Char walked through the dark corridor, the dim light on the wall beside him flickering.
At the end of the corridor was a spacious room. The guide stopped in front of the wooden door and recited a long prayer with a solemn and pious expression.
The prayer is very long.
It's probably just "the Lord who created everything", "the omniscient and omnipotent God", "the source of all great things", "the beginning and the end", "one and everything", "higher than the starry sky, longer than eternity", and so on, descriptions like these are piled in like crazy.
After doing all this, he gestured to Xia Ya and then retreated quietly.
Xia opened the door and saw a man in luxurious clothes half lying on the sofa.
There was a plate of spices on the table in front of him. Lilac smoke rose up and filled the whole room. The man's old face revealed an indescribable intoxication in the lingering smoke.
"Dreamland"
Char recognized the alchemical elixir before him, which was quite popular among the middle and small noble classes and could make the user hallucinate and feel as if they were floating in the air.
...
...
The ordinary Dreamland was just a small prop used by ordinary nobles to add to the fun, but the one in front of him was undoubtedly a version with added ingredients, enough to make a beast tamer who had reached the fourth ring or above intoxicated by it.
If other members of the Brunstadt family saw this scene, they would probably be shocked, because in their eyes, Elder Norton, as the acting head of the family, has always been an image of being mature and steady, and a reliable figure who is like the stabilizer of the family.
Even Norton's closest confidants would be surprised.
Because in their eyes, Elder Norton is the Lord's agent in the mortal world. He is following the will of Dusk and gathering strength in secret, planning a grand scheme to overthrow the Principality of Cang Ting and free the Lord from the seal.
A leader like the Pope should be a devout believer like an ascetic monk, and should not be so dissolute.
This was what Char had originally guessed about Norton. He was probably a cult leader who had been bewitched like the Patriarch of Ashes, and was secretly planning some big news.
But now it seems that the intention to make big news is real, but as for the devout and fanatical cult leader... that is debatable.
"Lord Norton."
Char came to the sofa respectfully, ignoring the depraved scene before him.
Norton sat up, a hint of a smile appearing on his old face.
"This is a new product that the alchemists from the Lost Kingdom have just modified. It was just delivered through the black market channel. The effect is very good."
He pointed at the dish of "Dreamland" and said, "Would you like to try it too?"
"Thank you for your kindness, Lord Norton, but my strength is still weak. If I delay your plan because of being intoxicated, I will be guilty of death."
Looking at Xia Ya's still respectful and calm expression, Norton could not help but nodded with satisfaction.
"Well, this is indeed a bit too exciting for a young person like you who hasn't even reached the fourth ring yet."
Norton holds a high position of power in the Brunstadt family. He can mobilize the majority of the family's forces with just one word.
However, there are actually differences among those who obey his orders.
Most of the clan members obeyed him as the elder and acting head of the clan.
A small number of believers who were developed through his bewitching use of pollutants are loyal to the Lord who was sealed by the family.
Only Xia Ya, who was adopted and raised by him, whose life was controlled by him and who had no one to rely on in the clan, was a reliable subordinate who was truly loyal to him and to Norton. Elder Norton stood up from the sofa and scanned the room with a majestic gaze.
"I saw your performance at the coming-of-age ceremony and your contact with Sylvia these days."
"It's great to be able to hold back your hatred, get close to Sylvia and gain her trust."
"Since you have done all this, there are some things I can explain to you."
Hearing these words, Char's spirits suddenly perked up.
The big one is finally coming?
Ever since he first entered the Reverberations of History, Char has always known that Elder Norton was up to something, but he had always kept it a mystery, making it difficult to get the full picture.
Now that all the foreplay is ready, is it time to finally get down to business?
And this time, Elder Norton finally stopped hiding it and confessed it directly.
"Sixteen years ago, "Twilight" descended upon the Principality and was eventually sealed by the combined efforts of several legends and young family heads."
"Most of Dusk's power was sealed in the sealing formation under the family, and the remaining small part was sealed in the family head's newly born child, my niece Sylvia."
"From a purely volume perspective, the power sealed in Sylvia is not that much. After all, a newborn baby can't bear much power."
"However, her soul is very special, one in a million. In addition to that little bit of power, she also contains the authority of dusk and all divinity."
"The Ancient God cannot be killed, at least not by relying on the power of a legendary beastmaster. Even maintaining the seal is extremely difficult. After all, there is no legendary master in the Principality for a long time..."
"But as long as the divinity and authority are completely stripped away, then those indelible powers will be nothing more than a pool of stagnant water, unable to stir up any waves."
"It can be said that the peace and tranquility of the Cang Ting Principality over the past decade was achieved at the cost of sacrificing her alone."
Norton gazed at the purple smoke rising from the "Land of Fantasy Dreams" and revealed a secret that was enough to cause a stir in the principality.
Although Char had guessed about this information, this was the first time it was confirmed.
"Over the years, the secret organizations in the Lost Kingdom have been infiltrating the Principality."
"They thought they had spent a huge price to finally corrupt me, a senior member of the Brunstadt family, but they didn't know that this was just what they thought..."
A sneer flashed across Norton's old face.
"Three months later, those secret organizations planned a major riot, a riot far greater than that of seventeen years ago."
"At that time, several secret organizations' title-level popes will go out in person - their purpose is to rescue their bound master."
"And what I need you to do is to firmly control Sylvia in the chaos at that time and bring her to me."
Norton's scrutinizing gaze fell on Char's face, and he spoke word by word.
"Then--"
"Let her fulfill the duties of a key and a container."
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