An Angel's Tragedy

I know this hatred can never be erased; I can only hope that the conflict will erupt later and not become intertwined with the current disaster. 69ꜱʜᴜx.ᴄᴏᴍ

When I rescued the two sisters before, I didn't ask them about the grudges between the angels because they were emotionally unstable. Now it's time to find out.

Kayle started the story, but she couldn't contain her anger, so Morgana took over. Combining their accounts, I finally understood what had happened:

I've already heard some of Bard the two sisters' background has to say, but there are many things he doesn't know, so there are some discrepancies.

Kayle and Morgana are the offspring of the archangel Michela and a human general. However, the two sisters faced discrimination from the angel race shortly after their birth, mainly because of Morgana's appearance and her aura of darkness.

The angels value purity and nobility above all else. They worship the Holy Light Stones, which are Light Rune, passed down from their ancestors, and believe in the holy light they emit.

Morgana was born with abundant Dark Element Strength, which naturally caused her to be rejected. The angels called her the "Fallen Angel" and always wanted to drive her away from Mount Targon.

Michela explained to the angels that this was due to the Dark Rune, not the corruption of her bloodline, and that it would not endanger the safety of the angel race.

However, this explanation was very weak, and apart from a few followers, most angels did not accept it.

Later, these angels who opposed Michela even turned their backs on Kayle, not because she was strange, but simply because her father was human.

Seeing the growing resistance, and not wanting to cause internal strife, Michela had no choice but to obey the angels' wishes and let her husband take their two children away from Mount Targon, as this was the only way to ensure their safety.

But the opponents were not satisfied with this. Before long, they plotted to kill the two sisters, as they would only feel at ease if they were eliminated.

Michela quickly learned of this and pleaded with the leader of the opposition, the current Archangel Meriel, hoping she would spare her child.

Meriel agreed, but on one condition: that she pass on the position of archangel to her, so that she could access the Light Rune.

Michela refused. It wasn't that she coveted power, but rather that she wanted to use the Light Rune to balance the Dark Rune and achieve equilibrium between their powers.

Meriel harbored resentment and continued to send people to search for the two sisters. Her purpose was not to eliminate the hybrid blood between angels and humans, but to use the two sisters to threaten Michela!

When Michela learned of this, she could no longer tolerate it. She could not continue to indulge these opponents; she was the Archangel—the ruler of all angels!

The internal strife eventually broke out. Although Michela had fewer supporters, they were powerful and possessed both the Light and Dark Runestones, ultimately winning the victory.

The two sisters were unaware of the extent of the destruction caused by that war, Bard didn't elaborate either, but in short, the number of angels plummeted, almost to the point of extinction.

Of the sixteen angels on Michela's side, eleven perished; of the twenty-seven angels on Meriel's side, nineteen perished, and the remaining eight all surrendered.

In its heyday, the Angel race had over a hundred members, but now only thirteen remain, which pains Michela deeply.

Later, she left Mount Targon to search for her children, hoping to check on their condition and take the opportunity to find a powerful human with whom she could mate, thus replenishing the ranks of the angels, but all she found was disappointment.

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She couldn't find her child, and despite trying with many men, she couldn't conceive. It was as if everything was a lie: humans and angels couldn't conceive, and her two children didn't exist.

However, Michela did not give up. She thought that her husband must have been worried that the child would be found by other angels, so he hid it well. Perhaps it would be better to let humans search for it.

So she bestowed the Light Element Strength upon humanity, creating the Ascended, hoping that the children could sense her presence and thus approach these humans on their own.

For many years afterward, Michela kept an eye on the Ascended. Although she found no trace of the children, she was still gratified to see that the Ascended had inherited the noble qualities of the angels.

In fact, on an emotional level, Michela already regarded the Ascended as her own children.

Seeing that they had created one brilliant civilization after another in the human world, and even mastered the power of ascension on their own, Michela decided to return to Mount Targon and tell the other angels this news, which might change their prejudice against humans.

But when she returned, she received devastating news: Meriel had rebelled again, killed four angels who had once supported her, and fled Mount Targon.

Michela lost her supporters and couldn't find her child, leaving her truly alone.

Pain tormented her constantly. She took out the Dark Rune on her body, and for a moment, she wanted to use the power of the runes to destroy the world.

Michela felt that the angels' current predicament was not Meriel's fault, but her own, and also the fault of the man who had entered her life.

But thinking of the shadows of those Ascended, she ultimately did not do so. Driven by hatred, she set up the Cycle Curse Barrier, from which anyone who wanted to climb Mount Targon would be doomed forever.

Misfortunes never come singly; just as Michela created the Cycle Curse Barrier, she received a message from Meriel:

Her children were found by Meriel, who wanted to redeem them in exchange for Dark Rune.

After much deliberation, Michela gave up.

Because she has weakened considerably over the years, even if she uses runes to bring back her children, she cannot save them. Meriel will surely try to kill them both.

On the contrary, if he didn't reveal the whereabouts of the two runes, Meriel might have shown mercy.

So she hid the two runes within the Cycle Curse Barrier and went alone to the place Meriel had mentioned, intending to see her child.

As soon as she appeared, she was surrounded by a group of angels, Meriel personally controlled the Kayle sisters to threaten Michela.

After her inquiries proved fruitless and her search yielded no results, Meriel became furious. She ordered the Celestial Chain to be used to imprison Michela and her children in the dungeon, which is the place where I rescued the Kayle sisters.

In the days and nights that followed, Meriel never stopped torturing the mother and daughter. She beat the two children in front of Michela and even plucked their wings.

At the same time, she tortured Michela in front of Kayle and Morgana, making the two sisters fear, tremble, and beg for mercy.

You could say that Meriel appears to be an angel, but in reality, she is more cruel than any demon!