Absolute Choice 9

by Pear Lands In The Autumn Spring

  When Field Marshal Awesomo saw this scene, a sneer suffused across his lips as he said coldly, "Your Majesty, I didn't plan on exposing your lies, but I can't stand hearing it any further—The reason why you stubbornly insisted on war was not because of a moment of impulse but because of carelessness. You caused the extremely valuable Celestial Jade to be stolen by a spy sent by the Infernal King. In order to take back the Celestial Jade, you had hidden your mistake and stubbornly launched the war! Your Majesty, by preventing the war, are you wallowing in self-defeat and have decided to 'give' the Celestial Jade to the Infernal King and pretend as if nothing had happened?"

  When Field Marshal Awesomo said that, all the soldiers burst into an uproar. They did not know that the holy item, the Celestial Jade, had been stolen. They never expected that the cause for the war was because of such a reason!

  If that was true...

  "Are you maligning This King?"

  Speechless frowned. "The Celestial Jade is clearly in This King's..."

  Speechless immediately took out the Celestial Jade from his pocket that he had been playing with previously. However, when he held it and seriously sensed it, Speechless's expression changed. The words he said midway came to a halt.

  "This is a fake piece of Celestial Jade!?"

  Speechless looked in disbelief at the jade pendant in his hand.

  Field Marshal Awesomo said with a laugh, "Your Majesty's acting is really admirable. That fake Celestial Jade was specially crafted by an artisan under your special orders. You were worried that the seven Elders would realize that you had lost the Celestial Jade. The reason why you launched the war was because you wanted to get the Celestial Jade back as soon as possible. Everything you did was to cover up the mistake you did due to your carelessness. Are you actually questioning me?"

  Speechless could not help but turn silent. He knew that Field Marshal Awesomo was right. What he said was probably the reason why the real Celestial King had launched the war. The plot was similar to the plot of the Hero King and now, he had to shoulder the blame.

  Speechless immediately felt very helpless. He thought that by becoming the Celestial King for no good reason, he could at least enjoy the privileges of being the Celestial King. He never expected that not only did he need to shoulder the blame for the original Celestial King, he needed to clean up after the Celestial King's mess. He might as well be the Infernal King! Although the Infernal King was infamous, he at least had the Infernal Queen, who was considered the number one beauty in the world!

  When the soldiers saw how Speechless was silent, they immediately realized the truth of the matter. By not responding, the Celestial King had silently acknowledged it.

  This...

  Was a Celestial King that would launch a war in order to cover up a sordid deed worthy to be their king?

  The expression in the soldiers' eyes changed as they could not help but take a step forward.

  Speechless was immediately jolted awake as he swept his eyes coldly at the soldiers and said coldly, "Stop. Whoever dares take another step, don't blame This King for being ruthless!"

  Speechless' intimidation was still effective. The soldiers came to a stop and looked at each other. They were not sure as to what to do, so they finally looked at Field Marshal Awesomo.

  Field Marshal Awesomo said with a sneer, "Your Majesty, have you come to your senses? Do you know how much harm you are causing to the Celestial domain by what you are doing now? The teleportation nexus has been activated. Traces of its activation can't be removed in a short period of time. The Infernal soldiers will quickly find the location of the teleportation nexus. If the teleportation nexus's defense were to fall, once the Celestial army is sent through the nexus, they would be killed by an ambush set up by the Infernals. Furthermore, the Infernal army can easily launch a counteroffensive on the Celestial domain. Then, the location of the battlefield will reverse! Furthermore, first division's Commander Maio had exchanged his life to destroy the Infernal domain's barrier. If this drags on, the Infernals will repair the Infernal domain. We will probably end up in a situation of being beaten with no way to fight back! Your Majesty, every second you delay is wicking off life of the entire Celestial domain!"

  Field Marshal Awesomo's words startled Speechless. The Celestial soldiers also felt afraid and worried. They began stirring.

  Speechless fell silent for a moment and said, "Don't worry. From the fact that the Infernal domain did not enter a pursuit yesterday, it tells us that the Infernal domain does not plan on making the war turn more intense. As long as we give up the invasion, they would not take the initiative to invade. The teleportation nexus's defense will not fall. If it falls, This King..."

  Just as Speechless was speaking his assuring words, the teleportation nexus beneath everyone's feet began to rumble. Rainbow colors began to chaotically flash.

  Field Marshal Awesomo exclaimed in horror, "No good, someone is forcefully opening the teleportation nexus!"

  Divine General Blood Leopard stared with widened eyes. "The teleportation nexus's defense has fallen so quickly!?"

  Speechless, who only finished mid-sentence, could not continue on. He lowered his head and looked at the flashing teleportation nexus and felt extremely speechless.

  At that moment, Field Marshal Awesomo walked towards the switch. Speechless gaped but no longer stopped him. He knew that he no longer could stop it. Although he was the Celestial King, he could not will the situation that would affect every life in the Celestial domain.

  Speechless could only curse angrily in his heart—Fuck you, you idiotic Infernal King. Can't you fucking tolerate it for a moment? Do you fucking love war that much?

  Speechless looked up and sighed.

  He had tried his best.

  But he couldn't prevent the war.

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  Chapter409 Infernal King's Mandate

  Infernal domain, Infernal King's bedroom

  The Infernal Queen said with a chuckle, "Just the opposite. Darling asked the right person. I am probably the only person who can answer this question."

  Shi Xiaobai was slightly surprised before his eyes lit up. The answer to the question could be related to how he could complete the first Absolute Choice. He actually did not have his hopes up when it came to the Infernal Queen, so he was rather surprised that the Infernal Queen really knew the answer.

  Shi Xiaobai could not help but ask, "What is the Infernal King's Mandate?"

  The Infernal Queen glanced at Shi Xiaobai and said with a covered smile, "It looks like Darling is eager to know the answer, then I won't be keeping you in suspense. The Infernal King's Mandate..."

  As she spoke, the Infernal Queen walked towards the desk and pulled out an old book from the pile of books and handed it to Shi Xiaobai. "Darling, see for yourself."

  Shi Xiaobai could not help but rolled his eyes. So the answer to his question could really be found on the desk!

  Shi Xiaobai gave the Infernal Queen an odd look. Since the answer was on the Infernal King's desk, why did the Infernal Queen say that she was the only person who could answer. Could it be...

  Shi Xiaobai suppressed the guess in his heart as he took the old book over. Although he could have found the book by searching the desk, it would take him a certain amount of time since the book was at the bottom.

  Shi Xiaobai looked down at the old book in his hand. It was such an old book that it was nearly rotting. It was as though it had lived through thousands of years.

  Shi Xiaobai flipped through the book as the text that was nearly melting into the blackish-yellow paper reflected in his eyes. Blots of mottled rust covered a portion of the text and there were marks of worms having chewed on it.

  The text was blurry, but it could barely be understood. There were missing words, but the general idea could still be inferred. Shi Xiaobai struggled as he read the old book.

  The book was v
ery thin, with slightly fewer than twenty pages. The words were also rather large, and each page had less than a hundred words. Shi Xiaobai read it seriously, and when he nearly flipped to the end, his mood turned heavy.

  The book described a first-person narrative.

  The protagonist of the story was D'yaba, who was a prince of the D'ya clan. From a young age, he was favored and led a blissful childhood.

  The protagonist had an elder brother named D'yaji. Similarly, he was a prince of the D'ya clan and was the idol of the protagonist and his closest playmate.

  D'yaba's happy life came to an end in the year he turned sixteen. That year, an unknown plague broke out in the D'ya clan. The clansmen that were inflicted with the plague turned extremely ugly and they would increasingly become irrational to the point of going mad and engage in wanton murder.

  For the D'ya clan's survival, the D'ya clan began implementing a quarantine by exile. By sending the clansmen into an isolated zone, they were left to fend for themselves.

  And when the exile was proceeding in full swing, the protagonist, D'yaba was also infected!

  In theory, it was impossible for D'yaba to be infected because he lived in the palace all the time. When the plague broke out, he had never stepped out of the palace, so there was no reason for him to be infected!

  But nothing could change the harsh reality. Although D'yaba was a prince, with half of the D'ya clan infected and exiled, even a prince was not spared.

  D'yaba was banished to a zone that was like an isolated prison.

  The story was a first-person narrative. At that point, the author's choice of words when describing the land of despair they were exiled to was "I've been banished to hell."

  And the book ended abruptly. The simple story sounded somewhat boring and there were too many questions left hanging. However, the final sentence left by the author made Shi Xiaobai's mood turn heavy.

  "Many years later, I learned that the reason for my infection was because of my brother's wicked means. He had done it to obtain the throne that I would have been willing to give him..."

  Shi Xiaobai sighed gently and looked towards the Infernal Queen and said, "Where's the second half of the story?"

  The story was obviously not over. It was clear that D'yaba did not die from the infection 'many years later' or killed by the infected after being banished to 'hell'. Instead, he had strongly lived on. What would he do after knowing that the tragedy was a betrayal by his beloved brother many years later?

  Furthermore, what did this story have to do with the Infernal King's Mandate?

  Shi Xiaobai's mind was filled with questions.

  The Infernal Queen smiled and said, "The second half of the story is rather complicated, but it is also very simple... Not only did D'yaba survive, the clansmen that were inflicted with the plague did not die either. Furthermore, under D'yaba's lead, they found a road to survival and became another race. After knowing that the infection was D'yaji's nefarious scheme, D'yaba was enraged. Therefore, war was waged."

  When Shi Xiaobai heard this, his eyebrows jumped as he exclaimed, "Two races? War? Could it be..."

  The Infernal Queen said with a nod, "That's right. Just as Darling is thinking, the D'ya race is the current Celestials, and the ugly race that was ousted due to the sickness is the present day Infernals! D'yaba and D'yaji were the first Infernal King and Celestial King respectively! The hatred between the two of them had ignited the flames of war between the two races! Since time immemorial, gods and demons stood on opposite sides in an eternal clash because the original reason was a plague and a feud!"

  The small book narrated a simple story, but it also depicted the origins of the Celestials and Infernals!

  "Then, what has this got to do with the Infernal King's Mandate?" Shi Xiaobai asked.

  This was the fundamental issue.

  The Infernal Queen said with a chuckle, "The rise of the Infernal King, the birth of the Infernals, the beginning of the war, all of this is because of a single word. Every Infernal King's Mandate is obviously that word—revenge!"

  Shi Xiaobai's eyebrows knitted together. "Seek revenge against the Celestials? Or is it a revenge against the first Celestial King?"

  The Infernal Queen shook her head and said, "None of them. The Infernal King's revenge is targeted at the Celestial King. It has nothing to do with the other Celestials, and the first Celestial King has long died. Therefore to the present Infernal King, the mandate would be naturally the revenge against the present Celestial King!"

  "Darling, if my reasoning is correct, the Infernal King's mandate is...to kill the present Celestial King!"

  Shi Xiaobai's eyebrows pricked up slightly as he thought carefully over the reasoning behind her conclusion.

  A mandate referred to a mission or responsibility that one had to shoulder. And the Infernal King's mandate was obviously none other than mission and responsibility the Infernal King had to shoulder!

  The second, third and the successive Infernal Kings had all inherited the first Infernal King's position and will. They obviously had to shoulder the mission handed down to them by the first Infernal King. This was the answer to the Infernal King's mandate.

  Revenge was the Infernal King's mandate!

  And from whom would the vengeance be sought?

  As the hundredth Infernal King, he naturally could not seek revenge against the first Celestial King, D'yaji. He could not seek revenge against a race that had the same bloodline as his either. So the target could only be the presently living Celestial King!

  There was no problem with the reasoning.

  "In order to complete the Absolute Choice's mission, the current Celestial King has to be killed."

  With this thought in mind, Shi Xiaobai felt his head ache. To kill the Celestial King or to kill the Celestial King. This problem with the same choices was vexing.

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  Chapter410 Tolerate my ass!

  With the Infernal domain's barrier was destroyed, the Infernal domain should have been the target of everyone. If the mortal world and the Celestial domain combined forces and attacked the Infernal domain, it would be very difficult for it to defend itself after it lost its natural protection. However, in midday of the second day, something drastic happened to the situation. The eyes of the goddess of war turned favorably towards the Infernal domain.

  At midday of the second day, a shocking news came from afar. The Transcendent army had successfully attacked the teleportation nexus that the Celestial domain used. Although the Celestial army managed to defend in time, preventing the Transcendents from taking control, the teleportation nexus's switch was destroyed. As a result, the teleportation nexus temporarily could not be closed!

  What did this mean?

  It meant that the Celestial domain had entered a distressing situation just like the Infernal domain. If the teleportation nexus could not be closed, the greatest defense of the Celestial domain was constantly at danger of the enemy's attack. The Celestial domain, which just needed to focus on attacking, now had to divert a sufficient number of their forces to defend their own lands!

  The Celestial domain could not even act brazenly before it could do it!

  What resulted in such an awkward situation with the Celestial domain was not because of the Infernal domain's counterattack but because of the Transcendents' sudden attack!

  Why did the Transcendents, who were supposed to ally with the Celestial domain to destroy the Infernal domain, suddenly bite at the Celestial domain like a mad dog?

  According to the furious Transcendents, the Celestial domain had burnt down their holy tree. The evidence was the power that had burnt down the holy tree. It was Celestial Fire that only the Celestial King could wield. No one could imitate it, so the evidence could not be clearer!

  Everyone in the Celestial domain gave Speechless questioning looks.

  Speechless, who was already questioning life, was render
ed even more speechless. Why was the blame on him all the time?

  However, Speechless couldn't explain it. He could only shake his head and denied it. He claimed to not have destroyed the Transcendence Holy Tree. He did not have any motive, nor did he have the time to commit the crime.

  The Celestial domain believed Speechless's explanation because they knew that the Celestial King did not have the time to do such an act.

  But the Transcendents would not believe it. The troops that were forced by the giant to fight were originally rather reluctant, but now, it was as if they were on stimulants. The anger and hatred in them gave them sufficient motivation to wage war.

  Therefore, the flames of war between the Transcendents and the Celestial domain were ignited by midday.

  As for the Infernal domain that was about to suffer the fierce invasion of the Celestial domain, it felt like it was liberated. The Celestial domain could only fend for itself, so how could it have the time to attack them?

  The tensed Infernal soldiers were finally able to heave a sigh of relief. The repairing of the Infernal domain's barrier's was still underway. When the Infernal domain's barrier was restored, the Infernal domain would once again become unassailable!

  There were Infernal generals that suggested to ally with the Transcendents and attack the Celestial domain together. Even if they did not ally, they could kick the Celestials while they were down. By launching attacks on the Celestial domain on one side, the Celestial domain would suffer attacks from multiple angles and would not be able to live in peace.

  Such a suggestion was obviously rejected by Shi Xiaobai. Shi Xiaobai was overjoyed when the Infernal domain managed to extricate itself from the war in such a baffling manner, so how could he want it to implicate itself again?

  Shi Xiaobai ordered the Infernal soldiers to not participate in the war between the Celestials and the Transcendents. He poured more manpower into the restoration of the Infernal domain's barrier so as to speed it up.