Although the entire Northern Continent is in a state of war, as the New Year approaches, except for a few cities where the two armies are engaged in a tug-of-war, there is still a bit of a festive atmosphere.

The war on the front seems to have eased a bit, and there are even rumors of a temporary truce during the New Year.

And in Queens, Beckland, there is not much of an impact of the war at all, or rather, the lives of the nobility have never changed because of the war.

Hobert looked at the brightly lit Duke's Palace, but he didn't feel any New Year's feelings.

Glancing at the clock, it was already two fifty o'clock in the afternoon, and Hobart told the servants outside not to disturb him.

After locking the door, He lay down on his bed, ready to attend the Tarot meeting.

Looking at the ceiling, Hobert quickly reflected on what had happened last week, starting with Forth's promotion to Sequence 5 "Traveler", and because she had been documenting unique customs everywhere before, the "Traveler's" potion had been partially digested.

The second is that Hobert has completely mastered the "Trentost Empire", and even if Trentost shows up at the moment, he will not want to get close to this ship.

In addition, the agrarian revolution was completed in South Bailang, and the farmers who had been given the land were able to plant another crop, and many of them were more willing to farm.

But there are still many people who are as negative as before, and they don't trust the Duchy government very much, so they are still waiting and watching.

In addition, Hobert received accurate information that Trensoster had appeared in the northern city of Gulain on the Southern Continent and attacked an extraordinary stronghold of the Kingdom of Rune, whose intentions were not yet known.

Hobart speculated that Trensost should be prepared to take advantage of the war to gain some profits, but his exact purpose is unknown.

Finally, the thousands of fighters recruited by Long Tail Island have completed all the training, and 5,000 of them have been transferred to South Bailang.

At the same time, the recruitment of troops in South Bailang has also begun, and the Duchy government will recruit 50,000 troops in one go, but they will not be able to complete their training until March next year to join the battle sequence.

The country's budget never seems to be tight, because all the funds for the development of this country come from Longtail Island, South Coulson and the "Earl's Light".

As he thought of this, his vision was covered in gray mist and appeared on the side of the long bronze table in the Great Hall of the Giants.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool." "Justice" Audrey's greeting sounded, and this tarot meeting officially began.

After the greeting session, everyone was silent, because a "question session" had been added to the last few tarot sessions.

"Fool" Klein looked at "Hermit" Gardelia: "You have two last questions. ”

Gardelia asked in a very respectful tone, "Dear Mr. Fool, may I ask why the outer gods who have polluted Russell the Great can't project too much power into the real world?" ”

"The Hanged Man" Alger changed his sitting position slightly, which is exactly what he has always questioned!

Why do the outer gods seem to be higher than the seven gods, but their influence on the real world is very weak, and even their power seems to be inferior to the "primordial witch" and the "true creator"?

Also, the personality of the Seven Gods is obviously lower than them, so why can they stop their invasion of the real world in the astral plane?

The other members had thought about this question before, but most of them hadn't thought about it deeply, and it was the "hermit's" question that made them realize this strange thing.

Klein breathed a sigh of relief inwardly, the question was not difficult for him to answer, and then he said in a flat tone: "The barrier formed by the 'original' blocked the outer gods. ”

He had heard Amun mention this before, and after this period of thinking and some special ways to verify it, he could be sure that the "original" formed a barrier after the fall, and this barrier has been protecting the earth.

But why did the "original" fall? Why do the outer gods have such an eye on the real world? Klein had just some uncertain guesses about these questions, so to avoid showing his timidity, he simply replied with a few words.

Gadelia was stunned when she heard this answer, and then asked, "Does 'original' mean 'the original Creator'?" ”

Crane didn't answer, but asked with a smile, "This is your second question?" ”

"No, no, no!" It was only then that Cordelia realized how stupid her question was, who else could "originally" refer to if "originally" did not mean "original Creator"?

Because the answer given by Mr. Fool was so shocking, Gardelia made such a low-level mistake.

The reaction of the other members was similar to that of Gardelia: first shocked! Then ponder the message of the answer.

In the northern and southern continents, the first half of all creation myths is almost unified, and there is a creator who created this world.

The difference lies in the later parts, different religions will arrange different roles and parts for their gods, for example, in the "Apocalypse of the Night", it is said that the goddess of the night is an eye of the Creator, representing the night.

And if you have some occult knowledge, you will know that the deity who created everything is called the "original Creator".

This is the beginning of everything, so myths about the "original Creator" are popular.

It is precisely because of the popularity of this story that everyone is so shocked.

It seems to everyone that this is a deity like a "backdrop" of an extraordinary world, and although they all know of His existence, they have never heard of Him showing power or answering anyone's prayers.

Based on the fact that the seven gods often respond to believers or extraordinary beings, everyone subconsciously thinks that this deity may have been invented to explain where everything came from in the first place.

Suddenly, today Mr. Fool mentions Him and His impact on the real world, and everyone suddenly realizes that this deity is real.

So everyone basically had a consensus in their hearts: they couldn't feel His influence before, just because their level was too low and they didn't know His existence.

Everyone was shocked at first, and the members, except for Hobart, began to have some other ideas.

Alger sighed: It makes sense, the Outer Gods have very limited influence on the real world because they are blocked by the barrier that was formed "originally". It is because of the help of the barrier that the seven gods can block the outer gods.

"Magician" Furth sighed in his heart: I didn't expect that this "creator" with no sense of existence has been protecting everyone. So, I seem to have heard Hugh say that in Bakeland there seems to be a belief in the wild extraordinary.

Audrey thought of a new question: "Where has the "original" gone now? He is the true God of that way...... No, what are the ways in which He corresponds to the old days?

The other members had similar thoughts and questions, but the Q&A session was always a matter of the Hermit Lady asking and Mr. Fool answering, and they had to wait for their Q&A to finish before asking the "Emperor" or Mr. Fool.

At this time, Gadelia, who had calmed down, asked, "Great Mr. Fool, in what way did the prophesied end come?" ”

The other members sat up straight, silently praising the Hermit Lady in their hearts, another question they also wanted to know.

Klein smiled inwardly: Fortunately, Mr. Fool happened to know the answer to this question.

He replied: "The 'original' barrier was broken, and the outer gods invaded. ”

He consulted the Seven Lights of the Spirit Realm on this question, and he was very sure of this answer.

There was silence in the hall, and how surprised they were now at how much they had praised "the beginning" in their hearts.

And there is a feeling of "why no one informed me".

They didn't know that the "original" barrier had been protecting everyone, and now they knew the information, only to be told that the barrier was about to break!

Immediately after that, Alger thought of some information from the previous transaction: everyone wondered why the Seven Gods suddenly went to the astral plane at the end of the Quaternary Age? Now it is clear that the barrier may have been a little weak at that time, and the Seven Gods went to the Star Boundary in order to better defend against the outer gods.

"Sun" Derick is curious: I wonder if the barrier will have an impact on the "Godforsaken Land" after the barrier is broken?

But because he knew he had nothing to exchange for that answer, he didn't have the idea of asking the question.

It was also after the surprise that everyone began to think about the meaning of this answer.

Emlyn "Moon" was a little worried: for the extraordinary people in the real world, the pollution of the outer gods seems to be difficult to resist, and I don't want to become a believer in "Primordial Moon".

Firth was worried: Will the gods be able to protect the people of the real world? The Principality of South Bailang has just been established, and the natives of Long Tail Island and the people of the Southern Continent, as well as the poor people who immigrated to the South Bailang Principality, have been poor for so long, and they have just lived a worry-free life.

Audrey had a similar thought: there are still so many people who are living in hardship waiting for us to rescue, and the outer gods are about to invade?

Only "Star" Leonard lacks detailed information about the outer gods, but he also found through his observation of everyone: the gods seem to be difficult to resist the invasion of the outer gods?

Klein gave everyone a few seconds of surprise and thought before saying, "Let's get started." ”

Gadelia breathed a sigh of relief, the ten questions accumulated in the previous diary had been asked, and she didn't expect the answers to the last two questions to be so amazing!

But the answer given by Mr. Fool was too general, so she asked the "Emperor": "Do you know any information about the 'original'?" ”

Hobert was slightly stunned, he thought about it, and found that some of the initial information could be released.

Then He smiled and said, "I do have access to some higher intelligence, and some of it can be traded.

"The reward is a demigod-level help, and members who don't become demigods can wait until they become demigods to repay, or 3 times sequential 5-level help.

"Of course, I would like to remind you that this information is very general and incoherent."

When he talked about the reward, both Alger and Leonard couldn't help but hide backwards, the way they had "paid" Mr. Emperor was to support the civil war in the Duchy of South Bairan, and had participated in the most tragic defense of Rockrell almost the entire time, and they never wanted to have a similar experience in their lives.

However, although there was some resistance, such a reward seemed acceptable, after all, they both knew the value of the information they were trading.

As demigods, Crane and Gadelia felt that this kind of reward was very cost-effective, because at this level of intelligence, just knowing some general content was priceless.

In particular, Klein, who already knew some relevant information, probably had more conjectures through Hobert's description, or proved some of the previous conjectures.

During a civil war in the Duchy of South Bairan, most of the members paid off all the money they owed, with the exception of Emlyn and Derick.

The former was because it was behind the Chanis Gate of the Goddess of the Night Church at the time, and the latter was because it was in the "Godforsaken Land" and could not be repaid.

Emlyn didn't take it seriously, he felt that his promotion to a demigod was just around the corner, and when he became a demigod, he would only be able to repay it with two helps.

"Little Sun" Derrick said a little embarrassed: "Mr. Emperor, is there any reward that I can complete in the 'Godforsaken Land'?" ”

Hobart smiled: "Don't worry, maybe under the guidance of Mr. Fool, you will soon find a way out of the 'God's Forsaken Land', and it will not be too late to repay it when the time comes." ”

Derick was a little excited, and said in a loud voice: "Good, good! ”

But then, he let out a long sigh: "Thank you, Mr. Emperor. ”

Darek is no longer the simple teenager, and of course he knows that with the help of Mr. Fool, they will also need a certain amount of opportunity and effort to find a way out of the "Godforsaken Land".

After negotiating the question of compensation, Hobart first waved his hand at Derrick to show no thanks, and then began: "It is said that the awakening of the 'First Creator' is the beginning of the First Age and everything!" ”

This description immediately gave the other members a basic understanding of the "original Creator": that, as the myth describes, was really the beginning of everything.

Only Klein heard something else: "Did the original creator" represent the sudden appearance of extraordinary power? He made the old civilization disappear, and the creatures that lived in the original civilization mutated into crazy and twisted monsters?

Hobert added: "In the 'beginning' period of existence, He was everything in this world, and His existence represented the existence of this world. ”

Alger realized: "The 'original' person, higher than the old days? ”

Hobert replied, "As far as I understand it, there is no person who can describe the 'initial' level. ”

Everyone was stunned, and Cordelia understood what Hobert meant: the "original" person was indescribably high!

Audrey also asked the question she had just thought of: "Mr. Emperor, what are the ways of 'originally' corresponding to the old days?" ”

Hobart took a deep breath and replied, "I said He represents everything!" ”

Audrey was somewhat shocked: "All the extraordinary properties in his body?" ”

Hobert adds, "At least all the extraordinary properties of the real world. ”

For a moment, everyone's thoughts were briefly blank, and they really couldn't imagine what kind of state it would be like when all the extraordinary characteristics were piled up.

After a few seconds, Klein, who was the first to react, manipulated the "world" and asked, "What kind of form was 'initially'?" Is He still a creature? Or is it purely a consciousness born of extraordinary characteristics? ”

"I don't know exactly what the status is." Hobert leaned back in his chair and said, "In my understanding and speculation, 'initially' is somewhat similar to the 'cosmic consciousness' I mentioned earlier.

But there is also a difference, because He is not a collection of all the extraordinary and authoritative universe.

"It may be that the relationship between the two is that divinity includes the 'first,' but the 'first' does not represent all divinity.

"Personally, I believe that divinity represents the will of the universe, and the 'original' represents part of the will of the universe and part of the will of life.

"There is overlap between the two, but there are also differences."

Finally, Hobart emphasized: "This is my personal understanding. ”

At this level, a lot of information seems very vague, and it may even be that "there is no fixed concept" is the concept of this information.

The other members were already a little unable to keep up with the discussion between the "Emperor" and the "World", and only after they had finished discussing this issue did they follow their train of thought.

After a few more seconds, Gadelia asked, "Then why did it disappear in the first place?" Or why did it fall? ”

Hobart replied: "It is reasonable to say that because of the extraordinary characteristics there is a tendency to split. ”

Gadelia immediately understood: "'Initially' was its own split? ”

"That's the way it is, in theory." Hobert half-jokingly asked, "Which being can make Him fall?" ”

At this point, Emlyn asked, "So all the extraordinary properties come from the 'beginning'?" ”

Hobert said again: "Theoretically. ”

Emlyn asked, "All life also comes from the 'beginning'?" ”

"Theoretically, that's true."

"What about the Bloodline?" Emlin asked, "Did such a special race as the Blood Race also originate from the 'beginning'?" ”

Hobert was slightly stunned for a moment, and then recalled the creation myth before saying, "According to legend, the mouth and teeth of the 'original' evolved into the blood family. ”

Everyone's faces were a little strange, because they suddenly noticed that in the creation legend, it was mentioned that the lungs of the original creator evolved into spirits, and his heart evolved into giants.

But there is no mention of the Bloodline.

The "legend" that the "Emperor" just mentioned has been changed, and the original words of the creation myth are that the mouth and teeth of the "original" evolved into a different species.

Before humans took potions to become vampires, both vampires and werewolves were classified as "xenospecies".

The reason why everyone looked strange was because they finally understood the reason for Mr. Moon's question: in the currently accepted creation myth, the blood clan was not "independently derived" from a certain organ "originally", which was difficult for the very arrogant Mr. Moon to accept.

Mr. Emperor understood Mr. Moon's "appeal", so he changed the creation myth.

Because Mr. Moon's question completely interrupted the initial thoughts of everyone's discussion just now, and this transaction ended here.

Hobert waited a few seconds and saw that no one continued to ask him questions, and then he said to the "Fool" at the head of the bronze table, "Mr. Fool, I ask to speak with Mr. World alone." ”

The "fool" bowed his head, creating a space for two people to communicate alone.

Hobert then said to the World, "I have obtained the Star Worm, and I will sacrifice it to Mr. Fool after the meeting. ”

Klein manipulated the "world" to ask, "What price should I pay?" ”

"We'll talk about it later." Hobart had been thinking about it for a long time before, and he really couldn't think of anything that could be exchanged for an equivalent price and what he needed.

"Okay." Klein also knows very well that the value of the "Star Worm" is not up or down, a little higher than the value of the demigod-level auxiliary materials, but it is far from the demigod-level main materials, and it is not easy to find something that can be traded at an equivalent price.

Hobert added, "Let's come to Longtail Island to celebrate the New Year together." ”

Klein was slightly stunned, then smiled again: "Forget it, I don't feel any feelings about the New Year, and it will disturb you." ”

He paused and said, "Maybe you can do me a favor and summon a projection of my history." ”

Klein plans to go to Beckland to see Benson and Melissa.

Hobert probably guessed Klein's mind as well: "Okay. ”

The two ended their separate communication, and Hobert said to Alger again: "After the New Year, about the 2nd or 3rd, how about we go to explore the elven ruins together?" ”

Then today the nobles of Beckland were going to have some balls and drinking parties, and Hobert was so annoyed that he did not have any idea of participating.

Alger, who didn't have much to look forward to the New Year, immediately sat up straight: "Okay! ”

Mr. Emperor finally had time, and Alger had been looking forward to it, and after this exploration, he would be able to determine whether he would stay in the Church of Storms or prepare to become a pirate general.

After the two agreed to explore together, the hall fell silent again.

As the ranks of members get higher and higher, there are fewer and fewer transactions to move up their ranks.

Both Audrey and Firth can get the extraordinary trait of being promoted to demigod from Hobert, and they don't have to worry too much about the ceremony of promotion.

The ritual of being promoted to "manipulator" is relatively simple: on a given occasion when there are at least 10,000 people, take a potion in a great emotional resonance with them.

The promotion ceremony of Firth was aided by her teacher Dorian, and it is said that with the help of the Abraham family, it was not very difficult.

Alger hopes that he will get a copy of the "Priest of Calamity" trait in the last elven ruins, and his needs are unlikely to be traded at the Tarot meeting.

Klein is preparing for the promotion of angels, and the need for this level promotion is no longer tradable.

Gadelia had just been promoted, and although the potion had been basically digested, she planned to consolidate her state and had no idea of continuing to be promoted for the time being.

Leonard, on the other hand, still intends to rely on the church for promotion, and there is no need for a deal.

Seeing that no one was talking, Darek raised his hand slightly, "I need the potion recipe and master ingredient for the Darkless." ”

Everyone was silent, and as with the problem Alger faced, things at this level were hard to trade.

The hall was silent for a second or two before Hobart said, "I have a potion recipe." ”

This caused the other members to look sideways, and Alger was even tempted to ask him if he had the trait of "Disaster Priest" there.

The reason why Hobart didn't answer immediately was because he remembered that "Little Sun" seemed to have received the potion recipe and extraordinary properties of becoming a demigod from Klein.

But soon he remembered that the "Darkless Cross" was still in his hands!

So he added, "I also have a seal that corresponds to the 'Darkless One' level. ”

(End of chapter)