Way of the Knights

Chapter 848: Heavenly Laws

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"…oh! You're out. That's great. Can you deal with that by the way? You were the one who caused it anyway. Bye." 

Anne was the first one that Raven saw on his office as soon as he exited his seclusion. She didn't even bother congratulating him for his successful breakthrough and just directly asked him to deal with the mess he caused. 

Raven tilted his head and stepped outside of his office. The moment he did, surprise colored his face for the briefest of moment before it was replaced by a wry smile. 

Dark clouds were looming above the Dawn Council. White pythons of lightning slithered behind them, hissing at the land behind them, especially when Raven appeared. 

A palpable killing intent swarmed the entire council, causing the atmosphere to turn heavy and somber. With his senses, Raven could see that his team were trying their best to protect their students from the wrath of the Heavenly Laws. 

He shook his head and looked at the dark clouds above him. He parted his lips and said one order that swept throughout the word like an absolute law.

"Disperse."

His words shook the very fabric of reality. It was like a heavenly judgement. An absolute order that cannot be denied – impossible, even. 

And thus, when the Divine Knight of Chaos ordered the dispersal of the Heavenly Laws' killing intent. His order shall be fulfilled. 

The killing intent promptly disappeared the moment his voice stopped echoing. The dark clouds dissipated like snow under the heat of summer, taking the lightning pythons away with it. The skies cleared up, revealing the boundless blanket of velvet space dotted with stars and constellations. 

Calm returned to the Dawn Council the moment Raven decided to make a move. 

"Carry on with your duties everyone. Apologies for the disturbance earlier." Raven's voice echoed once before it vanished. Nevertheless, everyone still heard it loud and clear. 

Raven looked at the skies for a brief moment. His eyes narrowed for a bit since he could still feel the repulsion around him. The Heavenly Law Order of the Divine Realm was still trying to kick him out of its yard. 

Raven could resist the repulsion, after all it wasn't as strong as he imagined it to be, he could even down right ignore it should he want to. 

The only problem to this is the reason why it's happening. 

'Why is it still kicking me out? It knows that it can't do anything to me. It can't even force me to do anything and it's not like I'm doing anything bad. I'm actually helping it keep the Divine Realm safe. So why does it want to get rid of me this much? It doesn't make sense.'

This is what really confuses Raven. 

Again, it's not really a problem to him to ignore the repulsion around him. He's just puzzled as to why it's happening. 

'Maybe I should look at this first. Just in case. I don't want to go out to the Outer World without securing the fact that I won't be branded as an Outsider. My family is here and this is my home whether the Heavenly Laws want to or not. I don't want to risk anything.'

After thinking about this, Raven sighed and returned to his office. 

He went to his desk first and took some commissions with him. He registered two missions under his name. One would be observing the Heavenly Law Order closely while the other is the mission to set up Outposts on the Outer World. 

After finalizing the details of his missions, Raven disappeared from his office and appeared at the sky island where his wife and daughter were waiting for him. 

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It wasn't until the month after that Raven left to complete the two missions he had taken.

He spent the past month accompanying his wife and giving Vanessa pointers towards her cultivation. After that, it was time for him to leave. 

Luna shouldn't be too lonely without him, after all Vanessa's here to keep her company. Once they've said their temporary farewells, Raven left immediately since the repulsion was really starting to grind on his nerves. 

Contrary to one's belief, his first destination isn't anywhere within the physical plane of Divine Realm. 

It doesn't matter how little or how far one travels around in search of the Heavenly Law Order, one wouldn't find it anywhere within the Divine Realm since it doesn't exist in the Physical Plane. 

The Heavenly Laws are omnipresent. There's no need to search for it. Stepping foot to where it resides would be a different story. 

Thankfully, Raven knows how to get there. 

With his boundless will which represents the highest order of his desires, as well as his right as the Divine Knight of Chaos, Raven pried the door open to the Heavenly Laws. 

He was met with an intense repulsion. Clearly a sign that he's not being welcomed with open arms yet Raven didn't care. He forced his way in despite the unwillingness pushing him back. 

"Geez, calm down. I'm not here to wring you dry of resources. I'm just here to talk…" Raven ruefully claimed, "Well, that's unless you want to really fight me. In that case, I wouldn't mind giving you a piece of my mind." 

There's not a single soul where Raven currently was. 

All he saw was an endless expanse of a wide, wide stream of water. 

Raven stood at the middle of the stream, his lower body was submerged in it. He has no idea where the stream started nor where it ends. He simply existed in here, arrived here the moment he entered. 

This…this endless stream of water, is the Heavenly Law Order itself. 

Just from a single glance, Raven saw numerous things that could turn anybody mad. He could feel an endless wave of information trying to burrow their way through his consciousness. Without the help of his Divine Will, Raven wouldn't be able to guard himself from this. 

Thankfully, he visited this place when he became a Divine Knight, anytime earlier than this would've been a bad idea. 

'You're not welcome here. Leave!'

Once again, Raven didn't see anybody here. 

Well, he kind of did. After all, this is the Heavenly Law Order that governed the entirety of the Divine Realm. It literally reflects everyone at it's surface. He even saw numerous silhouettes of his fellow Divine Knights who managed to pull their head out of the water just like him. 

The voice that replied to him sounded really hostile. Which made Raven even more suspicious. He doesn't even know why the Heavenly Laws were acting this way. 

"Chill. I just want to know what's up with you. I need some answers okay?" Raven raised a brow. "Why are you pushing me? The fuck did I do to you? I've never deliberately went against you have I? In fact, my actions have always been for mine and yours' benefit. So what's up with you now? Don't tell me this is your way of telling me that you no longer need me?" 

There was a long period of silence. Raven even contemplated if he should ask his questions again since maybe, the Heavenly Laws didn't hear him. Yet before he could repeat himself, the reply came to him. 

'Why did it choose you? Why not us?'

'Why did it choose you as its representative when there's us?'

'We simply cannot fathom this.'

'We were here. We never left. We always called out to it yet it never answered us.'

'Why did it choose a mere human? What makes you special? We don't understand?'

'It was our chance to finally become complete! To return to what it's like before everything happened.'

'Such is our desire.'

'Such is 'it' desires.'

'Yet it chose to come to you instead of us? Why is that?'

'…'

'We hate you.'

'We don't like you.'

'Why you?'

'Why not us?' 

'You don't deserve it.'

Raven could feel its anger, anguish and confusion. And honestly? Raven can't blame it so instead of interrupting it, Raven let it speak and release all of it's pent up frustrations. 

The Heavenly Law Order is currently acting like a child who saw it's parent choose another kid to come home to – this is probably the best way to describe how the Heavenly Laws acted right now. 

"Listen to me." Raven calmly said after letting it say its piece. "Chaos did not return to you because one simple reason."

"And that is the fact that if it does, then everything goes back to square one." 

'…'

"If you still don't understand it, let me explain." Raven adjusted his posture before continuing his explanation. "Chaos returning to you could be described as homecoming, yet it spells the end of us all."

"If Chaos returns to you. 'You' will cease to exist. What will remain will only be Chaos itself. No Heavenly Laws, no order, no Divine Realm and more importantly no Humans." 

"Being 'whole' again, only applies to 'Chaos' and not 'Us' – me and you included."

"Chaos does not want that."

"It doesn't want you, me, nor everything to be gone."

"No parent wants their child to die before their very eyes. The same goes for the two of you."

"Chaos doesn't want to disappear. But it also won't allow everything that it created to be destroyed just for the sake of its revival."

"Do you understand?"