At three o'clock in the afternoon, the tarot meeting will be held on time.

A series of crimson figures rose on both sides of the bronze table at the same time, and immediately solidified into blurred, different figures.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool!" Justice' Audrey stood up and saluted in a brisk tone.

The rest of the members also greeted each other, and received a response from the jaw of the person at the top of the mottled long table.

The 'Hermit' lady said respectfully:

"Dear Mr. Fool, this time there are five pages of Russell's diary."

Ever since I contacted the 'Mystery Queen', the acquisition of the diary has been terrifyingly stable! Klein nodded slightly, chuckled and said:

"Good."

After a brief moment of silence, the Hermit Gardelia revealed five pages of tawny paper, watching them leap into the palm of Mr. Fool's hand in a spirit-like gesture.

Knowing that the diary carefully selected by the 'Mysterious Queen' must have quite important contents, 'Fool' Crane gathered his mind and looked at the tawny parchment in his hand as if nonchalantly:

"On September 11th, ever since I became an angel, I had a feeling that my personality was split, and in my heart, in my spirit, in the depths of my spirit, there was always a voice urging me, influencing me, creating uncontrollable indifference, bloodthirstiness, cruelty, and madness.

"It doesn't come from the outside world, nor does it come from the influence of the gods on their own pathways, I can clearly feel that it comes from genes, from the collective subconscious that has been passed down from generation to generation, from the extraordinary characteristics themselves, not from the residual spiritual influence above.

"It gave me a strong desire to hunt and kill, to devour all the creatures around me with extraordinary properties, and it made me have to spend most of my energy fighting it, even though I was already playing and digesting potions, and it didn't get better.

"No wonder Mr. Men said that sanity is temporary, and madness is eternal."

The contents of the first page of the diary made Klein's mood heavy and depressed, and the Russell who wrote those words was no longer an ordinary person, but had become an angel, joined the 'Dusk Hermit', had seen the 'Blasphemy Slate', and knew more about the extraordinary properties of the mysterious world than he did now, but he was even more pessimistic than he was, as if he thought that the world was inherently twisted, insane, and doomed to self-destruction from the source......

The Fool did not show any anomalies, and then looked at the remaining pages of the journal:

"On November 28, I dreamed of Green again. He was the smartest of my subordinates, but unfortunately while exploring the nameless island, he was infected by the unknown and died in the mist, not even leaving a child. ”

……

"On December 29th, it's almost the new year. All the mausoleums have been built, and there is no turning back from the bow. ”

……

"I think I'm not the only one in this world.

"If anyone else can read my diary, be sure to remember and choose your extraordinary path carefully.

"Once this is determined, it means that your allies and your enemies are also roughly determined."

“……”

"One last word of caution, you must remember: watch out for the moon!"

The mausoleum has been built...... There is no turning back from the bow...... Klein looked at the diary in his hand, his mind boiling, and all kinds of thoughts kept popping up and shattering.

Judging from the contents and dates of the diary, except for the obvious temporal disconnect between the first and second pages, the contents of the remaining three pages of the diary appear to be continuous. The first page of the journal was written by Russell when he first became an angel, and by the time he wrote the other four pages, he would have been an angel in Sequence 1, just one step away from the true God.

And the last three diaries of Russell the Great have proved his previous speculation: in his later years, he chose to forcibly transfer to the path of the 'Black Emperor', trying to become the true god of Sequence 0 at the cost of half-madness!

What drove the Emperor to make such a determination? What happened to him in his later years? Why be careful about the moon? The reason why Russell made up his mind to switch to the 'Black Emperor' path is also related to the moon?

There is a threat and pollution beyond the heavens that can destroy the world, as both Ember and Russell's diary have confirmed, even the gods are afraid of the heavens.

From Russell's diary, it can be inferred that he once went to the outer heavens in person, and because of this, he was in despair.

And now 'watch out for the moon', this shows that it was probably the moon that Russell the Great went to at that time!

What he saw on the moon was polluted. Even if you return to the real world, you still maintain a pessimistic and hopeless attitude towards everything!

At that time, he was already the 'Emperor of Knowledge' in Sequence 1, and he could have been a little more stable and find an opportunity to swallow the 'Hidden Sage' and become the true god of the 'Voyeur' path. With Russell's strength and power at the time, this was definitely not difficult.

But he still chose to forcibly switch to the 'Black Emperor' path, perhaps because he was already polluted outside the sky!

So he no longer trusts 'Mr. Men' and he no longer trusts 'Lacard'.

Russell was polluted after just one trip to the moon, and the former was trapped outside the sky for thousands of years, how could he not be polluted?

And the latter is a true God from beyond the heavens, who is himself polluted!

The tainted Russell had no choice but to hope that becoming a true god would free him from this pollution.

But judging from his eventual fall, this attempt is likely to end in failure.

The coup d'état of Russell took place in 1173, when he was still a colonel, and most likely had just been promoted to demigod or even not to be promoted. And the reason why the demigod or even the demigod was able to succeed in a coup d'état, overthrow the Sauron family, and change the kingdom of Intis into a republic should be the biggest help of the Steam Church.

At that time, the relationship between the Church of Steam and Russell was still very good, and even the only time the God of Steam sent an oracle was based on the steam engine "invented" by Russell, and the name of the church was changed from "Church of the God of Craftsmen" to "Church of the God of Steam and Machines".

Even the name of the god has been changed because of this, which is enough to see Russell's status at that time, and it is definitely not too much to say that he is a god's favor!

This period lasted for twenty years, and in 1192 Russell changed his temperament, calling himself Caesar, and turning the Republic of Antis into the Empire of Antis.

It is reasonable to speculate that between 1190 and 1192, Russell, who had become the Emperor of Knowledge, traveled to the outer heavens and suffered pollution as a result, which made Russell despair, and then his temperament changed drastically, and the people rebelled against his relatives.

But Russell had no choice, in order to save himself, he could only change Intis to the imperial system and start arranging the ceremony of becoming the 'Black Emperor'-

Having your own kingdom and associating your name with the title of Emperor has become common sense among the people. In addition, it is necessary to establish a strict and complex set of rules that are contrary to normal circumstances, including architectural style.

Then, drive the people to secretly build nine pyramid-like tombs, and then, enter one of them, and consume the potion of Sequence 0 in the corresponding rituals scattered throughout the different cities in which the vast majority of the people participate.

The republic was clearly unable to meet Russell's demands, so he had no choice but to change the republic into an empire.

George III also made many changes to the Kingdom of Rune in order to become the Black Emperor, but these changes have failed.

And most of the nine mausoleums may be in the territory of Intis.

But from the few words in Russell's diary, Klein has a guess -

The last mausoleum may be on that nameless island in the misty sea!

In 1192, the Republic of Antis was transformed into an empire.

In 1198, Russell was assassinated by the Church of the Eternal Sun, the Sauron family of the Causes, and other nobles, and fell to the White Maple Palace.

During this period, Russell must have successfully ascended to the throne.

But ascending to the throne still failed to save him, failed to free him from the pollution of the 'outside the sky'.

Therefore, the fall itself may have been part of his plan.

On the one hand, he didn't want his tainted god to harm the world.

On the other hand, he may also hope that the Black Emperor can be reborn after death, hoping to get rid of pollution.

But judging from the current world situation, this attempt also ended in failure. But after all, he was the former Black Emperor, so there is a high probability that he has not completely died-

Just like Solomon in the Quaternary Age, even if he has been betrayed and died, he can still be resurrected and returned.

Therefore, the tainted Russell should now be hidden in a mausoleum somewhere, waiting to be reborn.

It's just that if the problem of pollution is not solved, he will never be truly resurrected.

While thinking about it, Klein let the diary in his hand disappear, looked sideways at the 'hermit' Gardelia, and said with a smile:

"What's your request?"

'Hermit' Gardelia didn't think about it, and asked directly:

"Dear Mr. Fool, I wonder if Russell the Great ever joined a very secretive and very ancient organization."

Very secretive, very ancient...... 'Dusk Hermit'? Russell the Great was once a member of theirs? 'Justice' Audrey Huo Ran remembered the organization she had heard from Mr. 'Fool' earlier.

Klein looked at the 'Hermit' lady with some speculation in his heart.

The 'Mystery Queen''s experience with the selection of diaries is vague, and she cannot accurately ask questions about what is provided, which means that she can most likely only know that the diary at a certain point is important, hides key information, or can tell the mood of Russell's writing from her handwriting.

As for the 'Hermit' lady's question, it was not difficult for Klein at all, and he smiled slightly:

"Yes, it was an organization founded by the fantasy angel Adam to resurrect the former Creator."

To the 'mysterious queen' who has become an angel, Klein doesn't mind answering a few more words.

And the reason why I didn't directly say 'Twilight Hermit Society' was to ask the 'Hermit' lady to ask another question, so that she could answer one more question.

Gardelia the Hermit was tempted to ask for the name of the group, but she endured it and did not waste a precious opportunity to ask questions. She pushed the heavy glasses that rested on the bridge of her nose, bowed her head respectfully, and said:

"Dear Mr. Fool, I wonder if it is possible that Russell the Great is still alive?"

As soon as this question came up, the members of the Tarot congregation, who were thinking about their own affairs, came back to their senses at the same time, and looked at the top of the bronze long table as if they were strongly stimulated. Although whether Russell the Great is still alive or not is not directly related to them, and will not have a significant impact, such a topic is enough to arouse the hidden thirst for rumors and rumors in the hearts of mankind!

Sure enough, the 'Mystery Queen''s questions were basically about the diary provided at the time...... Crane didn't feel embarrassed, and said with a skillful chuckle:

"Maybe."

"If George III had succeeded, Russell might have fallen. But George III is gone, and Russell still has the possibility of resurrection. ”

Is it really possible that Russell the Great is still alive? 'Hermit' Gardelia was like hearing the world's biggest secret, and she was a little excited and a little excited. It's just that she is a little puzzled, what does all this have to do with George III?

Of course, the 'Hermit' knew that George III, the former king of the Kingdom of Rune, died of a sudden illness on New Year's Eve, but why did Mr. 'Fool' mention George III?

Unlike others who don't know anything about it, 'Justice' Audrey almost immediately sorts out the key to this—

George III had tried to become a god, and he had followed the path of the Black Emperor. In other words, Russell the Great also took the path of the Black Emperor!

Although the god-like Russell the Great still did not escape the fate of death, it is difficult to imagine that he would be assassinated by a group of nobles - only the true god can kill the true god, and there must be other true gods involved.

But in any case, the death of Russell the Great is a fact.

But just like the resurrected Black Emperor during the War of the Four Emperors of the Fourth Age, Russell can come back from the dead even if he falls.

But only if the Black Emperor's 'Sequence 0' is not occupied by anyone else.

So once George III succeeds, Russell the Great will really die, and there will be no possibility of resurrection.

The thinking of 'justice' couldn't help but diverge, and he thought with some surprise:

"Doesn't that mean that Ember killed George III and indirectly saved the life of Russell the Great?"

'Hermit' Gardelia was full of questions, and seeing that Mr. 'Fool' didn't interrupt, she couldn't help but ask:

"Mr. 'Fool', has Russell the Great ever become a god?"

"Yes."

The 'Fool' replied in the affirmative, but did not give the 'Hermit' a chance to continue asking questions, leaned back in his chair, and said in a flat tone:

"It's your turn."

The 'Hermit' Gardelia was silent, knowing that the 'Fool' had only given him three opportunities to ask questions, and the knowledgeable ones didn't speak again.

The little 'sun' couldn't wait to speak:

"Mr. 'World', I have become a priest of light, and I asked the Chief to go to Norse City to hunt shapeshifters, but the Chief did not agree."

Klein couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and just as he wanted to manipulate the 'world' to open his mouth, he heard the little 'sun' continue:

"But the Chief has decided to personally lead the two elders of the Council of Six to Norse City with me, and we have successfully hunted down a shapeshifter."

Klein's breath faltered, and ecstasy ensued.

He had already obtained the true soul of the Spirit Marauder, except for the Sorcering Monster. And since the 'Sun' has successfully hunted, it means that he already has a complete main material and can be promoted at any time!

(End of chapter)