Mage Manual-Chapter 613 - 493 Empress Yisu_3

"This is the Path of Truth, the Angel’s Path, a path not of mortals but of Loneliness," she said, turning to Mercury. "From the moment Bophis left the clan, you should have been prepared for this."

Truth... Qinna sighed softly in her heart.

Had it not been for her family, she might already have become a Nabistin Mage.

’Nabistin Mage’ is not a regional term but specifically refers to mages who have been invited by the royal family, living on the surface of Nabistin or even within the Imperial Palace, and continue to study magic by listening to the Gospel.

Generally, only Holy Sanctuary Mages have this qualification, but the highest achievement they can reach is only Holy Sanctuary, so if they want to go further, they can only rely on the help of the Gospel.

In the past few centuries, there has been no shortage of Holy Sanctuary Mages in Nabistin who have successfully advanced to Legendary status. In contrast, achieving such progress alone outside is less common. After all, one side is studying alone without a clue, and the other side has teachers providing 24-hour guidance. It’s hard for mages, who face obstacles everywhere in the Holy Sanctuary, to resist such temptation.

However, there is an important characteristic of Nabistin Mages: severing kinship ties.

All Holy Sanctuary Mages that come to Nabistin soon refuse to contact their families, and Legendary Mages even more so. They accept the royal offering and engage in rigorous practice deep within the Imperial Palace until they die.

Despite this, countless Holy Sanctuary Mages still accept the royal invitation one after another. Compared to all worldly matters, the charm of magic is really too great. Particularly when finding no path ahead, mages are willing to pay any price to see the view from higher up.

Aside from some Mud Species Mage, most Holy Sanctuary Mages are idealists with a persistent pursuit of magic. The active Red Hat Sanctuary in the outside world, too, is simply trying to earn more Gospel Points so that upon retirement in Nabistin, they can receive more guidance from the Gospel.

Take Cleos, for instance. She has been so obsessed with being number one on the "National Red Hat List" because retiring with this ranking allows her to directly listen to the Gospel in the Imperial Palace, with almost a hundred percent chance of climbing to Legendary status!

For hundreds of years, all Holy Sanctuary Legendary Mages came to Nabistin to spend the last leg of their life journey. The only exception was Vatican Mura—the Bonds of the family have locked each Clan Leader in place, even the Legendary Necromancers were willing to strive for their clan for a lifetime, whether their struggle was right or wrong was another matter.

As a result, all Legendary Mages of the Gospel now reside deep within the palace complex of the Imperial Palace for study, and no Legendary Mages remain outside.

Aside from the Red Hats, the Holy Sanctuary Mages that still linger outside are basically those who hold something more important than magic in their hearts, or who have not yet resolved their worldly entanglements.

In short, Mercury had better not count on clinging to his family’s Legendary stature for support.

Mercury sighed and pleaded, "Our Mercury future is already in jeopardy, can you allow my uncle to meet with me? I only ask that my uncle be able to lend a hand in a critical moment, to rescue the family’s doomed Fate."

The Empress nodded but did not respond directly. Instead, she asked, "Does anyone else have any other requests?"

"Why haven’t we issued a manhunt to kill Archibald Harvey, a very dangerous individual, when letting him live is a threat to all our major clans?"

"Ash Heath is clearly the key figure triggering the apocalypse, so why has his arrest warrant been revoked?"

"Why has the Gospel been so greatly affected by Ash Heath, resulting in almost the entire future Happiness List after the Weaving Festival being invalidated?"

"Igula Bokin is going to establish the Four Pillars God Sect in the future, he must be eradicated as soon as possible!"

"Why would the Gospel Weave out the apocalyptic scenes that appeared in the ’Art List’? Where was the Yisu royal family at that time?"

Qinna also raised her hand, asking a very sharp question, "In the ’Happiness List,’ it was once mentioned that the future Empress Yisu would also fall victim to Ash Heath, and even the rankings would be invalidated. Does this mean that the next Empress is already disqualified to wield the Gospel?"

This question was undeniably akin to dethroning; the others were too afraid to speak out at that moment, but the Empress remained unresponsive. She waited until no one else asked questions, and then slowly said, "All the issues you have mentioned boil down to actually being the same question—is the new monarch capable of continuing to wield the Gospel, to protect all beings."

"And this question, Ruiyin cannot answer."

Everyone was momentarily stunned.

"Because this answer will be personally given to you by the new monarch," said the Empress. "The Gospel has already woven the best future. In one hour, we will step into a new era."

The best future?

It was hard for everyone to see the various evil lists triggered by the doom-bringing trio as ’the best future,’ but since the Empress had said so, they were willing to wait an hour.

At that moment, Yvalin suddenly said, "I’ve heard that a commotion occurred in the Imperial Palace several days ago. It’s said that the Princess living in the Tower, the future Empress Yisu, has disappeared. Is it true?"

The Empress slightly turned her head to look at Yvalin. Her eyes showed no emotion, but Yvalin’s nerves stood on end, her blue hair bristling.

"The First Gospel will ascend to the throne in the Tower," the Empress said. "The Gospel has already woven out the best possible future; no one can stop the arrangement of Fate."

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