Chapter 249 Approaching

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Monday, tarot session.

Klein, who had returned to Backlund, was quickly overwhelmed by the expense of playing a rich man.

According to the list reported by the housekeeper, in addition to a house with an annual rent of several hundred pounds, maintaining the status of a rich man also requires a personal valet, two first-class maids in charge of the bedrooms, and two second-class maids in charge of the living room. Two footmen to receive guests, a storeroom maid, a kitchen maid, two scullery maids, and two menial servants.

In addition to these, there should be a cook, two gardeners, two coachmen, or a coachman, a coachman's assistant, and if necessary, a page, a laborer, a house nurse, and a cook's assistant.

There are also horse-drawn carriages. You must own two in the future, a four-wheeled sedan, which costs about 300 pounds, and a two-wheeled one, which costs about 100 pounds...

In addition, there are wine cellars, manors, hunting grounds, occasional dances, and even horses and necessary pets that reflect status. All these huge expenses make even Grams holding a large sum of more than 3,500 pounds Ryan's scalp also felt numb in waves.

He has decided to hire Mr. Walter as his housekeeper, and all expenses are on the line.

It is difficult to maintain the wealthy persona of "Dawn Dantès" with more than three thousand pounds, not to mention the messenger lady's reward of ten thousand pounds in gold coins.

Therefore, he even looked forward to the arrival of the Tarot Society so that he could escape reality for a short time, and quickly sold the magical item "Lucky Scale" obtained from Senior and other items that were no longer of much help to supplement his family income. .

It would be great if I could take away the 42,000-pound bounty from "Admiral Blood"... Klein sighed, but it was a pity that what "Gehrman Sparrow" did in Bayam was really appalling. , letting him show his face harshly in front of the sea and "Sea King".

Even if you find an insignificant passerby to collect the reward, it will attract the attention of the military, Byam and the Church of Storms at the same time.

Gehrman Sparrow's bounty is even higher than Senor's!

Therefore, no matter how reluctant he was, Klein had no choice but to give up the 42,000 pounds.

3pm.

Above the gray mist, inside the palace with a towering dome.

"The Fool" Klein glanced at the "sun" that was pulled in in advance and the "world" that was pre-materialized. He spread his spirituality by pinching the spots and touching the objects that represented "justice", "hanged man", "magician", "magician" and "magician". Moon” and the crimson stars of the “Hermit”.

Rays of light followed, and relatively blurry figures appeared on both sides of the long bronze table.

"Justice" Audrey, who had just returned to the castle from the forest farm, had changed into a dress with layered lace cuffs and round pearls.

She stood up lightly and skillfully, raised her skirt and bowed:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~"

Klein's mood improved a lot, he smiled and nodded, responding to the other party.

At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh secretly:

"A new rich man spends so much money. How much money does a noble like Miss Justice have to spend on a regular basis..."

At the same time, he noticed that Ms. "Hermit" had the intention to speak, and guessed that the other party might have recovered some of Russell's diaries that Bernadette once owned through her own means.

He cast a look, and Cattleya immediately materialized a page of tawny diary, watching it fall into the hands of Mr. Fool as it traveled through the spirit world.

Klein pretended to look down casually, and was slightly shocked to find that there was no corresponding date at the beginning of this diary page.

"It's really beyond my expectation. The history of the Fourth Age revealed by Mr. Door is becoming more and more interesting. This unlucky guy who was trapped in the storm and lost in the depths of darkness told me that the 'Black Emperor' died once , came back to life again.”

"Even if all nine mausoleums are destroyed, as long as the order established by the 'Black Emperor' still remains, He can be resurrected in a strange way. Only the birth of a new 'Black Emperor' can completely annihilate him. , will never appear again.”

"...'Uniqueness' is separated from its owner, and the concept is abstracted. The 'Black Emperor' that incorporates 'Uniqueness' reappears in the 'Star Boundary'. Three Sequence 1 Extraordinary Characteristics automatically return to their emperor's hands. This is the other No true god can reverse the unstoppable order.”

"In this way, the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Night Emperor' who are both the 'Prince of Sequence' in Sequence 1 of this path will be quite embarrassed. They are likely to fall instantly and regress to Sequence 2. Mr. 'Gate' said, At that time, the 'Lord of Storms' and the 'Night Goddess' chose the 'Night Emperor' and helped him switch to a similar extraordinary path, which was the 'Judge' path. The 'Tudor-Trunsoest United Empire' was formed by This division.”

"The 'Blood Emperor' Alistair Tudor, who was forced into a desperate situation, made a crazy decision, that is, to turn to an unrelated extraordinary path, and forcibly promoted to a true god at the cost of losing his mind and becoming a madman. "

"I have to say that this decision is full of irrationality and almost impossible to achieve. But Mr. Door told me that Alistair Tudor finally succeeded, and the craziest true god was born!"

Madness...turning to a non-adjacent path...magic potion and uniqueness...A bolt of lightning suddenly struck Klein's mind.

He suddenly thought that just yesterday, he used the marionette Senior and went to the mysterious Fourth Age ruins with evil spirits with Sharon in the form of a resentful spirit!

There were originally three armchairs, each with a lifeless human figure tied to them...

It is suspected that the three Extraordinaries at the top of the "Hunter" path died there at the same time, and there may also be Medici with the "uniqueness" among them, so that Extraordinaries are constantly being attracted, including the heirs of the Pound family. and the "Red Priest" card.

So who completed this horrific ritual in that mysterious ruins?

Sacrificing three sequence one angels to seek the throne of God?

Combined with this page of the diary, the vague figure in Klein's mind suddenly became clear. There is no doubt that Archon Alistair Tudor was originally supposed to be the first sequence of the "Black Emperor" path, and of course he was the same as the "Red Emperor". Priest" are not adjacent!

Under the threat of death, the Archon chose the Sequence One path of killing three "Hunters" and was promoted to the True God "Red Priest"! And he succeeded and became a crazy true god!

The amount of information is so huge... It's worthy of being the diary collected by Bernadette... Wait, finally crazy? crazy……

Could it be...no way...Roselle's situation at that time was very similar to that of "Blood Emperor" Alistair Tudor. The original route had been cut off, and the adjacent routes were blocked by people or things. It was not that easy. Climbing... Could it be that, under tremendous pressure, he made the same irrational decision as the "Blood Emperor" and tried to switch to a non-adjacent path?

In this way, his madness in his later years was actually losing his mind, rather than being slandered by others. No wonder Bernadette Gustave turned her back on him, hated him, and tried to find the truth...

Haha, I really underestimated this fellow and "senior". I always thought he was cosplaying Napoleon and Caesar to amuse himself. It turned out that he was preparing for "The Black Emperor"... No, his diary at that time , I have also read a few pages, my thinking is clear, my emotions are normal, and I can even communicate deeply with a certain noble lady and a certain noble lady...

Well, he may not have made the final decision at that time, but was he consciously leaving a way out?

The "Civil Code" is most likely not what Russell intended. As a usurper, promulgating new laws is an inevitable choice. Among the objects available for reference, the "Civil Code" is relatively most in line with social conditions and history. process...

The subsequent act of proclaiming emperor should be something Bernadette found incomprehensible and a bit difficult to accept... As Russell's favorite child, she may have noticed certain abnormalities before her father proclaimed himself emperor... Klein couldn't help but think about it When I opened the car, I seemed to see the heavy history hidden deep in the mist opening in front of me, a page filled with the smell of blood and rust.

This made him even more curious about the cause of Russell's final madness.

519

The newly born Death Church was busy dealing with those two silent cities. The meeting ended quickly, and everyone was busy.

Under their propaganda, people from the Southern Continent who could not survive, and people from the Southern Continent who were fishing in troubled waters, continued to flock to these three cities, posing huge challenges to urban security. "For Extraordinary Pathways, it is not difficult to manage so many people.

You never know whether the person coming your way is good or bad, just as it is difficult to tell whether the police officers and church members who maintain law and order and arrest criminals on the streets of Balam are alive or dead.

"I will not consider relocating my children in the Northern Continent for the time being, because there is not enough space in the Southern Continent to accommodate them, and the money in my hands can only feed some people. Otherwise, the people in charge will not need to work multiple jobs to earn money. funds."

"But I'll always be ready."

"What is Si'a's attitude? If he has reached a balance between the two roles, then how is he going to deal with the crazy subordinates of the Indulgence Faction and the rebels who have become terrorists?"

After the simple cooperation meeting with the Death Church, Richard chased him out and kept asking questions.

Edward reluctantly replied: "Let nature take its course."

"If you indulge for a long time, some people will forget that their true selves may not be that indulgent. The same is true if you restrain yourself for a long time."

"For them, who have already become accustomed to it, even if the correct method is in front of them, they may not be able to do it."

Richard breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that He is willing to announce the results of this experiment to everyone."

"Actually, you are the first prisoner to try to achieve a balance. It is not advisable to be restrained without bursting out, and it is also undesirable to be indulged without repression. The method Si'a used was based on the simple and crude version completed by Qi later. But it’s enough.”

A smile appeared on the lips of the Temperance Angel: "If He is willing to set shackles on the Intemperance Party, I will provide assistance."

Edward snorted:

"Sia, there is no need to change the way of acting within the school specifically to win over you. Your influence in the Temperance School is even worse than that of Reinette Tinichole. If you want to participate, you'd better do It needs to be more hidden.”

"They really think that the former leader of the resistance army was afraid of being beaten, so he became an angel of temperance, living in small places in the northern and southern continents to do charity, and they really think that the orphans and old people you raised are your anchors."

"Of course, you are just an angel, there is no need for them to touch your anchor."

The anchors owned by the Temperance Angel are unknown. In the view of the church, Richard Ernst has at least one million anchors in the Northern Continent, including charity hospitals, almshouses and orphanages. His subordinates and those saved by him people. These can be calculated based on the number of people rescued by the Ernst Foundation. The number of people will also fluctuate with the amount of funding received each year. It is easier to estimate, but it is at least worth one or two large cities, while the anchor of the Southern Continent is completely a unknown.

Even the rebels would occasionally recite a few words of Temperance Angel. After all, that was their former leader who had the most glorious record.

For an angel, that's quite a lot.

However, both Edward and Richard knew very well that the Temperance Angel's stable state did not rely on anchors, but on their own beliefs.

"You told me that 'Mr. Door' Bethel has been exiled in a distant place for thousands of years. There are no believers of 'Mr. Door' in the world now except for the Abraham family. So according to our logic, He should have been there long ago. Just go crazy or surrender to the enemy."

"Since 'Mr. Door' can fight against madness and pollution with his own will and belief, then I may not be able to do it."

It's just a matter of cutting down some unnecessary emotions and purifying your beliefs and desires.

"I am an uneducated Southern Continent, a short-sighted and ungrateful wild wolf. Without bait and meat to feed me, I will want to take a bite of the meat of the person who fed me. Isn't this normal? "

Richard teased himself disapprovingly, and then began to think about things: "I know, thank you for reminding me. Is there anything else I can do for the teacher recently?"

"No."

"What a pity, it's hard to find jobs these days." Richard asked again, "Teacher, where is the lamp you are holding?"

"Give it away."

Seeing that Edward was beginning to be perfunctory, Richard changed the topic with a wink:

"Is the current pale emperor really the God of Death himself?"

Edward nodded.

Richard looked up at the murals on the high dome and was filled with emotion: "Just last year, He and I had quarreled over different political opinions and had business dealings with Him. In the blink of an eye, He was no longer in this world. On."

"When Shia was alive, she had racked her brains to deal with the Church of the Seven Gods, and the remaining energy was spent on recapturing Aldra, which took a full half a year. After the return of the God of Death, he recaptured the other two within a day. city, silencing the church in the northern continent.”

"Is this the difference in power? Or is this the difference between humans and gods?"

"Under such a gap, I even feel that humans are just ants, and gods are humans. In the battles throughout the ages, no matter how the ants bite you to the death, no matter how far civilization and technology have developed, as long as humans step on them, they will be destroyed. Nothing is left.”

"Living in a world like this makes people so helpless that they make them angry."

After all, this was in the palace of Emperor Balam. Richard did not say these words too loudly, nor did he let the people around him notice his emotions. After being silent for a long time, he couldn't help but ask:

"What are Balam's current thoughts?"

War is closely related to everyone, and Richard must prepare in advance.

Edward said casually: "Bailan's declared war targets are Loen and Intis. Considering the adjacent routes, the God of Death chose Loen."

"This made Fusak also choose to wait and see while being wary."

"Hasn't there been any investigation into last year's Backlund smog?"

"The results are out."

Edward walked out of the palace gate, came to the royal walkway, and magically took out a small scroll from his pocket:

"Fusac's spies have investigated the truth about the Great Smog... After all, the emperor of the neighboring country may become a god. Of course, Fusac's senior officials are extremely vigilant. They have now determined that the 'Great Smog' incident is almost a reckless incident. Well, the royal family directed and acted on their own, and the three major churches also put pressure on George III after the incident, and George III did give huge benefits to the church, so it doesn’t matter who the real culprit is."

Richard sneered: "I have seen similar things too many times. Everyone's life has a clear price tag. If I have enough chips, I really want to ask them all to die too."

"You have."

"I'm sorry, I won't consider committing suicide."

"You didn't agree just because your life was not sold for the expected price. If the condition I offered was to eliminate all seven gods, you would definitely agree very readily."

"But I'm not worth the price." Richard replied with a very high emotional intelligence. And if you could do it, you would probably do it already.

Edward didn't say anything more. He unfolded the small scroll and read: "The Fusac Empire has basically determined that the Loen royal family and the Witch Cult have reached some kind of cooperation, but the reward is so high that the witches are willing to keep it a secret. They Most of the captured human traffickers and slave traders identified the witch, but there was a lack of a witch to identify George III."

"What else does the original witch need?" Richard thought, "Does the hunter have sequence one or uniqueness?"

"Maybe." Edward put down the note and looked forward, "Fesac's current meaning is very interesting. On the one hand, they hope that the Balam Empire will declare war first to attract Loen's firepower for them. The Balam Empire is also the most suitable . Then they took the opportunity to pour dirty water on the truth about the Great Smog and declared war on the pretext of humanitarianism. I think this is the best, but there is a strong resistance in Fusac to prevent this, knowing that first If they take the initiative, they will be ostracized by the Northern Continent, but they still want to take the first step."

"It's weird. And it's profound."

Richard is not sensitive to these things, not to mention that he knows that the "War Angel" is still in the Aurora Society - every high-priced mechanical container is a blessing from him personally - "So the current situation is... …?”

Edward smiled heartily.

"There are still many places in the southern continent that need to be recovered. If war is declared, we may not necessarily rush to the northern continent immediately."

"So I suggest Death declare war immediately."

"Just tomorrow."

TBC

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Richard: Yeah!