Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 110 Opening the Spell
From the looks of it, there was nothing special about the bookmark; Rossel’s portraits were everywhere in the souvenir exhibit, as were the Emperor’s image and his still middle-aged state.
Klein examined the bookmark several times and found a tiny stamped mark, confirming that it was the same bookmark that Ms. Justice had verified.
He tried to spread his spirituality and slowly poured it into it, but the result was the same as for ordinary objects, the spirituality just flowed and covered it, did not penetrate, and failed to create any changes.
Also, Rossel’s idea is to find a “person of destiny”, will not be specifically limited to extraordinary people …… Klein thought about it, and changed to a low pronunciation in Fossak:
”Pirate King!”
The bookmark still didn’t respond.
He tried again in Ancient Forsak, Intis, Ruin, etc., but still only managed to reap the same result.
As for the languages of the mysterious realm such as Giant, Elvish, and Gargoyle, because they were too limited to the target, Klein could only try them without much hope.
Without a doubt, he failed.
Immediately afterward, Klein used back to the Forsak language and translated:
”One Piece!”
The bookmark lay quietly in his palm, not showing the slightest abnormality.
Klein followed the process he had just followed and tried again in a different language, only to keep experiencing setbacks.
”It seems that my initial guess was wrong, the Russell in his youth would use the Pirate King’s stunt as a joke, but he may not be like that in his old age era, people will always grow old and change.” Klein reflected on the error and tapped his fingers on the edge of the long, mottled table, trying to deduce the way to open it from the little information revealed in the diary.
After a while, he materialized a pen and paper, combing through his thoughts and recording them, lest there be confusion and contradictions:
”In this matter, Rossel is both insanely desperate and clearly shows bad taste, as evidenced by the description ‘those who have a destiny will get it’, which is not in line with the language habits of the current world.”
”So, it’s safe to assume that he really wanted certain people to chance upon the specialness of the ‘Blasphemous Sign’ at that time.”
”Since that’s the case, the way to open it wouldn’t be too unimaginable, and there’s the possibility of it appearing in everyday life.”
”What Rossel needs is fortuitous coincidences, for example, when holding a worthless bookmark and casually pronouncing a specific word, then, congratulations, you’ve had a strange encounter! Well, that fits that kind of bad taste.”
”By that logical deduction, different ‘profane cards’ should have different opening spells, and something like using just one word to inspire all the ‘profane cards’ is clearly not Rosel’s style. ”
”What is the opening spell for this card? Well, the first thing that can be ruled out is the usual, moment-to-moment ones that would be spoken.”
”Also, when making the ‘Card of Blasphemy’, Rossel’s state was desperate, frantic, unrequited, lingering, struggling, and angry, so try substituting for that state of mind by pretending that I’m Rossel at that moment, and imagining what opening method would be set up. ”
Klein stopped his pen and played Rossel, trying to find inspiration.
He first tried some words in terms of cursing and wishing in the languages of the nations plus Guversac, and shamefully reaped the rewards of failure.
Immediately afterward, he speculated on what a powerful man on the brink of extinction would be most upset and attached to:
”His wife Matilda? A guy that flirtatious shouldn’t be that attached to his original wife.”
”His children? Eldest daughter Bernadette, first son Charles, second son Bonoit ……”
”According to the diary, the most difficult for him to let go of would be his daughter, Bernadette who might become a big shot in the Mystic World.”
Klein paused and took a breath, preparing for a new attempt.
”Bernadette.” He pronounced it in Intis.
The bookmark was unresponsive.
Klein switched to Ruin, Highlander, and Forsak one after the other, but still didn’t get the hoped for result.
He sighed, lowered his voice, and uttered the corresponding ancient Forsak syllables:
”Bernadette.”
The name echoed without particularity above the empty, silent gray mist, and Klein was about to find new inspiration when he suddenly felt the bookmark in his hand sink a little!
It instantly generated an invisible vortex, frantically sucking up Klein’s spirit.
To an ordinary person, this was a very heavy burden, but to a Sequence 7 “magician”, it wasn’t too serious of an exertion, so Klein easily survived this hurdle, and couldn’t hide his joy as he looked at the thing in his palm.
On top of the bookmark, a little bit of bright light rose up, and the image of Emperor Rossel outside was renewed.
He sat on an ancient stone throne, his head wearing a black crown inlaid with various jewels, he wore pitch-black armor, covered with a cloak of the same color, holding a scepter in his hand, his eyes looking coldly forward.
In the upper left corner of the bookmark, a bright starburst condensed a line of text:
”Sequence 0: Black Emperor!”
Sequence 0! Indeed hides the secret of the gods! The Black Emperor is actually Sequence 0 …… Klein thought with a smile in his eyes, half-sighing and half-surprised.
Immediately afterward, the bookmark became three-dimensional, as if it were a miniature book.
The book moved without wind, revealing an image of Rossel wearing a white hood, with a corresponding textual description in Guversac next to it:
”Sequence 9, Lawyer.”
”Adept at finding and exploiting loopholes in the rules and weak points of his opponents, possesses very good eloquence and discursive logic ……”
”Magic potion formula ……”
Klein scanned the recipe material and without looking closely reached out and touched it, the book then turned the page:
”Sequence 8: Barbarians.”
”Problems that cannot be solved by law must be put to force, which is equally a rule …… Extraordinary people of this sequence possess a fairly high resistance to mental influences …… ”
”Recipe for a magic potion ……”
With Klein’s touch, the book presented by the “Blasphemous Sign” turned page after page:
”Sequence 7: The Bribe.”
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”Sequence 6: Baron of Corruption.”
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”Sequence 5: Mentor of Chaos.”
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”Sequence 4: The Fallen Count.”
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”Sequence 3: Frenzy Mage.”
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”Sequence 2: Duke of Entropy.”
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”Sequence 1: Prince of Sequicide.”
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”Sequence 0: The Black Emperor.”
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After roughly skimming through it, Klein couldn’t help but let out an exclamation:
”This really hides the mystery of becoming a god!”
”No wonder the extraordinary people of this pathway will try to establish kingdoms and will walk on the earth when they reach the high sequence.”
It’s because the ritual of becoming a god requires this!
To be promoted from Sequence 1 “Sequenceslayer Prince” to “Black Emperor”, the ritual required was to have a kingdom of one’s own, to have one’s name associated with the title of Emperor, to become common knowledge among the populace, and also, to establish a set of strict and complex, but against the normalcy, including architectural styles.
Next, the people are driven to secretly build nine pyramid-like tombs, and then, entering one of them, the magic potion of Sequence 0 is consumed in the corresponding rituals, which are participated by the vast majority of the people and scattered in different cities.
Once promoted, the “Black Emperor” will not die until all nine secret tombs have been destroyed, and even if he does, he will be able to awaken from one of them.
What’s even more terrifying is that even if he succeeds in killing a god and destroying all nine tombs, as long as there is still a certain amount of the order established by that god, it is still possible for K to come back to life, which seems to be a loophole for death.
The best way to make k completely obliterate is for a new “Black Emperor” to appear!
”This is a deity!”
”And mortals can’t fight against deities, not even angels.”
”Those who have not become gods can never imagine the power of the gods.”
Roselle mentioned a few words so meaningfully at the end.
In addition, Klein also knew one thing, that is, once a certain pathway has a Sequence 0 true god, it is impossible for a Sequence 1 extraordinary person to appear again, not even one, if there is no Sequence 0, then within the same pathway, there will be a maximum of three Sequence 1s, which belongs to the details of the Law of Conservation of Extraordinary Characteristics and Imperishability!
According to the description of the 10 sequences in the “Blasphemy Card” of the “Black Emperor”, Klein could clearly see that the greatest feature of the pathway was the gradual transformation into the shadow of order!
Rossel also mentioned that after promotion to the high sequence, holding this “blasphemy card”, will have some kind of subtle induction with its own need for extraordinary materials!
Of course, it was limited to the “Black Emperor” pathway corresponding to the High Sequence.
”Unfortunately, it’s of little use to me.” Klein watched as the “Blasphemy Card” thinned out again and transformed into a playing card.
However, it was no longer in disguise; it was Rossel sitting on the stone throne, the Sequence 0 “Black Emperor”!
Klein was silent for a few seconds and wordlessly exclaimed:
”The biggest thing this card can do for me is to trade recipes for needed items, followed by some knowledge about deities and sequences, other than that, there’s almost nothing that can come in handy.”
”Heh, at least this way, as the leader of the Tarot Society, as the Fool, I’m no longer an empty shell, I hold a pathway to the gods, and I’m not so bad that I can’t even get a recipe for a high sequence!”
”Well …… I remember that the lady with the suspected artisan behind her at the extraordinary gathering organized by the old ‘Eye of Wisdom’ has been begging for the ‘Barbarian ‘ magic potion formula ……”
As his thoughts churned, Klein glanced at Rossel on the “Black Emperor” card again and suddenly lost his smile:
”He uses his own image for every sequence, what a narcissist ……”
”I’m suddenly curious about what the Witch Pathway’s corresponding ‘Card of Blasphemy’ would look like, hehehe.”
Collecting his various thoughts, Klein destroys the other bookmark he took in passing and realizes that it’s just an ordinary bookmark.
With that done, he changed his sitting position and leaned back, answering Ms. Justice’s prayers from last night, saying in a low, flat voice:
”That’s a ‘Blasphemy Card’ made by Russell.”