The LoM Discord held an AMA with Cuttlefish That Loves Diving, organized by the LoM English translator, CKTalon. Discord members submitted a list of questions, which CKTalon then sent to the author on September 6th, 2020.
This list is split between answered questions and questions that were unanswered due to spoilers or due to the author not having decided yet.
Answered Questions[]
Q4: Is Medici aware of the true identity of Adam? If so, when?
Cuttlefish: He still hasn't noticed.
Q5: What were the former occupations of Klein, Amanises, Ancient Sun God, and Roselle, before they transmigrated?
Cuttlefish: Klein does IT-related work. Evernight Goddess is in higher management of a big company. Ancient Sun God is a researcher. Roselle is in sales.
Q6: Does Medici belong to the human race?
Cuttlefish: He's a mythical creature at birth.
Q7: Does The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth have a human form? If so, what’s His appearance?
Cuttlefish: "He" is only seen consisting of a cape and a mask.
Q10: What happens to lower sequence abilities once you switch pathways... For example, a Seer who switches to Apprentice gets to keep his lower sequence Seer abilities but gains all of the lower sequence Apprentice abilities, too. So are the lower sequence abilities incorporated in the higher sequence Beyonder characteristic? Is a Seer who only has a seq 3 characteristic as strong as one who has all sequence 9-3 characteristics? Wouldn't someone who switched pathways have an enormous advantage in versatility?
Cuttlefish: They keep all of their lower Sequence powers. These old, previous pathway powers will then be fused with the powers provided by the current, new pathway potion. It creates a certain level of mutation, creating unique and bizarre powers. It's indeed more troublesome to deal with, making it very hard for enemies to be prepared for these powers' effects.
Q11: What did the Lord of Storms think when Klein shouted his true name?
Cuttlefish: You can guess 🙂.
Q12: How does Worm of Time's time rewind ability and Giant Serpent's Reboot differ from each other?
Cuttlefish: Reboot primarily targets the manifested current state of an environment, the reboot of a certain area's current status, and not the reversal of time's flow. It's akin to using a saved older file to overwrite the present progress and status of a game.
Q14: Where's Lost City Newins supposed to be? What are the other continents like—Australia, Africa or Antarctica?
Cuttlefish: Currently I can only tell you that the Australian Continent has become The Abyss.
Q15: If Evernight dotes on Klein that much, why didn't she let him take Antigonus Family's Notebook? Why send him to that night town instead where he had to face dangers way above his level and he even released Zaratul in the end? What was Evernight thinking?
Cuttlefish: Antigonus' Notebook has traps, if Klein directly read it there's going to be bad consequences. in addition, releasing Zaratul serves as a distraction to hide her true intentions (Wind: I'm assuming because this can disrupt divination-related abilities). With her motives hidden, she can better guide the events to stimulate certain changes that she likes.
Q16: What kind of scientist was ASG? More backstory would be nice, too.
Cuttlefish: Yes, he's that really genius type of scientist. As for the rest of his information, I currently do not have the intention of sharing (aka wait for later).
Q17: We know that a true god is a result of 3 sequence 1 characteristics combining with the uniqueness and achieving a qualitative change. Can sequence 0 of the Hanged Man Pathway graze another sequence 0, or can he only graze each sequence 1 characteristic and the uniqueness separately?
Cuttlefish: The Grazed target has to include a soul, so it cannot just be targeting a single Uniqueness or characteristic.
Q18: Does a sequence 0 need to act and digest the 2 sequence 1 characteristics not belonged to him? Or does he just need to use anchors and his own self-consciousness to balance out the godhood? If he needs to act and digest, then how does acting as a sequence 0 work?
Cuttlefish: "They" need to. If the characteristic from before isn't digested, it will cause extreme instability, and "They" will need to put in time consuming efforts to balance it
Q20: Trissy had a strong intent to take revenge for Prince Edessak Augustus. How much of this were her actual desires and how much was due to Cheek's influence?
Cuttlefish: Mostly her intentions. The Primordial Demoness isn't in the best of states.
Unanswered Questions[]
The questions left out due to spoilers or it hasn't been decided yet
- Q1: Will Hazel come back in Book 2?
- Q2. What is the birth date of Adam?
- Q3. What is the true name of the Ancient Sun God and Amanises?
- Q8. Is Will the God of Luck from the second epoch?
- Q9. Are there any Subsidiary Gods from the Second Epoch who survive, but haven’t shown up in book one?
- Q13. Will Amon come back from the cosmos in book 2? What is his current sequence?
- Q19. Did the Evernight Goddess cooperate with Adam on the case of 0-08? If so, when?