Part 3 The Traveler Chapter 168 Unlucky Anderson
Upon recognizing who the leader of the mural was, Klein subconsciously suspected that it was the contents of his dream.
However, he quickly dismissed the idea, as the unlucky Anderson was not anyone he knew, nor was he anyone he had ever encountered who had left an impression, and the odds were that it was not an extension of his dream.
And Anderson had explicitly stated that he had become unlucky because of seeing that mural, and was in a strong state of association with it, so it was only right that it was part of his dream!
Collecting his spirit and taking a closer look, Klein quickly realized that there were a few differences between the mural here and the one that the little “sun” had seen in the abandoned temple of the “True Creator”:
The background here was the sea burning with golden flames, whereas the previous one was a barren, dead plain;
The destination here is the depths of the sea, whereas the previous one was a distant mountain with a huge cross and an upside-down figure on top;
Here the “Angel of Destiny” Urolius has black silt on the soles of his feet and fish plunging headfirst into it, whereas before it was a meandering river.
Not the same fresco, closer to a pilgrimage to the different stages of the record …… Klein nodded with a guess.
A scene had emerged within his mind:
A long time ago, in a certain period of the Fourth Age, “Tail Swallower” Urolius led a group of devout pilgrims or the remnants of the “True Creator” believers, chased by many strong enemies, turned and took a boat to this sea;
For some reasons, K abandoned the ship, relying on the help of the “real Creator” or his own power, and parted the sea directly, leading the devotees to pass through this place and enter the “God-forsaken land”, preserving the “Redemption Rose”, the “Aurora Borealis” and the “Aurora”. The flame of the “Redeemed Rose” and “Aurora Society” was preserved;
In the Forsaken Land, they traveled across the barren plains and built temples on their “pilgrimage”, the same kind of temples that they later discovered in the little “sun”.
From the fact that Will Onsettin, the “Mercury Serpent”, was forced to restart the cycle and turn into an embryo, the “Tail Swallower” should still be alive. …… Does this mean that the “Pilgrims”, led by Mr. K, are still alive? “Pilgrims” to the sanctuary of the “True Creator”? Does this mean that the sanctuary of the “real Creator” is somewhere in the “godforsaken land”? Thinking about this, Klein suddenly had some inexplicable feelings:
If my guess is right, it means that no matter how much the “Silver City” saves itself and passes on the torch, when the “Real Creator” wakes up or returns to its normal state, they will inevitably go to extinction!
When you are close to the Kingdom of God and the Sanctuary of the Evil God, your existence has nothing to do with your own efforts!
It’s like the bubbles stirred up between the rushing waters of the sea, and when that wave passes, it disappears.
The human community, the human civilization, is this fragile under the gaze of the evil gods.
”No, one can’t be so pessimistic, I was just guessing, maybe it wasn’t Urolius who got Will Onsettin, the Speaker of the School of Life, to reincarnate, maybe the ‘True Creator’ isn’t recovering or waking up that easily, k might be suffering from the seal of the Seven Gods… …
”So, there’s still a chance for Silver City to open the path between the ‘God Forsaken Land’ and the outside world and relocate out before the Evil God breaks free! This is probably the reason why Silver City’s Chief wants to release the ‘Shepherd’ Elders, they must utilize every bit of power available to them …… “Klein forcefully retrieved his thoughts.
He then became a little worried, fearing that he had already fallen into the “cycle of destiny” created by the “Tail Swallower”.
At this moment, he instinctively wanted to take four steps backwards, enter the gray fog, and forcibly retrieve the memories that might have been erased, but in the end, he still resisted this impulse, and prepared to observe first:
From the point of view of interpreting the symbols, there were no circulating rivers here, only black silt with fish stuck upside down, representing that there was no cycle of fate, only the entanglement of doom!
This matches Anderson’s words!
”As the King of Angels, Urolius surely wouldn’t have only one move, ‘Cycle of Fate’, and it’s perfectly logical to use different abilities for different murals in different temples …… Besides, it’s in a dream!
”Moreover, even if I did not do anything, and really fell into the loop, constantly repeating this experience of conversing with the ‘Star Above General’ up to the intended observation of the observation, by the time next Monday comes, the problem can be solved, and by that time, there is certainly no way for the tarot meeting to be held as scheduled, the ‘Justice’ Miss they will certainly be puzzled to make prayers, and I can use this to retrieve the memory …… “Klein at once has a bottom, the panic and tightness in his heart is either disappeared, or he is deeply hidden within.
He raised his head to look ahead, and found that this hall is very deep, a glance can not see the end, and the light shone into the door, only limited to come in this piece, other places are quite dim, the deeper the more dark, only vaguely visible on both sides of the wooden door, I do not know where they lead.
Looking at this deep and dark scene, Klein’s desire to continue exploring immediately dropped to the minimum:
”Having encountered the murals left behind by the King of Angels even here, who knows what will happen if we go further into the depths and enter other rooms ……”
Fear of the unknown is an extremely old emotion, and knowing the danger but not knowing what the danger stems from is the most intense fear of the unknown, Klein examined himself for a few seconds and stopped his steps forward.
He turned to Anderson, who was splitting a huge log with his axe:
”Why are you here?”
Anderson looked up at him and snorted:
”I’m a treasure hunter.
”What do you think I’m doing here?”
Treasure Hunter …… Klein asked casually:
”There’s treasure here?”
Anderson continued to bury his head in the crafting of the so-called canoe, his voice becoming low for a moment:
”There is treasure all over this sea.
”As long as you manage to get it and get out alive.”
That’s true …… but the problem is that not being a demigod would be dangerous here, and demigods are even more dangerous here …… Klein looked deeper into the hall and said:
”Do you know what’s there?”
Anderson followed his line of sight and glanced:
”No idea.
”At least a third of my companions formed a party, explored that way, and never returned.”
”You mean in the real world, or in the dream world?” Klein asked thoughtfully.
Bang!
After the axe fell, Anderson chuckled:
”The real world, of course.
”Exploring forward in the dream world were the other third of my companions, who likewise did not return.”
…… Klein took a breath and thought for a moment:
”What happened to their real-world bodies?”
”Mutated into monsters and took out quite a few of their companions.” Anderson pulled up his axe and slashed down hard.
When!
In a crisp sound, his axe shattered in two pieces, and because the rupture was at the leaning back, the fragments shot to his body at once.
The right side of Anderson’s chest and abdomen instantly oozed bright red blood, gurgling like a fountain.
He covered one of the wounds with his left hand, raised his head, looked at Klein, and laughed bitterly:
”Like I said, after seeing that mural, I’ve been shrouded in bad luck.
”Fortunately, it wasn’t too bad luck, at least they didn’t ruin my plain handsome face.”
…… How do those two adjectives go together? Klein watched Anderson quickly remove the shards, treat the wounds, and take the potion, noticing that he was emotionally stable and skillful, and seemed to be used to it.
With one hand in his pocket, Klein toyed with the coin inside and asked with deliberation:
”When your companions embarked on their quest, you and the remaining part of the group were left in place to study the mural?”
Anderson froze for a moment, strapped the potion pouch back onto his belt, and wiped his mouth:
”No.
”I was part of the third that explored forward.”
As he said that, the corners of his mouth widened a little, revealing a warm smile.
This …… Klein s pupils shrunk, and directly, he slightly bowed his back and raised his left palm.
Just at this time, the piercing sunlight shines up, everything is first brilliant white, and then fades and disappears.
Klein naturally opened his eyes and realized that it was back to midday outside.
He pulled out his gold-cased pocket watch and pressed it open to look at it:
”Only half an hour has passed, this darkness is a bit brief ah ……
”That unlucky Anderson just now clearly looked normal, I didn’t realize it was so frightening!”
After turning over and getting out of bed, Klein suddenly remembered one thing, that is, the “Serpent of Destiny” Will Onsettin had not yet “answered the letter”!
Because everyone’s dreams have been pulled into that world, not connected to the spirit world, so K can not locate? Or maybe K sensed the scent of Urolius the Tail Swallower and didn’t dare approach? Or, is there something wrong with the sea itself? In the midst of his thoughts, Klein decided to verify it.
As for how to verify, the method is very simple, that is to take advantage of the “noon”, sleep again.
However, he didn’t rush to do so, because he didn’t know if there was a taboo against sleeping during the day here.
Putting on his cap, Klein went outside the captain’s cabin and knocked on the door with his fingers.
After three knocks, he withdrew his hand and waited patiently.
It wasn’t long before Admiral Kadriya opened the door.
Her face was no longer in the daze of the dream, and she had rearranged her heavy glasses.
”Can you sleep during the day?” Klein asked bluntly.
Gadelia nodded:
”Yes.”
After answering, she hesitated and said:
”Just now in the dream world, you seemed to be very mobile?”
Thinking of the dangers hidden in this sea, and thinking that he might be forced to show something afterward, Klein decided to take the initiative to lay it out first.
He looked at Kadriya and smiled courteously:
”Yes.
”This is the gift of my Lord.”
There was an obvious flicker in the gaze under the cover of my Lord …… Gadelia’s thick glasses.
She frowned for a rare moment and then unfolded it without asking more questions.
Klein thoughtfully added:
”Watch out for Heath Doyle.”
Gadelia clearly understood what he meant and replied directly:
”Don’t worry, he has a sealing item with a negative effect that allows him to only hear voices with a very close source.”
This is a clever use of negative effects ah …… Klein stopped shivering, took off his hat and saluted, turned around and left, and walked back to his room.
He lay down again and once again fell asleep with the help of meditation.
In the dream world, he woke up and saw the familiar pitch-black wasteland and dull-colored spires.
Whew, thankfully, he was able to contact …… Klein breathed a sigh of relief and made his way to the tower, seeing scattered tarot cards and new writing in the usual places:
”There are many dangers there, but the most dangerous are the dreams that come after dark.
”This does not mean that they will disappear if you do not sleep, but one thing must be remembered:
”Do not explore that dreamland!
”Never explore that dreamland!
”Based on the lack of space here, I won’t explain the reason, well, just kidding, the reason is that it contains certain dreams left behind by certain gods.”