"Black Emperor" is the culmination of "Lawyer" Pathway, Sequence 0, and the only True God.
To become a real "Black Emperor", a "Prince of Abolition" needs to collect the other two Sequence 1's Beyonder Characteristic, obtain the "Uniqueness" of the Pathway, and then have his own country, become a real "emperor", establish a unique order and rules, and on this basis, build nine mausoleums and serve Potion on the national Sacrificial Ritual.
This is the knowledge that Mr. "Fool" once revealed. Angel also got the same information from Bernadette, the eldest daughter of Roselle Gustav who once tried to be promoted to "Black Emperor". It can be basically concluded that it is true.
Among them, the "nine mausoleums" are undoubtedly the most eye-catching point compared to other somewhat vague conditions.
Therefore, the nine "ruin" locations in Angel's mind spread across the North Continent and the surrounding sea areas quickly reminded her of Apotheosis Ritual of "Black Emperor". Once her mind turned to this point, various evidences poured out from the depths of her memory:
In recent years, King George III has been promulgating various reform laws, such as the abolition of "Corn Laws", weakening the power of the traditional land aristocracy, allowing emerging aristocrats, factory owners, and bankers to gradually control Lower House. After "Great Smog", the donated aristocrats were allowed to enter Upper House, further achieving this goal...
Through the unified government employee examination, the intellectuals among the people will be tied to the government and the country...
Let Three Great Churches intervene in the military and weaken the military power indirectly controlled by the nobles...
Taking Backlund as the source, Loen Kingdom has learned from Intis in the past ten years to establish a modern sewer system, and took the opportunity to demolish quite a few ancient buildings and build new buildings in a completely different style from the past...
As King of Loen, he automatically owned an entire country of his own, and at the same time became the emperor of the Balam Empire through colonization, which perfectly fit the ceremony...
The most important thing is that Angel just learned from Bernadette not long ago that the "Arbiter" owned by the Loen Royal Family can be interchanged with the Pathway where "Black Emperor" is located!
By the way, Bernadette also comes to Backlund frequently. She wouldn't have guessed anything. If George III tries to become "Black Emperor", I'm afraid she will be the most anxious, which means the complete fall of Roselle Gustav...
Angel's thoughts collided one after another, and she quickly came up with an answer that she could hardly believe:
On the surface, it is not even Demigod. George III, who is restricted by Three Great Churches, is probably preparing for a ceremony to become "Black Emperor"!
This means that he has become Sequence 1, or is sure to be promoted to Sequence 1 in the near future, so he will excavate the ruins with great fanfare and use it as his tomb. He doesn't even care about being suspected by Three Great Churches...
"Who can enter those ruins?"
While thinking about it, Angel continued to ask Katarina.
She originally thought she would be affected by "Secret Keeping", but she didn't expect the other party to answer very readily:
"I have only been to the ruins near Backlund. There are many workers responsible for excavation in the shallow area, as well as the army monitoring them, but in the deep layer, only George III, several Demigod and Angel of the royal family can enter."
Several Angel... Sure enough, it is impossible for a family that can rule Loen for thousands of years under the constraints of Three Great Churches to not have even one Angel. The three major contracts only restrict King himself cannot become Demigod. Other family members can completely use the huge national power to improve their own Sequence...Angel frowned and asked:
"Who specifically?"
She had noticed that except for the core secrets about "Black Emperor", other information was not within the scope of "Secret Keeping", so she began to gossip around key issues.
"William·Augustus, Fourth Epoch has lived to the present 'Protector' William I, He is Arbiter's Sequence 1'Hand of Order'; Derlink·Augustus, Sequence 2's 'Balancer', the other Saint and Grove, Georgina..."
Katarina told Angel all the royal family members she had met with a calm expression, and her cooperative attitude made Angel a little suspicious of Beyonder Ability like "Charm".
Seeing this, she simply tried to ask some more important questions again:
"To what extent has the most important ruins been constructed? Can it be put into use immediately?"
"I don't know, there are still workers going in and out of the deepest part, and there may be some work that has not been completed... Qonas Kilgor, the deputy director of MI9, is responsible for sending the collected workers and materials into the deepest part. He also led my entry and exit. Perhaps apart from the royal family members, he is the only one who knows the progress of the project."
Katarina replied cooperatively.
Chunas... It seems that there is still no way around this military Demigod...
Angel nodded and asked:
"In addition to the Anti-Divination counter-prophecy, what other defense measures are there for the ruins? Can it be entered through other methods? For example, 'Mirror Tunnel', 'Teleportation'?"
Katarina chuckled lightly and replied with a girlish innocence:
"If it were that simple, Three Great Churches would have discovered the problem a long time ago. The royal family has mastered the power of 'order' and 'Distortion', plus the original layout of 'Blood Emperor' Tudor, making these ruins inaccessible through conventional means. And with the completion of the repairs, the ruins have been closed one by one. Even if you know the location, you can't find them."
No wonder "Goddess's Sword" led people to search for two months in the suburbs of Backlund but found nothing... Angel sighed secretly and suddenly thought of a question:
"Even if the church can't find it, where is their True God?"
Especially Church of Steam. After Emperor Roselle died, they demolished eight of his tombs. How could they not know the Apotheosis Ritual of "Black Emperor"?
"Oh, God and the church are not necessarily the same at some times. What they know may not be communicated to their believers through Divine Revelation, and those believers may not serve their own God wholeheartedly..."
Katarina replied with a smile on his lips.
And this sentence also made Angel frown tightly.
If her words are correct, this means that God, especially the three righteous gods of the Loen Kingdom, are probably looking forward to George III becoming the new "Black Emperor"? Is their purpose to completely bury Roselle, who still has a tomb, or are they trying to win over a new god out of the idea of "investment"?
But Three Great Churches below can only find clues according to his own strength. Even if he knows George III's plan, he may not be able to stop it with all his strength...
In addition, Katarina seems to have something in her words. Does the disparity between "God and believers" she said also include herself and "Primordial Demoness"?
Angel's frown slowly relaxed and he suddenly laughed.
"It seems that you are very cooperative with my inquiries today."
She said in a teasing tone.
"There is no way, Tracy is in your hands. Among my descendants who are still alive, she is the only one who has the best chance of becoming Demigod."
This is at least a reasonable reason... Angel nodded and continued to ask:
"So, when will Chunas and Viscount Stratford not be under your protection in the next week?"
If Katarina is really like what she said, it should be...
"Any time."
As expected by Angel, this "Unaging" Demoness replied in a brisk tone.
Sure enough... She is tantamount to selling George III... Not only did she provide all the information that was not included in "Secret Keeping", but she also gave up the protection of key figures. In the eyes of the royal family, "Demoness Sect" turned her back on Beyonder Characteristic after getting the Beyonder Characteristic... Angel thought a little funny, pointed to the direction of the guide, and said:
"Tracy will be alive, but you can't get close to the Southern Continent until dawn, otherwise I cannot guarantee her safety."
Katarina stopped the smile on his face and nodded.
Then, without waiting for the other party to say more, Angel released his grip on "Mirror World", entered the winding passage extending into the distance on his own, and left this uninhabited desert island.
Katarina, wearing a white robe with his hem fluttering in the wind, stood there with his eyes flickering, wondering what he was thinking.
But the next moment, a mirror made of ice appeared under her feet. The "Unaging" Demoness, who had lived for thousands of years, lowered his head and bent down like a child, sneaking into Ice Mirror and looking at the deep Mirror World.
Below her, deep in the hazy mist, something seemed to be attracting her, making her want to get into the mirror completely, shuttle downwards, and reach the place that no Demoness dared to go deep into.
After a while, Katarina got up again, stood up straight, and looked at the ground with his blue eyes, looking at Ice Mirror who was slowly disappearing.
"Sure enough, she has mastered that power, mastered 'Mirror World'..."
"Now, if your mother tries to come here, she will be intercepted by 'Golden Queen' Miss Angelica on the way. Aren't you secretly looking at the sea, waiting for her?"
As Helene spoke, Tracy's face became paler. She subconsciously looked to the north. Except for the crimson Moon and the calm sea, there was no movement that she expected.
"You even plotted against two Demigod just to capture me alive?"
She finally closed her eyes and tried her best to keep her expression calm.
But Helene can truly feel the anger and annoyance hidden under the calmness of this bound "Affliction" Demoness, as well as a trace of... Affliction and despair.
Is it because of me?
Helene's heart felt a little tight and he didn't want to look at Tracy anymore. Instead, he told Shermane to keep an eye on her. He took out the Potion material that he had already prepared and put the "" that looked like a sharp obsidian piece. Reaper" characteristics, put the same Auxiliary Materials into a small metal cup, summon the flame directly in your hand to heat these materials, watch them quickly boil, roll and bubble, and soon become a cup of blood-like liquid, with little black spots floating on it, like sharp iron fragments.
Finally, he glanced at Tracy, who was restrained by Shermane with a dagger. He opened his eyes at some point and looked at Tracy in surprise. Helene took a deep breath, raised the cup, and drank the hot liquid in one gulp.
The smell of rust and blood immediately filled Helene's nostrils, and liquid as hot as magma rolled into her abdomen, causing her whole body to suffer severe pain and her brain to become confused. It was as if she was in a battlefield. Affliction's roars, the clash of swords, and the roar of guns and guns were endless. It seemed like an illusion, but it was endlessly real.
The illusory battlefield soon became real. She was in it, surrounded by a small number of invisible friendly forces, and fought with endless enemies.
Fire Crow, Flame Spear, the fireballs condensed into incandescent state erupted one after another. While the enemy continued to fall, Helene also felt that his own Spirituality was gradually drying up. Sweat covered his body, and his chest seemed to have flames about to burst out of his body.
At this moment, a tall figure stood in front of Helene, as strong and fearsome as Flame Giant.
Is this the end? Could it be that my preparation was not sufficient enough to survive the ceremony and successfully get promoted...
Helene looked around and found that the "enemies" and "comrades" had disappeared without a trace. As soon as some depressing thoughts came into his mind, he heard a familiar voice coming from his ears:
"Helene, so you were just completing Promotion Ritual? Are you fucking using me to digest Potion and complete the ritual? Let me go, I'm going to kill her!"
That was Tracy's cry-like roar. It clearly came from the giant in front of him, but it was distant and empty, containing faint resentment, annoyance and despair.
It turns out that it is the incarnation of Tracy... I defeated her in reality, and it's the same here!
Helene realized something, gathered the last Spirituality, let the white flames surge from his body again, turned into a Flame Spear, rose up from the ground, and directly penetrated the "Tracy" in front of him.