Chapter 127: The Book of Virtues
The word "Priest" originally meant "the Emperor's attendant" in the ancient Phosak language, so Abner was not surprised that Devne's family was related to the "Night Emperor", and only bowed his head slightly, motioning for her to continue.
"We, Priest, are in charge of the potion recipes of the 'Fortune Teller' pathway Sequences 9 to 4, although they are not comparable to the status of the Blood Clan and the Four Angel Families in the Empire, but we are the most loyal subordinates of His Majesty the 'Night Emperor', the eyes in the dark, and the blades in the night......"
To put it simply, it's just doing the dirty work of intelligence, right? In terms of ability, the extraordinary people of the Gou Three Family are indeed suitable for doing these things. Abner complained silently and took a sip of his coffee.
"Your Majesty once canonized seven knights with the blessing of his own 'authority'...... Each of these seven knights represents a virtue, and as long as they uphold their own 'virtue', they will be blessed with His Majesty's 'authority' when fighting. And if it is violated, it will be counterattacked.
"The seven knights were 'Augustus the Faithful,' 'Einhorn the Forgiving,' Sauron the Gentle,' the Diligent Castile,' 'Audra the Generous,' Molica the Temperate,' and my ancestor, 'Priest the Humble,' and 'Priest the Humble Priest......
"And the seals used to canonize these seven knights are the 'Book of Virtues' I mentioned earlier."
Speaking of this, there was inevitably a hint of pride in Daphne's tone.
After all, her ancestors were alongside Augustus and other families with angels.
"Knights of the Seven Virtues"? Well, since the ancestors of the Devonne family can be juxtaposed, it means that these seven knights should all be only at the 'Sage' level......
Is this the "welfare" given by the "Night Emperor" to the family loyal to him? Or will they control these families?
However, the "Night Emperor" canonized by your "virtue" seems a little funny now......
"Loyal Augustus"? Loyal to the point that after your death, the Augustus family directly took possession of Beckland, and also destroyed the Trenthorst family, robbing a copy of the "Hand of Order" trait.
How did the "forgiving Einhorn" and "Sauron the Gentle" ...... the extraordinaires of the "Hunter" family relate to the words "tolerant" and "mild"?
"Diligent Castia" ...... I don't know much about this, but the only two members of the Castile family I know are Miss Lazy and my previous life Giuseppe Castia...... It's okay to be all "salted fish", and it's completely unrelated to "diligence".
"Kang Odella", I remember that in the original book, there was a marquis of the blood clan named "Nibes Odera", could it be him? If it was really him, then this person was actually very stingy...... Using Emlyn to reach out to the "Fool", but the reward offered is completely uncommensurate with the risk Emlyn faces...... Even when money is given later, it is given to the acceptance bill!
"Molica the Temperance" ...... I had seen it in Russell's diary before that the Night Emperor's subordinates had the "succubus" family among the three major families of "witches", and because of this, the blood clan was dissatisfied...... And after I looked through the information and found out the results, "Monica" is likely to be the surname of the "witch" family.
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If it really is...... Let the "witch" be "temperate"? Did the Night Emperor do this on purpose, or was he forced to be canonized by the pressure of his wife's clan?
After a few remarks, Abner put down his knife and fork, motioned for Devany to pause, and asked thoughtfully, "Can you tell us about the specific purpose of the 'Book of Virtues'?" ”
"No problem." Devany nodded and introduced without reservation, "The 'Book of Virtues' can be regarded as a '0' level seal during the lifetime of His Majesty the 'Night Emperor', which can give knights who follow virtues the authority of 'balance', and briefly raise the Sage-level knights to the same level as angels to maintain 'balance'.
"At the same time, since the main body is a mixture of the traits of 'Chaos Hunter', 'Whisperer' and 'Mystic', it can create a 'trial' space.
"Knights who want to obtain the 'canonization' will be pulled into this space to test each other's 'virtues'.
"In the trial, you can use your words or abilities to provoke the emotions and desires of other trialists, but you can't launch any attacks that cause substantial harm to yourself or others, otherwise you will be 'punished' by the space.
"And once the trialist has 'sin' in his heart, he will give different degrees of 'punishment' depending on the size of the 'sin'.
"In the era of His Majesty the 'Night Emperor', there is still an upper limit to 'punishment', and there will be no death...... But now, it is possible to die directly in the 'test of virtue'...... For example, I was ...... before."
As she spoke, Daphne's face turned red, she didn't use the "Joker" ability to control it, because in front of the oracle, she had to keep her truest self.
I see, I'll just say how you pulled out three high-order witches, but just let them undress...... It seems that my judgment at the time was correct, and if you attack, you will be punished, no wonder you only carry out "charm".
Abner asked thoughtfully, "You said that the Book of Virtues can bestow the authority of 'balance' on knights while the Night Emperor is alive...... That is, not now? Even if you pass the 'test of virtue' and become a 'knight' canonized by this book, there is no corresponding authority blessing? ”
Daphne nodded and said, "Yes, the only benefit of the knights who are canonized now is that they can instantly hide in the 'trial space' wherever they are in danger......
"But since the person who is now in charge of this book is not His Majesty, no demigod is willing to entrust himself to me...... What's more, maintaining 'virtue' is not an easy task.
"I'm using it more now as a covert means of dealing with the enemy."
Even so, it's a pretty good seal...... With a sigh of emotion in his heart, Abner casually asked, "Does it have any side effects?" ”
"The side effect is that every time before the 'unsealing' is used, it will be pulled into the space and forced to try, if you can't get the favor of any of the seven 'virtues', you are likely to die and become a source of power for virtue or corresponding to great sins." Daphne sighed.
"And what kind of virtue have you been given?" Abner asked curiously.
Devany straightened her chest and replied in a raised tone, "It's the virtue of humility!" I'm still 'Humble Priest comes.'"
After saying that, she added with some embarrassment: "Because after the death of the ancestor, the soul returns to the 'Book of Virtues', which is one of the 'standards' of the virtue of 'humility', so it is much easier for me to obtain the title of this knight than others." ”
Girl, I don't see where your "humility" is, your ancestors are "releasing the sea" for you, right?
Abner complained and then looked at Daphne, feeling that this girl who was at least 300 years old was not as "cunning and cunning" as the other "Gou Sanjia", perhaps because she had been messing with this "Book of Virtues" for a long time......
As his thoughts turned, Abner picked up his coffee cup again and said with a smile, "You can continue with the previous topic." ”
Where did I go? Devany was stunned for a second, and then relied on her "spiritual intuition" to recall where the words were, and reorganized the language:
"After His Highness Ornia fell inexplicably, and the 'Primordial Witch' colluded with traitors to the Empire to attack Her Highness Monica and take away her characteristics as the Witch of Doom, His Majesty the 'Night Emperor' seemed to have a premonition that his fall was inevitable.
"So His Majesty used the corpse of Her Highness Monica and the characteristics of a Sequence 2 'Calamity Witch' that she left behind to build a ship to shelter his people, the 'Ghost Empire'.
"But sadly, no one ended up on board the ship carrying the last legacy of Trenthorst......
"And after the fall of the Trenthorst Empire, my family merged into the 'Esoteric Society' formed by the Zarathu family."
The witches of the "Succubus" family can still retain the characteristics of the "Witch of Calamity" after losing the "Doom Witch...... This shows that she is most likely not dead, and like Pales in the original book, she used the means of demotion to save her life......
But in the end, she was made into a ship by the "Night Emperor"! This is...... Was it sacrificed? The "Night Emperor" is also a ruthless person who turns his face and doesn't recognize people!
Abner was secretly speechless when he heard Devany continue:
"Also, I was interested in the Ghost Empire for two reasons.
"First, my ancestor was also involved in the creation of the 'Ghost Empire', and according to the manuscript he left behind, in addition to the 'Calamity Witch', there should also be a 'traveling mage' of the Abraham family in the main materials of that ship...... And my path to the Esoteric Order has come to an end, and if I want to cross that boundary, I may have to change paths and venture to the 'Ghost Empire'......
"Second, based on the words left by the ancestors, it is likely that the 'Book of Virtues' is intrinsically connected to the 'Ghost Empire', and perhaps the ship can be steered through it."