’s power fluctuates with the elemental tides; sometimes she is weak, and sometimes she is powerful. The Goddess of Magic was born from the battle between her and the Lady of the Night, with their conflict causing an arcane explosion. For the sake of relatively positive energy, Lady Silver Moon gave up a part of her own power, which led to the emergence of the first generation of the Goddess of Magic and allowed them to acquire part of her strength.
Thus, the relationship between the Goddess of Magic and Lady Silver Moon has always been very close.
This goddess maintains good relationships with many deities. When she was at her weakest, she sought refuge with the Goddess of Love and Beauty. She also had a friendly relationship with the Goddess of Joy, and now the representative of the light faction, the Lord of Radiance, has always been her steadfast ally.
She also had an ally known as the Underdark Girl.
It refers to the deity whose holy emblem is a Drow girl dancing n*ked under the moonlight; she had long since fallen at the hands of her mother, the Spider Queen—Rosé. This deity also had a close relationship with Lady Silver Moon, so Lady Silver Moon and the Spider Queen maintained a hostile faction.
However,
Lady Silver Moon’s greatest enemy remains the Lady of the Night.
She is the Night Lady, Lady of Night, the Forgotten Goddess, and so on. This equally ancient Lady of the Night is a goddess who delights in secrets. At her weakest, she possessed only medium divine power, but due to the turmoil of the last chaotic period, she conspired to k*ll the cave god of the Underdark and accepted the worshippers of this deity. Then, the Lady of the Night created the Shadow Magic Network, engaging in a series of alliances with the Spider Queen and secretly striking back, allowing both the Lady of the Night and the Spider Queen to enter the realm of strong divine power simultaneously.
If Soren felt apprehensive about anyone other than the Spider Queen, there is no doubt that the Lady of Night would also be one of them.
This ancient goddess is also quite formidable.
It was mentioned earlier that the Goddess of Cats and Dance almost fell into the depths of desire, causing her faction to shift seriously; that was also orchestrated by this Lady of the Night. The Lady of the Night rarely appears in the material plane; she only descends during grand dark rituals filled with dark dances, communions, and enticing desires.
The downfall of the first God of Thieves led to the shadows of divine professions falling to others.
Nowadays, although the Lady of the Night maintains a surface alliance with the Lord of Shadows, she remains ready to conspire to k*ll him and reclaim the shadow domain’s divine profession.
………………
The Saint’s Cataclysm erupted.
The fall of the Goddess of Magic caused powerful forces to return. Before the birth of the new Goddess of Magic, the two forces that directly led to her birth gradually returned to the Lady Silver Moon and the Lady of the Night.
Thus,
These two goddesses gradually regained the immense power of the ancient era, and their conflicts intensified the eruption of the Saint’s Cataclysm.
Everything happens for a reason.
Soren had been in this world for so long, and he had thought more than once about whether he could prevent the terrible destruction of the Saint’s Cataclysm. However, as he began to piece everything together, he would find that nothing could stand against the torrent sweeping through the multiverse. His weakest personal power could not change the overwhelming tide brought by the turbulent years ahead.
This is not caused by a single factor.
All the reasons converge at this moment and then erupt collectively because of it.
Even without this eruption, these reasons still exist and will continue to persist.
The eruption merely ignited everything due to an energy storm, providing an opportunity to resolve all grievances.
………………
The radiance dimmed.
Suddenly, the silver moon in the sky seemed to lose its luster, and darkness enveloped the entire world. The sleeping people felt nothing, but Soren suddenly halted his steps. He sensed that the moonlight in the sky had lost its essence, as if a gaze that had observed the world for a long time vanished without a trace.
Lady Silver Moon has fallen.
Although it appeared that nothing was amiss, Soren could be very certain that Lady Silver Moon had fallen to the mortal realm.
Following the fall of the Goddess of Magic, the second core figure of the Saint’s Cataclysm has also fallen to the mortal realm.
………………
Soren stood in place for a long time.
To be honest, he didn’t know much about Lady Silver Moon and had not paid her too much attention before, mainly because he used to enjoy activities in the Underdark and was not well acquainted with the deities of the surface world.
In contrast,
He remembered very clearly the deities in the Underdark, especially the Lady of Night, who was Lady Silver Moon’s old nemesis.
If he recalled correctly,
The basic profession level of the Lady of Night is—Wanderer 10 / Shadow 10 / Assassin 10 / Sorcerer 10 / Lord of Shadows 10.
Hit Points: 968.
The Underdark also has worshippers of the Lady of Night. As a deity at the same level as the Spider Queen, it would be hard for Soren not to remember her details.
Interestingly,
This goddess is also an advanced Shadow, but she has also advanced to the Lord of Shadows, making her power far more terrifying than Soren’s.
……(To Be Continued ~^~)
