Memories aboard the Ghost Empire

Olmer tried every possible method to probe, and finally concluded that the Captain of the Guards still retained some instinctive reactions, but had completely lost his Mind.

"Duke of the Full Moon, stop tormenting Kaust. He lost his Mind a thousand years ago. Come in, perhaps we can still have a chat." A voice came from the Night Emperor's Mausoleum.

Olmer had originally thought that arriving in the Ghost Empire would allow him to see many old friends and catch up with them.

Upon seeing Kaust and confirming Kaust condition, Olmer's heart sank, assuming that all the old friends on the ship would likely end up like him.

But unexpectedly, a being capable of communication appeared.

Olmer didn't linger any longer and headed straight for the Pyramid- shaped Mausoleum.

Unfortunately, this Night Emperor's Mausoleum is off-limits, and Olmer could only walk to the edge of the Mausoleum before being unable to go any further.

"Who is it, old friend? Sorry, I didn't recognize your voice just now." Olmer didn't intend to do anything drastic right now, so he shouted.

"Of course the Duke wouldn't recognize my voice, because I'm neither human nor your old friend."

These words really confused Olmer. "Uh, could you please explain it more clearly?"

The voice didn't continue that topic, but instead asked another question, "Did we make a mistake a few days ago? Or has He really returned?"

That statement was indeed nonsensical, but Olmer understood it instantly.

"Yes, He has returned. The reason I came here is to help Him. You chose that person to board the ship because of Him, right?"

"We sensed His presence, but Undead Creatures cannot be chosen to board the ship, so we had no choice but to select that young man," the voice replied truthfully.

Olmer asked, "He sent me here. He said the properties of the Hand of Order are here, and His Majesty has a backup plan on it. Can you give it to me?"

"I'm sorry, I can't. I don't have the permission to do that."

After receiving this answer, Olmer stopped talking about business and started chatting about everyday things.

What's the situation with Kaust? And what's your situation? What exactly happened back then?

The voice held a hint of bitterness as it spoke, "We arrived in the Above the Ghost Empire on the eve of the War of the Four Emperors. His Majesty's mission for us was to protect his backup plan should anything happen."

"The Personal Guards Corps who boarded the ship were led by General Kaust, the Noble Faction Led by Duke Kohler, and as for the group of Artisan Scholars, none of them would submit to anyone else, and they argued every day."

"To avoid the impact of the War of the Four Emperors, we had been wandering around the Polar Sea until the day the battle ended. The Beyonder Characteristic of the Hand of Order left behind by His Majesty flew down from the sky and directly entered the Mausoleum. That's when we knew that His Majesty had been defeated."

"That day, we all knew that we would be homeless from then on."

Olmer couldn't help but interrupt the voice as it spoke.

"No, you're wrong. We didn't lose; we won. In that war, Solomon died, Tudor died, and Salinger escaped after obtaining the Uniqueness of the Red Priest and the characteristics of the Conqueror. It was His Majesty who won in the end."

"But His Majesty was tainted by some unknown pollution. The pollution was so powerful that it engulfed His Majesty in an instant. Perhaps His Majesty perished in order to escape the pollution and then be able to activate his backup plan to come back to life."

After Olmer finished speaking, the voice from within the Mausoleum remained silent for a moment before saying, "Over the years, we have also selected some people to board our ships and have learned about history. Since we won, why did we still destroy the country?"

Upon hearing this question, Olmer's fist hardened completely. "It was the Einhorn, Augustus, Sauron, and the Castiya Family. With the support of those True God, they divided up the spoils of victory that should have belonged to His Majesty, and they have been hunting down our Sanguine for a long time."

Upon hearing this answer, the voice fell silent, because the Duke Kohler, the most trusted figure in Trunsoest at the time, and the leader of the nobles who boarded the ship, was from the Sauron Family.

After a long while, Olmer spoke up, "You must be Duke Kohler? I figured it out."

"Duke Olmer, your guess isn't entirely correct. Please continue listening to me."

"You said His Majesty was corrupted. This completes the final piece of our hypothesis. Less than three days after the Hand of Order returned, some very strange things began to happen on the ship."

"Within the entire Ghost Empire, all the Rules have become a mess. You might suddenly find yourself flying into the sky, or inexplicably disappearing from sight."

"At first, we didn't take it seriously, all thinking it was due to the Power of Sequence One, since His Majesty's Pathway are very good at Making Rules."

"But gradually the problems grew bigger and bigger, the Order on the ship became more and more chaotic, and at that time we were no longer able to leave the Ghost Empire."

"The initial chaos was confined to the ship, but later, these chaotic Rules began to manifest in everyone, slowly and Affliction transforming us."

Ironically, the Rules even allow us to choose the direction of the transformation.

"There were two options at the time. One was the Skeleton Soldier. Skeletons would live by their own Beyonder Characteristic and could remain immortal, but the price was the decline of their Mind until they were completely lost."

"The second is to abandon the physical body and transform into Wraith. This state allows one to maintain their Mind, but abandoning the physical body means completely losing the source, which will shorten lifespan considerably."

"The Personal Guards Corps at the time did not hesitate to choose Skeleton Soldier. In Kaust's words, they also had to protect His Night Emperor's Mausoleum, and they could not be less than a minute less, even if they were in skeleton form."

"A large portion of the nobility chose Wraith because they could accept death, but not the loss of their Mind."

"As for those Artisan Scholars, they were technicians in the traditional sense, not because of Beyonder Ability. Therefore, their physical condition couldn't even withstand the modification, and they basically all died."

"As time went on, the Mind of these Skeleton Soldier began to completely fade, including General Kaust, and the Wraith also began to reach the end of their lifespans."

"At that time, Duke Kohler stepped forward and proposed that we devour each other, which would prolong our lives. Even if only one of us survived to the end, our story could be passed on."

Upon hearing this, Olmer immediately Consciousness who he was speaking to.

So, you?

"That's right. Each Devouring Between Wraiths another, it merges the Consciousness and memories of the other. I am a Monster now. I have merged the Consciousness and memories of everyone on the ship who turned into Wraith. So I said your guess wasn't entirely correct."

"Moreover, even if the Sauron Family betrayed His Night Emperor, Duke Kohler Duke Kohler would never have done so, because he was the first to choose to be devoured by others."

"That's how we devoured each other, eventually creating this Monster. I've been guarding this place, hoping to see His Majesty's resurrection before I give up, but all these years there's been absolutely no response."

"Now that you're here, I can finally entrust this important task to you. I can finally die in peace."

Olmer fell silent. He had never imagined that his old friends on the ship would be living such a miserable life, unable to live well and afraid to die.

"Old friend, let's hold on for a few more years. Once His Majesty recovers, we should at least see him. Besides, His Majesty might have a way to save you."

The voice chuckled softly, "It's not important anymore, we'll talk about it later."

From that voice, Olmer sensed weariness and despair. Perhaps the moment he took away Trunsoest's trump card, his old friend would choose to end his own life.

"You must at least protect this ship. Although I can take that Beyonder Characteristic with me, the best place to Resurrection is here, so you must protect it." To save his old friend's life, Olmer had no choice but to tell a lie.

The atmosphere was quiet for a moment, then a voice from the Tomb said, "I don't know if what you're saying is true or false, but I'll take it as true. I'll hold out until His Majesty Resurrection."

Hearing this, Olmer felt somewhat relieved, and then continued to ask, "How do I get in? How can I obtain that Beyonder Characteristic?"

"The Rules of the Ghost Empire dictate that only the chosen ones can begin by overcoming challenges, continuing until they pass the Angel Level trials. The ultimate reward is the Beyonder Characteristic of the Hand of Order."

"It's a pity you weren't chosen. You were located here using Token, otherwise I would have directly assigned you to an Angel -level challenge, and I believe you would have passed it immediately."

Olmer felt things were getting a bit tricky. Did he have no choice but to force his way in? Wouldn't that easily cause problems? He didn't want to ruin the backup plan left by His Night Emperor.

Then the voice continued, "The first hall on your right is where the Soldier used to be stationed. There's a passage inside that leads directly into the Mausoleum, but I don't know what its current condition is."

"If even that last passage becomes unusable, then I have no other choice. Perhaps you'll have to find a way to enter the Mausoleum by force, but be careful of Mausoleum interior and don't disrupt His Majesty's arrangements."