Chapter 395: Change and What's Next

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After a brief exchange, the two essentia avatars quickly separated.

"I'll go first."

Edward waved his hand and said goodbye to his old compatriots with very human etiquette: "I'm going to go to Rune, but the god of thunder has a bad temper, I may have to find a way to sneak in and bring God's words to Crane." ”

With that, he walked to the Cathedral of Light in the distance.

The Demon of Knowledge thought for a moment, and felt that it was not him who had reversed the direction of Rune. But it doesn't matter if it is reversed, the earth is round, as long as Edward goes around it, he can finally go to Rune smoothly.

He walked the streets for a while, roughly observing the development of the city, answering prayers for a while, then gathering away the essentia that had been eroding reality, and letting his avatar disappear into the streets of Intis and awaken in the Temple of Truth in Trier.

"There are not many pious and gifted people, most of them are just mediocre."

"Ninety percent of believers are given up to the Creator, and I don't think there will be any problem." He pondered, "Anyway, they are all mediocre, ordinary and simple sheep, and everyone is the same." The god of steam and machinery just wants me to protect these people, not to say that these people must be under my protection, and that it is better to send them to the sheepfold of the all-knowing and all-powerful to obtain simple happiness than to put them in my hands and be sifted out. ”

The demon of knowledge thinks a little, as a believed, and as a god who manages both mystical and realistic information and knowledge, he can easily change the state of faith of believers.

Whether it is to make a pagan suddenly change his mind or to make a devout believer abandon his faith, it is only in the spur of his mind. As long as God wants to do this, even the most staunch unbelievers will be brainwashed into becoming the most fanatical believers, even saints.

As long as He decides, he can send these people to the Church of the Creator at any time and walk away on his own.

Through simple communication and getting along, the Demon of Knowledge believes that the current de facto leader of the Church of the Creator, the "War Angels", will not refuse to accept these believers either. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if He refuses, he will not kill these people.

He was right, and it would take more to wait and see if he cooperated with the Lord of Mysteries...... But 'omniscience' is something to be fought for, and to confirm the state of the Children of Chaos, we must make sure that they can't get out of it until I cooperate with him. ”

The demon of knowledge thought for a moment, then turned around and entered the spirit realm,

In the spiritual realm corresponding to Intis, there are two symbols of the level of gods at the same time, one is the sun, and the other is the tree of life with twenty-two branches protruding from the main trunk, the root and symbol of all occultism, and the sun looms in the trunk and the ends of the infinite intervals. The Demon of Knowledge's gaze swept over the symbols of the spiritual realm, neither the rowing woman, nor the human-faced sky, nor the giant tower in the distance attracted his attention, but his gaze was slightly startled when he touched the moon wheel in the distance, which was noticeably larger than before:

"Because of the 'Black Emperor's dislocation, the Fallen Mother Goddess is really more concerned about the situation inside the barrier than before...... Tonight will be the Full Moon. ”

Under the curious and inquisitive gaze of the Seven Lights of the Spirit Realm, He modified the occult and realistic astronomical phenomena for the next 24 hours.

Tonight was supposed to be a clear night with mist and stars, but at this moment, the full moon will rise in the night.

This sudden change in astronomy will puzzle astronomers in various academies and folks, who may look for various reasons to explain this irregular "blood moon", but the reason is only the casual hand of the gods and the need for rituals.

Then He returned to reality, to the Temple of Truth, to walk through the temple like a ubiquitous scholar or professor, occasionally observing members of the Church who were discussing academic issues intensely, and casually giving suggestions and improvements that would make the former pause.

The Demon of Knowledge followed its usual path into the underground sealing room, and the seals that had been engaged in intense interaction fell silent.

He went into a small, inconspicuous room, pulled out a chair, straightened the hem of his clothes, sat down, and turned over the silver mirror that was placed on the table.

"Arodus."

The Demon of Knowledge asked, "What do you know about Bethel Abraham?" ”

After a moment of silence, the mirror surface of the silver mirror floated like a ripple, revealing a line of silvery-white text:

"Honorable, great sage, according to the rules, you also have to answer my question, do you accept it?"

The demon of knowledge is accustomed to it: "Accept." ”

"Thank you for your answer, great sage, Bethel Abraham is the ancestor of the Abrahamic family, active in the era of the Solomonic Empire in the Quaternary Age......" The silver mirror quickly emerges a large number of texts, accompanied by many ancient materials and incomprehensible occult texts, which quickly narrate the life of Bethel Abraham from fame to sealing, with pictures and texts.

If ordinary people can't keep up with the speed, they will even have dizziness, nausea and many other adverse reactions.

But the Demon of Knowledge is not dazzled at all, and even feels that the current way of transmitting information is too slow - if it weren't for the fact that "Silver Mirror Arodus" came from the Chaos Sea, a product of God's production, and also carried a small part of the "omniscient" power granted by the Chaos Sea, the Demon of Knowledge would have completely dismantled it at the first sight of it, integrated it into itself, and became an information retrieval unit.

"Bethel Abraham had the potential to be a god himself, and therefore lacked reverence for the gods, as did Emperor Solomon."

"In the rebellion against Solomon's First Empire, Bethel Abraham sided with Arista Tudor and Trenthorst, and then abandoned Trenthorst, who was protected by the six gods, and chose the weak Arista Tudor."

"According to the requirements of the 'gate' path promotion, he has roamed the starry sky many times, and also led his younger generations to roam, but what he thinks is the 'safe route' is not safe, and he is polluted without knowing it, resulting in many of his descendants being polluted by the starry sky and causing violent deaths...... He was polluted by the Fallen Mother Goddess...... Later, he was sealed away by the goddess of the night and the lord of the storm at that time, and failed to return to ......"

"But Bethel Abraham has fulfilled the requirements of the godhood ceremony, and as long as he returns, he can become a true god!"

What is the sequence 0 of this pathway called...... Door gods? Listening to Arodes' description, the demon of knowledge couldn't help but complain in his heart.

He had a picture of the people of the Western Continent on the door in his mind, and then he tried to put Bethel Abraham's face on it.

The Demon of Knowledge shook his head, tossing the image to the back of his mind.

Thinking about it, he sighed a little, as one of the most dazzling angels in the Quaternary Age, the closest person to the throne, Bethel Abraham's thousands of years of life was only a few dozen pages of content when it was transmitted as information, almost a biography.

"Venerable Sage, are you satisfied with my answer?" Arodus asked cautiously.

"Not bad."

After using Arodes to fill in the gaps, the demon of knowledge asked:

"Do you have a ritual to bond with Bethel Abraham?"

……

At 39 Bercolnd Street, Klein, who had pre-divined, met with Councillor Macht, who was on his way to the West End.

"I'm going to let Liana and Hazel hide in Elk Manor." Councilor Mahet pinched the sides of his eyes and smiled bitterly, "Daun, you should also go to Meige Manor, His Majesty the Emperor has been assassinated, and I don't know who the next emperor will be, our country is really in a lot of disasters." ”

I don't know when this sequelae will disappear, but the people have basically accepted the titles of "Rune Empire" and "Rune Emperor...... Klein withdrew his gaze from the other party's movements, sighed, and said:

"I've got some weapons for the manor, so I'm here to ask you for help."

MP Macht has some contacts with members of the Conservative military, and although the results of the last cooperation were not satisfactory, Klein feels that in the current situation, there should be no one who refuses to do money business.

"Also, if you have access to food, you can buy some for me."

In his mind, the people at the bottom could not hoard food, because they had no money at all, and at most they could prepare a few days' worth of food. Therefore, their own purchases will not affect them for the time being, and when the food starts to be tight, they can donate the extra money through Miss Audrey - before the temporary food control bill is introduced, Klein will not hoard, other rich people will also hoard, and may not donate it.

"No problem." Congressman Makht agreed without any fuss.

Klein didn't ask the price, because he gave the butler Tania a full 5,000 gold pounds for it.

Of course, Zarathu is in Beckland, and rushing to Rose Song Manor is probably a chance to give the other party a chance to make a move, and staying in the city can also give himself a little respite. He has decided not to return to Rose Song Manor, but to change his identity, using the anti-divination of the Source Fort to leave Rune covertly, digest potions, and play the role of an ancient scholar, so as not to affect those innocent.

As for excuses, the easiest thing is to go on a trip and not be able to return for a long time.

If you have a charity event to work with, please go to the Dawn Dantès Foundation and ask Miss Audrey Hall.

As for where to go, Klein didn't have an exact idea yet, but he had to make a decision as soon as possible, and Zarathu wasn't going to wait for him.

On his way from Bercolnd Street to St. Samuel's Church, Klein passed by the Rune Charity Scholarship at 22 Pesfield Street and was surprised to find that it was still open.

As the initiator and current director, he has a considerable degree of concern about this, and he has put forward and turned around.

As soon as he entered the door, Klein saw Miss Audrey coming down from the second floor, followed by a valet maid, a golden retriever, and a few staff members.

"Good afternoon." Klein greeted him, and unexpectedly felt that Audrey seemed to be a little different from before, and her temperament was more capable.

Several people met and saluted each other. Audrey glanced at the staff behind her, and the staff members understood, leaving with the papers and two large bags of supplies in hand, leaving the director to talk to the owner of the foundation.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Dantès."

"You seem to be busy." Klein watched as the backs of several staff members disappeared around the corner where the office was.

With a newspaper in her hand and a list of lists, Audrey looked at Daun Dantès and said with a smile:

"National ...... The assassination of His Majesty the Emperor did not have a great impact on us here, but there were still some people who were unfortunately injured in the stampede, and I just visited them and arranged for follow-up treatment. ”

Audrey recounted as she spoke, and as she spoke, she walked down the stairs to Dwayne Dantès. Her words were concise and her actions were swift, and she no longer had the same memory as Klein remembered that some time ago, this noble lady rarely went to the charity hospital, and when she returned, her eyes would always be faintly red, as if she had seen all kinds of things in the hospital that made it difficult to hide her grief.

Miss "Justice" seems to have matured a lot...... Klein thought to himself.

Then, Klein noticed that Audrey seemed to be tiptoeing imperceptibly, as if she was not used to her current height.

I'm getting shorter...... No, it's Letty Orr who is a lot taller than me, and the shoes are about eight centimeters...... Mr. Daun is about the same height as Mr. Tawfik, and I don't think he usually has to tilt his head...... Audrey quickly adjusted, and her smile was flawless.

"May the Goddess bless them." Crane was infected by the smile and drew a crimson moon on his chest.

"By the way, here's a list."

Audrey took the thin pamphlet from the hand of her valet Anne, and showed it to Dawn Dantès with some joy:

"Here's a list of underprivileged kids I've collected from within Ahowa County. After my screening and confirmation, the children on the list are all stable children, who have good local evaluations, and are eager for knowledge. ”

"I decided to sponsor these children to complete three years of basic schooling, and let them calculate the cost of the year and report it to me."

Then, her expression became a little lost:

"Mr. Daun, guess what they want for a year's tuition and living expenses?"

Klein thought for a while, he recalled life during the Tingen period, Benson's weekly salary was more than 1 pound, enough for the three siblings to have a place to live, decent quality black bread to eat, to maintain a relatively basic life, and to give Melissa a basic education. If there is only one person, then the most basic should be about one pound a month, plus study...... Klein pursed his lips and asked tentatively:

"Fifteen pounds a year?"

"No, can you believe it? These children did not dare to ask me for money, usually less than ten pounds, and the lowest one even as little as three pounds. Audrey said softly, "Three pounds a year will make them live, Mr. Dawn, I can't imagine their life at all." ”

The miserable people in this world can't be saved, and the painful things can't be seen.

In just a week or two of working in the Southern Continent, Audrey has seen and heard too many tragic, terrifying things that challenge the limits of the imagination of this well-educated aristocratic lady, and even sometimes she, the "audience" of Sequence 5, needs to give herself psychotherapy, and even has a depressed and depressed mood.

The real world is not always happy, and people's wounds cannot be healed, but Audrey still tries to keep herself in a good state of mind, even if she wants to escape, she still tries to adjust her mood, and treats patients with a smile and listening.

Although it was only two hours a day, when she got used to this kind of life, she was a little looking forward to the time of work, and the voices of those young, who were close to her own age, older than herself, waiting for her, smiling and calling her "Miss Orr......".

Klein looked at Audrey's slightly serious expression, and was just about to comfort her, when he saw that Audrey had returned to her usual smile that could make people feel happy, and closed the list in his hand.

"It was within my means, and I selected sixty children and supported them at the standard of £13 a year. At the same time, I also contacted the local poor children and delivered them some food, water and clothes on a monthly basis. ”

She felt joy from the bottom of her heart:

"There's only so much I can do at the moment, so I'm going to do my best to make their lives as good as possible."

Klein was slightly shocked by Audrey's change, he was silent for half a minute, and he couldn't help but smile:

"Miss Director works so hard, then I, the head of the foundation, can't lag behind."

He took the opportunity to say what he had prepared for a long time:

"I plan to donate some more money to the foundation to buy food, medicine and medical equipment, in a world where we have the ability to change and help others, and we can do more."

"Great idea, and those who are suffering will be grateful to you, Mr. Dantès." Audrey also tapped four times clockwise on her chest, her eyes revealing obvious joy, "I will continue to do my best." ”

As the owner of the foundation, Klein has to provide funds and pull funds, and she is the director, and she has to organize the corresponding things.

But Audrey did not feel tired, even joyful. One is that she is already an extraordinary person in Sequence 5, with strong physical fitness and enough energy to do many things, even if she is busy all day, she only needs a short few hours of rest to regain her energy.

The second is that she has gradually become accustomed to such a busy but fulfilling life, participating in salons, tea parties, hunting, socializing...... Chatting with friends is certainly fun, but the happiness and satisfaction gained are far from being comparable to today's work.

In just a few tens of seconds, Audrey had already begun to think about what to invest in Mr. Dawn's new donation.

Klein nodded and said:

"I didn't need to be complimented, I just did one thing I was supposed to do."

"In addition to donations, I will also donate food, and you can negotiate these things directly with my butler, Walter, well, Miss Audrey, I can write you a power of attorney now, so that you can mobilize the resources of Rose Grove in my name."

"And what about you, Mr. Dantès?" Audrey asked, vaguely guessing.

This is the most normal reaction in this context now.

"I'm planning to go elsewhere for the time being, maybe it's a trip, maybe it's going back to Desy Bay to continue living, in short, I won't be able to return to Rose Ge Manor for a long time." Klein said the reason he had made up before, "Miss Audrey, this time of time with the Foundation has made me understand your character and ability, and your origin and status also determine your vision and pattern, I believe that you can make the best choice, and entrusting this matter to you is the best way I can think of." ”

Klein didn't expect his lies to fool a veteran "audience", he was only trying to deceive the people around "Just" Audrey, well, not including the dog.

Is Mr. "World" going to temporarily give up the identity of Dawn Dantès in order to hide and do something? Audrey pretended to be thinking with some understanding, and after a few seconds of silence, she said:

"In this situation, I can't refuse such a request."

Klein secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked his personal servant Enyoni to go upstairs to get paper and pens, and then in the presence of a group of staff, he personally drafted a power of attorney, signed his name, pressed his handprint, and stamped his seal.

They briefly exchanged words for a while, and Audrey sent Dawn Dantès away.

Leaving the Foundation's door, she was struck by an inspiration and looked over a house in the distance.

A crow skimmed right past there, leaving behind two whirling and falling feathers.

There seem to be a lot of crows lately...... Audrey didn't think much of it, turned around and went back to the Foundation, she still had a lot to do.

……

At night, it is no surprise that the world ushered in the night of the full moon.

In a room with floor-to-ceiling windows illuminated by crimson light, the demon of knowledge dressed as a scholar of vicissitudes still stood in an altar, surrounded by ritual materials such as rubies, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, pearls, and lapis lazuli.

After some elaborate preparations, He lit a piece of paper that He had written on His own and used it as a medium for occult connections, placing it in the cauldron.

When the firelight was darkened, the demon of knowledge found a suitable place in the altar and recited in the language of giants with a solemn expression:

"The Gate of Ten Thousand Gates;

"The Pathfinder of the Endless Starry Sky;

"The Key to All Mysterious Worlds......"

TBC

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