Chapter 455 Cruel Autumn

After Acropolis spoke, the dark space gradually took on colors and shapes.

But it was different from the previous promotion ceremonies - this "static preview" was not as clear as the one given by Eirini and Gawain, nor as bizarre and misleading as the one given by Merlin... nor was it like Terpsichore, who just danced for everyone and showed nothing.

The scene Acropolis showed was very distorted.

Those colors seemed to be leached from the void, with a greasy and disgusting touch.

They were so bright that they looked like hallucinations caused by eating mushrooms... Not only did they enlarge and shrink bizarrely with breathing, but even the outlines of the edges of objects had overlapping colored afterimages. Looking closely, the surface of the objects seemed to be constantly changing, as if their shapes had not yet been completely determined.

Even so, Aiwass immediately recognized the scene -

This is the banquet hall of the Temple of Silver and Tin.

When Aiwass saw this somewhat familiar yet unfamiliar scene, his heart skipped a beat.

There is a long table here that is several times larger than the Round Table Hall. It is 77 meters long and can accommodate 220 guests. In addition to the long table in the center, there are seven small round tables around it, which can accommodate more than 300 people in total.

The banquet hall is only used for state banquets in very special celebrations... such as the monarch's wedding, or to entertain important guests from other countries. The banquet hall is usually not open at other times.

Although Aiwass often lives in the Silver and Tin Palace, he has not run here much.

He was able to recognize it instantly because of another thing.

The last and climax of the main plot of version 1.0 of the game "The Ring of the Tail", the event that pushed everything into the vortex of destruction... The opening scene of the main quest "Cruel Autumn" is also here.

The acceptance level of this quest is as high as level 29, and the upper limit of the level that players can reach in version 1.0 is level 30. Without considering the krypton guys and masters who forcibly complete the promotion ceremony, it can be regarded as level 29 is the maximum level for ordinary players. This is the first task you will receive after reaching the maximum level.

"For this ceremony, there are four advanced people with multiple paths."

Acropolis said slowly: "I won't say anything about the same as before... those who know should know it.

"But this ceremony is different from the previous ones. For most of you, this is a ceremony to determine the advanced profession. But don't be too nervous... If you haven't decided what new profession you should advance to, you can temporarily keep a chance and wait for the next advancement.

"I know that some prophets and witches will choose this because they don't want to be promoted to fools or witches... Hehe, but in my opinion, the most cautious ones are demonologists."

The old man covered with snake scales hunched over, leaning on his snake staff with both hands, and spoke slowly.

His green snake eyes looked like gems, flickering.

Unlike the hosts in the past - He didn't speak according to the formula at all, but babbled on his own.

But he does have such privileges... because Acropolis is the most powerful, oldest, and highest-ranking apostle under the Lord of Scales and Feathers.

And...

Aiwass stared at him.

Did he guess something, or did he learn some kind of prophecy?

Before the "Tail Ring" ceremony was completed, no one could say that the promotion route of "Demon Incarnation" was wrong.

——What if it was not Ahuan who ascended to the throne, but Adu?

If the Fallen Angels became the new Pillar God, and changed the more changeable authority symbolized by the eighth river of the dream world from "transcendence" to "fall" downward, then the Demon Incarnation would become the most correct promotion route.

Summon demons, control demons, understand demons, and then become demons...

Carry the mark of sin and become a demon controlled by the Fallen Angels. They are also ordered to seize the souls of mortals in the material world, with the mission of spreading sin and chaos.

The most important thing is that becoming a demon completely means losing the mortal body, giving up the ability to enter the dream world through dreaming, and thus giving up the opportunity to get promoted through the promotion ceremony. There is no doubt that this is a downward "degeneration".

Constant abandonment, constant degeneration, and constant defilement.

Doesn't this perfectly fit the path of "degeneration"?

Even if Huan Tiansi takes over, as long as the Fallen Tiansi does not fall, the demon incarnation can never be considered a "wrong" path.

Even if the spell ritual master and the great wizard belong to the route of the Pillar God Snake Father, it is not that Tiansi cannot create a profession. It is not like the Crown Lord who took away the position and power of the Supreme Heaven. Even if Huan Tiansi replaced the Snake Father and took over, it has nothing to do with the Fallen Tiansi.

Just like the Flame Tiansi created the "Blacksmith", the Blood Tiansi created the "Blood Mage", and the Lingbo Tiansi created the "Preservationist". Since the birth of "profession", there have been active Tiansi who have invested their origins and power into it.

But from what Acropolis said, He seemed to have determined that the Fallen Angels would fall.

And He seemed to know that when the Fallen Angels fell, the Ring Angels would take over - only in this way, the third-level demonologist "not advancing to the demon incarnation for the time being" is the right route. Otherwise, He should think that the profession of "demonologist" itself is wrong.

...Is this the prophetic ability of the adaptive path?

Even able to predict the death of other celestial beings...

Ewas was secretly a little frightened.

He subconsciously looked around and found that "Olive" frowned slightly, and the other one was "Advisor" who was thinking about something. The other six people did not realize what kind of key information was leaked in Akpolis's words.

"Hmph..."

Noticing the small movements of the three people, the corners of the old man's mouth slightly raised. Like a sneer, or like satisfaction, he uttered a meaningless hum.

He paused his cane and stopped talking, as if he had turned into a stone statue again.

The voice resounded directly in the minds of the promoted people——

[The time limit of this ceremony is six days, and the ratio with reality is twenty-four to one]

[You will play a role in the venue and complete your own tasks. You will get corresponding points for each corresponding goal you complete]

[Because this ceremony is a full moon ceremony, cooperation is allowed, but no additional cooperation points are calculated]

[When you cooperate with the Rejection Path to complete the other party's task, 50%~100% of the other party's points will be deducted at the time of settlement according to the contribution; if you help the other party without discovering the identity of the opposing path, you will still be deducted points]

[When someone completes the necessary task or the ceremony time ends, the ceremony will be settled immediately; the three people with the lowest points at the time of settlement will be eliminated Elimination]

[In this ceremony, all sentient beings except the participants do not have complete intelligence, but have some real souls; therefore, any killing, treatment, sacrifice, etc. may trigger oaths, taboos, agreements, and curses]

[The difficulty of this ceremony is "close to reality". Real death in the ceremony may lead to death in reality; permanent disability in the ceremony may lead to disability in reality; real death in the ceremony will definitely lead to soul damage]

[All work such as dreams, deductions, task and role arrangements, and bonus and deduction rules of this ceremony are completed independently by the "Lord of Scales and Feathers"; I am fully responsible for the safety and fairness of this promotion ceremony]

Hearing this, Aiwas was suddenly stunned.

... Independently responsible?

The entire promotion ceremony was done by the Lord of Scales and Feathers, and the host was also the chief apostle of the Lord of Scales and Feathers?

The old man with his hands on the snake staff slowly turned around and scanned the promoted people.

And his last gaze stopped on Aiwas's face.

He added: "In addition, everything you see in this ceremony is fictional. It is best not to regard everything you see here as real history... or the future.

"--Then, the test begins now."

He paused with his cane and announced.

A low and slow voice read out the words that Aiwas was very familiar with:

"In 1899, the Cruel Autumn incident announced the destruction of the Kingdom of Avalon..."