"School of Truth..."
Alicia Tamara's gray eyes flickered for a moment, as if this word brought back some memories.
After a moment, she nodded and said in an unchanging old-fashioned tone:
"Of course I understand."
Angel leaned back in the chair, taking a listening posture, waiting for the other party to continue speaking.
The young Tamara didn't show off, subconsciously glanced at the closed door and lowered his voice slightly:
"What do you think the background color of this world is? White or black?"
Her actions were like she was secretly preaching. Wouldn't she say that she was a believer of "School of Truth" later... Angel chuckled secretly and replied:
"You don't mean to say gray, do you?"
Coming here from the Internet age, she did not hesitate to expose the trap in Yalixiya's question. This successfully made the answer that was about to blurt out get stuck in the other party's throat. Her serious and sculpture-like expression also changed slightly, and she continued after a moment:
"... It is indeed gray. This is the concept of 'School of Truth'. They believe that the essence of the world is the gray between black and white, the fog and shadow between light and darkness. It is constantly changing and extremely Chaos. They are willing to find loopholes in the order and use means on the edge of the law to achieve their own goals... This is the same as the essence of the pale white and unstable fog they believe in."
The pale white, unstable mist... Isn't this the mist that appeared when Bernadette and I destroyed the "Great Mother" altar in Belon Village...
Angel immediately thought of this and confirmed that the "School of Truth" mentioned by Yalixiya was the group that acted with "Great Mother" believers and Nast Solomon within the territory of Intis.
And the belief and respect for "Chaos" but not following the existing legal practices are somewhat like Adjacent Pathways of Arbiter, "Lawyer", that is, the various abilities of Beyonder of "Black Emperor" Pathway, such as Distortion, amplification, such as confusion and misdirection.
If the tomb of the previous Black Emperor was not still hidden in a corner, and the new Black Emperor died tragically at the scene of Promotion Ritual, I would have thought that they believed in this Pathway's True God... But the white mist doesn't seem to belong to the nine "Great Old One" whose names I know. Well, Chaos... Son of Chaos?
Angel The name of Outer Deity suddenly popped into his mind.
Like "Mother Goddess of Depravity" and "Mother Tree of Desire", he was torn apart by the aggregation of Original Creator, which owned Sefirah, so that part of his power remained within the barrier.
Because of this, it is easier for them to extend their tentacles into the barrier than the other six Outer Deitys, exert influence on the Pathways to which these three Sefirahs belong, and achieve certain goals.
And "Son of Chaos" possesses the pinnacle of power of two Pathways, "Justiciar" and "Black Emperor", Sefirah and "Nation of Disorder".
From this point of view, the unstable mist of "School of Truth" belief is probably the other identity of Great Old One outside the barrier. They merged with the believers of "Mother Goddess of Depravity" who incarnated as "Great Mother", and together It is understandable that Intis uses cheap believers to launch sacrifices everywhere... because the two "God" have the same position, and both want to take back their own Sefirah and Beyonder Characteristic as soon as the barrier is broken...
Thinking of this, Angel focused his attention on Yalixiya again and continued to ask:
"When was 'School of Truth' established? Has it done any... big things before?"
She wanted to say "bad things", but she felt that the things she thought were bad were not necessarily in the eyes of Tamara, so she changed her words.
"Just recently, no more than ten years."
Yalixiya's iconic dark gray eyes blinked, and he gave an answer that surprised Angel.
"Huh?"
The latter did not hide his emotions at all, and made a single tone representing doubt in his mouth.
She originally thought that School of Truth, which believed in "Son of Chaos" at the same level as "Mother Goddess of Depravity" and "Mother Tree of Desire", should have its origins with "School of Truth" which had developed in the Southern Continent for nearly a thousand years. "Primordial Moon" believers are similar, and they should have been at least hundreds of years, but they did not expect that they would be shorter than Aurora Order, Psychology Alchemists, these new organizations that believe in local evil gods or are protected by a certain King of Angel, much shorter.
No wonder I have never heard of this school of thought before, and it is not recorded in Nighthawks's internal information... She muttered, and was about to continue asking, but Yalixiya continued:
"But looking back at the past, the earliest clues to the belief in that unstable mist can be found in the late Fourth Epoch data, but the name 'School of Truth' appeared much later."
This is so true, otherwise it would be a shame to be called "Great Old One"... Angel almost blurted out, then suppressed the thought and asked curiously:
"Is it related to your family's history?"
"Yes," Yalixiya nodded seriously, "I think you should have heard of a huge change in our family's past and two internal divisions."
No, I haven't heard of it. Last time I said that wild Beyonder also had profound knowledge, I was actually bragging...Angel nodded without changing his expression and said tentatively:
"Are you referring to the change in heraldic style?"
This is the gossip she heard from Dorian Abraham. If not, her understanding of the Tamara Family may only be limited to a few words in Nighthawks's internal information, such as "Fourth Epoch Tudor Empire Great Noble", "Mastered a part of 'Arbiter' Pathway Potion" and other information.
Compared with those veteran Angel, Angel became Angel too quickly. This is an advantage, allowing her to have the strongest power in the shortest time. It is also a disadvantage, which makes her lack money, connections or accumulation of secret knowledge. She is far inferior to those Beyonder family who are down-to-earth step by step and accumulate resources for promotion.
Yalixiya nodded again, stretched out his hands, and a trace of dark golden light appeared on the tips of his two slender index fingers. She was distracted, waving her fingers and drawing two coats of arms that Angel had seen at Dorian's place.
They shimmered in the air. One of them had a long sword vertically separating the shield and the thorns to form a symmetrical pattern. The other one had the shield and thorns replaced by opposite doors, with the same long sword serving as the door gap.
"Originally, Tamara Family was from a distinguished family of the Solomon Empire, possessing a share of the 'Hand of Order' characteristics of 'Justiciar' Pathway. Therefore, our family's inheritance is mainly based on this Pathway, and the family emblem is rich in the characteristics of this Pathway..."
This Tamara stared at the coat of arms composed of sword, shield and thorns in the air, and said softly.
"Wait..." Angel interrupted Yalixiya, who seemed to be falling into memories, "I thought the three 'Hand of Order's from the Solomon Empire period belonged to Augustus, Castile and Trensuost Family respectively."
She naturally thinks so because the first two are the royal families of the Loen Kingdom and Feynapotter Kingdom respectively, and both have a copy of "Hand of Order", and Trunsoest is Fourth Epoch, the "Night Emperor" who was promoted to True God, and then fell to Four Emperors War, and the Sequence 0 of "Justiciar".
At this moment, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed across Angel's mind, and he remembered a part of Roselle's Diary that he had borrowed from Klein and Mr. Fool when he was learning Chinese.
That's Roselle and the exiled Mr. "Door" A conversation between Bethel Abraham, which mentioned that after Fourth Epoch's "Black Emperor" Solomon fell, Trensuost Family's "Night Emperor" divided up Solomon After acquiring the characteristics left over from, he was promoted to "Prince of Abolition" of Sequence 1, becoming one of the two masters of the United Empire, alongside "Blood Emperor" Tudor.
This means that whether it is Switching Pathways coming from "Justiciar" to "Black Emperor", or whether it is "Duke of Entropy" that was originally Sequence 2, it is unlikely to have the characteristics of "Hand of Order".
Therefore, during the Solomon's First Empire period, three copies of "Justiciar" Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristic were in the hands of Castile, Augustus and Tamara Family!
According to the history of the Fourth Age compiled by Klein, after Solomon lost his status and fell due to opposition from the six righteous gods at that time, including Steam, Trunsoest and Tudor each obtained a Sequence 1 "Prince of Sequence" attribute, and were promoted to the Black Emperor. Sequence 1 of the path, established the United Empire, and then before Solomon returned due to the special characteristics of the "Black Emperor", he chose the "Judge" and "Red Priest" paths to become gods respectively, expelling the excess "Prince of Sequence" from the body to avoid suddenly falling into the sequence.
During this period, I am afraid that Trunsoest and Tamara Family were in a very unhappy situation, which is why the Angel family did not follow "Night Emperor" like Augustus and Castile. Instead, they worked with Abraham and other families to help "Blood Emperor" establish Tudor Empire and became one of the great nobles under his command... Angel imagined a drama of grudges and hatred, and asked:
"So, at this stage, your family crest has changed?"
"Yes, most of the new generations in the family have turned to the 'apprentice' path after a certain incident. Due to the marriage with the Abraham family, this is not difficult... But there are still a few tamalas, those who have become high-sequence 'judges', who insist on the original path and have passed it down to this day."
With that said, Yalixiya extinguished the Straight Sword door emblem in the air that represented the fusion of "Apprentice" and "Justiciar", leaving only the one with the combination of sword, shield and thorns.
"This is the first split." Angel nodded thoughtfully, but the next second Yalixiya continued:
"No, this is just a change in heraldry. It is a long process that lasts for hundreds of years and spans the two stages of the United Empire and Tudor Empire... and the first split was when the Tamaras of Apprentice Pathway split into branches within the Abraham Family, and the branch that married 'Witch Family' and was closely connected with them."
Gnostic Society...Angel immediately thought of this secret organization under the Demoness Sect, which has both the "assassin" Low Sequence Beyonder and some of the "Apprentice" Potion formulas.
In addition, according to Angel's guess, the black-haired and gray-eyed "Black Witch" Clarice also has a high probability of having the bloodline of Tamara.
"What about the second split?"
After sorting out his thoughts, Angel continued to ask.
She had a hunch that this split was really related to "School of Truth".
Sure enough, after Yalixiya dispersed the coat of arms belonging to "Justiciar" Pathway, he resumed his dignified and solemn posture with his hands on his knees and replied:
"This split stems from within us, the branch that insists on 'Justiciar' Pathway.
"Some of them Tamara are bewitched by the so-called 'truth' and believe in the gray between white and black, the blend of light and darkness Chaos, trying to build a bridge of communication between observing order and spreading shadows, and believe that such behavior is to get closer to the truth and please the truth. With the support of this concept, they mainly operate in the Intis territory where the royal family was overthrown and the republic was established, and they try to control the top levels of the Intis government through secret preaching, transactions, and cooperation to achieve their ultimate goal."
"The ultimate goal? "Angel felt that the key point of the conversation was finally reached and asked eagerly.
"Because they tried to cooperate with 'Mirror Person', and we also have similar help, so we got some vague information..." Alicia Tamara said calmly, "First, with the help of The Intis government, and even the governments of other countries, are looking for the hidden tomb of Emperor Roselle; secondly, looking for clues about 'Fallen Heaven' deep underground in Trier; and finally..."
At this point, she paused.
"...Looking for a lamp, a 'Magic Wishing Lamp' that can fulfill all the wishes of the holder."