Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 299 Infinite Death Mark

"Of course, the main reason why I think this is likely to succeed is only one:"

"Your father used his remaining reputation to vouch for your character."

Star smiled and casually "imitated" the tone of Roselle when he was alive:

"My eldest daughter, Bernadette, has been beautiful, well-behaved, and smart since she was a child. She knows how to be filial to her father, love her younger brother, and care for her mother. Sometimes, she is very upright and seems a little silly. Many times, when I played chess or games with her, I secretly cheated to tease her, and she didn't notice."

Bernadette's beautiful eyebrows trembled slightly, and her mood was disturbed by this sentence:
"Did he really say that?"

"Yes."

Although not in the diary...

The point is the evaluation of being "particularly upright" - to the point of being unable to accept the things her beloved father did that hurt the people.

Those things that caused Emperor Roselle to have both good and bad reputations at times.

If it were her dear father, Bernadette would choose to stay away from him for this reason.

So, if she learned about a war that involved all levels and spanned the northern and southern continents, would Bernadette remain indifferent?
Perhaps she has a requirement in her own humanity that she should not stand by and watch someone die?

Admittedly, playing the emotional and human cards to win over an angel and the "Elemental Dawn" she represents is not a very bright method, but Star thinks that at least it can be done more openly.

After all, the opponent is the Dusk Hermits who have been planning for this for a thousand years, and it is the "Angel King" Adam who represents the most powerful combat power in the absence of the true god!
Therefore, when things get to this level, the allies you work with must be credible enough morally and ideologically, and must have reasons to insist on carrying out Star's demands no matter what.

Then things became very clear.

Bernadette bit her lip lightly, and finally said in a tone that concealed ripples:

"He's certainly right."

Including Star's calculations, which were also very good, Star really grasped it personally.

Even though she had been quietly influenced by Adam before, it was just a guidance that had nothing to do with her core interests. In addition, Bernadette believed that Star was a rare person who was not arrogant and very trustworthy, so she was hypnotized.

But if she really had to confront an "Angel King", Bernadette, as an angel with considerable background, could still deal with it.

But the risk was too great. After careful consideration, she replied to Star:

"But I think if it is a war that has been planned for a long time by an 'Angel King', it will be difficult to stop it no matter what. I will try my best to reduce the negative impact in the process."

Star nodded and sighed inwardly:

The name of a man is like the shadow of a tree. Adam’s name has finally become so famous.

That’s right, that is almost equivalent to a fully equipped “Angel King”, who knows, he might have some backup plans left in the Sea of ​​Chaos.

In this case, just by revealing the title of "King of Angels" through the "audience", almost no one would think of going against Him.

Even if you have any complaints, you have to hold them in.

On the contrary, when he ascends the throne by stepping on piles of corpses, countless people will likely praise this being who only retains the divine aspect of the "ancient sun god."

It was good enough that Bernadette had the courage to try this matter like him.

Star was silent for two seconds, then continued:
"In fact, as long as you are willing to help me get the only clue regarding the Black Emperor's deification, that's enough."

This was the worst-case scenario that Star had just started to prepare.

With the clues about the uniqueness of the "Black Emperor", and the abnormal reaction from the "Source Castle", Star had a rough idea of ​​a possibility:
Would it be possible that every time he crossed a path and "accommodated the extraordinary characteristics of the corresponding field", it would have a certain impact on the lower-level extraordinary characteristics, uniqueness, and even source quality of the corresponding path?

In this case, Star would like to go and see:
With the help of "transformation", an ability that has greatly enhanced the "between reality and illusion", what kind of changes will happen when he comes into contact with uniqueness?
In fact, Star felt that the true power of the path he was in had not yet been formally manifested...

Or, the source of the threat of world destruction also comes from the "authority" of "tampering" with the "sequence 0" pathway?
He thought for a moment, and finally explained to Bernadette:
"You can focus on investigating the uniqueness of the 'Black Emperor' first, but be careful not to go too deep."

After all, Bernadette was not like herself, who had the most basic security guarantees.

Even with the "Level 1 Sealed Artifact" formed by the Sequence 0 Beyonder characteristic - "Pale Death", as a "Level 0 Sealed Artifact", it is bound to have corresponding serious negative effects.

This is exactly the characteristic of the "Level 0 Sealed Object".

The negative effect of "Pale Death" is that it causes the wearer to die little by little until he turns into a corpse and becomes its slave.

It is this point that determines that Bernadette will not wear it with her.

It even requires special methods to transform it into usable power, such as:

Normally it is handed over to the spiritual beings for management.

Staring at the pale mask with a gleaming metallic luster that he hadn't had time to retract, Star touched his chin and said:

"Can you let me touch it?"

Bernadette hesitated for a moment, but still nodded and said succinctly:

"You have to be careful. It will slowly kill anyone who comes into contact with it until they become its eternal slaves."

"Just like its sequence name: 'The Pale Emperor'."

She didn't think Star would just take away the "Pale Death". After all, Star's reputation was there - and if he had any means and had this idea, he would have had many opportunities to do so.

As the pale mask with a terrifying momentum was handed over to Star, Star silently used the "Between Reality and Virtuality" to transform with the help of the "Gatekeeper" Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 5 of the "Death God" pathway under the "Eternal Darkness" domain. As soon as he came into contact with the "Pale Death", Star felt that every inch of his body, even his soul, was given the concept of "death" and perished.

Even Beyonders who are descended from Demigods have to be careful about the negative effects of the "Level 0 Sealed Artifact", let alone a Sequence 6 like him who directly violates its negative effects?

From this second on, Star's life will gradually die along with his body.

But what if this “transformation” is not limited to the extraordinary characteristics of the “gatekeeper” himself?

"Between reality and illusion" just emerged at this moment, and a complex light pattern appeared in the star-like phantoms.

In the complex pattern, real and imaginary light surrounds him, forming unconscious flowing stripes, and covering him like a veil, finally forming an empty bottle with intricate patterns painted on it.

In this situation, Star allowed "between reality and illusion" to form a special container according to his own will, while running his finger across the mask of "pale death".

The mask with a gleaming metallic luster suddenly became soft and began to move rapidly, as if it was about to form a face that did not belong to Star.

The features of that face were soft and had obvious characteristics of the southern continent, but it gave people an extremely strange and terrifying feeling, making every witness believe that once the outline of this face became clear enough, it would come alive from ancient times, from the eternal dark land where the dead slept.

At that time, Star's body, spirit and consciousness will belong to this face.

As this face became more prominent, the surrounding vegetation began to weather at such a speed that it seemed as if thousands or tens of thousands of years had passed in just one or two seconds.

They quickly became mottled, with pieces constantly falling down or dust raised by the wind, and tiny white fluff grew between the gaps.

In just the blink of an eye, these fluffs grew into white feathers, and the surface seemed to be soaked in light yellow oil.

It seems that within the range of this pale mask, even the concept of "death" itself will weather away and disappear.

Seeing that many feathers soaked with yellowish yellow dirt were about to stick to Satori, Bernadette began to worry whether he had not yet recovered to the point where he could resist the erosion of "Pale Death":
She saw the "pale surface of death", the metal softened instantly and reorganized into dark, unreal streams of water.

Then, it flowed into an "invisible" void, just like when Star had dealt with the pollution created by the "original moon" before, it "disappeared"!
Complete "nothingness"!
Could it be that Star directly absorbed it?
Can that "pale death" be brought back?
Just when Bernadette thought that Star had been plotting to acquire Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics for a long time and had swallowed him directly, she saw pale lines emerging next to Star, outlining an extremely complex and mysterious three-dimensional symbol. It looked like a bird with abnormally long feathers, or a feathered serpent with its body coiled up.

Correspondingly, Sta suddenly established a connection with the "pale death", saw the illusory gods standing high above countless undead souls, and saw the swollen body wandering in a dark river like a water ghost.

He seemed to see a straight, wide, illusory, colorless and dark river.

The river was so blurry that it was difficult to see clearly because it was surrounded by a gray-white mist like a barrier.

But Star could clearly feel its presence:
"The River of Everlasting Darkness"!
To be precise, it is the tributaries of the "River of Eternal Darkness" that is still sealed and has penetrated into the northern and southern continents!
At this moment, the grayish-white, barrier-like mist was like a veil opened. Under Star's will, it could no longer cover the illusory dark river, revealing the following scene:
That part of the river water kept rolling up and falling down, like a tributary rushing in the darkness.

On both sides of the tributary, there are huge and pale stone pillars standing one after another, as if they are supporting something to prevent the other from collapsing.

And Star also took the opportunity to see that on the river, between the stone pillars, and on the edges of the tributaries, there were countless slightly blurry and translucent figures walking back and forth, wandering, slowly but non-stop.

Among them is the god of death that is closely related to the "pale death". Its face has obvious characteristics of the southern continent, but it has decayed piece by piece and has grown white feathers stained with pale yellow oil.

Mr. Azik's father, the "God of Death" in the Fourth Epoch:
"Emperor of the Underworld" Salinger.

Its huge figure, almost as big as the surrounding stone pillars, was eye-catching, but in the end, like the other figures, it was in vain and could not escape from the river.

However, Star's gaze passed over Him and looked at the countless blurry figures wandering on both sides of the tributary, and then looked at the "source" of the "tributary" -

That is the part that truly belongs to the main trunk of the "River of Everlasting Darkness".

He had a premonition:

Under the influence of the gray fog, he was indeed able to do this.

Then the tributary, which sometimes rolled up, sometimes fell, sometimes dark, and sometimes pale, unfolded, revealing its hidden part to Star.

He stared at the scene before him, and endless questions and expectations unconsciously surged in his heart.

After all, this is the source of the eternity of the universe, and it is also related to the next direction of promotion, even if it is the highest-level item in the sequence of the "God of Death" path that has not yet been promoted.

Star feels that everything he sees in the "Eternal Dark River" is part of the answer he has been looking for for a long time, and the truth about why he is so special may be right in front of him.

A thin layer of gray mist filled the sky above the tributary, as if it was a symbol of some mysterious power, isolating this area from the outside world and sealing it in the distant western continent.

At this time, his attention was not on it, but was attracted by the figures at the source of the "River of Eternal Darkness".

His eyes penetrated the gray fog and fell on those vague figures. These figures were looming, as if they were the afterimages of some kind of life, trapped in the tributary, unable to escape.

But this is not any different from the tributaries in the northern and southern parts of the continent - if we have to say it, it is the difference in appearance and race.

However, Star's gaze finally stopped at the source of the "Eternal Dark River". There, countless blurry figures had been swept to the center by the rising tide, sinking uncontrollably to the bottom of the river, melting like ice and frost.

Other parts, however, showed no fear at all, and remained in a state of wooden confusion, moving back and forth endlessly.

The most special thing is that Star saw many figures that were almost overlapping:

There was no confusion on their faces. They just sat on the river as if they were tired, and seemed to be waiting for something.

The strange thing is that they all look the same, the same as their past selves before they traveled through time!

As if they had sensed Star's gaze, countless "infinite" figures looked towards Star.

The next second, Star felt a chill in his body and came out of this state of observation.

Looking around, he met Bernadette's concerned look.

(End of this chapter)