Era of Madness

The truth about the Lichtkrieg 2

"The truth about the Lichtkrieg? Is that truly what you're the most curious about, in this situation?" Yoria asked

"Yes" Tyler replied without any hesitation. "I want to know how deities pulled the strings of history during all this time"

"I see... very well, then"

She prepared her voice, and then started to narrate the story:

"As you must know, the Paradise Council saw the day in the middle of the 24th century" she said. "After our previous discussion, you now know that the Andromeus-Silveren Empire is under the Silent One, so I think you already guessed who's behind its eternal enemy, the Paradise Council"

"Genova..." Tyler uttered. "The Council was formed by Genova and His Angels..."

"Precisely. Along with several of the brightest minds of humanity, those that fully embrassed their faith in this twisted God that is Genova, they created the Paradise Council as a technology company, acting as charity on the side. The curch of Genova was created slightly later, in year 2470, spreading the faith across the planet. It was at that time that another individual integrated the highest sphere of the Paradise Council, or rather Paradise Company, as it was named at that time, the one that is still today considered as its most legendary member: Feng Chang"

Feng Chang, the creator of Fefnir technology... Tyler interest and impatience kept growing, as Yoria kept narrating:

"Feng Chang, upon joining Paradise Company, immediately converted to the faith of Genova. Apparently, he even became friend with every Angel, especially the elder sister, Aldéa Genova. From what I heard from my meeting with other deities, him and the Angel of Forgiveness were best friends... of course, I never met him myself, so I can't assure it" she said. "What's to note is that, at that time, Genova had bestowed upon most of the Paradise Company higher-ups various Blessings, making them his Saints, including Feng Chang. It's also at that time that the first Nova beast corpse was discovered"

"The first Nova beast corpse... it appeared right after the Council's creation..." Tyler thought out loud. "Not only that, but an S-rank Nova beast, that appears on Earth of all planets... and already dead, at that... it isn't a coincidence, is it?"

"Indeed, it isn't, Genova's the one who made it appear. It doesn't change the fact that, using the corpse, and the Blessing granted by his Lord, Feng Chang could ultimately perform the miracle that allowed humanity to take another step toward supremacy: he created Fefnir technology. With it, the Paradise company kept gaining in importance, until it eventually became one of the great global superpowers of humanity, almost at the same level as the United States of America.
And of course, it eventually surpassed even them in term of influence, even before the expension in the Milky Way redifined the concept of what a 'nation' is, considering the massive change in scale. That's about that time that the Paradise company was renamed as the Paradise Council, and that the Genova curch became the most practiced religion, in between 2680 and 2695. But at this point, Feng Chang had already long left. And it's only a few years later, precisely at the first day of the 28th century, that his life ended"

"Ended... naturally, or not?"

"Good question. Feng Chang was a saint, meaning his lifespawn was far superior to that of a normal human. Even then, he was still a human after all. Most of those being granted a Blessing have a lifespawn hovering between two and a half, and three and a half centuries. Feng Chang was 254 years old at the time of her last breath, it could perfectly be natural, just like it could perfectly be a murder. Most likely, none of us two will ever know, and honestly it's something I'm not really curious to know anyway"

She stopped for an instant so she could recover her breath, and then continued:

"Hundreds of years later, the Pact Era arrived. You should have understood that by now, but if the Paradise Council didn't conquer the entire galaxy despite having the Angels on its side, it's not because they couldn't but because they didn't want to do so" she said. "Genova's goal was to use an artificial war situation, and then a cold war situation, to push humanity forward without taking off its freedom. Even today, everything the Council puts in place on its territory almost solely aims for this, they just do it in twisted ways"