Behind the Gray Fog, Klein immediately felt as though he had been slapped in the face. Wasn't Rosell a Beyonder of the Savant pathway? How had he later become the Black Emperor? That was far too absurd... But upon careful thought, given Rosell's way of thinking, it was not entirely impossible.
At this point, Klein had yet to read the diary entries related to Rosell's determination to become the Black Emperor.
Cattleya stared at Emperor. Very few people knew these secrets. How did he know them? And why did he sound so certain?
Fors covered her mouth in surprise. "The Emperor became the Black Emperor?"
She had read so many famous biographies about Rosell. Why had none of them ever mentioned this? Could it be that the Emperor had suddenly proclaimed himself emperor and changed the republic into an empire because he had become the Black Emperor?
In the end, she sighed with emotion. She had never expected that so many hidden events had occurred in the Fifth Epoch, barely over a hundred years ago.
Audrey also briefly lost control of her emotions, but as a Spectator, she quickly reined them in. "Mr. Emperor, when did Emperor Rosell become the Black Emperor? Some biographies I've read indicate that he seemed to belong to the Church of Steam and Machinery. His, his pathway..."
Hobart smiled. "Just as you imagined, Emperor Rosell switched to a non-adjacent pathway.
"The reason he did so was because the pathway he was on, as well as its adjacent pathways, already had True Gods, or were occupied by existences suspected of being True Gods.
"If he wanted to become a god, that was his only option."
Klein immediately thought, *So that was it! No wonder the historical materials all said Rosell had gone mad in his later