Super Righteous Player
Chapter 751 - 292 Charioteer_1

Chapter 751: Chapter 292 Charioteer_1

Charioteer...

—This wasn’t the first time Annan had heard the term.

However, in the past, he always had some difficulty distinguishing between the Celestial Chariot and the Charioteer.

Before he heard the chant of the "Ritual Spell: Traces of the Chariot," Annan had been referred to as the "Celestial Chariot" by others.

The so-called "Celestial Chariot" is the phenomenon of the Ascension Ritual transporting someone into the Realm of Light. "Light of the Chariot" is the light one sees when the soul ascends to the Realm of Light, which is also known as the Seventh Daylight of the sun.

It is not a specific object but rather a type of phenomenon.

Just like thunder and lightning, or a storm.

And the term Charioteer is a personification of the "Celestial Chariot." It is somewhat like the relationship between "thunder and lightning" and the "God of Thunder"... Praying to the Charioteer for forgiveness and to pilot the Celestial Chariot to retrieve oneself is similar to praying for rain from the Lord of Heaven or the Dragon King.

Before the birth of the Book of the Celestial Chariot, there was no God of the Chariot in this world, so such prayers were only for psychological comfort.

The Chariot guides all beings, allowing all things to transcend. It is the light of utmost equality and the highest nobility; yet it is also a light of indifference—those who fail won’t get a second chance.

It created the image of the "Charioteer," positioned higher than the Celestial Chariot itself, to dilute the terror brought by the merciless and just judgement of the Chariot. In simple terms, it’s like fabricating the existence of the netherworld or the underworld to reduce the great terror brought about by the unknown of death...

Although Annan was previously referred to as the "Celestial Chariot" by Mr. Radiance and others, after he understood the meaning of the term, he began to consider himself as the "Charioteer."

I am a person, how could I possibly be the Celestial Chariot?

If there were a god of storms, it wouldn’t be the storm itself, but the controller of the storm... unless it’s a storm that has become sentient.

So when Annan gained control over the Book of the Celestial Chariot, then he was what you might call the "Charioteer."

Although the "Charioteer" did not actually exist before, with Annan’s Ascension, it now existed!

—The God of the Chariot.

That is, the deity that determines whether all new gods pass their review to complete their Ascension—in other words, the only designated HR of the Realm of Light.

Annan hadn’t expected that as the main planner, he’d end up doing HR work in the Mist Realm...

Yes, until today, that was what Annan had thought.

But Endymion recognized him as the Celestial Chariot at first glance, yet also said that he carried the bloodline of the Charioteer—and most crucially, Annan couldn’t hear his mother’s name at all.

That piece of sound was as if it had been carved out of the world itself.

And for this situation... Annan could only think of one possibility.

"Was the Charioteer actually a real deity that once existed?"

Only when a god dies, will all traces belonging to them be completely erased.

"She is a god who has died and yet not died. She is the dead who shall depart but has not departed, and the Charioteer is her last remaining title in this world. All other titles, names, and everything she left behind when she was Her, have been sewn into the fabric of the world."

That was how Endymion answered.

"Mr. Radiance, the Eighth Aspect of the Sun, is the light that existed before the first sun even rose. He was born before all other lights and has already witnessed the birth of the other seven Aspects. The light of the first six Aspects can only be revealed after the arrival of the Chariot. And he has proclaimed that the Chariot will eventually come, therefore the concept of the Charioteer was not erased... but it no longer belongs to (silence), it belongs to you, to the Chariot."

Endymion thus spoke.

He again recited the name of the void and fluently imparted to Annan a piece of arcane knowledge.

This was the original text from "On the Eighth Aspect of the Sun," only slightly different in the details, though it was easy to understand certain proportions of information errors after more than a thousand years had passed.

"Look at you, not even born yet and already diligently studying."

Watching the unborn Endymion recite such historical arcane knowledge effortlessly, such thoughts suddenly arose in Annan’s mind.

He even wanted to grab Russell away to study—look, Defu’s chocolate can already speak human language!

Look at other people’s cats!

Russell, you silly dog!

Just thinking about the possibility of openly pointing fingers and rebuking others in this manner made Annan feel exceedingly refreshed.

However...

Another conjecture rose unbidden in Annan’s heart.

It was the power of the element "Understanding"—the intuitive non-reasoning knowledge that leaped over evidence and reasoning to arrive directly at conclusions.

"...When did this Charioteer pass away? Specifically, which Era? If she was your biological mother... so you are a divine offspring?"

"[The First Era. It was her death that led to the end of the First Era, and that was also the end of the Age of Gods]"

Endymion replied without hesitation.

"[I was born in the Third Era, (silence) so she certainly couldn’t have been my mother. But I am a ’child of the cup,’ my body comes entirely from my father, and my reason originates from the Light of the Chariot in the First Era. The ’Umbilical Cord Ritual’ itself belongs to the Goddess of Cup’s rituals; it’s related to the birth of the mystical lady and is a second optimization of the Genesis ritual after simplification. In this shore linked by many ’umbilical cords,’ only the hatched seeds possess intellect and are born with knowledge]"

The Umbilical Cord Ritual...

Annan was momentarily startled before immediately understanding—this seemingly unremarkable term referred to the ritual of creating "Children of the World" and extracting cursed energy.

According to Endymion’s explanation, this seemed to be related to the secret of the "cup." The mystical lady was born from the first sacrifice, which endowed the night with desire, gave life to the mystical, and granted knowledge to the Goddess of Cup.

Using a fetus as a medium, drawing power from one place and giving it to another...

Annan looked towards the primitive cursed energy leading to Endymion’s abdomen, as well as the inert cursed energy it radiated, used for self-incubation.

—Wasn’t this ritual, which uses a fetus as a medium to draw out cursed energy, identical to the Goddess of Cup’s ritual of ascension during her birth!?

Meanwhile, Endymion continued to relay knowledge to Annan through the "optic fibers."

But the knowledge that followed was hidden from Annan:

"[To use the Umbilical Cord Ritual, one must first create a ’Child of the Holy Grail.’ Although cursed energy is the Blood of the World, it cannot be used in the ritual for a ’child of the cup.’ Therefore, to create ’Children of the Holy Grail,’ one must possess the ’Holy Grail’—born in the First Era, born before the ascension ritual. Before the birth of the ascension ritual, it was used to shape the bodies of newly born deities, which is why the old gods of the First Era were stronger than the new gods. It is the creation and relic of (silence). After the death of (silence), when mounted upon ’the Chariot that continues to run on its own logic,’ it came to be known as the ’Ascension Ritual’]"

Endymion revealed the secret of the "Ascension Ritual."

...So that’s how it is.

And upon hearing this secret, Annan suddenly understood the ritual logic of the "Umbilical Cord Ritual."