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

Chapter 234 Promotion
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In the room filled with dusk light, Klein quickly flipped through the book in his hand and spoke to the "Black Saint" from time to time.

Leo Master was also sitting cross-legged on the ground, wearing a robe dyed golden by the light. This was a real, ancient demigod who was kind to him. In addition, the real creator had already made it clear that he wanted to invite him for tea, so it would be unreasonable not to take the opportunity to ask for some information.

After flipping through the Bible for a while, Klein found that the amount of intelligence and information in it was so overwhelming that it made his scalp numb. Although the main framework was a eulogy to the ancient sun god, the content was filled in with supplementary stories from the Second Age, an overview of the situation, and the general paths of the ancient gods. It also mentioned the eight angel kings surrounding the Lord, but their names were all vague.

Klein asked Leo Master:
"Do you still remember the names of the eight angel kings?"

“Why have their names been covered up?”

Leo Master, who had closed his eyes to rest, opened them and said solemnly: "First, do not use their names in vain. When you pray, you must refer to them by their honorific titles."

"Secondly..." Leo Master hesitated, "In this world, there are only three people who can still be called by their real names."

Can't call them by their real names? Just like can't look directly at them, what he meant was "call them by their real names", which means that the eight angel kings are not dead... not dead? But only three of them can still be "called"?
Well, one of the two sons of the ancient sun god, the "angel of time" Amon, seems to be the type that can be called. "Sun" has seen Amon's clone in the God-forsaken Land, and their chief has also directly called this name, but nothing terrible happened, and Amon's real body did not appear to silence them...

Then the other two... "Angel of Destiny" Ouroboros seems to be OK too. He has already descended on the City of Silver, so the chief will definitely call him by his name occasionally... What's more, their names have been passed down through the records of the City of Silver.

There is another one, maybe the "Red Angel" Medici...

In other words, Adam, another son of the ancient sun god, does not belong to the group of "people who can be called"? What is the difference between him and his brothers?
Klein asked again, "Why can't we call them by their names? Is it special only in this sea area?"

Leo Master shook his head: "They have erased their own names."

"why?"

Leo Master hesitated: "Your Excellency the Messenger, you should ask the Lord. I am not qualified to tell you the secret history."

Not qualified... Klein could only nod and change the question:
"Is there still a way to the God-forsaken Land?"

The little boy "Jack" that the people of Silver City met during the expedition should not have entered through the normal route, because "The Sun" once said that there was a human face on Jack's belly, and that face was very similar to the face of Ouroboros. "Jack" should have been blessed by the "Angel of Destiny", or authorized, to become the only survivor and be found alive by the Silver City exploration team.

Leo Master nodded: "The honorable 'Angel of Destiny' will open a pilgrimage path for the blessed."

"And we, the Aurora Society, hold another way to the Lord's sanctuary. However, to go there, we need the Lord's permission."

At this point, he sighed and replied with a wry smile: "I didn't get approval because I spent too much time fighting the dark side, far exceeding the pilgrimage time limit, and was completely out of touch. I made a big mistake and lost myself during atonement. My faith and soul are not pure enough. After this time, I will continue to practice asceticism, cleanse my sins, and redeem myself."

"Where is this road?"

"Enter from somewhere in the Sea of ​​God War Ruins, pass through the gaze of the false sun, cross the sea filled with dreams, and cross abundance and thunderstorms. It must be in this order, otherwise it is not the right path."

"Then you can reach our island. The Black Temple you saw in your dream is the end of this road."

Klein's breathing paused for half a second. "By passing through the Black Monastery in reality, can we reach the God-Forsaken Land?"

Lionast nodded. "That's right, as long as the Lord approves."

A route that can truly lead to the God-Forsaken Land, and the people of the God-Forsaken Land can definitely get out through this route...Darkness has fallen for more than two thousand years, why has no one discovered it for so long?

Klein was happy at first, but then he thought about it carefully and his heart sank again: There is only one possibility, the exit of this route is too far away from Silver City. According to the description of "Sun", Silver City's current combat power level is almost the highest in history, but given the danger level of the God-Forsaken Land, going out to explore also requires the chief to lead the team personally... For more than two thousand years, Silver City has only expanded the scope of exploration in the surrounding area...

But this piece of information itself was valuable enough. Klein carefully inquired about the direction from which Leo Master came, intending to tell the Sun this information. Although it was insignificant and the possibility of success was infinitely close to zero, it was still a real hope.

Klein suddenly had an idea. He took out "Observations on the Eastern Continent" from the bookshelf. As everyone knows, the Eastern Continent is a land abandoned by God. In front of a believer who believes in the Creator, he certainly cannot call that land a "sanctuary" as a land abandoned by God.

He quickly flipped through "Eastern Continent Observations" and discovered that it actually recorded an adventure of the "Black Saint" in the God-forsaken Land.

One day more than a hundred years ago, the "Black Saint" passed through this road, and with the permission of the true Creator, he passed through the monastery and entered the God-forsaken Land. But the God-forsaken Land is full of dangers. Even with the protection of the saint, the Aurora Society believers brought by the "Black Saint" continued to die for various reasons. After everyone died, the "Black Saint" still walked a long way with his own powerful strength and the seal, but found nothing except the ruins of the town, and no trace of the legendary "Lord's Chosen".

Finally, the “Black Saint” returned along the same route, carrying the relics and extraordinary characteristics of his companions, thus ending his pilgrimage.

"Eastern Continent Records" records a lot of information about monsters, as well as the route of the "Black Saint" at the time. Klein wrote it all down and planned to share it with "The Sun" later.

“The Aurora Society is also looking for a city like Silver City…” Klein was not surprised.

He was about to ask again when the dazzling sunlight shone in, waking him up naturally.

Looking at the brilliant sky outside, he wiped his forehead and muttered to himself silently:

"What a strange dream."

Putting away his feelings, Klein got out of bed and walked to the deck area. He continued to observe the surroundings, waiting for the mermaid to appear.

Nearly an hour later, he finally heard a thin, ethereal singing voice coming from afar with the waves.

Mermaid?
Klein was delighted, and a long-lost excitement surged up in his heart.

Nearly four months after leaving Backlund and after going through a lot of things, he finally arrived at the destination of this "trip" and met the last condition required for promotion to Sequence 5 "Master of Secret Dolls"!
The anxiety and restlessness in his heart caused by waiting had been growing continuously since he entered this sea area. The things that happened on the "Future" seemed absurd and ridiculous, but extremely terrifying when you think about it carefully. The dangers and unknowns hidden in the three states of night, noon, and dreams in this ruins of the war of gods made him always tense and spend every hour and every minute in agony.

Now, these emotions and pressures finally have a chance to be vented and released!

Huh... Klein exhaled slowly, returned directly to the cabin, and entered his own room.

Without panic or getting carried away, he took out the remaining spiritual power of the ancient vengeful spirit, the eyeballs of the six-winged gargoyle, the bark of the dragon-patterned tree, and the metal bottle of Sonia Golden Spring water from the suitcase according to the predetermined process, and spread them out behind the desk. He went into the bathroom, locked the door, and skillfully arranged the ceremony of praying for blessings.

After completing this ritual, he did not rush to respond above the gray fog, but instead arranged an additional ritual, a ritual to summon himself!
After walking four steps backwards and chanting a spell, Klein arrived above the gray fog and responded to the summoning ritual. He came to the real world in spirit form and brought the "Spark" gloves back to that mysterious space.

After completing the preliminary work, Klein did not relax. He came to the Fool's position, materialized a pen and paper, and quickly wrote a divination statement:

"The one singing in front is a mermaid."

Taking off the citrine pendant, he used divination to confirm the situation:

The one singing in front of the "Future" is the mermaid!
After calming down, Klein waved his hand and let the iron cigarette box fly out from the pile of debris and land on the mottled ancient bronze table.

With a snap, he opened the lid and saw the "all-black eye" without pupils still lying quietly inside.

After obtaining the "Spark" gloves, he separated the pollution belonging to the real creator. The restored "All-Black Eye" could provide him with a lot of help and was also the normal main material of the potion.

He grabbed the "All-Black Eye" that no longer had any problems, quickly responded to the ritual of praying for it, and transmitted the extraordinary characteristics left by the "Master of Secret Puppetry" through the illusory door to the altar in the bathroom.

Stopping in front of the desk, Klein took out the steel milk pan that originally belonged to the kitchen of the Future from the side and began to mix the potion.

All the auxiliary materials were fused together to form a golden shelter with "Sonia Golden Spring Water" as the main component. As the "All Black Eye" was finally submerged by the dark golden liquid, bubbles appeared one after another on the water surface.

Every time a bubble burst, the potion became darker. After about ten seconds, all changes stopped.

Inside the milk pot, the magic potion took shape, appearing completely black, and there seemed to be countless tiny insects that were too small to be seen with the naked eye swimming rapidly inside.

Klein took out the gold coin and quickly confirmed it using divination.

After getting the revelation of success, he breathed a sigh of relief, poured the "Master of Secret Puppetry" potion into the metal bottle prepared in advance, and stuffed it into his pocket.

Only at this time did he leave the cabin and come to the deck with a slightly quicker pace.

At this time, the symbolic symbols, magic signs and strange patterns on the "Future" have been clearly lit up, forming a dazzling sea of ​​stars, which has weakened the mermaids' singing to the greatest extent. - It is rumored that the mermaids' singing will make humans lose their minds and become crazy, so they will jump off the ship and become food for the mermaids.

Soon, Klein left the Future, left the protection of the brilliant sea of ​​stars, stepped onto a small boat, and found himself in the ocean.

The song came in a ethereal voice, as if it went straight into his spirit, making his whole body numb and he couldn't help wanting to hear more.

This was far from enough for Klein, and his spiritual intuition told him that he had to get closer and make the singing clearer in order to meet the requirements of the ceremony.

"storm!"

Klein took out a talisman made of tin and summoned a controllable gust of wind to push the boat forward.

After an unknown amount of time, the mermaid's singing suddenly became louder, and it was clear as if she was singing softly beside Klein's ear. Every note could move his spirit, and every melody made him intoxicated and yearning.

Klein was in a trance for a moment and almost jumped into the sea, swimming towards the source of the beautiful singing.

He tried his best to control himself and found that there were many reefs not far ahead. There were figures sitting on the edge, singing softly.

These creatures have human heads, with pure eyes and brows that reveal a bit of gorgeousness. Their chests are covered with dark red scales, and their lower bodies are huge fish tails that beat rhythmically against the rocks.

Different mermaids have different appearances and different tail scale colors, which has a different kind of beauty to humans.

But when Crane approached in a small boat, many mermaids jumped into the water in panic and swam around.

Fortunately, there were a few mermaids on the distant reefs with their backs to this place and did not notice their companions who left in a hurry.

Klein perked up, thought for a moment, and took out another talisman.

This is a spell from the "Sea God" realm that makes underwater creatures feel close to the user!

"storm!"

As the spell was chanted, the blue-green flame enveloped the tin sheet, causing it to disappear into the real world.

Seeing that the remaining "mermaids" had noticed him but were no longer timid and ran away, Klein immediately took out the metal bottle containing the "Puppet Master" potion and unscrewed the lid.

Gurgle, the slightly bitter potion with a stale feeling poured into Klein's mouth, along his esophagus, and went straight to his stomach.

Suddenly, Klein found himself becoming extremely stiff, as if he had returned to Tingen, back to the state when he was being manipulated by the strange puppet of Sealed Object "2-049".

He tried to move his joints, but they felt as if they were filled with lead.

At the same time, he felt tiny worms drilling into every cell of his body and into his spirit. His thoughts began to slow down, and his ability to reflect his own state in his mind gradually became ineffective.

The mermaid's song came in a melodious voice, stirring up that desire, accumulating fanaticism and obsession, allowing Klein to maintain his last emotions and use this temptation to gradually get rid of the rigid and sluggish state.

A faint gray mist quickly emerged before his eyes, and in his ears rang the illusory sound of "Honakis...Fregola...Honakis...Fregola..." Compared with when he was promoted to "Fortune Teller", "Clown" and "Magician", the mumbling became obviously intermittent, as if it was being interfered with and eliminated by something.

Unlike when he became the Faceless Man, his mumbling was significantly stronger, and could intermittently break through the barrier of the combined power of the gray fog and reality... My ability to think has been restored! Klein was delighted and tried to raise his arm.

The difficulty in joint position is still there, but it is getting weaker and weaker!

At the same time, Klein "saw" his current appearance:
The skin was yellowish-brown, like a doll wrapped in old bandages and buried alive for years. Grains of flesh were hidden beneath the skin, wriggling, separating, and merging.

Klein immediately conjured up countless balls of light in his mind and used "meditation" to calm his state.

During this process, the mermaid's song still echoed in his ears, causing his joints and muscles to twitch and slowly lose their stiffness.

After an unknown amount of time, Klein opened his eyes and his body was completely normal.

He took a breath and sighed silently:
"finally……

"Finally, Sequence 5!
"Finally, it's the 'Master of Secret Puppetry'!"

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In a small coastal town.

The tin soldier driver pulled the reins of the wooden pony hard, and a pumpkin carriage appeared out of thin air on the shore of the seashore.

The tin soldier patted the wooden pony, jumped off the seat, and opened the door of the pumpkin carriage. The female demigod who had lost her legs immediately stuck her head out of the door and looked back in the direction of the ruts.

There was a pair of feet wearing red dancing shoes, tap dancing, and the brisk and life-threatening steps were the cause of her extreme exhaustion and pain in the past few days. But in order to prevent the dancing shoes from leaving with others, she did not dare to slack off in performing the mysterious magic.

She had been on the run day and night for three days carrying this pair of deadly dancing shoes.

Just ten minutes ago, the female demigod, whose spiritual energy was severely depleted, felt that if she continued like this, she would lose control due to spiritual exhaustion, so she had to take a short rest.

She deliberately chose to rest in the deserted woods, but it seemed to be of no avail, and she still failed to keep the "red shoes". In the brief contact with the real world, the tap dance steps suddenly disappeared.

disappeared without a trace.

The "Red Shoes" abandoned the demigod who had no feet and could not dance, and no one knew where they went.

"We have to find a way to quickly tell the church this news..." The female demigod's voice revealed infinite fear.

This dancing curse cannot be stopped. If there is no external force to stop it, who knows how many ordinary people and low- to mid-sequence extraordinary people will die silently because of this pair of dancing shoes!

……

Edward counted the gains he had obtained from the "Dawn of the Elements": some gold, some occult books, some sealed objects and real estate, and then picked out the sealed objects belonging to the five paths of omniscience and omnipotence, and offered prices to the real creator respectively.

The price quoted was not too high, and was basically based on the price of Beyonder characteristics. There was definitely a premium, but the Real Creator didn't say anything after looking at the price. Anyway, these things would become Beyonder characteristics for Aurora Club members to be promoted, and they were not unaffordable.

The coordinates and situation of the island Lasha were also informed, and the true creator said that he would investigate before making a decision.

After finishing the task at hand, Edward took out the "Pale Death", looked at the cold and hard human face, and suddenly couldn't help laughing.

"At first, I told Xia Eggers that if He told me the information about Sua, I would give Him a few silent cities."

"He didn't agree. But in order to take down Aldra, he had to tell me about the high priest."

"Later, I said, if you can trick Suea here, my conditions will remain the same, but He still didn't agree."

"Now that I have obtained Suea, I want to see what else He can use to exchange this 'Pale Death' with me."

"When doing business with the devil, of course you have to buy early and enjoy early."

He put these things away, took the wishing lamp, and planned to stay in the Southern Continent for a while, and then return to the Northern Continent when the war started.

Because the Lamp Spirit said that it needed to get close to the Black Emperor of Loen, and it would be best if it could find an opportunity to meet him for any reason, so that it could be more covert and the influence from the top of the path would be more difficult to detect.

TBC
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Zhenzao: What’s going on? Why is the Earth’s failure probability increasing? Is this new version still playable?

(End of this chapter)