"He's already dead..."
Edwards turned his head and looked at Bernadette's " Invisible Servant " with his light blue eyes. His gaze was no longer indifferent and wooden, but flickered with a strange light, filled with disbelief.
Only at this moment did he seem to realize that he had already died and "come back to life," and was no different in essence from William, Pally, and Green, whom he needed to be wary of.
This change lasted only two seconds before Edwards ' face suddenly Distortion, his already pale skin rapidly darkening and tearing apart inch by inch.
Beneath the skin, patches of bright red flesh began to rot at a visible rate, dripping a foul-smelling, pale yellow liquid.
With a whoosh, Edwards raised the iron-black axe in his hand.
puff!
He swung the axe hard at the top of his head, as if trying to stop bad thoughts from popping into his mind.
The axe was heavy and sharp, and it pierced Edwards ' skull, reaching right up to his brow and eye.
Drip, drip, drops of milky white brain matter slid down Edwards's Distortion and torn face from the Edwards, like milk being poured over bright red strawberries.
"No, don't come near me..." Edwards said in a low, hoarse voice to Bernadette's " Invisible Servant " after smashing his own head with an axe.
Before he finished speaking, his expression returned to its blankness, his eyes gradually became wooden, and he turned around and walked step by step back towards the forest he had come from.
His tall, thin body was slightly hunched, as if he had suddenly become hunched over.
Bernadette had tentatively asked the question because she had too many doubts and worries about entering the mausoleum. She could only indirectly point out Edwards's own problems in order to see if she could find more clues from his answer. Who would have thought that this knight, who was famous in the Northern Continent during the time of Roselle, would make such a strong and strange reaction.
After a two-second silence, Bernadette instructed the " Invisible Servant " to speak to Edwards's retreating figure:
Your descendants are all doing quite well and have achieved a certain level of success.
Edwards, with his back to the mausoleum, paused for a moment, then continued on, crossing the invisible boundary and disappearing into the forest.
His destination seemed to be the stone pillar cemetery where the dead could be "reborn".
At the same time, Bernadette looked up at the sky.
The faint blackness that permeated the area had noticeably diminished, but it had acquired an indescribable quality, causing a subtle, ineffable change to occur on the entire primitive island.
Suddenly, Bernadette, who was hiding at the edge of the invisible boundary, touched her back with her other hand.
She felt a heaviness there, as if something had been added.
When her left palm touched the target, Bernadette discovered that the extra piece of hair was a strand of hair.
At this moment, she was wearing an Intis- style women's blouse with large lace flowers at the neckline, an indigo-patterned captain's coat over it, off-white trousers and knee-high boots, and a tricorn hat with feathers on her head, dressed like the captain of a pirate ship.
In this image, her chestnut-brown hair, which was originally tied in a half-bun and draped over her vest, now appears to have grown considerably longer, reaching down to her waist, even though her hairstyle remains the same.
Immediately afterwards, Bernadette lowered her head and looked at her right palm, where she saw that the nails of all five fingers were growing outwards at the same time.
The " Mystery Queen " showed no surprise or panic. Following the instincts of a " Prophet " and her long-accumulated experience, she took a few steps forward, crossed the invisible boundary, and completely left the primeval forest, entering the open area where the " Black Emperor's " tomb was located.
During this process, Bernadette also allowed the " Invisible Servant " to return to the Spirit World.
Just three or four seconds later, she felt the ground begin to shake slightly, and the mausoleum also trembled noticeably.
Subconsciously, Bernadette turned her head to look at the primeval forest.
Upon seeing this, her gaze froze for a brief moment.
The enormous, dark green trees, almost black, swung their branches and uprooted themselves, then, like humans, moved closer to Bernadette.
The entire primeval forest has come alive!
As the dense, almost sky-obscuring trees surged in like a tide, Bernadette felt as if the Apocalypse was coming and everywhere would be covered by forests.
A massive red dragon with flames flowing across its skin swiftly soared into the sky, while eight-legged Demonic Wolf began to run wildly among the trees... All the extraordinary and mutated creatures on the island became restless and headed towards the mausoleum.
Despite being a " Prophet," Bernadette never expected that a simple question she hadn't directly addressed would bring about such a dramatic change, as if it were a key that unlocked the door to the Abyss.
Klein, who was above the Gray Fog, saw more and, combining his knowledge of occultism, made some guesses:
Edwards's situation is somewhat different from William and Green's; it's like a loophole in the order of this primitive island, or rather, a shadow...
"When he realized he was already dead, this loophole, this shadow, was discovered by the order and began to be 'patched'."
"And the 'repair' brought about an enhancement of that order, causing a change throughout the entire island."
"I can sense that there is a certain degree of ' Black Emperor ' power in this. It is this power that influenced Edwards, allowing him to retain a part of his own will after his 'rebirth.' But where did the Original island come from?"
"Huh..."
As Klein's thoughts raced, he suddenly realized that Bernadette herself had also undergone some changes.
Thump, thump, thump, Bernadette could faintly hear her own heartbeat.
The rhythm of the heartbeat was quite chaotic, as if it were a mixture of two sounds.
Two... Bernadette's heart skipped a beat, and she calmly turned her attention back to herself.
The next second, she realized that the heartbeat she was hearing had two sources:
One came from her heart, and the other from her abdomen.
It seemed as if she had an extra heart inside her belly, which was slowly expanding and contracting.
Moreover, this "heart" is still growing little by little!
Without needing to use her " Mystery Prying " ability to look into her abdomen, Bernadette directly sensed that there was a fetus inside her.
It grew from the size of a raisin to the size of a normal human palm, and it continues to grow. It seems that it won't be long before it matures, tears open its mother's abdomen, and emerges, dripping with blood.
Unbeknownst to her, Bernadette became pregnant, and neither her Spirituality intuition nor the Sealed Artifact on her body could detect it in advance or prevent it, seemingly powerless to deal with this influence.
" Earth Mother "... " The Moon Primordial "... " Mother Tree of Desire "... Three divine names flashed through Bernadette's mind.
As far as she knew, there weren't many mysteries that could cause such an anomaly; most of them originated from areas related to the "Earth" and " The Moon " pathways.
The Sequence 0 of the " Planter " pathway is called "Mother". The " The Moon Primordial " can grant stones the ability to reproduce, while the " Mother Tree of Desire " seems to possess some of the High-Sequence Beyonder Characteristic of the " The Moon " pathway.
Bernadette didn't rush to deal with the fetus in her womb. Instead, she deepened her gaze once more, using her prophetic abilities to discern the best course of action for herself.
This time, she received the corresponding prophecy in just one second:
"The hope for survival lies within the mausoleum."
Without hesitation, Bernadette stretched out her right hand and quickly sketched one word after another, each imbued with starlight, in mid-air.
These words, resembling the writing on the " Blasphemy Slate," quickly intertwined into strange symbols, opening a "secret door" leading to the depths of the Spirit World.
Immediately afterwards, the "secret door" opened, and a gust of wind blew out, transforming into a man with a human upper body and airflow lower body, wrapped in a white cloth.
" The Sage Forehead Ornament," Bernadette commanded in a calm yet authoritative tone.
The man respectfully responded and took out an ornament from a white cloth wrapped around his body.
At the heart of this ornament is a vertical eye set with diamonds, which sparkles with pure light, giving it an exceptionally sacred and Wisdom feel, yet also appears rather cold and devoid of warmth.
Bernadette then took the ornament and "set" it into the center of her forehead.
This is a level 0 Sealed Artifact, which Bernadette would never normally carry with her because the negative effects are too severe.
However, at this moment, one ability of this " Sage Forehead Ornament " is extremely important to Bernadette, and she is willing to bear the consequences of being unable to use any unorthodox or heterodox magic and the Beyonder Characteristic gradually affecting her body and slowly integrating into it.
If Bernadette cannot remove the " Sage Forehead Ornament " in a short period of time, it will be as if someone has poured Sequence 2 Potion on her. At that time, she will either be Bravehearts and successfully advance to the level of " Sage ", or she will lose control and go crazy and become Monster. Without auxiliary materials and without performing the corresponding ritual, the probability of the former is so low that it is almost negligible.
After a diamond-shaped vertical eye appeared on her forehead, Bernadette's body began to etherealize, disintegrating into streams of complex knowledge.
In an instant, she transformed into a purely information-flowing being.
However, the fetus in her womb did not receive this treatment and fell to the ground with a thud.
It was about half the size of a normal baby, with facial features and limbs already grown, and its skin was wrinkled and oozing thick pus.
As it detaches from its mother body, the still-developing "it" gradually degenerates and quickly dissolves into the air.
The baby was clearly unwilling to give up, struggling to open its eyes, which were sealed by mucus, and its mouth, which had sharp teeth, wide open, in a final struggle.
At that moment, Klein, above the Gray Fog, tapped the edge of the mottled long table with his finger.
Smack
He exaggerated the probability that the baby would fail in the struggle.
The infant finally could not sustain itself and completely dissipated in front of the dark, approaching forest.
At the same time, Bernadette, transformed into a torrent of information, passed through the heavy stone door and entered the " Black Emperor's " mausoleum, Reorganization her original body.
During this process, she seemed to see a black shadow.