Part 4 The Undead Chapter 189 Politeness First
In terms of knowing about the ancient gods, Klein didn’t know less than many high sequence powerhouses, after all, he had a Silver City behind him that had continued from the beginning of the Second Era to the present, where the corresponding myths were inherited and many influences remained.
As far as he knew, the Immortal Bird Patriarch Grey Carrie was the so-called Ancient God of Death, who fell at the end of the Second Era in a shattered state due to being heavily injured by the Creator of the Silver City, the same Sun God who had been tragically partaken of by the King of Angels.
However, k’s influence did not fade away, until the current era, there are still some traces exist, because, k is the opener of the underworld!
City of the Dead …… “Unknown Souls”…… Ancient Gods …… This is dangerous to listen to ah …… Klein looked at the radio receiver in front of him and fell into deep thought.
Ta-da, the illusory white paper spat out another section:
”Other than that, I’m not really sure.
”Great master, I have a suggestion, would you like to hear it?”
That’s a good question …… Klein retrieved his thoughts and nodded gently:
”Speak.”
The sound of the radio receiver clattering became lighter all of a sudden, and a single line of words was soon added to the illusory white paper:
”For questions about Calderon, you may ask ‘Red Light’ El Moria.”
Ultimately can’t get around the “red light” ah …… Klein nodded his head in a very small amplitude and turned to ask:
”If I unmask ‘Admiral of Hell’ Ludwell, will there be any danger?”
”No!” A word of resolute certainty leapt into Klein’s eyes.
That’s good …… he said thoughtfully:
”That is all for today.”
”Great master, wise master, wait another minute or two, and watchful eyes will be cast! Your loyal servant Arodes awaits your next call, goodbye~” the clatter of the radio receiver didn’t hesitate at all.
A minute or two to go? Why didn’t you say so earlier? Shocked in his heart, like seeing the countdown of a time bomb, Klein hurriedly used the still-undoctored altar’s still-unpicked up materials to perform the sacrifice ceremony again, and threw that radio receiver on top of the gray mist.
After doing all this and confirming that there were no unusual changes in the surroundings, Klein had the secret puppet Ludwig take the initiative to step aside, avoiding the front, and removed the silver-white mask on his face.
A deep pale light erupted at once, but it was not as exaggerated as what Klein had seen during his last fight with Ludwell, just covering a very small area around him, like a candle that was about to burn out.
At the same time, the cold obscurity of the nearby jungle, which had disappeared when the radio receivers were sent back above the gray fog, appeared once again, and there was more of an indescribable but straight-to-the-heart horror.
It reminded Klein of a cemetery, of the fabled underworld.
After a few seconds of waiting, and seeing no additional outbursts, he had his other puppet, Enzo “The Winner”, walk around to the front of Ludwig “Hell’s Admiral”, and scrutinized the face that had long been hidden by the mask.
The face lacked flesh and blood, the skin was tightly attached to the bones and had no color, transparent as crystal.
Underneath the “crystal”, an unnamable transparent shadow was flowing rapidly, sometimes combined with the skull, sometimes shrinking in the gap, appearing on the teeth.
If he had just traveled here for a month or two, Klein would have been scared half to death by the appearance of the “Admiral of Hell”, but now, he had seen too many strange shapes of runaways and mutants, and would not be shaken by this level of looks.
After some more “research”, Klein was able to fully understand Ludwig’s state.
This all stems from the special nature of the “Gatekeeper” itself:
At Sequence 5, after becoming a “Gatekeeper”, an extraordinary person can use his body as a cage for a unique “Underworld”, which can hold a certain number of souls, the dead and nature spirits, and through this, he can obtain various unique abilities, have powerful helpers, and do not need to bring an army of undead with him wherever he goes. An army of undead is a very noteworthy thing.
This has given rise to the “spirit behind the spirit” type of story in many folklore legends.
–The other, and oldest, meaning of “gatekeeper” is to guard the “underworld” within the body, not allowing the spirits contained therein to escape, and being able to utilize them. This is also symbolized by an illusory door that opens in the opposite direction.
After the “Ancient God of Death”, the originator of the undead birds, Gracery, opened up the Underworld, it was equivalent to granting a small amount of authority of the realm of death to all the “gatekeepers”, so that all the extraordinary people in this sequence have gained a certain degree of strength.
The reason why “Admiral of Hell” Ludwell always wore that mask was because he housed a powerful creature of the Underworld, which on the one hand was utilized by him, and on the other hand eroded his body, transforming him into a half-undead, half-human being, while at the same time, this creature was always connecting to the Underworld instinctively, attempting to open the gate and return there. Return there.
This, combined with the Gatekeeper’s own abilities and powers, as well as the increase in the ring of the Grim Reaper, allowed Admiral Ludwig to zoom in on the “Gates of the Underworld” and directly control the “Black Tulip”. “The Black Tulip.
Half-undead, half-human …… No wonder Ludwig dares to enter the underworld, a real living person can’t survive there for even a second. …… Well, that underworld creature gave him the special ability to partially undead his body, and he can extract other people’s spirit bodies from the air, which is something that happened to me at the time. I had an encounter with …… Klein had the “Admiral of Hell” put the silver-white mask back on with some clarity.
The mask’s function was to tranquilize the souls of the creatures of the underworld in Ludwig’s body, keeping them in a relatively calm state most of the time.
With that out of the way, Kraven returned his attention to the altar.
He was going to try to “contact” the Seven Lights of the Spirit World.
In this regard, there was a choice between a special secret ceremony and a corresponding psychic ceremony, and Klein chose the latter after some consideration, because in the secret ceremony, he himself would have to let go of his mind and spirit, and come into contact with the being he was pointing to in order to gain a certain amount of knowledge, power, help, or spiritual experience, which would result in his own thoughts and secrets being open to that being as well.
As for the psychic ceremony, there are two types: direct communication and requesting the other party to surrender, because the seven lights of the spiritual realm are extremely high, Klein can’t guarantee that the other party will definitely respond in accordance with the requirements of the ceremony, so although he wanted to talk to the “psychic” through the air, he also made extra preparations for the “surrender” to show that he was ready for the ceremony, so that he could show that he was ready for the ceremony. Therefore, although he wanted to talk to each other through the air, he also made extra preparations for a “séance” to show his sincerity.
Lighting the three candles, drops of peppermint essential oil and other liquids, Klein deliberately took out a paper figure, placed it on the altar, as the carrier of the “séance” – if there is no similar thing, the target of the prayer will be “séance” on his body. If there is no similar thing, the target of the prayer will be “descended” on his body, just like when Daniz asked the “Iceberg Lieutenant General” Edwina to be descended, which can be divided into two kinds of situations, one is that the possessed person is completely unconscious, controlled by the corresponding existence, and answer other people’s questions, and two is that the possessed person stays awake, and can control certain parts of the body, so that they can answer questions with the descended person. to conduct a question and answer session, the simplest example being that one can speak with his mouth and the other manipulate his hand to write.
Klein quickly finished the front part of the ritual, stepped back, opened his mouth, and chanted in ancient Hermetic:
”I!
”I pray in my name:
”I pray to commune with the ‘Light of the Spiritual Realm that never fades, the embodiment of infinite knowledge, the Red of Authority and Will’ ……”
The major difference between this psychic ritual and the normal ones is that no prayers can be made to the gods, neither the “Goddess of the Night” nor the “God of Knowledge and Wisdom”, whose honorary names cannot be present in the ritual, or else it will inevitably lead to failure.
From an occult perspective, this means that the Seven Lights of the Spirit World do not belong to or serve any of the gods.
As a single word that could communicate with the spirits of nature was spat out, Klein saw the three candle flames expand at the same time, joining together in a slight snap, as if a door of light had been opened.
The area around the altar became silent and dark, and pairs of inexplicable eyes looked from different places in unison.
The cold wind blew violently, and except for the three candles, all the items on the altar floated into mid-air, and among them, the paper figure shook and stood upright, its surface brushed with a rich, clear and not at all bloody red color.
”Greetings.” Klein opened his mouth according to the summarized correct mode of interaction while recalling the things related to the seven lights of the spirit world as told in some of the occult books.
He acted as if he was facing a teacher.
The bright red paper figure’s head flicked and emitted a disembodied but majestic voice:
”Hello.”
It was quite polite. …… Sure enough, the psychic turned into a séance, but fortunately there was preparation in advance. …… Klein’s mind flashed with all kinds of thoughts, and he said sincerely and respectfully:
”Honorable El Moria, I have something I would like to ask you.”
”You can directly address me as El Moria, please speak.” The paper man floating in midair seemed to be competing with Klein to see who was more polite.
”I would like to know information related to Calderon City.” Klein didn’t change his attitude, after all, there was a saying in the Big Eater Empire that there were many manners.
The bright red, nearly transparent paper man pondered for two seconds and said:
”May I know your purpose?”
Klein didn’t hide it and said frankly:
”Hunting Spirit World Marauders.”
The paper man’s head moved slightly and said:
”It’s really only easy to find in Calderon City, elsewhere, Spirit World Marauders are like a drop of water entering the sea, very difficult to distinguish, even I can only spot them occasionally, unable to lock them down for a long time.
”They are partially active in the core area of Calderon City, and a small number of them are scattered in the outer layer, as long as you don’t try to go deeper, there isn’t really much danger, unfortunately, something special there prevents us from entering with the Seven Lights, or else we would still be able to provide some substantial help.”
”That’s the former divine kingdom of the Ancient God Greycarrie?” Klein’s heart was certain and made a confirmatory question.
The bright red paper man said:
”Yes. The ancient god of death hoped to be resurrected with the help of this ‘City of the Dead’, but k failed completely, and the authority was taken over by that god of death in Byron.
”However, this also makes the city of Calderon more dangerous, because the ancient god’s leftover arrangement mutated after the failure, exactly what it became, I am not sure.”
这样啊 …… Klein nodded his head slightly invisibly and asked multiple more questions from different aspects, all of which were answered with relative satisfaction.
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Byam, outside a house by the harbor.
Alger and “Star General” Gadelia were patiently waiting for the people inside to enjoy their dinner.