Chapter 758 Contact

Plitvice East Coast, Tivian.

At dusk, in the northern suburbs of Tivian, in the Green Shade Town after a sparse drizzle, the narrow tree-lined streets were deserted, the ground was wet, and the sunlight in the sky was not very bright. At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, a sense of bleakness lingered over this small town.

Dorothy, wearing a black skirt, walked on the wet ground. She had just returned from the city library not long ago and was walking on the fresh and fragrant lawn after the rain. In her slightly pleasant pace, she walked forward along the familiar path. After a while, she came to a villa that looked ordinary and old, with vines climbing all over the walls.

Dorothy stood in front of the house and looked up at the house number. This was No. 37 Greenshade Town. It was the first place Dorothy visited when she came to Tivian. It was also the place she was most familiar with in Greenshade Town besides her own home.

Looking at the only neighbor's house she could visit, Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief, then walked forward, stretched out her hand and knocked on the door, then stood in front of the door, waiting quietly.

In the past, soon after Dorothy knocked on the door, a carefree clockwork man would open the door and welcome her in. Even if he was busy with something, he would use a mechanism to automatically open the door to let Dorothy go in and rest for a while. However, this time, Dorothy waited for nothing.

After standing there for a few minutes, Dorothy did not see Beverly come out to open the door, nor did she see the door open automatically. This situation could only mean one thing, that is, her neighbor was not at home and had gone out.

"Huh... still not here?"

Looking at the motionless door in front of her, Dorothy sighed slightly in her heart and thought that she had come here more than once in recent times to ask some questions, but the result was the same every time.

Ever since the divine incident at the Tivian World Expo, Dorothy had been unable to contact Beverly. After the incident, she had wanted to consult Beverly about something, but whether she contacted her through the "Wenhai Hangzhi" or went to her house directly, Dorothy could not find her. Only when Dorothy came to her house for the first time after the incident did she find a sign hanging on her door that said "Out of Office".

'I don't know where this clockwork man is? There has been no news for such a long time... Even if he is traveling and can't see anyone, he should be able to reply to the message... What is he doing? '

Looking at the closed door in front of her, Dorothy couldn't help but think this again in her heart. Then she shook her head slightly, turned around and walked towards her home.

Because she had recently encountered problems with Friesland, Dorothy wanted to consult Beverly. After using "Wenhai Hangzhi" to communicate again, she decided to visit her again. As a result, Beverly was still not at home this time, which made Dorothy a little disappointed.

"I hope that guy didn't meet with any accident..."

Dorothy said this in her heart as she continued walking on the quiet streets of Greenshade Town. After a while, she returned to her home again, in front of No. 17 Greenshade Town. But when she was about to enter the house, she found something strange.

"This... there is actually a letter?"

At this moment, Dorothy looked at the things in the mailbox at her doorstep and wondered curiously that in the past, Greg was the only one who sent her letters. He sent Dorothy's living expenses every month through a transfer to her mailbox. But now, after Greg gave Dorothy what he thought was a large sum of money and went out, he hardly sent any letters, and apart from Greg, there shouldn't be many people who would send letters to this address.

After looking at the mailbox in front of her, Dorothy did not open it immediately. Instead, she opened the door and returned home. She commanded a dead servant to open the mailbox and take out the things inside. After a closer look, she was shocked to find that it was a small package containing something that seemed to be a book. Dorothy asked the dead servant to check the package and confirm the sender, and then saw a familiar abbreviation.

This is Beverly's self-accepted abbreviation... She once used this name to send Dorothy some things she needed when she was traveling.

"It turned out to be sent by the Clockwork Man... That guy is fine..."

After seeing the contents of the package in the puppet's hand, Dorothy breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. Then Dorothy began to let the puppet further check the package in other ways, and tore it open after confirming that it was fine.

After the package was torn off, what was revealed was what Dorothy had expected - a thin, old book with a yellowed cover and a title written in the language of the Fria culture in the northern part of the main continent, titled "The King of the Dead".

Undoubtedly, this was a letter, a letter that seemed to be sent by Beverly specifically to Dorothy. And Dorothy could roughly guess Beverly's intention in sending this letter, because she had written to Beverly in Wenhai Hangzhi not long ago to ask Beverly about Pluto and more details, and it was also for this matter that Pluto knocked on her door, and this letter seemed to be a response.

"This clockwork person... doesn't have time to reply properly but has time to send messages... I wonder what she is busy with now?"

Looking at the old and thin handbook in the corpse doll's hand, Dorothy thought to herself, no matter what, after confirming that Beverly didn't seem to be in any great danger, she couldn't help but feel relieved, and then asked her corpse doll servant to take the handbook back home.

Afterwards, Dorothy asked the corpse servant to close the door and then teleport the Ton to the study on the second floor. Dorothy took the Ton in her own hands, put it on the desk, opened it, and read its contents carefully.

The content of this biography was naturally related to Hades. It was a collection of poems and songs praising Hades. After reading it, Dorothy soon gained a certain understanding of this mysterious god.

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"Ah... the King of the Underworld, the first rebel against the dead...

"You were once the king of the earth, stepping on the sea and striking the sky, challenging the tyrant of the sun! You were once the king of the underground, rebelling against death and achieving immortality!

"The living praise you, you are the undisputed king of the kingdom of the living... The dead praise you, you are the eternal king of the kingdom of the dead... Your people will always follow you, whether in life or in death... I am willing to offer my bones like them and build a throne for you...

"The forgotten king will never be forgotten... The dead can never die again... You will eventually return to understand all the grudges... You will eventually end the tyranny of light with your own hands..."

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Sitting at her desk, Dorothy carefully flipped through the biography in her hand, reading the poems in praise of Pluto, and gradually got to know more about the god "Pluto".

Pluto is called the original rebel against death by his followers. He is the king of the dead, the ruler of all the dead, the forgotten king, and a symbol of eternity and immortality.

In the doctrine of Hades' followers, all living beings should become Hades' servants and subjects after death. Hades' followers believe that everything they experienced in life is temporary and insignificant, and all the pain and suffering they experienced in life is a test. The meaning of life is to lead to death, and death is the destination of everything.

Pluto believers believe that all living beings will reach Pluto's kingdom of the dead after their short lives, and obtain real "life" that is eternal and immortal, and live there forever. They need to "serve" Pluto as much as they can in their short life. The more they "serve" Pluto in their life, the higher their status will be in the eternal kingdom after death, and they will be able to step on the backs of those who do not "serve" Pluto and do not believe in Pluto.

Pluto's followers believe that there will be no more life in the world, and death will take away all living things. At that time, all people will arrive in the kingdom of the dead and become the people of Pluto, and they will live forever in the immortal kingdom of Pluto with a superior attitude. This is the end of the false world and the beginning of the real and immortal world.

According to legend, Hades was a great emperor in ancient times. He once led his kingdom to conquer in order to make the world eternal and perfect. However, he was blocked by the evil Sun Tyrant. Hades, who was still the emperor of the world, challenged the Sun Tyrant but unfortunately lost. However, in his failed death, Hades realized the true eternity and became the truly immortal king of the dead.

Pluto's followers believed that the reason why the world had not yet reached its eternal state of perfection was because the Sun Tyrant was still cruelly ruling the world. Pluto would one day once again wage war against the Sun Tyrant and truly defeat Him, ending the tyranny of light and bringing perfection to the entire world.

"Hades... the king of the dead who symbolizes eternal immortality, the king of the forgotten? Interesting..."

After reading the biography in her hand, Dorothy couldn't help but think in her heart that at this moment, she knew a lot more about the god Pluto than before, and she also had many new ideas.

'Pluto... This is undoubtedly the powerful god of Silence. If what is said in this legend is true, in a sense... Pluto is the ruler of the world of death, the god of death...

'The Hades of the Hades Coffin has always been in conflict with the Great Soul of Shamanism in my opinion, and it is very confusing. But now, I can see the difference between them. The Great Soul and Hades are both "death gods" in a sense, but the Great Soul is the god of death and reincarnation, while Hades is the god of the dead...

'From the perspective of shamanism, the Great Soul symbolizes reincarnation. All the souls of the dead belong to Him, and He is reincarnated into the human world. He is the heart of the flow of souls in the entire world. In the teachings of Hades, Hades seems to prefer to fix the dead, no longer reincarnate, but to exist forever as the dead... or perhaps the dead, and finally establish an eternal kingdom without beginning or end, so that the king and his people can enjoy immortality.

"According to the doctrines of the believers, the Great Soul and Hades are completely opposite existences... But there is only one Lord of Silence, and I don't know which of them is the Lord of Silence? Could they be twin gods opposing each other in the process of metamorphosis, like the butterfly and the moth? But the only god who has the metamorphosis stage seems to be the God of Dreams, and... Can the God of Silence, who does not have the nature of the Cocoon, produce such twin gods?"

'Another point worth noting is that the legend says that Hades was once the emperor of the human world and challenged the so-called Sun Tyrant but failed? In that case, Hades might have been a mortal before? Could he have ascended to godhood from a mortal? In addition, the Sun Tyrant must refer to the God of the Lamp. So is he the Sun God of the Second Age? Or Hyperion, the Emperor of Light of the Third Age? Or... the current Savior or the Three Saints?'

Looking at the cover of the legend in front of her, all kinds of thoughts were spreading from Dorothy's mind at this moment. She had some guesses about many issues, including the identity of Pluto. Although these guesses were not necessarily correct, she still had something correct to confirm.

What Dorothy can almost confirm now is... where does Frisian's influence come from, and where does the mysterious power of forgetfulness come from?

In this legend, Hades also has a title called "The Forgotten King". The titles of gods are almost all related to the powers and symbols of gods. Now the abnormality in Frisian may be the work of Hades' believers, the Order of the Underworld... Dorothy had suspected this before, so she used "Wenhai Hangzhi" to consult Beverly for relevant information. Now, judging from the legend sent by Beverly, Dorothy's suspicion has been confirmed.

It was the Hades Coffin that was causing trouble in Frisia! Although we still don't know what those Hades believers did in Steenham, it must be a major event related to divinity and we must not take it lightly!

After confirming that the Frisian incident was related to the divinity of "Silence"... or even the main divinity of "Silence", Dorothy couldn't help but feel excited. This meant that the next stage of her ritual had finally been settled. Originally, Dorothy thought that in her ascension ritual, the most mysterious "Silence" divinity involved in the Order of the Coffin should be the most difficult to find clues, but she didn't expect that this clue was now clearly in front of her.

"It looks like... I'll be busy again..."

While rubbing her shoulders, Dorothy was about to put away the biography in front of her and convey the information she had just learned to Atcherie. However, when Dorothy checked the biography for the last time, she found that there seemed to be something else written on the back page.

After seeing this, Dorothy turned the biography over and took it in her hand, and looked at the word carefully, and found that it was a printed font that was inconsistent with the overall handwriting of the biography. It seemed to be Beverly's "handwriting".

"Don't ever try to merge opposing divinities, even if you have the best preparations! Otherwise, Hyperion will be an example, and the Kingdom of Darkness will end up like this!!!"

Looking at the words on the back of the biography that seemed to be written by Beverly herself, Dorothy couldn't help but stand there for a moment. After a long while, she squinted her eyes and began to touch her chin with interest.

"This... is advice? Was it advice Beverly gave me specifically? She knew that I had the divine nature of the Judge of Heaven... and from the questions I asked her using the "Wenhai Hangzhi", she could tell that I was about to contact Hades and the divine nature of Silence, so she gave me a special advice at the end?"

Dorothy analyzed this in her mind. She already knew that Beverly was not ordinary and knew that she had divine nature. She was more interested in the other contents of this advice.

"Beverly's advice is... don't try to merge opposing divinities... The example they used as a warning is indeed Hyperion and the Kingdom of Night. Is there any connection between them? Could it be that Hyperion's disappearance in history is related to this attempt?"

Dorothy thought to herself, judging from the information she had collected from other legends, the first great deity in this world was probably only three in the beginning... at least in the First Era. That is, the first deity was actually split from the third deity.

According to the legends I got from Atcherie before, the two or three groups of divinities that are now contradictory and opposing each other were once one... "Cup" and "Stone"... "Shadow" and "Lamp"... "Silence" and "Enlightenment"... They are contradictory to each other, but also unified. In the First Age, there were probably only three main gods, that is, the three totems worshipped by the giants...

Therefore, after Dorothy finished reading the Ton Biography, she speculated that once one becomes a pure god of one divinity, perhaps one can go one step further and blend the opposing divinities to become a primitive god like the First Age, which may be more powerful than an ordinary god...

Among all the gods Dorothy knew, the only one who was very likely to have mastered the dual complete divinity was Hyperion, the Emperor of Light in the Third Age. From all the evidence, Hyperion, in addition to being the Lord of Light, also mastered the authority of Shadow by unknown means. In Dorothy's previous cognition, he was the most likely to be the original Lord God, although it was unknown why Hyperion disappeared in the end...

'If Beverly's advice is credible... then Hyperion's disappearance is most likely related to his desire to completely merge the opposing divinities. When he was the Emperor of the Empire, he wanted to merge the two powers of 'light' and 'shadow' to become the original main god. This may require a huge ritual to complete...

"From the current situation and Beverly's advice, it seems that Hyperion's ritual failed. This failure led to his disappearance or fall, and it is very likely that it also caused some extremely serious impact, which led to the birth of the Kingdom of Darkness..."

Dorothy analyzed this in her mind. In the previous legend, behind the portrait of Hyperion, there was a marked location in the east of the disappeared continent, and the eclipse point was also marked on it.

According to the totem of the original main god related to light and shadow in the First Age, the symbol seems to be a solar eclipse, so the moment of the solar eclipse may be the holy time for holding such a ceremony...

'That map has such a mark... Maybe there was a solar eclipse in the eastern part of the main continent in the Third Age, and Hyperion held a ceremony there! Then the ceremony failed, and Hyperion probably disappeared for some reason... The failed ceremony spread and affected one-third of the main continent...

"According to Beverly's tone, Jingyue created the Kingdom of Night and concealed the entire eastern continent. In essence, he was cleaning up the mess caused by Hyperion's failed ritual? The ritual that combined the divinity of two opposing gods failed... I feel that the disaster caused is enough to destroy the world. How could such a disaster be suppressed... What happened back then?"

As Dorothy speculated, she thought with a little fear in her heart that she herself now possessed a little bit of the Lord God's divinity, although she could not use it completely and well. However, she could use this as a basis to speculate how powerful the complete Lord God's divinity was.

Based on Dorothy's estimation of the power of the Pure Color God, even the lowest and most conservative estimate, it would be easy to rewrite or destroy a world at will. If Hyperion really went wrong in the process of blending the opposing main divinity as she estimated, causing the ritual to fail, then it would be a miracle that this world still exists here and only lost one-third of the continent. Perhaps the preventive measures were in place... or what other reasons?

'If the above speculations are all true, the purpose of the Country of Night's existence is most likely to help Hyperion clean up his mess. The failure of that ritual may have had some extremely serious lasting effects, and Jingyue had to continue to stay there and take some actions. This may be the reason why "He" couldn't get away?'

"I don't know what's going on."

After sighing softly, Dorothy stopped thinking temporarily, then formally put away the ton biography on the table, then took out the "Wenhai Hangzhi" and began to turn to the contact page with Atcherie.

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After communicating with Dorothy, Atcherie finally understood the root of the problem around her. A city that was related to a saint cardinal and disappeared must be investigated in the most focused way...

Because the situation was urgent, Atchelli had to communicate the relevant information to other cardinals besides Kramer. Therefore, after learning the seriousness of the situation, she immediately began to meet with the other four cardinals besides Kramer individually.

"A place forgotten by everyone? Related to Kramar?"

In a secluded little garden somewhere on Mount Saint Lin, Amanda, dressed in loose casual clothes, sat on a chair in a pavilion. She looked at Atcherie, who suddenly came to visit her, with a slightly frown on her face, and her tone was solemn.

"Well... anyway, this is what I discovered when I was investigating the situation at the referee center. It's a very special situation. I need to talk to you and the other three people so that I can take more in-depth actions against Kramer later."

With her usual serious look, Atcheri spoke directly to Amanda. Hearing what she said, Amanda could not help but remain silent for a moment. Then she turned her eyes to Vanya who was standing not far away. As soon as Vanya made eye contact with Amanda, she immediately spoke respectfully.

"Ah... Then I will withdraw first..."

Seeing that the two cardinals seemed to be discussing something of importance, Vanya spoke up and was about to leave, but at this moment Atcheri spoke bluntly.

"No need, just leave your words here, it's okay to listen..."

"Um...yes, yes..." Hearing Atchley's words, Vanya felt surprised at first, and then looked at Amanda for her opinion. After Amanda looked at Atchley intently for a moment, she responded to Vanya with a look that indicated she agreed to stay.

Atcherie knew exactly the relationship between Vanya and Dorothy. The things she was going to tell Amanda were discovered by her and Dorothy. Dorothy knew everything when she arrived. It didn't matter whether Vanya retreated or not. Instead, she let Vanya stay here so that Dorothy could listen to her conversation with Amanda directly from another perspective, saving herself the trouble of writing a letter to relay the information later.