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"Micteya is a Supreme Goddess now?!"
The millions of Gods froze at Maddox's desperate cry. Though sound couldn't travel through vacuum, Divine Power and Divine Senses carried his terrified plea across the entire battlefield.
"Isn't Micteya a peak High Goddess?" Someone murmured, "There has been no news of her promotion."
"Maddox wouldn't lie about this, even in such a situation."
"But Lady Micteya has been at the peak of the High God Tier since the Ancient Era. Isn't it normal for her to advance after a hundred thousand years?"
Others scoffed, "What normal? Hundreds of peak High Gods in our Pantheons of Faith have stagnated over the years. Ascension to the Supreme God Tier is even harder than going from a Tier Zero Mortal to a peak High God!"
"It should've been her luck. She must've seized a rare chance at slaughtering multiple civilizations."
Envy rippled throughout the battlefield. Even the Nature Pantheon's Goddesses were shocked. Throughout the Faith system, including the Pantheons and Wild Gods, there were tens of millions of Gods, but less than twenty at the Supreme God Tier!
"Her Majesty finally took that step!" A member of the Death Pantheon whispered, "I wonder whether we would get this opportunity or not…"
"We don't have much hope for that. I believe that Her Majesty Micteya is the last one to reach the Supreme God Tier before the Divine War begins."
"It is better to try to obtain the God King's Throne, which can immediately make you reach the God Monarch Tier. After all, even Supreme Gods have to bow to a God Monarch!"
"I believe that Micteya likely ascended in a distant galaxy by slaughtering interstellar civilizations to feed her Law of Death."
"Although really cruel, it really seems to be quite efficient. After all, those mortals breed like rabbits. It should be an honor for them to die for a Goddess' rise to the Supreme God Tier."
Even the 'good' Gods nodded silently. After all, let alone the neutral and evil Gods, even they would do the same if given the opportunity to rise to the Supreme God Tier.
"The main question is, will the Great Aetherium's Angels spare Maddox for Micteya's sake and allow his soul to return to his Divine Body?"
"It seems quite unlikely for them to provoke a Supreme Goddess. As Maddox said, she would raze their kingdom to the ground."
"Even so, he disgraced the Death Pantheon by begging with his sister's name!"
"Still, why did they seal those souls? Logically, they should've been destroyed to prevent retaliation if even one of them accidentally escaped and resurrected."
"I agree, although the Evil Gods can't match Angels in open fight, their souls can easily massacre the mortals in his kingdom."
As the spectators were discussing, the unthinkable happened. Nora glanced at Haru, and after he nodded, without hesitation, she severed the vitality of Maddox's Divine Body, preventing his natural resurrection, causing his Godhead to become ownerless. Today Maddox, a peak High God, a Supreme God prospect, was effectively executed.
"No!!!" He screamed in despair. He had planned to mimic Micteya's path, planning to massacre interstellar civilizations for promotion.
"You dare! You and your puny little kingdom are finished, finished, I say! My sister will annihilate you all!"
He deeply regretted standing up for Jason to harass and threaten that young king, and then he became furious. His Godhead has been stolen! He cursed them to ruin under Micteya's wrath.
"Your sister, the Goddess of Death, huh?" Nora sealed his soul and said coldly, "If she appears, she will join you and the other fallen Evil Gods."
"Let me out! What does your kingdom want?" Maddox shrieked.
Nora, "Fear not. My lord offers the true path of faith. You are going to grasp eternal life's meaning."
"Eternal life?" He recoiled, his intuition screamed danger. To revive him from true death, where his soul would get destroyed, even his sister would have to bear an unimaginably immense cost. It was said that only God Monarchs might be able to casually resurrect truly dead Gods.
At that point, if his sister either fell or even failed to take the God King's Throne in the upcoming Divine War, he would most likely vanish forever, but if she came to rescue him now, he would be saved.
That's why he didn't self-destruct his soul and chose to wait for her. Suddenly, Maddox's eyes widened through the seal as he saw a figure clad in a black gown, hair bound high and crowned regally. Her beauty rivaled the Nature Pantheon's Goddesses, and she emerged from distant stars, closing in quickly towards them.
It was his sister Micteya, the Supreme Goddess of Death, and her soul-crushing Divine Power that destroyed stars like balloons as her eyes were filled with rage.
"She truly ascended! No wonder the Gods of Death grew so bold today."
"With three Supreme Gods, if she grows as strong as Malakar and Skarion, the Evil Pantheon might even rival the Nature and Titan Pantheons!"
"This kingdom is doomed. The arrogant king really had that Angel cut Maddox's Divine Body's vitality and sealed his soul. This is now an irredeemable feud."
Some Gods of Faith whispered excitedly. They resented Castle Lords as rivals for believers and were really happy that Micteya would now destroy the strongest Castle Lord faction.
"Hey Selene, Micteya really radiates a Supreme God Tier Divine Aura. What should we do?"
Margaret explained, "I just contacted Her Holiness and she told me to not worry and how the Great Aetherium would manage her."
"Are you serious?"
The battlefield tensed under countless eyes. Micteya's gaze ignored the killers, Nora and Christine, bypassed her brother's pleas, and locked onto Haru, the Great Aetherium's King.
"You dared to kill my brother!" A murderous chill erupted, and she said, "Since you didn't destroy his soul, tell me how you want to die, and I shall at least give you that privilege. I'll quell my rage by torturing these two bitches for at least a million years."
She'd hidden ascension, expecting untouchability, yet her foolish brother fell and even after he publicly declared that she had ascended, it wasn't enough to deter them.
Fury and regret warred in her heart. She arrived too late. Her goals were now clear—save Maddox's soul, destroy the Great Aetherium and quell her rage.
Haru met her gaze calmly, ignoring her Supreme God Tier aura and said, "Oh, foolish Goddess, this was the wrong place for you to appear, but since you gave me this choice, I shall repay the favor. If you apologize to me and agree to voluntarily become my believer, I'll tell 'her' to at least make your death a little painless."
(T/N — Yes, it was more of an aura farming thing, but even if Micteya agreed to become his believer, Haru would still have Celestia kill her for two main reasons. First is the massive exp gains for Celestia and Haru.
The second is so that when her soul is resurrected, Micteya would become a Supreme Goddess of the Light faction and would enjoy the massive buffs from the various buildings in Angel City. Hope that clears any doubts.)
Micteya blinked, as she was confused by Haru's words, but then, her eyes radiated sheer terror, and she flashed millions of kilometers away. A millisecond later, a radiant figure, with eighteen wings and a divine sword that blazed brighter than stars, appeared where she just stood.
It was Haru's personal assistant, Celestia, who said flatly, "That bitch runs pretty quickly, my Lord."
Had she been even a heartbeat slower, the blade in Celestia's hand would've pierced Micteya's heart.
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