Partis Island, New City of Silver On the only pier that was not considered busy, "Sun" Derrick Berg was watching three ocean-going sailing ships leave, staggering towards the east.
It was an expedition team led by Council of Seven member, "Trinity Templar" Luvia Tiffany, but Derrick preferred to call it a "returning team."
Because they plan to return to "Forsaken Land of the Gods" according to the route they came from, and return to the original City of Silver.
I hope the great Mr. Fool will bless them all the way, and I think the one whom Elder Lovia believes in will also bless them... Derrick prayed silently, turned around, and was surprised to find that "Chief" Colin Iliad and another "Silver Knight" Waite Chirmont from the city had also arrived here.
They were supposed to be bidding farewell to the expedition team, but at this moment they were racing against time to exchange something. Derrick listened carefully and immediately understood the focus of the argument.
It is related to the order in which the two "Silver Knight" were promoted.
As early as after giving "Gift of the Land" to Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun's Archangel Viève in exchange for a copy of "Lightseeker"'s Beyonder Characteristic, the same Grade 0 Sealed Artifact "Crown of Glory" has lost its greatest function - suppressing the negative effects of Earth Mother's gift, and can instead crush the "Glory" characteristics of Dusk Giant Pathway Sequence 2 for promotion.
But New City of Silver has two Silver Knight, but there is only one promoted Potion.
Chief Colin was the first to be promoted to Sequence 3. He is over a hundred years old and has the most experience in both combat and life. He was promoted first and completed the transformation of life forms, so he can continue to lead the city in the turbulent situation in the future;
Elder Waite is also over 80 years old, but for him who was promoted to Demigod early, he can only be regarded as a prime man. Moreover, Colin has stated many times that if he died in a certain battle, Waite would succeed him as chief, which won the trust of all members of the council. He is physically strong, and the success rate of promotion to Sequence 2 is undoubtedly higher than that of Colin.
Derrick has become Angel. Knowing that at this stage, you will get the complete Mythical Creature Form, which is equivalent to a change in the essence of life, even if you do not have "Demoness", "Moon" and other Pathway have the ability to greatly extend their lifespan starting from Saint. Angel can easily live for thousands of years just relying on the physical fitness of Angel.
As for Saint, most of them only have a lifespan of a few hundred years, especially the "Chief" who has no chance to be promoted to Demigod until middle age. And because of constant injuries from frequent battles and taking poisonous drugs, maybe in another ten or twenty years, it is no longer suitable to take Potion and be promoted through difficult rituals.
Therefore, Colin has always recommended that Waite Chirmont use the "Glory" characteristic to become Angel, and the latter hopes that Colin will be promoted first and maintain a longer life. He is young and strong and can wait for subsequent opportunities.
Based on City of Silver's more than two thousand years of experience in "Forsaken Land of the Gods", it was natural to hand over the precious Beyonder Characteristic to Waite, who had a higher success rate and was in better condition. But now City of Silver is no longer troubled by life and death. While ensuring efficiency, it is natural to consider the overall situation.
From the perspective of "Sun" Derrick, not to mention the two "Silver Knight" in front of them, even the "Trinity Templar" Lovia who just left has a high probability of being promoted to Angel.
This is not a prophecy or divination, but the information Derrick got from Tarot Club.
War of Doomsday has passed. Most of the candidates for Great Old One on the earth have been determined. The distribution of power in their respective churches must have been adjusted. Mr. "Fool"'s Church of the Fool Compared with others, the number of Angel and Saint is not an advantage. Naturally, those believers who meet the conditions will be promoted as soon as possible. As his core belief, City of Silver has a high priority.
Thinking of this, he recalled the current situation personally introduced by Mr. Fool on Tarot Club.
The first is naturally the "Lord of Mysteries", which is the missionary scope of Mr. Fool's "Church of the Fool". This is mainly based on the Rhoside Islands where the "Poseidon" belief was originally widespread, and radiates to the big cities in the north and south continents. The base of believers is relatively weak, but the growth rate is gratifying.
Followed by "Calamity of Destruction", which is still called "Goddess of Calamity" and "The End Church" of Miss Empress, which integrates the original Demoness Sect and Intis The churches of the Sauron Family of and "Dream City" of Partis Island are mostly located close to the church of Church of the Fool, so the missionary scope of both parties basically overlaps.
"Eternal Darkness" is still known as "Evernight Goddess" to the outside world, but recently it has stepped up its efforts to integrate the "God of Combat" church and Southern Continent's "Death" faith. It has almost mastered the entire Feysac Empire faith, and it also has an absolute advantage in the Loen Kingdom. Of course, these two countries are also open to other faiths, but emerging faiths like "Church of the Fool" and "The End Church" abide by the rules and only preach in big cities like Backlund, and will not easily penetrate into small towns and villages where it is easier to monopolize faith.
The church of "God of Steam and Machinery" has not changed much. Derrick knows that God has now become "Demon of Knowledge", but Mr. Fool mysteriously stated that the final candidate for this position has not yet been determined. Therefore, the expansion of the church is very cautious and does not integrate the faith as high-profile as Church of the Evernight Goddess.
Finally, there is the case of "God Almighty". The secret organization that originally believed in "True Creator" should have turned to the new master. The same is true for some organizations of "Adam", but strangely, "Storm The churches of "", "Wisdom" and "Blazing Sun" have all been preserved, but their sphere of influence has shrunk, and no ordinary believer knows that the three God have died one after another.
What is more special is the belief of "Earth Mother". That God has been confirmed to have fallen in War of Doomsday, but the church that is absolutely mainstream in the Feynapotter Kingdom seems to have nothing happened. No one from all the churches, including "Church of the Fool", took advantage of the situation and tried to develop their faith in that country.
This made Derrick have some guesses, and he was ready to find an opportunity to ask Mr. "Moon".
In addition, the Emperor Roselle who was "resurrected" in a high-profile manner two years ago also became Great Existence that surpassed Sequence 0. However, "Shadow of Order" did not have an entity belief like other Great Old One. Instead, it guided Southern Continent's original colony to carry out vigorous anti-colonial movements.
Today, most of the countries that were occupied and enslaved by the original Balam Empire, Loen, Intis and other countries have been liberated, and have begun to actively restore productivity, and are exploring a country that transcends the political systems of the North Continent countries. Derrick had only heard about it and had no in-depth understanding of it, but Mr. "Fool" greatly appreciated it and asked believers to cooperate with the Southern Continent, which made Derrick have a higher evaluation of this matter.
But in this situation, Mr. Fool's Rhoside Islands seemed a bit unsatisfactory. Although the sea area here is vast and isolated from the south North Continent, the population is actually not large, and most of them live on islands that are scattered and difficult to communicate with each other.
Therefore, East Continent, which is in urgent need of development, is no longer disturbed by the darkness that devours people and the monsters in the dark. It has become a good choice. The records of City of Silver include the description of the terrain and the distribution of minerals there. There may also be many precious Sealed Artifact and Beyonder Characteristic left in the ruins of Kingdom of Silver cities more than 2,000 years ago.
What's more, the retired fat consul of "Dream City" wearing a brass monocle kindly provided an important piece of information: in the original Forsaken Land of the Gods, there are still many settlements that have not been exterminated, and those residents who have persisted in the darkness for more than two thousand years without giving up are also worthy of saving.
Although I don't know whether the resurrected Creator will favor these believers again, City of Silver's expedition team will go and see and try to spread the faith of Fool.
Perhaps in a few decades, East Continent will become prosperous again, just like the original Kingdom of Silver... Derrick gathered his thoughts and looked back at the chief and Waite who were still arguing. He remembered what Mr. "Hanged Man" told him before leaving:
You must have your own opinions, be brave enough to put forward your opinions, and take corresponding responsibilities for this.
And my idea is... He strode towards the two of them, and when both parties in the argument looked at him, he said:
"Chief Your Excellency, Elder Waite, I just heard your conversation. Are you troubled by the ownership of the 'Glory' characteristic?"
Waite Chirmont, who was bald and over two and a half meters tall, glanced at Chief Colin, who narrowed his scarred eyes and nodded:
"Waite is unwilling to take on this important responsibility and thinks I should be promoted first."
Derrick took a deep breath and continued:
"I agree with him. I think you should use that characteristic to be promoted to 'Glory' of Sequence 2."
"Why?" Colin asked briefly.
Because if you lose this opportunity, you may not be able to wait for the second Sequence 2's characteristics. We are not willing to see you who spent your whole life for City of Silver die like this... Derrick thought to himself, but did not express the reason for this personal preference, and instead analyzed:
"City of Silver currently has no other Angel characteristics. If Elder Waite is promoted first, it will be difficult for us to find a second copy in a short time. By then, City of Silver, without a powerful Saint, will become more powerful than On the other hand, if you advance first, you will have enough time to find a second characteristic for him, which is not even limited to 'Twilight Giant' Pathway, 'Death' or 'dark' Pathway.
"I think this is the best solution for City of Silver."
Colin, who originally thought that the other party would give some more emotional reasons, was startled. He took a deep look at Derrick, who became Angel at a young age and suddenly became the most powerful Beyonder among City of Silver, and suddenly felt emotional in his heart.
After a moment, he nodded.
On the Gaya Province coast in the northwest of Feynapotter, Santa Port is experiencing a sudden storm.
Of course, all this has nothing to do with "Magician" Fors. She just used the ability of Reenactment to cause a Catastrophe to occur on the sea near the port that would not cause casualties, and drove fishermen who might discover what happened next back to the shore.
Unfortunately, Catastrophe seemed to have induced some kind of power, which made the storm unexpectedly strong. Even in the deep basement, she could hear the howling wind and the raindrops hitting the building.
"Is there anything going on with this old building?"
She seemed to be talking to herself, but her eyes were secretly looking at another young man beside her.
The latter was wearing a black classical robe, with short black hair exposed without a hat. He held a rough-polished piece of Crystal Monocle in his right eye socket. Hearing this, he smiled and said:
"I thought you would use your quieter abilities to cover your tracks."
But most of what I recorded are powerful and destructive abilities... Alas, "Reenactment" is not as convenient as White Tower Pathway's "learning". As long as they have enough time and experience, they can learn most of the different Pathway powers, although they are all weakened versions... Fors muttered secretly, decided not to answer the other party's words, and asked instead:
"The sea has cleared, and the storm has blocked everyone's view. What should we do next?"
"Bethel didn't tell you?" The man pushed up his crystal glasses, which had no mystical effect and were just for decoration, and asked with a smile, "I thought you would be fully prepared to face me again."
If it was before War of Doomsday, when I had not changed my opinion of you, maybe I would really call three or five Angel to come see you again... Fors sighed with emotion, shook his head and said:
"The teacher said he would give me a surprise."
"Heh."
Hearing this, Amon also laughed as if he had received a surprise, then pointed to a broken stone platform in the middle of the basement and said:
"That's what we're here for."
Fors had long noticed the appearance of the altar, but it had been destroyed in the long river of time, and the original shape could no longer be seen. However, after Amon stretched out his hand, the stone platform began to shake Reassembly. The broken fragments with strange patterns on the surface returned to their original positions, and instantly restored to a complete altar about 1 meter high, with an ancient shape that did not look like this era.
The same complete patterns on it looked familiar to Fors. One of them was a layered door-shaped pattern, which came from the Abraham Family, who was not related to her by blood but was closely related to her. The other was a disc divided into twelve grids like a clock but with only one hand.
The latter Fors had seen it when traveling to some Fourth Epoch monuments that had been discovered. It was the coat of arms belonging to the Tudor Empire "Amon" family, and she had long known that all " The members of "Amon" are essentially the same person. They are all the ancient beings beside them who have stepped down from the throne of "Error" and recently became Wheel of Fortune Pathway Archangel "Angel of Redemption" again.
Combined with Mr. "Door"'s mysterious behavior before letting her come here to join Amon, Fors guessed:
"In Fourth Epoch, did you and Mr. Door leave something here together?"
"It's not leaving it, it's sealing it." Amon replied, "There is a spaceship from the stars sealed on the seabed near here."
Spaceship...Fors felt a sense of astonishment in his heart, just like peach illustrations appearing in serious novels, steam machinery drawn in ancient oil paintings, and seeing technology from the future on this planet that was only in the midst of the industrial revolution.
But it makes more sense to think that it comes from the stars and other civilizations.
When Fors was roaming the starry sky and digesting Potion, most of the living planets he saw were in a primitive state where civilization had not yet been born. However, a few civilizations with Wisdom had developed to the point where they could rely on their own strength to leave their planet and enter the starry sky.
What they use is a spaceship.
This is a device that uses internal power to shuttle between the universe at extremely fast speeds, even exceeding the speed of light, just like God roaming Spirit World through Astral World and Angel to quickly reach any place.
And unlike the extraordinary power that only a few people can master, once this kind of technological creation can be manufactured, it can be copied by the thousands, sending countless individuals of this civilization into space and reaching other planets, with almost unlimited development resources.
If the earth wants to expand like those developed civilizations, it can rely on the sparse number of Angel in the early stage, and even pray for the help of God, but in the end it will have to rely on its own technological development... Fors's thoughts diverged for a moment, and after a moment he asked:
"Did Outer Deity send it in on his own initiative, or did he accidentally fall into the barrier?"
Amon heard this, sneered again, and then explained:
"When there are nine Great Old Dominator surrounding this planet, do you think anything can accidentally fall in? Even the Dallasco Meteor Shower that comes in cycles are Catastrophe within the barrier caused by 'City of Calamity', rather than an astronomical phenomenon that actually surrounds this galaxy.
"While waiting for the barrier to disappear on its own, they will also think of various ways to weaken it and allow Apocalypse to arrive early. And this spaceship is an attempt by a certain Great Old One. With the help of Fourth Epoch, he will make some God sheltered, Angel, who thought he had not been discovered and sneaked into the starry sky, had the opportunity to enter and exit the barrier, and sent this spaceship in, and the dangerous items it carried could devour the planet, causing the barrier to lose support and collapse in advance, so that they could enjoy this sumptuous meal."
Sure enough, everything related to Outer Deity is essentially aimed at the barrier left by Creator... So, at Fourth Epoch, it was Amon and Mr. Door who discovered the spacecraft and sealed it on the seabed to prevent the danger from spreading? Unexpectedly, the person in front of me actually saved the world once... Fors thought for a moment and continued to ask:
"What kind of dangerous goods are they?"
Amon didn't tell the truth:
"A black hole."
Black hole...Fors I immediately thought of the terrifying Catastrophe I had seen in the starry sky that could swallow all matter and energy, and even light could not escape. She recorded all this at that time, and Reenactment experienced this kind of power in the battle, but it was only one ten thousandth of the original body.
Unexpectedly, there is a spaceship from the stars sealed on the seabed not far away, and there is a complete black hole inside the spacecraft?
If the seal is leaked, this power will directly touch reality, and it will not take long before the entire planet and all the creatures on it are swallowed up. Most Angel and all God may be able to escape, but it is difficult to directly stop a formed black hole, let alone withstand the attack of this Calamity. Perhaps only the real Great Existence can create and destroy such a thing...
While Fors was thinking wildly, Amon approached the altar, letting the disc-shaped clock belonging to "Error" Pathway on it gradually light up, and continued:
"Bethel and I noticed this incident and stopped Catastrophe immediately, but subsequent processing was a bit difficult.
"The black hole inside the spacecraft is made by 'Supernova Dominator', which can continuously send power in through the gaps in the barrier to maintain or even grow the unformed black hole, and it is difficult for us to throw the spacecraft out of the barrier.
"In the end, Bethel designed this ceremony to seal the spacecraft on the seabed with the power of the 'gate'. Whenever the power 'Supernova Dominator' sent into the barrier accumulates for a period of time, the ritual will 'Stealing' excess power, preventing the black hole from truly taking shape, breaking through the seal and affecting the outside world.
"We can't leave much power behind. We can only rely on regular Spirituality-driven rituals that ordinary people gather to maintain. Therefore, strange festivals have been formed nearby."
Some kind of "Sea-Praying Ritual", the ancient custom of electing the governor of the sea to marry the sea every year... This can't be Amon's bad taste, he can obviously make it more serious, and even ask the local church to help... Fors, who had already understood the local customs in advance, secretly said, seeing that Amon had activated the coat of arms representing himself Pathway and his family, he also approached the altar and asked:
"What do I do?"
"Just open the door."
Amon replied jokingly.
Fors knew that it was not that simple. The essence of opening the "door" was to in turn lift the seal set by Mr. Door and liberate the spaceship that had been at the bottom of the sea for more than a thousand years.
The barrier has disappeared, and the "Supernova Dominator" has also fallen. There is no need to leave such dangerous items on the earth and just throw them into any desolate space.
Sure enough, as she used the authority of the "gate" that she had acquired after becoming Sequence 2, and after releasing the seal connecting to the nearby seabed, the crest belonging to the Abraham Family also lit up.
There was a faint vibration. While maintaining the existence of the basement, Fors quickly flashed to the sea where the storm was still raging.
In her sight, a huge spaceship with a silver-gray appearance and smooth lines that merged into a spindle shape rose into the sky through the turbulent waves. The stars around it had not yet dissipated, just like the Moon that was very close to the sea without crimson embellishments.
This is one of the larger spaceships Fors has ever seen. According to her guess, the level of technology contained in it must be very advanced, otherwise it would not have been chosen as the container to carry the black hole by "Supernova Dominator", Great Old Dominator, who has countless highly developed civilizational beliefs in the universe.
What's next? Should I take it and move it to the edge of the deserted universe? Although this can be done, an accident is very likely to happen on the way, which may take away the spacecraft but leave the black hole inside... Looking at the silver-gray spindle, Fors hesitated for a moment and decided to pray to Mr. "Fool" for help or instructions.
But before she could make any more moves, a ray of light from an unknown source enveloped the spaceship. This light contained countless information, making Fors feel a little dizzy. When she got out of this state and looked towards the sea again, she found that the entire spacecraft and the black hole inside were gone. Only traces of things behind it seemed to be cut, and the faint sound of broken glass were left around.
A certain Great Existence took action... no, it was two... Fors felt relieved and no longer worried, and returned to the dark but not humid basement. Suddenly, he found that the altar that had just been restored to its complete state by Amon was broken again, and the gravel rolled to the ground, exactly the same as before.
"The spaceship has been taken away," she said to Amon who looked at her. "More than one Great Existence paid attention to this matter."
Amon nodded and said without surprise:
"The steamman hopes to use the internal technology to make some good changes in his Honorific Name and authority, while the other one needs the power of 'Supernova Dominator' contained inside the black hole.
"With these, the earth will develop even more rapidly. Of course, no one can realize this now. I am afraid it will take a hundred years to do so.
"But all Great Old One can wait."
Because "Armistice Agreement"...Fors has some speculation.
Seeing her silence, Amon smiled and continued:
"This matter will have nothing to do with us from now on. As for you, have you considered the future development path?"
Follow-up? Fors was a little confused and immediately tried:
"You said you were promoted to Sequence 1?"
She already knows that "Lord of Mysteries" requires at least one copy of the properties of "door" Pathway's Sequence 1 "Key of Stars", and the corresponding Uniqueness, and The two copies of Sequence 1 generously left by Mr. Fool are now with Mr. "Door". He has no chance of being promoted to Sequence 1 unless he jumps to Adjacent Pathways.
He wasn't planning to trick me into jumping to "Worm of Time" and then steal my body and relationships... Fors looked at Amon with some caution, but the latter explained nonchalantly:
"After becoming 'Angel of Redemption', I suddenly discovered that instead of targeting Adjacent Pathways, I would jump to other Pathway based on the overlapping authority and symbols owned by Sefirah. This would give me more power than a single Pathway, and could also deal with different difficulties.
"It just so happens that 'Goddess of Calamity' got a copy of the characteristics of Sequence 1 and 'Observer', one of the two Pathways of 'High-Dimensional Overseer', in War of Doomsday. Have you considered being like me and becoming a Archangel of Outer Deity? This allows you to master the power of the 'dimension', which is more suitable for going to the stars and protecting ordinary people from the earth than a single 'door' Pathway.
"Don't worry about those Outer Deitys affecting you. They should be afraid of us now, worried that someone will follow the occult connection and knock on the door. Unless they have to, they don't dare to affect the Angels of the earth through Beyonder Characteristics."
In Amon's seductive words, "Magician" Fors Wall was stunned.