Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 331: The First Era, the Fire Era
A huge cross stood erected inside the church of bones, watched by countless skulls with their empty "eyes".

Adam, dressed in a simple white robe, glanced at the deep darkness outside the stained glass and spoke calmly:

"Unfortunately, you missed it again."

Beside Him, the tall knight said in a deep voice:
"You should have told me ahead of time!"

Adam said calmly:
"Only if you consult me ​​before going to the Serenity Church."

"If the return of the 'Gate' had not consumed the Seven Gods' energy, allowing me to seize the opportunity, I would not have been able to save you from the Night."

The tall knight fell silent.

He certainly didn’t consult with Adam, so He couldn’t have prevented why Adam didn’t warn Him in advance.

Under the power of the night, he fell into an eternally recurring dream, unable to extricate himself.

Originally, Hei Ye couldn't do this, but Hei Ye also possesses the power of the King's Soul.

While being influenced by the King's Soul, Dark Night can also use the King's Soul to influence its true body - that is, the First Fire.

His consciousness is trapped in eternal sleep, repeating in the same place for eternity.

His perception was blinded by the King's Soul, causing him to actively seal up the 'memory' of the cycle, which continued over and over again.

If Adam had not intervened, He would have been trapped there for who knows how long.

Adam saw the knight was silent, and slowly said:

"He now has the means to become a 'Gate'. Sefirah Castle is under his control. Shinzo has reached a cooperation with him, and the Chaos Sea is also in his pocket. The Night is coveting the River of Eternal Darkness, and He will not let anyone interfere."

"If you want to turn the tables, you must start with other means and source essences."

The knight was silent for a long time, then asked hesitantly:
"A city of disaster or a country of disorder?"

Adam looked at Him deeply:
“The wilderness of knowledge.”

Adam said this, and suddenly turned around and walked towards the second 'blasphemous slate'.
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Above the gray fog.

Klein came to the top of the long bronze table and sat in the seat that belonged to The Fool.

On the table in front of him, on the right were five blasphemous cards: 'Black Emperor', 'Tyrant', 'Diva', 'Fool' and 'Red Priest', and on the left were magical items such as 'Creeping Hunger', 'Darkless Cross' and 'Revere's Desperate Scream'.

The 'Black Emperor' and 'Dreamer' cards were both sacrificed by Miss 'Justice', the 'Red Priest' and 'Fool' cards were given by Embers, and only the 'Tyrant' was the result of his own 'adventure', although this adventure almost cost him his life.

As for the specific meaning of these "blasphemous cards", Klein actually felt that the symbolic meaning of the blasphemous cards was greater than their practical meaning.

After all, since Ember had seen the blasphemous slate, the value of these blasphemous cards had been greatly reduced.

Among those magical items, he could use the 'Creeping Hunger', 'Poseidon's Scepter', and 'Revere's Desperate Scream'. However, the 'Dark Cross' had too many side effects and could not be used at the same time as other magical items, so he had to reluctantly give it up.

Klein planned to sell it to Little Sun, and use it as a Beyonder characteristic for Little Sun to be promoted to Darkless One.

Just as he was thinking about it, a hazy figure suddenly appeared in front of Klein's eyes. It was the ember that had entered the gray fog on its own.

Klein couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Are you the 'door' now?"

"It will take a while."

Yu Jin replied, glanced at the 'Fool' card on the table, and continued:
"You can start preparing to advance to Sequence 1."

Klein was not surprised to hear the first half of the sentence.

The purpose of the embers has never been to "contain" extraordinary characteristics, but to "refine" extraordinary characteristics.

It is easy to contain, but it takes time to refine.

And if you want to give an example.

There is a building, and the goal of the Extraordinary People is to live in this building. The stronger the Extraordinary People are, the higher they live.

And Yu Jin's goal is not to live in this building, but to make the entire building his property!

In other words, the Beyonders wanted the right to reside, while the Embers wanted the right to own.

It doesn’t matter whether you live there or not; what matters is who owns the building.

The same is true for Sefirah Castle.

The previous ownership of Sefirah Castle belonged to Initial, but now half of the ownership of this building belongs to Embers.

As for Klein, he was only a temporary tenant of the building and had no power to fight for the property rights.

He just used the temporary authority to organize a company called "Tarot Club" and held regular meetings in the building.

If you ask Klein who he would rather let own the property rights of this building, Klein would definitely choose Yu Jin. After all, Yu Jin owns the property rights of the building and can continue to use it, while in the beginning, not only did they deprive him of his right to use it, they even asked him to sign a contract to sell himself and become a house slave.

Any fool knows which one to choose.

After hearing the second half of the sentence, Klein's expression became a little subtle.

He has just reached Sequence 4, and you asked him to start advancing to Sequence 1. Isn't this a bit too hasty?

Klein thought for a moment and spoke carefully:

"You do have the extraordinary characteristics, but it will take some time to digest the potion."

He is not an ember, and there is no way to refine him directly with the "First Fire".

Although it is possible to let the First Flame help "digest" the potion, this does not meet the expectations of both parties. Klein needs to control Sefirah Castle step by step and deepen the connection between him and Sefirah Castle in order to facilitate the fusion of the First Flame with Sefirah Castle.

If the ceremony is replaced by the First Flame, it will only unilaterally strengthen Klein's connection with the First Flame. At the same time, it will also make Sefirah Castle reject his temporary "tenant" and even lose control of Sefirah Castle.

Therefore, necessary rituals are necessary.

Yu Jin didn't seem surprised by this and said:

"As long as you can defeat the Undead, you should have enough soul digestion potion."

Klein was somewhat surprised and said:

"Aren't demigods unable to enter the dream world?"

"There are exceptions to everything."

Klein couldn't help but show a strange look at Yu Jin's answer.

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克莱恩稍微计算了一下，序列6的魔药消化需要10万魂，序列5需要100万魂，那相应的序列4就需要1000万魂。

In the dream, a demigod like Guda only has 30 souls, and at least three demigods must be killed to digest the potion. But as one of the Cinder Kings, the amount of souls dropped by the Undead Squad should be far more than that of Guda.

Therefore, as long as you can defeat the Faran Undead Squad, it will not be difficult to digest the Sequence 4 potion.

As for the ritual requirements of Sequence 3 'Ancient Scholar'... this is actually the simplest.

The ritual of the "Ancient Scholar" requires one to be completely detached from reality for at least three hundred years, and to take the potion after one has become history and no longer belongs to the present era. Its essence is to eliminate the interference of details, to provide a clear and accurate positioning mark for oneself to become an "Ancient Scholar", and to prevent oneself from getting lost.

For other 'Weird Wizards', the biggest difficulty in the promotion ceremony is undoubtedly how to survive for three hundred years. After all, the 'Fortune Teller' path is not as famous for its long life as the 'Pharmacist' path.

Moreover, being completely out of touch with reality for three hundred years can easily drive a person crazy. For a 'weird wizard' who is already on the verge of split personality, the danger of losing control would not be small.

Even if the requirements of this ritual can be completed, wasting three hundred years just to complete a ritual is really too slow. For most "tricksters", changing the path is the best choice.

Whether switching to the 'Thief' path or the 'Apprentice' path, although it still takes a lot of time to find the potion formula and extraordinary characteristics, it is unlikely to take three hundred years. Therefore, for other 'Tricksters', instead of risking losing control and being out of reality for three hundred years, it is better to think of a way to jump to the adjacent path.

But for Klein, this ceremony was tailor-made for him. He had been suspended on that strange light gate for more than three hundred years, perhaps three thousand years, or even thirty thousand years!
In a sense, he had already fulfilled the requirements of this ritual.

Just wait for the potion to be digested, and you can be promoted directly on the spot.

Klein asked hesitantly:

"What about Sequence 2?"

Ember asked back:
"What is the ritual of Sequence 2 'Miracle Master'?"

“Let a lost piece of history return to the present era…”

Klein subconsciously recited the ritual requirements, then was startled and blurted out:

"Silver City!"

To bring a lost piece of history back to the present era, to return, rather than to reproduce, the two have completely different meanings.

If it is a reappearance, then Klein can write a part of the true history of the Fourth or Third Epoch and spread it, which will complete the ritual.

But to return, one must have a physical entity.

The simplest example is to awaken the ancestor of the Antigonus family.

This half-Fool was sealed by the Goddess in the Fourth Epoch because he lost control. He has long been forgotten by the world. If Klein can help him escape, then his return can be regarded as a "return to the present era."

But half of the Fool was Klein's enemy, and had been killed by the Embers, so Klein naturally would not choose him. Excluding the ancestors of the Antigonus family, the "lost history" that Klein was most familiar with was none other than the City of Silver!

Silver City has been trapped in the God-Forsaken Land for thousands of years. People nowadays don't even know where the God-Forsaken Land is. It can definitely be called a lost history. As long as the residents of Silver City can escape from the God-Forsaken Land and return to the North and South Continents, the lost history of two to three thousand years can be brought back to the present era!
"Correct."

Ember nodded to confirm Klein's guess, but quickly reminded him, "So you have to be quick."

Klein immediately understood what the embers were referring to—

Everyone in Silver City was ready to explore the Giant King's Court, but the Giant King's Court was swept by the embers. Not only had most of the dangers been eliminated, even the passage back to the North and South Continents had been opened!

The difficulty now is not how to make Silver City return, but how to advance to Sequence 3 ‘Ancient Scholar’ and digest the potion before Silver City.

After all, as long as the exploration team of Silver City goes to the Giant King's Court, they can find a way to leave without any effort.

And if everyone in Silver City had left the God-Forsaken Land before Klein finished digesting the Sequence 3 potion, then Klein would have missed this ceremony perfectly...

"Tsk..."

Klein suddenly had a headache. According to Little Sun, Silver City would begin its exploration of the Giant King's Court this week. He could only pray that Silver City's progress would not be too fast, otherwise he would have to find another way.

However, how did Zaratul complete the ritual in the first place?

Klein thought about it, and suddenly a 'special' solution came to his mind - find a way to isolate some people and some history from reality until they are forgotten, and then let them return to the current era. This may take three hundred years, five hundred years, or even longer!
But for the 'weird wizard', this period of time is 'just right'.

Sequence 3 'Ancient Scholar' needs to be completely out of touch with reality for at least 300 years. If the 'Trickster' can obtain the Sequence 2 'Miracle Master' potion formula in advance, he can lay out the 'Sequence 2' ritual in advance.

While detaching himself from reality, he also isolated another group of people, allowing them to detach from reality together, thus paving the way for the Sequence 2 ritual!
Once you become a Sequence 2, you can begin preparing for the Sequence 1 ‘Mysterious Attendant’ ritual:

Build a town composed purely of dolls, and design the destiny of each doll. Let them interact with each other to create a realistic picture of life, and create corresponding areas in the spirit world.

The larger the town, the more dolls it has, the more detailed its daily life is, the more vivid and real the different destinies are, and the longer they last, the better the effect of the rituals will be.

Klein inexplicably thought of the dream world and suddenly had an idea:

“Do you think I should build a town based on the Dark Soul when I prepare for the Sequence 1 advancement ceremony?”

Ember behaved unexpectedly:
"Why do you think that way?"

Just as Klein was about to answer, Yu Jin shook his head and said:

"That's not necessary. Your Sequence 1 'ritual' can be simpler. The dream world can be used as your ritual for advancement to Sequence 0."

"Sequence 0?"

Klein immediately thought of the corresponding ritual—fooling time, history, or fate.

What is the existence of the dream world fooling us about?
Klein thought of the answer almost immediately - everything!
He guessed very early on that the purpose of the dream world's existence was to tell the story of what had happened in Lordran!

So from the beginning, whenever the Beyonder entered the Turkey Farm, Rhodos the Exile would tell him everything.

And everything that happened afterwards, whether it was the convenience of digesting the potion or the magic taught by this magic teacher after finding Obek of Biheim, was to attract the extraordinary people to dig deeper into the story contained in this dream!
The creator of dreams, Carula hopes to tell the people of this world the stories that once happened!
So why tell such a story?
If you randomly pick a bookstore on the street, you will find thousands of stories recorded in the books. If you just want to tell a story, there is no need to spend so much energy to construct a dream that is undoubtedly real!
The purpose of dreams is to allow the extraordinary people who enter them to immerse themselves in the experience and make them think that this is real!

But this is clearly not enough.

Dreams are just the foundation, just the seeds planted in the hearts of extraordinary people.

What we really need to do is to turn the "story" that happened in the dream into reality!

Their goal is to replace a certain period of history in this world - such as the First Age - with the history that once took place in Lordran!
The First Age is also known as the Age of Chaos, and to date there is no written record of any stories from this period.

Then, Yu Jin and the others can completely replace the real history of the First Age with the past of Lordran's Fire Transmission! By then, the First Age may no longer be called the Age of Chaos, but the Age of Fire Transmission!
The failure of the fire transmission ushered in the Deep Sea Age and the Dark Age, which is the Dark Age of the Second Age!

If they can really succeed, then Yu Jin and his friends will have completely fooled time, history, fate, and the world!
And by then, the First Fire will truly replace the so-called Creator - the Creator will still be praised by people, but the Creator will no longer be a concrete person or image, but the First Fire!

Klein remained silent for a long time. This crazy guess made it difficult for him to calm down.

He also suddenly realized that although Yu Jin had always acted calm and composed.

But in fact, the relationship between him and the Creator is actually one of life and death.

Even though these two never really met from beginning to end.

(End of this chapter)