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Burn Your Boats

Chapter 301: Burn the Boats

Klein retracted the knife. After being cut by the Soul and Flesh Blade, green flames suddenly burned on Ince Zangwill's body.

As Klein spoke, he had already swung the knife in his hand. He did not intend to give Ince Zangwill a chance to refute or say his last words, and he did not care what last words this enemy had to say.

Klein felt extremely calm at this moment. He raised his hands and watched the darkness around him gradually dissipate.

It's over... Klein sighed with a sense of loss. He had resolved the first threat he had encountered since crossing over, but he couldn't help but feel a surge of complicated emotions in his heart.

Klein put his emotions behind him, grabbed the windbreaker he was wearing, and threw it into the air.

Golden grapevines, abstract rubber masks, red bark, and other auxiliary materials flew in the air. Klein took out a box containing Beyonder characteristics from his arms, broke the sealed spiritual wall inside, and took the box in his hand.

Under the guidance of spirituality, these things gradually blended together and melted, forming a ball of strangely colored liquid in the air.

Klein opened his mouth, and a transparent straw extended to where the potion liquid was. The cold potion immediately poured into his mouth through the air straw, completely paralyzing Klein's soul.

He felt his spirit rising and rising, from the ground to the sky. He felt like a supreme god, looking down at every life below.

It seems that there is an invisible thread connecting each of these lives, and one can control them just by moving one's fingers, making them puppets on the stage and asking them to perform a grand drama.

Klein suppressed the urge in his heart to manipulate these threads to control all life. He separated his mind from this perspective, integrating and detaching it. The next moment, the power of the potion radiated from his body, like a net with threads closing in on each thread.

Intense pain reverberated throughout his body as the threads fell, and his mind and soul seemed to be divided by these threads, splitting himself into countless tiny parts.

Any person he has played, any of his own personalities; Klein from this era, Zhou Mingrui from Earth.

These "him" all appeared at the same time, dividing Klein's mind into countless pieces.

Pale-colored granulations grew uncontrollably on his body. They seemed to have vitality and continued to grow outwards, turning into transparent worms.

Under the sunlight, three-dimensional and layered mysterious symbols grew out of these translucent worms one after another. They seemed to connect to higher and lower places, and these symbols represented some indescribable concepts.

As Klein's spirit was split, gray mist swirled around him, gradually covering his body with a deep black robe.

Two dark yellow lines were outlined inside the robe and spread outward. Around him, illusory black lines appeared one after another, blending together to form strange tentacles.

In just a moment, the tentacles on his body rose up one after another, and all parts of his soul turned into fragments and merged into each worm. In his senses, everything around him seemed to have turned into a colorful and abstract spiritual world, but he could still see the pedestrians around him who were wrapped around him.

——A package, a pedestrian coming by?

Klein subconsciously felt something was wrong. He glanced at Ince Zangwill, whom he had just killed, in the distance, only to find that the fire burning on his body had suddenly gone out.

Klein's spiritual subconscious gave him a warning. He looked a little further away and found an "old acquaintance."

A familiar yet terrifying figure stood behind Ince Zangwill. Amon smiled and waved at Klein, causing Klein's thoughts to explode.

Amon's somewhat vicious voice sounded in Klein's ears:

"I stole Ince Zangwill's destiny, which means I am now equivalent to Ince Zangwill."

"In that case, you have not completed the murder of Ince Zangwill, nor the ritual."

"So, how are you going to fight against the mental imprint in the potion, and how are you going to fight against the power in the potion?"

Amon continued to babble, but Klein could no longer hear His voice.

His consciousness seemed to be split into countless parts in an instant, cold, crazy, evil. All kinds of negative emotions were born in each "Klein", making his promotion ceremony unstable all of a sudden.

The corners of Amon's mouth curled up slightly. He stood there without taking any action, just quietly waiting for Klein to lose control.

For extraordinary people, the end of losing control is not death. Klein has the power of Sefirah Castle. If he dies here, it will be the most troublesome for Amon. With the power of Sefirah Castle in Klein, Amon has no way to accurately locate Klein's position and find the owner behind Sefirah Castle.

But if Klein lost control on the spot, he could try to steal Klein's fate of possessing a portion of the power of Sefirah Castle when Klein was unable to mobilize the power of Sefirah Castle, or use his connection with the "master of Sefirah Castle" behind him to find the location of Sefirah Castle.

Although he was repeatedly questioned why he wanted to become the "Lord of Mysteries", Amon never gave up the idea of ​​​​competing for the position of Lord of Mysteries.

Amon calmly watched Klein's condition with a very calm expression.

Klein's current condition was even worse. Because of the sudden incompleteness of the promotion ceremony, he suffered from the sequelae of taking the potion during the incomplete promotion ceremony. He had enough impression of his hunting down the demigod Ince Zangwill to resist some of the spiritual erosion, but his feedback on mysticism was insufficient.

After all, according to the records of the spirit world, Ince Zangwill is not dead now. Instead, he is standing in front of Klein, watching Klein, the "murderer", being promoted to a demigod.

Do I have to use the anchor of the "Fool" in the City of Silver to stabilize my state? No, I must not use the anchor there. Once I do so, my humanity will be completely erased. I will think that I am the god of the City of Silver, the Fool they believe in...

Phew, this seems like a good ending? Klein thought subconsciously.

Under the influence of the failed ritual, Klein's consciousness had become somewhat blurred.

He thought about the best way to deal with it coldly and apathetically, at this time his humanity had become somewhat diluted, even if he refused to use the anchor of his faith to stabilize his state, he still couldn't restrain his humanity that was gradually lost under the influence of the potion.

He covered his face with his hands, and his lips curled up slightly, with a smile that almost reached his ears. If someone could see his eyes, they would find that there was a crazy and cruel look flashing in them.

No, that's not the case. I only knew that the angel of fate Ouroboros had stopped Amon from chasing me to a large extent, but I didn't expect that Adam was also involved.

Under Adam's "arrangement", Ouroboros could not completely block Amon's tracking.

If I had known this earlier, I could have asked the True Creator to move me to the God-forsaken Land after it was over.

Once there, there will be no one else to hinder my promotion ceremony, and the seal of the God-Forsaken Land is not equivalent to the power of Sefirah Castle. Even if my location has left the scene of the drama performance, I will not be disturbed by others during the ceremony.

Klein was like a cold machine, listing the things he had neglected before. He suddenly felt the strong wisdom that divinity brought him, and even became a little obsessed with divinity.

For ordinary people, such power is very close to "omniscience and omniscience", and sometimes they can even review every single thing they have done without missing a single thing.

——Isn't this the best choice for Lao Gao?

Klein was startled and tried his best to gather his consciousness and gradually get out of this state.

But the most fundamental problem still hadn't been solved. Due to the incompleteness of the ritual, Klein could only watch as his consciousness became increasingly faint, as if he had split into countless supreme selves, standing in the infinitely high sky and treating everything in this world as a plaything.

Do I really need the anchors in the City of Silver to help me get through the ritual failure? Rather than losing control, becoming the gentle god "The Fool" that the City of Silver believes in might be a better choice.

Klein gritted his teeth and thought about it, but ultimately he did not accept the cognitive stability that those anchor points brought to him. He did not know whether it was because he was unwilling to do so, or because the divinity that was gradually merging with Klein gave him better ideas.

No, I should have a better way! Other "Masters of Secret Puppetry" cannot possibly use this method to advance to "Masters of Tricksters", but I can!

The promotion ceremony of "Masters of Secret Puppetry" only requires me to "direct a grand drama and murder a demigod mainly through my own power", but just as I thought before, even if I hunt down a Sequence 3, it will not affect the effect of the ceremony, and it may even be better.

Now all I lack is the fact that I murdered a demigod. Ince Zangwill is not enough to be the final villain of the drama, and I, the protagonist, have not escaped, so this drama I directed is not over yet!

Klein's thoughts were spinning rapidly. He exerted force with both hands, and his smile, which involuntarily stretched from ear to ear, became even more ferocious.

His face trembled slightly, as if a few transparent "spirit insects" were about to fall from it.

Now that I have drunk the potion, although I have not yet succeeded in ascending, I have already felt the presence of divinity. In other words, if I do not lose control and with the status of "Source Castle" itself, I can already be considered a true demigod in the spirit world!

And I, I have a condition that other "Masters of Secret Puppetry" and even the demigod "Magic Masters" do not have. With the "Source Castle", I can be resurrected after death!

This is the ability that only a "miracle worker" has!

I can--

Klein took a deep breath and without thinking, he subconsciously opened his mouth and shouted in ancient Hermetic:

"Leodro, Herabergen, Amani——"

After hearing the name that Klein blurted out, Amon's face changed, and he stole all the subsequent names that Klein wanted to say. He was shocked to find that the honorific names that Klein wanted to say after Amanesis also included the honorific names and true names of gods such as the True Creator, the Mother Goddess of the Earth, the God of War, and even the Fallen Mother Goddess!

For a moment, even the Blasphemer Amon felt that Klein was more like a Blasphemer than he was!

Leodro was just looking at the southern continent... His pupils shrank slightly, and he watched as an extremely thick lightning bolt struck from the sky, covering a large area centered on the location of the two people.

boom--

Amon raised his eyes slightly and saw Klein Moretti slowly lowering his hands from his face. He opened his mouth, wanting to make a final mischievous threat to Klein before running away to prepare for the subsequent deception.

However, the next moment, Amon suddenly saw Klein stand up straight, with a familiar look of indifference on his face.

Klein raised his eyes and took a look at Amon in front of him before the lightning struck. He spoke softly, his tone as gentle and playful as a human's:

"Amon?"

Tianzun glanced at Amon who was not far away, and a hint of interest appeared in his eyes.

"The Blood Son of Heaven is born, the Messiah is the enemy of God, and the Wazu is close to humans (note)..."

A look of joy appeared on the face of Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun.

"High-dimensional Overlooker, are these the surprises you prepared for me?"

"I like everything you prepared. Ha, I forgive you."

He spoke to himself, completely ignoring Amon in front of him. Tianzun felt his will rapidly fading and becoming weaker, smiled somewhat dissatisfied, and casually flipped through Klein's memory:

"The boy has not yet met his doom. It is a little early for me to wake up now."

"Why not, I follow the arrangements of the higher-dimensional overseers and the true creator and send his soul to the God-forsaken Land."

He raised his hand. Even as the destructive lightning was about to fall from the sky, "Hounds of Fulgrim" with a strength of only Sequence 3 leaped around him in the gray mist.

"Go ahead."

He said indifferently:

"After seven days, I will be resurrected."

The next moment, amid the roar of thunder, the will of Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun fell into a deep sleep again.

…

Leodro felt something uneasy as he felt the original energy gradually awakening in his body.

"When exactly did I get closer to God?"

　Second update today.

　　Note: "The Blood Son of Heaven is born, the Messiah is the enemy of God, and the Wazu is close to humans..."

　　Blood Prince: Alistair George Tudor

　　Messiah: The savior of the nation and the world. Refers to the true creator.

　　Wazu: refers to the fallen mother goddess, the beginning of the universe, the mother of all things

　　Considering that God and Tianzun both have vests, it is very likely that the Mother Goddess also has one.

　　Klein's condition has been hinted at before, I hope this chapter isn't too abrupt.

　　It is released directly today, connected with the previous chapter, and will be updated tomorrow afternoon or evening.

(End of this chapter

Justice Reversed

Chapter 302: Justice Reversed

breathe.

Alfred Hall opened his eyes and felt like he was in a meat grinder. The place he was in seemed to be a hell made of blood, a grinding wheel of flesh and blood, and he could not see any hope at all.

Where am I now?

Alfred subconsciously took a deep breath, but felt a large amount of bloody smell rushing into his nasal cavity, making him feel nauseous.

He looked at his right hand and found that there was the head of a Beyonder with the appearance of Intis.

But the next moment, he was in a trance, and saw that what he was holding in his hands was the head of his father, Earl Hall. The next moment, it turned into the heads of his eldest brother and his sister Audrey.

Alfred subconsciously threw away the cute head that was looking at him with resentful and desperate green eyes, and suddenly woke up from the nightmare.

He opened his bloodshot eyes, hugged his head, and the madness in his eyes became more solidified.

…

"Dad, our country won the war, why can't I feel happy at all?"

Audrey said worriedly to her father, Earl Hall. She stood outside Alfred's door, frowning uncomfortably.

As a psychologist who is about to be promoted to "hypnotist", Audrey feels that she can't help her brother at all.

What made her mood worse was that Mr. Fool did not hold the weekly Tarot Club as usual. This made Audrey worry whether Mr. Fool had something unexpected happen to him.

Did Mr. Fool say anything in the last Tarot Club? What happened?

Audrey tried her best to recall, but she could only vaguely piece together the situation about the southern continent and the current battle between Loen and Intis.

As the war in the southern continent broke out, the Loen Empire and the Intis Republic launched a decisive battle on the land of Intis. The haze that shrouded all the conservative nobles seemed to be lifted all at once. For a moment, they all recalled what had happened during this period of time.

For these conservative aristocrats, some of them were just panic-stricken, not knowing what they should do every day, and living in a daze; while the more shrewd ones were like Audrey's father, Earl Hall.

After learning about the current situation, he has already begun to turn to the royal family and the war faction, wanting to use war to preserve his noble status and symbol of dignity.

"I will try to find a better psychiatrist to treat Alfred."

Lord Hall exhaled slowly and looked as if he had aged several years.

He knew about the Beyonders. Alfred was a Sequence 5 "Punishment Knight". He also asked the Beyonders of the Church of Evernight. In the end, he got the answer that Sequence 5 Beyonders also had a high probability of losing control.

Alfred... maybe I shouldn't have recommended you to the army and become a Beyonder.

If the war really begins, what will we do then?

As early as the last time, Alfred was transferred back from the southern continent and followed George III to the westward expedition towards Intis.

In a battle after that, Alfred returned to Backlund due to injury and was unable to continue to participate in subsequent battles.

But soon, Earl Hall discovered that his child seemed to have contracted some serious illness. He began to feel confused and even subconsciously raised his hands to prepare for battle.

After that, his consciousness began to gradually blur and it became difficult for him to communicate normally with others.

At Earl Hall's request, although Alfred was not transferred to the church for treatment, which was extremely short of staff, the church did add a Sequence 5 Beyonder to guard Alfred.

——Of course, the short-staffed Church of Evernight was able to free up manpower because Earl Hall donated a large amount of supplies to the Church of the Evernight Goddess, greatly reducing the relief pressure on the church in the Backlund Diocese.

As if remembering something, Earl Hall sighed, nodded to the two maids beside Audrey, and said to her,

"Keep an eye on Miss Audrey, and don't let her meet Alfred when she's alone."

He paused for a moment, as if he felt that what he had just said was a bit harsh, and said to Audrey with a gentle expression:

"Audrey, Dad knows that you are already a Beyonder. But Alfred is already a Sequence 5 Mid-Sequence Beyonder."

"I have asked people from the church to help treat him, but I hope you don't talk to Alfred when you are alone. He is...very dangerous now."

After saying the last word, Earl Hall showed a twisted smile. He suppressed his worries and said to Audrey,

"We have to go to the Grand Duke's banquet first. There are many strange things happening around us. We are also worried about Alfred, but I have to get more useful information for our family."

"...I understand, dear Earl Hall." Audrey pursed her lips, revealed a gentle smile, and said to her father.

Her etiquette was impeccable.

Earl Hall was stunned for a moment, and finally sighed, asked his servants to take the clothes, and walked out silently.

Didn't he also want to stay by his son's side and watch his condition get better?

But the times were changing too fast, and he felt that he only needed to miss one or two banquets, or one or two pieces of news about the king - and now he should be called His Majesty the Supreme Emperor.

——If he misses this news, he will be left behind by the rolling tide of the times.

Then, he and his family will be crushed into pieces by other latecomers who cling to the wheel of the times.

"For my family, for the Hall family."

Earl Hall straightened his clothes, his eyes lit up again, became firm and deep, and looked into the distance.

He was not prepared to continue to hold conservative opinions and was ready to join the side supporting the war.

——Even though he hated this war.

He turned around and saw that the Abraham residence was unexpectedly deserted.

After seeing this scene, Earl Hall sighed - he had cleverly established good relationships with the nobles who supported the war in the past few days, and appropriately stayed away from his original social circle.

But he was the only one in his current circle who received an invitation from Grand Duke Abraham, which made Earl Hall wonder whether this would be a "White Maple Palace Banquet."

This of course comes from the story of Emperor Roselle, who consolidated his power in the White Maple Palace, but died dramatically in the White Maple Palace in the end.

Earl Hall got off his exquisite carriage and adjusted his neatly groomed mustache. A servant came over and whispered something to him.

Earl Hall's expression changed, and he said in disbelief:

"You mean, Grand Duke Abraham invited me here alone?"

He looked around and after not seeing any arrangements for the banquet, he was convinced that he was the only one who received the invitation.

Grand Duke Abraham invited me to talk alone. What did he want to do?

I am just a small earl...

Earl Hall felt his lady holding his hand a little tighter, and he smiled confidently at his wife, motioning for Ms. Hall to wait for him in the hall.

Then he strode forward, walking with trepidation in the direction the servant was leading.

After walking to the door, he heard an indifferent voice.

"Hello, Mr. Hall."

…

"Hello, Miss Hall."

The High Dimensional Overlooker looked at Audrey Hall in front of him and knocked on the table in front of him:

"What happened to you, Miss Justice?"

"I'm worried." Audrey said to the high-dimensional looker in front of her with some worry.

In her opinion, Mr. "White Tower" had helped her many times and was a gentle, reliable and trustworthy gentleman.

In addition, now both of them are members of the Tarot Club, so even Audrey, the "psychologist", has let down her guard.

Beside her, Susie, the big dog who had become a "psychologist", sat at Audrey's feet, looking at the two people in front of her with lively eyes.

Audrey confided to the high-dimensional Overlooker in front of her,

"Something happened to Alfred on the battlefield. Although he didn't die, he has a tendency to lose control, which is very troublesome. Dad still doesn't know about the state of Beyonders losing control, but I can see that Alfred is about to lose control."

"And now, according to what His Majesty the Emperor said, I know that we have achieved considerable results in the war against Intis, but we still have Feysac to the north."

Audrey continued, "I feel like we could become targets of Feysac's attack at any time. Even if we hide in our family's castle, it will be useless. Feysac's airship will attack us, leaving us with nowhere to escape."

"Dad and Mom have always been hypocritically communicating with nobles they don't agree with for the sake of the Hall family's honor and survival, and even gave up their own dignity; and my eldest and second brothers have also sacrificed a lot for this family."

"But what about me? I can only spin like a beautiful fan at various noble gatherings, and be praised as "Backlund's most dazzling gem", but what is the use of this title now?"

"If there really are spies from Feysac who want to attack Mom and Dad, can I stop them with my weak body as an 'audience'?"

"After becoming a demigod, even the 'audience' path will have strong melee capabilities." The High-Dimensional Overlooker reminded, with a hint of bewitching in His tone. One after another, fine silk threads slowly emerged in the air around Him and finally merged into His eyes.

As if her emotions were aroused, Audrey suddenly became excited:

"But, he is a demigod."

"I know that with the Tarot Club, I can quickly become a demigod. One year, or half a year?"

"But Feysac's enemies will attack at any time, launching attacks on nobles one after another—the Duke Nigan in the past, and the current earls and marquises who advocate war have all been attacked, and some have even been assassinated."

"If, I mean if:"

"Mr. Baita, if a Sequence Five warrior from the Feysac Empire comes to assassinate my father, what kind of ability will I need to stop him?"

"Can I really protect my parents when I have no idea when they will come?"

She can't do it.

Audrey said to herself.

She was just a Sequence 7 Beyonder. Even if she was about to be promoted to Sequence 6 and gain close combat capabilities, it would never be comparable to that of a warrior who specialized in combat.

She had never participated in a direct battle with the Beyonders. Even in the battle to annihilate Qi Lingos, she only provided some assistance from the sidelines and participated in the Tarot Club's actions as an auxiliary.

Could she only be a jewel on the dazzling crown, a beautiful but useless flower among the flowers?

When swords chopped at the flowers and jewels were smashed by plunderers, the beauty bestowed on Audrey by God was nothing more than the most vicious curse.

No matter how beautiful a gem is, it will become dull if it is crushed.

"So, can I understand that you are asking me for help?"

The High Dimension Overlooker calmly asked Audrey. Audrey was stunned for a moment, gritted her teeth, and answered Mr. White Tower in front of her:

"Yes, Mr. White Tower."

"I need help. I want the strength to protect my father. I hope to be the last line of defense for my family, rather than being a delicate vase that needs their protection to survive in this world."

"I should have known, but until now, seeing Alfred like this, I actually recalled how dangerous and terrifying the Extraordinary Road was."

"Two choices." The High-Dimensional Overlooker said casually: "You can try to obtain combat-type magical items, or do something more extreme:"

"You can switch your path directly. After all, 'Audience' is adjacent to four paths."

The High Dimension Overlooker said to Miss Justice in front of him in a subtle tone:

"The 'Sailor' path is too easy to be exposed, and the countries that believe in the gods in the 'White Tower' and 'Sun' paths are now hostile to the Loen Empire. So, what is your choice now?"

"--I."

Audrey took a deep breath, and after a long silence, she said to the high-dimensional being in front of her:

"'The Hanged Man'."

"I choose the almighty 'The Hanged Man'."

"It's a necessary sacrifice for my family."

…

As the High Dimension Overlooker said, Audrey actually had no other choice. The "White Tower" and "Sun" paths would be very troublesome for them, and if they were not careful, they would be recognized as traitors developed by Intis or Renburg.

According to the style of the current Blood Emperor, everyone said that George III imitated the Black Emperor before and now imitated the Blood Emperor. Although it was funny, George III's reputation had obviously taken root in everyone's heart.

Every time the army He led returned, it was always stained with an indelible smell of blood, and every time He went to war, victory was inevitable.

He seemed to be the reincarnation of the Blood Emperor, the invincible "battlefield emperor".

And if Audrey chose to become a Beyonder of the "Storm" Path, then she would most likely be included in the official Beyonder control in the Loen Empire, but Audrey did not want to lose her freedom, and she also disliked the teachings of the Lord of Storms from the bottom of her heart.

Therefore, compared to the Lord of Storms, she now re-read the tome of the True Creator - she keenly felt that the name of the original Aurora Society in the Loen Empire had changed, the content that discredited the Aurora Society in the newspapers had been reduced, and it was renamed the Aurora Church.

After Audrey obtained the Holy Scripture of the True Creator through connections, she was even more surprised.

In the book of this god, there seemed to be one story after another encouraging people to be good, as if what was written in this book was the merciful heaven and the "justice" that Audrey pursued.

"——I want to become a Sequence Six, the 'Rose Bishop'"

This way I can protect mom and dad.

That way I can protect Hibbert and Alfred.

——Even if the enemy attacks my parents, I can block the fatal attack for them.

So that I can -

Audrey enumerated all the advantages in her heart, and then smiled bitterly as if she had thought of something.

Audrey, you are such a selfish person.

He kept saying that he wanted to practice justice, but in the end he was still trapped in his own desires...

She gathered her thoughts and said to the high-dimensional looker in front of her:

"What do I need to pay in exchange for the potion of the 'Rose Bishop'?"

The High-Dimensional Overlooker glanced at Audrey Hall subtly, and clapped his hands gently:

"You've already paid."

"I am very satisfied with your remuneration."

-

Audrey's remuneration did satisfy the High-Dimensional Overlooker. He knew that Audrey could actually be promoted to demigod very quickly from the audience.

But why did He tell this to Miss Justice?

　If I wrote 700 more words, the price should still be the same as 4,000 words and it shouldn't change.

　　Well, I hinted at Audrey's possible promotion route before, and now after analysis, it has been confirmed that it is still the Hanged Man.

　　The Hanged Man represents "sacrifice", which is exactly the same as the choice Audrey made.

　　Different from the original novel, in order to protect her family, Audrey chose to give up her favorite audience and become the "Rose Bishop".

　　(I didn't say I would change my mind)

　　(Alfred's identity is really useful, it feels easy to die)

　　Good night!

(End of this chapter

Nightingale and Rose

Chapter 303 Nightingale and Rose

"So this is the Rose Bishop's potion?"

Audrey Hall looked at the prepared potion in front of her and couldn't help swallowing.

Even though she had prepared herself mentally in advance, Audrey was still in awe of the potion that contained the true creator's path. After all, such a potion was once equated with madness in a sense.

"Perhaps I can introduce you to the origin of the 'Hanged Man' pathway. This is the 'True Creator's' pathway, you know." The High-Dimensional Overlooker said to the already nervous Audrey in front of him, adding fuel to the fire:

"However, the extraordinary characteristics of this 'Rose Bishop' come directly from the True Creator, so you don't have to worry about more complicated spiritual imprints in it."

After hearing what the high-dimensional overlooker said, Audrey's face became even more nervous.

"Perhaps I should put it another way." The High-Dimensional Overlooker smiled and said, "The God behind me is cooperating with the True Creator. Therefore, this extraordinary characteristic was stripped from my body by the True Creator. It is the True Creator's divine blood. (Note 1)"

"So this potion is not like the other Beyonders of the Hanged Man path, which have redundant and crazy mental imprints. For you, this Beyonder characteristic is easier to digest. In simple terms, you only need to play the role of a Rose Bishop well and you can digest your potion step by step."

The high-dimensional overlord said something that sounded useful but was actually nonsense, making Audrey even more confused.

"'The Rose Bishop'..."

Hearing this somewhat abstract sequence name, Audrey suddenly showed a confused expression: "You mean..."

Let me play the role of "bishop" in various ways? Audrey thought so. She didn't know whether the route of joining the official Beyonder would work. If there were no restrictions on the way to play the role of bishop, it seemed that she could try to serve as a priest in the Church of the Night, or even as a bishop in a remote place...

Audrey believed that with her family's devout belief in the Goddess of Night and her own money ability, Audrey, who was familiar with the teachings of the Goddess of Night, could become a priest who converted to the Goddess.

However, this method also has disadvantages. Audrey will be able to digest the potion of "Rose Bishop" safely and steadily because of this job, but she will also lose some of her freedom and become a civil servant of the Church of the Goddess of Evernight.

But I would feel very uncomfortable if I were to preach the teachings of other gods. Of course, I admire Mr. Fool and I believe in the Goddess...

I still have to try to take up a certain position in the church. Well, compared to the Storm Church, I can still understand the goddess's teachings better. Well, I still can't accept the Storm Church's dogmatic doctrine...

Audrey hesitated for a moment, but still took the small glass bottle from the High-Dimensional Overlooker's hand, carefully put the bottle mouth to her mouth, and slowly poured the liquid inside into her mouth.

The moment the potion entered her mouth, Audrey felt like she was melting like a candle. Under her beautiful skin, there was a mass of disgusting, sticky flesh and blood. She screamed and hugged her head.

Even with this extraordinary characteristic, without the fanatical belief of the "Rose Bishops" of the Aurora Society in the true Creator, Audrey would not be directly brainwashed into a fanatic follower of the true Creator, but jumping to adjacent paths under the demigod still caused great trauma to Audrey's spirit.

For a moment, she saw countless strange and terrifying things. The extraordinary characteristics of the "Rose Bishop" contained the power of shadow.

Beside her, Susie barked in time and gave Audrey a "psychologist"-like comfort.

The high-dimensional overlord on the side had half of his face hidden in the shadows, quietly staring at Audrey Hall, whose flesh and blood seemed to have gained vitality and whose internal organs had broken out of her skin and were trembling on the ground in front of him.

But soon, under Susie's comfort, Audrey's condition gradually returned to normal. One by one, her organs returned to their original positions, and her body automatically licked back the sticky blood and flesh, reassembling a snow-white human figure from the blood-soaked group.

After Audrey's mental state stabilized, her chest trembled up and down, and cold air was drawn into her lungs, allowing Audrey's brain, which was dominated by pain and fear, to become clear again little by little.

Feeling the remaining pain in her body, this noble lady who had never been injured had tears in her eyes. She stood up tremblingly, feeling as if her body was cut by a knife, and every piece of flesh on her body was cut off.

She truly felt the pain of the little mermaid in Emperor Roselle's fairy tale when she used her tongue and fish tail to exchange for the potion from the witch. In the first few steps, she felt that every step she took was on the tip of a knife, and then she slowly felt the pain dissipate.

Although her body was filled with pain, Audrey still felt her face was rosy, without too many aftereffects of the promotion.

"Did I succeed?" Audrey looked at the blood-stained skirt, took a deep breath, and once again felt the pain coming from deep in her bones.

She couldn't help but sneer, then endured it quietly.

"The 'Rose Bishop' has extremely strong recovery and vitality. Among all the sequences, the 'Rose Bishop's' defense may not be the strongest, but the vitality of the Rose Bishop is definitely quite terrifying."

The High-Dimensional Overlooker calmly said to Audrey in front of him, "When I was at Sequence 6, my path was the same as yours, and I was also a 'Rose Bishop'. I know very well that the changes that happened to you just now came from the extraordinary abilities of this sequence."

He gently changed the direction of his hand, from supporting his cheek to stretching his hand in front of his chest. The flesh and blood between his five fingers melted like a candle, turning into pure sticky flesh and blood.

"You may not be able to use your power yet, but every 'Rose Bishop' is an expert in flesh and blood magic. Of course, flesh and blood magic also gives you the ability to heal physical injuries. As long as it does not involve spiritual damage, your ability can help others recover."

The flesh and blood in the palm of the high-dimensional overlord seemed to seep into the ground quickly like liquid. Audrey watched this evil scene with her own eyes. Even her bones seemed to merge into the flesh and blood, melting together and burrowing into the ground.

"Although I have now switched to the 'Storm' path, I can still use the ability of the 'Rose Bishop' - this ability can also 'parasitize' others. Of course, this is a 'physical' parasitism. You can hide in the flesh or stomach of others."

"Depending on the situation, the host may die after you leave the parasitic state."

Audrey's face turned a little pale. She looked at the high-dimensional person in front of her and couldn't help but ask:

"This path's abilities seem, well... evil."

"Perhaps." The High-Dimensional Overlooker shrugged.

"In fact, the other paths are not much better. The 'Error' path can parasitize others in mysticism, and the 'Fool' path can also turn others into secret puppets - including the ability of the Goddess of Night, which also has the fields of 'Death' and 'Fear'. Even the 'Sun', which is the most positive in the sense of mysticism, can brainwash others through repeated praise."

"If you can't play the role of 'Bishop', then you can try to start with the first word of 'Rose Bishop', 'Rose'. Everyone's understanding of role-playing is different. Of course, it depends on your own understanding."

Due to the characteristic of the Hermit Path that he loves to teach others, the High-Dimensional Overlooker answered all the questions Audrey asked. Except for some knowledge that Audrey could not know at this stage, he answered almost everything Audrey wanted to know.

After a long time, when Count Hall was about to return, Audrey reluctantly ended the discussion with the High-Dimensional Overlooker.

This discussion helped Audrey put aside many of her prejudices against the "Rose Bishop" and gained a lot of knowledge. This made her realize that the "Rose Bishop" can not only store the flesh and blood in his body by absorbing the flesh and blood of others, but can also store the flesh and blood through the raw meat of chickens, ducks, and fish.

Although this still made Audrey feel a little disgusted, it was something that she could hardly accept.

"I have to go now."

The High Dimension Overlooker looked at the pocket watch in his arms and said to Audrey. Audrey had just changed her gorgeous clothes stained with blood. She lowered her head slightly and said to the High Dimension Overlooker:

"Goodbye, Mr. 'White Tower'."

After watching the high-dimensional overlord disappear in the room, Audrey patted her chest. She looked at the blood-stained dress in the corner and touched her fair chin.

"I have to throw this dress away." Audrey sighed and looked at Susie beside her: "Dear Susie, can you do me a favor~"

…

"The war is over..." Earl Hall sighed and looked out of the carriage at the scenery on the street not far away.

What he saw were the streets that Backlund had rebuilt, and he also saw the ordinary people on the streets in front of him who were struggling to survive in this city of hope.

Earl Hall knew very well where his money came from, but he needed the money: he could not tolerate losing his noble status and decent life. Without the support of money, many of his connections would come to nothing.

Feeling his wife's hand tightening slightly, Earl Hall turned to look at his wife and asked:

"What's wrong?"

"Don't we need to continue meeting with those nobles who advocate war?"

Mrs. Hall said worriedly, and Earl Hall was silent for a moment and then said to her.

"No need. Now that the war is over, His Majesty the Emperor will be crowned. His Majesty the Emperor is going to hold a grand ceremony to let the whole country know about the victory of this war."

"These are the messages that Grand Duke Abraham gave me. Huh, I wonder what he wants from us that he would tell me these things..."

Earl Hall fell into a trance again. In his secret conversation with Grand Duke Abraham just now, Grand Duke Abraham not only told him that the war was over and there was no need to switch to the pro-war faction; he also told him that His Majesty the Emperor was now besieging Lenburg and wanted to get something from the Church of Knowledge.

After that he even hinted at Lord Hall:

After this war, there will certainly be a series of conflicts with Feysac, but the country also needs more moderate people to consolidate the rule of His Majesty the Emperor. At this time, those conservative nobles who have regained their memories will be useful again.

"In any case, this is good news." Earl Hall said, "Audrey is now an adult. I have found a psychiatrist to treat Alfred. I can also ask Audrey if she is willing to be a psychiatrist to help her through this period."

"But now Audrey can rest assured for a while." Mrs. Hall's tone became a little gentler: "I hope Alfred can get better soon, so that we can live the same life as before."

"Yes." Earl Hall sighed slightly, his tone revealing some weakness: "Let's go home."

Mrs. Hall nodded gently, holding her husband's hand and slowly got off the carriage. When passing Alfred's room, Mrs. Hall looked at Alfred's room with some concern, then she skipped his room with some reluctance and walked towards Audrey's room.

Their second son was in danger now. He could lose control at any time, and without treatment from a psychiatrist or the church's Beyonder, even they didn't dare to rashly enter his room.

"Dear Earl Hall, beautiful Lady Hall, you are back~"

Earl Hall pushed open the door to his daughter's room and immediately relaxed a little when he heard Audrey's excited voice. He smiled and looked at Audrey:

"Audrey, did something happy happen to you?"

He inexplicably felt that his daughter's lips became more vivid, as if they were red like blood, and her whole body had a fatal charm. Earl Hall felt that she was shrouded in a shadow, but because of Audrey's excited voice, Earl Hall felt that what he saw was an illusion.

He saw a bouquet of gorgeous flowers being held in front of him, and his daughter's innocent voice rang in his ears:

"Dad, look."

"This is a red rose I just picked from the garden."

　Note 1: The Blood of the Creator

　　refers to the Blood of the Eternal Sun, which is the main ingredient of the Sequence 4 potion

　　. Note 2:

　　The rose Audrey took was really an ordinary rose