Odyssey of the Blind God

Nial had no idea what kind of decision was made as he chatted with the Oracle.

They had many things to tell each other, or rather the Oracle had many things she wanted to tell Nial, who listened attentively.

He got his hand on many important pieces of information thanks to the Oracle, some of them astonishing him quite a bit.

"The Universe officially removed me from the position as its' Oracle. Currently, I have only a faint connection with the Universe. My Divinity is the 'Oracle of the Universe', but that is something the Universe did in order to maintain the faint connection.

The Universe created this body and the Divine Divinity in accordance to how I should have looked, if not for the transformation I underwent after becoming the Universe's Oracle."

"Currently, I am merely an ordinary Ancient Goddess, with different strengths and weaknesses than before. Despite gaining a new body, I was able to retain the memories of my past. This should help you a bit. After all, what you will have to face soon enough might not be to your liking!"

The Universe didn't know what happened to the Gigaloran Galaxies after they had been removed from the space of the Universe. It could only tell that a few thousand Devils were still residing inside it, while the rest seemed to have disappeared as well.

Thus, the Universe's sentience couldn't really fathom what would happen next.

It was obvious that the Ancients, Primordials, and various other Gods would have something to say about the arrival of the Devils and the reappearance of the Gigaloran Galaxies. However, the exact turn of events was not something the Universe could predict.

The Advocate of the Pryard was also one of the beings the Universe's sentience couldn't detect at all. It was an unknown variable that had to be taken into consideration.

Having been granted to shapeshift and to block off the Universe's feelers, the Advocate could do whatever it pleased. There was no way for the Universe to directly intervene and kill the Advocates. That was how it had always been.

It was also the reason why the Universe had indirectly supported The Late God of Darkness in the Great War.

For the Universe, the death of a few races, powerhouses, and stellar systems was nothing noteworthy. It was more important to remove the few Advocates.

If one was not able to fend for themself, their life lay in the hands of the strong. That was how it had always been. Dying at the hands of the strong was nothing uncommon, and the Universe had prepared itself to lose a third of its population, or even more if that was truly needed to destroy the Advocates of the Pryard.

Now that only one Advocate was left, the Universe shouldn't be ready to sacrifice the same massive number of races and powerhouses. However, the exact opposite was the case.

The Universe got to know how threatening the Advocates were, and what happened after only one Advocate was left in the Universe for eons. It was ready for half the Universe's population to disappear as long as that meant the Advocate of the Pryard would be removed from the Universe as well.

Nial got to know all these pieces of information from the Oracle. She shared everything with him, which was something Nial was very grateful for.

"By now, the Advocate of the Pryard should have amassed enough influence in the Universe to convince everyone to wage war with you. Because you exposed yourself by removing the Veils and shrinking them, some Primordials, Ancients, and even Divine Gods may not feel like attacking you without knowing what you plan to do with the Devils and the residents of the Gialoran Galaxies.

You are currently the individual with the stronger combat force, but the weakest individual combat strength. After all, you merely ascended godhood.

Some Divine Gods may hope that you will continue to clear the Veils and that you're 'different' from Damian, unwilling to start a second Great War, while others will fear you and attack you because they don't want the possibility of a second Great War to exist, in the first place.

With that in mind, I would like to propose to you that you reveal the existence of the Advocates in the past, that you inherited Damian's memories, and that you merely want to fight the last remaining Advocate of the Pryard, nothing else.

There is a Divine God of the Truth whom you can ask to stand testimony for the words you say. That way, you can also add that the Advocate was the one who took your real eyes and that the Advocate must be strong enough to pass through the void, able to enter the Lacardian Empyrean Void.

Using this tactic, it will be pretty hard for anyone to go up against you, I think."

The Oracle had a few more things to say, but she wanted Nial to hear about her proposal. She felt that her plan was feasible and that they should hurry over to the Divine God of Truth to request his help immediately.

That was the only way they could prevent the worst. At least, that was what the Oracle thought.

Nial was not too sure about that, but he didn't really have much of a plan, to begin with. There were a few ideas he had before, but given the newly acquired pieces of information, none of them would work out as he wanted.

There were a few preparations he had completed, but their value was something that would be determined in the future, from the course of events and the responses of the other races.

Nial didn't expect over a million Devils and four Galaxies to resurface the moment he ascended godhood. This made things a little bit more complicated.

He might have gotten his hands on a huge combat force, but that instilled fear and uncertainty in the minds of those who had witnessed the first Great War.

This was not exactly good.

Unfortunately, the situation didn't seem to get better as well.

It was consistently getting worse.