Beware the [Mother] Card!

Luther briefly recounted to Roselle the series of events surrounding George III's attempt to advance to Sequence 0, making no attempt to conceal his contempt and disgust for the man.

"Ha... this world has never lacked ambitious people."

Upon hearing this, Roselle quickly let out a cold laugh.

"Is that all you have to say?" Luther frowned slightly. "That piece of shit plans to usurp your 'Black Emperor' throne. If he succeeds, you're truly beyond saving!"

He had originally hoped to get some advice from Roselle on how to stop George III... but the other party simply gave up.

"Ascending to the level of True God is no easy feat. That emperor of Loen will most likely fail in the process and ultimately die from his body exploding."

Roselle said calmly.

"What if it succeeds?"

Klein pressed on.

"If he succeeds by chance, he will steal the last vestiges of my divine essence," Roselle chuckled self-deprecatingly. "And once I lose my Order essence, it will be even harder for me to resist the Outer Deity's corruption... I'll probably become a complete Monster in the tomb."

This pollution is teeming with New Life, and he can't even bring himself to end his own life.

Luther and Klein exchanged a glance. "Do you know which evil god caused the Corrosion within you?"

"... is the 'Primordial Moon'."

"It really is Him... His Corrosion is even more terrifying than I imagined."

Luther remarked with emotion.

Fortunately, he had that Phantom Tide that could resist the Corrosion of his spirit... Otherwise, when he picked up the [Moon] card, he would probably have turned into a monster like Roselle.

However, this also increasingly proves that the magnitude of those Tide is beyond imagination...

He was deep in thought, and Roselle muttered to himself with a sigh:

"I was fully contaminated after I landed on the Moon."

"The Moon was so eerie. I clearly felt the terror, but I didn't even think about whether I would be corrupted. Then, I became more and more extreme and biased."

"However, I would occasionally gain some clarity from the opinions of those around me, but I dared not write in my diary in that state, for fear of revealing secrets and losing my last chance. I finally decided to use the groundwork laid beforehand to switch to the 'Black Emperor' Pathway. The 'Black Emperor's' miracle of 'resurrection' gave me hope of escaping pollution."

My guess was pretty much right...

Klein nodded silently, corroborating Roselle's description in the diary with his own explanation. Roselle continued:

"I originally thought that as long as I could become Sequence 0 'Black Emperor' and go half-mad before being truly killed, I would have a chance to be resurrected in the Mausoleum or the Astral World. At that time, what would return to me would be the pure 'Uniqueness' and three Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristic, without any contamination or the uncontrollable madness."

"In a way, I did utilize the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' and the 'God of Steam and Machinery' to some extent back then."

"However, the horror of ██ surpassed my imagination, and along with my resurrection came the New Life of corruption... Perhaps, only ██ can fight against ██... I had no choice but to halt the resurrection process and live in this state in this last Mausoleum, preventing that ██ from being born into the Real World through my body, as that would bring devastating Catastrophe."

Um?

What were you talking about?

Luther felt that Roselle's words just now seemed a bit strange, as if a key word had been blurred and completely unintelligible.

However, Roselle only gave an ambiguous smile:

"You can learn this knowledge when you reach the Sequence 2 Angel level."

Having said that, he ignored Luther's cold gaze and began to reminisce about his life once more, saying wistfully:

"My biggest problem in the first half of my life was being too confident. I always felt like I could reload a save file at any time, and I didn't examine many details enough."

"Back then, Green was corrupted by the strange power on this island. After dying, he returned here and was New Life. Wasn't that the influence of the 'Primordial Moon'? After undergoing various tests and Purification, I felt I was fine. But in reality, Fate may have already subtly changed at that moment, leading to my later 'encounter' with Mr. 'Door,' who guided me step by step to the Moon... This can't be blamed on Mr. 'Door'; his condition was probably even worse than mine now."

In that case, it's best to let him stay outside.

Luther thought to himself.

"Please do us a favor."

He said to Roselle, "Tell us all the Potion recipes for Pathway 'Secrets Suppliant' and 'Seer' Pathway."

Having witnessed the Second Blasphemy Slate firsthand and gained relevant knowledge, Roselle crafted the complete Card of Blasphemy. With his help, neither he nor Klein needed to worry about the subsequent Potion recipes.

"... I don't recommend you get your answers from me."

Roselle shook his head. "I've been too deeply Corrosion by the 'Primordial Moon,' and the formula I reveal to you will most likely have Concealment influences... I'm a prime example."

He was seduced by "Mr. Door's" knowledge and was ultimately completely Corrosion by the "Primordial Moon".

"How about this?"

Luther said, "Tell me the whereabouts of the [Hanged Man] and [Fool] cards, and we'll find them ourselves."

"You mean the Card of Blasphemy? Those are my masterpieces!" Roselle perked up at the mention of them. "But I'm sorry to disappoint you, I scattered all those cards randomly, and even I don't know where they are..."

This was another piece of bad news for the two of them.

Klein's eyes flickered, then he said:

"I tried to use Divination, but it has powerful anti- Divination and anti- Prophecy abilities, making it impossible to pinpoint."

"Heh, don't even mention you, even the God can't find it..."

When discussing his inventions, Roselle became visibly proud, "Because knowledge can bring power, and power can also bestow knowledge; this is the authority of the 'Knowledge Emperor.' After I imbued the formulas for all twenty-two Pathway with power, they naturally generated a cohesive force between Beyonder Characteristic, and gained a certain degree of anti- Divination and anti- Prophecy capabilities..."

He paused here, as if he had noticed something.

After a few seconds of silence, Roselle's tone became erratic:

"I created the Card of Blasphemy after I returned from the moon..."

Suddenly, Roselle bent down, pressed his hand to his head, and cried out in pain and terror:

Don't collect all twenty-two cards!

"Beware of [Mother] Brand!" Please remember the only official website for this novel: www. deqixs. org. The website owner has only this one website; other websites may be discontinued at any time.

His voice echoed within the dark and deep Mausoleum, lingering for a long time.