"You followed the God of Death? And fought in the Pale Disaster?"
Cyril looked at Tobias in astonishment, but on second thought, it seemed perfectly reasonable.
Apart from natural-born mythical creatures, angels with no powerful backing were exceedingly rare in this world.
Even Bernadette had relied on Emperor Roselle's legacy to advance to Sage, while Will Auceptin of the Life School of Thought belonged to the Fate pathway, making him one of the luckiest people in the world to begin with.
Tobias lifted his chin slightly. "I was even a legion commander in the Balam Empire back then."
Cyril raised an eyebrow and gestured with his eyes for him to continue.
With little concern for appearances, Tobias sat down on the balcony, resting his head against the railing. Half reminiscing, half lamenting, he said, "The Primordial Demoness came to the Balam Empire to form an alliance with the God of Death. Then he went mad, but he also grew stronger."
"Back then, I couldn't peer into the gods' battlefield. I could only guess how the fighting was going from the phenomena their divine powers created."
"As a War Bishop, after completing the sacrifice, I could sense the state of the God of Death, who had accommodated the Red Priest pathway, better than ordinary Beyonders. That was also why I managed to leave the battlefield immediately."
"Unfortunately, I was the only one in the entire Pale Flame Legion who survived."
"It wasn't that they had no chance to retreat. Even with the enemy in pursuit, some of them could have escaped. But the God of Death's influence over them ran too deep. They refused to withdraw without his command."
"After leaving the battlefield, I happened to obtain a Weather Warlock characteristic. It had separated from the God of Death after his