Volume 7 The Inverted Man Chapter 8 The Stabilization of the Situation
On the surface of the mirror, pale silver words floated up one after the other in waves of light:
”…… Accepting the extraordinary people of the Church of the God of War and the Forsak military who are willing to defect, and purging only those who are so devout in their beliefs that they are willing to sacrifice their lives in martyrdom, the few middle and upper echelons of the hierarchy, this is both the Goddess’s forbearance and mercy, and also an inevitable measure to cope with the current situation afterward… …When the end comes step by step, there will inevitably be an increase in transcendent events everywhere, and in order to maintain the stability of the entire world, we can only increase our strength as quickly and as much as possible.
”If we harvest the extraordinarys from the Church of the God of War and the Forsak military, even if we obtain the corresponding characteristics, we have no way to raise the same level of experienced extraordinarys within a few years, whether it’s digesting magical potions or accumulating insights, it will take enough time …… ”
Seeing this, Klein made a “uh” sound in his heart, thinking that this was not the usual tone of “Magic Mirror” Arodes, but more like an official document.
It showed the complete document that he had spied somewhere …… The use of “digested” indicated that both the writer and the reader of the document had mastered the playing method, and from the tone, it was someone from the Church of Darkness… …Combining these two points, it’s not difficult to conclude that this is a document circulated between the Archbishop and the Senior Deacon, and the writer should be the Pontiff of the Church of Tranquility……… Aroldus’s peeping ability is very strong ah……… Klein nodded his head unnoticed… The mirror is a “page turner”, waiting for the contents of the mirror.
One by one, pale silver words disappeared and reappeared, quickly forming new sentences and paragraphs:
”For the common nobles and people of Vrsak, there is no need to proclaim the fact that the Goddess has replaced the ‘God of War’, so that they still retain their faith in the ‘God of War’, which on the one hand will be conducive to us and the defected priests and bishops taking over the major churches and stabilize the situation in Forsak as quickly as possible, on the other hand, it will also allow the Goddess to not be disturbed by unmanageable beliefs before she fully grasps the authority of the ‘God of War’.
”Wait until a new oracle descends, then we will make a replacement, for now, we will only formulate the appropriate preliminaries.
”…… Try not to provoke a strong resistance from Forsak and other countries, we have lost too many extraordinary people and soldiers, consumed a lot of resources and items, whether it’s the church, the state, or different classes of people, they are all very weak and need a period of peace and stability to recover …… We’d better unite the Storm Church, the Church of Knowledge, the Church of Earth, and the countries of Feneport and Lemberg to force Intis and Forsak to surrender unconditionally, and get what we wish to obtain from the negotiation table, and in the process, we can use the purges of recalcitrant elements to put pressure on them.
”When dealing with the domestic situation and taking over the blank areas left by the Steam Church, give the Storm Church enough respect to even back down on certain things, it is the will of the Goddess.
”Finally, from now on, reduce the number of times the red moon appears in preaching, rituals, and masses, and in the official texts, no longer mention the title of the goddess ‘Lord of Crimson’ ……”
The title “Crimson Lord” will no longer be mentioned …… Klein’s eyebrows twitched slightly, and he was intensely puzzled by that last sentence.
Soon, he thought of the blood race ancestor, the second era of the ancient gods, the current “mother goddess of the earth” Lilith was once the “moon” pathway sequence 0, is the real “Crimson Lord”, a moment of clarity, vaguely understand There was a moment of clarity, a vague understanding that this may be the exchange under the card table, the price that must be paid.
”Well …… the attitude of the goddess is very clear, that is, as soon as possible to let the situation stabilize …… in k really control the ‘God of Death’ and the ‘God of War’ authority and become the ‘old days’, there is no doubt that she does not want any more positive gods to fall, in that case, the gap in that invisible barrier left over from the ‘original’ will be left unfilled , the Outer Gods will find the opportunity to make the end come early …… Also, given Rune’s current situation, if the war continues any longer, the anchor will be shaken even more, and it might lead to the awakening of the ‘original’ within the goddess… …
”Before letting the battle line retreat to Becklander, the goddess also took a big risk ah, must divide more power to suppress the ‘Original’, if the ‘Earth Mother Goddess’ betrays, k fall may be more than the ‘God of War’ faster, uh, does k have another card?
”The losses of both the Church of the Goddess and the Church of the Storm don’t seem to be small, no wonder that after the Resistance declared that they would keep the corresponding churches and respect the Storm beliefs, that group of cranky guys didn’t try to counterattack and acquiesced to the formation of the new government ……” Klein muttered a few words secretly, and had the current situation had a general grasp of the situation.
He turned to his third question:
”If the ‘Goddess of Darkness’ wants to go further, doesn’t she need to find that ‘River of Eternal Darkness’?”
This was one of the nine source qualities, and Klein remembered that Aroldus had once said that this “river” was related to the ancient god of death, the ancestor of the undead birds, Grey Carrie, and the clues seemed to be hidden in the depths of the spirit world city of Calderon.
”Yes, great master.” The pale silver words twisted and wriggled, forming new text, “That Shinigami at the end of the Fourth Age should have been able to utilize the ‘River of Eternal Darkness’ as well, and k attempted to rely on this source material to forcibly accommodate the ‘uniqueness’ of the non-adjacent pathways, and then , k went crazy.”
The original “God of Death” was so crazy, I said, experienced three epochs to see the “blasphemous tablet” sequence 0 true God will not have no common sense, drink magic potion, and not Alistair Tudor, has reached the situation of madness or death! …… No wonder the God of Death dared to challenge the Seven Gods in their divided state with only a “primordial witch”, which was equivalent to half of the “old days”. “I think it is …… Well, before Mr. Aztec there is a gold made of immortality ornaments, from the “God of Death” …… Klein will be a number of things together. Suddenly, in his mind, he said, “I don’t know what’s going on.
Suddenly, he hissed inwardly, a little skeptical that the Goddess had put a price tag on so many gifts as “River of Eternal Darkness”.
It was as if the Real Creator had tolerated him repeatedly in order to drive him into the Giant King’s abode to get the first Blasphemous Tablet!
As the owner of the Source Castle, he is probably the only one with a higher sequence who is able to fight against other source contaminations.
Of course, the “Goddess of the Night” could wait a few more years, until the will of the “original” had faded further, and then go to fetch it herself, but in that case, whether she would have time to complete the ritual before the end of the day, Klein did not know.
He then collected his thoughts and asked a fourth question:
”Where can I get the magic potion formula for the ‘Secretive Servant’?”
”Magic Mirror” Arodes let a single pale silver word reassemble itself into something entirely new:
”Charatu; the first ‘Blasphemous Tablet’; the second ‘Blasphemous Tablet’; the ‘Blasphemous Cards’ in the ‘ Fool’ card; ‘Fool’ ‘uniqueness’ derived from mythic creatures.”
The first choice and the second choice are probably planning how to deal with me …… Charatu is more terrifying and more cunning than the Ebon Demon Wolf, and if I plan k, the probability is that I will fall into k’s trap, and the risk is very high …… The third choice is Amon k’s brother, and k should K has already become a “dreamer” through this war. If I mess with K, the “Source Castle” may not be able to save me. …… The fourth and fifth choices are both related to the half of the Antigonus family, the “fools”. “The fourth and fifth options both have to do with the half of the Antigonus family, the half of the Fool, the half of the Goddess’s Misty Town, and, uh, the half of the Fool that the Goddess is supposed to be able to get around to pull out the Blasphemy Card, but I’d have to take the River of Eternal Darkness. “The River of Eternal Darkness” for …… Klein realized that he seemed to have entered a dead end road.
In front of him was the River of Eternal Darkness, and behind him was the head of the Order, Charatru.
Unfortunately, if I can find the Ebony Demon Wolf, I can try to negotiate with K. K should have seen the first Blasphemy Tablet and possessed the recipe for the magic potion of the “Secret Servant”. Now a smell of my breath will escape far away …… Klein thought about it, to the “magic mirror” Arodes said:
”Fifth question, what did you mean when you said earlier that you saw pillars and domination in me?”
The watery light within the mirror wavered slightly, the ethereal depths becoming more pronounced, while the corresponding pale silver text seemed to whiten a bit:
”Great Master, it is a feeling that I cannot describe in words.
”However, a similar feeling I have seen before in another being that only you possess besides k. That being is the Ancient Sun God.”
Ancient Sun God …… Klein nodded thoughtfully:
”Well, it’s your turn to ask questions.”
On the surface of the mirror, the pale silver text was instantly tinted gold:
”Master of the Most High and Greatest Supremacy, will you be allowed to take your faithful, humble servant, Arodes, this time?”
”Master of the Most High and Great Supremacy, will you take your faithful, humble servant Arodes this time?”
……
This question appeared five times in a row, completely filling the surface of that mirror.
Klein, who had become an angel and was no longer so fearful of Arodes, considered it for a few seconds and smiled:
”Let me go talk to that angel, it’s basic courtesy.”
With a boom, the mirror erupted with illusory glow after illusory glow of different colors, exploding into firework after firework inside the carriage.
Almost simultaneously, two slightly darker rays of light stretched out around the edges, and two less-than-realistic arms grew out of the mirror.
These two “arms” originally wanted to reach out to Klein’s calves, but then silently retracted, gently swaying in place.
”Praise be to the Most High, the Most High, the Most Great!” After the fireworks fell one after another, a golden message burst out from the mirror.
……
Inside a plainly furnished room in the middle section of a running steam train.
A young man with long chestnut-colored hair, tall and handsome, sat on a hardwood seat, facing the triangular holy emblem, interlocked his hands, closed his eyes tightly, and prayed devoutly.
On the narrow table at his side was a mannequin made of metal parts, and behind the mannequin, there was a hidden light intertwined.
Suddenly, the young man opened his eyes and looked to the other side.
There was a human figure there at some point.
And to the young man’s azure eyes, the figure only looked human, the essence was a mass of invisible swirls wearing silk bowler hats and black trench coats, with a transparent twisted worm hugging the inside of the swirls, coming and going.
”Germaine Sparrow.” The young man pronounced a name with a calm demeanor.
All the objects around him, for the moment, floated, but there was not a breath of wind in the room.
Klein pressed the bowler hat on his head, revealing his human face and said:
”I don’t know what to call you?”
The young man nodded slightly and said:
”Bonova Gustav.”