The Paladin in the Abyss

Chapter 760: Chapter 781: Go

“How do you communicate?” Bruto asked curiously. “You know, if I had an old man’s voice in my head since I was a child, I would have gone mad long ago…”

“Partly because our communication is one-way, most of it resembles sleep-talking gibberish, only occasionally containing some useful knowledge,” the Half-elf shrugged. “I know this sounds strange, but it’s more like I sneaked into His mind, like a child who unintentionally wanders into an adult’s room and nobody notices you, at least not at first… Does that make sense?”

“But later, He noticed you?”

“Yes, just as Alamir just mentioned, the mentor craves intense emotions, and when I opened the Lord’s barn and saw the mountain of grain, thinking about my best friend who had sold himself to a band of robbers out of hunger a few days earlier, my emotions surged almost uncontrollably, and at that moment, my mentor spoke to me directly for the first time—the rest of the story is a long one. Essentially, whenever I collect intense emotions, whether my own or someone else’s, the mentor shows satisfaction, and after accumulating a sufficient amount, she even grants me new powers and spells. However, I want to emphasize that she never asked me to actively generate any intense emotions, just to collect them…”

“But not all followers are like you,” Alamir interjected seriously. “Many covet the Raven Madam’s rewards, longing for His power and knowledge. Those people actively instigate conflicts, spread plagues, and create disasters, simply because pain and suffering generate intense emotions more easily, thus pleasing the tragedy’s madam.”