Secret: The years I served as a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 172 Summary after the incident
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——Inside of the Decaying King——

Agaritu: Can you hear me?
Agaritu - sent "intelligence.rar".

Agaritu: It's very strange at sea. Take a look.

Edward Vaughan - Received "Intelligence.rar".

Edward Vaughan: Got it. Let me take a look.

——Exit internal chat——

Edward put down the newspapers that Backlund's followers had offered as sacrifices, unzipped the intelligence files, and obtained all of Agaritu's memories and experiences from the past half month, and began to analyze and study them one by one.

This is much more interesting than arguing with Fabuti.

"I feel like the plan is going well. We've grabbed the ship and obtained our identity. We're just waiting to go to the East Continent for an inspection."

He clicked his tongue a few times and observed the suspicious points in the intelligence:

"The contaminated Poseidon characteristics are missing? There is suspected interference from the True God level? There is no doubt that the Storm Lord will not care about such a trivial matter. What else could it be other than Sefirah Castle! Did Klein run off to the sea?"

"I thought he would use Azik Eggers as a clue to run directly to the southern continent to seek refuge from the Spiritual Cult!"

Azik's face appeared in Edward's mind, with his conflicted and suppressed angry expression. He was looking forward to what choice this god of death would make after his resurrection, and what surprises he would bring to Dark Night and Adam.

"After all, Azik Eggers is the son of the God of Death and the designated successor of the God of Death. He is at least one of the gods."

Then, He responded to Agaritu's doubts:
"It's unlikely to be the work of The Hanged Man. According to previous speculation, The Hanged Man should be a mid-sequence sailor or one about to be promoted to mid-sequence. He could be a pirate or a member of the Church of Storms. For a Beyonder of this level, surviving a tsunami is the limit. It's impossible for him to have the energy to act as an insider and sacrifice his remaining characteristics to Klein."

"I am more inclined to believe that this was the work of Klein himself, perhaps with the help of Azik Eggers. Because the 'Sea King' is very angry now. He spent a lot of effort but the fruits of victory were reaped by an unidentified person."

"I'm sure you know what to look out for."

After sending the message, He received the reply “I will pay attention to the relevant intelligence.”

I've been unlucky lately. After I was promoted, I encountered the Dark Night. I killed someone and was resurrected by the Source Castle. Now I have fallen to the point where my extraordinary characteristics will be interfered with when I try to steal a sailor's path.

Edward felt lost and began to miss the Demonic Path Sequence 1 which he had possessed for less than a month.

This characteristic was shattered once after being obtained by the Goddess of Night, and the remaining spiritual imprint in it was cleared, but the trace of pollution hidden in it is not so easy to eliminate. It is currently stored in a corner of the fourth floor underground in the Quiet Church in Winter County and is listed as a Level 0 Sealed Object.

Although it is half a world away from me, this characteristic still keeps me connected.

Therefore, judging from the intense heat and irritability that he felt from time to time, he must have been placed near a seal of the "Sun" path.

It was not collected in Backlund. It seems that they are worried that my characteristics and the existing mystical connection of 0-17 will cause bad changes to their own God's descent container... Fortunately, I left a little bit of pollution in the characteristics in advance, and the positioning function works well.

If this feature is stored in Backlund, then the next day, you can see the big news "Gas leak in Samuel Cathedral, huge explosion, no one survived!" on the newspaper headlines, and at the same time, you can pollute 0-17. Let 0-17 run away by himself, or use the pollution to make the consciousness of "Mother of Heaven" resurface.

Edward had experienced the "secret" firsthand, and it was not quite what he had imagined.

"Darkness" and "Death" are adjacent paths, so He originally thought that secrecy was another meaning of "death", that is, complete elimination and non-existence. Unexpectedly, he was sent to a specific place and cut off from the outside world.

Yes, for living things, if they cut off all connections with the world, it would be equivalent to being hidden.

But since it is "hiding" rather than eliminating, and the body of "Mother of Heaven" is still alive, it is not impossible to strengthen this almost non-existent consciousness again.

Similarly, Antigonus might be reawakened in this way.

If the remnants of the demon wolves awaken, the Night will surely have a headache, right? "Mother of Heaven" also follows the positive role-playing route of "sleeping, resting, and reassuring the soul". If He comes back to life, the faith given to the Goddess of Night will be divided away a little... However, judging from the scale of the diocese of Night, the "Mother of Heaven" who is just an angel can only take a limited share. Perhaps we should consider bringing Antigonus back to life...

"If Antigonus awakens, the goddess of night will fall into the same situation as the storm, the sun, and wisdom."

"The most powerful competitor of the Lord of Mysteries is his own mortal enemy!"

I really don't understand how they did this.

Under the premise that the Lord of Mysteries is needed to open the seal, it actually has a grudge against the three existing high-sequence mysteries.

And since everyone has hatred against each other, no one still wants to create a God and forcibly open the seal.

It is not a good idea to expect Antigonus and Amon to fight each other. They know who their enemies are, and since they are equally powerful, they will become friends and make becoming gods their top priority.

In the last 18 years of the apocalypse, the spirit of "Tianzun" had become quite weak.

Having failed before, and having enemies who have become gods and relatives who have become vessels of gods, Antigonus should be more motivated to become a god than Amon.

The Goddess of Night is smart here. After discovering Klein, a remnant of the old days who could communicate with Sefirah Castle, she did not tell anyone else, but let him run wild and ignored him. Otherwise, Klein would have been killed by Adam long ago, allowing Amon to obtain Sefirah Castle.

A young man with basic morals is much easier to control than Amon.

"They will definitely not accept the Seven Gods' overtures and investment. Even if they die, they will let themselves die at the hands of another person... No matter who becomes a god in the end, the candidate for the Lord of Mysteries has already been decided, and the Seven Gods cannot fight among themselves to choose a person."

Edward was looking forward to this scene and was already thinking about when to go into seclusion again.

“He” stroked his chin and muttered to himself, “No one has taken care of Pales Zoroast for so long. If the situation gets complicated, he might be forced to invest. It’s also possible that Zaratul will become the biggest winner.”

"Although the Goddess of Night still has Klein as an option, but... in front of the Angel King of this path, what is Klein? If Antigonus is willing, seizing Sefirah Castle is just a 'fooling' thing. Besides, Klein may not be willing to sacrifice himself for the current world."

Playing the Fool and being the Fool are two different things.

According to Edward's calculations about Klein, he was just an ordinary person who had not yet left the human category. He was not a hateful person like Roselle who would destroy the world if left alone. Even if Klein became a god, he would probably actively look for a way to return home.

Of course, Klein should have learned the information about the "Outer Gods" during the angel stage, and then obtained the information that "this is the Earth."

If his obsession collapses, will he go crazy and lose control?

Anyway, Roselle probably collapsed for a short while, but by then he had already achieved success and had a sense of belonging and attachment in this world, and he lived longer than in his previous life.

He did not lose control, and the Fallen Mother Goddess soon made Him happy.

Edward walked out of the house, took a walk in his newly built garden, and looked at the active volcano that was vaguely visible in the distance.

If you go down from here, you will reach the edge of the abyss.

He took out a map from his arms. The map was a square piece that had been cut out. It was a part of the western sea area. On it, one could see the corner of the southern continent and small western countries such as Feynaport and Lenburg on the northern continent.

If I jump from here, it’s still a long way to the west of the archipelago that Richard mentioned... The abyss is a place where the real world exists, and that part of the spiritual world has been closed due to pollution. I can't dive over there.

Agaritu's range of activities is mainly in the east, and the distance between him and himself is the entire ocean.

Moreover, his identity does not make it convenient for him to go to the abyss. Alas, it would be great if he had the skill of the Puppet Master, who could exchange his body and the puppet at any time!

"Zarath..."

It seems that Zaratul doesn’t even have the possibility of becoming a god…Without the Sea of ​​Rootless Flowers, “He” is deliberately hiding, so I can’t see clearly…But it seems that Zaratul really doesn’t need to worry too much, even though “He” is ranked very high…

Edward muttered to himself as he picked up a small spade and loosened the soil in the garden, just to practice his handicraft when he was bored.

"Ugh!"

"I spent a huge amount of money to make the Goddess of Night less vigilant towards me, but a heavy smog made her more vigilant again."

"I regret it so much, I regret it so much!"

"At that time, the better world line would be to choose 'both sides suffer losses and flee to the ends of the earth'."

"Now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to follow the example of the great 0-08 and find a way to let the characteristics come out on their own." Last week, He built a small garden for himself, burned some bricks and built a small flowerbed. Then, He felt that the garden was too empty, so He built a small dog house inside to raise a demon dog that only had a spirit left. He also made two fences and pulled some ivy and morning glory, but now it's winter and the flowers are not blooming, so He built a swing for himself.

In this way, He, one of the two demon kings, lived a stable retirement life, planting flowers and plants and petting dogs.

Because he was really bored, he also carved a pendant statue of the real Creator out of wood and found an opportunity to offer it as a sacrifice.

The True Creator did not refuse and gave a newspaper in return.

"Agaritu's consciousness is still too small. He hasn't established his own character image and is still subconsciously imitating me... He actually calls her Princess Bernadette, which is very tactful."

"I feel like Bernadette feels that these two identities are connected to a certain extent..."

Edward muttered to himself, still planning his escape route.

Of course, he couldn't always be monitored by the Goddess of Night. Edward looked at the date on the newspaper - today was January 1th.

I have already volunteered to be in jail for half a month. Isn't that a great honor? If I don't leave, I will start to suspect that I have some conspiracy.

Pack up your things and run away as soon as possible!
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Danitz tried every means to avoid the members of the Church of Storms and the military patrolling the streets, and took a small path back to the hotel, which took quite some time.

He had just run back to the hotel where he and Hermann were staying, and had just closed the door when he heard the sound of the door opening behind him!
Danitz was horrified and turned around with a fearless look, only to see Hermann, who was dressed neatly, opening the door and giving him a cold glance.

The big pirate suddenly fell into confusion. He looked out the window, at himself, and then at the crazy adventurer who had just flashed by but was obviously real. His mouth gradually widened and he felt that his worldview was collapsing.

I was so scared, I thought it was an illegal intrusion, but it turned out to be Danitz...

Behind the door, Klein breathed a sigh of relief. He locked the door, walked four steps backwards, and then lay down on the bed, pretending to rest, and resumed the ritual that had just been interrupted.

When the familiar towering palace came into view, his heart settled, and then excitement surged.

Klein sat on the high-back chair that belonged to the Fool. He raised his right hand and examined the short staff inlaid with blue "gems" and stained with a little bit of dark black and morning light.

Countless points of light float around the seal, and each point seems to correspond to a praying believer, which makes the milky white body of the scepter glow, which is both psychedelic and sacred.

At this moment, Klein felt that this scepter was the "Poseidon" himself!
So, he named it "Poseidon's Scepter".

Thanks to his spiritual warning, he did not rashly touch it with his hands. The short staff was wrapped in gray mist and floated in the air, looking very harmless.

After a while of trying, Klein initially figured out the ability of the "Poseidon Scepter":

It can create tsunamis, hurricanes, heavy rains, lightning strikes, and allow people to fly in the sky and walk on the seabed, with almost no restrictions.

It is nearly indestructible and can smash the enemy's head directly. It can prevent the holder from getting lost without other strong factors. It can provide unimaginable balance, drive many sea creatures, respond to the prayers of believers, and make people gain the power of sea monsters, which is equivalent to the master of an area of ​​sea.

Is this Kalvetuwa's ability? He is indeed capable of calling himself "Sea God"!
No wonder he was called half-god and half-human starting from Sequence 4. He really was more like a god than a human... Klein sighed silently, then laughed at himself:

"If I could use the 'Seagod's Scepter' normally, I could have served as a senior deacon of the Nightwatchmen and become one of the twenty most powerful people in the church... If Ince Zangwill didn't have '0-08' and was at sea, I could have taken revenge on him immediately and even had a good chance of success.

"But can I use the 'Poseidon's Scepter' normally?"

"cannot……"

Klein had just discovered that the negative effects of the "Poseidon Scepter" were astonishingly great. Within the Church of Evernight, it would definitely be easy to get the evaluation of a "Level 1" seal, and who knows how many researchers would have to die before they could figure out the best way to seal and use it.

There are four negative effects of "Poseidon's Scepter":

First, it makes the holder irritable, easily angry, and easily overheated;

The second is that it periodically freezes the thoughts of all creatures within a certain range and drains their blood, including the holder. As for how large the range is and what the specific value of the cycle is, Klein, who is not a professional researcher, cannot give an accurate description. He can only make a rough estimate and believes that the range is 600 meters to 1 kilometer and the cycle is 20 minutes to 35 minutes.

The third is to gather and present the prayers of believers, with both sound and images, which can easily cause non-demigod-level holders whose spirits are not strong enough to collapse and lose control.

Fourth, from the moment the user touches the scepter, their body will begin to rapidly collapse. Once the physical body collapses, the spirit will also perish at the same time. Judging from the previous spiritual image, a Sequence 6 self cannot even touch it. If they want to reach out and hold it, they must be at least a Sequence 5.

"The first one is fine. If it is only used for a short period of time, anger and irritability are acceptable. In short, with such a powerful seal, just rush in and it's over..."

"Third, there is actually a way to circumvent it. Hmm... If I keep it above the gray fog, it seems that I can break the distance limit. However, the sound or picture of the prayer will be blocked and restored to a point of light. It will not affect me at all, allowing me to freely choose whether to respond, who to respond to, and how to respond..."

"The biggest problem is the second one. I'm fine. When I turned into the Black Emperor, I was a vengeful spirit with no blood. I'm not afraid of being drained. But the creatures around me are in trouble. They can't distinguish between friend and foe, and the cycle is hard to grasp... We can't discuss with the enemy first when we encounter a dangerous situation. Can we change the time and place and make another appointment?"

Klein thought carefully and envisioned several scenarios for using the Scepter of Poseidon, but these all depended on the environment and accurate judgment beforehand, and were hardly feasible.

"Huh... Is it its fate to stay above the gray fog, and when people like Amon try to 'touch' it, it will be shot with a volley of bullets, no, a bolt of lightning..."

"The fourth negative effect is a bit strange. It can actually cause the physical body and the spiritual body to collapse at the same time. You need to be at least Sequence 5 to encounter it. If you want to use it for a long time, you must be at least a demigod. But it is itself a Sequence 3 Beyonder Sealed Artifact... If you need to be at the same level or even higher to use it freely, wouldn't it be useless?"

Knowing that the collapse would also affect spirits, Klein was a little reluctant to touch it even in Sefirah Castle.

The gray mist wrapped the scepter and floated beside him, ready to come at his call. Klein had to admit that this was really impressive.

"I feel that this negative effect is too strong. It doesn't seem like Kalvetua's own power. Could it be that Kalvetua itself has suffered some kind of pollution or curse and has been preserved?"

After daydreaming for a while, Klein thought of another important thing.

"Poseidon" is already dead. Should I care about the resistance and Poseidon's followers?
In fact, there is no need. This local belief is outdated and very ignorant. But after Kalvetuwa no longer responds to believers, these desperate believers are likely to increase the frequency and number of living sacrifices, just like their god's madness before death... Without several years or even decades of propaganda and crackdowns, they will not be willing to accept the reality that "the god of the sea is dead."

When the rebels lost the support of the indigenous god Kalvetuwa, they would probably have no choice but to turn to Feysac or Intis. At that time, they, with their radical beliefs, would probably be driven to do inhumane things, such as attacking places where civilians gathered, or letting those children with innocent eyes stand in front of them...

This is of great benefit to me. Now that I have obtained the scepter, I can directly play the role of "God"!
"I need to give them some guidance and tell them what the correct way of belief is, but I can't burden myself. I just need to give them some help within my ability... I am not responsible for saving their fate..."

This is a rare acting opportunity. All the "Sea God" believers are his audience. Responding to prayers is acting. He can get a lot of feedback, which will help him make rapid progress in digesting the "Faceless Man" potion.

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In a hidden cave in the jungle of Blue Mountain Island.

The bald rebel Karat fell off his wheelchair and crawled towards the Kalvetuva statue that had shattered on its own with a look of despair and confusion in his eyes.

He vaguely sensed something, but was unwilling to believe it, because it meant that all the persistence, all the sacrifice, all the pain, would be meaningless.

No... He screamed silently, and kept muttering the name of "Sea God" Kalvetuwa, trying to get a response from the god.

He supported himself with his elbows and dug his fingers into the mud, moving inch by inch to the front of the broken statue. He picked up the stone-carved sea snake head and found that the eyes had been strangely sunken into black holes and the teeth had fallen out one by one.

Karat was almost frozen, and the light in front of his eyes seemed to have disappeared.

At this moment, he suddenly saw a blurry figure, and behind the other person was a deep blue tsunami surging into the sky and silver-white lightning that branched out like tree branches.

In astonishment, Karat instinctively lowered his head, and an unbelievable joy suddenly surged in his heart.

He saw that there were clustered waves under the figure's feet and swirling hurricanes around him. The whole figure was majestic, sacred, lofty and broad.

Then, he heard an indifferent and grand voice:

"I'm back."

As the voice echoed, Karat inexplicably shed tears.

TBC
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January 1.17th is Monday, but this time the Tarot Club was skipped in the main text.

There was still a month and a half until Ouroboros was born.

(End of this chapter)