The Devil's Betrothed-Chapter 779: Answers From The Past

Xyron began to explain further.

"When the absolute darkness from hell was about to swallow the entire universe, two powerful deities had sacrificed their lives by devoting their divine cultivation to help the Lord of Darkness to absorb that threatening absolute darkness. One deity was the previous god of war, the one before Draven and the other one was the heavenly empress," Xyron looked at Evanthe, "That means your mother, deity Evanthe."

Evanthe indeed had a question about her mother, and now she had the answer. Her mother sacrificed herself to protect others.

Xyron continued, "The previous god of war perished. Later, the new god of war was chosen, the one whom the previous God of War had chosen as his heir, the young deity Draven. He was even more powerful than the previous god of war. There was the most powerful sword buried in the depths of the celestial mountain, the sword which said to be one of the creations from the tears of an ancient celestial phoenix, one of the most powerful ancient beast. Draven was the only god who could possess that sword or more like it is said that the sword itself had chosen him. With that sword, he was considered invincible among all three realms.

"Because of his accomplishment and the powers he possessed, he was given the additional title by the heavenly emperor himself- Aramis, which is also the name of the celestial mountain from where Draven had retrieved that sword. Aramis is the strongest and sacred mountain in the heaven realm that can never be affected by anything. That is how he became the God of War named Draven Aramis, who possessed elegance, bravery, and immense strength which could protect the heaven realm single handedly."

Xyron recited a few tales of Draven’s accomplishment in the heaven realm and said, "...It’s difficult to believe that the most powerful god of war reduced to this state.

"Deity of Fire," Draven spoke, "How was she related to the God of War?"

Xyron raised a brow, "You forgot about her as well? That’s truly disrespectful towards her."

Draven sighed inwardly as his regret and guilt was greater than anyone. "If you are done enjoying my misery, get to the point."

"Deity of Fire was initially a celestial phoenix bird which was another creation from the ancient celestial phoenix. She was created from the ashes of feathers of a celestial phoenix. Back then, the Celestial Empress found her and she was the one to raise that phoenix bird and nurtured her with her own divine powers," Xyron said as he looked at Draven. "You have no memories of having that little bird around you and coming after you all the time. She even slowly turned into your own pet after the heavenly empress perished to the absolute darkness. It is said that she found her new master in you."

"Pet?" Draven was surprised.

Xyron chuckled, "That was not an ordinary phoenix, but the one born from traces of the most powerful ancient creature, the celestial phoenix. That small phoenix bird had to cultivate for a long time till she finally achieved a human form from the bird form and became the deity of fire.

"But that’s a long story and someone from the heaven realm might explain it in the details as I am not aware of the entire tale. All I know is that once she transformed into the human form, she became the deity of fire. She was powerful, powerful enough to absorb the hellfire which broke out from the depth of hell and saved all three realms.

"Because of the hellfire she possessed, she became the most powerful deity, as powerful as the Lord of Darkness himself. At that time, the heaven realm which was already wary of the most powerful Lord of Darkness, had another powerful deity to fear. She was invincible and held the power to destroy all three realms in the blink of an eye and no god or demon could even stop her. She is more like a threat to every existence."

As they heard it, Evanthe asked, "What did they do to her if they feared her?"

Evanthe tried to connect the link. Also, if the celestial Empress, Evanthe’s mother, had raised a deity of fire, and nurtured her bird form with her own divine power, that means, the deity of fire must be like her sister.

Xyron replied, "After she absorbed hellfire, it was said that she was unstable with her powers and she was finding it difficult to handle it. Some incidents said to happen that the King of heaven later had to order to confine the deity of fire in the celestial prison at the top of celestial mountain, from where no one could free her. What happened later, I am not aware of it."

As they at least got some answers about Draven and Ember, Evanthe asked again, "What about Sierra, the deity of Earth?"

"The deity of earth was the youngest deity in the heaven realm and was infamous for her ethereal beauty as well as her kindness. She lived in peace taking care of the creation of nature. There are no such tales about her I can tell. If there is anything, it must have happened after the Demon realm became a confined place for us."

As they got some rough ideas of their pasts, Draven and Evanthe looked lost in their own thoughts.

Draven thought about something and asked, "What was the name of Deity of fire?"

In the dreams that Draven and Ember had about their past lives, her name was always unheard even if it was said. Ember always wondered why she could never hear it and Draven was the same. In his dreams, he had said her name, but he could never hear his own voice or guess what he said.

Xyron looked at Draven, with unease. "I am not able to recall it?"

"Her existence has been erased from all the three realms," Evanthe said, "That’s the reason it can’t be said."

"Even the Demons are affected by it?" Draven asked in disbelief.

Xyron nodded, "Though rules in the heavenly realms are not applied to the Demon realm, there are certain obligations which all three realms had to follow. As you said her existence had been erased entirely, then all three realms had to obey it as well. It’s cruel, but that’s how it is."

Draven’s fists tightened at the thought. ’How dare they erase her existence just like that as if she never existed. She even sacrificed herself to hellfire to protect them all.’

As they all grappled with it, someone said which caught their attention. "I want to know about the Lord of Darkness."

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