Part 5 The Red Priests Chapter 127 Three Possibilities
In the process of returning to the gray fog, Klein felt that the coldness in his body was rapidly dispersing, and there was no longer the feeling that each “spirit worm” would give birth to a new consciousness.
After a moment, the mottled bronze table appeared in front of his eyes, and he saw the spirits of Miss Justice and Leonard gradually become clearer and clearer from the thin gray mist, but remained somewhat blurred.
When the gray mist that had surrounded them sank down into the “ground,” Klein spoke up and asked:
”How does it feel now?”
He habitually used Germaine Sparrow’s tone, but immediately recalled that in the “Hall of Honesty”, his inner mutterings, divergent thoughts, habitual analysis, and denigration of Leonard were completely exposed, and he could no longer maintain his original image in front of Ms. Justice. He could no longer maintain his original image in front of Ms. Justice.
”It’s all Leonard’s fault! Hey, just follow the doctor’s advice, this time not only did not wear a thick mask, but also took off the thin kind ……” Klein subconsciously flashed this thought, then forcefully interrupted his thoughts, and vigilantly glanced left and right.
He hadn’t gotten over the fear that his inner thoughts would be “spoken” out loud.
Fortunately, this was no longer the place he had named “The Hall of Honesty”, and there was no longer any “magic” that could not be countered by normal abilities.
It was obvious that Audrey “Justice” and Leonard “Star” were suffering from similar PTSD, one pursing her lips and the other sitting up straight, as if something had just occurred to them instinctively.
After a few seconds of calm, they remembered that Germaine “The World” Sparrow had inquired about her condition, and brought their attention back on track.
”It feels like something has been purified …… Originally I had the illusion that I was going to split into a second personality, no, not a second personality, it was that there seemed to be something in my body that didn’t belong to my consciousness that was awakening, well, it’s not there anymore, praise be to ‘The Fool’ sir! Mr. ‘Fool’!” “Justice” Audrey did a rather professional self psychoanalysis and then sincerely expressed her gratitude.
This thanks me for being open to the …… dangerous idea that, thankfully, in the “Hall of Honesty,” Ms. “Justice” and Leonard’s thoughts weren’t turning in the direction of the “Fool,” but the “Justice” and Leonard’s thoughts were turning in the direction of the “Fool.” Fool” or I would have been unable to resist “picking up on it” and that would have been the end of it. …… My shame would have caused me to lose control on the spot and crumble into a pile of “Spirit Worms”. “…… Klein responded seriously as his thoughts flickered:
”Praise be to Mr. ‘Fool’!”
”…… Praise be to Mr. ‘Fool’.” As a believer of the “Goddess of the Night”, Leonard hesitantly agreed, then quickly changed the topic, “I don’t have any more problems, just now, I felt that something was calling me after that bronze gate, what about you guys?”
Seeing that Leonard also confirmed his status, Klein placed the “Darknessless Cross” in his hand and the metal vial containing his blood onto the long mottled table in front of him at the same time.
”I feel that way too.” He replied in the affirmative.
”So did I. It wasn’t a hallucination, I did a mental analysis of myself.” “Justice,” Audrey said in a rather definite tone.
”Stars,” Leonard said as he raised his hand and scratched his chin:
”What could that be?
”To think that it would require an ancient god to be sealed behind his throne ……”
After the previous incident, he felt that he no longer had much of an image in front of Ms. Justice, and his posture became more and more casual.
”We can try to do a little analysis ……” Audrey “Justice” carefully looked at “World” Germaine Sparrow.
She was impressed with this gentleman’s ability to assemble information, make associations, and complete analysis and speculation in a short period of time.
Klein thought for a moment and said without preconceived tendencies:
”There are only three possibilities, one is that some kind of powerful creature within the real world of the Second Age, at least close to Sequence 0, was sealed by the ‘Dragon of Empty Thoughts’, Angelwylde, at the bottom of the ‘City of Wonders’, Levihide, at the back of his own throne. Behind it, however, I don’t think this is too likely, because that ancient god who created this travel book and stuffed it into Levihide, affecting both the world of the book and the real world at the same time, surely has his own plans, and would be unlikely to place an unstable factor there for a long period of time.”
”Well, we all know to eschew surprises, let alone an ancient god.” Audrey nodded her head slightly, seriously starting a conversation with “World” Germaine.
At this point, Leonard said with a “heh”:
”Perhaps the ‘Dragon of Empty Thoughts’, this Ancient God, has already seen certain scenarios in the distant future, and thinks that what is sealed will somehow help him realize his schemes?”
”That’s why I said it’s unlikely, not impossible.” Klein responded calmly, “The second possibility, that the sealed thing itself is the key to the scheming of the ‘Dragon of Empty Thoughts’ Anglewild, and when this travel book and ‘0-08’ meet, the seal will be lifted, and that thing will return to the real world and bring about some sort of change. I think this one is probably the most likely.”
Which, perhaps, also involved the true position or intentions of the “Dragon of Wisdom”.
”And what would that be? Mr. ‘Fool’ said that after Adam got ‘0-08’, he got closer to the divine position, and the times changed because of it, which means it should mean that Adam has already gathered all the materials of the ‘Empty Thinker’, the Only one ritual is missing …… I wonder if my understanding is right?” “Justice,” Audrey gave her opinion.
”I’m not sure, I’ll pray to Mr. ‘Fool’ afterwards to see if I can get a clearer revelation.” Klein didn’t put words in his mouth.
Unfortunately, the old man was an angel of the Fourth Age, and had little in-depth knowledge of the Second Age, but K would be no stranger to Adam …… “Star” Leonard spoke thoughtfully:
”I’ll try ……”
He wanted to say try to investigate, then thought that the two here are clear about their secrets, so he gave up the struggle and said directly:
”…… try to ask the old man.”
”Trouble.” Audrey sincerely said thanks.
In her opinion, this is the “audience” way of things, the most concerned about the most concerned is undoubtedly their own, others are more to provide help.
Immediately afterward, she volunteered:
”The third possibility is that what is sealed there is an item or a monster from the world of the book?”
”Yes. It might have a close relationship with the world of the book, and destroying it would cause the world of the book to collapse, so Angelwylde, the Ancient God, could only seal it.” Klein gave his guess.
”Justice,” Audrey said after a moment of contemplation:
”For this possibility, I have an idea.”
Seeing Mr. “World” and Mr. “Star” both casting glances, waiting for an answer, she slowed down and said:
”I’m thinking about it from a psychological point of view.
”Since that book world was ‘imagined’ by Anglewild, the collective subconscious ocean there must have been started by K, with imprints of K’s mental, emotional, and feeling aspects deposited.
”Perhaps the ‘City of Wonders’ Levithid seals are the most extreme of these things, certain shadows in the heart of the ‘Dragon of Empty Thoughts’, certain fears, or, certain extremely horrible things that are projected in the consciousness of k brand, as long as k himself has not been able to truly overcome them, not in reality eradicated, that the book world collective subconscious can not be eliminated, can only be sealed, if not care, they will gradually pollute that ‘ocean’, so that the development of history out of the intended trajectory.”
Leonard was more focused than when he participated in the internal meetings of the “Night Watchers” or even the “Red Gloves” squad, and couldn’t help but mention it after listening:
”As an ancient god that dominates the skies and the mind, what can make K leave an indelible shadow and generate extremely strong fear?”
”I don’t know.” Audrey frankly shook her head, “If we analyze it purely psychologically, since the seal is underneath the throne, at the bottom of the ‘City of Miracles’ and there are passages that extend all the way down, it would indicate that the source of the shadows, the source of the fear, could have initially come from the ground, and thus, the ‘Dragon of Empty Thoughts ‘ would have had the mental mapping to seal, nay, block it in the ground, otherwise, why not in the side of the throne, in the depths of the hall, in the special prison, somewhere else?”
Listening to Ms. Justice’s words, Klein immediately recalled what happened to Ms. Magician and Ms. Judgment:
According to the information provided by the blood tribe, they discovered an ancient castle that could not be dated, and on the bottom floor of the castle, there was a bronze door, which seemed to seal something terrible from the ground, and once they got close to the door, or stayed around for too long, they would be contaminated and die a miserable death!
That is an ancient fortress that is not known to be repaired for defense against anything, and was initially guarded by humans of unknown age …… After the Bloods discovered this place, no one dared to go deeper …… I thought at the time that it might be related to demons, and that at least demigods would have to be qualified to explore it! …… Could there be a connection between this and the sealing of the “Miracle City” of Levihide? Klein’s thoughts quickly unfolded, and he quickly pulled out a similar piece of information from his memory:
On his way to the ruins of the Divine War aboard Gadelia’s Future, he had encountered a so-called “Deep Sea Giant Well”.
At that time, Nina, the captain of the “Future”, dived to the bottom of the sea, did some investigation, and said that it wasn’t a giant well at all, but just a dark and eerie, human children couldn’t even enter it, couldn’t see the bottom of the narrow deep well, the inner wall had strange honeycomb corrosion traces, and there was a collapsed steel building around it.
In a sense, this is also a “passageway” into the earth …… Klein glanced around and spoke with deliberation:
”Do you guys still remember a thing that Ms. ‘Magician’ mentioned? Under the ground of the abandoned old castle in Delaire Forest, there is a door that seals a powerful fallen power.”
”Ah yes!” “Justice,” said Audrey, recalling this past event at once, “could it be that, early in the Second Age, in the ancient times, the transcendental beings had some common, terrible enemy which came from beneath the earth?”
”Perhaps.” Klein couldn’t answer in the affirmative, then took the opportunity to point out, “Or maybe the danger came from the stars, as many doomsday prophecies say.”
”Hmm.” Audrey and Leonard didn’t know much and couldn’t discuss the issue in depth.
”Let’s call it a day, we’ll try to experiment with the mural again once we’ve gotten a preliminary idea of the situation, and remember to guard the secret.” Klein glanced at Leonard and said, “Well, when we get back, we’ll immediately pray to Mr. ‘Fool’ and ask k to witness our oath not to reveal each other’s secrets.”
”Justice,” Audrey added without objection:
”There are things that I would ‘hypnotize’ myself into forgetting here first, so as not to remember them from time to time when we return.”