Part 5 THE RED PRIEST Chapter 192 “The Ancient Scholar”
High ground, on some altar studded with eyes, arms, heads, and entrails.
A tidal wave of crimson, blood-like light poured out, twisting into monstrous, tree-like vapors.
At the buzzing sound, human bones, candles, silver plates, and gold boxes shook in unison, as if they could scratch the spirit.
Instinctively, the surrounding prayers buried their heads low and prostrated themselves on the ground.
Then, a realization arose within their minds at the same time:
”Berserk Sea, Reef Island ……”
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After seeing the ancient palace above the gray fog, and feeling the gentle trembling of the mysterious space, Klein only felt that he and the so-called “Source Castle” had a deeper, intangible connection that was difficult to accurately grasp.
At this moment, he really had the realization that the place would gradually belong to him.
In just a few seconds, all the abnormalities disappeared, Klein did not delay, let the two secret puppets put away the items that still have value, destroy the remaining parts, and he himself drew out a piece of paper, and casually shook and flung it.
With a snap, the paper figure burst into crimson flames, and dense illusory feathers sprouted behind it.
Klein looked stunned, did not expect the simple “paper man double” interference actually had a few points of “angel’s embrace” flavor.
He immediately grabbed the secret puppet Chunas and the secret puppet Enyuni, and disappeared on this island made of rocks by means of “teleportation”.
After circling around several islands in the Sunia Sea, Klein finally returned to his residence in the eastern district of Bakerland.
In the process, he continuously used several times the qualitative transformation of the “paper man double” to interfere with divination, prophecy, tracking and watching.
Whew, I did not expect to really trigger changes in the “Source Castle”, resulting in an undisguised vision …… Fortunately, I was cautious enough not to be careless, if I had been promoted in Bakerland or the surrounding area, Amon and Chalatu would have been “See” me …… Klein breathed a sigh of relief and busily took four steps against the grain, entering above the gray fog and doing divination.
After confirming that the current situation is safe, he did not stay, immediately returned to the real world, with the help of meditation, initially collected the scattered spirituality.
After this step, he leaned back while taking off his clothes, fell on the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.
Normally, a “Trick Mage” successfully promoted to “Ancient Scholar” would not be as tired as he was, and would definitely have the energy to check his own state, but when Klein traveled through history, he relied on the fact that his brand could go back a long way, and that he had mastered ancient secrets far beyond his current level. However, when Klein traveled through history, by virtue of his brand being able to go back a long way, and by virtue of his mastery of ancient secrets that far exceeded his current level, he rushed to the beginning of the Second Age or the end of the First Age when the “Giant Court” was established.
This in itself is the equivalent of digesting a magic potion.
After several hours of deep sleep, Klein slowly opened his eyes and woke up.
He fumbled to sit up, pulled a pillow behind his back, and raised his head to rub the corner of his forehead.
After ten or so minutes of reprieve, he was completely awake and began to examine himself:
”The magic potion did digest the vast majority of it just after taking it, at least four-fifths …… That’s pretty much what I expected …… But I don’t know how much more ancient information I’ll have to obtain and how much real history I’ll have to research before I can digest the rest of the ……
”At present, it seems that there is a two-fold direction to play the role of ‘Ancient Scholar’, one is a scholar from antiquity, and the other is a scholar who researches antiquity, and both have to be present, the first point is relatively easy, because the ceremony itself implies the key points to make oneself an Ancient Scholar, and once one has succeeded in the promotion, one can very naturally play the role of a a scholar from antiquity.
”The second point is very difficult, normal society is fine, in this world with true gods, demons, and evil existences, just collecting ancient information is a thing that requires great risk, if you also want to find out the truth of history, then at any time, you may ‘have no reason’ to die extremely miserable and violent death, the standard The more you know, the greater the danger ……
”I can know so much, mostly thanks to the arrangement of a certain few existences, as well as the complexity of destiny brought about by the ‘Source Castle’, which makes it possible for me to always encounter all sorts of things, but of course, even so, I’ve died once even though I’m currently a True God’s Favored Ones, let alone the others! ‘Ancient Scholars’?
”Swapping the positions of ‘Miracle Worker’ and ‘Ancient Scholar’ would be relatively simple to play, but alas, there is no such if ……
”Also, the previous two meanings are in favor of ‘ancient’, and the word ‘scholar’ has to be watched out for, to be able to study something from history to be called a ‘scholar ‘.
”There are several directions to digest next, one is to figure out the current state of the ‘Dark Angel’ Saslir, and realistically restore the exact process of the ‘Cataclysm’, and the second is to spend effort to truly connect the history of the Fourth Age, and not just limit it to one fragment. And not just limited to one fragment, the third is to go deeper in, from grasping the macro state to studying the micro details , e.g. The Rise and Fall of the Antigonus Family ……”
After confirming the effectiveness of the advance role and considering the future path, Klein combined the occult knowledge gained from his promotion and his observation of his own divine pattern, relying on methods such as “divination” and practice, to step-by-step figure out the ability of the “Ancient Scholar”:
”The number of ‘Spirit Worms’ that can be divided has reached 600, and the divine pattern has also changed to a certain extent, becoming more complex and better able to express concepts such as power, strangeness, and transcendence. ……
”The changes in the Divinity Patterns originate from the newly acquired traits, and the second is from the occult knowledge contained in the magic potion, which is both the extraordinary traits that come with them, and also what they have obtained from the higher dimensions …… After becoming a true Higher Power, is there any possibility of directly modifying the knowledge that is located in the higher dimensions, and influencing the other Sequencers?
”Being able to decipher a magic potion formula from a Divine Pattern seems to be an example ……
”Also, at the level of Sequence 3, the alteration of the Divine Pattern also has the effect of personal traits now, which is closely related to prayers and responses; the same ‘Ancient Scholars’, the corresponding Honorary Names will be somewhat different from the essence, as each has a different personality, experience and traits.
”Well, I can have different ‘Spirit Worms’ listen to prayers instinctively and give responses to a less complex degree, without affecting the rest of my own behavior at all …… Those that are specially marked and more complex are handed over to the The Being ……
”The ‘Ancient Scholar’ was able to fulfill the role of a deity by means of the differentiated ‘Worm of the Spirit’, so how do the other pathways of the Sequence3 deal with this aspect of things? It’s impossible to respond while sleeping ……
”Oh, I’ll think about my honorable name of ‘Ancient Scholar’ later, and research specific abilities first.
”Uh …… The main ability of the ‘Ancient Scholar’ is to get help from history, which is split into two parts, one borrowing power from your past self.
”For me, it’s rather awkward and doesn’t do much at the moment, since the past me was certainly weaker than the present me, well, when suspended at that door of light above the gray mist, I was just an ordinary person …… For the high ranking person who was once a great person and is now weak for various reasons, it’s a Divine Technique that allows you to be a baby and cry for ice cream while engaging in the great battle of Sequence 1, with no visible weaknesses at all …… The only problem is that it doesn’t last long enough ……
”Of course, as I become an ‘Ancient Scholar’ for an elongated period of time, this will be able to come into play, and I will be able to borrow power from my former, as an ‘Ancient Scholar’ self from time to time, so that there won’t be any moments of weakness for myself, the Even if it suffers a serious injury …… In a way, it’s called owning eternity, and the state never has a low point until the spirituality runs out.
”Well, until the spirituality is exhausted, I can always borrow power from my past self, there is no limit to the number of times, and my current spirituality, even without recovering from this process, can be borrowed nearly ten times a day, each time maintaining five minutes.
”The second Part 1s to summon images from the orifices of history, either people or things, and the more detailed and authentic the knowledge of the corresponding history and things, the greater the probability of success and the longer the duration of maintenance.
”Similarly, the lower the target’s digit is below itself, the greater the probability of success and the longer it is maintained.
”In addition, the closer the target is to itself, the probability of success and the duration of maintenance will also increase.
”These are the three conditions for wanting to succeed, moreover, when summoning people and objects whose realms are higher than one’s own, even if one barely succeeds, the projection that eventually comes over is only part of the power and traits, and it can’t possibly be a full body, and also, the images that I summoned from the orifices of history can only maintain three at the same time, including those summoned by the Secret Puppets… …
”At the moment, I can maintain even the most common, sufficiently known, items that once belonged to myself for a quarter of an hour at most.
”The point that the target has a close relationship with itself is interesting. In essence, borrowing power from oneself is also a type of summoned image, only that the relationship between oneself and oneself is so close that there is no possibility of failure, and it is a situation of polarization.
”In other words it means that if I want to summon images of the great figures in the historical orifices, it’s best to establish a friendly enough relationship with the k’s and maintain it for a long period of time… Well, the probability of success will definitely be higher if I summon a projection of Mr. Aztec than if I summon images of other angels in the historical orifices ……
”Where is this extraordinary ability, this is clearly Emotional Intelligence, Relationships, and Interpersonal Communication!”
After lamenting, Klein sincerely felt that the core ability of “Ancient Scholar” was a divine skill, after all, most of the things that involved history and time were extremely magical.
However, in order to play a real role, one must be wise enough and prepared accordingly.
This was the constant requirement of the “Diviner” path.
”Well, when summoning images from the orifices of history, it is impossible to have a conversation or communicate, which means that there is no way for ‘Ancient Scholars’ to interfere with history and change the past, and from a playful perspective, this can be summarized as witnessing destiny, influencing the present, and not being able to reverse the past… …
”In addition to transferring diseases, wounds, curses, attacks, prophecies, and stares, the ‘Paper Man Stand-in’ has an additional ability to transfer a part of the paper man to the target, and run it like the real thing before he realizes it’s a fake, huh? Whoever loses his heart, and his brain hasn’t yet died in the brief moment he meets me, I can give him a paper heart that beats with power from history and circulates blood ……
”The initial control time of the ‘Thread of Spirit Body’ is shortened to two seconds, the complete transformation into a puppet is ten seconds, and the range for completing both of the above manipulations is five hundred meters …… The limit for driving a secret puppet and interchanging positions is five kilometers ……
”‘Flame Jump’ is also at five kilometers …… Air cannonballs can freely control the power, up to the equivalent of shore defense guns ……
”It can be morphed into creatures whose size difference does not exceed a certain limit, and some of the anthropomorphized organs are functional, while others are just for show ……
”Whew, this is the ‘Ancient Scholar’, the ‘Ancient Scholar’ that has digested the vast majority of magic potions ……” Klein slowly stood up after examining himself.
He was ready to enter the gray fog and check the changes in the “Source Castle”.