Chapter 274: Genesis and the Apocalypse 3 (1/2)
It was only now that I finally understood the reason behind everything. Lucifer was the main culprit behind the Blood Sea being sealed…Lucifer, the progenitor of all the devils…the Fallen Angel known as Satan…
It was said that the more you knew, the less you knew; that was exactly how I felt right now. The moment I heard all that the clone of Lucifer had to say, I realized how ignorant I was before. Along with that came a host of unanswered questions.
By now, I was thoroughly dumbstruck. At times, it felt like my lips were flapping but my brain wasn’t the one moving it: “Why did you seal the Blood Sea?”
“Because I had a deal with Hades to provide him enough troops for his war.” The clone answered with an eagerness most likely borne out of boredom from being alone for so long. “That was the only way I could get him to not attack the Western Human Realm.”
‘You’re kidding…that’s the reason? Isn’t he supposed to be the Devil here, the one trying to destroy the world, why is he trying to protect the humans instead? But then, there’s no reason for him to lie to me either. After all, I’m just an ant to him; no one would lie to an ant, that’s just pointless.’
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“A deal with Hades? To protect the human world?”
The instant I said that, I was suddenly struck by the image of a more awe-inspiring, messiah-like Lucifer.
Naturally, that wishful and naive thinking was swiftly struck down by Lucifer’s next few words.
“Protect them? No way, I merely wanted to destroy the world myself.”
“But if you wanted to destroy the world, does it really matter who does it? The end result is the same.”
“Haha, it’s not the same. Some things you just gotta do yourself, someone else might have gotten it wrong.”
‘Uhhh…I guess that’s true…kind of like giving birth to a baby… The result is technically the same if the purpose is just to procreate…but can a person truly ignore the baby’s lineage?’
“But by giving them unlimited access to the Blood Sea, won’t that bag of bones just betray you once he has enough troops? Besides, where is he going to expend those troops if not the Western Human Realms?”
The fact that Hades needed troops meant that he had an invasion target in mind. Given that the Western Human Realms were off limits, where else did he have then? The Devils? Clearly, that wasn’t possible.
“Truth be told, Hades and I discovered a new world 80 000 years ago. A world completely different from our own. Back then, we had a hunch that this new world was created by the Creator as well; because the sensation we got off its dimensional barrier was familiar to me. Furthermore, that barrier ended up taking a long time to breach, even for us…”
“Creator…new world…dimensional barrier…” With so many information being thrown my way in one simple conversation, it truly felt like my brain was starting to fail. ‘Also, a new world? Don’t tell me he’s referring to Earth…after all, I came here from Earth and Lucifer even mentioned he found a new world. There’s a bible there too, and it even has a record of how the world was created. Chinese legends state that Pangu was the one who split the heavens and Nu Wa was the one who created humans…but then…didn’t the legends also say that she used the earth to create humans? Just like the Lord…so both of them agree on that point, but who is the real version here and who is the fake? Somehow, things aren’t looking too good for team Nu Wa.’
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“That’s right, the Creator must have created a new world after leaving ours, going so far as to even strengthen its dimensional barrier with his divine power. He probably predicted that we would come knocking if we ever found it. That barrier was extraordinarily tough but the Creator was mostly like absent by then as well. In other words, over the past 80 000 years, this barrier hasn’t had the chance to replenish its energy. While I might have been hibernating for these past 80 000 years…Hades probably…well, I doubt there’s much time left for that barrier…”
“So what you’re saying is, the undead won’t disrupt your plans to destroy the human world since they have a new target?”
“That’s right, Hades has his own matters to attend to so he won’t bother us here.”