The Undead Chapter 92 – The Impact
From a Curly Baboon …… “Justice” Audrey was momentarily confused as to whether Mr. World was referring to a real curly-haired baboon or to some human being who couldn’t count.
In the Kingdom of Ruin, curly-haired baboon is a term of derision, often associated with IQ jokes. (Note 1)
It seems that Mr. “World” does not intend to explain further, well, let’s take it as a real curly-haired baboon …… Audrey did not ask any further questions, and turned to say:
”Didn’t I go to a place where there was a custom of dragon worship before, in order to follow the trail of the psychic dragons?”
”But didn’t you already find out that the mind dragon lived in the collective subconscious ocean of the local residents and chose to leave in order to ensure your own safety?” “The Hidden One,” Gadelia responded.
”And you returned there?” “Magician,” Forsyth guessed.
”Justice,” Audrey shook her head:
”No, I’ve been away from there for a long time, it’s just that I recently heard a rumor.
”An archaeological team went into one of the villages in that area, and one of the members suddenly went insane in the night, and the mental illness seemed to be contagious, and the other members went crazy one after another, and they killed each other, or committed suicide, and in the end, no one survived.”
”The Inverted Hanged Man,” Alger was about to say, when Gadelia the Recluse was already speaking:
”That fits the profile of a psychic dragon.”
”I don’t doubt that, I’m just a bit curious if that Mind Dragon is still in the original area.” Audrey expressed her thoughts.
”No.” “The Inverted Man” Alger and “The Hidden One” Gadelia responded at the same time.
Klein the Fool, who was at the top of the mottled table, thought of something else:
The Anchor of the Gods!
He suspected that the custom of dragon worship in that region was the “anchor” that stabilized the state of the psychic dragon!
Before this custom was completely dismantled or eradicated, that Mind Dragon should no longer have to worry about the “anchor” issue, so after it left, it could completely hide within the collective subconscious sea of the beings in the new region, without having to venture into the various dream worlds to shape their beliefs, so if the three major churches wanted to look for it, they would be severely lacking in clues! After all, they are not experts in this field, even if there is a corresponding seal, at most they can do to enter the collective subconscious sea fighting or that mind dragon forced out …… On the contrary, the psychological alchemy will be able to grasp what …… Klein casually thought, let dummy “world” said:
”The custom of dragon worship is a great help in stabilizing the state of that mind dragon, you can have someone keep an eye on things in this regard, if there is a greater degree of change, it means that that mind dragon will create a similar tradition elsewhere.”
He was about to say that he himself suspected that the mind dragon had an angelic rank and was at the Sequence 2 rank, but after careful thought, he felt that this could not be affirmed.
Indeed, when humans reach sequence 2, at the angelic level, they need the Anchor of Faith to fix themselves and avoid madness, but that was a real dragon, an ancient transcendental creature with ancestral madness, even if it has been purified and weakened from generation to generation, it is definitely easier to lose itself than humans, so it is possible that sequence 3, or even sequence 4 levels, will be the same. So, maybe sequence 3, or even sequence 4 level, will need “anchor” to fight against the tendency to lose control.
”That custom is good for stabilizing the state of the gargoyles?” “Justice,” Audrey asked back, puzzled and confused.
”Right.” “The world,” Germaine Sparrow didn’t give an explanation, just an affirmative reply.
Audrey subconsciously turned her head and looked to the top of the long bronze table, considering whether or not to ask Mr. “The Fool” for advice and the price she could pay.
Mr. “Fool” Klein saw this, looked around the room, and let out a light laugh:
”Why do you think the gods preach?”
Isn’t this …… God’s love for the world …… “Justice” Audrey’s standard orthodox answer popped up within her mind.
Immediately afterward, she thought of a second answer, as did members of the “Inverted Man” Alger and the “Hidden One” Gadelia:
”Stable state!”
No way,…… At this moment, “Magician” Voorhees felt that her head was no longer enough, no matter how much she could make up stories, she couldn’t make up this kind of thing!
I can’t believe it’s like this… No, I don’t rule out the possibility that Mr. “Fool” only mentioned one of the reasons… K is secretly eroding the authority of the “Storm Lord”… …… Is this related to the divinity? Afterwards, you can ask the Queen …… “The Hidden One” Gadelia pushed the heavy glasses on the bridge of her nose with a guess.
”Inverted man” Alger had seen the frescoes before, and at this time when he heard of such a thing, there was no longer the feeling of trembling fear, but instead seriously thought about why faith can stabilize the state of the demigod-level creatures.
The other members, including “Sun” Derek, were all a little frightened, feeling as if they had heard something blasphemous, and did not dare to think deeply, did not dare to open their mouths.
This is not something that only involves evil gods such as the “True Creator”, but it is closely related to the seven righteous gods and the state of existence of the past Creator of the Silver City!
”Kraven the Fool did not say anything more, and let everyone remain silent, with an extremely relaxed posture.
After ten seconds or so, Audrey “Justice” forced a smile:
”That’s the only thing I’ve come across lately.”
Her implication was that it was your turn!
Both “Magician” Voorhees and “Moon” Emlyn, who hadn’t encountered anything worth telling others this week, simultaneously shook their heads, indicating that they didn’t have anything to say.
Of course, the latter actually wanted to brag about being the ultimate winner of the hunting contest and getting a ring made by the Patriarch.
”Inverted Hanging Man” Alger thought for a moment and looked over at “The World” Germaine Sparrow and said:
”May I share that mural?”
He thought that the mural was directly related to certain things that had happened in the afternoon in the town and in the Giant’s Court, and that it could let the “Sun” know in advance what would be found and encountered if they continued to explore Silver City, so that they could prepare in advance and avoid the dangers, and because of that, sharing it would be a better choice than hiding it.
”I don’t have a problem with that.” Klein had similar considerations, allowing “World” Germaine Sparrow to respond.
What mural …… seems to be important …… This is Mr. “Inverted Hangman” and Mr. “World” in the Mr. “Pendant” and Mr. “World” saw the mural during the collaboration to find the “Tyrant” card? Audrey “The Justice” waited with curiosity for the display.
Amidst the stares, Alger the Hanged Man asked Mr. Fool’s permission to show the mural of the Angel King eating the Creator of Silver City.
The bloody, evil, frightening and gloomy images made the members of the Tarot Club freeze, and even the knowledgeable and insightful “Hidden One”, Gadelia, forgot to think for a short while.
Who are they, what are they doing, and what a barbaric way to eat, right? We Bloods haven’t advocated this since the Fourth Age …… respecting life and simply drinking blood …… “Moon” Emlyn looked a bit confused because he had never seen the statues of the six gods within the ruins of Tudor, and couldn’t recognize the statues of the six gods within the ruins of Tudor. He had not seen the statues of the six gods in the ruins of Tudor, and could not recognize what the three around him referred to.
–He had not yet joined the Tarot Society when the World shared the six human statues.
However, he recognized from the cross of light who the victim of the sharing was, and perhaps, probably, it was the Creator of the Silver City, the ancient sun god of myth and legend – “The Sun” Derek had shown the symbols of the Creator of all things in the previous free exchange session. Derek had shown the symbols and sacred emblems of the Lord who created everything.
Isn’t this the “Eternal Sun,” “Lord of Storms,” and “God of Knowledge and Wisdom” that Mr. “World” showed? “Why are they cannibalizing? No, they’re feeding on the ancient sun god, the creator of Silver City! Audrey “Justice” is so shocked that she instinctively wonders if someone is distorting and defacing the image of the Righteous God.
”Magician” Voorhees trembled with fear, while feeling that the mural was full of dark and sinister beauty, and was of great artistic value.
Within her mind, she was already thinking of a title for that mural:
”The Last Supper!”
”The Hidden One” Gadelia, who had likewise never seen the statues of the six gods and only recognized the ancient sun god, subconsciously frowned and blurted out:
”The Angel Kings?”
”Yes, at least three of the surrounding ones are.” “The Inverted Hanged Man,” Alger answered in the affirmative, but he himself wasn’t sure exactly who the dark baby sitting between the chest and belly of the Silver City Creator represented.
As he spoke, Alger glanced sideways at Derek “The Sun” and saw that the young man was staring blankly, wondering what he was thinking.
At this time, “Sun” Derek’s mind was filled with pain and despair.
He recognized that the one who was being eaten was the Creator of Silver City’s faith, and he also recognized the three people around him as the “Eternal Sun”, “Lord of Storms”, and “God of Knowledge and Wisdom”!
This made him doubt the claim that the gods had abandoned the earth.
–The various texts in Silver City emphasized that God had abandoned this land for some reason, leaving people like himself to become the people of darkness, so as long as everyone repented piously and prayed for forgiveness, one day God would truly return and let the sunlight shine on the entire world.
”No, no more repentance, no more prayers for forgiveness, Silver City will not be saved ……” “Sun” Derek muttered in his heart, saying. “For, God is dead, eaten, and will never return ……”
This meant that the hope that Silver City had waited and chased so hard for was just an illusion, an illusion that could never be realized.
After a long silence, Audrey “Justice” spoke up as if she was self-convinced:
”Is this a distortion of the legend that the Three Gods were born from the spirit of the Creator?”
The Three Gods? The eyes of Gadelia “The Hidden One” and Emlyn “The Moon” narrowed at the same time, already figuring out the general meaning of the mural and what it symbolized in a frightening way.
”Maybe, but there’s no way to explain that baby.” “Inverted hangman,” Alger responded.
He glanced quietly at Mr. “Fool” and saw that the great being had no intention of speaking, but only watched calmly.
Audrey “Justice” was speechless, as were the rest of the Tarot members.
The silence was not broken until Alger “The Hanged Man” dispersed the mural and turned his head sideways to question Derek “The Sun”.
”Have you looked into the matter of the former Chief’s tomb?” Alger asked.
Note 1: Originally, I designed the curly-haired baboon just to portray the Ruin custom and stand in for people with low IQs, but it turned out that one or two of you, one or two of you, all of you were right on top of each other, so I was embarrassed to write it that way, and could only soften it up a bit and say that it had something to do with the IQ jokes.