160 Böklund Street, Backlund.
Gehrman Sparrow suddenly appeared in the master bedroom, his black trench coat swaying slightly, his top hat held high.
Dawn Dantès, immediately blurred and shrank into a mirror the size of a palm.
No one should be visiting tonight, Arrodes didn't cause any trouble... Seeing this scene and the quiet and peaceful surroundings, Klein secretly breathed a sigh of relief Dawn Dantès.
Meanwhile, on the mirror, ripples spread and silver light converged, outlining word after word:
"Great and supreme master, I did nothing tonight! No, I seriously Acting of sleeping Dawn Dantès."
"Also, there's something I've come across that you'd like to know about?"
Ignoring the first part of " Magic Mirror " Arrodes's plea for praise, Klein's heart skipped a beat. He took off his hat, tossed it casually onto the armchair beside him, and replied in a low voice:
"Explain."
On the mirror, the original words decomposed and wriggled to form new characters:
"A woman glanced at this house as she walked down the street."
What's the big deal? So many people pass by here every day, taking the opportunity to admire the surroundings... Klein was about to speak when he saw the mirror surface shimmering with water, reflecting a human figure.
To a normal person, the figure would be considered an oddly dressed person. She wore a black robe of Spirit Medium, and her eyeshadow and blush were both blue, making her both beautiful and eerie. It was none other than Daly Simone.
The lady was traveling by carriage along Böklund Street when she passed number 160. She turned her head and looked out the window for more than three seconds.
"Hmm, she not only noticed Dawn Dantès because of his eyes, but also somehow learned something about him?" Klein frowned slightly and asked, "..."
Is there nothing else?
"No!" Arrodes answered, highlighting the word on the mirror while sketching a simple drawing symbolizing "swearing".
Klein nodded, ignoring the " Magic Mirror's" enthusiasm, and forcefully sent it away.
Having done all this, Klein took out a candle, preparing to set up a ritual, summoning himself and responding to himself, bringing all the spoils of war, along with the clothes he was wearing, onto the Gray Fog Gehrman Sparrow's clothes from Dawn Dantès's, to avoid any problems arising from this detail in the future.
Snap!
He snapped his fingers, causing the candle wick to ignite with a bright red flame.
Flame.
Flames...
Klein's gaze froze for a few seconds, then he quickly closed his eyes, turned his body, and faced away from the candle.
Then, he Manipulation the " Wraith " Senor, bringing it closer and closer to the desk.
During this process, Senor's body trembled more and more violently, but he still managed to forcefully extend his right hand and extinguish the candle.
I'll take a nap and talk about it tomorrow... No, the " Tyrant " card is on me and it's already activated. Although it's sealed by the " Wall of Spirituality," it might not completely block its ability to attract and aggregate those of the same path. It might just weaken the influence and prolong the time... Just now when I was in Bayam, I was quick in and out, not daring to stay too long... Klein had just calmed down when he thought of some problems.
A few seconds later, he slowly took a breath, raised his hand again, snapped his fingers, and lit the candle.
Immediately afterwards, he controlled his inner fear and Manipulation the " Wraith " Senor to take out two more candles and set up a sacrificial ritual so that there would be no need to respond to the summons and pass through the candlelight to the real world.
Once everything was ready, Klein turned around with difficulty, bowed his head "reverently," not daring to look directly at the candlelight, and then earnestly recited the name of " The Fool."
Through sheer willpower, and nearly bursting into tears, he finally completed the ritual, sacrificing all the items that needed to be sent above the Gray Fog.
Huff... Klein exhaled, took four steps backward, arrived at the silent, mysterious space, sat down in the chair belonging to " The Fool," and first picked up the " Tyrant " card, activating its contents.
The " Card of Blasphemy " immediately became three-dimensional, resembling a book the size of a palm.
As the pages of the book turn, there is a Roselle Gustav on every page, sometimes as Sailor, sometimes wearing a captain's hat and holding a sextant, sometimes singing loudly against the backdrop of the sea.
Klein was speechless for a moment, increasingly feeling that this fellow countryman was too damn narcissistic.
If the " Witch " card still uses his own image, then I'll truly be impressed... Klein thought to himself as he browsed the relevant content, analyzing the Sequence names and material rituals of the entire Storm path:
Sequence 9: Sailor... Sequence 8: Raging Folk... Sequence 7: Navigator... Sequence 6: Wind-blessed... Sequence 5: Ocean Songster... Sequence 4: Catastrophe Interrer... Sequence 3: Sea King... Sequence 2: Calamity... Sequence 1: Thunder God... Sequence 0: Tyrant...
"The ritual to become a ' Tyrant,' also known as the ' Lord of Storms,' is very different from that of the ' Black Emperor.' First, it requires hundreds of thousands of followers who submit to faith out of fear. Second, it requires one to challenge a true god, another Sequence 0, and survive. Finally, in that atmosphere of fear and obedience, one must take Potion to complete the ascension."
"This is a bit of a trap. A Sequence 1 that hasn't even undergone its qualitative transformation is challenging Sequence 0 true god. It'll probably die seven or eight times out of ten... And what if there aren't any other Sequence 0 in that era? Then it'll have to find a way to cultivate one itself, or switch to a similar path... Of course, a ritual might not be necessary. If you're lucky enough, you could even drink Potion directly. ' Sea God ' Kavithua is an example. It didn't consume Potion, but rather unmixed Beyonder Characteristic..."
"At the heart of this ritual is the courage to God of Combat, coupled with immense fear and obedience?"
"Hmm, the ' Tyrant ' doesn't seem to possess the special ability of the ' Black Emperor ' to Distortion and exploit the rules. He can't be resurrected or return from nothingness, but he seems to have the terrifying power to become electrified and move at the speed of light for a short period of time. He might even have the ability to create planetary-level disasters... The Record of Emperor Roselle focus on the formulas and rituals, with very little description of the corresponding extraordinary abilities and divine authority, and it's all very vague..."
Klein casually summoned a non-materialized sheet of paper, copied down the " Catastrophe Interrer's" Potion recipe with a round-bellied fountain pen, and added a note in the voice of "The World" Gehrman Sparrow:
"Try not to think about the contents of that painting in your daily life."
This is a reminder to the " The Hanged Man ": in the realm of mystery, anything involving Sequence 0 must be approached with utmost caution and care, even if it goes against common sense.
Seeing and discussing that painting on that primitive island without incident doesn't guarantee safety in the outside world. If you keep thinking about it, you might one day be struck by lightning during a thunderstorm because you're not "lucky" enough, or encounter a problem you can't solve and your brain blood vessels burst, or suffer heatstroke from the Sun and die because you can't get timely treatment.
"The ' Catastrophe Interrer ' ritual is extremely dangerous. It can trigger earthquakes and tsunamis, and the ascendants must take Potion in such an environment and survive until it ends..." Klein folded the paper, put it aside, and put away the " Tyrant " card.
After using Divination to determine that the three Beyonder Characteristic he had acquired belonged to Sequence 5 " Mentor of Disorder " of the Black Emperor pathway, Sequence 5 " Ocean Songster " of the Storm pathway, and Sequence 5 " Druid " of the " Planter " pathway, Klein finally had time to reflect on the events of this exploration and ponder the information contained within them:
"' Eternal Blazing Sun ' is clearly from the ' The Sun ' pathway, and the Creator City of Silver is also known as the Ancient The Sun God. This can be concluded from some historical records left over from the Fourth Epoch and murals of the Elf race... According to the conservation law of having Sequence 0 but no Sequence 1, the ' Angel of Pure White ' at that time shouldn't have been the Angel King. But if he wasn't the Angel King, he wouldn't have been qualified to participate in the feast of sharing the Creator of City of Silver. This not only involves external factors but also includes his own problems. Jumping directly from Sequence 2 to Sequence 0 would most likely lead to loss of control!"
Either the ' Eternal Blazing Sun ' changed his path to godhood, or the Creator the City of Silver did not hold the ' The Sun ' as his primary authority. After defeating the ancient gods, he had already distributed this authority to the Angel around him, making them the Angel King. Therefore, the murals of the Elf race and the titles passed down through the ages only indicate that he once held the authority of the ' The Sun,' not that he held it all the time.
"There's another possibility: the Creator who reclaimed the authority of the ancient gods had the power to advance those from Sequence 2 to Sequence 1 through the same path..."
Klein's thoughts quickly shifted to who built the church and who left the mural. Because the various circumstances were mixed and difficult to clarify, he simply materialized a piece of parchment and used writing to summarize the key points and find connections:
"That primitive island was discovered by Qilangos and Mr. ' The Hanged Man ' together..."
" Qilangos accepted a mission from the Hermits of Fate to assassinate Duke Negan in Backlund for a valuable item, but was killed by Mr. Azik..."
" Qilangos told Mr. ' The Hanged Man ' that deep within the church ruins lay something as precious as the Roselle Tarot, but it could only be obtained at Sequence 5..."
He later gained ' Creeping Hunger,' becoming a pirate general with strength equivalent to a powerful Sequence 5...
The ' Tyrant ' card is still in the burial hall beneath the church...
Did Qilangos not try again? Or did his attempt fail?
"That church was built to worship the existence of Ancient The Sun God, and the murals inside Record the dark history of the true god before the Cataclysm, clearly favoring the Ancient The Sun God..."
" The Hermits of Fate suspected to have been founded by Adam, the son of God, with the goal of resurrecting the Ancient The Sun God, the Creator City of Silver..."
"That original island suddenly vanished, as if it had never existed in the first place..."
" Adam is Angel of Imagination... Among the core members of the Hermits of Fate, there is at least one Angel appears through the Spectator route, Hermes..."
" The Hermits of Fate tend to encourage members to choose the ' Sailor,' ' Reader,' or ' The Sun ' pathways, which greatly increases their chances of obtaining High-Sequence materials and items from the Storm Realm... There might even be Angel from the Storm Realm within the guild..."
Klein put down his pen, looked at the contents listed on the paper, and slowly formed a deduction.