Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 676 The Multiverse Isn't Easy

The multiverse is a tough place to navigate, and the middle is the hardest.

Elves and orcs are typical examples, as is the destroyed Greek pantheon.

Even though they were once the original inhabitants of that place, they still had to watch their world explode.

However, the elves and orcs brought this upon themselves... Both were very strong, so they ended up dying together.

Although the Greek pantheon did not interact with the outside world, they brought disaster upon themselves, causing the world, which was originally peaceful, to suffer from the bottomless abyss and the nine levels of hell due to excessive resentment, and even to be pulled apart by the chaotic sea. In the end, they could not withstand it and were directly torn apart.

But Imprint City has established itself on the outermost edge of the inner ring road.

It can even open portals to every corner of the multiverse.

Although Oscar, the Portal God, thought he was courting death, it was perfectly normal for him to be popular in that city.

After all, the portals to Sigil can open in very strange places, and it's even possible to open a drawer and go to a new world.

The key issue is that no one can be sure what lies on the other side of these portals.

The better ones link directly to another corner of Sigil City, or even to those large multi-point teleportation arrays, but the worse ones might send you directly to the Abyss or the Nine Hells.

Of course, the area opposite is usually a rather desolate place, but... who dares to gamble on never being discovered!

Those forces that clung to Sigil City hoping to make a fortune through the portals in their own region, even if they weren't afraid of demons and monsters, couldn't withstand the relentless attacks from the other side!
Besides, who would do something that loses money?

Then they would have no choice but to hand over these teleportation points...for free.

They just can't sell them.

The people of Sigil only believe that what they have taken back and what houses they have stolen have value.

Everyone's a liar; nobody can trust anyone else.

But the God of Portals is different!

He can see the view on the other side as soon as he touches these open doors.

They could even move these doors to a more suitable location.

It's perfectly normal that the 'veterans' of Sigil City would frantically idolize him.

Anyone would have done the same.

This is why Ms. Pain initially had no intention of paying any attention to him.

Oscar's ability is indeed very suitable for Sigil.

The Lady of Pain, who has used a special method to completely bind herself to the City of Sigil, welcomes anything that can make the City of Sigil stronger.

She would only be enraged to the point of killing him when the native species of Sigil suddenly betrayed the Lady of Pain and chose to worship Oscar, and would do everything in her power to make sure he suffered a terrible death, even if only a wisp of his soul was locked in the labyrinth space.

This is actually quite strange.

The relationship between the native species of Sigil and the Lady of Pain is even closer than that between the Ice Hound King and the Lord of Ice.

It is very likely a wisp of the soul of the Lady of Pain.

Otherwise, the guy who converted to Oscar wouldn't still be alive, and even have a flower shop in the City of Signs... The flower shop even has Oscar's label.

It doesn't matter if a subordinate who betrays you possesses even a trace of your divine power or divinity; you can execute them as calmly as the Lord of Ice.

But what can be done about one's own soul?
Killing him would be like opening a crack in her perfectly formed soul.

The woman in distress could only accept her bad luck.

However, in the multiverse, there is actually nothing that is perfect.

When the Painful Lady thought she had done everything perfectly, and even outsiders thought she was invincible in her association with Sigil City, an unexpected incident naturally occurred.

Furthermore, Lowry had some doubts about the origins of the City of Sigil.

This city, which resembles an inner tube of a tire, is almost a conceptual existence.

Such places basically refer to places like Heavenly Mountain, Chaotic Sea, Bottomless Abyss, and Nine Levels of Hell, as well as the Mechanical Realm—conceptual realms closely related to the multiverse, where they exist as long as the universe exists.

But Sigil City isn't that strong.

Lowry had a slight suspicion that this was a remnant left behind from the world where the Greek pantheon collapsed.

As one of the earliest worlds, the Greek world must have had its own unique characteristics.

Otherwise, the gods of order on Mount Olympus wouldn't have accepted the Greek pantheon just because of Mount Olympus.

Of Zeus's gods, how many met the requirements of Mount Paradise?
Although the gods of order themselves weren't much, they still had very high requirements for the gods who settled on Paradise Mountain.

Basic kindness and recognition of positive energy are fundamental requirements.

Of course, the gods of order didn't really care whether anything would change after they moved in.

As long as it looks acceptable on the surface, that's fine.

For example, the Garden of Joseph, the goddess of magic, in Toril.

If it were the later Black-Eyed Mystra who applied to join, there's a high chance she wouldn't be approved.

But back then it was Mistral.

No one can deny the kindness, tolerance, fairness, and justice of this first goddess of Toril.

But to compare Black Eyes to Zeus... that would be too humiliating for Black Eyes. Therefore, it's clear to everyone that the one who truly received the special privilege was Mount Olympus.

The Greek world, which sustained Mount Olympus for millions of years, must have had its own unique aspects.

The peculiar construction of Sigil, with its sudden appearances and ubiquitous dimensional portals... doesn't it resemble Gaia's unlimited gravity and Uranus's spatial control?

That's why Lowry believed that Sigil was built by the Lady of Pain using remnants of the Greek pantheon.

Unfortunately, Gaia and Uranus never appeared, otherwise he would have known how likely this guess was.

Those two, especially Uranus, are very sensitive to what belongs to them.

However, Lowry was still certain that it was indeed Poseidon who had coveted their world before.

But the recent events must have involved the Lady of Pain... She didn't kill Oscar, the Portal God, for nothing.

Even though Oscar has escaped, it will be difficult for him to regain his lost divine power.

The worlds that the God of Portals once controlled have been completely destroyed, so he has no way to regain his powerful divine power upon resurrection.

Therefore, some of the artifacts he lost to the Lady of Pain could never be retrieved.

The Lady of Pain could even open doors for those archmages in Toril... all of them were powerhouses of Elminster's caliber... with these things!

She used to be able to break through any space, but she couldn't lock onto fixed coordinates. Thanks to Oscar's artifact, she was able to overcome this limitation.

If Lady Pain's initial suppression of Oscar's resurrection stemmed from her anger, then her later willingness to offend the elven pantheon to give Oscar no chance to breathe might have been for the power she had already obtained.

Lady Pain has little interest in other worlds, but she is very interested in populating Sigil with people from other worlds.

Although their world was sealed off, it wasn't completely without gaps; otherwise, they wouldn't have had a chance to catch their breath once they reached the Astral Plane.

Sending a few low-level minions below level 16 to the designated location is no problem at all.

"You're awake!" The Lord of Wealth, who had been grabbing candy, suddenly turned to look in the direction of the Ice Dog King. "Now that you're awake, repeat what you just said."

The Lord of Storms has just arrived and requires a more detailed introduction.

The sea creature, who was struggling to sit up in pain, had a blank expression: "I've already said it twice."

"Is there something you're hiding that you're afraid to say again?" the Goddess of Wealth asked calmly. "I've already said this once, and I hope there won't be a next time."

"I'm going to die." A sea creature, its hand groping on the ground, gave a bitter laugh. "This is not a lie."

"Is he thirsty?" The Goddess of the Night tilted her head and turned to look at the other side. "Frostbite, what are you still doing there? Give him some salt water."

Lowry glanced over there, then quickly turned her head back.

After regaining light in this small space, he actually saw the appearance of the Lord of Ice.

Not to mention, the Lord of Earth actually went over and fed the Lord of Ice a piece of candy!

But his appearance, like a half-melted snowman, was really too ugly.

Lowry wasn't entirely unable to tolerate the so-called ugly appearance.

But that has to be shockingly ugly.

Instead of a puddle of dog excrement that looked like it had diarrhea... it was frozen solid.

Lowry was really impressed by this kind of thing.

After all, the place where he later settled had a very lively atmosphere.

One is that the restaurants are all located on old streets that cater to the local community, and no matter how new the buildings are, they can't prevent some inexplicable problems.

For example, not cleaning up after the dog when walking it.

The other seasons are fine, but winter is really... Lowry has witnessed a lot.

After all, he's a homebody who likes to walk around looking at his phone.

Lowry really didn't want to look at that Ice Queen even once.

He even felt that the main reason the Goddess of the Night was furious and pulled the entire dimensional space into darkness was because she didn't want to see that filthy thing.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been ordering the Lord of the Earth around like that.

That person certainly wouldn't care too much about these things.

Fortunately, whether intentionally or not, the Ice Dog King and that Sea Man were in a corner in another direction. As long as Lowry paid attention to the angle, he wouldn't be able to spot the Lord of Ice.

"No, no!" the sea man denied in a panic, when a triangular, transparent fish fin suddenly shot out beside his ear.

It's still pretty.

Especially the extremely natural transition between pure blue and pale purple... Lowry was certain that she didn't have such a delicate mix of colors in her palette.

He couldn't help but carefully compare them in his mind, pondering which pigment had a more similar texture.

Although many pigments have almost the same color.

However, due to their different textures, they will have different feel when drawn on various materials.

However, as Lowry was mentally comparing the rows of blue and red, he heard a name that surprised him greatly.

He jerked his head up.

(End of this chapter)