160 Böklund Street, Backlund.
Gehrman Sparrow suddenly appeared in the master bedroom, his black windbreaker swaying slightly and his top hat straightened.
Dwayne Dantès, who was lying on the bed, suddenly became blurred and shrank into a palm-sized mirror.
No one should come to visit tonight, and Arrodes didn't cause any trouble... Seeing this scene and the quietness and peace around him, Klein secretly breathed a sigh of relief. His figure grew taller, his temples quickly turned gray, and his blue eyes suddenly became deep, turning back into Dwayne Dantès.
At the same time, on the mirror, water ripples floated, silver light gathered, outlining one word after another:
"Great and supreme master, I did nothing tonight! No, I played the role of Dwayne Dantes who was sleeping.
"Also, there is something that happened, do you want to know?"
Ignoring the first paragraph of the words from Magic Mirror Arrodes asking for praise, Klein's heart skipped a beat. He took off his hat and threw it on the armchair next to him, while responding in a low voice:
"explain."
On the mirror, the original words decomposed and squirmed to form new words:
"A lady was walking down the street and glanced at the house."
What's this? There shouldn't be too many people passing by here every day and appreciating the surrounding environment... Klein was about to speak when he saw the water light floating on the surface of the mirror, reflecting a figure.
To normal people, that figure was considered to be someone dressed strangely. She wore a black psychic robe, and her eyeshadow and blush were blue. She looked gorgeous and strange. It was none other than Daly Simone.
The lady was riding in a carriage along Böklund Street and as she passed number 160 she turned her head and looked out the window for more than three seconds.
Hiss, she not only had an impression of Dwayne Dantès because of his eyes, but also had some information about him? Klein frowned slightly and asked:
"Nothing else?"
"No!" Arrodes answered while highlighting the word on the mirror and sketching a simple picture symbolizing "swearing".
Klein nodded and, ignoring the Magic Mirror's enthusiasm, forcibly sent it away.
After doing all this, Klein took out a candle and prepared to set up the ceremony. He summoned himself and responded to himself. He brought all the spoils obtained this time and the clothes he was wearing to the gray fog. He planned to distinguish Gehrman Sparrow's clothes from Dwayne Dantès to avoid exposing problems in this detail in the future.
Bang!
He snapped his fingers, causing the candle to burst into red flames.
Flame.
Flame...
Klein's gaze froze for a few seconds, then he quickly closed his eyes and turned his back to the candle.
Then, he controlled the "ghost" Senior and moved closer to the desk step by step.
During this process, Senior's body was shaking more and more violently, but he finally forced out his right hand and extinguished the candle.
Let's get some sleep first and talk about it tomorrow... No, the "Tyrant" card is on me and has been activated. Although it is sealed with the "Spiritual Wall", it may not be able to completely isolate its ability to attract and aggregate people on the same path. Maybe it will only weaken the impact and delay the time... I was in Bayam just now, and I was in and out quickly. I didn't dare to stay too long... Klein just calmed down and thought of some problems.
After a few seconds, he took a slow breath, raised his hand again, snapped his fingers, and lit the candle.
Then, he controlled his inner fear, manipulated the "ghost" Senior to take out two other candles, and arranged the sacrificial ceremony - in this way, there was no step to respond to the call and pass through the candlelight to the real world.
When everything was ready, Klein turned around with difficulty, lowered his head "reverently", not daring to look directly at the candlelight, and then recited the honorific name of "The Fool" seriously.
With his perseverance, he finally completed the ritual, almost crying, and sacrificed all the items that needed to be sent above the gray fog.
Huh... Klein exhaled, walked four steps backwards, and came to the silent and mysterious space. He sat in the seat belonging to the "Fool" and picked up the "Tyrant" card first to activate the content inside.
The "Card of Blasphemy" immediately became three-dimensional, like a palm-sized book.
Turning the pages of the book, there is a Russell Gustav on every page. He may be a sailor, or wearing a captain's hat and holding a sextant, or singing with the sea as the background.
Klein was speechless for a while, and felt that this fellow was too narcissistic.
If the "Witch" card still uses his own image, then I will really be convinced... Klein complained in his heart while browsing the relevant content and analyzing the sequence names and material rituals of the entire Storm Path:
"Sequence 9: Sailor... Sequence 8: Angry People... Sequence 7: Navigator... Sequence 6: Wind-loving One... Sequence 5: Ocean Singer... Sequence 4: Disaster Priest... Sequence 3: Sea King... Sequence 2: Natural Disaster... Sequence 1: Thunder God... Sequence 0: Tyrant...
"This ceremony to become a 'tyrant', or 'Storm Lord', is very different from that of the 'Black Emperor'. First, it requires hundreds of thousands of followers who obey and believe in it out of fear. Second, one must challenge a true god alone, or another Sequence 0, and survive. Finally, in that atmosphere of fear and obedience, one must take the potion and complete the promotion.
"This is a bit tricky. A Sequence 1 who has not yet undergone a qualitative change will die seven or eight times out of ten when challenging a Sequence 0 True God... Moreover, what if there are no other Sequence 0s in that era? Then we have to find a way to train one, or switch to a similar path... Of course, the ritual may not be necessary. As long as we are lucky enough, we can drink the potion directly. The 'Sea God' Kalvetuwa is an example. What he took was not a potion, but an unblended Beyonder characteristic...
“The core of this ritual is the courage to challenge the gods, a lot of fear and obedience?
“Well, the Tyrant doesn’t seem to have the Black Emperor’s ability to distort and utilize the rules. He can’t be resurrected from the dead or return from the void, but he seems to have the ability to electro-magnetize and become as fast as light in a short period of time. He might even have the ability to create planetary disasters… The focus of Emperor Roselle’s records is on formulas and rituals. There are too few descriptions of the corresponding extraordinary abilities and divine authority, and they are very vague…”
Klein casually summoned a piece of non-material paper and wrote down the potion formula of "Disaster Priest" with a round-bellied fountain pen. He also annotated a sentence in the voice of "World" Gehrman Sparrow:
"Try not to think about the content of that painting at ordinary times."
This is a reminder to The Hanged Man that in the mysterious realm, one must be cautious and careful about matters involving Sequence 0, even if it goes against common sense.
--Just because there was nothing wrong with seeing and discussing that painting on that primitive island doesn't mean it will be safe in the outside world. If you think about it often, you might be "unlucky" enough one day and get struck by lightning during a thunderstorm, or you might encounter a problem that you can't solve and a blood vessel in your brain might burst, or you might get heatstroke from the sun and die due to untimely rescue.
"The ritual of 'Disaster Priest' is very dangerous. It can cause earthquakes and tsunamis. The promoted must take potions in such an environment and hold on until the end..." Klein folded the paper, put it aside, and put away the "Tyrant" card.
After using divination to identify the three Beyonder traits he had gained as belonging to the Black Emperor Path’s Sequence 5 “Chaos Mentor”, the Storm Path’s Sequence 5 “Ocean Singer”, and the Cultivator Path’s Sequence 5 “Druid”, Klein finally had time to recall the events of this exploration and ponder the information contained therein:
"'Eternal Blazing Sun' is obviously from the 'Sun' path, and the Silver City Creator is also known as the Ancient Sun God. This can be concluded from some historical records left over from the Fourth Epoch and the murals of the elves... According to the conservation law of Sequence 0 and Sequence 1, the 'Pure White Angel' at that time should not be the Angel King. But if he is not the Angel King, he has no right to participate in the feast of the Silver City Creator. This is not only due to external factors, but also includes his own problems - jumping directly from Sequence 2 to Sequence 0 will most likely go out of control!
"Either the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' changed his path to becoming a god, or the main authority of the Silver City Creator was not the 'Sun'. After defeating the Ancient God, he distributed this part of the authority to the angels around him, making him the King of Angels. Therefore, the murals of the elves and the title passed down in later generations only indicate that he once held the authority of the 'Sun', but not always.
"There is another possibility. After taking back the authority of the Ancient God, the Creator has the ability to allow Sequence 2 of the same path to be promoted to Sequence 1..."
Klein's thoughts quickly turned to who built the church and who left the mural. Because the various situations were mixed and difficult to sort out, he simply materialized a piece of parchment and wrote down the key points to find the connection:
"That original island was discovered by Qilingos and Mr. Hanged Man...
"Qilingos accepted a mission from the Twilight Hermits to go to Backlund to assassinate Duke Negan for a valuable item, but died at the hands of Mr. Azik...
"Qilingos told Mr. The Hanged Man that deep inside the ruins of the church, there is a precious item that is as valuable as the Roselle Tarot Cards, but one must be at the level of Sequence 5 to obtain it...
"He later obtained 'Creeping Hunger' and became a pirate general. His strength is equivalent to that of a powerful sequence 5...
"The 'Tyrant' card is still in the burial hall under the church...
"Qilingos didn't make any further attempts? Or did his attempts fail?
"That church was built to worship the existence of the Ancient Sun God. The murals inside record the dark history of the righteous gods before the Great Cataclysm, and their stance is clearly biased towards the Ancient Sun God...
"The Dusk Hermits were suspected to be founded by the Son of God Adam, with the goal of resurrecting the ancient sun god, the creator of the City of Silver...
"The original island suddenly disappeared, as if it had never existed...
"Adam is an angel of fantasy... Among the core members of the Twilight Hermits, there is at least one angel of the spectator path, Hermes...
"The Dusk Hermits tend to let their members choose the 'Sailor', 'Reader', and 'Sun' paths. They are likely to have high-sequence materials and items from the Storm Realm... There may be angels from the Storm Realm in the guild..."
Klein put down his pen and looked at the contents listed on the paper, slowly forming a guess.