Chapter 1293: Chapter 19: Nation Destroyer Ares (Beginning of the Month, Request for Monthly Tickets!)

—-Yes, the Shadowy Celestial Marshal and Helquinn still have a faint connection.

Seeing that Arsene was still somewhat perplexed, Aiwass began to tell him the story of the Shadowy Celestial Marshal:

“The Shadowy Celestial Marshal is a very young Celestial Marshal. Before becoming a Celestial Marshal, she was a Priestess in the Supreme Heaven. As a privilege of the Giant Clan, she was plucked directly from the Source River by the Supreme Heaven after her death to become one of its hundred thousand Angel Envoys.

“As a Giant, she once could not understand the principle of revenge. Thus, she could not comprehend why Helquinn massacred the Giants, nor why the Giants would slaughter humans and Elves. She believed that revenge led to meaningless conflict, and that would only make everyone unhappy. She did not agree with human revenge, nor with Giant revenge, because conflict leads to evolution, and permanent rule requires the eradication of all struggles.

“So she tried to plead for the Elves before the Supreme Heaven– but obviously, the Supreme Heaven was displeased. Thus, it forcibly humiliated the Shadowy Celestial Marshal in front of all Angel Envoys, stripped her of all ‘Strength’, banished her from its domain, and commanded the Angel Envoys to hunt her down.

“It was then that the Shadowy Celestial Marshal understood the meaning of ‘revenge’. The Shadow Nation was not her creation; at that time, it was called the Netherworld… a core of all shadow powers, home to extremely dangerous natives such as ‘Demon Pigs’, ‘Hundred-headed Serpents’, ‘Shadow Hunting Beasts’, ‘Shadow Demons’, and others. She hid within it to escape pursuit and unexpectedly gained the Authority of Betrayal and Revenge in the shadow realm…

The former Pope spoke these words carelessly, shocking Arsene to the core, making him wish to cover his ears from hearing such secrets.

—-These are all content of the ‘Advanced Divine Arts’.

In fact, the entire Advanced Divine Arts primarily consist of the background and dark history of the Pillar God, Celestial Marshal, and Angel Envoys.

Having this knowledge in hand allows one to know what taboos others have, to avoid unintentionally triggering them when interacting. For instance, Aiwass certainly can’t summon Helquinn in front of the Shadowy Celestial Marshal, as it would likely remind her of some unpleasant past.

But even the records in ‘Advanced Divine Arts’ aren’t necessarily a hundred percent accurate– for example, they mention that the Shadowy Celestial Marshal facilitated the fall of the Supreme Heaven– completing the ‘Betrayal and Revenge Ritual’ with the fall of the Pillar God to ascend to the Heavenly Department Position of the Shadowy Celestial Marshal. However, according to Aiwass’s knowledge, the mastermind behind the fall of the Supreme Heaven should be the Serpent Celestial Marshal.

To be exact, this was the result of the collaboration between the Great Sage, the Hourglass two Pillar Gods, and the Serpent Celestial Marshal, the Shadowy Celestial Marshal, and various other Celestial Marshals. The Shadowy Celestial Marshal was actually the least important part of it… Rather than a plan, it was more like going with the flow.

Nevertheless, the past atrocity by the Supreme Heaven against her did have an impact– after claiming the Shadow Nation as her Celestial Marshal domain, the Shadowy Celestial Marshal realized she had obtained power, so she began to indulge herself like the Supreme Heaven, fulfilling her whims. This included her habit of collecting various souls, which also started then.

But ultimately, the Shadowy Celestial Marshal is not someone with an overly violent nature. Even though she fully indulged her desires, becoming a tyrant who acted at will– compared to the mad Blood Celestial Marshal, she was still considered rational and gentle.

Moreover, even after becoming a Celestial Marshal, having completely grasped revenge and betrayal, and even personally exacting revenge and betrayal on her creator, Father God, and Monarch, she did not abandon her initial thought– she still believed that revenge was not worth promoting, and should only be used as a ‘last resort’. Hence, after completing her revenge, she was not happy.

Thus, she was determined to claim the Authority of Betrayal and Revenge, to guard the Shadow Nation and nurture her warriors, so they wouldn’t fall into the hands of even more evil gods. Although these warriors were her lovers, they were also her protectors.

For this reason, the Shadowy Celestial Marshal never grants power to traitors… but sometimes, she secretly assists some truly unfortunate avengers who endlessly chant her divine name, at least allowing them to persist until they complete their revenge.

Both revengers and traitors have a considerable likelihood of arriving in the Shadow Nation– as long as they aren’t marked with the Mark of Sin.

Although most are abandoned by the Shadowy Celestial Marshal due to their appearance, those avengers who are helped often thank her after death.

These magical beasts, besides preying on Mortals who accidentally enter the Shadow Nation, would also hunt the wandering souls of these avengers. Therefore, the warriors of the Shadow Nation usually choose to escort these souls all the way to the castle. But these outsiders can’t expect anyone to host them.

That’s why Aiwass wanted to call Morgan earlier.

Among his acquaintances in the Shadow Nation, Vivian had already reincarnated, Lancelot wasn’t dead yet, hence couldn’t be summoned, and Merlin definitely wouldn’t dare come to the Shadow Nation. Morgan was probably the only one who could immediately respond to his summoning.

However, it’s unnecessary now.

The battle of this scale has already caused quite a stir. It shouldn’t be long before someone comes to check out the situation.

Aiwass told Arsene these forbidden pieces of knowledge, also to prevent him from saying something wrong later. Since they’ve come this far, they are most likely to meet the Shadowy Celestial Marshal.

The outcome was just as Aiwass expected–

In the Shadow Nation, where sun, moon, dawn, and dusk are indistinguishable, after they settled down, seventeen more flashes of brief lightning lit up the world before they heard the distant sound of something running like a herd of beasts.