Chapter 574

Carlos and Jason discuss the nature of Purity, considering that perhaps it's actually The God of Disguise, or The God of Deceit. Carlos ponders as to whether Purity hasn't already been sanctioned by the other Gods, but due to the laws of their nature, they were forbidden from speaking of it. This matches with The Ecumenical Councils findings of escalating improprieties over the past decades.

Carlos presses Jason to accept that he must do more to help with the upcoming war with the Messengers, which causes Jason to lash out in anger. The exertion taxes him heavily, and he passes out again, bleeding from both eyes and ears. Shade discovers that he can now exert control over the Cloud construct, and directs Carlos to leave.

## Trivia

The title of this chapter is not taken from a quote in it, but instead rewording of Friedrich Nietzsche from Beyond Good and Evil;

```
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.
And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

```

```
 **He Who Fights with Monsters:**
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 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84
 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108
 109 110 111 112 113

```

```
 **He Who Fights with Monsters 2:**
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76

```

```
 **He Who Fights with Monsters 3:**
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8

```

Volume II

```
 **He Who Fights with Monsters 4:**
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74

```

```
 **He Who Fights with Monsters 5:**
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68

```

```
 **He Who Fights with Monsters 6:**
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
 31 32 22 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6

```

Volume III

```
 **He Who Fights with Monsters 7:**
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66

```

```
 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546
 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566
 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 **574** 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586
 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594

```

```
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 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634
 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654
 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674
 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694
 695 696 697 698

```

Volume IV

```
 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718
 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732

```