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

Chapter 440 The Bad Current Situation

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In the final analysis, first of all, Ouroboros did not have a strong desire to save them. Secondly, Amon considered him a "traitor" and "accomplice of Sasriel". No matter what he did, it would prove that "Silver City is also a traitor", which only added to the crime of these humans.

He didn't want to pay the price for this place either.

What's more, knowing the purpose of Medici and others' visit, he has already made a decision. His colleagues are more important, and in comparison, he has no time to pay attention to the lives of more than 10,000 people in this city - that is fate, and one must always make a choice.

However, within the limits of their activities, Ouroboros would also guide the people of Silver City to save themselves.

As for whether it would succeed, that was not within His consideration.

Ouroboros was walking quietly in the City of Silver. He could go wherever he wanted and stop at any time. The people around him seemed to be unable to see him, but would cleverly avoid him when he suddenly stopped.

Suddenly, Ouroboros looked into the distance, and then he suddenly closed his eyes and dared not look, as if looking up just now was just a conditioned reflex, and closing his eyes was an instinctive premonition of a crisis!
Fortunately, he didn't see anything, but he felt that the direction of fate suddenly became strange, like a pool of muddy water.

……

"What are you looking at me for? Is that Ouroboros?"

The Lord of Withering, who had just pushed open the door of the Black Monastery, wandered around in the storm of secrecy and thunder, and finally landed on the East Continent fifty kilometers away from his destination because of an interesting dream. As soon as he stepped on the land of the East Continent, he felt a gaze from the north.

His eyesight was good now. He shielded his eyes with one hand, looked in that direction for a while, and then looked away with little interest.

After all, I'm not familiar with Ouroboros.

The record introduces the angels under the seat of this Creator in some detail, and also gives a general introduction to the current positions of the angels on Earth.

As for the situation of the real Creator, the two angels "Destiny" and "War" already had completely opposite attitudes.

——Medici neither acknowledges nor is willing to acknowledge that God is the Creator He follows, even though He cannot actually tell the difference between them. But He always believes that the One who possesses a human heart and performs divine works is the one He has followed unwaveringly for three epochs.

Ouroboros's attitude was slightly ambiguous in comparison.

The "Angel of Destiny" had long anticipated this day, and did not refuse to participate in the "Redemption of the Rose" in the Third Age. So it is obvious that "He" does not think that killing himself to delay time is a meaningless act.

However, in this situation, Ouroboros was completely helpless.

There is no second "Redemption Rose". At this point, the fate of the true Creator cannot be changed. He has already died, and it is impossible to change it, and there is no room for maneuver - therefore, Ouroboros chose to acquiesce and accept this fate.

However, considering the current somewhat complicated situation in the Eastern Continent, Ouroboros' attitude is not important. The "fate" path has always been drifting with the flow, which makes him seem taciturn, and it is unknown what he is thinking. Whether he chooses to be loyal to the God who contains an unknown percentage of the real Creator, or whether he surrenders on the surface but is still angry in his heart, nothing will change.

After the two largest city-states converted, Amon, who had obtained Sefirah Castle, obviously became hostile to this place and had a reason to take action.

Since it was impossible to protect them, and even his own life was in danger, Ouroboros' best option was to stay put and wait for fate to unfold.

"…But Ouroboros doesn't seem to be at peace either. It seems like he has made a bet on the fate of Medici."

After some self-trouble, He suppressed his curiosity.

Because He knew that once He really realized the details of this bet, He would definitely be attracted and study it all the way, and even give up following Klein and go straight to Silver City to appear in front of Ouroboros. He really wanted to do this, but it was impossible.

Unlike his half, although He also likes archaeology, all the necessary information and records have been transferred over, and now the only things that can attract His attention are changes and new possibilities.

If coming here is like coming to the paradise he dreams of, then his only interest here is Silver City and Moon City. And the flow of human beings gathered in these two places, which also reduced the probability of him causing trouble to a certain extent...

"…How about we go to the Giant King's Court first?"

"The history of the Giant King's Court is attracting me. It's rare for me to wake up, so I should at least do something interesting, such as moving the Giant King's Court away and taking a good look at this Klein Moretti. If possible, I really want to move Chernobyl, which was transformed by the ancient sun god, away as well. It's just a building, and God shouldn't be angry with me... Forget it, let's focus on the present."

However, just "trying hard to do the task at hand" was enough to make the God of Possibility, who loved free action, feel uncomfortable. He thought for a moment and found that there was indeed nothing to do in the God-forsaken Land, but it was not as desolate as he had imagined.

The lines of possibility and choices of fate here are much fewer than in the outside world, but if you look closely, there are still quite a few.

"what is that?"

He noticed a line that tried to hide itself to avoid observation, but unfortunately the difference in status and power was too great, and the owner of this line could see clearly what he was doing to hide himself:
"This... this has a mystical connection with the 'Source Castle'. Is this something that came down from the Source Castle? And it's moving at high speed?"

“He” felt a little surprised, and soon made a related guess: “It should be a Beyonder characteristic or a sealed item… With such a strong mystical connection, could it be the Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic that the Fool’s Path has always lacked? How did it end up here? This is probably not the work of the ancient sun god or God. If it is the former, Amon, who had been staying in the God-Forsaken Land, has no reason to let it go. If it is the latter, this Beyonder characteristic should have been contaminated and would never be used by anyone.”

"What exactly is this Sequence 1 characteristic? Is it an activated seal, or a mysterious servant who accidentally obtained it?"

His heart suddenly itched (metaphor and personification), and he wanted to use his authority to choose a future immediately, and bring this Sequence One Sealed Artifact or Mysterious Attendant over to take a look. On the premise that his own half had already obtained a copy of the "Mysterious Attendant", he had no interest in hunting this guy down and sealing him. Anyway, the gods on Earth had been following the step-by-step path of "gathering extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness - correct rituals - becoming gods" for thousands of years. If anyone really had the courage to jump directly into the source, he would be willing to applaud this god.

Oh, the real creator took the lead in jumping into the sea? That has already been applauded.

"This mysterious attendant... is not a human being, but a living being. He is not a sealed object, but a living being."

"I want to go and talk to this mysterious waiter... No, no, no, let's go to the Giant King's Court first... No, no, let's go to Chernobyl first... No, I can't do that. Remember why I came here. I came here to buy insurance for myself. I should immediately keep up with Medici and the others."

After some self-struggle, He reaffirmed His purpose and walked towards the location of Medici and others.

ten minutes later.

Now this body that had not yet been transformed by divinity was really useless. On the way to where Klein was, after crossing a small hill and a dry river valley, He saw a dead city-state.

Most of the buildings in this city-state have collapsed, and the remaining ones have very pointed tops, as if symbolizing a tall tower leading to heaven.

Their surface is covered with dark red vines, bearing fruits that are not sure whether they are edible or not.

If you look around the city, you can find that there is a sarcophagus in front of every house, inside which lies a corpse that has either turned into bones or just begun to decay.

What they all have in common is that they are extremely deformed. Some have four legs, some have cracks between their eyebrows, some lack skin, revealing their flesh, and some have arms wrapped around their necks like tails.

"This kind of writing that looks like it's made up of birds and snakes... It's the remains of a civilization from an ancient city that believed in the 'Goddess of Death' Graygari. This language is just like the dialect writing of the 'Country of Night', and it has long been completely extinct..."

He looked at the remaining language and text on the broken walls, and then he could not take his eyes away and put the matter of tracking behind him.

……

In the base outside Moon City, Hermes had successfully entered the dream of the dozing guard. And what he saw was also smoothly transmitted to the minds of the other two through the "mind link".

Some of the scenery of the East Continent naturally appeared in the dream, such as the Moon City he was familiar with and the stronghold where he was currently.

Perhaps because of the subconscious desire to go home, Yuecheng is not far from the base and it seems that it can be reached in a short walk.

Hermes created a model human without facial features in a dream, and then manipulated it to approach the guard. This model would appear in the image of the most familiar and trusted person in the other party's subconscious mind, which would naturally reduce the other party's vigilance.

As expected, when the mannequin slowly approached the guard, the man with a dazed look on his face immediately showed some surprise and surprise when he saw it, and at the same time, he spoke to it slowly and inarticulately:
"How did you come?"

Hermes manipulated the mannequin and asked, "What have you been doing recently?" This sentence had a soothing flavor. In the eyes of the male guard, it was just a greeting between friends who had met after a long time. The reaction in the dream was always relatively slow for a while, and then the man with a deformed waist nodded, and the smile on his face was still simple and gentle:
"Recently... everything has been good..."

"My family...are all...waiting for treatment...I am out here to explore and accumulate merits..."

"Pray, High Priest, heal everyone..."

As Hermes listened, he calmly fed back the information through the mental link, hoping to get some answers. Klein immediately understood what the other party was talking about, so he also answered through the private chat channel:
"People in Moon City generally have deformities of varying degrees, and Mr. Fool can heal them all. ... However, their prayers will only be answered while Mr. Fool is still around. Logically, this activity should have been stopped for half a month."

——After all, the "Staff of Life" blessed by Sefirah Castle is used to treat deformities and expel toxins. This relatively harmless seal has been sealed once by Klein and is now stored in the Rorsted Islands.

If he needs to prove his identity when contacting Moon City, Klein can also take out the "Staff of Life" from the historical projection.

Hermes nodded slightly, understood a little, and asked the guard again:

“Has anyone been in therapy recently?”

The male guard was silent for a while, a thoughtful look appeared on his face, and then he nodded: "Yes..."

It’s over.

This word suddenly popped up in Klein's mind.

He didn't think Amon would respond to the prayers of the people of Moon City, or even be interested in stealing their deformities and healing them. If someone was really cured in the past half month, then - the biggest possibility is that all these people have been parasitized and turned into clones!

Amon had obtained Sefirah Castle, and he must have also obtained some of the power of the "Fortune Teller", including the "Clown" and the "Faceless Man". If I guessed correctly, all those who prayed to the "Fool" and received treatment had been parasitized, and then Amon used the power of the "Faceless Man" to change their bodies, correct the deformed parts, and then acted out the original appearance of the treated person... He was good at disguise and deception!
…The bad thing still happened. Klein clenched his fists.

He said nothing, but his heartbeat was beating harder than ever before. He couldn't help but worry about the situation in Silver City, whether "The Sun" and Chief Colin and others were still safe, and whether they were still themselves.

But the more he had to stay calm at this time, he bit his lips and forced himself to shift his attention to the things in front of him again.

Medici watched for a while, then felt that he was not very interested in gathering intelligence.

He yawned, stepped back a few meters, found a stone to sit on, and took out an apple from his arms and started to bake it.

After receiving this answer, Hermes also frowned, and his vigilance doubled again. He did not ask what this so-called "healing ritual" was like, because it was difficult for the guard in front of him, who was only a Sequence 6, to explain it. To them, it was all "high status" and "mysterious, can't be looked at directly". So Hermes changed the question:
"Did your family members also receive treatment?"

The male guard was a little embarrassed: "I haven't achieved any merit yet..."

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this cannot guarantee that the person in front of him and his family have not been parasitized by Amon, it is still good news in comparison.

Then, Hermes considered his words and asked again:

"Do you still believe...?"

He deliberately left an ambiguous gap, trying to trick the guard. If the guard was still awake, he would definitely realize that this was trickery, but he was still in a half-asleep world, and when he heard this, his expression was actually a bit struggling:
"...Yes...I...still believe in...the omniscient and omnipotent God..."

"I am also... very grateful... to the Fool... for saving us... but... faith... cannot be changed..."

His voice became quieter and quieter, but the audience understood everything.

Klein was somewhat surprised. He even began to wonder if it was because the man in front of him had not converted and was still a devout believer in the ancient sun god that he and his family did not have the opportunity to be "treated."

But would a mythical creature like Amon really care about these people? ... If the entire Moon City still believed in the ancient sun god, then the survival of Moon City was a given... But if only some people, or even a family, had different beliefs and opinions, would Amon still make such a subdivision? No, this didn't sound like something Amon would do. Maybe this family was just lucky...

Hermes glanced at Klein again, and the latter immediately broke away from his thoughts and replied:
"The leader of Moon City, High Priest Nim, is a demigod, the demigod of the Night Path."

Hermes understood and asked again:

"How often do you do treatments? How many people at a time?"

After asking two questions in one breath, the male guard's thinking time increased significantly, and other parts of the dream became blurry, as if he put all his thinking energy into these two questions and had no time to think about other parts.

"Treatment...once a week...about ten people..."

That’s great. That is to say, it has only happened three times at most so far, and the number of people infected is around thirty - which is not a small number.

When he thought about how these struggling people finally made it to sunrise, but died quietly after waiting for a better life... Under the sunlight, Klein couldn't help but feel angry and his back went cold, with cold sweat on his palms.

"High Priest...what do you think?"

About five minutes had passed at this time. In the real world, the guard's body had begun to shake. It would not be long before his companions noticed something was wrong. Now he could only hurry and ask the last question.

"The High Priest..."

The male guard said slowly:

"The high priest was... the first person... to be healed..."

"He...recovered to normal...and then, he...hoped that we...could all...become normal again..."

As soon as he said this, Klein's heart seemed to stop for a moment.

It was as if a basin of cold water was poured over his head, chilling him to the bone.

He remembered this high priest. Of course he remembered, because after receiving the honorific name of "The Fool" from the true Creator, this high priest did not immediately pray like grasping at a life-saving straw. Instead, after thinking for several days, he found an empty room for himself to store the seals and set up dense seals. Only after making up his mind to die did he walk into the room and pray carefully to this honorific name.

The high priest didn't dare to ask The Fool for any salvation or preferential treatment, so Klein had to bring out some images from the City of Silver to prove to him that he was indeed a kind and trustworthy god who had the endorsement of the Creator.

There was no one in Moon City like Derrick the Sun who could serve as a liaison between The Fool and the city-state leaders. The people cured by Klein were more grateful than faithful. The high priest was not familiar with him and had no basis for communication. This meant that the attitudes of the two cities were destined to be different.

Chief Colin treated The Fool with caution and respect, while High Priest Nim was trembling with fear and even humble.

High Priest Nim was afraid that the people of Moon City would be abandoned by the gods for the second time, but he was still cautious and trembling. He made some small requests to The Fool, praying for some mushrooms so that his people could live a better life.

However, all the caution and determination of the high priest would not be taken seriously by the "Angel of Time". In the eyes of this son of the Creator who was born as a mythical creature, the high priest of Nim was undoubtedly an apostate who took the lead in betraying the ancient sun god.

So, he was "killed" quietly and without anyone knowing.

TBC
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First deadline: Guilt, anxiety, and I won’t do it again

The Nth Deadline: Isn’t there still ten seconds left?