Loen Kingdom, Backlund.
Fors, who was still sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up from her dream and subconsciously looked out the window.
She had similar experiences before. Before becoming a member of the Tarot Club, she had woken up in the middle of the night several times because of the full moon curse. But today, she did not feel the familiar pain, but only felt some inexplicable throbbing in her heart.
Because the window was blocked by curtains, Fors could not tell what time it was from the faint light. She subconsciously got up from the bed, walked to the window, and quickly pulled open the two layers of curtains, one made of cloth and one made of gauze.
The sunlight that penetrated the thin mist shone into the room, dispelling the accumulated darkness. Fors stood at the window, looking up at the sky, with obvious confusion on his face:
The sun has risen and the red moon has long since set, so why do I still have the same feeling as before the full moon curse came?
Moreover, there are still many days until the full moon!
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The Republic of Intis, with its capital in Trier.
Early astronomers, mystic enthusiasts, and extraordinary people hidden among ordinary people all turned their eyes to the sky.
The night clouds dissipated, and the huge and bright moon completely blocked out the light of the stars.
The color of the moon was no longer the usual crimson, but pure white and unusually bright.
All the witnesses were stunned. This was a moon they had never seen before.
Neither normal textbooks of human society nor books related to mysticism have ever recorded such phenomena!
Apart from the common crescent moon, full moon, and the occasional "blood moon", the moon has never undergone such changes, at least not in the past 1,300 years since the Fifth Epoch!
At this moment, the witnesses realized that in addition to crimson and blood red, the moon had other colors.
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The God-forsaken land, the City of Silver.
As it was afternoon and lightning was very frequent, Derrick and the others noticed the anomaly in the sky.
The lightning and darkness that they were used to and familiar with completely disappeared in just a few seconds, without any residue. The blood-red circular light that occupied half of the sky was so obvious and so huge that it illuminated everything with incredible clarity.
The more agile residents of Silver City immediately thought of the description of the moon and the corresponding pictures in the general education textbooks, and some shocking and confusing thoughts flashed through their minds:
"Is this the moon?"
"Scarlet Moon?"
"We actually saw the red moon..."
Soon, the red moon in front of them gradually lost its blood color, revealing its bright and cold figure.
The residents of Silver City became increasingly confused, not knowing what exactly had happened.
Derrick Berg, who had heard about the outside world from Mr. Hanged Man, Miss Justice and other Tarot Club members, was even more stunned and surprised than them, because this was a natural phenomenon that did not exist outside the God-Forsaken Land.
After a few seconds, the moon disappeared, and deep darkness once again engulfed everything, with frequent lightning becoming the main source of light.
"What just happened?"
"Did you see that red?"
"The moon! That's the moon!"
"That's Crimson Moon!"
"Is this a sign that we are about to get out of our current situation?"
"Will our second exploration of the Giant King's Court go smoothly and open the door to the outside world?"
In confusion and bewilderment, most of the residents of Silver City subconsciously regarded this phenomenon as a good thing, as a good omen in mysticism. Only Chief Colin Iliad, Elder Lovia of the Six-member Council, and others had solemn expressions and frowns.
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Above the gray fog, inside the ancient palace.
After roughly figuring out Amon's fraudulent methods, Klein instinctively turned his attention back to the "secret" of this harvest.
He had some guesses about the content, but when he actually uncovered it, he found it was more terrifying, more exaggerated, and more despairing than he had imagined:
"The fact that I was able to successfully get the Starry Sky to look at me means that the secrets Amon revealed are at least mostly true...
"There really is another level above Sequence 0. This should be the level of the Ancient Sun God. However, His condition doesn't seem right. He was stabbed in the back and fell and decomposed.
"...According to Amon, using 'Creator' to describe this level is not accurate enough. He named it 'Above the Sequence'...There are also beings who use 'Beyond the Sequence' to describe that level, indicating that it has escaped the limitations of the extraordinary path?
"...The gods call this level 'the Old Ones', 'Outer Gods', 'Starry Sky'... From this we can see two things. First, in the vast universe outside this world, in the boundless starry sky, there are 'the Old Ones', 'Outer Gods', that is, the existence of the 'Creator' level, for example, the one who embraces the moon...
"...The brown and orange stars seem to be the original planets. They have changed, so that Emperor Roselle cannot recognize them... Is this because there are 'Old Ones' or 'Outer Gods' living on them, watching our world?
"...The 'old days' in the 'Box of the Old Days' come from the changes caused by the pollution of the 'starry sky'...
"...Well, there is probably more than one 'Old One' or 'Outer God'...Why are they all around this planet? What are they spying on?
"…They didn't invade directly because there was a force temporarily isolating the inside and the outside?
“…This comes from the Seven?
"... Considering the prophecy of the coming of the end of the world in 1368, the Seven Gods may not have played the most critical role. They have not yet transcended the sequence... When the real barrier disappears in 1368, the 'Old Ones' or 'Outer Gods' will no longer be blocked, and then the end of the world will come?"
Thinking of this, some questions that had accumulated in the past suddenly flashed through Klein's mind:
Why would the "Goddess of Night" risk provoking a war between gods to seize the "uniqueness" of the path to "Death"?
Why would the Seven Gods acquiesce to the emergence of a "Dark Emperor"?
Why did Adam, Amon and other angel kings step out from behind the scenes and onto the stage in the current era after being silent for who knows how many years?
Why did the relics of the ancient gods of the Second Age appear one after another?
Why was there only one “traveler” sent down from “Source Castle” in the first four eras, but there were already two in the fifth era, which was only a thousand years old?
Phew, no matter whether they are good or bad, they are working hard to improve themselves and welcome the end of the world... The goddess, who is so good at planning, chose such a risky method. Is she preparing to surpass the sequence and become the "Old One"? There are only a dozen years left, and time waits for no one... She secretly supports me with similar expectations? Adam could have solved me directly at least twice but he didn't do it. In addition to the fact that I don't have much hatred with Her, this is also a factor? Klein tapped the edge of the mottled long table and whispered to himself:
"The key to becoming an 'Old One' or an 'Outer God' is one of the nine essences?"
Looking around the empty Sefirah Castle, Klein sighed and said to himself:
"I need to look at the second 'blasphemous slate' to know the specific situation. Unfortunately, I don't know when I will have the chance..."
He immediately turned his attention to other things:
I wonder if the ancient sun god has completely transcended the sequence... If a native "Old One" is really born, when the end of the world comes, humans will at least have a little hope... His fall is more complicated than I imagined...
No wonder Emperor Roselle said that he needed Sequence 0 to save himself and protect the people he cared about...
I wonder if those “Old Ones” or “Outer Gods” have infiltrated in?
Well, judging from the fact that the seven righteous gods and the evil gods such as the "True Creator" are hostile to the "Original Moon" and the "Mother Tree of Desire", their true identities may be the "Old Ones" or the "Outer Gods"...
No wonder the Mother Tree of Desire could directly mislead me in my divination above the gray fog. It is the most dangerous existence I know!
I understand what those "Old Ones" and "Outer Gods" want by gathering around this world...
They probably want to obtain the nine "sources", and destroying the world is just a by-product...
Thinking of this, Klein suddenly remembered what the Mother Tree of Desire said through Cynthia:
"General, I want to have a child with you."
Klein couldn't help but shudder and began to seriously think about his safety after returning to the real world.
He already had a certain understanding of the "starry sky". As long as he subconsciously had the corresponding thought, he would establish a direct connection with those "Old Days" and "Outer Gods" and be tragically eroded!
If Sefirah Castle hadn't cut off the previous connection, I wouldn't have dared to return to reality... Klein thought about it and decided to ask his psychiatrist, Miss Justice, to help hypnotize him and seal the relevant information deep in his subconscious until he saw the set prompt to remember it.
He originally wanted to directly summon the projection of "Justice" in the historical pores to do this, but considering that this is a delicate job, if the manipulator does not have a deep understanding of the spiritual realm, there is a high probability of some mistakes. Once there are mistakes, the eyes of the "Old Days" and "Outer Gods" will be cast over.
Phew, remember to let Miss Justice hypnotize me to forget this matter... Klein considered it for a while, then turned the corresponding request into a stream of light and cast it into the crimson star representing "justice."
Not long after, Audrey, who had just finished breakfast and had not yet left home, arrived above the gray fog.
The long bronze table had disappeared, and now there was a desk and two chairs in the ancient palace.
"Mr. World, what do you want to forget this time?" Audrey looked at Gehrman Sparrow who was sitting opposite her and asked the most crucial question.
Klein rubbed his forehead and repeated the secrets of "Starry Sky", "Old Days", "Outer Gods" and so on in a low voice.
Hearing this, "Justice" Audrey's eyes widened little by little, and she felt as if she was invaded by an evil god.
After Klein finished speaking, she was silent for several seconds, and then said in the same low voice, a little confused:
“Is this the truth about the end of the world?
"Even the Seven Gods can't save us?"
Without waiting for Klein to respond, Audrey smiled self-deprecatingly:
“I thought everything I did recently was meaningful….
"I thought the worst news I could think of was that Loen would be defeated and the church would be destroyed...
"But compared to the secret you told me, all of this is so insignificant."