Abyss is a unique skill that represents that the skill owner is not one who peers into an abyss, but the abyss to be peered into.[1]
The one who possesses this skill has no need to worry about becoming a monstrosity when fighting other monstrosities. That is something that the one fighting the skill's possessor should fear[1].
Functionally, this skill re-activates special abilities issued through gaze, like Demon Eyes, as if the Abyss owner had used them against the sender. However, the gaze's power is not disabled against the Abyss owner. For example, if you send a gaze that attacks the Abyss owner, both parties will take damage[2], and if you send a gaze that measures abilities, both parties will be able to see each other's abilities[3][4].
This Skill has some puzzling aspects, especially the peculiar response to a god's gaze.[5][6][7]
Trivia[]
- Abyss may be a fairly uncommonly-used word in Japanese, with an obscure kanji that's not on the JLPT kanji list.[8]
- This Skill is a parody of Friedrich Nietzsche's maxim and at the same time represents one simple fact: Vandalieu is already a monster.
“ | He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. | ” |
— Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, from Beyond Good and Evil 143 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 99: The changing omens and citizens (LightnovelBastion)
- ↑ Chapter 115: Plunderer (Web Novel)
- ↑ Chapter 257: The relief of the ‘Knight of Keen Insight’ (Web Novel)
- ↑ Chapter 258: The hard-fighting Pentagram (Web Novel)
- ↑ Chapter 110: Eclipse King and Tentacle King (Web Novel)
- ↑ Chapter 193: The Demon King dreams (Web Novel)
- ↑ Volume 9 Character Summary (Web Novel)
- ↑ Chapter 98: The one who guides and the ones who go on (LightnovelBastion)