Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 658 The Target of the Goddess of the Night

Lowry dug deep into her memories and finally found a clue.

He looked at the shadow spirit in the mirror with a strange expression, her killing intent palpable and her methods ruthless: "Oh, if that's the case, then this one is indeed worth the attention of the Goddess of the Night."

"What do you mean?" the Lord of Storms asked with keen reflexes.

"Shadowbringers are creatures that existed before the light appeared in Toril, including Moonlight."

Therefore, like Shar, they hoped that world would return to darkness and chaos.

They almost succeeded back then, but unfortunately, their beastly nature was exploited, and they were eventually trapped in a small dimensional space.

As for Shar... while she's unwilling to pay a huge price to save these former allies, she also doesn't want anyone doing anything to them without her knowledge, including releasing them. Therefore, she's been sending her shadow spirits there to monitor them for years.

"What's the difference between her shadow spirit and the shadow spirits outside?" The Lord of Storms quickly grasped the key point.

"Shadow Spirits are actually special beings created by ancient mages who attempted to transform themselves into beings that shared the same breath and destiny with the universe."

Unfortunately, the multiverse is very fair; whatever laws you utilize, you will be subject to those laws as well.

They are indeed immortal and eternally powerful, but they are also subject to the pull of the shadow realm... Once they are dragged back, they will no longer be themselves.

Every world has its own unique shadows.

But not every world's shadow realm has its own master.

Toril certainly has it.

Therefore, the Shadow Spirits captured and taken back to Toril's Shadow Realm are Shar's eternal slaves.

Even though he still has feelings and preferences, all of this must be with Shar's permission.

If, as Shar says, her shadow spirit can never eat bananas, then even if he were a monkey, he wouldn't take another bite.

"Because Shadow Spirits are also dark creatures, only they are extremely fast and have extremely high destructive power, but they cannot turn into shadows... So, Shadow Spirits that stay in that area for a long time and are affected can be captured or even made into puppets, is that what you mean?" Travis couldn't help but ask.

He even carefully avoided using terms like pollution and radiation.

However, Travis, as the white dragon's partner, was very familiar with this phenomenon and understood what was happening without needing to be told anything.

Lowry nodded at him: "That's right."

Travis was only concerned with how he would deal with the enemy in front of him, so he cared more about the present and didn't care at all whether the Shadow Spirit had willingly gone to that unfortunate place to be corrupted.

But the Lord of Storms couldn't ignore it, since they actually knew what the Goddess of Night was up to.

He asked hesitantly, "So, this Shadow Spirit shares the same origin as the Shadow Realm of Toril, and also possesses the power of that goddess, Shar?"

Although the Lord of Storms was still unwilling to see his little sister, who had fought alongside him to this day, too clearly, he had nothing more to say. The reason why the Night Goddess was so interested in Toril and the two Moon Goddesses was simply because she was troubled by her past emotions.

Even her interest in that outsider back then wasn't necessarily...because of love.

Of course, there might have been some truth to it later, since the sadness of the Goddess of the Night was quite real back then.

But the allure of the Shadow Realm is probably still the greatest.

The reason why the goddess of the night was interested in Toril's twin moon goddesses was because the two were separated in a particularly thorough way.

Yes, the true primordial light and primordial darkness.

Although the Goddess of Night possesses the power of two entities combined, the power of primordial light she wields is not complete.

It could even be considered as the power of light projected from the sun.

This is also why Serene is more powerful than all the moon gods.

Toril's primal power is inherently biased towards chaos and darkness, and moonlight is the most essential light in this world.

Therefore, in that world, there were no truly good gods; those who seemed decent were all outsiders.

Their blood is cold and silent to the core. How could that AO possibly hope that the gods of Toril would care about the humans on earth?
He really thought too much.

Even the gods of Toril, those torn from the power of Serene, could not truly believe that the beings born from the appearance of that undying fire had any direct connection with them.

Without sufficient benefits, why should they be expected to treat some alien species with care?

The proper Toril gods are the kind who would step in to solve problems after witnessing certain sorrows and sufferings. But why should they be allowed to idly experience the suffering of foreign insects instead of living their own lives?

Unlike most living beings who are gods from the same origin as themselves, the only beings on Toril's side who might have some kind of blood connection are the sun god Amannatha and the earth goddess Shantia. But both of them are the most selfish and self-centered types.

Even if the gods of Toril were to occasionally set their sights on the humans of the earth... they would likely see not some virtues, but rather the very traits of Amannata and Shantia that they despise most.

That would only make them less willing to save anyone for no reason.

Even several gods are willing to pay attention to humanity, out of respect for the original goddess of magic, Mystique, who was inexplicably torn apart by Shar and Serene, and was a truly good person.

The only ones left are the unlucky gods who were tricked back from other worlds by AO, and those outer gods who were deified in other universes, who are not so cold-hearted by nature, and who are willing to do a little bit of human work.

Finally, there are those puppet-type gods created by AO using its laws, or the gods of faith from the human world who must be closely related to humans to follow the path of faith... These two are sufficient for daily needs.

It's practically impossible for something truly major to happen, like Shar being about to destroy the world again.

This is a world where the greatest light is the dim and desolate moonlight.

It was only through Serene's own efforts that he acquired so many accountants.

In a world with real life, even if the moon goddess wasn't born later, she would certainly be much weaker than the sun goddess.

After all, only in a world where the sun god has a relatively stable and gentle nature can he allow a portion of the light that originally belonged only to him to be divided up to form moonlight.

Therefore, if the Goddess of the Night truly wants to become the ruler of the Shadow Realm, she must first clearly distinguish the part of her two energies that are intertwined... Otherwise, she might accidentally create a third version of herself.

Not this one, but the one in which all three forms are extremely harmonious.

The Goddess of the Night wanted a Shadow Realm that would allow her to contact the outside world and have a place to hide when troubles happened again, but she didn't want to create a mortal enemy for no reason... The power of the Toril sisters was indeed very suitable for her to spy on.

It's just a bit risky.

But in the face of their world riddled with problems, such an adventure is nothing.

Lori could tell that even after discovering what his little sister was up to, the Lord of Storms was only helpless and amused, without showing any anger.

Indeed, the Goddess of the Night simply wanted to make her reasons for doing these things sound more romantic, so she hid all her ambitions and desires. However, she did not hide what she did or how she did it from the others.

Or, to put it another way, the Lord of Storms and the others had long suspected the Night Goddess's reasons, but to them, it made no difference... Having ambition is not wrong, and the Night Goddess's competitive spirit has always been very obvious, so they were too lazy to bother with her.

Of course, they wouldn't help her.

Even though they were once inseparable, the gods have now clearly chosen their own paths.

Whether it's the Sun God who has bound himself to the will of the world, the Storm Lord who only wants to live the life of the past, the Earth Lord who tries to understand the creatures on the earth, or the Night Goddess who is unwilling to be influenced by the multiverse, none of them are really wrong.

But they can never get back together.

However, if one truly believes that by drifting apart, they can sever the trust and connection between them and take advantage of the misunderstandings of the other deities to harm one of them, then they are really overthinking it.

They just don't want to affect each other, but that doesn't mean they've forgotten their friendship of so many years.

After understanding the Storm Lord's emotions, Lori naturally lost interest in bringing up how dangerous the Twin Moons of Toril really were.

Even if they knew, they wouldn't stop the Goddess of Night.

Travis, watching the two combatants in the mirror with concern, couldn't help but ask again, "Lowry, isn't this hero a bit too powerful?"

Lowry was a little unsure how to describe Evelyn Costa's presence.

The Lord of Storms gave a straightforward answer: "This woman either has a relationship with the Lord of Valor, or she has his mortal bloodline and divine blood in her body."

Although he is not the incarnation of the Lord of Valor, he can still unleash eighty percent of his fighting power.

A body capable of withstanding this level of arrival should naturally be one of the world's top combat forces.

Even I could go back and forth with her for a few rounds.

Or rather, if your Luscania were to encounter her, her fate might be...

"Please refrain from using such analogies, Your Excellency Lord of Storms." Travis, who had been trying to avoid direct dialogue with the Lord of Storms, couldn't hold back any longer.

Unfortunately, his situation is really awkward.

After all, as the ruler of a nation who reveres the Lord of Storms, he should be as respectful as a devout believer before the Lord of Storms.

But Travis, even before choosing the path to godhood, never bent his knees.

(End of this chapter)