Chapter 19: Holy Revelation

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Overlord: Celestial Crusade

"Impossible, utterly impossible!"

It was morning, with the palace in the North side of the Roble Holy Kingdom being in great unrest, with the source being at the throne room "How could they have disappeared like this? They reported that they would had returned today and they are still missing!" said the Queen buffled and then coughed.

"Your Majesty, our mages are using divination magic as we speak!" said a cloaked man in panic and the Queen stood up.

"Get in touch with Duke Zelgius! Tell him to come here as soon as possible!" she demanded.

"As you wish!" said the man bowing.

Meanwhile

There was a castle of black stone and in an office, Duke Zelgius was drinking wine "To think that the mighty Star Paladins disappeared, how unfathomable." he said with a smile while sipping from his glass of wine.

"And the Nine Colors are away on a mission along with many soldiers and won't return any time soon." said a figure of shadows, with Zelgius standing up.

"Well, time to prepare myself in order to provide to the Queen my very *useful*  council, fufufu." said the duke chuckling "You can leave and do the preparations, the time is upon us!" he said and the shadow figure turned its attention to the closed door for a second before looking at the duke again.

Themis was behind the door and a sweat drop run by her forehead "*I must notify Lord Aethaion immediately!*" she thought panicked.

"Duke Zelgius Seifer Nox has arrived!"

The gates of the throne room opened and Zelgius appeared after he was introduced, with him kneeling before the queen just a few feet away from the throne "I, Duke Zelgius Seifer Nox, have answered your summons, your Majesty!" he said in a respectful tone.

"Good. I called you here because the Star Paladins have disappeared!" said the queen, with the duke raising his head shocked.

"Preposterous, your Majesty!"

"Unfortunately, it is true. Them along with the Nine Colors are missing, leaving us defenseless." she explained grim, with him then standing up.

"Then, what about using all the men I have under me?" he proposed much to the queen's happiness.

"That would be great!" she exclaimed, with him bowing and leaving, smiling all the while.

The next day

In the throne room were four armoured men bowing before the queen while the duke was near her "Dear generals, due to our two most powerful forces being absent, the Duke shall provide his men that are under way to further boost our forces. I want you to use them as you see fit." explained the queen who stood up, with them nodding and the duke went to the balcony and made a signal.

"My soldiers, the time has come! Surround the palace and kill anyone who resists!" he ordered with numerous knights marching towards the palace and blocking its gates.

"What's the meaning of this?" asked the queen angry and puzzled, with the duke chuckling.

"It's time for a new regime. This Kingdom will be unified under a capable monarch! So, you have to die." he claimed and was preparing a Fire Ball in his right hand.

As all that was happening, the clear skies were enveloped in storm clouds that were unleashing lightning left and right.

"W-What's happening all of a sudden?" the citizens that were strolling in the streets were now trying to flee to their homes in order to not be struck by lightning. As more soldiers were going for the palace, a violent earthquake occurred that split the earth, creating a chasm that prevented them from advancing further while a yellow-green fog enveloped them, with them falling down one by one.

"What in the world is going on?" wondered the duke with a slight panic as the earthquake made the ceiling to crack in various places and made him lose focus.

"None shall leave!" said a booming voice and then, a portal appeared to the throne room from which appeared Aethaion clad in holy light, with the disasters stopping immediately.

"Who are you?" asked the duke in trance, something everyone present was into thanks to Aethaion's angelic form and holy aura.

"I'm Aethaion, an Empyrean Overseer. I have come to save this holy kingdom from the darkness that tries to devour it!" he said in an echoing voice

"Empyrean Overseer...one of the greatest of angelic classes!" muttered in ecstasy the queen who fell on her knees immediately along with her servants, ignoring the duke who was baffled.

"*Telekinesis!*" Aethaion extended his hand and the queen along with her subjects were now floating, with Aethaion bringing them behind him to their confusion.

"Duke Zelgius Seifer Nox, you cursed the Queen, Lily Baraja Bessarez, and were behind the vandalism and attacks with you using magic to brainwash beings such as demi-humans."

"N-No, how can this be? The Star Paladins were destroyed, it was the perfect moment!" he shouted "Preposterous! If you are an angel of the heavens, you should favour me!" he shouted angry as he unleashed a Fire Ball that struck Aethaion without doing damage much to his shock.

"The Star Paladins are very much alive, in fact, they took care of your army!" said Aethaion and the gates of the throne room opened, with the Star Paladins entering to everyone's happiness and confusion.

"Impossible, IMPOSSIBLE!"

"For these acts, you shall be purified!" he claimed and then his aura got intensified.

"No, this cannot be! This cannot b-!" the duke shouted in disbelief as the holy light turned him into stone, much to the awe and dread of everyone present. Aethaion turned around and saw everyone bowing, with him coughing.

"Queen Lily Baraja Bessarez, I decided to become the patron of this kingdom, so first..." he claimed and extended his hand, with the queen being surrounded by an aura "...we must remove this petty curse." he said and the queen stood up in disbelief, with her doing swings in the air with her halberd.

"I c-can't believe it! I'm fine!" she said bewildered and then bowed before Aethaion "Lord Aethaion, from this moment on, I, Lily Baraja Bessarez, shall be your humble servant!" she claimed.

"I'm glad, but no. You shall rule as you always did until now, but now you and the kingdom will have a guardian angel." he said and everyone present became moved to the point of crying tears of joy "Also, I will make it so the kingdom will become whole!" he claimed, with everyone's mouths being wide open.

As Aetheion interfered with the plans of the Duke Zelgius Seifer Nox, a messenger courier on horse back galloped to the Southern Roble Holy Kingdom to the Southern capital Archon. Archon is much like E-Rantel, a city-fortress with a heptagon design with large walls. The messenger had to travel into the main gate before getting to the Archon's central circle, the epicentre of Archon that serves as the court and power of the city. Travelling through the busy streets, the messenger reached the gate and was allowed in as he rode towards an palace The messenger got off the horse and quickly ran inside before being stopped by a guardsman. The guard has black and soft blue eyes, and almost mistakenly appeared as a woman however in truth was a man.

"I am the Archon Captain Ogier, what is your business here." Ogier commanded the messenger, who instantly bowed and kneeled in respect to the Archon Captain.

"Archon Captain, I am bearing a messenger from the North for the eyes of the Lord Regent." The messenger announced as he revealed the letter, who is from a noble from the North bearing its sigil. The Archon Captain understood and commanded the a guard to take the messenger for rest and refreshments. The Archon Captain turned as walked towards a door and walked through. As he did, the room being the throne room was adored of white and marble which at the end lies a throne which four lions situated next to it and the man on the throne, the Lord Regent. The Lord Regent was massive on comparison to the humans, being seven feet tall wearing golden armour with a sword on his back, a middle-aged man with white hair and beard.

"My Lord, I have a letter from the North." The Archon Captain announced to the Regent Lord who then proceeded to hand the letter over. "Your eyes only." The Archon Captain kneeled as the Lord Regent grabbed the letter and proceeded to read it, who then had a soft smile. "Lord Charlemagne?" The Archon Captain questioned puzzlingly.

"Ogier, get transportation ready, we're heading to the North." Charlemagne announced as he stood, and his size of seven feet easily towering over Ogier. "A noble in the North informed of a evolving situation, and I wish to see this... guest for myself and to make sure the Holy Queen is secured" Charlemagne announced the Archon Captain understood as preparations were made. The two left the palace soon after but to a surprise, one of the Southern noble leaders was there, accompanied by two escorts.

"Greeting m'lord, a wonderful day, is it not?" One of the Southern noble leaders, the Count Randalse and was one of the few that wanted to start a civil war against the Northern Holy Kingdom.

"Greetings Count Randalse, it is a fine day but what business do you require here?" Archon Captain Ogier questioned as the Count simple gave a smile.

"Oh nothing, just wanted to observe." Count Randalse answered as Charlemagne glanced to his right and left sides, as he noticed that there were four soldiers of the Southern Holy Kingdom Army. "Though, I think a Lord Regent is no longer required." As soon the Count stated that, all of the armed soldiers instantly raised their weapons against the Archon Captain and Charlemagne. "You see, I got a letter from the Duke Zelgius Seifer Nox from the North that he shall eliminate the queen and unify both the North and South as one, a much more powerful Holy Kingdom and regime." The Count revealed, as the arm red holy soldiers began to move in. "Sorry Lord Regent, but you need to pass on for our plan to work, however Archon Captain, you can have the choice to help us bring in a new era for the Kingdom, or die alongside the Regent." The count offered as the Captain sighed in disappointed and raised his steel sword.

"I rather die than betray the High Paladin!" The Captain yelled out, as the Count simply rubbed his head.

"That's a shame... Kill them both!" The count ordered and the soldiers began to charge, causing Charlemagne to grab onto the captain and sprint back inside the palace and closing the door. Using an tier spell to magically lock the door as runes formed on the door on both side. "Damn it, force the priest to break that sealing spell at once!"

Once inside, the captain and the Regent walked into the throne but as they did, four paladins coming from the two doors from each side emerged, at this time caused Charlemagne to take out the Holy Sword and upon seeing the sudden hostility, all four paladins kneeled. "Forgive me Chief Paladin! I did not mean to startle." One of the four said, allowing Charlemagne to sheath his sword onto his back. "Chief, what is happening?"

"A coup d'état it seems, paladin." Charlemagne answered as he walked towards the throne and pushed the stone-carved throne to the side, revealing a passage. "Archon Captain, paladins, you must get to the North and find out what happened there." Charlemagne began to give a mission detail as he walked over to one of the four table and began to write a letter. "Ogier, this letter with my seal will confirm your presence to the North, and to be extra sure, take my Holy Sword, if my letter does not work, then my symbol of power will." Charlemagne said as Ogier walked closed and took the giant greatsword. "Get word the South seems to finally reject the monarchy rule in favour of the Duke." Ogier nodded as he along with the four paladins began to move into the secret passage. "Paladins, this will lead to the outskirts of the city, get him to Hoburns no matter the cost."

"Lord Regent, what will you do?" Questioned one of the paladins.

"I'll try and negotiate peace talks and hopefully it goes well, but if not I'll try to not cause intentional bloodshed." Charlemagne responded as he began to push the throne. "And besides, if they wont be convinced, I can say I am more useful alive then dead... I fear for the city's citizens safety and likely they shall be threatened or threaten those that align with me." Before one of the four paladins could respond, Charlemagne instantly shoved the throne back into place. As he done so, the palace's door erupted as the Southern Holy Army charged and surrounded him and the throne, the count walking closely behind.

"Go find the captain, he can not leave alive." The count ordered as he noticed his is not here. "Charlemagne, surrender and I'll make sure your death is not painful."

"Count," Charlemagne began as he turned face him. "You know as well as I am more useful alive, and I am certain if I do not, you would harm the citizens here." Charlemagne began to negotiate as the count began to dwell on the thought.

"You are right, you are more useful alive than a corpse, and I.. MAY had threatened one or two." The count chuckled. "Take the Lord Regent, and to be sure his restrained are well made." The count ordered as the Lord Regent got restrained. "Lock him in the cells below and remove his armour, I may want to wear it." The count said as the man in question was escorted away.

Suddenly, the room was enveloped in a blinding light and Aethaion appeared before everyone present, with them being visibly confused "You must be Lord Charlemagne, yes?" asked Aethaion as he looked at the restrained Charlemagne "Greetings, I'm the Empyrean Overseer Aethaion,nice to meet you. I decided to help this nation from scum like the count here, also wanting to assist in its unification under Queen Lily." he declared.

"An Empyrean Overseer?! That is not possible, the power to even remotely summon of such grace is beyond our power." The Count softly spoke. "You must be a illusion, that is all as no Empyrean Overseer would dare to insult their holy advocator. Guards, remove this fi--" However before the count even finish his sentence, a quick side-jap to his head knocked him out as Charlemagne had already broken from his restraints, and fell to the ground. The Lord Regent looked up the brilliance of the Empyrean Overseer and kneeled before it.

"I am indeed the Regent Lord Charlemagne your grace, I thank you for your intervention." Charlemagne respectfully said as he looked up towards Aethaion. "To think the Empyrean Overseer, a class of angel higher then the Seraph Empyrean truly exists, my father and my mother spoke about it, though they only mentioned the Archangels of Sephira could be such a thing." Charlemagne softly spoke as he stood up. "May I ask what brings Heaven's strongest to us?"

"Fufufu, not the strongest, but one among the strongest classes indeed." Aethaion replied chuckling and then he realized something "Archangels of Sephira? How do you know of them?" he asked shocked "You...it can't be...you are a child of Players!?" he asked shocked and bewildered.

"One of nine children of players as they called themselves, I am the son of Týr and Titania of the North." Charlemagne said as clenched his right fist in front of his chest. "Though... I suspect you too, are a player to mention the word?"

"Týr...I think I heard that name before. Also, yes, I am a player.I saved the queen and came to you to kickstart the unification of the kingdom.As for my story..."

An hour passed

Aethaion explained what happened to him ever since he arrived to the New World, with Charlemagne seeming to understand "...And that's all." he said.

"And to think I was just here, when I could've been with the queen to halt this madness." Charlemagne sighed as he wiped off his face before looking at Aethaion before the realization came to him. "Further discussions can wait, I must get to my Archon Captain and the paladins escorting him, I fear despite your intervention, there must be those in the shadows waiting."

"Do not worry.My subordinate took care of everything." said Aethaion as he put his fingers on his temple "Themis, are things over by your side?" he asked Themis who was with the Archon Captain and his paladins while there were a hanful of assassins tied.

"Yes, my Lord. The assassins have been disabled and will be forced to confess who were assisting the Duke." she calmly reported.

"Excellent, Themis." he said and stopped the communication "Charlemagne, there is one more reason I came for, but that involves the Queen, so follow me." he said.

After a while

The throne room was full of people, with many being nobles, clergy and generals that were lined left and right, with them bowing as Aethaion along with Charlemagne were heading towards the queen that was sitting on her throne.

"Lady Lily, it's good to see you are well and unharmed." Charlemagne bowed towards the Holy Queen. "I do hope the danger had subsided here in the North?" Charlemagne inquired.

"Indeed it has, all thanks to Lord Aethaion." she said with a warm smile while looking at Aethaion and then looked at Charlemagne "Lord Charlemagne, due to the recent events, there is no one that can act as a trusty counselor and so, I want you to become the first Lord Regent of the North Kingdom!" she claimed, with everyone present being surprised and there was great unrest among them "By accepting it, you will have authority in both parts, effectively uniting them." she said "So, Lord Charlemagne, do you accept in becoming the Lord Regent of the North Kingdom and have authority beneath that of the the crown and also act as a trusty counselor?" she asked.

"If that what it takes to help the citizens of the kingdom, I accept the position." Charlemagne accepted as bowed in respect before walking to the left to join with the clergy and generals.

"This is a historical moment in the history of the Roble Holy Kingdom and to commemorate it, we shall have tonight a great feast along with entertainment!" declared the queen as an order "Of course, it would please me to no end if you could be there, Lord Aethaion." she said in a respectful tone, with Aethaion being skeptical.

"Unfortunately, your Majesty, I have some matters of great importance to attend to." he said in a regretful tone "However, in my place will come a new adventurer with his partner, one I saved as an infant and taught him all he knows. He has suffered a lot in his life, so him attending such an event would be a blessing." he said, with the queen bowing her head.

"If that's your will, we will treat them with the greatest respect!" declared the queen and Aethaion then flapped his wings.

"Queen Lily, lords and clergy. I assure you that this union of the two sides of the kingdom will be one of the many good things that are in store for this kingdom. Keep being paragons of justice and good and you will have my aid in times of need. Farewell!" he said while having his Holy Aura II active and opened a Gate which he entered and it closed, leaving everyone speechless.

At Elysium Fortress

Mary and Jasmine suddenly bowed as Aethaion came out of the Gate, with him seeing Mary Jane and Mimir waiting for him.

"Welcome back dude, how was the Holy Kingdom?" Mary asked Aethaion. "Were they like... the Christians being all religious talk, sprouting the word of Jesus Christ?"

"Kinda like that but on a lesser scale." he said "Also, now that I became its patron, we can learn more about other areas of the New World and we also have a step stone, so even Slane Theocracy won't easily make a move against us or the Kingdom itself." he explained.

"Wait..patron? You like... became a god to them?" Mary questioned. "Did they bow down and pray to the almighty?" However Mimir just slapped her head as he walked forward.

"So what's our next move? With the Theocracy possessing not just YGGDRASIL items, but even Guild Weapons, we need to be cautious as we approach this." Mimir questioned. "They had a World Item, even I never knew that and I shudder on if they have others, such Longinus in their possession."

"I share your anxiety, Mimir.For the time being, however,we simply don't know anything about them so we must be vigilant against any of their actions." said Aethaion and began walking away "Now, sorry, but I have a venue to attend to." he said with a grin in his now human form that was wearing his adventurer clothes.

It was night

Inside the palace was a huge hall with crystal chandeliers above and the tables were in an octagonal formation whose sides were near the doors, with the queen and Charlemagne being on the head table and then the doors opened "Adventurers Theon and Elaine have arrived!" announced a voice at the same time. Everyone turned around and saw Aethaion posing as Theon that was wearing a tuxedo in his human form and Emmef posing as Elaine with a black ball dress that was toning her large breasts and was wearing black stilletos and black, silk gloves. The both of them earned all the types of unrest, with some looking at them with eyes full of arrogance or contempt while others were whispering how beautiful and matching the both of them were and as all that was happening, the two knelt before the queen.

"Thank you for the honor of bringing us in an event in which you also are present, your Majesty." said Aethaion with respect while having his head lowered.

"What are you talking about? It's the least I could do for our patron's proteges!" she said in response "Please, have a seat in our table!" she said and then snapped her fingers, with two servants bringing two chairs in which the two reluctantly sat.

"I'll... huh.. stand your Holy Mistress, as I don't think these chairs can withstand my weight." Charlemagne chuckled considering his size and the weight his body armour, the chairs is more then likely to break down then support him. "However, I do not mean to question your judgement, but why bring in adventurers? I mean no disrespect, Theon and Elaine, but it is customary for adventurers to not get so involved in nations." Charlemagne tried to worded to not be offensive to the two adventurers as well to the Holy Queen.

"If I may, your Highness." said Emmef with a raised hand before the queen could say anything "We both are adventurers, yes, but we will never participate in this nation's political matters or wars. Lord Aethaion desires from us to gather experiences and live a fulfilling life and honestly, what commoner can claim to have attended a venue organized by a queen?" she ended up wondering while keeping a respectful and elegant tone.

Charlemagne was in deep thought before nodding in agreement. "I understand Lady Elaine, forgive me on my words. However, sorry for this Holy Mistress, I need to attend some matters as Lord Regent, I am certain you and the adventurers can handle any matter without me, but if you do require me, just send someone to fetch and I shall answer your summons." Charlemagne gave a respectful bow before departing from the hall.

"I understand." said the queen who stood up "Thank you very much, everyone, for coming. Tonight, history will be written because we celebrate the union of the two kingdoms, making it possible thanks to Lord Charlemagne who is now absent and our patron who is also absent, Lord Aethaion." she said and everyone clapped for a while and she did a gesture for them to stop "Now, to honor both, let's start this venue without further ado, cheers!" she said while ending up raising her glass.

"Cheers!" said everyone present while raising their own glasses.

An hour passed

There was music and many were dancing in pairs, Aethaion and Emmef included "I can't believe how good you are, my Lord." she said in a low voice amazed, with Aethaion smiling while giving her a twirl.

"I was trained from an early age.Anyway, we have left the queen alone for quite some time." he said and then both returned to their seats, with the queen looking at Aethaion.

"Excellent, display, Lord Aethaion." she ended up saying in a whisper, with Aethaion's eyes widening.

"W-What?"

"Oh, please, my Lord.An adventurer named Theon with the same type of powers as the angel that saved our kingdom is recommended to attend this venue. I haven't figured out exactly your race, but my current theory is that you have the power to become human." she said in an almost teasing tone, with Aethaion sighing.

"I see, you are clever, your Majesty.Indeed, I have the power to become human which I do to better understand this world. It would please me greatly if this little secret was kept between us and Lord Charlemagne." he said with a relaxed tone giving up, with the queen smiling.

"Of course, it's the least I can do, my Lord." said the queen while lightly bowing her head and then he looked at her with a look of great interest.

"By the way, we have *many* things to talk about." he said eagerly, getting the queen's full attention.