Chapter 036: Dialogue between the Flame Giant and Anubis (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
"Can I open it and see?" Xia Mingwei held the book of records of the Afterlife Society in his hand.
"Otherwise, what am I bringing you here for?" Rin Kiyotake asked rhetorically.
"Okay." Xia Mingwei pretended to be calm, and slowly opened the book of records in his hand, which was the only one with the Surtr pattern engraved on the cover.
"You can open it," Kiyotake added, "but not the rest of the church, because Anubis has set up permissions for only myth carriers to view these materials." ”
"I see." Xia Mingwei lowered his eyelids, forcibly pressed the turmoil in his heart, and looked at the first page of the text in the light of the torch.
His heart was beating violently, and judging from the pattern on the cover, there were only two mythical carriers participating in this afterlife: Anubis himself, and the flame giant Surtr.
"This year is 2026, and Professor Fast said that Anubis and the sun god Ra left the inverted pyramid three years ago. That is, in 2023, according to this clue, all the afterlife meetings should occur between 2023 and 2026. ”
Since the Flame Giant Surtr appeared at the Afterlife Meeting, it means that it is still active somewhere in the world in the last three years.
After eight years of absence, the clue is in front of you.
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Recorded after the end of the Afterlife Meeting in January 2024, it was recorded by myself: the holder of the Anubis Sequence, Zaiharu Murakami.
There are a lot of things to be concerned about this meeting, so it is specially marked that non-mythological carriers in the church cannot open this record.
- Anubis: Flame Giant Surtr, this is a rare visitor, I thought you would never answer my call.
- Flame Giant Surtr: Is this the rumored afterlife? It's a long experience, but you're really attached to me, Anubis, you've been calling me for two years......
- Anubis: It seems that you heard about the Past Life from other mythical carriers, but you have always refused my invitations?
- Surtr: I'm sorry, I have no intention of getting involved with you.
- Anubis: I need your strength, Flame Giant.
- Surtr: Joke-aside, frankly I'm pretty much useless now, and because of that, my mythological sequence has stabilized a lot.
- Anubis: Pretty much scrapped...... How so? Is it because of the rampage that happened in Snow Deer Town six years ago?
- Surtr: Oh, it seems that everyone knows about it.
- Anubis: No way, if it's just a normal rampage, then your power will only get stronger and stronger, not 'scrapped'.
- Surtr: What do you want to say?
- Anubis: Surtr, even though we've never met, I desperately need a clue from you.
- Surtr: What do you mean?
- Anubis: I must tell you one thing, I, the sun god Ra, and the other two mythical carriers in the inverted pyramid of the Thar Desert were created by the "utopians" of the sequencers.
- Sirtr: If that's the case, I've heard from my friend, the Frost Giant, that every time it wakes up from the North Pole, it comes and goes to see your embarrassment.
- Anubis: Yes, so the time we can stay in this world is limited, our existence depends on the "utopian energy" of the utopian, once the "utopian energy" left by the dead utopian is all gone, and it is no longer enough to support the existence of the inverted pyramid, then, including me, the four mythical carriers born through the inverted pyramid will die......
- Surtr: That's great, you should die if you need to, so you don't have to bother me every once in a while.
- Anubis: Surtr, you are also a member of the mythical carrier, how can you abandon your compatriots?
- Surtr: Funny, so how can I help you?
- Anubis: Of course you can help us, because the people who nearly wiped out your mythological sequence in Snowdeer six years ago...... He should be a dreamer.
Surtr was silent.
- Anubis: At that time, there could not have been another mythical carrier in Snow Deer Town, and the only one who could single-handedly repel the rampaging flame giant Surtr was among the sequencers...... Dreamer, isn't he?
- Surtr: Even if it is as you say, what do you want?
- Anubis: Sure enough, I guessed it.
- Surtr: I see...... You need a "new visionary" to keep the Inverted Pyramid alive, which is why you're in such a hurry.
- Anubis: Yes, that's what I'm trying to do, I need you to tell me who the Serializer who fought you off in Snow Deer Town in Huaxia at the time?
- Anubis: Please, tell me! Surtr!
- Anubis: The sun god and I must rely on the utopian energy provided by the inverted pyramid to survive, but once the utopian energy of the inverted pyramid is depleted, the pyramid will collapse! At that time, not only me and the sun god, but also the other two mythical carriers sleeping inside the pyramid will also die!
- Anubis: So we must immediately find a visionary to keep the Inverted Pyramid alive......
- Anubis: Otherwise, I must sacrifice myself and use the fantasy energy that remains in me to maintain the existence of the Inverted Pyramids, so that they can continue to live.
- Surtr: Are you done?
- Anubis: Surtr——! Even though I've said that, you're still refusing to tell me the whereabouts of that dreamer?!
- Surtr: To tell you the truth, I had no idea that the person who was fighting against me at that time was what you call a utopian.
- Anubis: It doesn't matter, you just need to tell me who was able to compete with you in Snow Deer at that time, even if it was just his appearance and age, and I only needed a few of these conditions to be able to use the "Door of Demand" to find him......
- Surtr: Well, I don't see who the humans who stopped me are, and I don't know what the visionaries you are talking about.
- Surtr: Because at the time, it was a dragon covered in rainbow-colored light feathers that really fought me.
- Surtr: Moreover, this dragon has two forms, and it can freely switch between the form of a dragon and a form similar to that of an angel, which is why it has defeated me...... Oh, now that I think about it, if I fight it again, I may not lose.
- Anubis: Rainbow?
- Surtr: You can't figure out who this is, do you?
- Anubis: If it were a mythical character, how could I not know...... Could it be the "rainbow goddess Aerys" in Greek mythology? No, it's not the same at all, Aerys doesn't have the strength to turn into a dragon.
- Surtr: I've told you everything I know.
- Anubis: I still need to confirm with you that the one who fought you in Snow Deer Town in Huaxia at that time was a mythical carrier, right?
- Surter: Of course, how could I be so confused that I can't tell the difference.
- Anubis: Well, sure enough, it was a visionary who stopped you at the time...... The utopian created a mythical carrier related to the "rainbow", and relied on this mythical carrier to repel you.
- Surtr: What the hell are you talking about?
- Anubis: The mythical carrier related to the "rainbow" is still alive?
- Surter: I saw it clearly, it forced me into the sea, and I was lost in the waters on the other side of China.
- Anubis: I see...... As long as I find the mythical carrier, I may be able to ask the identity of the dreamer from its mouth.
- Surtr: If you think you can find it, then you can ...... Anyway, I'm leaving, don't call me with your broken door again, understand?
- Anubis: Of course, I already know what I want. Good bye...... Surtr.