Chapter 1858 Reason Behind Slumbering Goddess’ Long Bouts of Slumber

Chapter 1858 Reason Behind Slumbering Goddess’ Long Bouts of Slumber

Vepar allowed Eren to process her words for a bit before continuing.

"My liege, even though there are not many temples dedicated to her, goddess Mortessa does have a few followers. But they are not in Labh Salem at this point.

However, that can change when the Hvergelmir Springs appear in Labh Salem. Mortessa's followers seek to spread disease and corruption, believing that through decay, new life can be born. As such, they are an extremely violent bunch who get easily recognized no matter which world they visit."

Eren simply nodded as an acknowledgment, prompting Vepar to continue further.

"As for why Mortessa is referred to as the Slumbering Goddess– it is said that to concoct a divine curse, she had to put her own divinity on the line. Although, by the end of her gamble, she did manage to cause the Godfall of God Aleph, becoming Elder Goddess herself in the process, she also suffered from its backlash.

It is said that her own divinity sometimes acts against her because of this backlash, causing her to go through long bouts of lifelessness as a result. This lifelessness is seen as her slumbering by others. And..."

Vepar hesitated to speak further. She couldn't decide if she should provide unconfirmed news to Eren. However, Eren's smile put her at ease before she continued.

"It is said that she is in the process of curing herself of the anomaly in her divinity. She has developed a unique divine technique that allows her to correct the anomalies in her divinity through her reincarnations.

They say that when she reincarnates for enough times and lives many lives through the use of her reincarnations, she would one day be able to cure herself of her anomaly completely," Vepar said in an unhurried tone.

Eren was no saint. However, he wasn't a mindless demon who took pleasure in torturing people or putting them through bouts of misery just for fun. Although his actions were driven mainly by the emotions of revenge, they had many layers attached to them.

Most importantly, he felt good and liberated after enacting his revenge on Sienna. This feeling of satisfaction alone was enough for Eren not to regret his actions.

"If I have been given a second chance, no, technically speaking, a third chance to restart everything from scratch, I'd do those things to Sienna once again without any regrets.

In fact, I would have considered locking the goddess' consciousness and torturing her for my pleasure if I had known back then that she was such a big shot. I'm sure I would have learned a lot from capturing a goddess' fragmented consciousness."

Eren thought and sighed. It was as if he regretted not being given opportunities to put Sienna through even greater forms of misery than what he had done in the past.

It wasn't as if Eren hadn't done something similar to what he wanted to do with the goddess' consciousness before.

He had tempered the soul fragment of the Demon Prince of Wrath by trapping it inside an Elder Seed Artifact he had crafted with his own hands, using Anfang's World Will and his soul's ascendance to Immortal status as catalysts.

As long as it ensured the same outcome or results, Eren wouldn't hesitate to subject Labh Salem to a similar form of calamity. Though he had no intention of replicating the same feats he had achieved in Anfang, he was willing to go to any lengths to harm his enemies at their weakest.

"Vepar, how long do you think it will take for that goddess to refine her divinity and fully awaken from her slumber?" Eren asked, his mind buzzing with numerous thoughts simultaneously.

Vepar paused for a moment before responding cautiously.