The Seven Throne

Light and Dark

I was on my way back to the inn when there was a commotion in the city. Many people gather and are busy talking about something. They pointed to the sky.

Above the sky, a very thick black cloud covered the sky quickly. No light can penetrate to the earth. In a short time, the whole place was in the dark.

A familiar feeling and anger flowed in my heart. This feeling is the same as when in the forest at that time.

Right, this is what I'm looking for! I can clearly feel the origin of all these black clouds. from Empire!

...

Empire, three hours ago before black clouds appeared in the Camelion.

Troops from the Holy Temple were fully prepared and up to five hundred meters from the Imperial city wall. They were all led by a Head Priest and Temple Heads from seven branch temples.

"Head priest, all troops are ready"

"Good, we only need to wait for the reaction from the Empire"

The Head of the temple looks very confident with the 100,000 troops he is carrying. Not only containing ordinary soldiers, but also Wizard, Healer, Enchanter, and Archer. Plus a number of Alchemists that are useful for preparing Potions in order to complete the parts that cannot be reached by the Supporters. What's more, they have brought supplies for all these troops which can last up to one week.

How much is that? The cost spent might drain the treasures of the Alvion kingdom in an instant. This is what proves the value of information leaked to Alif. Even the Holy Temple wants to unleash all the power it has had so far and is willing to make a decision to attack the Empire.

This Holy Temple step might be considered quite reckless by the Kings. However, if all this information is leaked successfully disseminated, there are only two possibilities that can happen.

The first possibility is that the Holy Temple tarnished it’s reputation and the loss of trust from the community which resulted in the Holy Temple losing it’s power to influence the community. The second possibility is Alif, which has been criticized by the wider community and becomes an enemy for everyone. Well, in this case waiting for both is the destruction of the bet.

No matter what anyone says about the decision of the Holy Temple at this time. The most important thing now is securing their position in society.

For two thousand years, the Holy Temple has tried to erase all important historical records from everyone's memories and compose new history to keep in mind. All records that have been collected and maintained by the Holy Temple so far are records from all continents.

From a distance, the city gate opened. Two people came out of it. The Empress sat on her white horse led by the General. None of the troops accompanied them.

Just by looking at it briefly, the Head Priestess grinned over his wrinkled face.

The Empire has surrendered and chosen to negotiate. That's what everyone thinks. No matter what the outcome of this negotiation will be, the Holy Temple will always benefit from it.

...

"General, what do you think of that 100,000 troops?"

The Empress asked the General who was holding the horse's saddle.

"Your Majesty, that is a very large number. It may indeed be a good decision to start negotiations"

"No, I'm not asking about that. I'm asking why their number isn't 100,001."

The General was struck by the question and almost let go of his grip on the horse's saddle strap. Various kinds of thoughts have begun to spin in his brain.

"Forgive me, Your Majesty. I don't understand what you mean"

The Empress smiled softly, seemingly almost laughing. But she managed to stop herself from laughing.

"That's enough of this farce, General. I'll only laugh if this continues. I mean, why don't you join them?"

"I… I am the General of the Imperial army, there is no way I'm with them"

The Empress laughed softly at the General who was still trying to hide his nervous feelings.

"Ahahaha ... Alright, why don't we start now?"

The General is still confused by the 'start' that the Empress said.

"First, you leaked Alif's departure to the Holy Temple to the Head Priestess"

The General jerked back and started sweating coldly. But the Empress did not intend to stop and continue.

"Second, you plant explosive magic on Alif's horse which can be triggered remotely. Good effort to make it look like an attack from a Holy Temple army"

"Third, you secretly took the Imperial treasure and gave it to the Holy Temple to support this war. Besides that, you get help by hiring the commoners as the party to blame."

After hearing the whole truth was revealed, the General had no choice to run away. He immediately bowed.

"Forgive me, Your Majesty. I admit that I am wrong!"

"Huh? I know that you are very dedicated to the Holy Temple for upholding your trust. But I'm a little disappointed, General. After all, you support the Temple, but betray your own faith."

"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

The Empress just smiled, said nothing, and his body began to float in the air. Slowly the white light began to emanate from it.

"Hello, Warriors and Priests from the Holy Temple who worship the Light Goddess. This is the first time we have met, but I am very familiar with you. Here, I am known as Anastasia Ishtar."

The Empress spoke softly, but his voice could reach everyone, both the city dwellers and the 100,000 troops standing before her.

"Let me introduce myself once more"

The Empress's body was shrouded in light and began to fly higher. A number of pillars of light fell to the earth and split the clouds in the sky. The light brightened across the land like the morning light, and the cocoon of light began to break. The figure that emerged from that was no longer the appearance of the Empress who had a mature and charming body. But a young girl in her 20s with blonde hair, golden eyes, and clean white clothes with a gold pattern wrapped around her beautiful body.

The white horse slowly turns into a figure of a light dragon that has a body of five kilometers long and covers the sky. Flying behind the Goddess of light, a golden halo forms behind the back of the goddess, six white wings flapping grandly with dazzling light.

"I am the Goddess whom you always worship. Light Goddess, Atria. One of the seven leaders of the God Realm. Now, let's begin the judgment of the sinful Priests who are full of lies"

With a flick of her finger as a sign, a number of the sword of light descended from the sky, each sword at least 500 meters wide and two kilometers high.

Aaaaaaaa ...

The first scream echoed belonged to the Head Priest, followed by seven branch shrine chiefs who also knew the secret that had been hidden by the Holy Temple. Whereas warriors who did not know anything felt impressed by the appearance of their Goddess.

Atria dropped her index finger and the sword of light began to descend according to her orders.

But ... Before the swords reached the priests and Holy Temple troops, all stopped! Even the shouts, movements, and swords of light, as if time had stopped.

"Please don't do that, Goddess"

A space distortion hole is formed above the sky. Atria narrowed her eyes to see the figure that came out of her. A man with jet black hair and dark eyes like nothingness that swallows it all. Black clouds began to form in the sky and spread throughout the land.

"Evil God"

Atria said the name with discomfort.

The light from the Light Goddess illuminated the earth while the dark clouds of the Evil God covered the sky.