With the end of the trumpets and the idea that there was a traitor in heaven Karma bought enough time for everyone to hold a temporary ceasefire as he took that time to prepare for the end .
Media wasn't looking well for god as they watched the seventh trumpet shatter and realized that it would not go as it had been told through the scriptures , and the fact that not one-third of humankind was destroyed also forced those with god's seal to pray to god even more .
However , despite the trumpet not sounding the church revealed the existence of the Ark of Covenant dispelling fear as .
While the beasts appear and reenact the same behavior as was written in Revelation , shocking the believers with how they would believe and worship the beast when they have read the bible themselves .
The beast came out of the sea , cursing god , heaven as the people cursed heaven and god too . But the words that came out of their mouths weren't without evidence " God didn't give me this " " Even if the Count turned into a dragon he still gave us a livelihood "
" He was the one who helped me feed my children " " How dare you pathetic believers slander his name " the superiors watched as the people were indeed the contingency that Karma needed " Who would've thought he was right "
Then came the false prophet or that's at least what the believers of god call the fake lamb that resembled the one that appeared during the shattering of the seventh trumpet .
The false prophet had golden blood like the angels when Karma had made them bleed . The fake Lamb taught everyone magic , witchcraft and performed murder as any believer who got too close died horribly .
Karma smiles watching his work as he reads the original bible which was written as the original plan ' How impressive god , even though there was one mishap your people are still following you , guess this is what you get for asking for faith if only you wrote much better your people wouldn't have been so weak '
Karma could tell that there was still time until the lamb and the three angels but until then he could watch the three beasts and the people who are grateful to him convince the people who blame him for their misfortune .
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Lilith was so happy to see it but wondered what had happened to Lucifer ' Is he still in hell ? ' she chose the hard decision to visit Isir the only person who understands Karma " Isir are you here " " I don't think we are that close to call each other by our names "
Isir said " It's nothing personal about your life it's more about what Karma had planned for Lucifer " " Oh my god , Okay what do you wanna know ? " " Is he still alive ? " " Depends on your dictionary's definition of alive , all I can say is that Lucifer is sealed inside of Karma "
" Why did he do that ? " Lilith asked with the idea that Karma always has a motive behind his vague words " You are really going to keep yourself until you get all your answers I just ? Fine Karma left some memories for him to read it will answer a few of his questions that he couldn't find the answer from god "
" How would he have answers for Lucifer ? " " God is technically afraid of Count parent of all fae and Karma is like a mini version of Count so he has more than enough reason to have memories that Karma has especially when he has the memories of all three beasts and Solomon's wisdom now can you leave our meeting is not today it's gonna come in like a week "
Lilith leaves satisfied with the answers while Isir looks at Moirai " What is it Moirai ? " Isir reads Moirai's message " Best case scenario he finishes very quickly and celebrates your third birthday if not the worst case scenario is that god takes his time and makes Karma give you a lot on your fifth birthday "
Moirai nods as Isir smiles " Aren't you so calm about your father missing a lot of your birthdays ? But then again Karma never had his birthday celebrated because he had no parents but he seems so content with the memories of Count and Reed's diary at least you get to watch your father so closely making a world you can grow up well with "
Moirai writes "You do too" " Awe thank you Moirai I'm glad you love me as much as your dad even though we live this far " Isir looks out the window seeing a partially technology-integrated garden .
" This is like solarpunk , technology is well connected to nature and all , who knows maybe in the future the AI I make will be sentient and then you'll have a sibling just like you , born with knowledge "
Moirai thinks of the videos he watched about younger siblings and writes "I want an older sibling" " Of course you do but you already have your cousins " Moirai thinks of his cousins who were still young but at the same time more mature than him .
He smiles as Isir plays with his soft face " Now sleep well you already finished your milk " Isir plays a comforting tune using a music box as they caress Moirai sending him to sleep .
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" We are the people of the dragon , we are the people of the Count " Civilians rally outside the marked city as they chant against the believers " We are the same people worshippers of a god , yours had attacked us and now we fight back "
" You are all believers of a liar , the devil himself " a believer said " Your god told us to have faith and we get nothing in return , Your leader was taken away by ours so you should be worshipping the same god "
Karma watched from hell with ice cream watching the dragon take his place of worship as people mistaken the dragon for him " I keep forgetting that no one knows that the Count family is a human I did reveal that I was human to them during the first meeting about revelation but it's just them "
Karma makes a call " Hello queen Elizabeth how's things going up up there ? " " Don't call me that , It's going fine however people think you are dead and in a different form after they couldn't find the four horsemen like you said " " Oh don't worry I'm doing well and that dragon they are worshipping does have a bit of my soul so you could say it is me "
" People actively believed that the Count had the blood of the devil or the guardianship of the devil himself " " Oh trust me they are so close to that but so far , but as for the devil himself you already know he isn't what you think he was "
" I know he was a different guy than I had thought of too , he seems softer than you " " I know I know , the guy has been controlled by god but slowly and surely god lost his control over him " " Sounds like a bad father to let his son fall from the highest peaks of heaven down to the deepest grounds of hell "
" I wouldn't say that unless you know the full story you would change your mind " Elizabeth was surprised how this revelation wasn't even the full story " Even if god wrote his plan he doesn't know how his plan would come to fruition "
" I do know that he created Adam and Eve and that part about Lilith from the original bible you gave us " " Yep but do you know the part of the holy spirit is with us all ? " " Obviously it's part of the holy trinity " Karma nods and switches to mint chocolate crushing the cold hard layers of chocolate .
" Good then I'll tell you another story , one that puts creationism and the theory of evolution together " sparking interest in Elizabeth , Karma hears keyboards clicking " Okay continue " " Alright before god made the garden of Eden , heaven , hell there already was a life in the planet "
Elizabeth quickly types it down as her days of recording words as a court reporter ' He must've called me because he knew of my previous job ' " but it was such a sad life this planet was , there were those extinct creatures while some certainly made it as bones some were forgotten "
" Any traces of human civilization would easily be destroyed by the colossal giants , even during the invention of fire which helped humans innovate they were still far beyond , they grew weak because of their imbalance of nutrition and of course terrible healthcare "
" This is where the fae had appeared promise keepers that were fae that were close to their parent were able to eat like them as they ate the fear , joy , gratitude and hate from all living beings "
" But as humans progress their direction of these emotions turned to more defined beings like gods you know , they worshipped the so-called fake gods who were the children of a much greater god like the winds and storms they had previously worshipped "
" And then one god who isn't a child of that greater god arrived , they created Eden and that's where the story of creationism starts , this holy spirit was but a thing that had inhabited Adam and Eve "
" Lucifer tricking Adam and Eve into eating the forbidden fruit was planned so that god could expel both of them , they were much better than every other human as they could speak had greater intelligence and because of that the first humans made by god had already learned how to farm and survive outside the garden "
" And so this is where the two origins of humanity start to intertwine as more humans had married the descendants of Adam and Eve so did the holy spirit spread and this is where I end the story of how both origins became one "
Elizabeth was amazed at how this one made sense but the question that has always remained "Who made god" " This is really amazing " " I know I got it from the fae's stories " " What happened to the people without the holy spirit ? "
" You don't have to worry about them they are with us those who didn't have the holy spirit had to earn their way up to heaven it's why Purgatorio exist to test people without the holy spirit . "
" And you telling me this story is ? " " Make a meeting with the others I don't need to be around to lead this time , the primary objective was to tell everyone of this story "
" Shake the believers' faith ? " " Sure you can do that , after all , we have all the evidence we need especially with the people who had to go through purgatorio " " What about you I'm sure there's something you are still missing " " I'll take care of it on my own " the call ends as a meeting was held .
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The Fae also held a meeting in their place " The Count is currently building inside the dreaming " Gale said " We were also told that our parent is gathering food for us there we will make that our first destination upon returning back "
" Then we will lead the troops to fight as soon as we can is the portal ready for it ? " " It will be soon enough but who is Babylon " " We'll have to wait for Karma to declare who is Babylon , currently all sorts of things are possible , Babylon may just be someone without the blood of Adam or Eve "
They think of who it might be as they turn to Lilith " What are you looking at ? " " We just think it makes sense " " Look I'm the mother of demons , not the mother of humans who had no blood of Adam or Eve "
Isir thinks about who Babylon could be as they remember the tower " Maybe Babylon isn't a person but a structure " Everyone's attention turned to Isir as they showed a live feed " We have used to call our cities the marked cities so today we shall give it a great name "
A gift of language spreads as everyone hears what the dragon has to say " From now on these cities that were made without god shall be called Babylons , But unlike the ancient and former holder of these cities we will not fall , we will things for us to marvel and make this our own heaven "
" We will live forever in luxury , bring hell together with our paradise , with the softest of Fabric to lay on , cleanest of air to breathe , luxuries for those who can serve and for those who are capable , no more will the blind remain without eyes , All that you can do shall be to your credit to hold "
" No efforts of yours shall be unrewarded by those who benefit from it . And for those who don't like to live under Babylon may leave , your mark and proof of Babylon's citizenship shall be revoked " the whole world was shocked by what the voice had said the last sentence .
Suddenly people with the mark who were unwilling quickly disappeared from the cities and were thrown outside as they touched themselves and go to lakes , rivers , ponds or puddles to see that they were now unmarked by the number .
Karma smiled ' Now this is the kind of people I like ' those who kept the mark took the words of baptizing the cities' name as Elizabeth watched the news together with everyone else ' So this is why he never planned to do anything about the riots '
" So he gave one last chance for everyone to work for their wages but just told them they could go " " It's for the best , the people who kept the mark are too thankful for the devil they now thought of as a god "
They also wondered if it was possible to kill god but seeing how Karma was still alive after being attacked by the horsemen , making seven angels bleed and claiming the virtues , the deaths being limited to the military and the increased economy and morale of the cities now named Babylons .
The story given to Elizabeth was later published as everyone who was learning from the prophet prompted themselves to remove the holy spirit as they threw it and destroyed it angering the believers as he smiled ' To think the people would grow so well '
Karma walks to where the locusts were released from hell through the completed Babylon tower " Now I just have to construct the tower " he takes out a blueprint from Ziz's memories " Looks like we got more jobs for the civilians , I'll give them the task of creating the base and I'll make the rest "
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" Declaring the cities' names as Babylons does he have to make it plural ? " Azazel asked being " Maybe because Babylon was a city not a nation of cities " Diana said " But that just means that the entire city will face the wrath of god . "
" That is better " Bael said " Now that we know that it is the cities that are the Babylon of Revelation we will know where we can send our troops have you told Karma about the Fae so that the humans won't mistake us as the angels ? "
" Don't worry about that just like how he published the Apocryphal text the stories that Arachne had published will soon be found after all I did they will try to learn more of the stories that were written and published online "
Isir smiled not knowing that the Arachne they created to help Gale and their friends was going to help the Fae " I'll send it to Karma again we can have more literature about the Fae even more they'll soon recognize that Beelzebub and Asmodeus aren't fallen angels at all "
" Putting my personal history for people to see doesn't feel comfortable especially if that's the contents " Asmodeus said as he recounted his siblings stories " Oh shush I'm sure it will be useful "
Isir sends another hard drive to Karma with an Arachne to help Karma and a letter .
" Young master we found another letter similar to the one you opened " " It's from Isir " Karma snatches it as Sebastian smiles grateful to see Karma excited about something " Oh I didn't think of that but sending an army of ... maybe it would look more monstrous than I had initially thought "
Karma tries to imagine what kind of horror film monsters his siblings would look like as he takes the hard drive to get it uploaded as an Arachne to publish stories taken over the account Isir used to publish the stories of the promise keepers .
Meanwhile , Karma sent an email to Elizabeth and the others "There is an account that published the stories of the Fae , don't worry if it's true I have been talking to some of these faes myself"
With that he finished the work needed to ally with the Fae " Right now I just have to think about God " he wonders if Lucifer is okay as he walks to where he fought the four horsemen as Michael appears .
" Count " " I was wondering why it was so uneventful " " What did you do to Lucifer " " Just acknowledge it Michael he's somewhere he wants to be in , somewhere he can get answers god couldn't give him "
" I asked a simple question where did he go ? he was supposed to return to hell but we have never seen him so far you being able to wear Samael's face proves you know should know " Karma sighs .
" The reason why I could wear Samael's face is because I got Abaddon's memory " " But Abaddon he " " That was a fake I'm really surprised everyone failed to notice but that's just how perfect my body's ability is "
" How are you able to appear in this realm with your soul and what happened to your body " Karma smiles " I put it in an underground chamber to resurrect it like the Messiah after his crucifixion "
' Ressurection ? ' " Are you planning to resurrect your body through that ? " " Maybe or maybe not either way you know enough that I have it sealed in some kind of cave " " How did you bring salvation to the sins of the demons ? their sins were too heavy for you ? "
" I had a strong soul isn't my appearance in this realm enough to prove that already , I also know that the only reason why some humans can appear visible is because of the holy spirit from the blood of Adam and Eve "
" How and why do you know so much ? " " That kind of question will cost you " Karma said taunting Michael more " Why are you so adamant about defying god you could've had a great position had you not declared yourself as the antichrist "
Some people had already questioned Karma about that as well , but the question coming from an angel had a different kind of reaction to it " I don't think someone who is faithful to god is gonna understand , after all as the antichrist I can't help but think that god is nothing so divine , many of you angels and demons are too weak "
Michael struck Karma's soul repelling back , he stared at his blade surprised as Karma smiled " Like I said you guys are weak , Lilith despite living long was terrified of death and eternal torment while watching her children suffer with her , Azazel and Abaddon fall into despair hearing that they were just puppets and Lucifer who didn't even see through his story the end gave up as soon as he fell and Uriel was so easy to taunt just like you "
Azrael appears with the death scythe but it fails to do anything falling to the ground and surprising both angels as they both back away from him " Sigh , you guys should have done practice run , even though I never actually practiced fighting at all "
Karma swung his hand as a spear sprouted out of his soul , He turned the spear to his back as an eye opened on the spearhead staring directly at Azrael " We already did this fight with Azrael and I was going easy on him "
" You'll have me fight then " Azrael feels like this situation is too familiar and prepares to pull Michael back as soon as needed " Go ahead " Karma turns his spear forward as Michael dashes to kill .
Parrying the attack was easy as Karma swung repelling Michael and kicking him away " This feels quite fun when we are even " Karma seeks Azrael to see him still in place as Michael appears in front with a sword ready to strike Karma .
Blocking with the middle of the spear Karma backed away as his weapon was cut , he swung the headless half at Michael pushing him back " Is that all you can do " Karma held the other half like a dagger blocking Michael's upward slash .
Karma released the handle as the half fell with great weight " I don't really like this fighting thing I always sit back and relax because I'm used to doing business in peace so I would be plenty grateful if I could just take care of this "
Michael pulled his blade facing the progress Karma has been developing as he stared at him with more malice in his eyes " In the first place you can never defeat Lucifer , he was the best angel you probably need Metatron but he even failed to kill me .
" Michael stop " Azrael puts his hand in front of Michael as Karma retrieves his broken weapons " Michael only wants to know where you placed Lucifer " " He was asking for a fight instead of asking more about where though "
He joked as Azrael held back Michael " But like what you said before I'm not telling you , you are desperate to know where Lucifer is so I'm obviously charging you , but Lucifer might feel awful hearing you care so much so just tell me why you wanted to know where Lucifer is ? "
" We want to have a talk that doesn't involve you " Karma looks at Michael and reads his emotions " Envy , a former deadly sin destroyed upon the inheritance of a throne are you jealous at Lucifer for being the greatest angel and throwing it down "
Azrael realizes what Karma wanted to learn from them " Or was there merit in falling to hell ? " he observed Michael's reaction and smiles " Of course there was a merit in falling to the abyss wasn't there "
Karma walks without care as Azrael feels Michael's tears " Are you trying to say that god no longer has plans for Lucifer ? " Karma asked as Michael felt weak " Oh I see " Karma saw through Michael's soul and mind as he gazed into the memories of god .
" Father I don't understand why you let Samael fall " God smiles at Michael " Michael , your brother Samael may hate humans because of what I said but he'll eventually learn about them " " I don't think it's possible for him to see other's strength if he keeps looking at their flaws "
" No ... one day he will lose his pride , someone just has to show him what defeat is , someone who is as great as he is but turned to a different direction than him "
Michael didn't understand that person was thinking it could've been him and remembered the days he strived to work hard so that he could be the one to show Lucifer defeat .
" How weak you angels are " Karma leaves Michael as he turns his back and disappears .
' Lucifer your brother is weak I wonder why someone who is thousands of years old could be like that ' he checks Lucifer's memories wondering " Is it because of family ? or is it because of the promise that some things stays the same ? "
Karma thinks it might be possible ' I'll have to make sure that while Moirai enjoys his life he will be able to stand against the darkness unless he wants to lose himself to others ' He looks forward to teaching his son as the people learned of the fae .
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Lucifer walks inside the memories Karma has shown him as he finds a few familiar faces " So that's what happened to him " He watched as Karma had initiated revelation and how Michael was hurt in the process of trying to be that person to destroy his pride .
" Count just what are you to be able to go against god , I thought I could keep revelation from happening just by keeping the antichrist inactive , even though I already knew it was fated to happen when Lilith asked me if I want to secure a future for my children , even after I learned that the memories of Asmodeus and Beelzebub were fake crafted by the Fae "
He was becoming more and more curious as he kept asking around " And how do you have the bravery to go against him , you answered so many questions but the answers only god gave are still not here "
Lucifer stood in the silent soul and asked " Count , tell me who exactly are you ? " he hears something surface from the water and turned around to see the scapegoat .59Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3xIHxg2mQ
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