Mage Manual
Chapter 549 - 446: Apocalypse Supporters

Chapter 549: Chapter 446: Apocalypse Supporters

Snap!

The little girl with white hair fell flat on her face, her legs tangled in a jump rope, tears streaming down from the pain. Ash held back his laughter and pulled Liss aside to tend to her wounds, "This is the first time I’ve seen someone face-plant from jumping rope. Does it really hurt that much?"

Liss kept silent and hid in his embrace, her body trembling slightly. Ash glanced at the Sea Witches, thinking to himself that although these Sea Demons weren’t exactly ugly, there was still a small gap compared to the image of mermaids; at least mermaids shouldn’t have serrated teeth or so many bloodshot eyes, it was normal for children to be scared...

Since Ash wasn’t fond of physical activity, he took this as an opportunity to skive off under the guise of looking after the children. The Sea Witches glanced at them, knowing that the Dark Lord, Purple Moth, Rusted Crow, and Ghost King were expected, but not knowing who was who since everyone at the Funeral Ceremony wore cloaks and masks. They assumed the tall and the small were just mascots to make up the numbers for the apocalyptic team.

Hanna shifted her gaze from Ash and the child back to Helaphis, slowly shaking her head, "Impossible."

"Princess Yisu has always been the greatest secret of the Yisu Royal Family, even more critical than the Empress herself. This is a foundation that has supported the Yisu Dynasty’s control of the Gospel for over five hundred years, and it is the greatest favoritism of the All-knowing Weaver."

"Before the succession of the Empress, no one from the outside could learn any information about Princess Yisu. Appearance, age, size, hobbies, even the place of residence... If anyone could obtain information about Princess Yisu, there would certainly be those who’d try to ’replicate’ a princess to seize the First Gospel and the Divine Lord’s wishes!"

"That’s correct," Helaphis nodded his head, "In the 1668 years of the Gospel, each dynasty shift originated from the transition of the First Gospel. The prosperous Elf Dynasty, the five generations of the Dragonkin Dynasty, the numerous relics of the Firewood Dynasty... Whenever rulers deviated from the First Gospel, the dynasty’s downfall was destined; on the contrary, only by aligning with the First Gospel could a dynasty hope to continue."

"Although much of the history is missing, the heritage of mermaids also indicates that the previous dynasties couldn’t directly ’create’ the First Gospel. The First Gospel back then could have been a merchant’s daughter, a noble’s daughter, a descendant of a Mage, or even a disabled beggar, a born Slave... But no matter her identity, once she became the First Gospel, her will was the fate of the Gospel."

"When the First Gospel descended, all traitors were to die. Those dynasties that tried to resist, conspire, or deviate from the First Gospel often rapidly disintegrated, submerged by the river of history, unable to survive until the next Weaving Festival."

"Elf Saintess, contemporary Dragonkin, heirs of Firewood... all powerful dynasties reserved a supreme place for the First Gospel, even directly venerating the First Gospel as the ruler, willingly submitting themselves to serve."

"But even with such concessions, a dynasty is never eternal," the Sea Witch said, "More than one First Gospel had held dual roles, not only serving as the supreme of the former dynasty but also becoming the Empress of a new dynasty... They would collaborate with the rebels, igniting the tottering hut of the old dynasty to usher in the spring of a new one."

"But now, an eternal dynasty has emerged. The Yisu Dynasty, lasting nearly eight hundred years, with each Empress being the First Gospel, its lifespan already double that of the Elf Dynasty, had catastrophe not struck suddenly, I have no doubt that the Yisu Dynasty would continue indefinitely..."

Helaphis paused, "So, Purple Moth, you are correct, the Yisu Royal Family is absolutely impossible to leak even a hint about the princess. Once everyone knows the characteristics of the princess, then the First Gospel would change hands, leading to a dynastic shift."

"But the premise is, the Yisu Royal Family doesn’t want us to know the information about the princess."

Purple Moth quickly realized, "Is the palace intentionally leaking information?"

"Since the night the ’Art Ranking’ was announced, countless people have approached us mermaids, eager to know if something had happened to the princess," Helaphis said with a smile, "Throughout the seven hundred years of the Yisu Dynasty ruling the Gospel, despite numerous resistances against the Void Realm’s invasions, the Abyss uprisings, the Meteor Fire Rain and such natural and man-made disasters, every time Empress Yisu perfectly resolved all disasters with the Gospel."

"So in their eyes, the biggest prerequisite for the apocalypse is that there will no longer be an Empress Yisu."

The Sea Witch swayed in the water, "Thinking further, it means the next Empress, the current princess, has already encountered an accident, hence the Gospel has woven such a future. Actually, I’m curious as to why, Purple Moth, you’ve only come to ask us about this essential issue now."

"Hold on," Igula, who had been listening, suddenly asked, "There’s a problem here—regardless of whether the princess is in trouble, the First Gospel will eventually be chosen. The princess doesn’t actually matter; as long as Empress Yisu passes the throne to the First Gospel, allowing the First Gospel to rule the kingdom, wouldn’t that subvert the apocalypse?"

Harvey asked, "Could it be that Empress Yisu is unwilling?"

"Impossible," Igula said, "According to you, this so-called ’First Gospel’ isn’t a person but a deified existence. The so-called dynastic changes are probably because the First Gospel found the existing interest class irredeemably corrupt, even hindering social development, thus directly overthrowing and starting anew, turning over a new leaf in history..."

"The most direct evidence is that if Empress Yisu had any so-called ’personal desires’, not only would she refuse to abdicate to an outsider, she wouldn’t even want to abdicate to the princess. However, according to historical records, there have never been any anomalies in the fifty-year Empress cycle, and there have been no bad rumors about the Empress. If not for your assured statements, I would have thought Empress Yisu a fabricated religious figure."