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Beyond the Battlefield (4k5)Chapter 288 Beyond the Battlefield (4k5)
Using up a resurrection opportunity that Sefirah Castle had advanced? Am I crazy?
Klein thought subconsciously, but then he felt that this matter seemed different from what he had imagined.
According to Klein's own judgment, he could be resurrected one or two times. And judging from the speed of recovery from his injuries that he observed, it was very likely that he would have a chance to be resurrected after this death.
But this death brought him two of his biggest weaknesses in the world, namely the opportunity for Benson and Melissa to disappear from the eyes of his enemies, which might buy Klein the most precious time.
He was one of the souls chosen by Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun to go to Sefirah Castle, so he naturally had a good degree of compatibility with Sefirah Castle. Among the events he had experienced, some of them had already allowed him to digest part of the "Strange Mage" potion in advance. Although the effect of the early role-playing was weakened, Klein still had the confidence to quickly complete the role-playing of the "Strange Mage".
The goddess of night who formulated this plan was known as the "Mother of Secrets". After Klein died, he could use death to escape Amon's pursuit.
By that time, Klein could have changed his identity and entered Backlund again. With the presence of the Storm Lord, Amon did not dare to enter Backlund rashly, and Klein could also play and digest his experience there with peace of mind.
Klein suddenly fell into hesitation, and the three gods sitting beside him did not intend to urge him. They just waited quietly for Klein to make a decision.
After a long moment, Klein gritted his teeth and said,
"I am willing to carry out this plan."
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Klein was wearing a captain's hat and his own captain's uniform, walking on the ground. Although this outfit was very common in the current war period, adventurers who had been hanging around the port for many years soon recognized his identity.
"King of Aurora!"
An adventurer said in a nervous whisper. The atmosphere in the tavern was gloomy and no one dared to look up at the man who looked like the "King of Aurora".
No matter if someone imitated him intentionally or came in person, no one dared to offend the king of the sea. Any pirate king was a figure who could openly confront a country (in the impression of ordinary people), and now the legend was appearing around them.
The low pressure here is not without reason. Although there is the Honachis Mountains blocking the Intis Republic and the Loen Empire, there is still a part of the bordering land along the coast of the Intermediate Sea to the west.
Both the navy and the army can easily advance from here and start a battle here.
This was a horrific destruction for cities like Conston, which were relatively close to the Honachis Mountains. Even in places farther away, one could see large areas of ruins caused by the abuse of extraordinary powers during the war.
The few intact bungalows left here can now be considered mansions. Raging flames can be seen everywhere, and there is a faint smell of burning objects in the air.
Klein walked to the edge of the tavern. He looked past the city and toward the sparsely populated wilderness. There shouldn't have been many people living there, but now he could see large and small black spots like ants in the low-lying areas, moving in groups away from the ocean.
This is war... Gao Wei, haven't you thought that after George III became a god, such things will only become more and more common?
A person must be in the shadow of war in person to fully understand its heavy oppression. Klein looked at the completely disappeared peace, and some dark emotions rose in his heart.
Klein looked gloomy. He lightly snapped his fingers, and the flames in the tavern suddenly jumped up and gathered into a stream of flames that engulfed him. Before his figure disappeared in the flames, he said in a low voice:
"Leave here."
The tavern was silent, and after a long while, a slightly trembling voice sounded:
"Leave here, but where can we go?"
The pirates on the sea were still plundering laborers from all over the place, and their actions became more rampant under the instructions of the Loen Empire. The Storm Church would certainly supervise these pirates, but they were seriously short of manpower.
Even these sea adventurers had no way to fight against the pirates acting in groups. After all, there would not be too many extraordinary people among them.
Even Sequence Nine and Sequence Eight Beyonders are unable to defeat a pirate group with a complete organization but no Beyonders.
In a dilapidated monastery, a flame suddenly lit up. Leonard sat quietly on a chair, looking at Gehrman Sparrow who suddenly appeared. At this moment, he had put on a tall hat and took off his captain's uniform and changed into the formal clothes commonly worn by the Loen Empire.
He had a pair of bright red gloves on his hands. He adjusted the brim of his hat and asked Leonard:
"How are things going on here?"
"The monastery here is already overcrowded. There are many ordinary people who come here to seek help. We can only accommodate a portion of them at a time. The supplies here are already seriously insufficient. Moreover, the number of people we plan to transfer will not be too large. Even if all the ships are fully loaded... there will be at most tens of thousands of people."
Leonard spoke to Klein in an equally low voice,
"They all believe in the Goddess and are devout followers of the Goddess. But the capacity of the God-Forsaken Land you gave us is limited. We can only take away 10,000 people at most. Many deacons of the Church of Evernight have been transferred from Jianhai. They are responsible for helping to evacuate the local residents and help them migrate to the south."
In addition to the believers of the Church of Night, some people from the Aurora Society and the Southern Continent will also occupy the places in the God-forsaken Land - the "Sanctuary".
"Of course, the Storm Church also played its due role during the migration process."
Most of the cities in Jianhai County were located around rivers. Under the extraordinary power of the "Wind-lovers" of the Church of Storms, ships migrated through the rivers in the center of the Loen Empire to the central and southern parts of the country, so that the residents would not suffer too much damage in the aftermath of the war.
However, many weak civilians died on the way to the port with ships, and many crazy extraordinary people from the Sun Path in the Intis Republic sneaked into the Loen Empire, causing great damage to some cities in the Loen Empire.
Of course, they also destroyed the routes for evacuating people.
"Let's take the children here first."
After a brief thought, Klein said to Leonard, "My 'Traveler's Gate' cannot be opened for too long. Although we only need to send them to the ships provided to us by the surrounding real creators, more accidents are likely to occur during the transmission and positioning process."
"Archbishop Anthony just sent a message." Leonard added,
"The Archbishop said that there will be a helper to help us open the 'Traveler's Gate' so that we can quickly complete the evacuation mission of Backlund and other areas. Have you counted the number of residents in Beldan and Constant who are willing to leave their hometowns to build the new world?"
"I just used the 'Traveler's Gate' to set the coordinates there and have already assigned the task." Klein said calmly, "But the problem is still here. Constanton and Belldan are too far apart, and I can't maintain the 'gate' there for too long."
"That's what the archbishop told me." Leonard shook his head. "He said that the one who comes here will have a way."
"Could it be a High-Sequence Beyonder from the 'Gate' pathway?" Klein thought about it and felt that even the demigod "Secret Saint" Butis would not be able to continuously create "Traveler's Gates" that could accommodate tens of thousands of people.
There are many cities in Loen, and in many monasteries, Klein needs to "open the door" and then teleport. It is precisely because of this method of evacuating in small quantities and multiple times that Klein can use the ability of the "Traveler" of Sequence 5 to take others away. If you want to take away 10,000 people at a time, only a higher sequence of the "Gate" path can do it.
Moreover, Butis was now busy transferring some workers who believed in the True Creator and letting them leave here by ship. They might have believed in the Lord of Storms or the God of Steam and Machinery, but now they had changed their beliefs.
"I don't know..." Leonard was equally confused.
But at this moment a loud roar was heard, as if a bomb exploded beside them.
Bomb? Klein, feeling something was wrong, took two steps and ran out. Thanks to the extraordinary body control ability given to him by the "Joker", his speed did not slow down at all even in the violent vibration.
He walked outside in two or three steps, and watching the "roar" going away in the sky, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice to the nun who was counting the number of people outside:
"What happened?"
"Bomb..." The nun swallowed. Although there was a hint of fear in her tone, she still mustered up the courage to explain the whole story.
"A bomb fell from the sky. It was an airship from the Feysac Empire..."
"Fortunately, the bomb just now deviated a little and did not fall directly into the monastery..."
You know, there are nearly two thousand people crammed into the monastery right now!
The Feysac Empire? The God of War?!
Klein looked at the airships flying forward and gritted his teeth. He determined that the place where these airships were flying was Backlund. He turned to Leonard and said,
"Ask the archbishop when the helper he mentioned will arrive?"
The war has reached a fever pitch. The Feysac Empire's initiative in taking action means that the "God of War" has declared war on the "Goddess of Night" and the Loen Empire.
It is conceivable that in the eyes of the Feysac Empire's spies, due to the war with Intis, the anchor of the Goddess of Night has been lost to a great extent.
The intensity of the war can be imagined. Compared with Loen who took the initiative to declare war, Feysac's combat strength against Intis was obviously much lower, and it was obvious that he wanted to sit on the sidelines and watch.
Although a large part of the people in the Southern Continent still believe in the "God of Death", and although part of their faith has been transferred to the Goddess of Night in the Goddess's "artificial God of Death" plan, this still cannot be considered a stable anchor.
In this case, if the anchor of the Goddess of Night continues to decrease due to the war in the Feysac Empire, then Her image may irreversibly lean towards the "Goddess of Death", which may affect the status of the Goddess of Night who does not have the uniqueness of accommodating the path of "Death".
There are still not enough believers in the Goddess of Night in the Forsaken Land... What does the God of War want to do by declaring war on the Goddess of Night at this time? Is this another arrangement by someone... Klein sighed. He couldn't relocate too many residents at one time. Relocating a part of the people in a monastery at a time was already the limit.
If too many people were to be relocated, the food stored in Silver City and the cultivated land would not be able to accommodate the consumption of so many people, and by then, death would still be waiting for them.
Compared with the additional anchor points, the faith of the four gods that is gradually increasing in the God-Forsaken Land is more like the last straw, the last guarantee to help the two gods maintain their thoughts and personalities.
"Well, now I will open a 'door' and take the children who need to be transferred to the ship away from here." Klein paused slightly, and he lightly snapped his fingers, and a ray of light appeared out of thin air.
He listened to the exclamations and praises from the crowd and smiled somewhat bitterly.
Sorry, I can only take some of you...
Klein watched as each child said goodbye to their parents or the nuns who took care of them, or walked into the light gate alone. He slowly took two steps back.
This separation may be a farewell forever, and for these civilians, it is very likely that they will never see their children again.
"Can you still hold on?"
A voice sounded behind Klein. The voice was serious but also a little gentle. Klein was startled for a moment and turned to look.
He recognized who the "helper" was.
It was the stern-faced guard who had been standing next to Gao Wei.
"I'm still fine." Klein rubbed his temples and said to the man despite the exhaustion of his spiritual energy. Bethel raised a gentle arc at the corner of his mouth and said to Klein:
"Opening the 'Traveler's Gate' in the form of 'grazing' consumes a lot of energy. Don't force yourself. Leave the rest to me."
"I heard from Gao Wei that you are considering whether to transfer to the 'Gate' path in the future, roam the starry sky, and find a new home for humans. It's a good opportunity. I will show you the ability of the 'Gate' path."
Klein's expression changed slightly and he nodded:
"Please."
"It's okay… Klein Moretti, no, you are German now? My name is Bethel." Bethel stretched out his right arm and placed his right hand in front of himself:
"Gao Wei told me that in your 'era', this word means:"
Bethel looked solemn, and he slowly moved his right hand to the right.
"——The abode of God."
As Bethel moved, one door of light after another opened in front of everyone, and these devout believers in the Goddess of Night looked at this scene and felt it was a miracle.
Perhaps this can indeed be called a miracle. He opened a door and said to the people: Go in! Behind the door is the kingdom of heaven!
The East Continent, the place where the gods originated, the pioneers of the goddess of night - these ordinary people suddenly became soldiers in the myth. Knowing that they would never see their children again after separation, they were willing to send their children through the door.
Bethel reached out and grabbed Klein's shoulder, and said to him,
"Let's go to the next place."
"Gao Wei... He told me that he would take you to Tingen after all this is over."
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"Bethel let it slip... Was it intentional or accidental?"
The high-dimensional overlooker sat in the psychedelic courtyard, looking at the light curtain in front of him.
Suspended in the center of the courtyard is a huge eyeball, which looks like an eyeball and a heart. Countless rays of light are emitted from it, forming crystal "blood vessels" and "branches" in the air.
Around these "tiny" silk threads, strangely shaped objects or scenes are suspended around the threads, while the previously extremely condensed "courtyard" is now quietly suspended just below the eyeball.
And this eyeball is the "sun" in the "Curtain Courtyard".
"He was careless on purpose." The main body of the High-Dimensional Overlooker in the sky said to his other self:
"It seems that after obtaining the characteristics of Sequence Two and becoming an angel again, He still maintained his humanity very well."
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Under the guidance of Mr. "Gate" Bethel, Klein passed through the ethereal star realm. The surrounding scene was distorted in vain, forming a vague "starry sky". Starlight flickered, and Klein appeared in various places in the world.
Light gates opened one after another throughout the Loen Empire. In the hidden monasteries of the Church of the Night, nearly ten thousand believers were passing through the light gates one by one and arriving at the prepared ships.
It's not that Mr. "Gate" can't use the "gate" he created to send these people directly to the Forsaken Land. But the real creator cannot open the gate to the Forsaken Land, because there is still an evil spirit "Sasriel" contaminated by the Chaos Sea and part of the God's consciousness awakened.
Moreover, once the door is opened, it will lead to the invasion of other gods.
Although no true gods have been born from the three paths belonging to the "Lord of Mysteries" so far, the other true god-level beings that have appeared now also have the ability to seize loopholes and open the door.
For example, the "Analysis" and "Omniscience" of the "White Tower" path. Even if the Forsaken Land of Gods has the seal of the real Creator, once it is discovered by the unreasonable omniscience of the "White Tower", the Forsaken Land of Gods will be breached over time.
In the midst of the oppression of the gods, one can never be too careful.
Moreover, during the process of transferring the believers that Klein undertook, the Goddess of Night also personally took action to conceal the ships that transported the believers. This was equivalent to a divine descent with a smaller range and less power. However, this was still a considerable cost to the Goddess of Night.
But it's all worth it.
If nearly 10,000 believers enter the God-Forsaken Land, the Goddess of Night will have a chance to fall into slumber even if the anchors of the Kingdom of Loen are completely destroyed, allowing the people in the God-Forsaken Land to turn their faith to the "Goddess of Death."
In order to prevent the plan against the "God of War" from failing, the Goddess of Night can take advantage of the opportunity of slumber to directly accommodate the uniqueness of the "God of Death" path.
Although this would cause the Goddess of Night to enter a deep sleep that could last for months or years, there were two ways out, and the "Eternal Dark River" was sealed by the "Source Castle". If she remained in this state, even if the Kingdom of Loen fell after she woke up, the God of War would not pose much of a threat to Amanesis.
However, the consequence of such a choice is that He will directly enter the second-class or even the worst choice of the Old Ones. When the Goddess of Night accepts the "River of Eternal Darkness" later, it is very likely that He will lose most of His will.
Even in the best outcome, the character and image of the Goddess of Night will most likely lean towards that of the "God of Death", and what will also be highlighted will be the more evil and crazy parts of Her remaining humanity.
After completing the tasks assigned by the Church of the Night, Mr. "Door" Bethel stopped his actions. He looked at Klein with a slightly restrained gaze and said to him in a gentle but emotionless tone:
"Is the matter here over?"
Klein nodded slightly, his mind moved: "Yes, thank you, Mr. Bethel."
Mr. Bethel, oh, no one has called me that for a long time, and no one has dared to call me that for a long time... The thought flashed through Bethel's mind, but it was quickly covered up by his own divinity.
After He lost the identity of Mr. "The Door", it was natural that He could not obtain the anchors of Abraham's family again. However, the High-Dimensional Overlooker seemed to have somehow transferred the anchors that originally belonged to Mr. "The Door" to Bethel through the contamination left on His original body by the High-Dimensional Overlooker.
Klein also felt a little strange about the conversation between him and Bethel. He and Bethel were speaking Chinese, which made Klein wonder if this was something that Gao Wei taught Bethel.
I didn't expect that the "guard" next to Gao Wei was also an angel. He hid a lot of secrets. Yes, a lot... He was even willing to teach Chinese to this angel named Bethel. It seems that they are also very good friends...
During these few days of calm, Klein gradually recalled how he handled the confrontation with Gao Wei. The more he recalled, the more he felt that he was immature in handling the situation.
But Klein did not regret it. Although everything Gao Wei did might be the optimal solution given by divinity, this "optimal" was definitely not correct. Klein did not yet understand what divinity was like. He felt that after inheriting divinity, he might also pursue "optimal" in everything to avoid harm caused by the enemy.
But Klein wanted to warn himself not to become like this.
Feelings, memories, personality; outlook on life, world view, values. If he loses these, is he still Klein Moretti, is he still Zhou Mingrui from Earth?
Of course, people will gradually change, but every time Klein thought that he might become a cold and indifferent person who was completely different from himself, he would feel seriously uncomfortable.
Klein believed that even when he was accepting the expectations of his fellow countrymen and heading towards the peak where he was destined to lose everything, he could not forget his most precious emotions.
He will never forget that he is Zhou Mingrui from Earth; he will never forget his family who are still on Earth; he will never forget Benson and Melissa, with whom he spent a short time, but with whom he has developed a deep relationship under the influence of Klein's memory; he will never forget his short career as a night watchman in Tingen.
He will also not forget the threat from the outside world, nor will he forget the two gods who have done everything to protect the humans in this world.
He didn't want to see the disaster happen again. In this world, both natural disasters and man-made disasters were caused by wars between gods. In the world with gods, disasters seemed to be equivalent to wars between gods for their own benefit.
Even if the war is over, everything lost can never be regained; war has never only taken away the lives of the dead, but also the souls of the survivors. (Note)
Klein remembered the joy he felt when he saw Benson and Melissa living a good life thanks to his efforts, and the joy he felt when he learned that Dunn and Ms. Daly had found happiness under the blessing of the goddess.
These sincere emotions have always been the most precious gifts he has received from this world.
Even if Klein does end up becoming someone completely different from who he is now, he hopes that it is up to him to decide, rather than being maliciously shaped by others.
"Let's go." Bethel nodded and said to Klein.
"Okay." Klein replied.
How beautiful, Bethel thought.
How long has it been since I last saw... such a brilliant and precious "humanity"? Did it start from the moment I left Earth and was polluted?
The familiar scene appeared before Klein's eyes again. It seemed like a long time, but it also seemed like a moment. Klein reappeared on the familiar streets of Tingen City.
Here... Klein couldn't help but feel a familiar feeling that was hidden deep in his heart surging from within. He turned his head and glanced at Bethel hesitantly, then took a deep breath and walked forward.
Bethel slowly turned around and disappeared through the door.
Walking to the familiar door of his home, Klein slowly pushed it open. He looked at the familiar scene, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing a somewhat strange smile.
He pressed his hands against his face, changing his appearance back to that of Klein Moretti.
"Benson, Melissa..."
Klein's throat moved, and he called out tentatively.
"You're back, Klein?" Melissa, who was sitting in the living room, said with some surprise, "We haven't seen each other for several months."
"Yes." Klein answered subconsciously, but his voice was as cold and hard as Gehrman Sparrow's, and it also carried some of the profoundness of The Fool. He stared at Melissa in front of him, coughed, and smiled again, saying in a gentle tone:
"I'm back."
"You... look like you've been through a lot." Melissa and Klein walked forward together. A puzzled expression appeared on her face. "Klein, what are you wearing?"
Klein was wearing a formal suit and a pair of bright red gloves - she had seen people dressed like this outside.
Klein said calmly, "There is one thing I haven't told you. I'll tell you after I meet Benson."
"Well, okay." Melissa walked forward and said to Klein,
"Mr. Abraham brought us out from the Southern Continent, saying that you had something to discuss with us. Klein, do you know that there are often wars of varying sizes between Backlund and the Southern Continent?"
Melissa's face showed a trace of worry. "I am only Sequence 8 now, and Benson has always been Sequence 9, and has not found any chance to be promoted. Klein, sometimes I am really worried that I can't protect myself and Benson - ah, Benson can rely on me for protection now. My Sequence is higher than his."
Is that so... It seems that Gao Wei really did not give them any more dangerous potions, allowing them to continue on the extraordinary path. This path is too dangerous, and even with Gao Wei's protection, they are likely to lose control during the promotion process - it is good to maintain the current state.
Moreover, Gao Wei chose to let them take the path he was on, which might be...
Klein thought to himself, and followed Melissa into the room without changing his expression. Benson was sitting there, looking at Klein in front of him with gentle eyes.
He looked at his sister who had a slightly smug look on her face, and a hint of helplessness appeared on his face.
"Melissa, I think I know what you and Klein talked about."
"After learning the role-playing method, I had already digested the 'Opera Singer' potion I drank before. If I hadn't been unable to find the ingredients for the potion to pass the next sequence and was worried about exposing my information in the southern continent, I would have become a Sequence 8 Beyonder long ago."
"By the way, Klein. What sequence are you at now? You are more talented than the rest of us, so you should be promoted faster than us."
Benson didn't intend to give his sister a chance to refute him, and spoke quickly. As expected, Melissa opened her mouth, her cheeks puffed up, and she didn't continue talking.
"I am now a Sequence 5 Beyonder."
Klein laughed secretly, not hiding his secret from his brother and sister. He would send Benson and Melissa to the God-Forsaken Land later, and he would not worry about whether they would expose the secret and cause some misfortune.
He was ready to not leave Benson and Melissa out there again.
"Sequence five…" Benson felt himself in a trance for a moment, and nodded slightly: "Oh, you are indeed the smartest one among us. If I remember correctly, in the extraordinary path, as long as you reach sequence four, you can become a demigod, which means, um, people like the archbishops in each church?"
This was what Benson knew from the little knowledge of the occult. Although he did not have much knowledge of the occult, it was very basic and solid for a Beyonder below Sequence Seven.
"In fact, I am now a deacon of the Church of Evernight. When I become a demigod, I can become a bishop in charge of a diocese." Klein decided to confess to Benson and Melissa the things he had hidden from them before:
"At the beginning, I gave up the interview for the professor position because I joined the church and now I am a semi-senior member of the church."
"But in the end, by some strange coincidence, I was arranged by the church to become a professor at Miskatonic University... My background is very suitable for hiding my identity, so I used another identity to take up the professorship. However, the identity of the "professor" who greeted you, Melissa, needs to be kept secret."
Of course, it's not the same church… Klein muttered silently in his heart.
"Very good...If your father knew that you are now a servant of God, he would be happy."
After a long silence, Benson suddenly let out a breath and sighed.
However, Klein could not respond. After all, his memory of the father of this body was already quite vague. Zhou Mingrui, who had both parents before the time travel, naturally could not regard this vague shadow as his real father.
Compared to this, Benson, who had lived with Klein, actually had a "brother-like" temperament. He was the one who raised Klein and Melissa, and used the inheritance left by their father to support Klein's college education.
The Moretti family has always believed in the Goddess of Night, including his father. Klein Moretti is obviously the member of his family who is closest to God (referring to himself as an evil god), and the only clergyman who has entered the church.
Although Benson and Melissa are now Extraordinary People, in their minds, joining the church is equivalent to being by God's side and is a great honor.
If you knew that I actually knew the Goddess of Night, had met her, and was her follower and friend, what would you think?
Klein suppressed the urge to show off in front of his siblings. For the sake of Benson and Melissa's mental health, he decided not to tell them the shocking news.
He pulled a chair from the side and sat next to Benson and Melissa, and asked them solemnly:
"Benson, Melissa, I came here to discuss something with you."
After seeing the two people turn their gazes towards him, Klein smiled and said,
"Are you willing to leave here and go to the goddess's kingdom?"
Note: Adapted from "White Olive TreeKingdom of God MattersChapter 290: Divine Kingdom Affairs
"Ah?"
After hearing Klein's words, Melissa was stunned, and Benson also opened his mouth slightly, unable to react for a moment to what Klein said.
Entering the realm of the goddess? Isn't that something only the dead can do...
Benson's mouth twitched, and he looked at Klein in front of him and coughed awkwardly, then said to him,
"Klein, what you said is a little unbelievable."
"Indeed." Klein nodded and did not deny Benson's words:
"But this is an oracle from the goddess herself, don't worry. Not only you, but also many other believers of the goddess. They will also leave the Kingdom of Loen with us, cough, the current Loen Empire."
Klein laughed. "Just like what is said in the Goddess's 'Apocalypse of Night,' we came from the darkness and will return to the long night of darkness. We will follow the pioneers of the church to the place where the gods originated, the eastern continent that no one had ever been able to find."
"There is eternal darkness there, and that is why it is the goddess's former kingdom on earth."
"That is also the place where the goddess and the creator once woke up, and the sleeping creator woke up from the darkness. The creator controls the day, and the goddess controls the night."
"And in that continent, the king who did not belong to this era gradually awakened, and the leader of civilization also reappeared in the world."
"Of course, this is what the church says. I have no way of knowing if there is anything closer to the truth." Klein looked at the nervous looks in Benson and Melissa's eyes, then changed his tone and spoke to the two of them.
Suddenly, the tense atmosphere disappeared as Klein spoke. Melissa patted her chest gently and said to Klein,
"Klein, you looked just like those missionaries in the church. Although Benson and I are both believers of the goddess, what you said just now is, well, still a little too unbelievable for us."
"This is actually easy to explain." Klein laughed and said to his sister in a relaxed tone, "Perhaps you have a clearer understanding of the other name of this continent. It is the sanctuary of the true Creator, the 'Forsaken Land of God.'"
"The land abandoned by God? How could it be the goddess's kingdom?" Melissa asked subconsciously.
Thanks to the Aurora Society's fame, before the true Creator awakened, under their almost crazy physical suicide propaganda, many ordinary people who didn't even know the Extraordinary People knew that the God-Forsaken Land was the sanctuary of the true Creator.
Klein smiled again, evading the question of the true creator's identity. "Perhaps it's because the goddess and the former God of Gods reached some kind of agreement. After all, both the goddess and other gods are parts of the original creator."
"You know, both the goddess and the creator performed miracles for our action of allowing some believers to enter the God-Forsaken Land this time."
"No, now it is a land blessed by God."
Is that so... Benson was stunned for a moment, then nodded to Klein and said, "Klein, how many followers of the goddess will go to the East Continent this time?"
It seems that Benson still has some doubts about that... Klein thought about it for a moment, and based on his understanding of his brother, he did not answer Benson's question. Instead, he tapped his fingers on his desk.
He smiled and then took his hand back. Just as Benson and Melissa were puzzled, something unexpected happened.
Suddenly, several dazzling halos shaped like water ripples flashed around the place where Klein's fingers touched.
As this water-like halo spread outward, a smaller version of the "Silver City" appeared before Klein's men. At the farthest point was a tower that had been renovated by the six-member council of the Silver City, and around the tower stood four churches of different appearances.
There was a huge white domed church, towering towers, gray and square buildings, and a building that looked exactly like the church of the Goddess of Night in Benson Melissa's memory.
"This is the only city in the God-Forsaken Land." Klein introduced his brother and sister. "The tower in the middle is where the Silver City Council is located. You can think of it as the administrative center of Silver City."
After saying that, Klein smiled and said, "Of course, after this group of believers enter Silver City, Silver City will also become the 'Silver Country.' People of different faiths will gather outside the church of the gods they believe in and continue to open up this continent."
"To paraphrase Russell, there is gold everywhere."
Klein said to Benson and Melissa with a smile.
"Besides the Creator and the Goddess, who are the other two gods?"
Melissa gently raised her right hand and asked Klein like a student asking a question. In their opinion, their brother Klein was a very trustworthy person. In addition, he was now working in the church and could even be considered half an archbishop of the church, so his words were naturally more convincing.
Klein paused for a moment. He wasn't afraid that telling Benson and Melissa about the other two gods that Silver City believed in would expose some secrets. He simply...
Thinking of the socially unsuccessful scene when he introduced himself, Klein coughed and selectively skipped the gray Church of Fools. He first introduced the towering tower to Benson and Melissa.
"This is the church of the Overlookers - or rather, the place where residents who believe in the Overlookers gather."
Klein explained to them, "This deity has many identities and honorific names. According to His agents on earth, any combination of three of His honorific names will get a response from Him."
"Eyes from beyond the realm, Wanderer of the World, Guide of the Starry Sky, Leader of Civilization, Hidden One, Singer, God of Opera and Inspiration... Well, in other words, this is a relatively easy-going god."
Klein couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. When he asked Gao Wei why he had so many honorific names, Gao Wei told him that his honorific names could be freely combined, as long as they were named with the authority within the field contained in the source essence. The reason he gave was that it would be difficult for the other party to locate him this way, and he could decide whether to respond based on the honorific name that others recited.
When Klein asked Gao Wei about the basis for his judgment when responding to believers, Gao Wei Overlooker answered:
"Generally speaking, when someone asks me for help and I can really help him, I will respond; but I will naturally charge a certain amount of compensation. Generally speaking, I will follow the principle of equal exchange."
"Well, there is a saying, at least it wasn't said by Roselle - isn't it like this? The gifts of fate are all secretly marked with a price. Many times I have used my help to others in exchange for certain items or the fate of certain people - of course, I usually only use fate as a reward when I saved their lives."
After the High Dimension Overlooker said these devilish words, Klein felt a little uneasy. But after thinking about it carefully, he actually felt that what High Dimension said made sense.
For extraordinary people whose abilities can only be exerted with the help of others, Gao Wei's approach is considered quite normal, even conscientious.
The people whose fate he took away would not disappear out of thin air, like the "unlucky people" whose fate Amon stole and were forgotten by everyone. Having their fate taken away by him was equivalent to just losing their current identity and becoming a completely new person.
Of course, Klein didn't know how covertly the "replacement" of the High-Dimensional Overlooker could be accomplished. This could probably be considered one of the costs of the deal with the Outer Gods.
"What about the last one?" Melissa turned to ask her brother. There were the most buildings around this gray church, which made her curious for a moment.
"The last one…" Klein's leg muscles slightly tensed, and his eyes slightly shifted, trying to change the subject: "The last god is The Fool. Well, relatively speaking, he is not that important compared to the other gods."
"No, Klein. You are wrong to say that." Benson said to Klein seriously,
"No matter what, we must respect the gods, even if this god is not as powerful as other gods. A large part of our current life is due to the protection of the gods. If we do not respect the gods, we are likely to bring disaster upon ourselves."
"I understand, Benson." Klein sighed softly. The illusion he created appeared as if it was magnified under Klein's control.
The ability of a "magician" to create illusions is essentially to "fool" other people's vision. Therefore, the miniature silver city that Klein created was rotating and growing like a city projected by a holographic projection, making the two people who were watching the illusion feel a little dizzy.
How great it would be if I had these abilities before I traveled through time. I wouldn't have to bring so many things with me when I go out to play board games. Well, I could also write scripts in real time and I wouldn't even have to draw maps...
Klein complained inwardly for a moment. He took a deep breath, gripped the ground with his toes, and slowly said to Benson and Melissa in front of him:
"This Fool is a god resurrected from ancient times. He is the king of ancient times."
Klein almost couldn't hold back his expression. After pausing for two seconds, he smiled.
"In the entire Silver City, He has relatively many followers. Since He first awakened in this era and provided shelter to everyone in Silver City, His followers are second only to the 'faith in the Creator' that was passed down from Silver City."
"He is 'the fool who does not belong to this era, the mysterious master above the gray fog, the yellow and black king who controls good luck'."
"In the City of Silver, He once..."
Under the warm light, at the request of Melissa and Benson, Klein finally introduced the detailed information of The Fool to them just like he introduced the previous two gods.
This picture seemed particularly warm, and it would be even better if we ignored the way Klein's toes were clenched tightly in his shoes.
…
The high-dimensional observer holding a cold eye symbol as a camera stood quietly in the darkness, recording everything.
"Let's call this section 'Mr. Fool introduces me, and states that my faith is unimportant and does not need to be described in detail.'"
The high-dimensional observer put away the camera in his hand with satisfaction and disappeared behind a thin curtain.
The next moment, the curtain opened, and the body of the High Dimension Overlooker appeared in a sea of eternal sleep flowers. The goddess of night sat there quietly, sitting in this sea of flowers that was flickering with dots of crimson light.
"Hey, Amanesis, hello."
Gao Wei looked down at the person and greeted him in a familiar manner, showing no sign of being a guest's reservedness at all.
Can He really have the concept of "restraint"? Amanesis thought silently, even if the humanity of the true God has been squeezed to the point of disappearance, what about the Old Ones?
The High-Dimensional Overlookers may not have the humanity and emotions that ordinary Old Ones have. The appearance that they express is close to humans. It is very likely that it is just an image deliberately performed after being analyzed by their own authority.
Even the most basic morality of mankind would be squeezed into the little remaining humanity - to achieve this, Amanisis felt that the high-dimensional overlord of the old days had done his best.
"What do you want from me?"
"Our plan is progressing steadily." The Goddess of Night said calmly. She looked at the high-dimensional observer in front of her and slightly opened her eyes under the veil of night:
"I will ask Arianna to help Klein transfer Benson Moretti and Melissa Moretti and send them to the God-Forsaken Land."
The Night Goddess' tone remained calm: "How are things going on your side?"
"I'm fine here." The High-Dimensional Overlooker said easily. He pulled out a chair from thin air and sat down at random.
"The things used to attract Amon have also been prepared. I can replicate the aura of Sefirah Castle and project it onto Klein in the form of a follower with aura - using one truth to cover up another truth, so that I can barely deceive Amon."
"After Benson and Melissa leave, I will have Klein go to the southern continent and expose the aura of Sefirah Castle there. The followers of the spirit world seek the characteristics of this path. This is consistent with the aggregation of extraordinary characteristics. Even Amon will not doubt my arrangement."
"So, what are you going to use to 'attract' Klein?"
The Goddess of Night asked, and the High-Dimensional Overlooker revealed a mysterious smile:
"The Abraham family's Level 0 Sealed Artifact, 'God's Scroll'."
"I hope the 'Fallen Mother Goddess' can help me with a small favor."
Red bean paste private Marseille!
I was suddenly called to work this morning, and I have a meeting later...
Yuehu will continue writing tomorrow's update after the meeting! I hope I can finish a whole chapter to keep the schedule stable