Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 246 The Pale Queen is Thinking

For the Pale Queen Xia, the experiences during this period could be described as a bolt from the blue.

Xia could never have imagined that, having been the Pale Queen for so many years, she had already unified the royal faction of the Spirit Cult. As long as she could recapture or kill the restless old Deng in Haitel, she could completely unify the Spirit Cult. Even in the future, if she could obtain the uniqueness of the God of Death, it might not be impossible for her to be promoted to Sequence 0 and become the new God of Death.

As a result, when the situation seemed so good, the "God of Death" suddenly returned and issued an oracle.

Of course, Xia didn't believe that the God of Death had really returned. In her opinion, either Heitel had gone too far or succeeded, and the uniqueness of the God of Death had really been revitalized because of their suicidal behavior, becoming a being like the Hidden Sage, or someone had mastered the uniqueness of the God of Death and was causing trouble here under a disguise.

But no matter which one it is, it is not good news for Xia - looking at the style of the Hidden Sage, you can see that uniqueness is not a good thing for extraordinary people of this path, especially extraordinary people like Xia who possess the characteristics of Sequence One.

And if someone really did secretly master the uniqueness, Xia didn't think that person would let go of the Sequence 1 characteristic that He possessed, and would definitely snatch it away.

What's more, since the other party issued the oracle in the name of the God of Death and formulated new rules for the followers of the God of Death, it must be that they have ideas about the Spirit Cult and want to seize power.

So Xia was so worried that she couldn't sleep well during this period.

Of course, if Xia chose to be a lazy person, and chose to lie down obediently at this time, hand over power and Sequence 1 characteristics, perhaps the so-called God of Death would not do anything to Him.

However, this was a gamble on the other party's mercy, equivalent to handing one's fate over to the other party. As the Pale Queen, Xia really didn't believe that the high-sequence beings of this path would have mercy.

Secondly, Xia is not willing to do this. She has been the Pale Queen for so many years and is only one step away from Sequence 0. Although this step may block her for the rest of her life, Xia will definitely not be willing to give up so easily.

Thirdly, Xia suspected that the "God of Death" who issued the oracle might have some problems, otherwise why didn't he show up to unify the Spirit Cult, or bestow his power?

It was for these reasons that Xia made the decision immediately after learning about the oracle. She contacted her confidants and labeled it as a "conspiracy of the artificial god of death faction." At the same time, she appeased those members of the royal faction who were slightly shaken by the oracle, and secretly began to investigate what this so-called god of death was.

Originally, all of Xia's actions went smoothly. After all, he had been in the Spirit Cult for many years and could almost be called the de facto leader. Although the artificial death god faction headed by Haitel put up a desperate resistance, the royal faction's base was still preserved. As a result, most of the other small factions were skeptical about the oracle and did not choose to defect directly.

But today, Xia was devastated to find that all the arrangements he had made during this period were probably in vain.

After hearing the report from his subordinates and learning that many people had suffered divine punishment, Xia's body shook. He could already foresee how many people would turn to the "God of Death" after today's incident. He was afraid that except for his confidants who were completely loyal to him, even many people who were the backbone of the royal faction would be shaken.

And divine punishment... Xia pursed his lips. He still didn't think that his judgment of the "God of Death" was wrong. It just seemed that the condition of the "God of Death" was much better than he had originally guessed.

This was undoubtedly bad news for Xia. A cloud of gloom covered Xia's eyes. He quickly thought of something and ordered, "...compile a list for me, quickly."

Faced with His request, the subordinates naturally did not dare to neglect it, and soon a list came into Xia's hands.

"This is a list of all the members who have suffered divine punishment that we have been able to count so far. However, many members who are serving their duties outside have not been counted. They are too far away from us, and our situation cannot be determined for the time being. But don't worry, I have arranged people to contact them, and I believe that this part of the list will be counted soon." After handing over the list, the subordinate said with his brows lowered.

Xiaya nodded slightly after listening to his subordinates' words, but did not blame them for anything. He was not one of those unreasonable bosses.

Xia then lowered her head and scanned the list. After reading it, she let out a sigh and said, "All those who have suffered divine punishment are those who have not followed the new rules and have committed serious violations of them."

"This even includes a member of the Artificial Death God Faction..." Xia put down the list, looked at her subordinates, and said, "Do you know what this means?"

The subordinate paused before answering, "The returning Grim Reaper does not belong to the artificial Grim Reaper faction."

"This is a conclusion that should have been reached long ago." Xia shook her head, her expression cold, "This means that this Death God pays more attention to the new rules He has implemented than others."

"...Maybe he's just trying to establish his authority?" The subordinate suggested a possibility. He was Xia's direct descendant, so he would occasionally speak boldly.

"If they simply wanted to establish their authority, He wouldn't need to make any distinctions and could simply kill them all. However, the reality is that the degree of divine punishment faced by each person varies, stemming from the crimes they have committed." Xia paused, a rare hint of confusion in her eyes.
"I originally thought this so-called new rule was just an attempt by the other party to assert their presence and control the Spiritual Cult...but he actually cares about this rule?"

Sia was truly confused. After all, as a descendant of the God of Death and the Pale Queen of the Spirit Cult, Sia had been educated in the ways of the Balam royal family since childhood. Her indifference to life had been ingrained in her bones, making it even more difficult for her to understand these new rules.

"But this at least allows me to rule out one possibility..." Xia shook her head, suppressed the doubts in her heart, and erased the previous speculation that the "God of Death" was the only spiritual being.

Given the characteristics of the Death Path, if it really is a unique spirit, it will definitely be even more indifferent and ruthless.

"So who is it... Dark Night? God of War?" Xia guessed in her heart, but was surrounded by new confusion.

Because He thought of Haitel, Xia knew very well how loyal Haitel was to the God of Death. Even if the other party had come up with a plan to create an artificial God of Death, it was essentially to resurrect the God of Death. Such a person might not be able to stop the Night and the God of War from stealing the uniqueness, but he would definitely not help the other party control the Spirit Cult.

And now looking at Haitel's attitude, it is obvious that he really wants to help the new God of Death control the Spirit Cult.

(End of this chapter)