Senor, in his Wraith form, passed through the thick soil and rocks under Kleinâs control, arriving beside Sharron. He saw a damaged armrest which had asymmetrical patterns buried there, looking rather similar, but also different from the splinters they discovered moments ago.
The armrest wasnât pure black in color. Their patterns exuded a dark red color, as though it was an intersection of iron and blood.
Recalling the scene from his nightmare, Klein determined that this wasnât the high-back chair that the entity suspected to be Medici sat on.
This was the second chair!
The room that sealed the evil spirit had at least two high-back chairs!
âKleinâ and Sharron didnât say a word as they circled around in different directions to search for other clues.
Before long, they discovered the evidence of a third high-back chair!
It was the leg of a chair, mainly dark red in color with pure black patterns. It was completely different from the other two kinds of splinters.
âPerhaps itâs a problem caused by the asymmetrical trait of the Fourth EpochâŠâ Klein knew Sharronâs style, volunteering to speak and saying something even he couldnât believe.
In the nightmare that resulted from the evil spiritâs influence, the colors of the high-back chairs were, at the very least, uniform!
Sharron shook her head slightly.
âThree has more of a ritualistic feel.â
She was implying that the innocent victims of Blood Emperor Alista Tudor werenât just one person back then. Perhaps a ritual had been held in the room that sealed the evil spirit.
Klein was taken aback by what he heard as a scene flashed through his mind.
In a spacious and dark room, three high-back chairs of different styles were placed around a particular point in the center. And sitting on each chair was a breathless humanoid creature with a drooping head. Among them included Red Angel Medici.
The scene became clearer as Klein instantly connected two additional matters together.
The main ingredients of the Sequence 0 Black Emperorâs potion is the Uniqueness and two Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics (excluding oneâs own Beyonder characteristic);
Blood Emperor Alista Tudor had apparently forcefully jumped from the Black Emperor pathwayâs Sequence 1 Prince of Disorder to the Red Priest Sequence 0, which wasnât a neighboring pathway. As a result, he became a half-crazy true god!
As his thoughts whirred, Klein quickly had a theory.
This room had once held a Sequence 0 advancement ritual needed for a true god!
Of course, according to the complicated ritual needed by a Black Emperor, this was only part of the requirement. The pathway that represented war had clearly required the entire continent to be in chaos and at war to match in scale.
And Blood Emperor Alista Tudor doesnât have the corresponding Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic, so his Red Priest potion requires three Sequence 1 angels or Sealed Artifacts to provide âHimâ with the Beyonder characteristics. There happens to be three high-back chairs here!
Yes, the evil spirit suspected to be Red Angel Medici said that to help it escape its seal, one should find direct descendants of the Sauron, Einhorn, and Medici family, and then extract 10 ml of blood and mix them with holy water⊠Sauron and Einhorn wield the Hunter pathway and are also angel families of the Red Priest Beyonder pathway. Theyâve existed since the Fourth Epoch to this day. One of them has already waned, only capable of controlling the spy network and a military faction in Intis, while the other remains the royal family of Feysac⊠Thoughts flashed through Kleinâs mind as he had a new belief regarding what had happened in the room, as well as the true identity of the evil spirit.
On the other two high-back chairs sat the ancestors of the Sauron and Einhorn families, Sequence 1 angels!
Together with War Angel Medici, who very likely possessed the pathwayâs Uniqueness, all the main ingredients of the Red Priest potion were gathered!
And that evil spirit is highly likely to not be the pure Red Angel Medici. It might include the remnant psyche and hatred of the Sauron and Einhorn familyâs ancestors!
Man, this place once sacrificed three Sequence 1 angels! Before âTheyâ died, their curses and the ritual itself left effects, making this room become abnormally horrifying, as well as sealing it? Thankfully I reported this to the Churches ahead of time to let them deal with it. Otherwise, we might have died here if we relied on ourselves. It would be the same even if Miss Sharron and I advanced to Sequence 4. We would become food for the evil spirit⊠Klein felt a sense of fear and joy.
Meanwhile, he began to understand the reason why the Red Priest card had landed in the hands of the evil spirit. After all, the former highest-ranking members of a pathway were buried here in this underground ruin, the convergence of Beyonder characteristics would naturally lure Beyonders of the same pathway over without any deviations.
Furthermore, as Roselle once saidâwhatever separates will definitely converge, and whatever converges will definitely separateâafter Blood Emperor Alista Tudor perished, the true god characteristic he possessed, which is the Sequence 0 characteristic, will likely split into four pieces.
One is the Uniqueness, an abstract item or concept, while the remaining three are three sets of Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics. If it wasnât because of that, the corresponding Beyonder pathway wouldnât have anymore Sequence 1s when someone becomes a godâŠ
Could one or two of these Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics be attracted, entering the sealed room? This is likely one of the reasons why the Card of Blasphemy was lured over! The more Klein thought, the more he felt that he had previously underestimated the evil spirit.
They live up to being angels who advanced from Conspirers⊠Standing under the tree, Klein controlled Senor to say, âPerhaps it really is a ritual.
âItâs related to Blood Emperor Alista Tudor. The scale and level involved must be great.â
Sharron added after silently listening, âSauron, Einhorn, MediciâŠâ
Miss Sharron is also suspecting if the three high-back chairs once belonged to different angels from the details requested by the evil spirit⊠Klein thought for a moment, and he divulged something through Senor.
âBlood Emperor Alista Tudor is likely a true god from the Hunter pathway; the Card of Blasphemy is represented by the Red Priest.â
Sharron remained silent for a few seconds as though she came to a realization regarding certain matters as she said, âThat card is gone.â
She was referring to the Red Priest card which the evil spirit had formerly shown them.
âPerhaps that evil spirit had long escaped before the Nighthawks and Machinery Hivemind destroyed this place.â Klein shared his theory. âAnd it had taken away all the Beyonder characteristics and that Red Priest card.â
Sharron silently surveyed the area and said, âItâs very crafty. It wouldnât leave behind any obvious clues.â
Thatâs right. The Beyonder characteristics outside the sealed room are clearly not at Sequence 4. To an evil spirit who was once a King of Angels, they donât have any allure. Likewise for the Red Priest card⊠It can be understood that it took away the things in the room, but why didnât it leave anything? Itâs like telling others something like âHaha, Iâve fooled you. Iâve already successfully escaped. Catch me if you canâ⊠Wait, perhaps thatâs exactly what it wishes to convey! As Klein thought, he suddenly found it amusing as he made Senor speak.
âNo, being crafty doesnât necessarily equate to not leaving clues.
âThe Sequence 8 of the Hunter pathway is Provoker.â
At that moment, the Red Angel that surfaced in his mind had the picture of Anderson Hood over it.
Sharron listened silently as she gaped her mouth slightly, but she didnât say a word.
Similarly, Klein was speechless. He felt that the Beyonders of the Hunter pathway truly had a crystal clear style.
In comparison, the red-haired Helene didnât appear anything like someone from the Sauron family.
However, she was rather talented at provoking Vice Admiral Ailment⊠Yes, back then, the Sauron family members also infuriated Roselle terribly⊠Klein silently exhaled as he lampooned.
The silent mood was soon broken by Klein. Senor looked around and said a joke, âPerhaps thatâs the reason why they were captured and brought here.â
âWho was helping Alista Tudor?â Sharronâs translucent figure asked, but she didnât seem to look forward to the answer.
âPerhaps itâs the six deitiesâŠâ âKleinâ recalled the six deity statues in the hall.
However, he had second thoughts.
âHowever, the seven deities supported the Trunsoest Empire. The Sauron and Einhorn families were powerful aristocrats of the empire.
âOf course, it cannot be ruled out that they first supported Tudor, and later had a falling out after âHeâ went mad.â
If itâs not the six deities, does it mean that there are other deities supporting Alista Tudor? Who would it be? Klein thought in silence.
Sharron didnât stay any longer as she floated up to the surface, returning to the tree.
Klein stored away Senorâs Wraith, allowing it to enter the gold coin inside the iron cigar case. Then, he asked in passing, âActually, Iâve always been curious. Where do the powers of pure evil spirits and wraiths who do not have Beyonder characteristics come from?â
âThe spirit world,â Sharron answered simply.
The conservation of Beyonder characteristics, but the source of Beyonder powers isnât necessarily the same? Yes, perhaps the spirit world itself is the product of some Beyonder characteristics⊠Klein nodded and looked at the soil beneath his feet.
âIâll continue investigating the whereabouts of the evil spirit. Iâll inform you if thereâs anything.â
He planned on asking Arrodes later.
With that said, he took out a pen and paper, scribbled down the method to summoning his messenger, and handed it over.
âYou can write to me if thereâs anything.â
Sharron received the piece of paper and seriously looked at it.
âIâll be in the Bravehearts Bar.
âLetters can be mailed to 126 Garde Street, Hillston Borough. Address it to Maâam Maryam.â
âAlright.â Klein stuffed his pen into his pocket. In front of Sharron, he used a ritualistic dagger to create a wall of spirituality and resealed the iron cigar case.
Following that, he crossed the street to stop a carriage like a gentleman, sending Sharron all the way back to the Backlund bridge area.
After doing this, he returned to the high-end hotel in Hillston Borough. Midway, he changed his appearance and switched carriages.
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Bayam. Inside the Seaweed Bar.
Danitz, who had spent some time drifting at sea, once again stepped back into the City of Generosity. He planned on helping the Resistance handle some matters.
He pressed down on his cap, sat at the corner of the bar counter, and prepared to first hear about the recent news. He didnât wish to become a bounty reward due to untimely or inaccurate intelligence.
At this moment, he heard an adventurer beside him say to his companion, âHey, do you think Gehrman Sparrow will get someone to claim Admiral of Bloodâs bounty on his behalf?â
Ah? Danitz subconsciously looked up, looking at the speaker with a blank, confused look.