After sailing around the primitive island three times, the "Dawn" finally headed towards the distant place shrouded by the storm.
Bernadette slowly withdrew her gaze and set her eyes on the "Sage's Forehead Ornament" floating in the air.
As a "master prophet", she clearly saw the opportunity for promotion and understood that she had completed the corresponding ritual and prevented a disaster involving high-level forces.
But the price he paid was that he sealed his own father with his own hands, a father he had missed and searched for for more than a hundred years.
"This is such a wonderful irony..." Bernadette looked at the vertical eye inlaid with diamonds and sighed inaudibly.
After leaving Intis, she had two main wishes. One was to investigate the truth of those things to see if she had misunderstood her father. The other was to follow the footsteps left by her father to see what he had experienced and whether there was any possibility of resurrection.
Bernadette had fulfilled her first wish. The truth was that she had indeed misunderstood her father. This made her less painful and entangled, and her resentment towards her father was completely eliminated, but she also felt a lot more guilty.
With such guilt and long-standing longing, she tried hard to realize her second wish, but the final result was quite unpleasant.
If there had been no hope, she might not have had such a strong emotional reaction, but she clearly saw the light and saw her father, but she had to put him back to sleep with her own hands.
After a long silence, Bernadette's slightly unfocused eyes became clear again.
She no longer hesitated, blamed herself, or had any negative emotions. She raised her right hand firmly and wrote out ancient words one after another in the air, summoning the spiritual creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of wind, and took back some auxiliary materials for the "Sage" potion from it.
As for the rest, since they do not require special preservation, they are kept in the collection room of Dawn.
Not long after, Bernadette used the Pale Death to shatter the Sage's Headpiece and prepared the potion that would allow her to advance to Sequence 2.
After taking a look at the "Sage" potion that was bubbling with bubbles, each of which contained a transparent eye, Bernadette raised her right hand with a firm expression and brought the glass bottle to her mouth.
She knew that what was needed at this time was not sadness or affectation, but a firm heart and the will to move forward, because in order to help her father, Emperor Roselle, get rid of the pollution and completely revive, she needed a higher sequence and stronger strength.
For this reason, she was willing to bury the pain deep in her heart, not letting it affect her mental state, and only dig it out and savor it alone at night when no one was around.
As the "Sage" potion took effect, Bernadette's body became illusory at a speed visible to the naked eye.
She broke down into vast streams of knowledge, transforming into a torrent of information.
The entire "Dawn", as well as the surrounding strong winds, heavy rains, lightning, sea water and waves, all lost their sense of reality, as if they were restored to the most basic and authentic information.
For most Sequence 3 "Peepers" of the Path, this state is extremely dangerous. If one's will is not strong enough, one's luck is not good enough, and one's preparation is not sufficient, the torrent of knowledge that one has transformed into will be infiltrated, washed away, and assimilated by all kinds of external information within a few seconds, causing one to quickly lose consciousness and no longer be able to reassemble a body, becoming a very strange and difficult-to-deal-with monster in the occult:
Knowledge fairy!
This is also called "information biology".
Bernadette relied on the "Sage's Forehead Ornament" to transform into a torrent of information many times. Although each time was limited to two or three seconds and could not last too long, she had some experience. At this moment, she tried her best to maintain her own consciousness and established some connection with the spiritual information that prevented a high-level disaster from happening.
Those information bore her distinct imprint and involved very high levels, appearing unusually "solid" and would not be dispersed by other information in a short period of time. They helped her to initially stabilize her own consciousness and gradually gather the diffuse and fading torrent of information.
During this process, Klein, who was above the gray fog, tapped the edge of the mottled long table with the help of a specially marked prayer light spot, and used the "miracle worker"'s ability to change the probability of certain things and certain behaviors to a certain extent, thus granting Bernadette a certain amount of good luck.
As time passed, Bernadette was on the verge of losing consciousness several times, but she finally pulled herself together, gathered all her information, and began to reorganize her body.
At this moment, she could gradually feel the concern of "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya, and felt the daily prayers of the members of "Elemental Dawn" and her own crew and sailors.
This made her condition more stable, allowing her to fight against the ancient will that was gradually emerging in her body.
At this moment, a stream of secret information came from nowhere, taking advantage of Bernadette's opportunity to reorganize her body and trying to merge with her.
This is interference from the "Hidden Sage"!
As a kind of incarnation of the knowledge and information of this world, and as a Sequence 0 of the "Secret Peeper" path, the "Hidden Sage" can exert a certain influence on those with lower sequences than himself on the same path.
Without giving Bernadette the chance to use the pale mask, the "curtain" Klein was wearing gently lifted up.
Around Bernadette, time and space suddenly distorted, making the area where she was completely isolated from the outside world, and even information could not be exchanged.
Seizing this sudden peace, Bernadette completely reorganized her body, and with the help of her anchor, she initially balanced the terrifying will that was generated in her body.
At this moment, she truly became “Him”, a Sequence 2 angel of the “Mysterious Peeper” path, and a great figure who could be honored as a “hidden existence” in the mysterious world.
Then, she saw the distorted time and space around her return to normal, and saw streams of secret information rushing towards her.
She then stretched out her right hand, easily grasped the information, and extracted the useful knowledge contained therein.
Just as Bernadette was about to return to reality from the spirit world, an orange light suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.
The light instantly condensed into a fat old man with a short white beard.
The old man smiled and said:
"Ma'am, I am Hilarion the Orange Light."
"Orange Light"... Bernadette was confused, not understanding why "Orange Light" Hilarion appeared in front of her - the two sides had not had much interaction before.
As the leader of the "Dawn of Elements" and a former "mystic", she is no stranger to the seven lights of the spiritual world. She has even mastered the ritual of praying to the seven lights and obtaining corresponding guidance. She knows that the seven pure lights are some kind of symbol of the spiritual world, containing endless knowledge in different fields, and her status has definitely reached the level of angels.
"Orange Light" Hilarion smiled and added:
"A great being asked me to tell you about the knowledge of the Old Ones, the Outer Gods, and the stars, so that you can have a more accurate grasp of the state of this world and the corresponding pollution."
"Who is that person?" Bernadette asked doubtfully and cautiously.
She had a vague idea of the answer, but still found it hard to believe. After all, the Seven Lights of the Spirit World were also important figures in the mysterious world. Even for the True Gods of Sequence 0, it was not so easy to command them.
"Orange Light" Hilarion replied with a smile:
"The great master above the spiritual world."
The great ruler of the spiritual world... Bernadette repeated this honorable name, her thoughts flooding in her mind.
Hilarion glanced at her, smiled and said:
“He has another honorific title:
"Mr. Fool."
…………
In a certain sea area, on the "Future" sailing in a safe channel.
Cattleya suddenly woke up from her dream, her forehead covered with cold sweat.
In her dream just now, she saw the queen falling down covered in blood, her chest and abdomen torn open, and a baby-like monster crawling out.
As a "mystic", promoted with a drop of blood from the "Snake of Fate", Cattleya believed that her dreams would not be without reason and must foreshadow something.
And it was obvious that what she had just had was not a good dream.
Unable to settle her mind, Cattleya sat up, put on her cloak, and tried to pray to Mr. Fool, hoping that this great being could give her some hints or protect the queen.
Soon, a scene appeared before her eyes:
The "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette walked out of the spiritual world and returned to the "Dawn", leading the ship gradually away from the vaguely visible nameless island.
Cattleya heaved a sigh of relief and sincerely thanked Mr. Fool.
After praying, she was in a very happy mood. She opened the window of the captain's room, allowing the starlight to condense into a long bridge and fall onto the deck.
She then put on her heavier glasses, walked along the bridge of bright stars, stepped onto the deck, and strolled leisurely in the quiet atmosphere of the night.
When they reached the bow, Cattleya saw Frank Lee fiddling with some bottles and jars.
"You, what are you doing?" Cattleya frowned unconsciously.
Frank raised his head and said with a bright smile:
"My previous idea encountered a setback and cannot be carried out for the time being. I asked Nina to get me some soil from the bottom of the sea to study the microorganisms contained in it."
At this point, Frank said with longing:
"Next time I take a vacation, I want to go to the deep North Sea or the polar ice world. There, under the thick ice, there may be ancient microorganisms from the Quaternary, Tertiary, or even Secondary and First Periods, which will allow me to gain a lot."
You won’t have a vacation for a while…Cattleya said silently in her heart.
…………
Klein materialized a box and placed the four "Cards of Blasphemy" inside. After sealing them layer by layer, he immediately returned to the real world and headed straight for the nearest Church of Night.
He planned to inform the "Goddess of Night" of the hidden dangers of the "Blasphemy Card" in the form of prayer, reminding her to pay attention to related issues and not let "Mother Goddess of the Earth" Lilith get the "Mother" card or the "Moon" card.