After complaining for a while, Azazel finally gave in.
He was successfully promoted from the head contractor of the Demon God's Labyrinth to the head contractor of the Demon God's Labyrinth + Titan Ruins.
Eve was quite satisfied with the Seventh Demon God's choice.
"Although he complained, he agreed quite straightforwardly. Looks like there's still potential to be unearthed."
She curled the corner of her mouth and thought mischievously.
After that, Eve pondered for a while. She simply used the Priest System in the game network to select a few dedicated Priest players and gave them two hidden missions.
Like the hidden mission given to the First Priest player, Bi 'an, a while ago, it was still the coordinates of the Titan Ruins. It was the two ruins in the west of the Elf Forest and the Desert of Death.
These two Titan Ruins had been excavated, and there was an 80% chance that there was nothing good left.
However, this was only for Eve. To the players, what was broken in the eyes of a True God might be the best treasure in their eyes, so there was still a lot of value to be exploited.
After the players finished exploring, she would directly send the Fairy King, Fennel, to make a trip there and let Azazel handle the subsequent spawning of wild monsters in these two ruins.
Perfect.
Of course, these two ruins wouldn't be able to give Eve any big surprises.
At most, they would be like the first Titan Ruins, becoming a new dungeon to divert the players, slowly providing Eve with strength and happiness.
However, the undiscovered Titan Ruins on the Fertile Plains was still something to look forward to …
Undiscovered meant that there was likely to be a True God artifact or even other good things.
As previously planned, Eve flipped through the players' roster and began to look for players she was familiar with and recognized. She planned to give them a mission to explore the Titan Ruins on the Fertile Plains as an early exploration.
However, just as Eve hooked a few IDs, her heart suddenly moved as she sensed the call from the God of Dwarves and Smithing, Dolfe.
That was the contact method she had agreed on with the other party, and the location was still the Pantheon Temple.
"Dolfe? The Withered Heart was repaired so quickly? "
Eve was stunned and then delighted.
It had been less than a month since she last met with the other party. This artifact's repair efficiency could be said to be quite fast.
With a feeling of anticipation, she temporarily put aside the mission of exploring the Fertile Plains and responded to the call once again, entering the Pantheon Temple …
Light flickered, and Eve's consciousness moved. The surging divine power turned into a projection and appeared on the Pantheon God of Life and Nature.
When she arrived, Dolfe, the God of Dwarves and Smithing was already waiting.
However, when Eve looked at the other party, she saw Dwarf God was looking at her with a serious and vigilant look.
Hmm?
What happened?
Looking at Dolf's expression, Eve's heart skipped a beat, and she also became vigilant.
"God God, what's the matter? Is there something wrong with the Withering Heart? "
She asked...
Hearing God ''s's God God Smithing, God....
Then God, then, he's God '.....
Then, he looked at Eve, his eyes full of scrutiny and solemnity.
"God Eve, I have a few questions to ask you."
Questions?
Eve's heart skipped a beat.
"Please ask."
She said.
Dolfe took a deep breath, then asked a question that made Eve feel puzzled.
"God Eve, what … do you think of the Abyss?"
What do I think of the Abyss?
Eve was slightly stunned.
She hesitated, wondering why the God of Dwarves and Smithing would ask this.
He looked like he was trying to judge her position …
Hmm?
Position?
Eve's gaze swept across the gorgeous and solemn relief in the Pantheon Temple, and she was slightly moved.
She pondered for a moment and chose the most appropriate answer, which was also the most accepted by the gods.
"The Abyss is the enemy of the gods. It can pollute the various planes of the Segers' Crystal Wall and bring disaster to the world …"
"As true gods, we must fight against the power of the Abyss to the end."
Eve's voice was ethereal and clear, and it echoed in the Pantheon Temple.
Dolfe listened to her answer while paying attention to the changes in the relief in the Pantheon Temple.
When he found that the relief had no reaction, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"The relief of the Mantra did not change. That's great, God Eve … It seems that you have not been contaminated by the Abyss."
Contaminated?
Eve's heart skipped a beat.
Putting aside whether the World Tree that could absorb the power of the Abyss would be contaminated, how could the power of the Abyss have the chance to invade her soul?
"What happened? So much so that you need to rely on the Land of Mantra in the Pantheon Temple to verify my position? Is it related to the Withering Heart? "
Eve asked with a frown.
Dolfe sighed and nodded.
"Yes, it is related to the Withering Heart."
Then, he looked at Eve and asked, "What's the matter?
"God Eve, the second question is, have you ever used your divine power to purify the Withering Heart?"
Purify the Withering Heart?
When did I purify the Withering Heart?
Eve's face was full of doubts.
She was about to say no, but suddenly, her heart moved, and a scene appeared in the depths of her soul …
It was the memory of when she had just obtained the Withering Heart and was appraising it.
Recalling this memory, Eve's expression suddenly became serious.
No …
She had purified it …
She had indeed purified the Withering Heart when she had just obtained this true god weapon …
And she had easily and completely removed all the power of the Abyss from the Withering Heart!
However, how could he have forgotten about this?
Not to mention, when she handed it to Dolfe, why did she tacitly admit that the Withering Heart was still contaminated by the power of the Abyss?
No, it was not tacitly admitted, but it was indeed contaminated. Otherwise, Dolfe would not have said that the power of the Abyss was difficult to remove …
In other words, she did not completely remove the power of the Abyss!
However, when she was communicating with Dolfe, she did not notice anything wrong. She even directly ignored the fact that she had once "purified" this true god weapon …
With this thought, Eve's expression darkened.
She suddenly realized that she might have been unknowingly affected by some mysterious power, and her memory and judgment were affected …
When was it?
The moment she obtained the Withering Heart?
Or the moment she purified it?
"It seems that you have noticed."
Seeing the slight change in Eve's expression, Dolfe sighed softly.
"What did you discover?"
Eve asked with a serious expression.
Dolfe raised his hand slightly, and a light flashed in his hand, and a skeleton necklace appeared. It was the Withering Heart.
He looked at the Withering Heart and said:
"Your Holiness Eve, if I'm not wrong, this artifact isn't a sealing-type artifact, but a tainted spiritual-control artifact …" Lin Li's eyes widened.
"A contaminated mind-control-type divine weapon?"
Eve frowned.
"That's right."
Dolfe continued.
"It all started when I brought it back to the Kingdom of God …"
"Your Holiness Eve, after I brought the Withering Heart back to the Kingdom of God, I began to repair it. Before I repaired it, I planned to do my best to remove the power of the Abyss …"
"In my original plan, I planned to spend three days to suppress the power of the Abyss as much as possible, but … when I finished the first day, I forgot about it on the second day, and tacitly agreed that I had done it."
"If it wasn't for my habit of recording my daily forging records before I became a god, perhaps I wouldn't have noticed this until I repaired this true god weapon."
"But fortunately, I have the habit of going through the forging records of the day before every day, and I discovered some clues."
"Unknowingly, my memory and judgment were affected by this true god weapon …"
"Not only that, when I found out about this and went to ask the Oracles who helped me repair the divine artifact, I found that they had also forgotten about this matter. Two of the Oracles were even contaminated by some abyssal power …"
Hearing Dolfe's words, Eve's expression turned serious.
"The Withering Heart?"
"That's right, it was the contamination of the Withering Heart, and no one could detect it. If I hadn't been wearing the Soul Lock, I might have been contaminated as well."
Dolfe smiled bitterly.
There was still a hint of fear on his face.
"But fortunately, the situation of the two Oracles wasn't serious. At most, it caused some paranoia in their personalities. I spent some effort to purify it."
"So … you're worried that I, who had used it for a long time and even recognized it as my master, would be contaminated?"
Eve asked.
"That's right."
Dolfe nodded.
Then, he heaved a sigh of relief.
"But fortunately, you haven't been affected. It seems that your resistance to the Abyss is stronger than I thought …"
Because I'm a World Tree, I do have a strong resistance. Otherwise … I would have been contaminated long ago.
Eve said in her heart.
He thought for a while and frowned slightly.
"But my memory seems to have been affected. I remember that I once purified it, and completely purified it …"
"This is another problem I discovered, Your Holiness Eve. After discovering the strange power of the Withering Heart, I spent a lot of Divine Power and carefully examined it under the premise of proper protection. I found that it wasn't a sealing-type Divine Artifact, but a rare Divine Artifact that can affect one's mental state!"
Dolfe said excitedly.
He rubbed the skull necklace in his hand and sighed.
"It's just that … it seems to have undergone some kind of disguise, showing the appearance of a sealing-type Divine Artifact. In essence, it's not a seal, but a hint to the target's mind, hinting that the target's power has been completely confined, so the target will voluntarily and unconsciously seal their own power …"
"This is its true power!"
"Of course, it affects our judgment through this power. But because it was contaminated by the Abyss, this influence will be biased toward the Abyss … That's why all the previous problems occurred."
So that's how it is …
Eve was slightly enlightened.
She couldn't help but look at the Withering Heart in surprise.
What kind of True Divine Artifact was this? It could even hide from the existence that had recognized its master?
However, this did explain why there was a memory deviation.
A spiritual-type Divine Artifact that could affect the judgment of a True God was quite terrifying …
"So, have you fixed it?"
Eve asked again.
Dolfe shook his head.
"This is related to the last question I wanted to ask …"
As he spoke, his expression became serious.
"Your Holiness Eve, do you really want to use it? You should be able to imagine how terrifying a Divine Artifact that has been contaminated by the Abyss and can affect the will of a True God is … "
"This Divine Artifact reminds me of a secret … It's said that at the end of the Titan Era, during the war between the Titans and the Megalosaurus, the Titans who rose later actually suppressed the Megalosaurus. The Titans' trump card wasn't their strong physique, but their mysterious and powerful sealing power …"
Was that so?
Could it be that the Titans relied on the Withering Heart to fight against the Megalosaurus?
Eve was surprised.
She, who had the inheritance of the World Tree, did not know about these things.
In the inheritance of the World Tree, many key memories and knowledge were not preserved …
"If that's the case, why was the Titans wiped out in the end of the war between the Titans and the Megalosaurus?"
Eve frowned and asked again.
However, although she asked this question, she already had some guesses in her heart …
Dolfe glanced at the Withering Heart in his hand, and his eyes sighed.
He sighed and said,
"That battle caused the entire crystal wall system to usher in a disaster …"
"But in the end, it wasn't the Megalosaurus that caused the extinction of the Titans …"
"It was during the final battle that many mythical Titans, including the Titan King Anos, went crazy …"
"The mythical Titans went crazy and began to attack each other. There was an earth-shattering divine battle in the Titan Imperial Court, which directly caused the complete collapse of the Titan Dimension controlled by the Titans. The Titans were also eventually wiped out …"
At this point, Dolfe raised his head and looked at Eve with a grave expression.
"Your Holiness Eve, the Withering Heart came from the ruins of the Titan Imperial Court …"
Hearing the words of the Dwarf True God, Eve's heart stirred slightly.
She knew what he meant.
Dolfe suspected that the Titans had been contaminated by the power of the abyss in the process of using the Withering Heart, and had fallen one after another …
In other words, the complete version of the Withering Heart was more powerful than he had imagined. And the power of the abyss that could not be completely removed due to the inherent ability of the Withering Heart itself made it exceptionally dangerous …
This was a double-edged sword that was so powerful that even a True God could not control!
"Your Holiness Eve, do you still want me to repair this true god artifact now?"
Dolfe, the Dwarf God of Forging, asked with a serious expression.
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