Chapter 220 - 220 Dead Holy Spirit

220 Dead Holy Spirit

William didn’t know about the chaos in the Moon Realm, and Aiur’s expression remained unchanged. Maybe to Aiur, who represented lack of love, that blank expression was the only expression She had.

Even though the Void Sovereigns with the strongest reactions had already sent Their armies to the Gray Domain, and the monsters spawned by Aiur were being killed in large numbers under the attack of various factions, and Her Moon Realm territory that She had expanded for thousands of years was being slowly consumed by all sides… whether it was Her main body seated on the Ironstone Throne or the projection in front of William, Aiur’s expression remained unchanged.

Therefore, William had no idea what the future held for him.

However, if it was just at this moment, he could still vaguely gather some information.

In the game, there was very little information about the Moon Realm’s Void Sovereign’s origins. Most of it came from the main quest leading to the Eclipse ending.

In the Echoes of the Past quest, the protagonist snuck into the Forbidden Sage’s Library of the Dead and read some banned documents about the Void Sovereign’s essence.

Although they were both immortal beings and there was no essential difference in terms of status, the Void Sovereign could still be roughly divided into two categories based on how They were born—Newborn and Rebirth.

Newborns or Original Sovereigns were those who were born with Currere during Creation. They were seen as void echoes that were unhappy with Currere. Rebirth or Bridging Sovereigns, on the other hand, were creatures of Currere who ascended to the immortal divine throne at a certain point in history after Creation. It was said that the destruction of the Orsis Continent thousands of years ago was caused by the birth ritual of a Void Sovereign.

Although it may appear like the Connate and Postnatal realms in eastern fantasy novels and the Newborns in-game were stronger than Rebirths in-game, the two were actually identical in terms of the plot. However, Rebirths may not be able to fully unleash the power brought about by Their stature due to Their remaining humanity.

On the other hand, Newborns strictly abide by the rules of Their domain. For example, the Absurdity Jester might do things that harm others without benefiting Himself just to mock someone He found interesting. The King of Deathblood, meanwhile, had no control over His anger and would strike out at anyone He didn’t like.

As for the Reborn Void Sovereigns, They were more concerned with Their losses and gains. Of course, They did feel joy from the satisfaction of Their domains, but They also had the scheming characteristics of mortals and wouldn’t satisfy Their joy without leaving Themselves a way out.

The former was stronger as an enemy, while the latter was even more difficult to deal with as an opponent.

Let’s return to Steelheart Widow.

Aiur, the Steelheart Widow, was a Newborn, a void echo born with Creation. This meant that Her name was established upon the creation of the world. In other words, She was already a widow from the moment She was born.

Why did William have to kill Her?

It was because She wanted to die and could only accept being killed by someone She loved.

So the question became, what else in this world could a deity, who symbolized love’s antithesis, love?

Combined with Her title as a Widow and the uniqueness of the Eighth Holy Spirit, William had a guess—a guess that could also explain another question. Why was the Eighth Holy Spirit the only prototype missing from myths and legends everywhere?

Perhaps the Eighth Holy Spirit had already died at the beginning of Creation, or even before!

If that was the case, Steelheart Widow might be a Void Sovereign born from the sorrow of the Eighth Holy Spirit’s death.

It was because the Eighth Holy Spirit was long dead that She couldn’t fall in love with anything in Currere and yearned for Her true death.

William looked up at Aiur. “I can’t guarantee anything. After all, you didn’t tell me the risks of this matter,” he said.

Despite this, the ritual that the other party was telling him about was what William had planned to do—to overthrow and rebuild the Riel Empire that had violated Judgment’s past undertakings and caused chaos on the continent.

Working with the Blackwater Swamp and Ava State to rebuild his faction was originally what he was doing to overthrow the empire’s rule.

William continued asking, “Then, may I ask if I’m the only person qualified?”

Aiur told William that the ritual used to be very difficult, but now it was very simple. This may have meant that the ritual originally required the unification of the entire Vic Continent or perhaps including Ava State into one nation.

William only needed to sit on the Platinum Throne to complete the ritual since the entire continent was unified under the Riel Empire more than 800 years ago.

However, William wondered if anyone other than him could complete the ritual while sitting on the throne.

In the past 800 years, there have been many different empire emperors and the current empress, Erin Riel, and the founding emperor, Terra Riel…

If becoming the Eighth Holy Spirit was as easy as ascending to the throne, why didn’t they complete it before William?

Or was it possible that the ritual was only for William?

Aiur replied without changing Her tone, “There are only two people qualified to ascend the throne—you and the Usurper. However, he’s stuck between life and death because of his greed. He has to rely on the Original Soul to fix himself in cyclic time to return to the throne. Therefore, you’re the only one in Currere who has the qualifications.”

William remembered the God’s Descent state of the Holy Spirit Terra and realized that the power the prophet received previously came from the Void Sovereign in front of him.

This meant that the Void Sovereign was betting on both sides or maybe she wanted to be the Eighth Holy Spirit’s widow and didn’t care who it was.

Aren’t you being too polite…

That’s not right…

William shook his head, trying to block out the voiceovers in his head that seemed to be telling him not to trust the Void Sovereign.

Aiur had previously mentioned that She hadn’t chosen to become a Void Sovereign and hoped that he could become the Eighth Holy Spirit to help Her end Her life.

Coupled with the obvious derogatory term “Usurper”…

Although there were Void Sovereigns who were skilled at lying and spouting nonsense, Aiur didn’t seem to be one of them.

In fact, She seemed to place greater priority on him taking over the Riel Empire than Terra Riel Herself.

However, I keep feeling that this isn’t a good thing…

William was uneasy about this.

Before William could think carefully, the other party continued, “This is very easy for you. Moreover, I will help you.”

“Help?”William asked in confusion.

He didn’t think he needed Her help.

“You’ll need my help,” Aiur replied.

This made William even more uneasy.

She said that She is going to provide help?

Why?

William’s biggest concern in overthrowing the Riel Empire was how to minimize losses and ensure that the country wouldn’t be worse off under his leadership. He didn’t want to give the Moon Realm a chance to interfere.

While it would be easy to conquer a country using brute force, ruling over it would be much more difficult. The former just involved opening up his Treasure Hall and arming a fully equipped army. Then, he could set up a teleportation nexus and personally lead the army. He would descend from the sky and take down Platinum Palace.

That would be akin to smearing a canvas randomly with paint and calling it a painting. William didn’t want to end up creating a Hell in his quest to create a Heaven by oppressing the people.

Therefore, he had been adopting a step-by-step method of modification and encroachment, planning to completely uproot the empire and rebuild it.

In other words, William didn’t need anyone’s help in terms of strength and wanted to rely on his own wishes to guide his actions.

As a Void Sovereign, the other party was well aware of this fact.

But despite this, She still approached William and told him he needed Her help.

Then, what did this mean?

William immediately understood the implications of this.

“Presiding Judge, there’s a horde of high-level Lunar Monsters heading towards Black Crow Gaze. Eight Demon Generals are leading the charge!” Blake shouted in a panicked tone to William.