Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

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After recovering some spirituality in his body, Bethel opened his eyes and scanned the surrounding situation.

The "Great Sword of Twilight" is not far away, and the "Scroll of God" is still here, on Source Castle - Bethel received the text message and read it in the time just now - Klein did not take it back immediately, From the looks of it, Klein should be accommodating uniqueness.

"Klein is about to accommodate uniqueness... He doesn't seem to have completed the ceremony of being promoted to Sequence One at all, right?"

Bethel is a little confused, but confusion is still confusion. Klein's compatibility with Source Castle is so high that Bethel feels like he is dreaming. Then he has a special way to bypass the unfinished ritual, directly promote to Sequence One and accommodate the only one. Sex isn’t weird either.

After letting himself mourn for the death of his old friend Antigonus for a moment, Mr. "Gate" glanced at the "Scroll of God" with a headache, stretched out his hand, and tried to seal the item.

But as soon as his spirituality came close to the "Scroll of God", it was instantly sucked away by the aura of the Origin Castle on it, like a stone sinking into the ocean.Bethel had no choice but to hold the "Great Sword of Dusk" first, and then peel off two copies of the Extraordinary characteristics of Sequence Two from it, seal it casually, and then combine the surrounding items and creatures of the spirit world to directly make a simple sealed item. The "door" was thrown to the residence of the Abraham family.

——Dorian, who was so excited that he didn't sleep all night and went out for a walk at dawn, was so scared that he hid behind a tree.

After giving two level 0 sealed objects to the descendants, Bethel felt a little better. He threw the "Twilight Giant Sword" into the sealed space, and then carefully looked at the "Scroll of God".

"Perhaps we can use the aura of the Origin Castle above to find the location of the Origin Castle..." An idea flashed in his mind.

Just do it if you want to do it, Bethel has always been resolute and thoughtful.

Before leaving with the picture scroll, he flew above Calderon and looked down. The seal left by God of War had already begun to dissipate due to his death, and Bethel also accelerated the speed of the seal dissipating, but reflected The sight in his eyes still made him frown.

The stone steps spiraling down, the stone pillars supporting the vast underground space, are like words formed by the entanglement of birds and snakes... Bethel swept over these ancient traces of vicissitudes, and his eyes fell directly on the pale and rising mist-like river at the bottom. .

If he remembered correctly, there should be the corpses of "Mother of Heaven" and the God of Death by the river, as well as extraordinary characteristics.

But—the river is empty now, as clean as if no one has ever been there!
Where did their bodies and extraordinary characteristics go?Has the river risen?But I have never seen "River of Eternal Darkness" before, so I can't come up with an answer... Bethel felt something was wrong. Looking directly at the pale "River of Eternal Darkness" gave him the feeling of looking directly into the abyss.Just like those bottomless cracks, canyons and cliffs hundreds of meters high, there is always a strange magic that attracts people to jump down.

Bethel decided not to explore the secrets at the bottom of the river. He sealed Calderon again and left with the scroll and his trophies.

The journey back was extremely easy and the destination was extremely clear.

The place He is going to is Intis after thousands of years of absence.In the capital Trier, His descendants are waiting for the return of their ancestors.

……

"It's almost over."

Pales looked at the gradually brightening sky in the east and said suddenly.

Leonard, who was lost in thought about other things, was startled and asked in a low voice: "What's over?"

"The War of Gods." Pales said again with rare patience, "The War of Gods is over."

The God War is over?
Leonard didn't have much real understanding of what happened before, and his mind finally became clear after hearing these words.He thought of Klein, of Bethel Abraham, of Amon and the church shattered in the light. Because of Pales's words, he recalled those vast wars that had nothing to do with him but in which he was involved.Under the huge blows that followed one after another, the former "nightmare" felt like he had just woken up from a long nightmare. No, he just woke up now. He had been immersed in some details of the nightmare just now. inside.

"ended……"

Leonard was silent for a moment and asked softly: "Is the winner Bethel Abraham?"

"It may be Antigonus, or it may be someone else." Pales said in a calm voice, "But no matter what, Bethel Abraham is another winner of this war, the Lord of Mysteries. The decisive battle is getting closer."

"Old man, do you think Klein..."

"Don't keep asking me about your former colleague."

Why don't you, kid, pick up any of the pots?You ask me, how do I know who the "Fool" is?How do I know whether your former colleague is the favored one of "The Fool" or the "Fool" himself?Pales interrupted Leonard with a stiff voice: "Ha! I didn't know everything before, and now I have even lost Sequence One. I rely solely on experience to judge the situation. How could I possibly know your former colleague of Sequence Two? What happened? Oh, this is unbelievable, your former colleague’s promotion speed is indeed very fast, and he is actually the same as me now. "

Leonard sighed and rubbed his hair with his hands, making the already messy black hair even messier:
"Old man, do you think I should feel honored? I have actually experienced so many things personally. I even faced Amon not long ago and was involved in a war between gods, and I still survived."

"But I can't be happy at all. I, I..."

He was literally speechless.

Pales did not steal Leonard's negative emotions, nor did he say anything when his emotions broke out. Only after Leonard gradually calmed down again, the old angel sighed and said:
"Well, complaining here won't help."

"I have been completely eliminated from the competition for the Lord of Mysteries. Unless someone does not let go of the current Sequence [-], we should be able to spend a relatively safe and peaceful time in the future. Whether it is to find your friend Family members, give them assistance, or go to church to mourn, you can do whatever you want. I only have one request, and that is to try not to get close to the church of the God of Thunder."

"Since you have survived, don't think about death, just do what a living person should do."

Leonard listened to Pales's words quietly and remained silent.

He was already a mature and qualified Beyonder who knew what he should do, but he was temporarily lost and mentally unstable under the huge blow.Relying on Leonard's own will and ability to withstand stress, he can gradually recover from his grief, but the existence of Palles is undoubtedly his reassurance, allowing him to find himself faster and better. Be as competent and steady as you should be.

"...Old man, thank you."

Pallez clicked his tongue extremely loudly: "You still call me an old man when you thank others? Disrespectful boy."

Leonard scratched his head, this time the reprimand really made him a little embarrassed.He smiled awkwardly and was about to thank Pales again when he heard this old voice continue in his mind:

"That's all. I'm used to hearing you yell like that for so long. Don't change it. If any words of respect come out of your mouth, Your Highness, Your Excellency, I'll probably be so disgusted that I can't even read the newspaper."

"What newspaper do you want to order this time?"

Leonard selectively ignored Pallez's complaints. Anyway, Pallez's venomous tongue and belittling him from time to time are already used to him.

He stood up, patted the dust on his body, and asked casually: "You said before that the main page of "Backlund Daily" was already full of praises for the emperor, and reading it made you sleepy. "Tasok Daily" also said Because news that doesn’t involve politics is getting more and more boring. You are not interested in the two mainstream newspapers in Backlund, and you think Tingen’s daily newspaper is not even as good as the first two newspapers. You can only kill time. Are you right now, old man? Are you interested in the news and third-rate tabloids that gossip about nobles and rich people?"

As he spoke, Leonard walked towards the outskirts of the forest.

After spending a night at the foot of a desolate and cold mountain, he had already felt cold and even buttoned his coat tightly.Before, he was afraid to go out for fear of implicating others, but now he couldn't wait to go to a nearby village or town to warm himself up with hot stew or soup.

"I mean, you might want to consider moving."

"Moving?" Leonard stopped in his footsteps, wondering, "Where are you moving?"

Pales did not answer directly, but said a shocking news:
"The Church of Evernight will soon cease to exist. You should leave Loen, or you will join the Church of Thunder."

Leonard's eyes widened slightly:

"Are the two churches going to merge? This is too sudden. Why?"

Although the previous cooperation had vague clues of the decline of the church...but why did they suddenly merge?
Besides, the doctrines, concepts, and ritual requirements of the two churches are very different. Just in terms of education, family, and work, believers and scholars of the two gods have had countless quarrels throughout the ages. Now that they have merged, So whose teachings and concepts are based on them?

Judging from the previous situation where the Church of Night seemed to be equal to the Church of Thunder, in fact, it was slightly lower than the Church of Thunder - he, a Sequence 5 Beyonder captain, was actually directly punished by the "punisher" with a document from the Thunder Church. He was taken away, and the notice from the Church of the Night came later. It can be seen that this was a preemptive decision and a follow-up later - Leonard had no hope that the teachings of the Church of the Night could dominate.

If the concept of the Church of Thunder is the dominant factor, then as a Extraordinary who received education from the Church of Evernight since he was a child, Leonard would really consider not going back to work.

And obviously, even if he went back, there would be no room for further advancement.

In Leonard's mind, Pales laughed and asked meaningfully:
"Why are you not using your brain at this time? Is it because you don't want to speculate about that reality?" "The God of Thunder has introduced the Church of the Earth Mother from Fenebaud to settle in Loen. Now think about it carefully,' "The Church of the Night is about to cease to exist,' what does that mean?"

Leonard's breath suddenly hitched.

"Wait, old man, what do you mean?"

"You mean, Goddess Him, Goddess Him has already-?! Is this true? How do you know? So this is not the fusion of two churches, but the Thunder and Truth Church directly integrating the Extraordinaries of our Night Church Collect them all——"

The goddess is dead?

Unbelievable...very unbelievable, as disturbing as a piece of common sense suddenly collapsed, as unbelievable as there will be no more night and stars from now on.

But can gods die? --Will do.

Leonard has heard about the death of gods more than once. He doesn't know when it started. The fact that the gods who are above and exist forever will also die has gradually turned from a rebellious delusion to a despairing fact.

It seems that since the day the "Eternal Blazing Sun" fell, many occult organizations and statements that preached that "the gods are dying and the end is coming" have gradually spread in various circles. The successive deaths of gods have caused these statements to gradually spread in the church. China has a market, gradually, even the official control can not keep up with the speed of the spread of these pessimistic remarks.

Even the witch sect, which corresponds to "disasters and doomsdays" in mysticism, has attracted an additional group of believers and followers.

Pales glanced at Leonard: "You are calmer than I thought."

"is it?"

Leonard was silent for a while, then reached out and touched his face, and found that his expression was indeed calm, so he twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Maybe it's because I've been stimulated a lot, so now instead No reaction. When I heard the news from you, I thought I would cry, feel so sad that I would lose control, lose my direction in life, and be in a panic... But I didn't expect, um, I was quite calm of."

"Maybe this is also growth."

Pales did not answer, but asked: "Are you sad?"

Leonard was silent for longer this time.

Which is more difficult to accept, the collapse of faith or the death of the object of faith?Leonard didn't know the answer, and he never thought that he would have the privilege to feel these two kinds of pain one by one.

As a child who grew up in the church orphanage of the Goddess of the Night, Leonard must admit that he did not suffer more than the children in other orphanages and social workhouses and orphanages. This also subtly influenced him. Establishing faith and gratitude to the goddess in his heart, and with the idea of ​​"wanting to give the help the goddess gave me to more people," Leonard successfully grew into an outstanding person.

Leonard felt that his faith should be considered pious, and the goddess was like the person he admired the most.

Therefore, after realizing that the person he admired most, who "helped him", "saved many people", and "gave him the right to education", actually acquiesced in the occurrence of Ince Zangwill's series of disasters - -The disaster even happened in Tingen where he was -After that, Leonard's cognition and world view were greatly impacted.

The concepts and beliefs he had grown up with were smashed into cobweb-like cracks with a heavy hammer, and Leonard could no longer be as happy and pious as before.

"I'm sad," he said solemnly.

"I feel like I want to cry, even if it's just for my beliefs, I have to cry, but old man, I can't cry."

"Because I have already cried once, when I realized that Ince Zangwill was able to escape with 0-08, which was the goddess's acquiescence."

Pallez sighed: "Cry if you want, and I won't laugh at you."

Leonard laughed at himself and said:

"No, I don't want to cry anymore, and I shouldn't complain, because I don't have the right to be unhappy or complain."

"I was just thinking that what determines the future development has always been a matter between gods. For example, if the goddess dies, the God of Thunder will absorb the Church of the Night, and then settle the differences with Fenebaud and introduce the Church of the Mother Earth. Things seem to be This has always been the case. Does this mean that the hatred, wars, pain and unreasonable death of us mortals are actually unimportant?"

"If I say, this is a necessity." Pales thought for a moment, and then said carefully, "It's like sacrificing ten people for a hundred people, and sacrificing a thousand people for 1 people. If you say this, you will feel Feeling better?"

Leonard lowered his head, looking at the frosty grass leaves hanging by his feet:

"If it has to, then I'm willing to sacrifice. But I want at least someone to tell me why I died."

After saying this, Leonard took a deep breath, wiped his face in the cold wind, and patted his cheek hard, as if he wanted to expel the accumulated negative emotions in his body with the deep breath. Similar.

"Old man, I understand what you mean. I can't live in Loen any longer."

Leonard summoned the spirits who had signed a contract with him, took the emergency change he had stored from them, counted it and put it in his pocket, and then asked: "You tell me about the church, and what are you talking about?" Do you already have a goal for me to move?"

"Hmm." Pales said noncommittally.

"Since you said that you have been completely eliminated from the competition for the Lord of Mysteries, how about I contact Klein? Going to work for The Fool looks good. Mr. The Fool is very kind, and there is also Klein's gang. I recommend."

... Pales said: "I don't object to your idea, but I suggest you observe it for a while. Wait until the next Tarot meeting, or your former colleague takes the initiative to contact you, and then consider asking him to introduce you." The Fool's business is better."

Leonard thought for a while, nodded and said, "You're right."

Then, he raised his head and looked at the towering main peak of the mountain behind him:

"Then where should we go next? This is the Honakis Mountains now. After climbing over this mountain, we can go to Intis."

Intis is the new residence of the Abraham family, and there is a high probability that Bethel Abraham will be there. He should also look down on me, the Sequence [-] of the adjacent pathway... Palles weighed it up, and then used "Decryption Scholar" The power made a simple judgment and finally said.

"Our goal is not Intis, but we need to go to Intis first."

Leonard understood the meaning of this sentence: "Want to pass through there and then go to the destination?"

"Correct."

"Where are we going?" Leonard asked. "I only have 300 pounds on hand now. When I get to Intis, I have to exchange currency first. I don't speak Intis very well, and I have to summon a local spirit." Please translate for me. If we go too far, I’m afraid there won’t be enough travel expenses.”

"It's quite thoughtful."

Pallez joked half-appreciatively, then pondered for a moment, and said according to the deciphered answer:

"Go to a small town northwest of Intis. There is an abandoned castle in the forest on the outskirts of that town, called 'Dilan'."

As he spoke, a vague figure appeared in Pales' mind.

After seeing the general outline of the figure, Pallez's spirituality was touched, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily raised:
"Don't worry, your travel expenses will definitely be enough. It doesn't matter if it's not enough. Ha, I have a hunch that we will meet someone there, someone who has the same destination as us..."

TBC
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"Same destination? Old man, why don't you just tell me our final destination? You haven't divined where our final destination is yet, right?"

"You don't have to say a few words, just go over the Hornakis Mountain and go northwest of Intis."

"Easy to say!"