Chapter 285 Aggregation
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In the boundless gray mist, Klein first responded to the Hanged Man's prayer and brought the "Word of the Sea" cane to his side.
Then, Klein discovered that this cane also had the habit of singing a song every six hours and causing some minor stumbling blocks for the holder. After using normal means to have a friendly exchange with the magical object on the gray fog, he made a three-part agreement with "Word of the Sea" and successfully stipulated the time and number of times the magical object would sing every day.
He brought this cane to reality and gave it to Marionette, using the good luck of the "winner" to neutralize the bad habits of the "Word of the Sea". He was still holding the valuable hardwood and gold-encrusted cane in his hand that was used to show his identity and had no other use.
He then began to prepare the ritual and summon the "red light".
After lighting three candles, placing the prepared essential oils and various spiritual items, and leaving a paper figure for the "red light" séance, Klein had already mastered the process and quickly completed the first part of the ceremony.
He took a step back, opened his mouth, and chanted in ancient Hermetic:
"I!"
"In my name I pray:"
"I pray to communicate with the 'eternal light of the spiritual world, the embodiment of infinite knowledge, the red of power and will'..."
From a mystical perspective, the seven lights in the spiritual world do not belong to or serve any god. Therefore, the honorable name of any god cannot appear, otherwise the ceremony will fail.
As words that could communicate with the spirit of nature were spoken one by one, Klein saw the three candles expand at the same time, joining together with a slight popping sound, as if a door of light had been opened.
The area around the altar suddenly became silent and dark, and pairs of inexplicable eyes looked over from different places.
The cold wind blew violently, and except for the three candles, all the items on the altar floated into the air. Among them, the paper man stood upright unsteadily, and the surface was stained with a rich, bright and not bloody red.
"Hello." Klein said while recalling the things related to the seven lights in the spiritual world described in some occult books and following the correct interaction model he summarized.
He acted like he was dealing with a teacher.
The bright red paper man moved his head slightly and issued an illusory but majestic voice: "Hello."
Quite polite... Various thoughts flashed through Klein's mind, and he said sincerely and respectfully:
"Your Excellency El Moria, I have something to ask you."
"You can just call me El Moria, please." The paper man floating in the air seemed to be competing with Klein to see who was more polite.
Klein did not change his attitude because of this: "I want to know the information about Calderon City."
The bright red, almost transparent paper figure pondered for two seconds and said, "May I know your purpose?"
Klein didn't hide anything and said calmly:
"Hunting spiritual predators."
The paper man's head moved slightly and said: "It is true that this is only easy to find in Calderon City. In other places, the spiritual world plunderers are like a drop of water entering the sea. It is very difficult to distinguish. Even I can only find it occasionally and cannot find it for a long time. Time lock. Under normal circumstances, some of them are active in the core area of Calderon City, and a small number are scattered in the outer layer. In the past, as long as you did not try to go deep, there was not much danger."
"In the past?" Klein asked.
"Yes. With the return of the Death God of Balam, the city of Calderon has transformed from a ruin into a city-state of spiritual creatures and undead creatures, and spiritual creatures are constantly approaching there instinctively to worship their underworld. Emperor'. The creatures in the spiritual world were affected and formed a hierarchy, and began to be arranged from the outside to the inside based on their own strength. If you want to hunt spiritual predators, you only need to be slightly closer to the core area."
"There is no need to enter the core area, which seems to be less risky, but we have to pass through a large number of low-level and intermediate spiritual creatures." The paper man talked eloquently, "Unfortunately, there are some special things there that prevent us from entering the Seven Lights, otherwise we would It can also provide some substantial help.”
"So that's it... because that was the kingdom of the ancient god Gray Carrie?" Klein was certain in his mind and started to ask a confirmation question.
Minghong Zhiren said:
"Yes, the ancient Death God hoped to use this 'City of the Dead' to resurrect, but he failed completely, and the authority was occupied by the Death God of Balan. Now, since the latter has taken over there again, the layout left by the Ancient Death God should be It no longer exists. Bailang's 'Underworld Emperor' does not often appear in the spirit world, and every time he comes, he is very powerful."
That's it... Klein nodded invisibly and asked multiple questions from different aspects, all of which received relatively satisfactory answers.
After politely ending the summoning ceremony and bidding farewell to "Red Light," Klein took the Marionette and temporarily left Behrens, opened the door and left, finding a safe place where he would not be disturbed. Then he returned to Origin Castle again and began to think about matters related to exploring Calderon City.
Between the blasphemy cards "Black Emperor" and "Tyrant", Klein pondered for a long time and finally chose the latter.
"With the 'Poseidon Scepter' and after containing the 'Tyrant', my power is infinitely close to that of a Sequence 4. The weird negative effect of the 'Poseidon Scepter' causes the spirit and body of those who come into contact to collapse quickly.' As long as it is used properly and matched 'Lightning Storm' can quickly clear a clean area in Calderon City. Don't worry about the extraordinary aggregation. If there is a high-sequence in the path of the storm that is attracted, it can be used."
As his thoughts fluctuated, Klein stretched out his hand and made the "Tyrant" card placed on the long bronze table fly up, fall into his palm, and merge into his soul.
Suddenly, an aura of extreme majesty and terror emanated from the location of The Fool. A deep triple crown silently appeared on Klein's head, and his clothes turned into religious robes.
The whining wind sounded, and the Pope's robe suddenly unfolded. Klein raised his right hand, and the bone scepter that flew by itself hung in the air.
The “Poseidon Scepter” was held up by the swirling wind and did not touch Klein. At the beginning, the Sequence 6 self could not even get close, but now even in Source Castle, there is still a layer of "tyrant" between them, and Klein does not dare to personally experience how long he can last under that strange effect.
Then again, Klein always felt familiar with this weird negative effect, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.
On the top of the scepter, the gems suddenly emitted a dazzling light of blue or silver, surrounding the sitting "tyrant" like lightning.
"Word of the Sea" crept to the ground with a snap of his cane, and crawled next to Klein, who was holding a scepter and dressed as a pope.
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"First of all, we need to make a clear premise, that is, until the 'Pale Catastrophe' of the Fourth Age, the church actually did not have the relevant concept of 'the deceased must repose first and then be buried.' The criteria for going to the Kingdom of God were only piety and irreverence. Suicide. Restrictions on economic conditions and social systems caused many people to be hastily buried after death. Then, the 'Pale Disaster' allowed the deceased who had not yet been requiemed to walk out of the grave, and allowed the wandering spirits to obey the orders of the Emperor of Hades and give them to the dead. The Northern Continent has brought great disaster.”
"Um."
"So, this incident alerted the gods, and they logically carried out the steps of 'requiem-cremation-burial'."
Edward put down the small blackboard in his hand, looked into the eyes of the true Creator, and asked curiously and eagerly:
"Can I understand 'Requiem' as a sacrificial ritual?"
"I think the essence of the requiem ceremony is a two-way special ritual magic. Through the requiem ceremony, the church 'sacrifice' the soul of the deceased to the Kingdom of God, and then borrow power from the gods to pollute the body of the deceased , so that the deceased will no longer be affected by other extraordinary powers."
"If you explain it this way, I can understand why the church prohibits suicide, because in a sense, the person who commits suicide has dedicated his life and soul to other things. After completing the sacrifice of time, naturally there is no spiritual body to pass through. The requiem ceremony was consecrated to the Kingdom of God.”
"Similarly, corpses and spirits that have not been contaminated, or 'baptized', are still without any protection. They will also be affected by the power of the dead and crawl out of the grave." Edward held a pencil in his ear Finally, after thinking for a moment, he said, "Oh, they now promote cremation, but this can also be freely chosen according to the wishes of the family and the deceased."
"So far, your guess is logical."
The True Creator was noncommittal. He had not yet read the latest report from the Aurora Society. I only saw Medici saying that he was not needed in the Southern Continent now, and he went to the corner to find trouble with the Witch Sect.
Although the original witch is equally troublesome, the true creator is less worried about Medici than the lively alien god in front of him.
“Don’t you have a chosen spirit in your own kingdom of God?”
"Yes. But just like you said, I will only take away the souls that are chosen by me and have passed my test."
Edward said: "They were chosen by me and welcomed by me personally. I don't need other people, and I don't need so many useless souls, even if their souls are indeed a very good resource. Your heaven - I Just say it is called the Kingdom of Heaven. God has said since ancient times that the souls of believers can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Your five paths can also check and balance each other without being biased, and construct a world that may indeed allow spirits to live. So realistically Is this the case?"
"yes."
"I see. Can you tell me the principle?"
"Faith and prayer are means of establishing connections between humans and gods. Prayer itself that can be received by gods is a kind of ritual magic, the simplest ritual magic." The true creator replied, "Prayer is the easiest way to establish connection, and Piety is used to solidify the connection. But the piety of mortals has its limits after all. It is difficult for their voices to truly reach my ears. A thousand mortal anchors are not as good as one saint, let alone angels."
"Hence the need for such a requiem ceremony to ensure that the soul can travel to the Kingdom of God through occult connections."
Edward covered his mouth with his hand, frowning and thinking for a while.
"So, I think that 'becoming one with God' is the most accurate description of this situation than 'ascending to the Kingdom of God'?"
"Tell me what you think."
"To be honest, it's hard for me to imagine what the kingdoms of the Eternal Blazing Sun and the Lord of Storms look like. Although I occasionally hear their followers describe the former as a palace with blooming flowers, and the latter as a palace with eternal thunder and waves. of the vast ocean. But their path itself seems..."
Edward considered for a second:
"Not so friendly to the undead."
"It's like the land abandoned by God is your kingdom of God, and your authority is the fall. Then we can all see clearly what the people living on it look like. Obviously, their disasters are not entirely caused by your fight. The main responsibility for what is caused by those remaining forces lies with you.”
True Creator: “Yeah.”
"Then you ask me to imagine a group of dead souls who can live normally in a place illuminated by the power of the sun. I can't imagine it either. The closest I got to a requiem ceremony was outside the Cathedral of Light in Intis. One hundred and fifty kilometers to see a funeral with a telescope.”
Edward smiled: "So, after the sacrifice, the spirit was restored to its basic spirituality, and it contributed to the kingdom of the gods, right?"
Before the real creator could speak, Edward made a conclusion for himself: "This is the current speculation. If conditions permit, I will try to be a guest in the kingdom of other gods."
He stood up, walked around the sofa and coffee table, walked around the manuscripts and chessboards piled on the floor, walked to the wall, and tore out a page from the calendar.
"It's already the night of the 28th, and no one has informed me to go to the southeast coast yet? When did your divine side become so tactful?"
"There are only 30 days in June. Now it's not enough time to go to the southeastern coast by boat. What on earth are you gathering for..."
He suddenly stopped talking.
The true creator noticed something, frowned, looked at the demon who suddenly stood still, and asked: "Did the reason appear?"
A simple eye swam from the shadows to Edward's side. Seeing that the other person ignored it, it naturally blended into the other person's shadow.
"..."
Edward's expression became very exciting. He first opened his eyes wide, then frowned, and finally scratched his head in confusion.
"...I know why your divine side is so sure that I will go." Edward seemed to understand something and showed a smile, "He hung the 'blasphemous card' on the bait. Maybe there are others, But now I hear a lot of random prayers. Some demon families report to me that they have seen traces of this card, some are providing me with information, and some are even praying for me to give me the power to help them find this card. Look. There are a lot of people coming here to be attracted.”
The True Creator asked, "Then why do you want to go?"
"Because this thing is important to me."
Edward said jokingly: "Perhaps Russell deliberately disgusted me. The opening spell of this card is my name, so it naturally has a very strong mystical connection with me. You see, now I am about to be seduced." It’s over.—I can’t leave something in someone else’s hands that might have a collective effect on me at any time.”
"It's just a card grab, it won't be a big deal." Edward picked up the suit jacket hanging on the back of the sofa, walked into the spirit world calmly, and waved goodbye to the true creator, "Then I'm leaving."
Ah. Recalling the way the other party swore to him that all the people on the southeast coast were dead, it was impossible for the true Creator to believe his words. As the opponent's eye opened, the true creator decided to watch what was about to happen on the southeast coast at any time to decide whether to stop it in time or to stop the believers after keeping them away.
TBC
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