Amidst "Miss Justice's" greetings, " The Hermit " Cattleya, as before, maintained a calm and detached attitude, not becoming overly involved, seemingly still an outsider to this gathering.
She watched as Miss Justice and Miss Magician each took out Roselle's Diary to pay off their previous debts. Then, she glanced cautiously at Mr. The Fool, as if she dared not look directly at him, but she still could not see any more through the strange Gray Fog. Her deep purple eyes could only reflect the clothes that were definitely materialized.
Holding the three pages of Roselle's Diary, Klein didn't read them as eagerly as usual. After all, he had already touched and used a level 0 Sealed Artifact, witnessed what the " Uniqueness " of an Beyonder Pathway looked like, and effectively intimidated such a divine artifact. He believed that no matter what Emperor Roselle wrote, it would be difficult to shock him too much.
"Unless he's been blessed by Witch powerful being with unique abilities, temporarily becoming a woman..." Klein jokingly thought to himself, glancing around the bronze table with interest.
Hmm, the curiosity of the " The Hermit " lady is quite different from that of Miss " Justice " and the others. She seems particularly interested in the Roselle's Diary? Klein withdrew his gaze, noted down his discovery, and then casually began reading the brown parchment in his hand:
"On April 22nd, we prepare to enter there and explore the Abyss."
"On April 23, we followed the pitch-black ocean, pierced through the liquid-like fog, and arrived at that Monster mountain peak, behind which was an endless expanse of black fog, as if covering a continent."
"But if you look down at the bottom of the mountain, it seems like there's no end, no limit. I jokingly told Edwards that if I jumped off the cliff here, I might never hit the ground, but I'd be falling forever."
Upon seeing this, Klein almost raised an eyebrow, finding it hard to believe that Roselle would dare to organize his knights and Sailor to explore the border region after seeing the Abyss.
"Isn't he afraid of death? Rumor has it that it's a place that Corrosion everything and Depravity all living beings! At this stage, Roselle is definitely not at Sequence 4, not Demigod, at most Sequence 5, or maybe not even that... If it were me, I would definitely turn the ship around immediately and report to the church..." At this moment, Klein once again realized how huge the difference was between himself and Roselle.
Furthermore, Roselle's description of the " Abyss " boundary reminded Klein of the mysterious stone door in Amon's Mausoleum, which revealed a similar scene after being touched by the " Puppet " of Archbishop Horamick of the Church of Steam and Machinery.
I wonder what Roselle will find there... At least he didn't die from this exploration, and he lived a very exciting life afterward... Klein's gaze shifted downward, reading the rest of this page of the diary:
On April 24th, we descended the mountain, attempting to explore further.
"The thick black fog was cold and slippery, as if it could seep into flesh and soul. Haha, luckily, some items on the Black Emperor were effective against this Corrosion, otherwise I suspect that my Knights of the Apocalypse and I would have become members of the Farron Dance Troupe. (Note 1)"
"It's very quiet here; we haven't found anything."
"On April 25th, we saw the Devil, but all that remained of them were their rotting corpses."
Behind the jagged black rocks, beneath the mud that could hardly be called a road, in various places, some normal and some unimaginable, lay different Devil corpses.
"They seemed to have met the same death at the same moment."
"April 26th, either corpses or silence, there is no end in sight."
"The items on the Black Emperor are beginning to show signs of Corrosion."
"I've rarely felt afraid in recent years, but here, that unknown fear is like an invisible hand, gripping my heart tightly."
"We must leave! We must return! We cannot stay any longer!"
What happened next? Did Emperor Roselle escape the edge of the Abyss smoothly, or did he encounter something else? What did the anomalies there symbolize? A fierce war? Klein turned to the second page with subconscious anticipation, only to find, to his dismay, that there was no connection between the two pages:
"On May 8th, my lovely Bernadette will be two years old. She's growing more and more adorable, truly a little girl who inherited the best genes from both me and her mother."
"Hearing her call me 'Dad' in her clear voice and watching her lively figure, I suddenly felt a sense of satisfaction."
"Since transmigrating to this world, I have done many things, some of which can even be described as shameful, but I do not feel ashamed or regretful. This is partly because I am someone who finds it difficult to control my desires and is easily influenced by my surroundings. Hehe, I must thank Fate for not encountering any ' Devil ' pathway ' Apostle of Desire '. Otherwise, according to the records, I would definitely be severely restrained by the Beyonder of this Sequence, and might even have been instantly killed."
"On the other hand, I still feel a sense of alienation from this world. My parents in this life have been very good to me, and I have tried my best to make them proud. However, I know that my feelings for them are very weak. Similarly, this is how I feel about Matilda: more possessiveness than affection."
"I have to admit that my mindset is like playing a virtual reality role -Acting game. My parents, wife, brothers, and friends are just NPCs. I can invest some emotion in them, but I won't really hold them in my heart. So, I can attend all kinds of Depravity parties without any guilt, and I can ruthlessly deal with former acquaintances, just like when I played Ancient Times, I could slaughter an entire village for a chicken."
"But after Bernadette was born, I found that I had a greater sense of belonging to the world and was no longer so detached."
This is my child, my living child.
"Perhaps this is what they call maturity?"
Without children, one can't understand this feeling; no, I don't even have a girlfriend... But I must be wary of the mentality mentioned in the Emperor's diary... Just because it didn't exist before doesn't mean it won't appear in the future. The higher the Sequence, the more divinity outweighs humanity... Klein sighed silently for a moment, then turned to the third page of the diary:
January 6th, a new year, a new beginning.
"After being promoted to ' Artisan,' I finally have the ability to do that thing!"
"That's the mysterious silver medal that made my memories; it's most likely what caused my time travel!"
"Actually, after becoming a ' Reader,' I had completely recalled what it looked like, the strange symbols and patterns on its surface, but at that time, I could clearly sense that I could not replicate a similar item."
"On January 9th, after several failures, I finally succeeded."
Holding this silver plaque covered with strange symbols and patterns, I tried to infuse it with Spirituality, attempting to inspire it.
"It seemed as if an endless gray-white mist appeared before my eyes, but nothing happened afterward."
Is it due to the material, or a lack of necessary steps?
"On January 10th, I recreated my state before the transmigration based on my memories. I thought I was no longer lacking anything. However, the mysterious silver token could only let me see strange Gray Fog and could not help me accomplish anything."
"If this doesn't work, how did I manage to travel through time in the first place?"
"I've temporarily given up trying and destroyed the silver medal I made. Perhaps when I become High-Sequence powerhouse, Demigod, I'll have a way to decipher the meaning of those patterns and symbols and figure out the mystery of the time travel."
"Yes, I'm sure I can become Demigod! I'm the protagonist of this era!"
Grayish-white mist? After the Emperor replicated the mysterious silver medal from Earth, he saw an endless expanse of grayish-white mist! Klein's pupils suddenly contracted as he read the diary.
Beneath his feet lay an endless expanse of Gray Fog, seemingly unchanging since time immemorial!
"Could it be that my and the Emperor's time travel are related to this mysterious space? But why can't the Emperor enter, while I can? Judging from the few diaries he wrote in the last stage of his life, he definitely couldn't unlock the secret of the silver medal. Otherwise, he wouldn't have missed this place when he was most desperate and crazy, and he wouldn't have failed to rely on it..." Klein raised his head and looked at the outside of the ancient palace.
He remembered that deep within this mysterious space, there was a stairway of light leading to heaven, vaguely corresponding to his own Sequence.
The staircase seemed to have been built for Giant, its destination a layer of grayish-white mist floating in mid-air, as if supporting something.
Where are the secrets of my and Emperor Roselle's time travel hidden? Klein made the diary in his palm disappear, then leaned back in his chair and said in a calm tone:
"You may begin."
" The Sun " Derrick originally planned to purchase the Sequence 6 Potion recipe after " The Sun High Priest " ahead of time, but Elder Lovia's release made him temporarily abandon this plan. He couldn't wait to tell the whole story and hoped to get the necessary guidance.
Considering that it was currently the transaction stage, he forcibly suppressed his inner impulse and silently continued to wait.
"Little the Sun " seems to be preoccupied... Has something happened in City of Silver?" " Justice " Audrey thoughtfully withdrew her gaze, also remaining silent about what she wanted to buy.
At this moment, Alger, the " The Hanged Man," looked around and spoke up:
"I need the Potion recipe for ' Ocean Songster '."
Sure enough, he already has Sequence 6, he's a " Wind-blessed "... Isn't he a member of the Church of Storms? Why is he seeking the " Ocean Songster's" Potion recipe outside? Obtaining it from within would be much easier... Does he have a secret he wants to hide from the Church of Storms, or was he just pretending to be a member of the Church of Storms before?" The Hermit " Cattleya " instantly had many guesses, and nodded slightly:
"I can keep an eye out for you."
Seeing the " The Hermit's " response, Alger followed up by asking:
"Madam, what do you need?"
"I can gather clues in advance, which will make it easier to exchange for Potion recipes later."
Note 1: This is a reference from the game Dark Souls 3, referring to the Farron's Undead Legion monitored the Abyss but Corrosion by Abyss.
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