"Speaking of which, this was the inspiration you gave me."
Caressing the only dragon egg he had managed to snatch, Erebus severed his own left hand.
This hand, infected by the power of the Flesh-Mother Tree, was perfectly suited to mold a Dragon Mother. Of course, he had to first erase the consciousness that would be born within it, lest he end up benefiting someone else.
"And then there's that one I never used to take seriously... the Nine Hells, was it?"
Although the other was technically his junior, he had become a senior in the path of world-creation, so Erebus naturally paid attention to his actions.
It seemed that the other had created beings called Demons, and so the Lord of Darkness would naturally not fall behind.
...
Whoosh——
The waters of the Circumterrestrial River flowed ceaselessly, the severed section of the river not affecting the overall current. Laine returned to the edge of Chaos World in no time at all.
