"We need to be patient with a newly born god. Given the situation, I'm no longer at my sharpest, and I'm going to rest for a while. Angel Yan will take my place as the ruler of the Angel Civilization."
"As for Enixide, she may become an Angel in the future. We can nurture her, then decide when she'll inherit the throne according to her development."
"Queen Keisha, why do we still need your leadership at a time like this? Why are you suddenly leaving the Angel Legion? Even now, I'm still not capable of leading the Angel Civilization well." The moment Angel Yan heard that Holy Keisha was stepping down, she panicked. Keisha was putting all the pressure on her. She preferred being the Left-Wing Guardian to being Queen; that way, she didn't have to think about so many things.
More than anything, she was worried that the Angel Civilization would decline under her leadership. After all, she knew that without Holy Keisha keeping them in check, certain forces in the universe would come out of the woodwork to oppose the Angel Civilization.
"Yan, it's not for you to decide whether you're capable or not. You need to practice and gain experience. That's the only way to truly grow. I've been in power for far too long. Under my protection, the younger generation of Angels has lost the ability to think for themselves. If things continue like this, the Angel Civilization will soon be in grave danger."
"Morgana is on Earth, and she knows me well. She may well send someone to Freyzer. Go with Su Xinghe and see what's happening there. Enixide can't afford any mishaps right now."
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Su Xinghe shrugged. He had no idea what Holy Keisha was thinking, sending him to Freyzer with Angel Yan. In the original story, Ge Xiaolun and Angel Yan had gone together to face the Sword Demon. The idea had mainly been to give Angel Yan and Ge Xiaolun time together and lay the groundwork for their relationship.
It had worked, in a way. Angel Yan's sacrifice had left Ge Xiaolun with some feelings for her. When Su Xinghe had first watched it, he'd always felt that Angel Yan's love was a little too one-sided.
But if he went instead, would the Sword Demon even stand a chance? He obviously wouldn't last a second. Still, for the sake of Holy Keisha's plan, Su Xinghe would just have to put up with going with Angel Yan.
"Why do we have to take this egg-shaped aircraft? I could just go there directly. Seven days—you don't think that'll be boring?" Sitting inside the aircraft, Su Xinghe gazed out at the endless expanse of black space. It felt like being trapped in a void, unbearably dull. Even now, he still couldn't understand why an advanced God-level Civilization like the Angel Civilization would use such a primitive spacecraft.
"What, you have a beautiful Female Angel right beside you and you're still bored? There's a saying on Earth: 'Beauty is a feast for the eyes.' Just look at me more and you won't be bored." Angel Yan's lips curled upward. The journey really was a little dull, so she'd decided to tease the young Prince.
Otherwise, she wouldn't deserve her reputation as the Angel Civilization's seasoned flirt.
Su Xinghe shook his head at Angel Yan. "From what I can see, you really aren't suited to being Queen."
"You let your feelings influence you too easily. Since we have so much time to kill, let's talk about something interesting. Aren't you curious why Holy Keisha sent both of her Holy Wings away this time?"
Angel Yan was intrigued by what Su Xinghe had said, but after all these years, she still believed that any decision Holy Keisha made had to be right.
"I trust Queen Keisha has her reasons. I just don't understand what you mean, Your Highness the Prince. Are you questioning Queen Keisha's decision?"
"Or do you think Queen Keisha made the wrong choice?"
Watching Angel Yan defend her teacher like an eager student, Su Xinghe only smiled. Holy Keisha had made very few wrong decisions, from the beginning until now. At least, that was what he thought.
"No. Queen Holy Keisha's decision is not only right, it's very wise. It's just that the Angel Civilization will have to rely on you from now on. I hope you can learn to think like a ruler as soon as possible. Do you think Zhixin can keep Death God Karl in check?"
"Zhixin is Holy Keisha's Right Wing Guard and the youngest Left-Wing Guardian. She's also Queen Hexi's prized disciple. Her strength is about the same as mine, while Karl is only a spiritual Phantom Body with no real combat ability. And with Queen Holy Keisha still here, he wouldn't dare do anything to Zhixin."
"Right. But have you considered that more than a thousand years ago, Azhui went to Earth and encountered the crocodile monster Soton? Then she met a god from the River Styx!"
"River Styx Sno. His combat strength is about the same as Azhui's. If Karl uses mental suppression on Zhixin, Sno could capture her with ease."
"Holy Keisha didn't send Zhixin to keep Death God Karl in check. She did it so that Zhixin could activate her Sub-biological Engine—the Void Engine, as you call it. Once everything has been taken care of, she'll retire."
"Sending you away was just another part of her plan. From now on, you need to start thinking about the Angel Civilization's future. The Triangular Body, the Beast Body, Karl of the River Styx, and the Ancient Evil God Hua Ye—none of them will be easy to deal with."
"You know quite a lot. It seems Queen Hexi has told you plenty about the Angels. But even if Queen Holy Keisha retires, as long as she remains with the Angel Civilization, it will still be invincible!" Angel Yan declared confidently. Holy Keisha wasn't called the King of Gods for nothing.
"Right, you're not wrong. But if it were me, I'd use the Void Ability to send Keisha near a supernova that was about to explode, without moving her from her current position. Then I'd trigger the explosion and blast her into Holy Atoms. After that, I'd use the Great Clock to scatter the Holy Atoms to every corner of the universe. Even if those atoms could locate one another, it would take hundreds of millions of years to put them back together—or at best, tens of thousands. So tell me, without Holy Keisha to protect you during that time, how would you, as the new King of Angels, lead the Angels forward?"
"Impossible. It's a good plan, but no god in the universe can do that yet. Only the Lieyang Civilization has the core technology to control stars with such precision. Neither Karl nor Morgana could manage it. Morgana is only powerful when it comes to wormholes; even with Death God Karl's help, it still wouldn't be possible. Besides, the people of the Lieyang Civilization all have Third Generation God Bodies. If things really came to that, Queen Holy Keisha could just strike them down, and that would be the end of it." Angel Yan still refused to believe it could happen. What she didn't know was that it was about to.
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