The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich

“I should probably start talking from the very beginning, about the grand goal that my lover, Karwenz Mist, has.”

Right after Didina said this, my first reaction wasn’t delight at learning some secret, but rather…

“These relationships are so messy that they’re impossible to describe. If this is how things are, and if I call Didina my sister-in-law, doesn’t that make Harloys my niece…”

Could it be that all my luck with women had been given to my bastard twin brother? He had to be the type who loved older women. Not only was he involved with Devil Lord Ilmisya, he was even together with a more than 10,000-year-old succubus! How jealous he made me… er, I meant, how insane and ridiculous he was! Yep, we should all stand against such wanton behavior!

*Shing!*

The fruit knife that went whizzing past my head eliminated all my ridiculous thoughts. I could tell through our soul connection that even though Harloys seemed to be smiling quite happily, she was actually almost going insane.

“Sister-in-law… Cough, I mean, Didina, you have information about Karwenz?”

Several explosions sounded outside my window. It seemed that a battle had started up again outside with the inferno dragons. But right now, it was difficult for me to even sit up in bed, so all I could do was listen to the story. Meanwhile, Didina shook her head as she began telling her astounding tale with a melancholic voice.

“Karwenz is searching for the Abyss of Chaos. That’s far too dangerous…”

The Abyss of Chaos? Wasn’t the entire Chaos Abyss already known as the Chaos Abyss, so what was the Abyss of Chaos? Harloys and I paused in surprise for a moment, but we both instantly came to a realization when Didina pointed downward.

“The end point of the Cycle of Reincarnation, the true bottom of the Chaos Abyss?”

Nobody else would likely know what the “deepest part” of the Chaos Abyss was, yet I just happened to know, and placed immense importance upon it. That was because…

“The place where Cynthia’s physical body is sleeping?”

It was now Didina’s turn to be astonished. She found it inconceivable how a “youngster” like myself who was only 300-ish years old would know about such an ancient secret.

“Ha, perhaps in several more centuries, this won’t be a secret any longer…”

The eternal Holy War between Order and Chaos was all for the sake of the respective Creator Goddesses of Order and Chaos, aiming to absorb lives and souls as a tremendous amount of nutrition for their sleeping and heavily injured physical bodies. If even one of them awakened, it would bring about the end of the entire world.

Logically speaking, we had created Hell and cut off a portion of the Cycle of Reincarnation. Order species that worshipped the Hell Gods would no longer be sent to the Pillar of Order. Part of the River Styx had also been transferred into Hell. The awakening of the two Goddesses should have been delayed indefinitely.

Not only that, the Goddess of Order’s soul was currently with me, while Karwenz had taken away Cynthia’s soul after the battle of Hell… Damn it, so that was the problem!

“Why does he want to go to the deepest portion of the Chaos Abyss? Does he want to awaken Cynthia? Or does he want to personally destroy her for real? Or, does he want to use his demonic abilities to devour the Creator Goddess of Chaos’ physical body and soul…”

There were too many possibilities, so it was impossible for me to determine what Karwenz wanted. Thus, I simply asked. It seemed that Didina had come to us to volunteer information anyways.

“I don’t know. He’s never said anything to me. It’s just that he’s been searching for the Abyss of Chaos for more than 200 years already. Moreover, it seems that he’s recently found some clues.”

“…So you were talking about Karwenz when you said that us collecting souls would enrage a certain person?”

“Yes. Several years ago, Karwenz said that this Holy War was incredibly important, and it would be best if the River Styx was filled to the brim with souls…”

I nodded in understanding. In that case, it was understandable why Karwenz had been around causing trouble everywhere since the Holy War began. Since he wanted the Cycle of Reincarnation to speed up and give the Goddess of Chaos’s physical body more nourishment, it seemed that he was indeed plotting something regarding Cynthia’s physical body.

Perhaps when he obtained Cynthia’s soul back in Hell, it had given him the key to find and go to the Abyss of Chaos.

But, just what did he want? He was already a Chaos Main God, so what else did he even need?

The eternal Holy War between Chaos and Order? Karwenz would never care about something as boring as pride from belonging to a faction. Something definitely attracted his interest, which was why he was being so proactive.

“…Is that why you betrayed him?”

“We only had a simple sex friend and mutual benefits relationship. This doesn’t really count as betrayal. He needed my knowledge and memories to help him explore the Chaos Abyss. I needed his power to secretly support me.”

Didina then paused for a moment as her face became mysteriously red.

“In every way, he was indeed a wonderful lover. We had great fun together. But, what he wants is too dangerous… If the will of the Chaos Abyss and Cynthia’s physical body truly awaken completely, everything will go out of control. Perhaps even the entire world will be destroyed. No matter what he wants, I still want to live a longer life, and judging from the current situation, you’re the only one capable of stopping him.”

If Karwenz accomplished what he wanted, there was no perhaps that the world would be destroyed. It was a definite that the world would be destroyed.

I fell silent. To be quite honest, I truly didn’t want to get involved with Karwenz at all. My opinion was that if Karwenz was serious, he would be an even scarier enemy than Donatis. However, there were some things I couldn’t simply ignore.

Try to convince him by talking? Tell him that it might cause the end of the world? If he was someone who would listen to words, then he wouldn’t be Karwenz anymore. Even if the end of the world was right before him, the only thing he would care about was how much fun he could have before the end of the world. He was such a bastard who thought only with his urges. It would be impossible to communicate with him by using logic.

I felt even more of a headache. If Karwenz did something ridiculous and managed to revive Cynthia, it would be impossible for any mortal to deal with. Would I then have to go and release Astrya’s physical body? That would only put everything back to before I established Hell.

I felt that Karwenz had spent too much effort to break free from Cynthia’s control, so he definitely wasn’t trying to revive her for her sake. But, no matter what he was thinking, the end result definitely wouldn’t be good for anyone in the mortal plane.

Meanwhile, Didina unhesitatingly got up, said goodbye, and left after telling us this shocking information.

She said that she was leaving, but she didn’t mean only this room. She had said goodbye to us, saying that it was rare for her to get an opportunity to stay in the mortal plane, and that there were her own things she wanted to do.

We didn’t stop her from leaving. We simply arranged a few contact points and methods, and let her leave freely. Afterward, both Harloys and myself felt as if we could heave a sigh of relief after seeing Didina leave.

After Didina left, Harloys and I kept glancing at each other, not knowing what to say.

“…Let’s first gather information. At the very least, we need to know what exactly it is that he wants to do.”

“Astrya?”

[Everything that you know is all I know.]

Well, wasn’t she as useless as always. It would seem that I could only rely on myself. I helplessly shook my head. No matter what, it seemed that I would have to visit the Chaos Abyss again.

“No matter what Karwenz wants to do, if he wants as much blood to be spilled as possible so that the River Styx is overflowing with souls, we must prevent this from happening.”

“…Considering how a certain person just cast a forbidden spell and completed one of the top-ranking mass slaughters in all of history, that doesn’t sound convincing at all.”

Indeed, I was now regretting what I had done. My Yongye City was limited in its capacity to absorb souls. With how tremendously large my Ice Aeon’s area of effect was, it was definite that an equally tremendous number of souls had entered the River Styx.

I could only helplessly shake my head. I’d had no other choice. Even if I’d known about Karwenz’s intentions beforehand, I would probably have had to cast that forbidden spell anyways. Regretting things here would be meaningless.

I had no intention of publicizing any of this information. Worrying about the enemy’s life and not being able to kill too many? Wouldn’t that equal stretching out one’s neck for the enemy to slice off your head? When thinking about that, it would be the equivalent of tying heavy stones to yourself needlessly, restraining your own abilities. That would be no different from jumping to your own death.