Lord of the Mysteries: Lord of Order

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Aaron pondered for a moment, lowering his head and slowly speaking:

"I'm sure you know that the Nine Sephirot and the 22 Pathways of the Gods have gathered on Earth, and some Outer Deities have also been attracted to the vicinity of Earth by the 'Original Creator'."

"During this process, many Outer Deities' Sephirot and Beyonder Characteristics were torn away and attracted to Earth. The 'Son of Chaos', one of the Outer Deities, had His Chaos Uniqueness and a Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristic of the Chaos Pathway also torn away, and they are now within my Sefirah."

[T/N: Just assume 4 pathways for SoC, maybe he devoured another GOO before being caught by CW or smth lol, it's 混沌途徑 which is Chaos混沌 Pathway途徑]

"Those Outer Deities lurking outside of Earth are eyeing it covetously, yearning for the Sephirot and Beyonder Characteristics on Earth."

"Outside of Earth, there is an invisible barrier formed by the residual power of the 'Original Creator', preventing Outer Deities from directly invading. However, as the Original Creator's Will fades, the Original Creator's Barrier is only 22 years away from breaking."

"Once the barrier breaks, a war on the level of the Outer Deities is unavoidable; no deity can remain outside of it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding darkness began to fluctuate slowly, like a shield or interference.

Aaron's objective was simple: state the current situation. From an informational perspective, this held little value for the Evernight Goddess, who had survived since the Second Epoch and knew many secrets.

But more importantly, he wanted to convey three meanings through this information.

Firstly, in the context where there are currently no living Sequence 0s in the Black Emperor Pathway and the Arbiter Pathway, he has a chance to become a deity and can achieve the status of an Outer God with the Sefirah, the Nation of Disorder. He has the capital to invest and bet on. When the apocalypse arrives, he will truly have the strength to face the Outer Deities.

Secondly, the Chaos Uniqueness and a Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristic of the Chaos Pathway within his Sefirah can help him go further on the path of an Outer God. As the owner of the only Sefirah not sealed besides the Chaos Sea and Sefirah Castle, he will be qualified to help the Evernight Goddess in the future.

Thirdly, the Sefirah and the Outer God Uniqueness and Beyonder Characteristics within it determine his absolutely hostile relationship with the Outer Deities. In the foreseeable divine war of the future, he and the Evernight Goddess are bound to be in the same camp.

After a long silence, a ethereal, calm voice sounded:

"Your plea will be granted. After you achieve the status of an Angel, I need you to do something for me."

Aaron did not dare to be negligent and immediately replied, "Understood, I will follow your will."

He thought to himself, "As expected of a 'Behind-the-Scenes Big Boss', full of oppressive presence. The matter the Evernight Goddess mentioned should be retrieving the water from the River of Eternal Darkness deep within Calderón. That shouldn't be difficult, just need to be careful."

Just as Aaron thought the conversation was over and he was about to return, the ethereal, calm voice sounded again:

"More than a thousand years ago, at the end of the Fourth Epoch, before the War of the Four Emperors, the Night Emperor, the previous 'Justiciar', privately sought me out. Perhaps it was a deity's spiritual premonition, or perhaps He Himself sensed something."

"He borrowed the power of Concealment from me again and created a Netherworld Ship called the 'Specter Empire', and also made a deity-level Slumber Charm."

Her voice paused, and then seemed to imply something:

"And before that, during the earlier period of the Four Emperors' opposition, no one knew that the Night Emperor and Auernia had a son. It was I who acted to conceal His existence, allowing Him to leave the Trunsoest Empire and grow in secret without anyone noticing."

"And the price was that He became my Blessed and received the full support of the Trunsoest Empire."

"His name is Valna Will."

Like a bolt from the blue, Aaron felt his head buzz.

Now he finally understood how the Tarot Club members felt when they learned historical secrets. It was indeed exciting.

After recovering, Aaron silently grumbled to himself. Before he could speak, the ethereal, calm voice sounded again, seemingly indifferent to his reaction:

"I can sense that you are hiding quite a bit from me, but that is not important. As you said, the coming of the apocalypse is unavoidable. I hope you keep this in mind and grow as quickly as possible..."

Aaron's forehead immediately broke out in cold sweat. Before he could explain, his figure slowly dissipated.

The darkness fell silent. The Night Scent Grass and Deep Sleep Flowers emitted a feeling of tranquility and peace. The figure in the deep black dress in the depths of the darkness looked towards the historical fog above the Spirit World, that boundless expanse of grey-white mist, then turned to look at the spot where Aaron had stood just now. A wisp of dark gold mist lingered, gradually dissipating.

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Osel, inside a prayer booth at St. Francis Cathedral.

A translucent deep black door appeared out of thin air. Aaron stepped out of it, and the deep black door transformed into a streak of light that merged into his left wrist, turning into a deep black base with brilliant embellishments, surrounding exactly half of a crimson moon.

Aaron let out a heavy breath, half-jokingly and half-relieving the pressure in his heart, thinking:

This feeling is like being stamped, like being officially hired by a company.

But now I finally have something concrete. From now on, I am a Blessed of Evernight.

Aaron raised his hand and poured his spirituality into the crimson mark. After a moment, his expression became somewhat strange. He couldn't help but sit down on the ground, lost in thought.

Darkness Mark: Ability 1. Magnification: Greatly enhance the effects of Beyonder abilities from the Darkness Pathway, increasing spirituality consumption.

Ability 2. Concealment: Conceal special characteristics; consuming a large amount of spirituality allows entry into a state of concealment, automatically exiting when spirituality infusion stops.

Ability 3. Awakening: Consume spirituality to lift slumber and awaken from slumber.

The abilities of this Darkness Mark are a bit strange. Ability 1 is not very useful to me, as I am not a Beyonder of the Darkness Pathway. At most, it will enhance the Darkness Pathway Beyonder abilities when I use the Ring of Wisdom and the Ring of Mystery.

However, Ability 2 is very useful to me now. Concealment can help me conceal my special characteristics, and consuming spirituality allows me to enter a state of concealment, which will be very helpful for future plans and can help me evade some unbearable fatal attacks.

But this Ability 3 is very strange. It doesn't seem like an original ability; it's more like something, well... specifically added.

Awakening, who is sleeping? And who do I need to awaken?

Then, remembering the Evernight Goddess's final seemingly meaningful words, Aaron felt a headache coming on.

Varna Weil is the true name of the first Duke of East Chester, and the origin of the East Chester Angel Family.

He, He is actually a descendant of the Night Emperor.

Then that means I am also a descendant of Trunsoest. No wonder the Evernight Goddess said I had some familiar aura on me. Besides the Celestial Worthy, there is also the Night Emperor's bloodline that this body inherently possesses.

As for why other deities didn't detect it, his guess is that perhaps during the Fourth Epoch, the Night Emperor and the Evernight Goddess secretly cooperated, using their status as True Gods to create decrees and combining them with the Evernight Goddess's authority over Concealment, they collectively concealed the bloodline aura of that secretly transferred lineage.

After the War of the Four Emperors concluded, the deities at the time and the four great noble families they supported—Sauron, Castiya, Augustus, and Amon—were eager to divide the Northern Continent and did not expect that an Angel of the Hunter Pathway would actually be a descendant of the Night Emperor.

Perhaps only the Evernight Goddess, as the source of the sealing power, could so easily discern the Trunsoest bloodline on me. It seems there is still much about the hidden history of the Fourth Epoch that I do not know.

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