Molocchus, who was known for its sly nature, had actually fought with Baiyi only because it had been stalling for time.
Its aim all along had been to complete the complicated Teleportation Formation. This formation is so difficult to construct that even those adept at magic still need time to complete it. Despite using its thick black mass of muscles to inscribe the runes and glyphs of the formation onto itself, Molocchus still spent a lot of time to create the formation.
The Abyss Lord never intended to have a life-or-death battle with Baiyi. Why do that when it had yet to master its new body? Its smartest play was to retreat. The banter it made, including the offer it made to Baiyi for an alliance, was all a ruse to stall for time with which to complete the formation. As soon as the formation was completed, Molocchus Rewrote the Law of Power to allow the use of worldy energy, causing the formation to start up.
TL’S MUSINGS:
Okay, of all the creepy stuff one could try hard to achieve, nothing beats religious stuff being… um, creepy-fied. That thing with the Inquisitor made me quesy...
Seriously, you can give me a shit ton of dullahans and tupilaks and Nang Tani (okay, maybe not the latter so much), but nothing acts as a better laxative than seeing a normal statue of a shut-eyed angel suddenly opening his eyes with blood pouring out of the eyelids as people chant praises in a frenzy. And then a young child in the crowd was suddenly seized by epilepsy, screaming about being pierced by a heavenly javelin. Took the child to the hospital. Later, it was revealed that the child was pregnant despite being a fourteen-year-old boy.
GAAAAAAHHHH!
Hmm. I should write this down though. Maybe sometime in the future, I can develop it to become a plot point of sort, then I can add a new story into my “No One Would Ever Read This Because I’m Too Shy To Publish: Horror Anthologies”. I know! I’m working on the anthology title. But now, I think I would rather work on the plots!
Or maybe not even the plots. I’m kinda… procrastinating...