Becoming a god by raising witches

"Xiao Ai, have I been contaminated?"

Eileen opened her eyes and saw Locke in a panic. She sniffed his scent.

"No."

Locke breathed a sigh of relief and pulled Eileen out of bed. "I need to enter Hannah's dream to figure out what it is. Can you help me wake me up in a moment of crisis?"

“That’s really long-winded.”

Eileen held out her hand. "I'll go in with you."

"Can you come in with me?"

Locke looked at Eileen in surprise; he had always thought that the Heart of Dreams could only allow one person to enter a dream.

Eileen nodded. "Yes, because I'm not in human form right now, so theoretically I can enter in the form of your possessions, such as your mask, your top hat, or your cane."

"Then let's use masks."

Locke said.

So Eileen transformed into a mask and stuck it to Locke's face.

Locke once again used the Heart of Dreams to enter Hannah's dream.

They continued to go from Hannah's room to another, going down floor by floor.

This time, Locke went to the messy room, ignored the arguing outside, and went downstairs again.

Three-year-old "Hannah" doesn't seem to be keeping up with Locke.

Locke entered the next level and finally entered Hannah's deepest dream.

However, this was no longer Hannah's room, but a rather open outdoor environment.

Kosork's familiar streets, and various Gothic buildings.

The streets were bustling with people, a lively and vibrant scene.

People were discussing food, vegetables, and the news.

Suddenly, a man covered in blood rushed out of the alley.

"They're here! They're here! Run! Run!"

Locke's heart leaped into his throat; he touched the mask on his face.

"Is it Hannah? The evil Hannah? Just like Lux, all that remains in the deepest dreams is slaughter."

Eileen shook her head. "I don't know."

The next second, a man who looked like a brown bear rushed out, wielding an axe and hacking wildly everywhere.

"The Bear Monster Killer! It's the Bear Monster Killer!"

The street erupted in chaos as people began to flee.

Locke was surprised to discover that this was not Hannah at all.

"How is this going?"

"Look again."

As soon as Eileen finished speaking, a brown-haired girl in a security uniform rushed out; she looked exactly like Hannah.

"You're under arrest! Bear Monster Killer."

Hannah drew her longsword and began to fight the bear-like man.

Locke was completely bewildered.

The dream began to shatter.

Locke and Eileen both returned to their real-life bodies.

Eileen transformed back into human form from her mask and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Why is this happening? Hannah is still kind in the dream, except for that strange little girl."

Locke sat down next to Eileen, puzzled.

Eileen turned her head to look at him.

"I have a hypothesis that needs further verification."

"Let's try going in again."

So the two entered Hannah's dream again, this time Hannah was no longer a sheriff, but a gentle teacher.

Locke and Eileen entered the dream dozens of times. Hannah transformed into a priest, teacher, doctor, sheriff, and reporter, but each time she was a positive character, just as kind as in reality, and not as bloodthirsty as Lux.

"Does this mean Hannah is alright?"

Locke asked tentatively, his heart pounding with unease.

Eileen shook her head. "On the contrary, Hannah has a big problem."

"But she wasn't like Lux. Maybe her evil side wasn't locked up or sealed away. She was just born kind."

"Locke, you're starting to deceive yourself."

Chapter 146, The Mother of the Evil God?

Locke was unwilling to believe that Hannah's condition was more serious than Lux's. Subconsciously, he hoped that Hannah was normal, that she had not had any negative emotions sealed away, and that she was not a vessel for some unknown entity.

But the truth is clearly quite the opposite.

Eileen's expression said it all.

“Locke, Hannah’s situation is different from Lux’s. This doesn’t mean she’s better off than Lux; on the contrary, her situation is worse.”

"Xiao Ai, what do you mean?"

Locke's brow furrowed deeply.

“I guess it’s because the negative parts of her personality have been swallowed up, so even in her deepest dreams, she couldn’t find the evil soul she imprisoned.”

"Swallowed?"

Locke stared at Eileen in astonishment, recalling the little girl who recognized him as not Locke Bemon, and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

Could it be that an unknown entity truly resides within Hannah's body, a being that feeds on malice and devours all the negative emotions and evil parts of Hannah's soul?

"Yes, it was devoured, devoured by something inside Hannah's body. You've been with Hannah for so many years, didn't you notice anything unusual about her?"

Eileen countered Locke's question.

Locke paused, then recalled carefully that Hannah loved journalism and always explored the most dangerous places, yet she never encountered any danger herself; this was just one aspect of it.

Most importantly, the people in Old John's apartment building, anyone who comes into contact with Hannah, will generally become very kind, even if they are poor, which is rare in the Pete neighborhood.

Everyone likes Hannah because she is kind and righteous, and she can also make the people around her kind.

Apart from editor-in-chief Lloyd, who was influenced by the witch, Hannah basically didn't encounter any bad people.

Could it be that an unknown entity within Hannah devoured their evil intentions?

After Hannah left Old John's apartment, it was said that the apartment became very chaotic, which could also be attributed to the large-scale closure of alchemy plants.

But looking back now, Hannah does seem quite strange.

"Are the neighbors always so friendly? Is that unusual?"

Locke asked.

Eileen nodded. "Yes, because of the unknown entity within Hannah that feeds on devouring malice, hatred, and negative emotions, the people around Hannah are always exceptionally friendly, except for those influenced by certain strange entities."

What exactly is inside Hannah's body?

Locke frowned and asked with a heavy heart.

"What do you think?"

"Could it be... an evil god?"

"There are two possibilities. The first is that Hannah is a vessel chosen by the evil god for regeneration, and the evil god is gestating itself within Hannah's body, attempting to return to this world."

Secondly, Hannah herself is a reborn evil god, reborn through some ritual unknown to us, evading the eyes and ears of the righteous gods, successfully hiding among the people, silently absorbing nourishment to grow.

Eileen can become stronger by devouring witches, but she cannot devour evil gods.

The rank of an evil god is actually higher than that of a witch. Strictly speaking, the witch's rank is below that of a demon, while the evil god's rank is above that of a demon.

The reason Rebecca couldn't beat Irene was entirely because Rebecca's soul was only one-third intact.

What is the difference between these two situations?

"In the first scenario, Hannah will become the mother of the evil god. How could the evil god allow an ordinary human to become its mother? So without a doubt, as long as the evil god within Hannah is revived, she will definitely die. Of course, the revival of the evil god requires time and opportunity. It has been hiding in the West District for so many years without reviving, which proves that it has not absorbed enough evil thoughts and evil. It needs more evil, so Hannah is safe in the short term."

"In the second scenario, Hannah is an evil god, but her consciousness has not yet awakened. In that case, she is safe, and we are the ones who are not safe. My suggestion is to nip this dangerous factor in the bud."

Eileen analyzed rationally.

Locke understood what she meant: kill Hannah before she awakened her evil god consciousness. She was just an ordinary person now, so killing her wouldn't be too difficult.

But he would never let Eileen hurt Hannah, who was his only family.