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In Salem, a place where "heretics" gather, ordinary people cannot exist. Guidance from the source grants the Grand Assassin the power to see the truth. Through that facade, he once again sees what lies within.

Yesterday's raider, summoned by the sixth sin committed by "Witch" Abigail Williams, has descended upon Salem as one of the two "calamities".

It is their very existence that has hindered the revival of the "root," forcing it to awaken itself in this way to fulfill its "destiny"...

Yes, the "root" of the revival does not require him to personally slay the "calamity," because it is not something that can be slain. As long as the sixth sin caused by "sin" is eliminated, these "heretics" that should not have appeared in Salem will naturally lose their connection.

In other words, the assassin's mission has not changed.

Having considered this, the Grand Assassin forcibly moved through the ghostly blue flames, appearing the moment before the blazing inferno. With a single strike of his greatsword, so incongruous with his Assassin class, he carved a large opening and entered.

"If I'm not mistaken, that skeletal thing should be Assassin, right?"

Joan of Arc was clearly caught off guard by this scene. After ownership was transferred to the "Main God Space", the Avengers, who could no longer connect to the "Root", had a much lower level of understanding of the existence of Grand Heroic Spirits than before.

Lin Yi's reaction to this was also exceptionally direct.

Wife > 2_Sanlingsi Zhouqi Shansi “I command you with a command spell to hold him back.”

Feeling the magic surging within him, the Avenger's face lit up with excitement once more: "Hold them off? You underestimate me far too much."

"Oh?"

Lin Yi glanced at the Avenger beside him with apparent surprise, then readily agreed: "I command you with a Command Spell to kill him."

Leaving the battlefield to the Grand Assassin who was about to fight alone against the support of the entire "Root," Lin Yi headed straight for the location of the "Witch."

The Great Old Ones: Chapter 920 Abigail Williams (Part 2)

The origins of this “heretic gathering” in Salem are not complicated.

Initially, she was a girl named Abigail Williams, who was considered "inauspicious" by those around her because a star fell from the sky when she was born.

She had grown up under the protection of her parents, but lost them in an accident—the tragic death of her loved ones in front of her almost drove her to the brink of collapse, and the people around her naturally attributed this tragic accident to the "ominous" influence she brought.

The environment has a huge impact on people, so much so that even the girl herself began to realize that it was her bad luck that caused her parents' deaths.

If that were all, it would only be a sad story. Although the proportion is relatively small, similar situations will inevitably occur among countless families and individuals throughout human history.

What truly transformed this tragic story into a distorted one was something else entirely: Abigail Williams' unwavering faith—a hope that never waned, even amidst harsh criticism, slander, and the prospect of being burned at the stake.

Thus, recognizing this trait of hers, "Demon Pillar Raum" found her and recreated the site of the "Witch Trial" of 1692, which was Salem, where these "heretics" gathered, centered around her.

They each had their own pursuits regarding Salem, which was entirely built on falsehood.

For Abigail Williams, she longed to find a true friend, someone like herself, a poor child cursed by the stars from birth, unable to receive divine favor.

This is how Lavinia Whitley was born. The only difference is that this time, this poor girl who cannot receive the favor of the gods will be able to receive the love of Abigail Williams, who is both a "witch" and the "god" who created her.

In order for her only friend, Lavinia Whitley, to be truly born and live in this false world, the girl commits crimes time and time again. She is well aware of the unforgivable sins she commits, but at the same time, she never abandons her faith. In fact, she becomes more and more pure in her constant self-criticism.

Between these two extremes of blasphemy and piety, her faith draws attention to things "not to be associated with this world."

—This is also the purpose of the Demon Pillars: to use Abigail Williams, who is both an evil witch and a devout believer, to summon power that surpasses even King Solomon, thus accomplishing a feat that none of the previous seventy-two Demon Pillars could achieve.

In terms of results, it was half successful.

The Great Old Ones, adrift in the "Outer Realms," were indeed drawn to this pure yet corrupt faith, but that was all they were "drawn to" it.

The power of the outer realms had just begun to tilt toward Salem when it was defeated by the newly arrived Chaldean Heroes, and the "Silver Key," which should have been activated, was closed once again.

Without a doubt, the Demon Pillar failed, and so did Abigail Williams, the "witch" who became a vessel for the "Outlander"...

All events up to this point occurred during Salem's fifth "remodeling".

In that timeline, the Demon Pillar was defeated, and the Outer God merely glanced at the area. The survival of a "believer" was far from enough to attract its attention, so everything would end—if no "fragment" appeared.

To be precise, the "root" that Lin Yi obtained was incomplete. A complete "root" should be a state in which both the "spiritual" and "material" levels are merged and absorbed, including the world itself. However, after obtaining the "Eye of the Root," Lin Yi did not merge the many parallel worlds it created with the world itself, but instead allowed them to continue to exist independently.

On the one hand, these parallel worlds themselves don't have much value to be extracted from; on the other hand, they can also provide various resources and conditions for the growth of the main god space.

However, unexpectedly, there was such a "singularity" among these many parallel timelines.

The ritual held by the Demon God Pillar inside the "Root" attracted the attention of those outside. The evil god from another realm noticed its existence and initially ignored it as just an ordinary believer. In the vast dimensional sea, any being that seeks the unknown is likely to fall into madness, and if one goes mad under the influence of forbidden knowledge, then one is no different from a "fanatic" who believes in their existence.

A suddenly appearing believer cannot attract the attention of those beings whose existence is beyond description, unless they are sufficiently insane, or...

It's special enough.

As a believer, Abigail Williams was far from being insane. After all, compared to other beings who worshipped Outer Gods, she was mostly able to maintain her own way of thinking... or rather, her pure faith.

But she is special enough, or rather, the roots she is "linked" to are special enough.

Categorize the situation —

In the first phase, Abigail Williams was summoned from Salem in 1692 by the power of the demon pillar Raum.

The second stage is when the Demon Pillars belong to the "Root"—regardless of whether humanity is burned to ashes or frozen in ice, the "Root" remains the "Root," and its existence itself will not increase or decrease. It's like freezing or boiling a cup of water; the total amount of water is still a cup of water, and it won't become two cups or half a cup of water.

The third stage is about Lin Yi, one of the holders of the "Fragment," whose "root" belongs to the Main God Space.

Under this structure, the Outer Gods only need to influence Abigail Williams to easily bewitch the Demon Pillars. This can be seen from the fact that the latter spared no effort, even if it meant exhausting her own existence, to complete this "witch trial." The Demon Pillars, already in a frenzy, no longer considered the reasons and consequences of this action, and simply repeated the same rituals again and again like true fanatics.

The bewitched demon pillars will indirectly interfere with the "Root". Whether they are the heroic spirits from Chaldea or the 108 demon pillars of Solomon whose ultimate goal is to burn away human reason, they are all derived from the "Root".

In the end, as the holder of the "Eye of the Root," Lin Yi had no choice but to face the sharp blade extended by the "Outer God" in this "Salem."

The singularity, which should have ended with the fifth reshaping, was reopened due to interference from the "Outer Gods." People who should have died were awakened again, their memories erased, and the events that had already happened were constantly reenacted on this false stage.

This is the third time the heroic spirits of Chaldea have come here.

The Demon Pillar has been defeated and eliminated three times.

The witch was taken to the stake and burned three times.

……

She repeated this process back and forth until she pulled the true "god" from the untouchable "heaven" into the "hell" shaped around herself—the very moment before her eyes.

The Great Old Ones: Chapter 921 Abigail Williams (Part 2)

"Lavinia..."

The futile outstretched hands tried to grasp the splattered blood. The girl lying on the ground had already stopped breathing. Lavinia Wittley, who was identified as hostile by the "Root," could not continue to live even if she was not killed. In other words, this effort was destined to fail from the beginning. Even if it was repeated again and again, it would at least prolong the failure.

"Lord... is Abigail being punished because she's a bad child...?"

The blood that stained her hands turned cold, the light in her eyes dimmed little by little, and when she raised her head, she was not looking at the "humans" that appeared in front of her—but at something much clearer behind her.

Flames licked at the surrounding space, outlining a distorted and chaotic shadow behind the girl, and as time went by, the shadow grew deeper and deeper... as if it were being soaked in ink, constantly spreading outwards.

Behind him came the resounding clang of clashing spirits. Facing the ever-expanding "shadow" before him, Lin Yi took a step forward—

[Rationality (80) + Mysticism (80) + Peeping into the Abyss (999)]

[Inspection passed]

It seemed as if some information was coming from behind, but for Lin Yi at this moment, it was already impossible to catch it. With that decisive step, the shadows that had been lurking around the "witch" frantically circled around like sharks that had smelled blood.

The temperature of a flame burning...

The loud clang of metal colliding...

The tremors caused the land to split open...

Everything that is revealed on the "surface" seems to be "excluded," replaced by the truth of the "backside"—

On the soon-to-be-deserted street, a bright, waning moon hangs high in the sky.

At the end of stagnant time and space, who waits on the clock tower—a "human" form filled with a "non-human" interior, waiting in this distorted shape.

It is known as the witch, the source of rumors, fear, and chaos; it is called the "Outer God," a realm beyond the world, incomprehensible and beyond understanding, and even noticing its existence can plunge one into the unknown terror of the abyss.

Here, they all use the same name.

“Yog-Sothoth”

On its face, devoid of any emotion, a hollow hole resembling a keyhole appeared on its forehead, one end connecting to the space of the "Outer Realm" and the other end connecting to the inner side of the "Root." Through this keyhole, Lin Yi officially came into contact with this being that had been dormant until now, using the "Root" as its medium.

“You recorded the same thing as Nyarlathotep.”

Rather than the sound of words, what came from the other end of the keychain was a strange sound, like the sound of something being struck, and just hearing it was enough to drive one mad.

[Rationality: 40/80]

He snapped a finger, and with the sound of bone cracking, his trembling body stabilized slightly: "You're a little different from what I imagined."

"Oh, you might have some misunderstanding about us."

The sound coming from the other side of the keyhole became somewhat high-pitched—it sounded like joy?

However, their joy makes no difference to the listener.

[Rationality: 20/80]

"As one of the Three Pillars, I will not destroy without reason like the other Old Ones. Rather than seeking short-lived pleasure, I would prefer to prolong this joy—just like this heretic Salem."

A series of illusory scenes unfolded before her eyes, depicting the entire process from the moment Abigail Williams was born to the present moment. In a sense, the Outer God, observing this girl's tragic life, understood her even better than the girl herself, which was why he could so clearly understand her "desire" and turn it into "reality"...

“My followers gave her five chances, but she didn’t succeed.”

In "Fate," she should have been defeated by the Heroic Spirit and Master from Chaldea during Salem's fifth remodeling, thus freeing herself from this endless repetition.

"But I gave her a sixth and a seventh chance—"

Because of the intervention of the Outer God, the girl did not "fail," but was given more possibilities, repeating the process until a new "visitor" arrived...

The being on the other side of the keyhole peered in, asking in a sharp, scraping sound like a wire scraping against glass: "Do you know what her true wish is?"

"..."

"Lavinia Whitley? No, that was just a comforting excuse she made when she had no other choice... to fabricate a more miserable existence to replace her despair, and then save her with her own hands... while doing these things, she fantasized about a savior who would treat her the same way she treated Lavinia Whitley."

"..."

Still silent.

Yog Sothos, peering at this from the other side of the alien realm, seemed to feel immense satisfaction: "But no, even on the fifth repetition, the Heroic Spirits and Masters from Chaldea only cruelly shattered her beautiful dream, forcing her to accept an even crueler reality, instead of appearing as saviors."

"You know that very well, don't you?"

The voice of the Outer Gods faded into the distance, replaced by the ever-increasing aura of the "Witch"—

"The only thing that can save her is her faith, the faith that allows her to maintain a minimum level of rationality while facing my gaze during the seven repetitions, and what she believes in—"

What does Abigail Williams believe in?

Puritanism?

God?

source?

Perhaps it was true before, but after Lin Yi violently usurped the "source," these things are actually no different.

"—It's you~"

While plundering the "roots," it also seized people's expectations and desires for the "roots," which had been ignored beforehand, not because they were not devout enough, but because they were too insignificant.

Humans do not listen to the pleas of a single cell within their bodies, much less perform any action to satisfy the desires of a single cell. Thus, the girl, filled with devout faith, continued to pray in despair, praying for the "Holy Spirit" to descend, praying for "salvation" to arrive.

And now, her prayers have been answered.

“Come, Abigail, your ‘god’ is right before you.”

Yog Sothoth awakened the "Witch," and through her as a medium, power from another realm spread here in tentacle-like forms—

"Tell it your wish!"

Empty eyes stared, pale hands gently clasped together in a prayerful gesture: "Ah... God..."

The surrounding space was shattered by the enormous tentacles, which, with a force capable of crushing all matter into nothingness, squeezed towards the location of the "god".

"Please...save me."

The Great Old Ones: Chapter 922 I am here

"My flag, protect my people—"

Just as the tentacles spreading from the outer realms were about to crush everything into nothingness, the saint's devout voice rang out from within: "My Lord is here (Luminosite Eternelle)!"