Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 323 Perfect
The Tarot Club will be held on time at 3 pm.

Crimson figures rose up at the same time on both sides of the long bronze table, and then solidified into blurred, different figures.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool!" Audrey 'Justice' said briskly as she stood up and saluted.

The other members also greeted him, and received a nod in response from the person at the top of the mottled long table.

Ms. Hermit said respectfully:

"Dear Mr. Fool, this time there are five pages of Roselle's diary."

Ever since contacting the 'Mysterious Queen', the diary has been obtained at an incredibly stable rate! Klein nodded slightly and chuckled.

"very good."

After a brief silence, Cattleya the Hermit materialized five pages of yellow-brown paper and watched them jump into Mr. Fool's palm as if they were traveling through the spirit world.

Knowing that the diary carefully selected by the Mysterious Queen must contain very important content, Klein the Fool focused his mind and casually cast his eyes towards the yellow-brown parchment in his hand:

"September 11th. Ever since I became an angel, I have felt that my personality has split. In my heart, in my soul, in the depths of my spirit, there is always a voice urging me, influencing me, creating uncontrollable indifference, bloodthirstiness, cruelty and madness.

“This does not come from the outside world, nor is it the influence of the gods on my own path. I can clearly feel that it comes from genes, from the collective subconscious inherited from generation to generation by humans, and from the extraordinary characteristics themselves, rather than the residual spiritual influence on them.

“It gave me a strong desire to hunt and kill. I wanted to devour all the creatures around me that had extraordinary characteristics. This forced me to spend most of my energy fighting it. Even though I was acting and digesting potions, I didn’t see any improvement.

“No wonder Mr. Men said that sanity is temporary and madness is eternal.”

Klein felt heavy and depressed after reading the contents of the first page of the diary. The Roselle who wrote those sentences was no longer an ordinary person. He had become an angel, joined the Twilight Hermits, read the Blasphemous Slate, and understood the mysterious world and Beyonder characteristics much better than he did now. However, he was more pessimistic than he was now, and seemed to believe that this world was twisted, crazy, and doomed to self-destruction from the source and essence...

The Fool did not show any abnormality, and then looked at the remaining pages of the diary:
"On November 28th, I dreamt of Green again. He was the smartest of my subordinates, but unfortunately, he was infected by an unknown virus while exploring that nameless island and died in the foggy sea. He didn't even leave his child behind."

……

"It's December 29th, and the new year is almost here. All the mausoleums have been built, and there is no turning back now."

……

“I think I’m not the only time traveler in this world.

“If anyone can still read my diary, please remember to choose your extraordinary path carefully.

"Once this is determined, it means that your allies and your enemies are roughly determined."

"..."

"Finally, I'll remind you: be careful of the moon!"

The mausoleum has been built... Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back... Klein looked at the diary in his hand, his mind boiling with thoughts, and various ideas kept popping up and breaking down.

Judging from the content and date of the diary, except for the obvious time gap between the first and second pages, the content of the remaining three pages seemed to be continuous. The first page was written when Roselle had just become an angel, and when he wrote the other four pages, he should have been a Sequence 1 angel, only one step away from becoming a true god.

The last three entries in Emperor Roselle's diary have proven his previous guess: in his later years, he chose to forcibly switch to the 'Black Emperor' path, attempting to become a true God of Sequence 0 at the cost of half-madness!
What exactly drove the emperor to make such a decision? What happened to him in his later years? Why should we be careful of the moon? Could it be that the reason why Roselle made up his mind to switch to the "Black Emperor" path was also related to the moon?
There are threats and pollution outside the sky that are enough to destroy the world. This has been confirmed by both Ember and Roselle's diary. Even the gods are wary of the outside world.

From Russell's previous diary, it can be inferred that he once went to outer space himself and felt despair because of it.

And now, "Be Careful of the Moon" means that Emperor Roselle was most likely going to the moon!

What he saw on the moon was pollution. Even after returning to the real world, he still maintained a pessimistic and hopeless attitude towards everything!

At that time, he was already a Sequence 1 'Knowledge Emperor'. He could have played it safe and found an opportunity to devour the 'Hidden Sage' and become a true god of the 'Secret Peer' path. With Roselle's strength and power at the time, this would definitely not have been difficult.

But he still chose to forcibly switch to the 'Black Emperor' path, perhaps because he had been polluted outside the sky!

So he no longer trusted 'Mr. Men' or 'Rackard'.

Roselle was polluted after just one trip to the moon, and the former was trapped in outer space for thousands of years, how could he not be polluted?
The latter is a true God from outer space, and He Himself is pollution!

The polluted Roselle had no other choice but to hope to become a true god to get rid of this pollution.

But judging from his eventual fall, this attempt most likely ended in failure.

Roselle's coup was in 1173, when he was only a colonel, and most likely had just been promoted to demigod, or even hadn't been promoted yet. The reason why he was able to successfully carry out the coup, overthrow the Soran family, and change the Kingdom of Intis into a republic with the strength of a demigod or even less than a demigod was probably due to the biggest help from the Steam Church.

At that time, the relationship between the Steam Church and Roselle was very good. In fact, the only time the God of Steam sent down an oracle was based on the steam engine "invented" by Roselle, and the name of the church was changed from "Church of the God of Craftsmen" to "Church of the God of Steam and Machinery".

Even the name of God was changed, which was enough to show Roselle's status at that time. It was absolutely not an exaggeration to say that he was favored by God!

This period lasted for twenty years. In 1192, Roselle's personality changed drastically. He called himself Caesar and turned the Intis Republic into the Intis Empire.

Then it is reasonable to speculate that between 1190 and 1192, Roselle, who had become the Emperor of Knowledge, went to outer space and was polluted as a result. It was this pollution that made Roselle despair, and then his temperament changed drastically, and he was deserted by his friends and relatives.

But Roselle had no choice. To save himself, he could only change Intis into an imperial system and set about arranging the ceremony to become the 'Black Emperor' -

Having your own country and having your name associated with the title of emperor become common knowledge among the people. In addition, you need to establish a set of strict and complex but abnormal rules, including architectural style.

Then, he forced the people to secretly build nine pyramid-like mausoleums. Then, they entered one of them and took the Sequence 0 potion during the corresponding sacrificial ceremonies scattered across different cities, in which most of the people participated.

The Republic obviously could not meet Roselle's requirements, so he had no choice but to change the Republic into an Empire.

In order to become the Black Emperor, George III also made many changes to the Kingdom of Loen, but all these changes ended in failure.

And most of those nine tombs may be within the territory of Intis.

But from the few words in Roselle's diary, Klein had a guess - the last mausoleum might be on that unnamed island in the foggy sea!
In 1192, the Republic of Intis was transformed into an empire.

In 1198, Roselle was assassinated by the Church of the Eternal Sun, the Soran family of the Untis royal family, and other nobles, and died in the White Maple Palace.

During this period, Roselle must have successfully ascended to the throne of God.

But ascending to the throne of God still could not save him, nor could he free himself from the contamination of "outside the sky".

Therefore, the fall itself may also be part of his plan.

On the one hand, he did not want himself, the polluted true God, to harm the world.

On the other hand, he may also be pinning his hopes on the Black Emperor's ability to be reborn after death, hoping to escape contamination.

But judging from the current world situation, this attempt also ended in failure. But he was once the Black Emperor, so it is highly likely that he is not completely dead yet.

Just like Solomon in the Fourth Epoch, even though he was betrayed and killed, he was still able to be resurrected in the end.

Therefore, the polluted Roselle should be hiding in a mausoleum somewhere, waiting to be reborn.

However, as long as the pollution problem is not solved, he will never be able to truly be resurrected.

As Klein thought about it, he made the diary in his hand disappear. He turned his head to look at the Hermit Cattleya and said with a smile:

"What is your request?"

The Hermit Cattleya asked without thinking:
“Dear Mr. Fool, I would like to know whether Emperor Roselle has ever joined a very secretive and ancient organization.”

Very secretive and very ancient...'Twilight Hermits'? Emperor Roselle was once a member of them? 'Justice' Audrey suddenly remembered the organization that Mr. 'Fool' had mentioned before.

Klein looked at the Hermit lady, with some vague guesses in his mind.

The 'Mysterious Queen' had a vague experience in selecting diaries, and she couldn't accurately ask questions about the content provided. In other words, she could only know that the diary at a certain node was very important and contained key information, or that she could judge Roselle's emotions when writing from the handwriting.

As for Ms. Hermit's question, it was not difficult for Klein. He smiled and said:

"Yes, it is an organization founded by the fantasy angel Adam, aiming to resurrect the former creator."

Klein didn't mind answering a few more questions about the 'mysterious queen' who had become an angel.

The reason why I didn't directly say 'Twilight Hermit Society' was because I wanted Ms. 'Hermit' to ask another question, so that I could answer one more question.

The Hermit Cattleya wanted to ask the name of this organization, but she held back and did not waste the precious opportunity to ask. She pushed the heavy glasses on her nose, lowered her head respectfully and said:
“Dear Mr. Fool, I want to know if it is possible that Emperor Roselle is still alive?”

As soon as this question came out, all the members of the Tarot Club who were thinking about their own things came back to their senses at the same time, and looked at the top of the bronze table as if they were strongly stimulated. Although whether Emperor Roselle was still alive had no direct relationship with them and would not bring significant impact, such a topic was enough to arouse the desire for rumors and hearsay hidden in the hearts of humans!

As expected, the ‘Mysterious Queen’s’ questions were mostly about the diary I provided that time… Klein didn’t feel embarrassed and chuckled skillfully as he said:

"Maybe."

"If George III had succeeded, Russell might have died. But if George III died, there is still a possibility that Russell could be resurrected and return."

Is it possible that Emperor Roselle is still alive? The Hermit Cattleya was a little excited and a little excited, as if she had heard the biggest secret in the world. But what puzzled her was what did all this have to do with George III?
The Hermit certainly knew George III, the former king of the Kingdom of Loen, who had a sudden illness on New Year's Eve and died despite failed rescue efforts. But why did Mr. Fool mention George III?
Unlike the others who knew nothing about the inside story, Audrey the Justice almost immediately figured out the key to this -

George III once tried to become a god, and the path he took was the Black Emperor Path. In other words, Emperor Roselle also took the Black Emperor Path!

Although the deified Emperor Roselle still could not escape the fate of death, it was hard to imagine that he would be assassinated by a group of nobles - only a true god could kill a true god, so there must be other true gods involved.

But no matter what, the death of Emperor Roselle is a fact.

But just like the Black Emperor who was resurrected during the Four Emperors' War in the Fourth Epoch, Roselle can be resurrected even if he dies.

But the prerequisite is that the Black Emperor's 'Sequence 0' is not occupied by anyone else.

Therefore, once George III succeeds, Emperor Roselle will truly die, with no possibility of resurrection.

Justice's thoughts diverged, and he thought in surprise:
"Doesn't that mean that by killing George III, Yu Jin indirectly saved the life of Emperor Roselle?"

The Hermit Cattleya was full of questions. Seeing that Mr. Fool did not interrupt, she could not help but ask:

"Mr. Fool, did Emperor Roselle ever become a god?"

"Yes."

The Fool gave an affirmative answer, but did not give the Hermit a chance to continue asking questions. He leaned back in his chair and said in a calm tone:
"It's your turn."

The Hermit Cattleya remained silent. Knowing that The Fool only gave her three chances to ask questions, she tactfully kept silent.

Little Sun couldn't wait to speak:

"Mr. World, I have become a priest of light. I asked the chief to allow me to go to Noth City to hunt shapeshifters, but the chief did not agree."

Klein couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Just as he was about to manipulate the World to speak, he heard the little Sun continue:

"But the Chief decided to personally lead two elders of the six-member council to go to Noth City with me. We have successfully hunted a shapeshifter."

Klein's breathing stagnated, and then he was filled with ecstasy.

He has already obtained the true soul of the spirit world plunderer, and the only thing missing is the trickster. And since the Sun has successfully hunted, it means that he already has the complete main materials and can be promoted at any time!

(End of this chapter)