Three thousand seven hundred and twenty-two years... As expected, he was sent here when the ancient sun god was still alive... Klein had the Silver City holding out in the darkness for more than two thousand years as a reference, and he could easily verify the words of Moon City High Priest Nim.
He nodded slightly and asked:
"Are you guarding this fog to prevent it from mutating?"
The High Priest of Moon City, Nim, who was wrapped in dark brown animal skin, shook his head:
"The oracle the Lord gave us was to keep watch every day to see if anyone came out of the mist."
Walking out of the fog... Did the ancient sun god foresee that a person would walk out of the fog? If the fog, or the other side of the fog, is really the "Western Continent", does this mean that there may be life and civilization in it? Klein felt an indescribable throbbing in his heart when he heard it, but he also deeply realized a fact:
Amon's father, the second generation creator, was unable to clear the gray fog and had to send people here to guard it!
Is there a specific way to pass through this invisible barrier? Well, Mr. Hanged Man mentioned that Queen of Calamity Cosinamu said that a spell or password might be needed. Also, the premise is that the Western Continent has reappeared... Klein looked at the Moon City High Priest with obvious wrinkles on his face and said calmly:
"I think they have introduced me to you. I am a missionary who came to this land to spread the light of the Lord."
Moon City High Priest Nim remained calm. He looked at Klein with gray eyes the same color as his long hair and said:
"Sir, which Lord do you believe in?"
Klein instinctively wanted to answer directly, but considering his previously assumed identity as a "missionary", he endured the shame and used his "clown" ability to control the muscles on his face. He said with a slightly fanatical expression:
"Please allow me to introduce you to my Lord, the savior of this land, the great Mr. Fool..."
"Fool"... Moon City High Priest Nim, A'dar and others did not expect to hear such a word. For a moment they thought it was strange, and at another moment they inexplicably felt that it seemed to contain infinite philosophy.
In the end, their attention was focused on that description:
"The savior of this land."
Nim couldn't help but turn his head to glance at A'dal and the others, sizing up their glowing faces.
As a Sequence 4 demigod, he was well aware that this was a sign that the toxins and pollution accumulated in the body had been purified. Furthermore, the members of the hunting team had received very good treatment. If he had not watched these young people grow up and remembered what they looked like before they were mutated, he would certainly not have dared to confirm that these were the residents of Moon City.
Seeing the high priest looking at him, A'dar immediately said with a little excitement:
"Lord Sparrow prayed for the blessing of the gods and saved us."
"Yes, we saw the light! We felt the warmth!" Xin, who had no nose, added.
After the baptism just now, she had unknowingly developed a certain faith in the Lord that Gehrman Sparrow spoke of.
Compared to the Creator who never responds to prayers and is indifferent to the suffering of Moon City, this being is more like a god!
Russ and another member of the hunting team who returned to Moon City to inform the high priest looked at their former companions greedily, feeling both envious and yearning for their new life.
High Priest Nim retracted his gaze and looked back at Gehrman Sparrow, who was wearing strange clothes and a strange hat. He said:
"The great Mr. Fool is a god from outside this world, no, from outside this cursed land?"
Klein nodded slowly and solemnly:
"Yes."
"Then...what about the great sun god, the creator of everything?" Nim hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question that he most wanted to know.
Klein changed his tone and said:
"The kings betrayed that being, and blood, anger, filth, and shadow began to flow across the land, ushering in a great disaster."
Nim's pupils dilated slightly, as if to absorb more light in order to see the world clearly.
He asked with difficulty, trying to suppress something:
"You mean, the Lord fell because of this?"
"Not only did they fall, but their flesh and blood were also eaten by the betrayers. This land is cursed because of this." Klein said this boldly, relying on the fact that he was in the God-forsaken Land.
He did not deliberately distinguish between the Amon brothers and the other six Angel Kings, intending to make the residents of Moon City believe that all Angel Kings were traitors, so that they would not be deceived by Amon in the future.
The journey and various experiments over the past six months have convinced Klein that the God-Forsaken Land is truly sealed, or in other words, it is isolated from the outside world in every way. The only connection points are either the exit of the "Giant King's Court" or things at the level of Sefirah Castle. Therefore, when Klein uses the "Star Staff" here, he can only transfer internally and cannot reach the outside world scene outlined in his mind.
In addition, even the historical pore images of the "Box of the Old Days" were suppressed and isolated. As soon as Klein successfully summoned it, the projection was immediately swallowed up by the environment and could not be used at all.
This made him suspect that the third level of the "Box of the Old Ones" was dangerous even to the true God and the "True Creator".
After hearing Gehrman Sparrow's words, Moon City High Priest Nim's body shook slightly, and his wrinkled face instantly turned pale.
The faces of the extraordinary people behind him also changed, as if they had suffered a very serious blow, and some even showed signs of losing control.
Seeing this, Klein reached out again and dragged out the "Staff of Life" from the void, letting it fly out under the propulsion of the air and accurately touch the target.
The signs of the Extraordinary being losing control disappeared immediately, and sweat dripped from his forehead, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.
As Klein lifted the maintenance of the historical projection, the "Staff of Life" faded rapidly, and the Beyonders of Moon City finally broke free from the "bad news" just now. Some were full of doubt and unwilling to believe it, some cried softly, and some cast confused eyes on Gehrman Sparrow, as if this was their last hope.
High Priest Nim had closed his eyes at some point. After two or three seconds, he opened them again and looked at Gehrman Sparrow and said:
"Do you have any other questions?"
In less than a minute, he seemed to have aged ten or twenty years, and his body exuded a sense of decay and decadence, but he was not completely hopeless. It was like a rotten tree that began to give birth to new hope and new life.
Klein half-turned around and pointed at the solidified gray fog with the lantern in his hand:
"When did you start trying to open this barrier? What did you gain?"
High Priest Nim said frankly:
“It was originally an oracle from the Lord, who told us to try to find a way through this fog while we were on guard.
"After the earth was cursed, we took this as our main direction in order to find hope, but we never gained anything substantial. No matter what method we used, this piece of solidified fog did not respond..."
At this point, Nim hesitated and said:
“It’s not that there’s no reaction at all, but it’s not the reaction we want.”
Klein saw hope and spoke at a normal speed, asking:
"What's the reaction?"
Seeing that the high priest hesitated and did not answer immediately, Xin took the initiative to say:
"High Priest, Master Sparrow has just separated some of the mist, and has gone deeper than we have done in the past two or three thousand years!"
Nim couldn't help but stare deeply at Gehrman Sparrow again, and then said:
“More than 1,730 years ago, the high priest at that time had an inspiration when faced with the cruel fact that Moon City had been trying for nearly 2,000 years without any results.
“He felt that he couldn’t simply treat this fog as a barrier that needed to be opened or a seal that needed to be broken, but rather as a great existence.
"He designed a name, prayers and corresponding symbols for this piece of fog, and held ceremonies here again and again, trying to communicate and pray."
...This is really an idea that normal people would never think of... I just didn't think of it... As expected, after so many years, Moon City must have produced many people with peculiar thinking... More than three thousand years of time are not given in vain... Klein felt a sense of emotion in his heart and nodded slightly:
“And was there any feedback afterwards?”
Nim replied in the affirmative with a nasal voice, and then said:
"Once, the high priest changed the first sentence of the honorific name to 'Eternal Mist...' Then, during the following ceremony, he vaguely heard a series of sounds coming from the depths of the mist at the end. Unfortunately, he couldn't hear them clearly and couldn't try to interpret the specific meaning.
"From then until now, we have held countless ceremonies, and we have found that not every time there is a response, and even if there is a response, it may not be so timely, so we need to wait patiently."
Klein's mind raced as he asked, "What's the matter?"
“How many times will it take to succeed?”
"There is no pattern. Sometimes we succeed in one try, but sometimes we may not get any feedback even after a month." High Priest Nim sighed, "We have made many improvements, but none of them worked."
“Did you hear clearly what those voices said later?” Klein asked.
"No, maybe our sequence is not high enough, and our strength is not strong enough." Nim shook his head.
If that's the reason, then I can give it a try... Klein pondered for a few seconds and asked politely:
"Can you perform the proper ritual again? I want to hear those voices."
Such courtesy made Nim unable to refuse, and dared not refuse.
He hesitated for a moment and said:
"Yes, but many materials are in Yuecheng, so you will have to wait for a while."
Klein thought for a moment and asked:
"Have you ever used those materials?"
"Yes." Nim asked, a little confused.
Klein nodded indifferently:
"Then go ahead and tell me when and where you last used those materials."
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