I'm The Devil - Chapter 164

Chapter 164: Zeus Confronts The Watchers

As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting the world into the soft embrace of twilight, Azazel descended from the mountaintop to the heart of the mortal settlement. With each step, he exuded an aura of authority and wisdom, drawing the curious gazes of the mortal inhabitants who had gathered to witness his arrival.

Gathering the mortals around him in a circle, Azazel began to speak, his voice carrying the weight of centuries of celestial knowledge. He spoke of the stars above, the celestial bodies that danced across the heavens in a cosmic symphony, and the secrets they held within their shimmering depths.

With gestures both grand and graceful, Azazel traced patterns in the air, illustrating the movements of the celestial bodies and the cycles of the cosmos. He spoke of the laws that governed the universe, and the principles of physics and mathematics that underpinned creation itself.

As the mortals listened in rapt attention, their minds opening to the vastness of the universe, Azazel began to reveal the secrets of Heaven. He spoke of the realms beyond mortal comprehension, the realms of angels and divine beings, and the mysteries that lay hidden within their ethereal domains.

Meanwhile, Azazel’s siblings, each possessing their unique talents and knowledge, began to impart their wisdom to the mortals as well. One taught them the arts of agriculture and husbandry, showing them how to till the soil and cultivate crops. Another shared the secrets of medicine and healing, teaching them the properties of herbs and plants.

Together, Azazel and his siblings worked tirelessly to enlighten the mortal inhabitants, guiding them toward a future of progress and prosperity. With each passing day, the mortals grew in knowledge and understanding, their minds expanding to encompass the wonders of the cosmos and the wisdom of the heavens.

Zeus who was currently in the Mortal Realm after he returned to the God Plane so as not to draw the attention of Hera and the other gods to his new playground frowned when he saw what these beings were up to.

He knew from their appearance and the way they carried themselves to be either siblings or Lucifer or they came from where he also came from.

He decided to confront these beings to tell them to stop whatever they planned to do.

He knew that whoever created these mortals would not like it if they were suddenly growing in power like that, and began to tap into the fundamentals of the world.

That would destroy the whole reason for them being mortals and that is not the grand plan of things.

Zeus walked up to one of the watchers who was teaching him the humans about the stars and what they could achieve from studying it and looked at him with a glare, “I know you are some kind of angel like Lucifer and may have a reason for coming here but I highly doubt that it is the will of whoever created these mortals for you to be teaching them the secrets of the Cosmos and exposing them to knowledge beyond their grasp” Zeus said.

The watcher who was being addressed stopped whatever he was doing and told his students to leave, “Remember to practice on what I taught you, with time you can peer into the future and predict it, that is just one of the perks of harnessing the powers of the stars” he said before turning back at Zeus and continued, “who are you again? And who is Lucifer?”

Zeus’s frown deepened, a perplexed furrow creasing his brow as he mulled over the watcher’s apparent ignorance regarding Lucifer. It was inconceivable to Zeus that a being of the watcher’s stature, purportedly knowledgeable about the cosmos and its denizens, could be oblivious to the existence of Lucifer.

As he pondered this enigma, Zeus’s mind raced with questions. Could Semjaza be feigning ignorance, concealing his true intentions behind a façade of innocence? Or perhaps there was more to Lucifer’s tale than Zeus had been led to believe. Regardless, the discrepancy troubled Zeus, casting doubt on the veracity of the watcher’s words and intentions.

Unbeknownst to Zeus, the Watchers were not ancient beings with access to the depths of heaven’s knowledge. Instead, they were relatively young, their existence coinciding with the banishment of Adam and Eve from Eden. Their purpose, entrusted to them by the divine, was to watch over humanity and safeguard them from harm.

However, their oversight extended only to mortal affairs, and they lacked the means to peer into the celestial realm or gain insight into the machinations of beings like Lucifer. Thus, when Lucifer traversed to Earth, he did so undetected by the Watchers, veiling himself from their vigilant gaze to avoid unnecessary conflict.

As Zeus grappled with his suspicions regarding the watcher’s ignorance of Lucifer, little did he know that the Watchers were simply fulfilling their designated role, unaware of the celestial drama unfolding beyond their purview.

“I am Zeus and as for Lucifer, you should forget about that,” said Zeus not wanting to say anything about Lucifer to the watcher, “so back to my question, what are you doing in the Mortal Realm, last I checked, your kind does not belong here,” said Zeus as he looked at the watcher.

“I am Baraqiel one of the watchers created by the Almighty God to watch over the Mortal Realm, so if anything you are the one who is not supposed to be here,” said the watcher, whose name is Baraqiel.

“You are watchers, like to watch the mortals right?” Zeus asked Baraqiel so that he could be sure of their assignment.

Baraqiel nodded to the question, “Yes, that’s what we do”

“And yet, here you are granting them knowledge beyond their understanding, do you that doing so would risk disrupting the natural order,” he said, his tone firm. “Such power must be earned, not freely given.”

Baraqiel nodded thoughtfully, acknowledging Zeus’s concerns. “We understand the delicate balance at play,” he assured the god. “But our intent is pure, and we seek only to empower mortals to reach their full potential.”

“Be that as it may, I cannot allow you to continue meddling in the affairs of mortals,” he declared, his voice resonating with the thunderous authority of a god.