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Silver City, the top of the round tower.

After sealing all the extraordinary items properly, Derick Berg waited for a while, but could not wait for Mr. "Fool" to respond.

The Fool's hints on the negative effects of the seals and the corresponding seal suggestions were quite useful, and Silver City was able to place them with little to no loss. Silver City should also take good care of these extraordinary items, and use them when necessary, but they must not be damaged, they cannot be used for promotion, and they must wait for the family of Mr. "Fool" to take them away.

Derrick wasn't surprised.

And in return for this help, the "Fool" promised to grant one of Colin Iliad's wishes, except to help them get out of the Godforsaken Lands—an additional condition that made both Colin Iliad and Derick a little uneasy, wondering whether it meant "unnecessary" or "impossible".

But now, the "fool's" non-response made him a little flustered, not understanding what it meant, and not knowing what to do.

This has never been the case before.

Mr. "Fool" is in a state where he can't answer prayers? However, he sent all of Mr. World's belongings, presumably to mean that Mr. World would be here...... Is this the reason for not responding for the time being? Mr. "Fool" is talking to Mr. "World"? Before Daerik could calm the anxiety and tension in his heart, he suddenly felt his heart beat faster, and he opened his eyes slightly, and saw that the gray mist like a tide was gradually thinning and disappearing.

Darek looked up in amazement and saw seven ribbons of light hanging in the sky in the endless distance, like the legendary "rainbow".

The gray mist faded away, returning to the sky. After a brief moment of consternation, fear and sadness flooded Darek's heart like a tidal wave, almost drowning him. Suddenly Daerik felt hot in his eyes, difficulty breathing, and almost a feeling of dizziness.

I can't believe that he would have such a big reaction, because the textbooks of Silver City recorded a similar situation:

The Creator, who responded normally to believers, suddenly stopped answering one day, and then for more than a thousand years without answering a single prayer, the Great Lord forsaken the land!

After a few seconds of silence, Derrick stood up, returned to the room where the chief was, smiled, and said to Colin Iliad:

'Chief!' Mr. Fool replied to me that now that the matter was done, I just had to wait for His next instructions. ”

"Just wait for the next step? …… I know. "Demon Hunter" Colin's brow furrowed slightly, and he didn't think it was too strange, after all, of course, the gods couldn't be very free to pay attention to human affairs all the time.

And Derik Berg has been receiving the oracle of the "Fool" for a year, and he will certainly not be deceitful in such a matter.

Darik resisted the instinctive reaction of scratching the back of his head, maintaining a seamless, cheerful smile and tone. He didn't add anything, because he knew that in front of Colin Iliad, the more he said and added, the more he would find out that something was wrong.

"Anything else?"

"Nope."

The gray-haired Colin Iliad stared at him for a few seconds, but did not notice any surprise, and said:

"Okay, you can go back first."

Derik nodded, leaving the Round Tower without any anomalies, and through the city and the streets without any anomalies, back to the house where he lived. It wasn't until he closed the door and lay down on the bed that Derrick let out a breath slowly, slowly.

His palms were covered with sweat, and his eyes were a little flustered and overwhelmed, but there was no fear or despair.

Soon, his gaze returned to steadfastness.

……

Late at night, Leonard arrived on the street where the "River and Sea Church" was located.

In order not to attract attention, Leonard chose to stand low-key under a dim street lamp, and from his vantage point, he could see that the "substitutes" were busy, and the "substitutes" senior deacon he was familiar with seemed to be patrolling and did not appear here.

Leonard looked at it for a while, but did not see the face of the acquaintance, then withdrew his gaze and whispered into the air:

"Old man, I just tried, and I couldn't summon Crane's messenger!"

"Where did that mutilated angel go?"

Parles Zoroaster didn't answer immediately, and it took half a minute for his voice to come to Leonard's head:

"Use your brain."

"Can't you just tell me no? How could I possibly know these things......" Leonard muttered to himself, trying to think, "something to do with the assassination of George III?" I remember Klein was very unhappy with His ways. ”

George III's death brought extreme busyness, and he was given a five-hour vacation today, having been on duty all night during this time.

Of course, as a "red glove" captain, he knows more than reporters in some ways, Leonard is extremely sure that George III is dead, and the eldest prince is about to inherit the Byran crown and the Rune crown, but he didn't expect that the final decision was actually that Pope Gad II, the god of thunder, temporarily acted as the crown - the leaders of politics and the church became the same person, and the country seemed to be going in an unpredictable direction.

Parles snorted, not denied.

The angels who can hold the godhood ceremony, no matter how low they are, are also the angels of Sequence 1, Klein can directly participate in things at this level...... Thinking that he was near the church, Leonard looked left and right, covered his mouth with one hand, and lowered his voice: "Is it because of the destruction of the ritual of an being who is about to become a god, so that Mr. 'Fool' has been hurt a little?" Klein is also in danger because of this? ”

"Where can I, an old and weak angel, know about the 'fool'? But your former colleague I'm a little guessing......"

Parles muttered a few words, and said slowly:

"This should already involve the battle for the 'Source Fort'."

"The 'Source Fort' has changed and attracted Zarathu, how could Amon not notice it?"

"He may have fallen into the hands of Amun."

Leonard's expression changed drastically, and he stepped back a little further, hiding in the darkness, quietly reciting the Fool's honorific name, and asking about Crane's current situation.

After telling about Klein, Leonard ended his prayer and waited for Mr. Fool to respond.

However, nearly a quarter of an hour later, he still did not receive a single feedback.

"......," Leonard's spirit tensed uncontrollably, and he whispered rather worriedly, "Old man, is there any way you can help a little?" Isn't Amon your worst enemy? ”

That kind of help may be limited, but it should get Klein out of this maelstrom.

Hearing this, Parles Zoroaster laughed, and said with obvious self-deprecation:

"Are you expecting too much from me that you shouldn't have?"

"Indeed, if Amon gets the 'Source Fort', I will definitely die at His hands, and I may not even be able to escape this winter, and if the 'Source Fort' is left with the 'Fool', I may have a chance to live in the future."

"But is it possible for me, an old guy who has just recovered his Sequence 2 strength, to interfere in a battle at this level?"

"Even if you use the 'Yesterday Reappear' charm, what can you do in just two or three seconds? Yes, yes, it might have helped the 'fool' to twist the situation at a critical moment, but I don't even know where they are fighting now, how can I seize the opportunity? ”

Leonard was silenced by the old man's series of words, and he immediately buried his head, raised his hands, pressed the sides of his head, and whispered to himself:

"Could it be that I can only watch like this......"

"No, there's one more thing you can do." "See the church in front of you that belongs to the God of Thunder?" Go in, stay, you don't expose, Amon can't kill me for a day, and he can't become a true god for a day. ”

……

"Essentia? And many different kinds? ”

Crane, who forcibly captured Amon, thought about the information provided by Amon, and felt a little incredible.

There are many kinds of things like "Source Fort", and there are many more!

Inside the "Source Castle", Crane in his dream felt something, as if he saw hidden in the gray mist, and the crimson star representing the "sun" expanded sharply and contracted suddenly, repeating the process continuously, swinging out circles of light containing the sound of prayer.

And not far from this, the crimson star representing the "magician" was still in a similar state because the "fool" never responded, and the apertures, ripples, and oscillations created by the two gradually intertwined, superimposed, and became more and more intense.

In the dream, these cries of prayer seemed to become very distant, and if you listened closely, the illusory cascading sound of supplication became noisier, more chaotic, and louder than before.

However, Klein could tell that the prayers were coming from a woman and a man, and he could vaguely grasp certain contents: the woman seemed to mention "thanksgiving" and "angelic protection", the man was in giant language, and the key word seemed to be ritual.

Ritual, Giant's ...... This is the little "sun" side...... Silver City has saved my seals and is waiting for my response? I can't spare time right now, and I'll probably have to talk about something else later...... The woman may be Miss "Magician", well, it should be Miss Furth, I just gave her all the paper angels in one go, and I can last as long as I can in the full moon whispering...... Klein pulled the corners of his mouth, still looking at Amon at the end of the long table with a calm expression, and frowned:

"What the hell is essentia? The Source Fort is also part of the essentia? So how many essentia are there? ”

Amon pinched his monocle, and before he could answer, Klein had already made a guess.

He looked at the long bronze table in front of him and the gray mist in the distance, and asked Amon uncertainly: "Source Fort, corresponding to 'soothsayer', 'thief' and 'apprentice', and these three paths are adjacent paths. ”

"Among the 22 known paths on this planet, there are 'medicine man' and 'cultivator', 'prisoner' and 'criminal', 'generalist' and 'voyeur', 'witch' and 'hunter', and 'shepherd' with five adjacent paths...... Since the source fort corresponds to three adjacent pathways, does this prove that these pathways are grouped and each occupies a essentia? Klein got the answer from Amon's expression, and became more and more sure, "In other words, there should be nine essentia on Earth?" ”

"No, is it nine or eight?" Klein thought of a "fate" with no adjacent pathways.

Amon seemed to have relaxed, and nodded happily: "You are very keen, that's right, the 'fate' path also has a corresponding essentia, which is said to be a key, and there is also an incomplete path, and there is no corresponding path...... So, for us, it's nine. ”

"Then why do I only see Source Fort now?"

Klein frowned and looked around, with an inquiring look in his eyes: "If you can easily find me, it means that the gods and angels from other ways must also find the corresponding essentia, have they already found it, or have they not found it?" ”

So far, Klein's spiritual perception has not given warning, and this knowledge is safe and has not exceeded the acceptable range.

He finally asked the question he wanted to know the most, and at the same time he was ready to autosuggest and forget about it when he left:

"What exactly is essentia?"

"Essentia is the ingredient that becomes the old."

Amon pinched the frame of the mirror and said with a smile:

"I can give you some information, reveal to you some other essentia, of course, just names."

"I'm not going to give you anything other than Fort Source." Crane repeated the phrase for the fourth time, and each time Amon made a suggestion, he would repeat it, and this time, he managed to see the smile on Amon's face that almost cracked.

“…… I know, you don't have to say it so many times. ”

Amon took a deep breath and restrained something: "The Hanged Man must have told you, the 'Sea of Chaos', and Medici, Medici may not tell you about his dark history, but I can tell you that he once tried to contain the 'City of Calamity' and was somewhat reverse-tainted, almost reverse-contained...... Do you understand? There is also a chance of failure. ”

"So, your luck is very good, you can actually take full control of the 'Source Fort'. And I'm lucky that I can steal your complete control over the Source Castle to the fullest extent possible, so that I can easily control the Source Castle as well. ”

Amon seemed to deliberately avoid a detail, but Crane was not deceived by Him, he understood Amon's words, completely understood!

Essentia is not dead!

Klein's eyes widened slightly, and he immediately thought of his reasoning from a long time ago—

"Source Castle" is the inactive "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun", "Lord of Mystery!" ”

Now, this inference has been confirmed by him from Amun's mouth!

And Amon's expression was very indifferent, and he and Crane observed each other, he wasn't sure if the true creator had told Klein about the relationship between the "Lord of Mystery" and the source castle, but if you think about it carefully, this knowledge needs at least angels to listen to it, Klein is only in sequence 3 now, and the real creator has gone to the Eastern Continent again, and he must not know - the corners of Amon's mouth rose slightly.

Klein pondered, "The true Creator hasn't told me about the Chaos Sea, why do you think He said it to me?" What did he do that would make you notice......" Crane snapped, "It's the Eastern Continent, right?" Does the Chaos Sea have anything to do with the Eastern Continent? ”

Amon was about to applaud Klein's wisdom:

"That's right, the Sea of Chaos, right in the depths of the Eastern Continent - my father came out of there, so he's just like you."

He's just like me......

Crane sighed softly - for now, it seemed that Amon was not sure that he was from the same old days as the ancient sun god, and Crane would not voluntarily reveal it, but there was no guarantee that he would realize it later.

Without waiting for Klein to respond, Amon said to himself:

"The 'Sea of Chaos' is very large, almost filling the center of the earth, submerging the next level, it is also the only 'essentia' that attaches equal importance to reality and illusion, and has a direct entrance to the real world, and the others are not completely illusory, hidden in the middle of nowhere, or absolutely real, coexisting with reality."

The Sea of Chaos symbolizes God, and the spirit of God is more active, much more spiritual than the Lord of Mysteries - Amon didn't say it either.

"I found something very interesting inside, the first 'Blasphemous Slab' was conceived there, but then it was pulled by some force and left the ground before it could be completed."

"My father may have browsed the 'Blasphemous Tablet' in the first place, which is why he allowed the remnants of himself to condense into a second 'Blasphemous Tablet' when he fell."

This is where the two "blasphemous tablets" come from? No wonder the ancient sun god was so powerful in the late Second Period...... Klein vaguely seemed to understand something, and subconsciously asked:

"What's the difference between two 'blasphemous tablets'?"

Amon adjusted the position of the crystal monocle and said:

"The second 'Blasphemy Slate' has changed the name of the sequence and added some content.

"There's a secret to that content that transcends the sequence."

"Beyond the sequence?" Klein's pupils widened slightly, only to feel that one of his long-standing guesses had been preliminarily confirmed, and his guess about essentia was also clear, "Is there any other rank above sequence 0?" ”

He didn't feel the danger on the Source Castle, but he guessed that this thing wasn't what he could hear now—or else the true Creator would have told him! Amon told himself these things, did he want to blow himself up and die after leaving the Source Castle?

Amon smiled and said:

"It's pretty much the same, but it's not accurate enough."

"I like to call that level 'above the sequence', and some true gods name it in other ways, some call it 'the old days', some call it 'outer gods', and some refer to it as 'starry sky'."

Starry Sky ...... As soon as Klein heard the term, his spiritual instincts began to warn wildly.

Almost at the same time, he heard Amon stretch out his hand with a smile again, point to the sky, and say:

"Outside of this planet, there are several 'old days' around, waiting for the moment when the barrier disappears, waiting for the feast to come in and divide the way and essentia of this planet, the blue star, or the earth, is a small crab cage, and we are all their food."

"And essentia can make the gods 'old days'."

"The Source Fortress you possess is one of the most powerful of essentia, and it can make you the strongest 'old days', the Lord of Mysteries......"

Amun's voice seemed to have some kind of demonic nature, and he called out to the "Lord of Mysteries" on the source fortress in a language of extraordinary power, and under the deliberate influence of this angel king, the dream world suddenly began to collapse into a large gray mist. Crane raised his eyebrows, and immediately broke away from the dream divination and returned to the real Source Castle.

As soon as he woke up from the dream, Klein clearly felt that he had digested a lot of "ancient scholar" potions in this dream, and knew a lot of incredible knowledge, and then, he saw a figure at the end of the long table begin to condense, and the next moment, his eyes reflected Amon wearing a peaked soft hat, monocles, and classical magician's robes, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, with indescribable pleasure.

His eyes widened.

Klein's mind exploded suddenly, and all thoughts were occupied by the frantic whispers from Amon:

"I do want to be the new owner of the 'Source Castle', but I don't want to carry that heavy fate and burden......"

"Let me tell you the truth, the demon who is chasing you is not actually a demon, but one of the old days outside the world, and for this reason, he is especially jealous of you who owns the Source Fortress, because he thinks that you will become the master of mysteries...... Oh, who knows? ”

This sentence abruptly dispersed Klein's thoughts, and made him show a shocked and surprised expression again.

Is this the real reason why Edward Vaughn hunted down his little demigod and even started cutting down the roots in Sequence 7?

Once again, knowledge of the outer gods and the old days flooded his mind, making it impossible for him to utter a word.

"I am indeed deceiving you, all the things I showed at the beginning were just to make you think that I was afraid of being hunted down and unwilling to accept Source Castle, but do you think that I will give up an opportunity to make myself stronger?"

"Do you think I really need to talk to you to get any information?"

"I have been in God's forsaken land for more than a thousand years, and I have been searching for the oldest history, the one that transcends the First Age."

"The only purpose of my talk to you and giving you information is to give you some time, give you some historical knowledge, help you digest the 'Ancient Scholar' potion, let you relax your guard in this regard, and then, when your connection with the 'Source Fort' deepens, seize this opportunity, take advantage of the loophole, and directly steal the 'Source Fort'."

Dangerous knowledge lingered in Klein's mind, he watched Amon stretch out his hand and wave it, and the chair in the Source Fort that was not under his control at all suddenly disappeared - Amon initially mastered part of the power of the Source Fort, as the King of Angels, he has the power to be infinitely close to the true god here, and can even borrow the Source Fort itself to erase the pollution that should not exist!

At the same time, the seat behind Klein suddenly collapsed into mist, and the ground under his feet also collapsed, and his spirit body fell abruptly!

He pinched the monocle made of crystal, looked at the fallen Crane, and smiled happily:

"Destiny belongs to you, and 'Source Fort' belongs to me."

Amon turned to leave, but didn't see it—Crane was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then smiled incredulously.

The "fate" to become the Lord of Mysteries is mine!

TBC

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Klein abruptly woke up, and he found himself standing next to the Rune-Fursac boundary monument, and his two feet were already in the territory of Vrsac.

An unknown bird name was heard in the distance, and Crane subconsciously looked up and saw a hardy bird flying out of the woods with a distinct white circle on its right eye.

Amon!

Amon is here, that's why I'm drawn here!

Klein suddenly understood, and he shook his head, feeling as if he had forgotten something, but he still remembered what had happened on the Source Castle. He was just about to leave when he heard the faint sound of metal colliding.

The end of the hair on the back of his head was gently plucked by something, and Crane heard a voice familiar to him say in an unfamiliar tone:

"Where's Fort Yuan?"

Edward Vaughn stood behind him.

"Oh, your fate has changed...... Edward looked at him in surprise, and suddenly said into the air, "Don't distract me now, I can see that the future has changed, and the Source Fort is gone...... On Amun? I see it. ”

Crane listened to Edward muttering to himself, as if someone was talking to him.

Before he could think about what was going on, suddenly, there was an explosion in his ears, and the whole world went dark.

"His possibilities have changed."

Edward calmly let the gun disappear, casually glanced in the direction of the southern continent, hesitated for a moment, closed his eyes, and opened them again.

A pair of light cyan eyes looked at everything around them, looking at the sky and then at the world in the distance.

The immutable world and lines suddenly extend some new possibilities that cannot be ignored, and these things converge towards a new future that has not yet been weaved.

His expression became a little strange, and he glanced at the headless corpse at his feet:

"The possibility of changing the world has ......"

“…… Appeared after his death. ”

Obviously, Crane can be resurrected once, although it is not known how he did it without Fort Source. At the same time, a choice arises - if nothing happens, then he must be here to wait for him to be resurrected and then kill again.

But now......

His power and instinct are curious about the emergence of new possibilities.

After thinking for a moment, Edward listened to his alter self muttering in his ear for a moment, then turned and entered the spirit realm to find Amon's traces.

(End of chapter)