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Chapter 843

Chapter 843: Chapter 222 The Open Conspiracy of Serpent Celestial Marshal Chapter 843: Chapter 222 The Open Conspiracy of Serpent Celestial Marshal Aiwass could roughly guess the thought process of the Lord of Scalefeather.

If the very existence of Aiwass implied unpredictability…

It would explain why the plans revolving around him, laid out by his Foster Father James and his grandfather Jacob, all failed due to unpredictable variables.

And it wasn’t just them.

From the Lohar Society and the Noble Red to the Succubus representing the Rose Cross Society… when these long-executed plans developed to the point of needing contact with Aiwass, sudden variables began to appear.

Now it seems, if Aiwass made everything that was certain become uncertain… then the best way to utilize him was not to try to control Aiwass.

Instead, use Aiwass to eliminate the “worst” options first, cutting off these future possibilities.

Afterwards, no matter how random things got, they would at least not be the worst-case scenario.@@@@

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After all, no one desired to witness another Pillar God ascend to Supreme Heaven in this world—no one wished for the emergence of a new Supreme Heaven.

If the original “Transcendence” turned into “fall,” the whole world would likely veer towards chaos and Darkness.

However…

“This seems unnecessary for me.”

Aiwass said earnestly: “The Serpent Celestial Marshal… has other plans.”

Although saying this, Aiwass felt a bit peculiar—it was almost like making an alt account to praise oneself.

Nonetheless, the Ring of Ouroboros was indeed a ritual prepared by the Serpent Celestial Marshal.

And Aiwass believed that the Lord of Scalefeather certainly knew this.

Sure enough.

The Lord of Scalefeather just smiled and said, “Are you referring to the ‘Ring of Ouroboros’ ritual?

Indeed… He has even prepared ‘Ouroboros Continuation’ on the side of Star Antimony, just waiting for them to take the bait.

“He has disguised this ritual.

Those people would only believe that they can steal the power of the Celestial Marshal through this ritual and bypass the ascension ceremony to soar to the Sixth Power Level.

Since the ritual indeed holds this power, there’s no issue… After all, it’s a ritual personally created by the Serpent Celestial Marshal, there’s no way they could detect the problem with it.

“Furthermore, this ritual requires a Fifth Power Level sacrificial victim—this fits perfectly with the thinking of the Demon Scholars.

“In their worldview, a powerful ritual is always accompanied by a cost.

If this ritual required no sacrifice, they would immediately suspect a scam.

But because this ritual necessitates the sacrifice of a participant, it becomes extremely persuasive…”

At this, the Lord of Scalefeather chuckled with a scoff, “Those people are still at each other’s throats.

“Some have hidden the true cost of the ritual, while others have fabricated different costs to try to profit from it.

And those who know the true cost are deceiving each other.

They form these little groups and talk of making someone outside their group ‘the cost of the ritual,’ when in reality, they plan to use this opportunity to recruit others and eliminate rivals.

This plan’s style...

really resembled Aiwass’s own.

He looked hesitantly at the Lord of Scalefeather: “So what do you need me to do then?

“Am I responsible for...

cleaning up after the Serpent Celestial Marshal?

To eliminate the Fallen Celestial Marshals they dragged down?”

“Yes.”

Lord of Scalefeather answered.

“But, is that really necessary for me to be involved?

It’s hard to say, but the Serpent Celestial Marshal’s plan for the first Ring of Ouroboros ritual must have accounted for this, and it wasn’t supposed to be ‘This is where Aiwass needs to come in,’ right?”

Aiwass retorted.

This was also a question that had perplexed Aiwass for a long time.

The Ring of Ouroboros ritual itself was the Serpent Celestial Marshal’s plan—or rather, conspiracy.

Its occurrence directly led to the spectacle of Celestial Marshals falling from the skies in droves.

And from a standing point, Aiwass was hostile to the Serpent Celestial Marshal.

Although the Serpent Celestial Marshal would protect Aiwass for now, the ultimate goal was to devour Aiwass.

—But if they were enemies, why would Aiwass clean up after the Serpent Celestial Marshal?

This question was resolved by players in the game.

But this world had no “players.”

Without players, who could defeat the Fallen Celestial Marshals?

Could it be that the Serpent Celestial Marshal merely intended to exile the Celestial Marshals to the Material Realm and had never considered how to kill these Celestial Marshals?

Also, there was another issue—

Aiwass pressed on: “Moreover, how does my killing the Fallen Celestial Marshals benefit you in the end?”

This was what puzzled Aiwass the most.

The Fallen Celestial Marshal was not the Bear Celestial Marshal, and though He wasn’t exactly benevolent, He didn’t really provoke other Celestial Marshals and Pillar Gods along other Paths.

To be precise, He took a liking to stealing high-quality souls and branding them with the Mark of Sin.

However, He didn’t act frequently as there were few in the Material Realm who turned into Demons.

Even if one were to have animosity towards Him, it should be the Serpent Father.

After all, the Fallen Celestial Marshal almost swayed an entire Path, tarnishing the reputation of Transcenders who were originally meant to symbolize “active ascent.”

—But then, what does it matter to You, the Pillar God of the Path of Adaptation?

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