Inside the room, the crimson glow was like water that soaked every corner.
Dorian slowly lifted his head and looked at the full moon outside the oriel window. He didnāt look away for a long time, as if he was admiring a beautiful scenery for the first time.
Phewā¦ He let out a breath, stood up, and entered the bathroom. He turned on the tap, held up a mouthful of biting-cold water, and splashed it hard on his face.
After washing up, Dorian wiped his face with a towel and returned to the living room to sit on the sofa. He lowered his head and muttered piously, āPraise be to Mr. Fool!ā
After completing his prayer, he walked into the study, took out a pen and paper, and wrote to Fors:
āā¦
āPlease tell Mr. Gehrman Sparrow that I have confirmed his promise. I hope he can find a better way to resolve the curseā¦
āI will gather the other members of my family to discuss if I should use one of the two Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts in exchange for the Box of the Great Old Onesā¦
āHere, let me introduce the two Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts so that Mr. Gehrman Sparrow will have sufficient time to consider which one he wants.
āOne of them is called āScroll of God.ā It looks like an ordinary oil painting in a brass frame, but the content on it will change at random.
āWhen it shows different locations, the wielder can change the surroundings of the target, allowing the corresponding scene to descend.
āWhen it shows different figures, the wielder can allow those people to attack their targets with one target per figure.
āWhen it presents an abstract image that cannot be understood, different real effects will happen, and the only thing we know about the corresponding relationship is a very small portion;
āWhen it depicts doors, opening different ādoorsā will move one to different places. Thereās no way to predict where the destination will be. It can be used to exile its target;
āWhen it shows the dark underground or deep cosmos, it will be extremely dangerous. It has to be sealed!
āIf no one looks at it or takes in the marvel of the oil painting, then the person inside will come to life. They will reach out their hands from the oil painting, and slowly enter the real world. One must pay attention to this when sealing it!
āOnce upon a time, when one of my familyās branches were in charge of the Scroll of God, there was a mistake. No one appreciated it for a full minute. And at that moment, it presented an image of an angel revolving around a deity. Then, the deity came alive and walked out of the oil painting.
āThat branch of my family was destroyed just like that. There were only a few members remaining who had lost their minds, while that deity had gone somewhere unknown, but the painting was left behind.
āWe had been worried for quite some time, afraid that the deity would destroy the world. Fortunately, āHeā never appeared again. Perhaps āHeā had already been noticed by the seven deities and was dealt with.
āOf course, we canāt rule out the possibility that this is a story made up by those who have lost their minds. However, for most of the members to have died overnight, with a small number going mad, that in itself implies enough.
āThe other Grade 0 Sealed Artifact is called āStaff of the Stars.ā Its appearance is a black cane with embedded gems.
āWhile holding onto it, using corresponding scenes in your mind, one that truly exists and is still in existence, the staff will transport you directly to the destination, but you must be careful. The scene depicted must be absolutely correct. Every detail must be accurate. There cannot be any differences with the original. Otherwise, you will never know where your destination is;
āSimilarly, while holding onto the Staff of the Stars, if some Beyonder powers or figures appear in your mind, this cane will reenact the corresponding powers and person. The latter will be a single attack. To achieve such an effect, one has to have sufficient understanding of the powers and figures. Otherwise, you have no idea what kind of anomaly will happen. Once, someone used the Staff of the Stars to release āLightning Storm,ā but he ended up turning himself into a frog. Recovery was only possible once the method to remove the curse was found;
āThe Staff of the Stars is sufficiently hard and can be used to attack. A person struck by it will randomly mutate or suffer strange effects. Previously, I used the Staff of the Stars to hit a Beyonder from the Aurora Order. The left side of his body was moved outside a door, and his right side remained where it was. His organs splattered out as a result;
āThe Staff of the Stars will randomly move about. If it isnāt properly sealed, it might disappear at some point in time and escape your control.
āWhen holding it, oneās head has to be empty most of the time. This is because once an image appears, it can trigger the effects I described in the beginning;
āIf thereās no one holding onto it, all sorts of abnormalities will happen around the Staff of the Stars. Itās hard to predict what will happen. It has to be sealedā¦
āBurn upon readingā¦ā
After writing the letter, Dorian read it several times to make sure that there was no mistake before stuffing it into an envelope and pasting a stamp on it.
At that moment, in the ancient palace above the gray fog.
Through the prayer point of light, Klein had watched Dorianās entire process of writing the letter.
I seem to have forgotten to tell him that he can pass the corresponding information to Gehrman Sparrow through Mr. Foolā¦ Thatās good too. Iāll just treat this as a benefit of being a formal member of the Tarot Club. If every believer were to do this, I wouldnāt be able to cope if I didnāt leave any Worms of Spirit in Sefirah Castleā¦ Yes, this can also effectively maintain Mr. Foolās prestige. It will ensure that the Abrahams wonāt dare to belittle Mr. Foolā¦ Klein mumbled before turning his attention onto the two Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts.
He once again confirmed that Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts had severe negative effects and couldnāt be used as common items.
Of course, their powers had extremely terrifying and potent effects. They were worthy of the grade ā0.ā
In comparison, the Staff of the Stars is more suitable for meā¦
I can get Miss Justice to hypnotize me in advance so that my subconscious thoughts wonāt appear in the form of an image or scene. Only by consciously willing it in my mind will I be able to form the outline of a sceneā¦
I wonder if the residents of the City of Silver will be able to leave the Forsaken Land of the Gods with the Staff of the Stars in their hands by just outlining the scene of Backlundās streets in their mindsā¦
But thereās no way to hypnotize them before this. They havenāt really seen Backlund. Even if they restore the corresponding scene, itās difficult for them to accurately outline the detailsā¦
Anyway, itās very troublesome, but I can give it a try and choose a volunteer who isnāt afraid of deathā¦
If I can exchange for the Staff of the Stars, thereās no need to rush to shatter it and turn it back into a characteristic. Who knows when it might come in handy. After all, the advancement ritual might not be completedā¦
With the Staff of the Stars, I can deal with the Dark Demonic Wolf and escape the Forsaken Land of the Gods right under the Dark Angelās nose. This will give me a little more confidenceā¦ Klein sighed as he made his decision.
At this moment, he discovered another truth.
That was if some of the members of the Abraham family followed Dorian and switched faiths to Mr. Fool, then even if he returned the Box of the Great Old Ones to them, it wouldnāt be difficult to borrow it in the future.
In other words, out of the three Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts, the Staff of the Stars, the Scroll of God, and the Box of the Great Old Ones, he would gain the right to use two of them and have ownership over one.
Itās still very useful to develop believersā¦ When the time comes, wouldnāt the Abraham family become a subordinate faction of the Tarot Club? However, Dorian definitely wonāt spread the faith of The Fool so quickly unless some members are already on the brink of losing control, without the ability to resist the curse of the next full moon. For some reason, he felt that the power of the Tarot Club was expanding.
He thought about it seriously and felt sad that he would have to respond to his believers twenty-four hours a day in the future.
Only by becoming an angel and truly gaining ownership of Sefirah Castle did he dare leave a few Worms of Spirit behind so as to resolve this problem.
If that really doesnāt work, Iāll get Arrodes to be my artificial intelligence customer serviceā¦ Klein rubbed his temples and left the gray fog before returning to the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
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Late at night, in the waters of the Rorsted Archipelago.
A huge sea monster quickly swam to its destination.
This was the āhelperā that Alger had requested from Sea God Kalvetua. At the level of an Ocean Songster, he was still unable to control a creature of such size.
In truth, he could totally swim from Bayam, but that would be too tiring, and he wouldnāt be able to resist any accidents.
A few seconds later, the sea monster opened its mouth. Alger swam out and approached a beautiful coral thicket.
After circling a few obstacles, a dark blue glow suddenly appeared in Algerās eyes.
Through this ādark blueness,ā he saw a beautiful coral palace.
It was so real, but no one could see it unless there was a specific medium.
Alger stared at it for a while before swimming forward. He came to the front of the palace and pushed open the door.
The churning water came to a halt as Alger passed through the barrier and landed on the ground thanks to the wind.
He looked around and saw that there were murals on both sides.
The contents of these murals werenāt surprising. The people with elven faces mainly focused on resisting the storm.
However, Alger noticed that the ships werenāt out at sea, but in the midst of a thick, nearly indestructible āblackness.ā
This made Alger think of a phrase: Abyss.
This is somewhat similar to the Abyss as spoken in legends, but itās just a little similar, and there arenāt any Devils eitherā¦ They seem to be coming from undergroundā¦ These murals record the history of the elves? But they donāt match the corresponding mythsā¦ The World said that each elvish word corresponds to a first-generation elfā¦ As Alger pondered, he walked towards the nine steps ahead.
As he drew closer, he saw two thrones and a dark blue crystalline coral.
On the coral branches, silver bolts of lightning flashed, illuminating the surroundings.
Alger held his breath as he slowed down his pace and went up the stairs to the throne.
He extended his right hand solemnly and picked up the coral.
With a splashing sound, the seawater outside the palace suddenly churned. As for the coral, under the cover of a ādark blueness,ā it gradually turned illusory and merged into Algerās body.
Lightning bolts bloomed one after another like flower petals.