Part 1 The Joker Chapter 138 The “Giant” Pathway
The Lord of All Creation …… The Omniscient God …… Klein leaned back and maintained his lofty posture, mentally repeating the key words in the words of the Silver City teenager.
He was not unfamiliar with the “Lord of all creation”, the Creator in the Book of Storms, the Book of Night Revelations and folklore had a similar title, and the “true Creator” espoused by the Aurora Society and other secretive organizations was also described in the same way.
But “omniscient and omnipotent god” was the first time Klein had ever heard of it in this world. Neither the Goddess of Night, nor the Lord of Storms, nor the God of Steam and Machinery claimed to be omniscient and omnipotent.
If, if Silver City is really in the “Godforsaken Land”, “Godforsaken Land” really belongs to this world, “omniscient and omnipotent God” may be the ancient era of those spirits to the Creator’s honor. The “omniscient god” might be the name that the creatures of old used to call the Creator …… Klein looked thoughtfully at the young man across from him, at the color of his sad, pained emotions.
Derek couldn’t help but lower his head a little as he felt the gaze of the Fool.
He recalled the contents of the books and the legends told by his parents, and said slowly and sadly:
”When the sun disappeared from the sky, when the clouds were torn out of their gaps, when lightning and thunder became dominant, monsters hidden in the depths of darkness suddenly appeared, so terrifying, so unimaginable, that city after city in the Land of Silver was destroyed …… Humanity’s ‘Age of Deep Darkness’ has arrived.”
”The remnants of the powerful converged on the City of Silver, and relying on their united strength and two magical items, they finally resisted the attack of the ‘dark things’ and gradually cleared the area within a day’s journey of ordinary humans, establishing city-states that sheltered the last flames of human civilization. ”
A standard textbook statement …… Klein couldn’t help but comment mentally.
The other party’s description always made him feel that the area where Silver City was located was not in the same world as the Northern Continent.
Perhaps this was the specialness of the Godforsaken Land? He thought without the slightest outward show of emotion.
Derek took a breath and continued:
”In the first few decades, plants were unable to grow, Silver City was severely lacking in food, and could only rely on hunting fleshly dark monsters and certain mutated animals to fulfill their hunger, and the population began to drop by leaps and bounds with difficulty, fortunately, the ‘Blackface Grass’ was later found, and it was able to survive tenaciously in such an environment and became a reliable and stable source of food for us.”
”It is believed to be the last favor left behind by the great gods, allowing Silver City to persevere generation after generation, holding on for two thousand five hundred and eighty-two years in the ‘Deep Dark Age’.”
”This is the time recorded by successive generations of ‘Chiefs’, while the other children of Silver City take day when there is more lightning, and night when the lightning subsides, an alternation of one to the other being a day …… Because of the confusion of this time of the year, we are unable to get the exact number of days.”
What a peculiar place …… Klein was glad he hadn’t just thought to say tomorrow, but described it more vaguely as the next two days.
After briefly speaking about a few memorable events in the history of Silver City, Derek turned to say:
”After the population had recovered to a certain level, and the number of Extraordinary Ones had increased, the ‘Council of Six’ began to organize elite squads to explore the darkness, and as of recently, to this day, we have finished exploring the original country and the nearby city-states, and are heading towards the depths of a thicker and more terrifying darkness, where at the edges, we have found a number of cities of strange styles that have met with destruction, which we suspect were shelters established by the remaining other humans, and which, unfortunately, were still ultimately consumed by the ‘Dark Thing’.”
The “things of darkness” he described should refer to the various monsters hidden in the depths of darkness that are unimaginable to normal people …… Klein nodded his head faintly and unnoticeably.
”…… The Land of Silver was once under the rule of the Court of Giants, so the extraordinary chain we mastered is none other than the ‘Giant’ pathway, which we also call the ‘God-Blooded Warrior ‘ pathway …… We acquired some other sequences of magic potion recipes when we killed certain monsters and when we explored those destroyed cities, but the chain is not complete and has more or less broken pieces.” Derek began to introduce the current situation of Silver City.
Upon hearing this, Klein’s spirit was instantly lifted, and although his posture didn’t change much, he was clearly more focused.
My favorite thing to learn about is Sequence Magic Potion related things! The Giant’s Court …… Silver City and the North Continent same history? The history of the Second Age …… Hmm, killing monsters drops recipes? This is playing a game, right? No, there’s also the possibility that those monsters were once humans, the Extraordinary Ones …… Klein suddenly had a bit of a heavy feeling.
Seeing no indication from the Fool, Derek clenched his teeth and added with deliberation:
”The names of the magic potion formulas for the ‘Giant’ pathway are, in order, Sequence 9 ‘Extraordinary Warrior’, Sequence 8 ‘Gladiator’, Sequence 7 ‘Weapon Master’, Sequence 6 ‘Knight of the Dawn’, Sequence 5 ‘Guardian’, and Sequence 4 ‘Demon Hunter ‘, while the names of the higher sequences are known only to the elders of the ‘Council of Six’.”
Sequence 4 ‘Demon Hunter’ …… That’s the name of the higher sequence magic potion formula? This is the first time I’ve known anything like that! Klein felt relieved that he had finally grasped the “title” of a High Sequence powerhouse, but he suspected that it was an ancient name that differed from the current descriptions in the Northern Continent, just like the difference between “Storm Priest” and “Navigator”. “Voyager”.
Well, Transcendent Warrior, Gladiator, Weapon Master …… sounds a bit familiar …… By the way, the complete sequence held by the Church of the God of War is very similar to this one! Sequence 9 “Warrior”, Sequence 8 “Gladiator”, Sequence 7 “Weapon Master”! Due to confidentiality issues, Klein only knew the names of the first three formulas of the complete sequence of the Church of God of War, but that didn’t stop him from equating the two.
From the core meaning, basically the same …… complete sequence of the Church of the God of War mastered the so-called “giant” pathway …… This is said to have appeared in the Third Age, that is, the Age of Calamity The gods that supposedly appeared in the Third Age, the Age of the Cataclysm, inherited the legacy of the Giant Court? Or is K himself an ancient giant? Klein was analyzing and judging, while keeping his gaze “calm”.
Derek introduced again:
”After the initial hardships, Silver City has been ruled by the ‘Council of Six’, in which the Elder at the highest position is honored as the ‘Chief’, while the remaining five are not divided into seniority… …The current ‘Order of Six’ consists of three ‘Demon Hunters’, two of the most promising ‘Guardians’ and a ‘Shepherd’.”
Scratch that, Silver City had three high sequence powerhouses! Half-god, half-human powerhouses! This single one can destroy the Tarot Club a few hundred times. …… Klein felt a moment of weakness as he listened to them, he hadn’t tried “pulling someone” under the eyes of a High Sequence Strongman yet.
However, considering that the opposite side of the teenager is still just an ordinary person, not even a sequence 9, for a long time will certainly not receive the attention of high-ranking people, he put down his heart again.
”Shepherd”, this is in another sequence? Those incomplete sequences …… sound very similar to the style of the Aurora Society, that, that I forget the name of the Aurora Society member wrote a letter to Mr. Z, has been mentioning the “The Lamb of the Lord”…… Klein maintained his relaxed posture and asked in a seemingly casual manner:
”Shepherd?”
”Yes, this is the sequence path we found from those cities that were destroyed by the ‘things of darkness’, only up to Sequence 5 ‘Shepherds’, but, but Elder Lovia is very powerful, very weird, very scary, and is said to have once fought against high sequence level evil spirits and was not injured, so, after the ‘Council of Six’ seat became vacant, she made an exception and became an Elder.” Derek replied with some hidden fear.
Klein thought about it and asked with a smile:
”What is the preceeding sequence of the ‘Shepherds’? I feel familiar with this, you know, there is always a difference between the name in history and the modern name.”
”In the City of Silver, the name of the magic potion never changes.” Derek instinctively retorted, then lowered his head, “Sequence 9 ‘Secret Prayer Man’ ……”
Sure enough! Klein was satisfied by the confirmation of his suspicions.
This was the name of Sequence 9 of the “Aurora Society”!
”Sequence 8 ‘The Whisperer’, Sequence 7 ‘The Hermit’, Sequence 6 ‘The Rosicrucian’, Sequence 5 ‘ Shepherd’.” Derek recounted what he knew as it was.
Whisperer, listener, pretty much …… Hey, I can know more than the information from the Tingen branch of the Night Watchers …… Klein was in a good mood as he gestured for Derek to continue.
Derek again described the current situation of Silver City in general, and in the end, he couldn’t help but mention:
”We bear the curse of predestination, no matter ordinary people, or extraordinary people, after death, they will all turn into evil spirits, only that the evil spirits transformed into by extraordinary people are more bizarre and more terrifying and more difficult to deal with, in history, this curse has several times made Silver City almost destroyed, the only solution is to end the life of the would-be dead by the hands of people of the same bloodline.”
”What a cruel thing to do, I hope you can be strong enough to find a way to free the people of Silver City from the curse.” The empty-framed “Fool” Klein could only pour the other party with chicken soup that didn’t cost anything.
”So, I want to be the sun, to be the sun …… While there was still a sun shining on the earth, we didn’t suffer any curses.” Derek whispered with difficulty and pain.
Klein nodded slightly:
”You’ll get your chance, and remember, I’m going to pull you in here again anytime in the next two days, and you try to avoid staying with the others.”
”Okay.” Derek replied in a hushed voice.
”Until then, you need to decide on your codename.” Klein smiled and pointed to the surface of the long bronze table, where a deck of tarot cards had materialized.
He was sure the other man had never been exposed to such a thing, and introduced himself slightly, “Pick a card for your codename, with the exception of the Fool, the Righteous, and the Inverted Man.”
Derek took two steps forward, flipped through the tarot cards, and said with little hesitation:
”‘The Sun’, I choose ‘The Sun’.”
”Remember your choice, it will stay with you for the rest of your life.” Klein familiarly said in a godly tone.
At the same time, he threw his hand out and broke the connection with great self-control, then watched as the crimson light retracted, and watched as the teenager across from him transformed into a shadow and dissipated in spots.