Marvel Magic Case Files

Chapter 1469 Goddess of the Triple Path (Second Update)

The goddess of the three paths has always been watching over this world.

Even though she had retired and completely relinquished her ties to the world, her eyes remained fixed on it. She saw the business card being picked up, placed in a handbag, and then handed to a girl with long red hair; she saw that girl arrive on the island. "I've studied your *Unified Truth*. I'm glad your ideas haven't fallen into the common Hegelian fallacy of generalization. Every idea must rely on a specific historical and social context; this is what's called the end of theocracy and twilight of the gods—this is the materialist worldview. Now I understand why you personally ended the age of gods and led humanity away from deities, just as you led the bourgeois revolution to replace the feudal landlord class—all because of the inevitable trend of the development of productive forces."

She wrote her conclusion on parchment.

A mechanical carrier pigeon, cast from pure silver, brass, and gold, now sits on the table, driven by pure spiritual power until the metal wears down. Since the publication of *The Unified Truth*, Hecate had commissioned the purchase of the complete set of books—a book suppressed by the rest of European society but secretly studied by certain elites—for research. The footsteps of war were already sounding near the Aegean Sea, and the author of this book longed to hold this land firmly in his grasp; this was common knowledge worldwide. This was why the book began to flourish in Greece—as a somewhat lofty and rather than directly instructive treatise, not everyone could understand its contents smoothly and directly. But Hecate, as the goddess of magic of the old era, deeply understood the idealism criticized in *The Unified Truth*, especially the idealism that was more pronounced among the Olympian gods of the old era.

The vast majority of Olympian gods believed in the existence of a universal theory explaining all phenomena and things, much like the Christian holy books used to explain all phenomena. This idea formed the idealistic foundation upon which bourgeois humanism rested, a foundation that did not conform to objective laws. Just as bourgeois social science and economics asserted capitalism as an eternal natural law of the world, divine pronouncements asserted religious belief as an eternal natural law of the world, ignoring the particularities of human activity.

A simple example is the aristocratic class.

The newly rich, who rose to power through violence in the early Middle Ages, had no concept of elegance or chivalry. In those times, incompetence and bloodshed were far more useful than studying Latin and the Bible. It wasn't until the emergence of etiquette from the French court, after the aristocracy had completed its primitive, bloody accumulation of capital, that they began to talk about elegance and morality, education and refinement—luxuries that the common people could neither afford nor afford. Before the French Revolution, people also believed that nobility was an eternal and unchanging law of the world, but even it was subject to historical elimination; after all, no phenomenon or system can exist outside of its specific era.

Most Olympian gods, and even the vast majority of humanity, understand any methodology as an eternal and unchanging theory of everything that can explain all phenomena. The bourgeoisie derives the selfishness of human nature, thus leading to liberalism and neoliberalism; the Olympian gods derive human ignorance and weakness, thus concluding that gods with absolute violence can unite humanity in a divine age; monotheism derives original sin, thus concluding that humanity needs devout faith in God to go to heaven. Different theories collectively become the dominant viewpoints of the same logic in different eras.

"The Unified Truth" critiques this idealistic, dominant viewpoint that ignores social characteristics. This is because it shares the same underlying logic as the post-World War I and II critiques of the chain of suspicion surrounding realism, the politics of power (i.e., nuclear deterrence), the blind projection of selfishness onto society, and the vulgar reconciliation of the idealistic binary opposition of moral rationality and blind faith in democracy. It also addresses the free market, neoliberalism, and the perpetually ruling oligarchic class constructed by contemporary European social science idealism. "The Unified Truth" avoids simplistic, dogmatic confrontational debates—such as using totalitarianism against liberal democracy, collectivism against individual freedom, or Puritanical asceticism against hedonism—but instead delves deeper into the distinction between essence and appearance, without clinging to the superficial appearances of a specific period.

Essentially, "Unified Truth" still confronts idealism, and the simplest manifestation of idealism—religious belief, even though the latter is merely a symbol of idealism. Prophets' oracles, divine revelations, church worship, etc., are all manifestations of idealistic religious belief; they are organized, profound social phenomena that participants can immediately experience. The essence lies in why such phenomena arise, and the inherent laws governing why humans worship non-existent deities that offer no benefit to social life. This allows for the analysis and structuring of the current international political situation, leading to a transhumanist materialist methodology.

However, Hecate could discern the personal ideas He had incorporated into His *Unified Truth*, namely the ruthless slaughter of extraterrestrial beings and superhuman chauvinistic racism—a dominant philosophy of a specific era, as He described it. He believed that survival in this ruthless and absurd universe required consuming more resources and developing more advanced science, thereby enabling humanity to truly transcend the constraints of productivity and give rise to Kant's philosophical, metaphysical, and legalistic human and moral reason.

Entrusted to a future of infinitely abundant productivity, this rationality can elevate everyone's morality and thought, enabling people to fully communicate and understand each other. This rationality is an objective standard of absolute truth, thereby avoiding the deprivation and harm of war to individuals' rights to life, liberty, and property—only when people understand each other and productivity is no longer a limitation to social development will exploitation and war be completely swept away from human history and future, and a true democracy and a utopia where everyone is like a dragon will be born—this is a grand, almost impossible ideal, but "almost" does not mean completely impossible. As an immortal being, He has a long time to realize this future.

Hecate had made similar attempts before, but the gatherings ultimately degenerated into cult-like structures because she failed to grasp the crux of the problem. "I will invite Wanda Maximov to this island," Hecate wrote as her final words, placing the parchment in an envelope, affixing her wax seal, before handing it to the silver carrier pigeon.

"I wish your journey will be free from storms," ​​she whispered, holding up the heavy silver carrier pigeon. She had already foreseen the visitors who would soon arrive on the island. Bayonetta, being Italian, wouldn't be swayed by His changing thoughts; she would only steadfastly support her family, as long as they didn't betray her humanity. To Hecate, Bayonetta and Joan of Arc were one of her own, for the witches' connection to the Olympian gods was far stronger than any of their own records.

The witches' connection to magic, the souls of the dead, the moon and the night, and their expertise in alchemy and potions all demonstrate a close relationship between this school of thought and Hecate and even Artemis. The Sicilian worship of Hecate, the witches' contracts with extradimensional lords and their connections to the Olympian Pantheon, Anatolian beliefs, Egyptian gods, and the paganized Solomon's Temple demons further indicate a substantial link between the witches and Hecate. Conversely, the sages, with their musical arts, healing magic, and connection to the sun, show a link to Apollo. Both races, in terms of bloodline, magic, and even their inherited characteristics, can be traced back to the same Asia Minor and Assyrian-Babylonian origins. More directly, they can be linked to Salomon, the Hittite who foresaw the future.

However, Hecate did not write down what she saw of the future/past on the parchment.

Hecate had no worries about the witches' minds or thoughts; she was very familiar with the witch race. Of all the visitors to this island, only Wanda Maximoff truly needed guidance. As the spearhead and catalyst for a foreseeable greater crisis and opportunity, Wanda Maximoff's intellectual depth and stability held sway over every aspect of this world, and determined whether He needed to completely erase her existence. He rarely had time to educate Wanda as He did at Strucker Castle, and Hecate was happy to do Hecate this small favor.

"You will hand the thread of fate to the right person."

(End of this chapter)