Part 5 Red Priest Chapter 88 – Harvest
The boundless gray mist boiled up, and the ancient majestic palace was burning everywhere.
The blazing flames coalesced into a ball, as if a bright white sun had risen in this mysterious space.
The hurricane blew over the long mottled table, broke the thick stone pillars, so that half of the palace collapsed.
Sitting in the seat of the “Fool”, Klein’s head first boiled, then blew out a lot of holes, and crawled out of the fractured surface of one after another charred black worms.
He did not die, and even very calmly stretched out his right palm and tapped the armrest of the high-backed chair.
Above the gray fog this mysterious space then appeared obvious vibration, power layer after layer gushed out, smoothed the hurricane, extinguished the flame, let that blazing white sun inch after inch quickly dissipated.
The thick stone pillars stood again, the mottled long tables returned to their original state, and the grand and sacred palace never seemed to collapse or break.
Klein’s head recovered instantly, and the striped worms that had burrowed out faded to charred blackness, returned to transparency, and crawled back in.
”Indeed, it is more powerful than the ‘Dragon of Empty Thoughts’ Anglewild …… ” Klein said to himself in a low voice, his expression twisted with difficulty, and he could not help but raise his hand to rub his forehead. “It hurts …… This pain is also significantly stronger ……”
While whispering, he tapped the edge of the mottled long table, causing the mysterious space above the gray mist to begin to tremble once again.
In the midst of the vibrations, a dark and dense shadow suddenly emerged from the palace floor.
This shadow twisted and struggled, but was eventually cleared away by the power of the gray mist, leaving no residue.
It took several dozen more seconds before Klein truly slowed down and recalled the image he had just seen:
”That one should be the ancient sun god, the silver city creator, Amon and Adam’s dad ……
”Judging from the cross jewelry that K is wearing and the phrase ‘Let there be light’, there’s a really good chance that K is the first traveler, maybe a European or American, and probably also has a church background ……
”k is using a language that can mobilize the power of nature, similar to the language of giants, but different, and does not belong to the elven language, dragon language, ancient Hermetic language …… Well, it and the northern continent of the ancient Fusak language, the southern continent of the Duttan language have similarities, so much so that although I have not mastered this language, but I can barely understand what k is saying …… Is this the language k mastered inside that strange gray building?
”k traveled there and inherited a rich legacy?
”The second act scene before k suffers betrayal and is parted by the three angelic kings, Pure White, Wisdom, and Wind?
”For a god who claims to be the Creator, that substantial pain and distortion probably only occurs in this state ……
”Well, the divine blood dripped before k’s fall fused with the silver cross, changing the latter’s form and making it a seal of no lesser level.
”In that case, it seems that this ‘Cross of No Darkness’ was either gotten by one of the three angelic kings of Pure White, Wisdom, and Wind, or it fell into the hands of Amon or Adam, which are important relics of their fathers for the k’s.
”The possibility of the previous kind is not too high, the cross is very useful for both positive and negative effects and its origin is a secret that must be hidden, no one would give it to the Augustus family …… So it seems that it was really Adam who arranged it?
”What was k’s purpose in giving the ‘Cross of No Darkness’ to the ‘Magician’ or Ms. ‘Judgment’ in a natural and reasonable way?
”k had already discovered, through certain observations, that those two ladies believed in the ‘Fool’?
”That the cross was given to ‘fools’ who were not of this age?
”k wanted to know where k’s father, who also did not belong to that age, came from? But the question is, how does k intend to ask the question and reap the answer?
”That Silver City Creator’s bit is really high, to have detected my ‘prying’ across a long history, casting his gaze above the gray mist, into this mysterious space, and causing an impact that, in addition to the overt destruction, also had a dark erosion that produced a strange shadow, which Almost lurked ……
”Does this mean that after holding authority over multiple domains, there will also be a qualitative change in the deity’s bitterness?
”And what is the meaning of the phrase ‘secretive’ that this one whispered? Does it refer to me, or the original owner of this mysterious space?”
One question after another flashed within Klein’s mind, giving him quite a few guesses, but it was difficult to get a final answer.
Based on his fear of Adam, he felt that it would be better for this “Darkness-less Cross” to be crushed by Silver City’s divine seal and reorganized into a pure and extraordinary characteristic.
Collecting his thoughts and pressing his doubts back into his mind, Klein manifested a new pen and paper and wrote down the knowledge he had gained from looking directly at the Creator of Silver City:
”Sequence 4: No Dark One.
”Primary Material: one drop of ‘Sun’ divine blood, or three tail feathers of an adult Sun God bird plus one piece of Sacred Radiance Stone.
”Auxiliary materials: 60 ml of blood from the Sun God bird, 30 ml of Sacred Radiant Stone Companion Liquid, 7 drops of Mutant Chrysanthemum Juice, 10 grams of Magma Heart Powder.
”Ritual: Strip away the strongest and most unwilling emotions, then take a magical potion and instill those emotions back in the process.”
”Sequence 3: Mentor of Justice ……”
”Sequence 4: The Black Knight ……”
”Sequence 3: Three Headed Sanctuary ……”
After doing these things, Klein picked up the copper-green cross again and examined it for a while with a pensive expression.
Then, he threw the “Darknessless Cross” into the pile of clutter and mobilized the power of the mysterious space above the gray mist to suppress it, lest the next time he came up, the paper figures he cut out would have already begun to praise the sun.
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Chorwood District, in front of an ordinary house.
The mailman on his pedal bike squeezed the brakes and stopped at the door.
He then set the bike down and took a letter out of the mail bag in the back seat, glancing at the address to make sure it was correct.
”It’s from here …… to Hugh ……” The postman walked quickly to the letter box and dropped the letter in his hand, then without delay got back on the bike and pedaled hard away.
After a while a dark layer of flame suddenly rose from the delivery opening of that letter box.
The flame burned quietly and quickly disappeared.
……
Queens, inside the Hall family’s luxurious villa.
Audrey, who led Susie for a walk in the garden, had just returned to the hall when she saw her own father, Earl Hall, come in from outside, removing his hat and scarf and handing them over to his personal manservant while frowning slightly, not knowing what he was thinking about.
”Papa, did something happen?” Audrey asked with concern.
It was a basic observation, and she didn’t need to hide anything.
Earl Hall collected his troubled expression and smiled:
”It’s not anything too important, it’s just that I didn’t realize that Hwyn Lambeth was a member of a cult.”
”He’s a member of a cult?” Audrey appropriately expressed her surprise.
She knew that Hwyn Lambeth was indeed a high-ranking member of the hidden organization known as the Psychological Alchemy Society, but she could not understand how this matter was suddenly exposed.
Earl Hall nodded gravely and said:
”Yes, he is being wanted by the three major churches. Which cult is involved specifically, I’m not sure yet.”
”…… Has he been caught?” Audrey asked with a slight turn of her eyes, “curious”.
”No, he disappeared before being wanted.” Earl Hall sighed, “It’s really hard to imagine him as a cultist, he has excellent manners, great knowledge, rational and pertinent insights in all aspects, full of wisdom.”
That’s just the side he wants you to see …… Audrey mumbled in her mind, and then, as usual, entered the family’s small prayer room before dinner, facing the emblem of the “Goddess of the Night”, and assumed the posture of prayer.
What she whispered, however, was:
”The Fool of the Age …….”
After reciting her honorable name, Audrey reported succinctly:
”Hwyn Lambeth is missing.
”He has been characterized as a cultist and is wanted by the three major churches ……”
After finishing this matter, Audrey was about to turn to pray to the goddess in earnest, when a large swath of gray and white mist suddenly emerged in front of her eyes.
In the center of the gray and white mist, a blurry figure sat on a chair, gently nodding as it towered over her:
”I see.”
As soon as this hidden existence’s words fell, the image in front of Audrey’s eyes suddenly changed, presenting a silhouette that was concentrating on prayer:
”Great Mr. ‘Fool’, the Church of Darkness has received information from Chunas Colgate confirming that King George III is harboring a great secret, and that he has colluded for the sake of the relics of the ‘Blood Emperor’ in the Streveling section of the Tassock River with the Witch Cult, Psycho-Alchemy Society, human trafficking, and creating cases of missing persons, leading to the tragic case of the Great Haze of Berkland ……
”The Witch Sect is represented by ‘Nightingale of Despair’ Panatia in the early stages, and ‘Sage of White’ Katrina in the later stages, and the Psycho-Alchemy Guild is Hwyn Lambeth… …
”Please remind Ms. ‘Justice’ to be careful when she encounters Hwyn Lambeth again, and always be prepared to ask for assistance.”
His Majesty the King …… Audrey’s eyes widened slightly, her heart rising and falling in a hallucinatory manner, making it difficult for her to control herself.
This was partly because the news was too much of a shock for her as a noble, and partly because the “lie” accessory she carried had an amplifying effect on her emotions.
Almost simultaneously, a report flashed through Audrey’s mind, one that left a deep impression on her:
”…… According to preliminary statistics, more than 21,000 people died directly in the haze, and the subsequent spread of the plague took nearly 40,000 people, including young children and able-bodied young men and women …… ”
So it is so …… What exactly is the king plotting …… The three main churches should not have gotten the actual evidence, otherwise dad would not have only just that level of annoyance …… Audrey was inexplicably a little angry and a little sad, like a certain guideline that had been adhered to in the past had been ruthlessly trampled on, like a certain value that had been erected for a long time had collapsed silently.
She subconsciously buried her head down and closed her eyes.
Immediately afterward, she took a soft breath and whispered:
”Thank you, Mr. ‘Fool’, and please convey my gratitude to Mr. ‘World’ as well.”
When the prayer was over, Audrey sat there in the quiet darkness for a long time.