No matter what language they speak, can they understand each other? Klein's focus directly skipped the first sentence of Admiral Iceberg Edwina and focused on the second sentence that seemed to have no big problem.
Although this is the book world created by "Groselle's Travels" and everything is possible, the details of certain things can still reveal certain problems!
For Klein, what matters is not whether each other can understand each other, but the method in which the understanding is achieved.
Is this world solidified with rules similar to knowing languages, or is there a consciousness that stands above everyone else and assists in the simultaneous interpretation, just like what I did at the Tarot Club? If it's the former, the target who doesn't understand Giant language will clearly hear a strange language, but can understand the meaning. If it's the latter, they will hear familiar languages... Because he has mastered many ancient or supernatural languages, Klein couldn't make an accurate judgment for a moment. He slowed down his pace, walked side by side with Danitz, and asked in a low voice:
"What language did you hear Groselle speaking just now?"
Danitz was stunned for a second, then he recalled and said:
“It’s a familiar yet strange language, but I can understand the entire meaning.”
The only supernatural language he had fully mastered was Ancient Hermetic, followed by Elvish, and he had only just begun to learn Giant Language.
Well, similar to knowing the rules of a language... understanding on a spiritual level... This shows that the underlying rules of the entire world in the book can be different from those in the outside world, stemming from its own settings, but the changes seem to be limited to a certain limit. This is questionable and needs to be verified. After all, we cannot rule out the possibility that there is a "fool"-like existence who completes the translation through spiritual communication... Edwina is indeed very perceptive and good at observation. The problems she discovered point directly to the essence of the world in this book... While thinking, Klein walked into the dark cave at a moderate pace.
As for the somewhat strange history told by the members of the protagonist team, he was not surprised at all, and was even waiting for the details in this regard to be presented.
Klein had long known that the major churches and the countries of the Northern Continent were intentionally destroying or hiding information and concealing the true history of the Fourth, Third, and even Second Epochs. The content circulating in the outside world was naturally different from what the protagonist team members who had lived through those eras knew.
This is also one of the reasons why Klein took certain risks to enter the world of the book!
In the wide and airy cave, three humanoid creatures were scattered around a campfire that emitted light and heat.
One of them was wearing an extremely simple white robe. He was facing the stone wall with his back to the fire and his eyes closed, praying intently. He was a middle-aged man with wrinkles but not old. He had short brown hair, and his shoulders, arms, calves and feet were all exposed, covered with various old scars.
Next to him was a young man sleeping with his head resting on a stone. He was wearing heavy and tough black full body armor, with a black straight sword flashing with cold light in his hand. His facial features were quite profound, with obvious Rune characteristics.
Sitting opposite these two people was a man in his thirties who was dressed strangely, making people feel uncomfortable. He wore a pointed and hard black hat, and the buttons of his coat were arranged one above the other in a messy way, which was neither symmetrical nor coordinated.
In addition, the toes of his leather boots were pointed high, making him look like a clown in a circus.
The man had a pretty good face, with flaxen hair, dark brown eyes, a high nose bridge and thin lips. Even when he was sitting, he gave people a feeling of arrogance.
Edwina pointed at him and said:
"Viscount Mobet Zoroast of the Solomon Empire, a gentleman who can take away other people's ideals and dreams."
"No need to be so euphemistic. Hello, I am Sequence 5 of the Thief pathway, the Dream Thief." Mobet laughed, not at all as arrogant as his temperament suggested.
A member of the Zoroast family... Leonard has an angel from this family parasitizing in his body, maybe he knows him? Oh, I know what Sequence 5 and Sequence 4 of the "Thief" pathway are called, but I don't know the corresponding Sequence 7 and Sequence 6... Klein calmly thought of many things.
At this time, Anderson had already greeted the other party with a warm smile, and asked in a familiar manner:
"To be honest, this is the first time I've heard of 'Dream Thief'. I only know 'Thief' and 'Swindler', and there are two missing sequences in between."
"Are the Beyonders of this Path already so rare? Didn't Edwina know? Sequence 7, 'Cryptologist', Sequence 6, 'Fire Thief', haha, let me introduce them to you." Mobet pointed enthusiastically at the person praying with his back to the crowd and said, "The devout Snowman Ascetic, he believes in the Lord who created everything, the omniscient and omnipotent God. You don't have to pay attention to him. He is completely closed in his own world of faith, but in battle, he will be a very reliable companion. Hey, Snowman, at least say a word."
Mobet didn't get a response, so he smiled bitterly and touched his chin.
"This is the treatment I often suffer. It may be difficult for you to imagine that when I first came here, I was still a proud, introverted, and cultured nobleman, but a long time has changed everything. Haha, when your companion is a giant who only knows how to giggle and shout slogans..."
When he said this, Groselle, who was sitting on a rock, smiled innocently and raised his hand to scratch the back of his head. In that vertical single eye, there was no cruelty and tyranny as portrayed in various giant legends.
Mobet shook his head and pointed at the ascetic Snowman and said:
“而他几年十几年也许都不会说一句话，夏塔丝则是个非常暴力的女人，只要有一点情绪的波动，就会揍我一顿，哎，我当初有多么地爱慕她，现在就有多么地，额，害怕她，所以，我只能主动地说话，找他们说话，否则我肯定会疯掉！
"Fortunately, Longzel came later. He was quite talkative. Hey, Longzel, wake up! There's a new companion!"
The sleeping black-armored knight slowly woke up and opened his eyes to look at Klein and the others.
Suddenly, amid the sound of metal collision, he stood up and stared at Klein and said:
"A Loenese?"
"Yes." Klein nodded calmly. He found that this former Loen soldier who had been missing for more than 165 years did not look old at all. His black hair was hanging down and his blue eyes were sharp, which made people want to obey him unconsciously.
Longzel was clearly dazed, but he quickly calmed down:
"Do you know the Edward family in Backlund?"
“There are many Edwards in Backlund,” Klein responded simply.
"The Edward family who live at 18 Delahaire Street, Northwest District." Longzel asked anxiously.
Klein shook his head:
“There is no Northwest District now.”
"There is no Northwest District anymore..." Longzel repeated the other party's words in a low voice, his voice gradually becoming smaller.
He was silent for a few seconds, then took a breath and said:
"I don't know how many years have passed outside, but it should have been many years. Edwina told me the specific year, but I don't remember which year I came in... I was asleep most of the time, and it's like time has frozen here."
Mobet Zoroast chuckled when he heard this:
"You're just unlucky. Everything was fine when we traveled through the city and the countryside before."
He looked at Klein, Anderson, and Danitz and said:
"At that time, we lived in a place with humans and intelligent races. We got married again and again, and watched our wives grow old, weak, and die again and again. Before new members joined us, we would forget our purpose and live an ordinary but happy and easy life for decades or hundreds of years. The only bad thing was that we couldn't have our own children.
"Then, Longzel came, and we entered this area covered in ice and snow. We hunted many monsters, but gradually began to fall asleep and rarely woke up, until we met Edwina."
In other words, the time in the book world flows normally, and the progress of the story is maintained by the influence of some force on the protagonist team. Before new members join and the pages of the book turn, they will stay at the previous node and do other things... This is similar to the language translation at the spiritual level...
On the other hand, can we say that the towns and villages in the world of the book are developing normally and realistically? Well, we must find the "King of the North" Yurisan as soon as possible, otherwise as time goes by, we will also be affected by that, sleeping in a daze, or not remembering the main purpose, and staying here for a long time until new members are swallowed into the book and find us... Klein was silent for a few seconds, and just as he was about to speak, Edwina spoke first:
“Don’t worry about it anymore.
"We will soon meet the 'King of the North'."
"Why?" Anderson and Mobet asked at the same time.
Edwina looked around and said:
“Before I came in, there were only a few pages left of the travel notes that were glued together.
"And now that you have come in and found the camp, there are bound to be more pages turned, and the story is about to end."
Mobet nodded imperceptibly, agreeing with Edwina's judgment, while Anderson muttered words like "adhesion" under his breath.
Edwina then introduced Klein, Anderson, and Danitz, and sat down by the fire as if to demonstrate.
Klein took off his hat, held it together with his cane, sat down slowly, and said to the talkative Mobet Zoroast:
"Has he heard of the Tudor Empire, the Trunsoste Empire?"
He did not beat around the bush and asked directly. This was Gehrman Sparrow's character.
"No." Mobet shook his head. "Edwina has already asked me. Haha, in my time, Tudor and Trunsoest were great nobles in the Solomon Empire, just like our Zoroaster family, and they were loyal to the 'Black Emperor'."
It turns out that the Tudor and Trunsoest families are both traitors to the Solomon Empire... Klein thought for a moment and said:
"Besides you, who are the other nobles in the Solomon Empire?"
"Many, many." Mobet smiled and glanced at Longzel. "Augustus, Abraham, Zaratul, and so on. In my time, the mortal enemy of the Church of the God of War was the Church of the God of War, the Eggers family of the southern continent. The Lord of Storms, the Eternal Sun, and the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom were all against each other, hoping to gain the support of the Solomon Empire."
He paused for two seconds, and his expression gradually became solemn:
"Back then, the gods walked on earth, not in the astral realm."
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