Ring of Fate

Chapter 700: Explanation by Ms. “Magician”
Looking at the strange soil, Lumian suddenly recalled the scene when "Hela" took water from the "Samaritan Woman's Fountain".

He pondered for a while, took out gold bars, gold coins and other things from the "traveler's bag", and ignited a bright white fireball in his palm.

As the flames rose, the gold bars and gold coins gradually melted, and driven by spirituality, formed a small golden box.

Then, Lumian used flames as a knife to give the golden box a lid.

After doing this, when the temperature dropped and the gold became stable again, Lumian used the straight sword as a shovel to move all the palm-sized strange soil into the box and closed the lid.

After putting away the golden box, Lumian glanced at the straight sword in his hand and found that it was rusted and rotten.

Lumian was not surprised but delighted, and whispered to himself:

"That soil is indeed magical..."

This can be considered as one of the gains of his "Dream Festival".

After not taking the extraordinary characteristics of Reasa and Meslo, and the man and woman who worked for the devil mysteriously disappeared, Lumian finally got something.

He continued to search the area for a while, but found no other traces, so he had to "teleport" back to the second floor of the Briu Hotel.

At this time, the smoke and dust brought by the meteorite had dissipated a lot, and the light of the red moon brought a bit of coolness to the town of Tizamo.

Lumian took a quick look and saw a piece of letter paper folded into a square on the desk in the master bedroom, with a thin piece of metal that looked like it was made of brass pressed on it.

"Ms. 'Magician' replied very quickly tonight..." Lumian picked up the copper plate and looked over and over at the mysterious patterns and text-like designs on it, but he couldn't tell what they meant or what their function was, and he couldn't even feel the corresponding spiritual glow.

Shaking his head, Lumian temporarily put down the brass sheet, and gently grasped it with his right hand, creating a suspended white fireball.

In the light of the fireball, he sat down, unfolded the reply from Ms. Magician, and read it carefully:
“There is no doubt that, judging from the current situation, the body in the dream tomb is Napoleon’s.

“And Napolidisli can most likely be determined to be the pseudonym of the Demon King Fabti, or his real name that plays a certain role in certain situations.

"Isn't it strange that Napolidisli, as a demon king and one of the eight ancient gods who once ruled the world, could grant the extraordinary power of the 'Prisoner' path?
“This kind of abnormal thing is too normal for the ancient gods.

"They were not promoted through the path of God, but were directly born for certain reasons. They have mixed characteristics and have Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics from other paths, or even more than one. If you refer to the situation of the 'Devil Wizard' Bulman, you can know how crazy and violent the ancient gods are.

“There are significant differences between the ancient gods and the true gods that came later, but this does not mean that they are weaker, they may even be more powerful.

"Although Fabuti is a demon king, he has combined the Sequence 1 'Divine Evil' of the adjacent path, so his status is actually one of the best two or three among the eight ancient gods. He is also the only ancient god who is currently alive in his original form.

"In fact, if Fabuti had gathered all the materials of the Demonic Path as a Sequence 1 'Divine Evil' and completed the deification ceremony to ascend, he would be equivalent to the current true god, a more powerful true god, rather than an ancient god known for words such as madness, cruelty, violence, and bloodthirstiness.

“Of course, as a demon king, even if he does that, he will inevitably show the characteristics of ‘I am the abyss’ and ‘the abyss is me’. He will be strongly affected by this path, and you should know very well what the demon is like. Therefore, Fabuti is also one of the two or three craziest among the ancient gods, which does not contradict his better condition.

“That’s all I have to say about the knowledge of the ancient gods. This is not the main purpose of my writing this letter.

"In short, the person in the tomb in the dream is indeed Napolidisli, another Napolidisli existing in the state of 'divine evil'."

So... the ancient gods have other adjacent or non-adjacent extraordinary characteristics, and Napolidisli has previously demonstrated the ability to make different desires and emotions independent of each other... Lumian no longer has any doubts about the fact that Napolidisli's cold corpse can bestow the power of "Wrathful Soul".

He thought for a while and reread the letter from Ms. Magician:

“You mentioned that Napolidisli took the initiative to lie back in the dream tomb and continued to remain dead. This was a very normal choice for Him.

“Besides, I also want to say, it’s a good death. Keep dying like this until after the end of the world!
"You don't need to know the specific reasons. To put it simply, you can see that Napolidisli, also known as the Demon King Fabuti, is in a very bad state. As a 'divine evil', it is more appropriate for Him to die than to live. This is true for Him and for the world.

"Of course, this cannot be a simple death. He chose a good place to die, which can allow His body to enjoy peace and tranquility without being disturbed by the 'Mother Tree of Desire'.

“Now you should understand. The one who wrote the story and created the coincidences allowed you to meet Napolidisli in Feynaporte Kingdom, and then went to Hant Island and the New Silver City. This was to bring information to Napolidisli in the Dream Tomb, so that He could continue to sleep and remain as a corpse, and not think about resurrection. At the same time, this also prevented different forces from trying to obtain the Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics.

“Tsk, he is indeed a survivor of the ancient times, the protagonist who personally ended the rule of the ancient gods. The secrets he knows and the key matters he has mastered may be more than all of us combined.

"Except for Him and the 'Goddess of Night' who controls the secrets, who would know about the 'Dream Festival', a mystical festival that one would forget once they wake up? Who would have thought that the corpse was part of the Demon King?

"The digestion of the Reaper potion, the acquisition of the golden mask, and the formation of the eroded soil should be the reward He 'promised'.

"Remember to give me that piece of eroded soil. It is of no use to you, but I can help you get something in exchange, or maybe an opportunity. What exactly it is, I haven't seen yet.

“With that golden mask, you can go into the underworld with confidence when you have the chance. Otherwise, a living person cannot stay in the underworld for even a second.

"Those golden masks came from the fallen 'God of Death', the ancestor of the Eggers family. They were originally made to help the direct descendants of the 'God of Death' enter and exit the underworld, the kingdom of the 'God of Death'.

“Their functions are, first, to protect the wearer from the erosion of death, and second, to transform the wearer into an undead creature. The body no longer has any vital points, but the spirit and consciousness can remain in the state of being alive.

"Do you understand why the corpse of Napolidisli wears the mask of the God of Death? If it didn't wear it, it would be completely dead in the Dream Tomb, with no possibility of resurrection.

“Similarly, knowing the function of the golden mask and the state of the corpse, you should understand why Hisoka wore the golden mask. It can make the corpse in its instinctive state mistake Hisoka for a fellow and not affect him. It can also protect Hisoka from the erosion of the death aura in the tomb.

"The first 'Epiphany to God' phantom can activate the spirit of the corpse that is sleeping under the protection of the golden mask, but it does not awaken His consciousness. In this state, 'Siso' can use the similarities between himself and the corpse to make the corpse mistake him for its own spirit and accept his leadership. Doesn't this style sound familiar? That Tianzun is indeed the strongest god who finds mistakes and exploits loopholes.

"By the time the second 'Transformed into God' phantom entered the Dream Tomb, the consciousness of the corpse had been initially awakened. Even if 'Siso' was still alive, he would not be able to complete his grand plan.

"The whole thing is roughly like this. The 'Spiritual Cult' wants the ancient tomb itself and the golden mask that has been corroded for thousands of years in the tomb. The Grand Duke of the North family, who is also the collaborator of the 'Rose School', wants to take the body of Boridisli, and the 'Temperance Cult' hopes to get back the heart of the messenger lady. Their goals are actually different, but they are fighting to the death. I have to say, this is really humorous and ironic.

"Of course, this is mainly because they can't trust each other, and there is indeed a possibility of a winner-takes-all situation. Does Miss Messenger want to eat Napolidisli's 'evil' body? Of course she does!"

Miss Messenger... the lady who bought Ludwig's heart with the lucky coin? Why is she called Miss Messenger? She can't be someone's messenger, right? She is an angel! Uh... Mr. Fool's messenger? So there is a lucky coin that is closely related to Mr. Fool... Lumian's thoughts were clear and he soon came up with a guess.

He continued reading the rest of the letter:

“I forgot to tell you that there are some problems with wearing that golden mask.

“As you can imagine, after you become an undead creature and have no physical weaknesses, the purification of sunlight and lightning will be fatal to you. Moreover, if a living person wears that golden mask for too long, he will truly become a dead person. At that time, once the mask is taken off, his spirit and consciousness will lose protection and he will die directly.

"Let me think about what else I haven't said...

"Well, you mentioned that after the Underworld Man and the corpse of Napolidisli looked at Ivelista Eggers, they didn't do anything to him, which gave me some guesses.

"The one who helped bury the corpse of Napolidisli and built the dream tomb was most likely the ancestor of the Eggers family, the fallen 'God of Death'.

"After he went mad, he might have come into contact with the underworld people who guarded the river and the afterimage of the Blood Emperor. And for some reason, he agreed to Napolidisli's request for help and let his corpse, the evil god, sleep in a special dream.

“So, whether it’s the Underworld Man or the corpse of Napoleon Disri, even if only instinct remains, they will treat the bloodline of the Eggers family specially.”

(End of this chapter)