Chapter 401: 401
Riveting Night appeared in a realm with no sky, no earth nor stars . It was eerily similar to the Anomaly Realm, just that the color of this world was the same as her abyssal eyes .
There was extremely thin lighting as well . It was barely enough to illuminate Riveting Night and a few kilometers around her body . Just like in Draco's description, there were hundreds of statues arrayed here .
They seemed to have been arranged in order of importance, the ones in front of her were quite big and got smaller the farther away they were .
The most prominent statue to the left of her was that of a strange entity that looked like a badly rendered shadow . . . in fact, Riveting Night remembered that she had seen this kind of form before .
It was the spitting image of the energy lifeform she had purchased from the Bazaar back then, an unknown form of existence that those slave traders had been unable to properly identify .
Back then, she hadn't even cared that it was relatively cheap compared to the rest of the slaves . It had been part of the lineup, so she bought it . It was that simple and straightforward .
However, she now realized that she might have lucked out in a way she could never comprehend fully . A creature looking like the main representation of one of Eva's three Inheritances, it was impossible for something like that to be mere coincidence .
Behind this main statue was a line-up of over a hundred different types of other statues, with most of them being bizarre and disturbing aberrations . If anyone saw them, they would blanch and run away in fear and dismay .
Many of these aberrations were things Riveting Night had seen in horror media, and some were definitely freakier than Frankenstein . Right behind the main statue were two slightly smaller ones that were way bigger than the other subsidiary statues .
Riveting Night recognized the notable aberration with a huge central eye and many tentacles that formed their own eyes at the end as a Void Beholder . Beside it was the most famous octopus-like monster from Lovecraftian lore with a suppressive aura that forced others to worship it, Cthulhu .
Riveting Night tore her eyes off these bizarre sets of statues and moved over to those on the far right . The one in the lead was a divine maiden so beautiful that even Riveting Night was enraptured .
It took her almost ten minutes to extricate herself from this daze, and she was shocked . As the epitome of beauty, she had always been annoyed that people 'overreacted' whenever they saw her face, like was it that much of a big deal???
After being on the receiving end of such beauty for once, Riveting Night sympathized with all those who had been 'unfortunate' enough to feel these effects and apologized to them in her mind . If she, the possessor of the bloodline, was enchanted so easily, then how about others?
The Celestial Maiden depicted by the statue was Amaterasu herself, clad in lovely golden robes and possessing long flowing hair that was of a burnished gold color . She wore a benevolent smile befitting a divine maiden, and her eyes were locked onto Riveting Night .
Behind this statue were about 20 others . All of them were legendary women throughout the history of humankind that were worshiped for their divinity and beauty .
Riveting Night saw them, and despite not knowing exactly who they were, she felt the information flow into her mind when she gazed at them . For example, she saw Celestial Maidens like Aphrodite, Venus, Freyja, Ishtar, and Yue Lao .
These were mythological females known to be Goddesses of Love or Affection, sometimes even Lust and Sex . All of them fell under the purview of the Celestial Maiden Inheritance, and Riveting Night suddenly understood that this inheritance might not be as pure as it sounded… as pure as she had thought .
It was exactly as she had told Draco before, the Dark Angel Inheritance was a perfect mirror of the Celestial Maiden Inheritance . Both of them tempted all mortal minds into adoration or infatuation, but the means in which the two Inheritances did so were different .
In the center of the two statues was one that was pretty simple in design . It was the form of a white sun with matagama symbols hovering around it . It looked esoteric and bizarre, but Riveting Night sensed the raw power from it .
It was crushing and yet soothing, forceful and yet tender, punitive, and yet merciful . If there was anything that could perfectly fit the words 'Justice' and 'Righteousness' it would be the aura this sun gave off .
Behind it were relatively few statues . In the front row were three, a mirror, a sword, and a jewel . Riveting Night easily recognized them as the three sacred treasures of her homeland as they were the defining possessions of Amaterasu in legend .
The mirror was called Yata no Kagami and represented the virtue of wisdom . The sword was called Kusanagi and represented the virtue of valor . The jewel was called Yasakani no Magatama and represented the virtue of benevolence .
What shocked Riveting Night silly was that behind these three statues were exactly two more . The one on the left was a large white snake, which looked familiar to her but the only information she got from it was the image of a white-scaled snake with emerald eyes and red lines forming a sort of eye shadow .
It was actually quite a beautiful snake, and Riveting Night was sure she had seen shrines dedicated to this kind of hebi (snake) before . What stunned her more was the other statue on the right, which was that of a Dragon!
There were rumors passed in Japan's Shintoism that Amaterasu was of a serpentine affiliation, and that she could turn into a snake or a Dragon at times .
(Author's Note: This is actually true, let Big Brother Google educate you . )
If so, it would explain a lot of loopholes in the relationship between Lucifer and Amaterasu, as well as explain why she hadn't received an augmented State of Being after giving her blood to the AI .
She still had a Supreme Rank Draconic Source Origin thanks to the Dragon's Blessing potion and her Perfect Existence passive skill . It seemed as if the AI hadn't bothered to change it because she was already on the right path .
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