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Silence returned to the gray fog, as if the previous gathering was just an illusion.

Klein bent his fingers and tapped the edge of the mottled long table, causing the Roselle diaries that the Hermit Cattleya had just presented to him to reappear.

In an indescribable state of frozen silence, Klein solemnly cast his gaze towards the first paragraph of the first page:

"On September 27th, I met Miss Ithaca again and had an exciting but wonderful experience with her. I really still prefer women of this age. This is not just nostalgia for youth, but it has not changed over the years. Haha, I am really loyal."

...I read your diary so seriously and earnestly, and you show me this? Klein's mouth curled slightly, and he complained about the emperor who had only seen the portrait.

He immediately gathered his scattered thoughts and began to move his eyes.

…………

In a lounge in the basement of St. Samuel's Church.

Leonard Mitchell opened his eyes, thought for a moment, and lowered his voice:

"Old man, it seems that Zaratul of the Secret Order is also in Backlund."

In his mind, the slightly old voice quickly sounded:

"really……"

Leonard heard this answer and immediately asked:

"Old man, are you familiar with that Zaratul? Didn't you say that the Zoroaster family and the Zaratul family are both great nobles in the Solomon Empire?"

In his opinion, the old man and Zaratul were former colleagues and had a friendship of fighting side by side, so how could they not be familiar with each other?

Pales Zoroast chuckled:

"The Zaratul I'm familiar with has already perished in the 'Four Emperors' War'. This one now should be his descendant. I may or may not have seen him before.

"Alas, Zaratul had already obtained the clue of the second Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic from the True Creator at that time, and was waiting for the end of the Four Emperors' War to look for Him. If He succeeded, He could be considered the King of Angels. Unfortunately, during the Four Emperors' War, He directly encountered the one from the Antigonus family, who was known as half of the Fool. Bethel Abraham also participated. He could appear anywhere at any time. If He had not been quickly expelled and sealed by the night and the storm, I am afraid that He would not have survived until the end of the Four Emperors' War."

Half "Fool"... Leonard's eyelids jumped at the title, and he inexplicably thought of the person above the gray fog.

He then forced himself to control himself and turned his thoughts to other things:

Even if we only listen to the description of bystanders, Mr. "Gate" is obviously one of the top existences among the Angel Kings. It took two true gods working together to expel and seal him. Well, it is likely that he is very fast and difficult to kill. At that time, the battle situation was tense, and a threatening enemy had to be eliminated as soon as possible...

Haha, the old man was reminiscing about the past, and he was a little upset. He actually said so much in one breath...

Leonard suddenly spoke up while thinking:

"I was left in Backlund because they wanted to use you to lure Amon here?"

The sentimentality in Pales Zoroaster's tone suddenly disappeared, and he said with a sigh:

"Whose guess is this? I don't think it's you.

"However, it is good to know how to use your own resources to get to the bottom of the problem."

I've been very good at this since I joined the Nighthawks! Leonard replied in his mind, but didn't say it out loud.

Pales Zoroast continued:

“That’s what I guessed too.

“To be honest, I am a little confused about the relationship between your former colleague and Hei Ye. If it weren’t for the fact that the hidden power that appeared that day made me feel familiar, I would not dare to make such a guess.

"Haha, Zaratul and I are in Backlund, and Amon is coming soon. We have truly achieved a perfect triangular balance."

What does it mean… the secret power used to deal with Amon came from the realm of the Night, not Mr. Fool? Does this mean that Mr. Fool and the Goddess have cooperated to a certain extent, or that a high-ranking official in the church actually believes in Mr. Fool? Leonard suddenly felt extremely confused and bewildered about his own position.

Seeing that Pales also frankly expressed his confusion, he restrained his thoughts and did not ask questions in this regard. He frowned slightly and said:

"Two Sequence 1 angels and one Angel King, will this bring a devastating disaster to Backlund?"

He remembered that Amon was the kind of terrifying being who could kill countless people silently and yet still happily live his life as a victim.

With this as a reference, Zaratul, who is on a similar path, must also possess extremely terrifying and frightening abilities. If a conflict occurs between Him and Amon, half of Backlund or the entire Backlund will become the "City of Death" or the "City of Weirdness"!

Pales Zoroast laughed and said:

"Balance means that everyone will be very restrained. Besides, Amon will most likely not let his real body enter Backlund. At most, he will summon a large number of clones. After all, the darkness cannot do anything, which means that the storm and steam cannot descend from the sky."

"What do you mean? What do you mean there's nothing we can do?" Nader keenly grasped the key point in the old man's words.

Pales Zoroast's tone suddenly became quite leisurely:

"Whether it's because of the war or some other reason, Darknight should be unable to interfere with the affairs on earth at the moment. Otherwise, why would He bring Amon here to create a balance? He could just set a trap and maybe catch Zaratul, or scare the timid 'Fortune Teller' away."

"...Did something happen to the goddess?" Leonard suddenly became nervous.

The slightly old voice replied:

“It’s not necessarily a bad thing, it could be a good thing.”

Without waiting for Leonard to ask again, Pales Zoroast sighed again:

"Amon was attracted to Backlund by me, but what about Zaratul? What about me?"

"Zaratul should be because of you, and you are because I am in Backlund..." Leonard responded thoughtfully.

"Hey, why do you think you are in Backlund?" Palles sneered.

Leonard immediately replied:

"This is the arrangement of the church. It can't be the influence of the law of aggregation of Beyonder characteristics, right?"

“That’s not necessarily true.” Pales said in a slightly more serious tone. “Many times, the Law of Convergence of Beyonder Characteristics does not manifest itself directly in places you can perceive. It is more likely to affect fate. It’s like when you board a train and suddenly find that the scenery somewhere along the way is very beautiful, so you get off the train early and linger in a small city. This may be because there are Beyonders or magical items with similar paths around you.”

“In other words, there is something else in Backlund that attracted you and Zaratul here, and through you, it affected my fate, causing me to be arranged by the church to spend most of my time in Backlund?” Leonard sought confirmation with enlightenment.

Pales Zoroast sighed slowly and said:

“This possibility cannot be ruled out.”

…………

Above the gray fog, Klein quickly turned to a valuable page in the diary:

"On November 21st, because I had done so much preparation in the early stages, I was able to obtain that chaotic and terrifying '0' level seal faster than I thought.

"Then, after a difficult battle, with help, I finally restored it to a pure Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic.

"In a few days, when the ritual preparations are complete, I should be able to advance to Sequence 1, 'Knowledge Emperor' of the 'Secret Peer' pathway."

"November 26th, sunny, light wind.

“The ceremony went smoothly, I digested it thoroughly, the anchor was very solid, and I didn’t encounter many difficulties during the whole process.

"I am already a Sequence 1 Angel, the Emperor of Knowledge. Bernadette no longer needs to worry about the influence of the 'Hidden Sage'. She can continue on this path by following the motto of 'Do whatever you want, but don't harm'!

"At the same time, my Sequence 1 angel rank means that I can resist the gaze and pollution from the starry sky to a great extent. I can go to the red moon and see what is there.

"Whether Mr. Men is lying or not, everything indicates that the Red Moon is the key to the problem. If I want to become a true god, I must find out the reason.

“Three more days of preparation before attempting to land on the moon!

"That's one small step for me, one giant leap for mankind! Haha, that's not what I said."

Seeing this, Klein thought of Roselle's hysterical diary page again, and he increasingly suspected that it was recorded after the great emperor "landed on the moon."

Putting aside the remaining unread diaries, Klein began to use "dream divination" to recall the contents he had read in the past year or so, hoping to use the comparison to find clues to Russell's abnormal mental state in his later years.

Not long after, he saw a few lines of text in his dream. These were theoretically Russell's last diary entry:

"I can't make any specific suggestions because I can't see the Seven Gods clearly, nor can I see the true faces of those evil gods. This may be related to the content of the second 'blasphemous stone tablet' hidden by the ancient organization. Unfortunately, I can only roughly guess that there is a hidden part, and I can't get confirmation."

——In this diary, the emperor also solemnly warned possible "companions" to be careful of the moon.

The dream suddenly shattered, and Klein woke up instantly, with obvious fear in his eyes.

He clearly remembered that Russell had confirmed long before that the second "blasphemous tablet" had hidden parts:

"July 19th, the night of the blood moon.

"Mr. Gate's answer confirmed one thing for me. The second blasphemous slate I saw in that ancient secret organization was not complete!"

This... the emperor forgot? No, how could he forget such an important thing? He seemed to be just a little extreme, nothing serious, why is this happening... Klein couldn't help but mutter to himself, and he had an inexplicable and terrifying feeling:

The Emperor Roselle who wrote the last diary entry, or rather, who wrote that sentence, seemed like a completely different person.

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