The witch as Elijah came to know was an NPC like Killian giving you a wealth of information. She did not even require you to do anything. Every dialogue revealed something knew. Despite the game going full old witch style on this one, her appearance did not bother her. This encounter would be a pleasant one overall had it not been for her unnerving laughers. Some of the dialogues were intriguing to say the least.
“I see. A nascent god in hell, a forbidden seeker at that how have you come to be involved with the eye though. He is a bastard. Be careful if you do not want to meet your doom but what does an old hag like me know hehehe”
She had seen through his disguise easily. She then went on to rant everything she knew about eye but one thing stuck with him.
“It is said the eye hides a door to somewhere important. The eye was after all remanent of chaos creatures born out of the corpse of the primordial. Many of them have perished and a few that remain have become great demons but the eye is a special one he secretly wishes to resurrect him. He calls this the greater good because they would not be corrupted creatures but divine ones serving the primordial as if we do not know if the primordial resurrects the hell would be destroyed and all would perish. Poor beast”
“However he has guided you here for a reason. I have a potion. An unfinished one. I had found it when I was a young about a millennia in the past. I searched through all of hell and I tried creating a potion from the corpse of another corrupted creature gorgon. Drinking a part of that made me the immortal witch I am. Gorgon was a creature with ability to petrify. If infused with divinity it momentarily petrify even the chaos currents surrounding the pillar”
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As time went on Elijah could not hold it in so he asked why the hell was she telling these to him.
“Oh you think I am ruining his plan and helping you. No young god that bastard may be after hell destruction but the resurrection is doomed anyway. However I am not ruining his plan. He maybe a being of incredible intelligence but this time his plan is wise. A few steps there are no complications. He does not live it to chance. You drink the potion if you want the pillar. You will momentarily petrify the chaos currents to create the bridge and cross it. Legacy of a primordial is not so simple. You will be possessed by the primordial and die and he will get to serve the primordial till he regains his power. The hell is not destroyed and everything is fine. It is far better to help him achieve what he wants than let him plan the hell’s doom. As for you, the forbidden thrill seeker think of this as your retribution. If you succeed you can get the pillar too. This situation fits you doesn’t it. Aren’t you tempted for the legacy of primordial. The eye showed me when I was about to stop him. You are not part of any divine faction and you have already abandoned a legacy. Abandoning a legacy that precious unless you are a fool, you are after the pillar so chop chop. Time waits for no one”
Elijah had been surprised at the witch outburst. This actually calmed him. In his mind he had to fight plot and plot, always careful of the eye and needed to outsmart the advanced AI but now it was child play. He liked mind games but he was also a gamer. Possession in game was meaningless it would be cured one way or another. He was a little worried given that Philemon sometimes did things like permanent character remove but it had to fit the logic of the game. Possession is not death at worse when he was still low level he would pay money to some players specially those solo players willing to work mercenary for money to save his character. Though the loss would be immense and He wanted to avoid that in any way he could. It just felt nice to have a backup plan.
