The newcomer wore a blue priest's robe with a black shawl draped over his shoulders. He held a Quill and a Notebook, and his clear eyes rested calmly on Duke Reinhardt as he spoke.
"But when he wakes, he will stray from his destined path."
Grand Duke Reinhardt studied the newcomer for several seconds before asking in a low voice,
"What destined path?"
"The Orcs march south, and war engulfs the kingdom. You take up your greatsword to meet them, but Bestel City falls to an Undead army. Young Reinhardt falls into their hands, and you are forced to turn your weapon against your former comrades and slaughter the civilians you once protected. In the end, your son dies, while you raise the Divine Throne and ascend from earth to the heavens, becoming a new star in the Main Plane's brilliant sky."
The moment Jiang Hao finished speaking, everyone in the hall stared at him as though he were a fool.
Raise the Divine Throne and ascend to the heavens? Didn't that mean becoming a god? The Death Grand Duke might be renowned, but he wasn't even a demigod.
And even for a demigod, godhood remained a very long way off.
Gods stood at the pinnacle of the Multiverse. Not even a great sage could divine who would become one. Who did this man think he was, claiming the Death Grand Duke would become a new star in the Main Plane's brilliant sky?
Grand Duke Reinhardt cared little about becoming a god. His concern lay elsewhere. "...After I become a god, will young Reinhardt eventually come back to life?"
Jiang Hao shook his head.
"No. His soul will be corrupted by the power of death and fall into the Underworld, where he'll become one skeleton among countless others. Then, in