Many things are like this; they don't immediately expand one's mind to connect to the real truth.

Instead, people will try to fit in their familiar situations or beliefs, attempting to give explanations that they find credible.

For example, right now, it's clear that the power brought by the possession of the Guardian Spirit has exceeded the safety threshold, leading to "Demonization" in the Possession Fusion. Yet, no one can immediately grasp the truth and understand that it is actually a manifestation of mysterious power from another dimension.

Even Visakha, a veteran god in this Dungeon World, would interpret from past knowledge and awareness, thinking that a phenomenon of Divine Fall, which is terrifying even to gods, was happening to her counterpart. She gasped for breath and instinctively took a step back.

"This is bad..."

At the same time, Yato also felt a sense of dread. He protected the girl behind him, taking slow, cautious steps backward, like an explorer discovering a sleeping Giant Dragon at the end of a cave, holding his breath and retreating step by step without daring to make any noise.

Afraid that even a slight sound would draw the attention of an ancient behemoth.

He was neither the terrifying Calamity God wielding the Fei Artifact of the past nor in his future rising state. At this current stage, he was in a low point of his life—no, his divine life—naturally lacking the confidence to resolve this matter, his heart filled with bitterness.

Everything was just fine, how did it suddenly...

After all, there was some familiarity; not long ago, they were sitting face to face, chatting and laughing, and such a counterpart suddenly, without any warning, descending into a soul-corroding doom naturally made him extremely uncomfortable. More than the pressure he faced, he felt a sense of sorrow and desolation.

He only saw the other's ambition and urgency, the grand plan, yet he was unaware of the dire condition the other was in. Regardless of what caused the sudden Divine Fall, it indicated that the other was desperately struggling all along...

The fall of one evokes sadness in another, the harm of its kind, in a trance Yato seemed to see his own future downfall.

Perhaps this world has really deteriorated to such an extent...

Of course, this is understandable, and strictly speaking, both parties' recognition and thoughts on what happened were not fundamentally wrong or distinctly different in essence—

Demonization is when a human becomes a demon due to fusion with a Guardian Spirit. In this Dungeon World, there are also similar precedents of humans or divine spirits falling and becoming demons.

In this Dungeon World, most of the undead lingering in the world have only one fate, being fallen and assimilated, becoming demons.

And gods also have a risk of falling, though the possibility is not as high as to constantly threaten every day. While not common, such possibilities exist... Just like how a divine artifact might instantly be eroded by the regrets of past memories by recalling the true name, falling into a demon.

—And gods closely bonded with divine artifacts are naturally susceptible to the consequences.

This is because the mental state of the divine artifact affects the god as its master, and this special connection is a one-way transmission. Gods can feel the emotions of divine artifacts. If a divine artifact dies, the god would be in extreme pain, and if the artifact harbors dark intentions, the master would be inevitably wounded.

If this situation continues to deteriorate, actions would need to be taken...

In such cases, gods usually sever relations with problematic artifacts, cutting ties and letting them fend for themselves because without mutual connection, there would naturally be no more influence. Some more ruthless gods might even directly execute the stabbing artifact to eliminate future troubles.

After all, these situations are often irreversible, gods need to consider the sunk costs, and if nothing is done—

The divine artifact would likely rapidly transform into a complete demon, dragging its master along across that line of no return, until death arrives in madness.

Several centuries ago, Visakha experienced such a Divine Fall crisis herself.

The main issue was that she had also adopted a large number of divine artifacts, which left her physically and mentally exhausted, the burden on her soul extremely heavy. Even though she treated all adopted artifacts as family, she couldn't ensure the divine artifacts would feel the same. Or, while they might have true loyalty toward their master, trust among themselves wasn't guaranteed.

—Perhaps due to competitive mentality...

—Perhaps due to dislike of others' personalities...

—Perhaps feeling that they alone sufficed and other artifacts were a burden to the master...

And so on, all such factors may exist.

After all, people have many faces, each different, and divine artifacts ascended from human souls are naturally the same, each with its own thoughts, making it inevitable to face the same fate that large artifact families would eventually encounter.

When Visakha led many artifacts full of suspicion and internal discord, the evil thoughts of the artifacts wounded her, becoming the last straw that broke the camel's back... The artifacts that went wrong implicated her at the time, causing her to fall into demonization along with them.

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