"Hmph, who said that the faceless must not be afraid of pain? We are not undead. Yuna stiffly replied, looking reluctant, but perhaps due to the nature of the Faceless, she was very obedient in reaching into the elemental furnace at Hogg's request.

"That's right!" Hogg nodded in satisfaction, and while operating the Elemental Furnace, he said to Yuna, "If you feel unbearable pain, just say it, I'll lower the elemental concentration a little!" ”

Of course, Hogg didn't say this to please Yuna, since it asked Yuna to do this experiment, it didn't think about currying favor with this faceless person, but if it was an elemental concentration that the faceless person's physique couldn't bear, it would definitely be a disaster for other mortals and experiments, after all, Hogg wanted to transform life forms, not roast all the experiments.

But as soon as Hogg's words fell, Yuna couldn't wait to shout, "Adjust the elemental concentration for me now!" Now, now, right now! ”

After Hogg had finally reduced the concentration of the elements in the Elemental Furnace to a relatively safe level, Yuna let out a long sigh of relief, and she complained with some dissatisfaction, "I think my tentacles are almost on fire!" ”

"Isn't that great? In a sense, ignition is also an elementalization. Hogg spread out his claws and teased nonchalantly, it didn't think that elementalization had only one manifestation, whether it was fire or lava form, it was the most stable one.

"If you think that's good, you should do this experiment with your own tentacles, not mine!" Yuna asked dissatisfiedly, she was obviously a little unhappy with Hogg's schadenfreude, after all, she was doing all the hard work, and Hogg, who was watching the play, still looked like a matter of course.

"Tentacles? Do you think I have tentacles? Hogg shook his head, raising his claws and placing his furry balls of flesh in front of Yuna, apparently signaling to Yuna that his claws were empty.

"If you hadn't reminded me, I might have forgotten that you're a freak who likes to disguise yourself as a mortal!" Yuna could only shake her head and said helplessly, if it weren't for the fact that the Elder God was a chaotic and crazy collection in nature, and nothing could distort the will of the Elder God, Yuna would definitely think that Hogg had lost his mind.

As an ancient god, Hogg can instantly change as many tentacles as he wants through flesh and blood reorganization as long as he wants, but Hogg, who has no consciousness of the elder gods, is addicted to role-playing, and he doesn't feel that a forty-yard gnolls are abnormal enough.

"Is there anything wrong with pretending to be a mortal? Can't I just have some personal hobbies? Hogg's eyes narrowed slightly, but his tone grew calmer.

Yuna knew something about Hogg, she knew very well that Hogg's calm at this time was actually a precursor to his anger, Yuna was suddenly shocked, and she replied casually in Hogg's tone: "No, no, no, I just think that like you like to mix with mortals, and you have the talent to disguise everything, so it's better to be nicknamed 'The Pretender'!" I think you don't seem to have a nickname yet? ”

"'Pretender'? I can't believe that you have a talent for choosing names! It's very good, I like this nickname very much! Hogg muttered under his breath, and seemed to have noticed that it was overreacting, so it smiled rather deliberately and patted Yuna on the back in praise.

Seeing that Hogg didn't mean to investigate, Yuna finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but she still had a trace of doubt in her heart, why did Hogg suddenly get angry? Could it be that she accidentally poked Hogg in the sore spot just now?

Hogg didn't know what Yuna was thinking, and he wondered why he was suddenly angry. In fact, since Hogg officially became a member of the Elder Gods, although it has slowly accepted its identity, it still stubbornly sees itself as a member of the Gnoll, a gnoll who is somewhat special because of its adventures.

But Yuna inadvertently said the truth, from an objective point of view, in fact, Hogg is not a gnoll for a long time, it is just an ancient god disguised as a gnoll, and the main reason why it does this is not what it has always thought, the gnoll needs a strong leader, the reality is the opposite, it is Hogg himself who needs these gnolls.

Although Hogg always restricts his behavior by not actively harming the jackals, in fact, his behavior is not strictly based on this principle. In fact, whether it is the whitewashing farce that he directed and acted in before, or the act of treating the gnolls as experiments, they are only serving their own interests, and Hogg actually doesn't care how many ordinary gnolls die, as long as the backbone of the jackal human rights watch is fine.

Of course, this is not to say that Hogg has completely positioned himself as an Elder God, it has never wanted to give up its identity as a gnoll, but it has never considered this issue before, Hogg can be said to be both an Elder God and a Gnoll before, but now it has found that this identity as both an Elder God and a Gnoll has begun to confuse it.

As Yuna said, Hogg's talent for disguise can be said to be natural, so after a long time, even it is a little unclear about its identity, although Hogg's soul essence has been transformed into an ancient god, but whether it is an ancient god disguised as a gnoll in its heart, or a gnolll disguised as an ancient god, I'm afraid even it can't say for sure.

So after awakening, Hogg began to examine his heart, it didn't know what philosophical questions were, and its inner question was much more complicated than the so-called "who am I", although as an ancient god, Hogg had a relatively simple way to solve this problem, that is, to make another incarnation, a gnoll incarnation named Hogg.

But Hogg eventually shook his head and gave up on the seemingly simple choice, and it had a hunch in its heart that if it gave its name to an avatar so casually, it would probably become another being that was alien to itself.

Therefore, Hogg can only slowly find the answers he wants to know, and the process is destined to be long and lonely, and no one in this world can help him, including its incarnations, even if these incarnations share Hogg's memories and thoughts, because they are no longer Hogg anymore.