Part 5 The Red Priest Chapter 190 Rumors from the Ancient Era
Putting down the “Classical Alchemist” magic potion formula in his hand, Kraven shifted his gaze to the two tubes of blood sacrificed by the little “sun”.
Then, he beckoned for a ceramic jar that was wrapped in layers of paper figures.
This was the blood of extraordinary people from different paths that he had previously collected, and had been placed on top of the gray mist, sealed by the “paper angel”, in order to slowly blend into the aura of this mysterious space, and eliminate the connection between the blood and himself, so as to prevent accidents from occurring when the symbols were drawn to open the door, which would affect the provider.
As far as Klein was concerned, it was fine if it backfired on him, there was at least one, probably two more chances of resurrection anyway, but if it would affect those who believed in him and gave him the blood, then he would rather not do it.
After lifting the paper figure that sealed the mouth of the jar and pouring the two tubes of blood in, Klein materialized a glass rod and reached in to stir it a few times.
Immediately afterward, he used the “paper angel” and redid the seal.
”All that’s left is for the ‘Prisoner’, ‘Demon’, and ‘Witch’ ones …… Wait! Once I’ve completed the ritual, I’ll pay Miss Sharon a personal visit, it’s better to ask for this kind of thing in person, it’s too impolite to write a letter to ask for it …… Only Miss ‘Magician’ is more special, apparently she’d rather I write a letter than meet Germaine Sparrow Heh, how dare you use the excuse that the temperature is too low for the ink to freeze as an excuse to procrastinate, are all those tricks you mastered fake? Luckily, I’ve finished digesting my magic potion and don’t need to be rushed …… ” Klein grumbled in his mind as he threw the ceramic jar wrapped in the paper man back into the pile of clutter.
After leaving the gray mist, he didn’t immediately prepare for his promotion to “Ancient Scholar”, but took out a pen and paper and drew a complex symbol that mixed “hidden” and “peeping”.
This was what he had originally planned to do before taking the magic potion – to ask the “Magic Mirror” Arodes for information about the “Source Castle”.
As the symbol took shape, the interior of the room, which was already poorly lit, became darker and darker, as if a cloud had passed by, just blocking out the sun.
After a dozen seconds or so, the cracked surface of the full-length mirror suddenly rippled with water, quickly seeping out one silver word after another:
”Great and supreme eternal master, your devout and faithful humble servant Arodes comes at your call.
”Am I, am I still the same servant that you trusted most, that was closest to you, that you loved most?”
This question …… I seem to decipher this “magic mirror” panic and anxiety …… This is a sense of crisis? Klein thoughtfully nodded with slight amusement and said:
”Yes.”
In fact, it was never …… I am just comforting you …… After answering, Klein silently added two sentences in his heart.
On the surface of the mirror, the watery light brightened steeply, and the silver words were all tinted a few shades of gold.
They wriggled and formed new sentences:
”Great Master, you have a question to quiz me?”
”Yes.” Klein said with a darkly tense spirit, “What do you know of the ‘Source Castle’?”
”The Magic Mirror,” Aroldus was silent for a few seconds before letting the pale gold color of the word change:
”I don’t know much about it, except that I’ve heard rumors: in the early Second Age, the Ancient Gods believed that the original Creator had left something behind, that it might have been a ‘kingdom’ derived from some part of K’s body, or perhaps something K had made, and the ‘Fortress of Source’ was one of them. ‘ was one of them.
”This is the name given by Fregla, the King of Demon Wolves, and k called the Dogs of Fugen the ‘Caretakers of the Fortress of Source’, however, until k’s fall, k had never entered the ‘Fortress of Source’, so many powerful creatures suspected that ‘Source Castle’ does not really exist, but is only a concept in an abstract sense.”
Related to the original, that is, the Creator of the Creation? Klein pondered for a while and said:
”How many other places or items similar to the ‘Source Fort’ in one of the ……?”
”Eight, as specified on the second ‘desecration tablet’, which, unfortunately, I have not read.” On the surface of the mirror, lines of words appeared one after another, but they faded to pale gold and reappeared in silver, “The Ancient Gods suspected that the source of the underground contamination came from a place similar to the ‘Fortress of Origin’, calling it the ‘Sea of Chaos’, and, rumor had it that deep within the spirit world city of Calderon, there are clues to the hidden ‘River of Eternal Darkness’, which comes from the Ancient God of Death, the Immortal Bird Patriarch, Grey Carrie, and as for the rest, I’ve heard a few names and they’re not complete enough, which are the ‘World of Shadows’, the ‘Wilderness of Knowledge’, and the ‘Mother’s Nest’ which is associated with the moon.”
”There are eight in all, the ‘Sea of Chaos’, the ‘River of Eternal Darkness’, the ‘Wilderness of Knowledge’, the ‘World of Shadows ‘, ‘Mother’s Nest’ …… ‘Mother’s Nest’ is related to the moon, sounds dangerous… …I wonder if it has anything to do with the ‘Mother Tree of Desire’ …… “Klein wordlessly repeated the key information in Aroldus’s reply, always feeling that he should be able to grasp something, and yet Not much to gain, he was still missing the clues to connect things together.
Seeing that Aroldus had also only heard some rumors and had no substantial knowledge, Klein gathered his thoughts and smiled casually:
”So it seems that you might be from the ‘Sea of Chaos’.”
”That is not important, what is important is that I am now your loyal, humble, and well-behaved servant.” “Magic Mirror” Arodes presented an entire paragraph in one breath.
Well-behaved, that’s the word …… Klein belabored twice and turned to ask:
”What is the origin of the ‘Dark Angel’ Saslir?”
On the surface of the mirror, silver words took shape one after another:
”Again, I could not see it, but at the time, there was this myth circulating that that ancient sun god was born as light and darkness rolled into one; after all, k claimed to be the Creator, so surely it had to be comprehensive, and there could be no lack of it.
”Later, k separated the darkness within himself and used it and one of his own ribs to create the first angel, the ‘Dark Angel’ Saslir.”
This …… rib …… I can totally imagine that it was the ancient sun god himself who made up and spread this myth in the first place …… Amon’s brother, your wife, became the “Dark Angel.” Klein was first shocked, and then many strange and bizarre thoughts popped up.
As his thoughts settled, he began to analyze the possible truth in this myth:
”The circulation of such a myth would have led believers to believe that ‘Dark Angel’ Sasriel was the ‘dark’ side of the ancient sun god, worshipping K in the same way that the Lord was worshipped, and at the time no one objected to it, no one forbade the myth, and the ‘Dark Angel’ was always the vice-regent of heaven, the left hand of God, suggesting that this may well be true ……
”What happened after that to summarize is that the dark side of the ‘Ancient Sun God’ colluded with a foreign enemy and compelled the Angelic Kings to assassinate the Being?
”This could very well explain the reason why Urolius and Medici joined the ‘Redemption Roses’, the k’s were just obeying the ‘Lord’s’ orders ……
”From this perspective, isn’t the ‘Dark Angel’ Saslir’s position in the ancient Sun God’s heavenly realm equivalent to the ‘world’ in the Tarot Society? Hmmm ……
”Luckily, the ‘world’ is a dummy and doesn’t have its own spirituality or mind at all ……”
Thinking about this, Klein suddenly felt a bit sweaty, and was quite glad that he was a “soothsayer” and not some other way.
Based on the reasoning just now, he quickly had a guess as to why the “Dark Angel” was sleeping in the “Giant’s Court”:
”Perhaps it is related to the fall of the ‘Ancient Sun God’ ……
”So Amon’s brother, the Dragon of Wisdom, and the ‘True Creator’ all want to confirm the current state of the ‘Dark Angel’ Sasriel ……
”However, there are additionally quite a few questions …… Of the twenty-two extraordinary pathways, which pathway is this King of Angels, the Left Hand of God, actually in?
”The ‘Stealer’ has Amon, the Apprentice has Mr. ‘Door,’ the ‘Spectator,’ the ‘Reader ‘, ‘the singer,’ ‘the sailor,’ ‘the secret praying man,’ ‘the warrior ‘, ‘sleepless’, ‘plowman’, ‘generalist’, ‘monster’ ‘, ‘Assassin’, ‘Hunter’, ‘Arbiter’ are all clearly impossible… …’Body Collector’ is also impossible, the Fourth Age produced a ‘God of Death’, it’s impossible for a King of Angels to exist at the same time, unless the ‘Dark Angel’ has fallen to the 2nd position of the sequence …… By the same token, ‘soothsayer’ and ‘lawyer’ can be initially ruled out until it is confirmed that the ‘dark angel’ is no longer the king of angels. ‘ is no longer the King of Angels ……
”‘The Peeping Tom,’ ‘The Moon,’ and ‘The Devil’ are all somewhat possible, and the ‘Hidden Sage’ cannot be ruled out ‘, ‘Primal Moon’, and ‘Dark Side of the Universe’ are ‘Dark Angel’ vestiges… …Well, there might be a ‘Mother Tree of Desire’ hidden in there as well ……
”The ‘Prisoner’ is also a possibility, there’s no clear evidence that this pathway has ever produced a true god, and the ‘Bound God’ may not even have been the ‘King of Angels’ in the first place .”
Klein pondered for a moment, and spoke to “Magic Mirror” Aroldus:
”It’s your turn to ask questions.”
On the surface of the full-length mirror, which had quite a few cracks, silver words twisted and combined, stretching into new sentences:
”Great Master, may I guess what you wish to ask next?”
…… Klein said with an amused nod:
”You may.”
”You wish to ask about Saslir’s current state, and my answer is, I don’t know, out of sight.” The silver word was followed by a sketchy smiley face.
”Not bad.” Krynn praised, “Then that is all for today, I may summon you again anytime these days.”
”Yes, great master, your loyal servant Arodes is always ready to serve you!” On the surface of the mirror, the sketchy smiley face turned into a waving cat’s paw.
When the mirror returned to normal, Klein took out a pen and paper and wrote down what he had just learned.
This was one of the documents he had prepared for the “Ancient Scholar” ceremony.
–In the past few days, he had already written down a large amount of ancient historical information.
Then, Klein took these materials and two secret puppets with him and “teleported” to the Southern Continent.
He didn’t dare to promote himself in Beckland, if there was really any change, Amon and Charatu would surely be able to detect it and come straight to his door!