Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 251 The Legend of the Raging Sea (Thanks to the roadside dumd beast for the Qidian Coins donation)
Roger nodded slightly upon hearing Alger's words:

"Of course, I'd love to."

Upon hearing this, Alger, the "Hanged Man," continued:

“Okay. I heard about this from a pirate I was chatting with. Since you mentioned the meteorite before, I’ve been paying attention to it.”

He said that more than 300 years ago, a rare meteor shower occurred on the raging sea, and not only that, it was also extremely large in scale.

"This was a very unusual scene, so many residents on both Midway Island and Delineus Island have documented it."

"At that time, a very large fireball did not burn up completely, but instead flew across the sky and eventually struck the already turbulent surface of the raging sea, causing huge waves comparable to a tsunami, which swallowed up many coastal villages."

"Because the incident was so big, many of the indigenous people at the time believed it was divine punishment brought about by the wrath of the 'sea god.' They then held sacrifices for about three years, which resulted in a great deal of folk records about the event."

"After learning about this, I immediately contacted my colleague stationed on Tirenius and asked him to help me look up the local history."

"Sure enough, he saw that in 1027 of the Fifth Age, a tribe located on the island of Zhongcheng in the raging sea had a detailed record of this event, which corroborated the event from multiple perspectives."

Mr. Hanged Man recounted the story in detail.

Roger listened for a moment and pondered:

"According to you, this matter is not recorded very clearly? Why do you say that there are still many unclear points, to the point that the opinion of Mr. 'Fool' is needed?"

Alger, the "Hanged Man," smiled:
"The problems mainly focus on two aspects."

"The first point is that the fireball incident was actually my speculation, not an original record."

"What are the original records?" Roger asked, somewhat curiously, "The Wheel of Fortune."

"'The wrath of the gods,' 'the blazing flames from the sky,' 'the divine punishment that shook the sea'... these are all descriptions like these, full of primitive charm."

“Those people didn’t have a precise concept of meteorites and meteors. Instead, they generally worshipped ‘sea god’ Kavituwa, an evil god worshipped by many natives around the Rothschild Islands, so they simply understood it as the wrath of the gods.”

Alger, the "Hanged Man," chuckled and shrugged at this point.

"Of course, I can now reasonably suspect that Kavituwa is a high-ranking figure of the 'Sailor' pathway or a remnant of its extraordinary characteristics. The 'Sailor' pathway clearly does not possess authority related to fire, so it is more accurate to say that it is Kavituwa's enemy rather than its wrath."

His words carried a hint of a joke; at some point, everyone in Mr. Fool's temple had become able to talk about evil gods with almost no inhibitions.

Kavitova...

Roger thought to himself.

It was an unimaginably huge, cyan-blue sea serpent that had apparently devoured a high-ranking ancient elf and gained the power of the "Sailor" pathway Sequence 3 "Sea King," which then became part of the traditional faith of the native inhabitants of Roside Island.

At this level, it can respond to the prayers of believers, and thus the sea serpent became known as the "sea god".

Even though this power is still far from that of the true "King of the Sea," Leodorus, it does not prevent it from causing great shock to the natives of the Rosed Islands with its own power.

Therefore, it is only natural for these indigenous people to interpret the tsunami caused by the fireball as the wrath of the "sea god" Kavituwa.

"And the second aspect?"

He then looked at Alger, the "Hanged Man," and continued to press for answers.

"The second aspect is that the landing coordinates of that fireball are very unclear."

Alger sighed:
"According to the records of Tilynia, the meteorite fell in the southwest, while the legend of Midway Island says it fell in the southeast."

"Given the relative positions of these two islands, such a description is too vague and could easily be mistaken for the area near Berensport on the southern continent."

"If that's the case, I wouldn't rule out the possibility that you'll have to make a trip to the Southern Continent to find concrete clues."

That's it...

Roger was somewhat disappointed upon hearing this, but at least it was a clue.

On the other hand, there are still two doubts about what Alger, the "Hanged Man," said about this matter.

The first point is the size of this fireball.

The fact that it could trigger a tsunami indicates that this meteorite was extremely large, definitely not a small fireball in the ordinary sense, and could very well have a diameter of tens or even hundreds of meters.

If it's something that big, it shouldn't be too difficult to find, but considering that we have to pass through the raging sea, it will definitely be very troublesome.

Secondly, Roger couldn't be sure whether the meteorite came from the interstellar space he needed.

This has always been a concern for Roger. He has already obtained a meteorite from Earth's local interstellar space from Hernandez. If he goes to great lengths to reach the Southern Continent, only to find out that the fireball also came from the same region, it would be a huge loss.

Therefore, in conclusion, Roger decided to put this matter on hold for now and place his hopes on the vampire baron introduced by "Moon" Emlyn and the meteorite that "Sun" Derrick Berg was trying to exchange for.

Thinking of this, Roger turned to the little "sun" and asked with a smile:
"Mr. 'Sun,' how's your progress? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"The Sun" Derrick paused upon hearing this, then said somewhat embarrassedly:

“Mr. ‘Wheel of Fortune’, to be honest, there really is a troublesome matter.”

"But it doesn't matter."

Roger, the "Wheel of Fortune," crossed his arms and leaned forward, looking focused and serious.

"A lucrative bounty has recently been issued in Silver City, requiring the handling of a monster in a mountain range that has posed a significant threat to two experienced combat squads."

"Those monsters have one characteristic: they can use the darkness to become invisible and can emit mentally devastating sounds to launch sneak attacks on humans and other creatures."

"If I can join this expedition and eliminate a sufficient number of these monsters, I will be able to accumulate enough points to exchange for meteorites in one go."

“But this mission is extremely dangerous… so I’d like to ask if you have any suggestions? Of course, even if I don’t participate in this mission, I should still be able to deliver the meteorite within the previously agreed timeframe.” Roger nodded slightly after hearing “The Sun” finish speaking.

"The invisibility ability of the monster you mentioned is somewhat similar to the 'Hermit' pathway Sequence 7, 'Hermit'."

"As we said before, this is the pathway of the 'True Creator,' so these monsters may be able to 'hear' His murmurs and thus gain more bizarre powers than ordinary 'hermits.'"

What he didn't explicitly say was that because the sanctuary of the "True Creator" was located in the Forsaken Land, the "Listening" effect gained by those monsters should be significantly stronger than that of the "Mystic Prayer" extraordinary individuals on the Northern Continent, both in terms of distance and range of influence.

Even Roger suspected that those monsters were not monsters at all, but rather "Mystic Humans" who had gone out of control due to the "True Creator's" manic mental state after he went mad!
"'The True Creator'? You mean those monsters are the 'True Creator's' minions?"

"The Sun" Derrick hadn't expected this and asked.

Although he already knew about the abilities of the "Secret Prayer" pathway, this explanation was a completely new perspective.

It's just unknown whether the "Six-Person Council" of Silver City knows about this.

"This should be."

Roger nodded.

After a few seconds, he said again:
"How about this, I can lend you an extraordinary item, but you must return it to me promptly after you're done using it."

"What extraordinary item?"

"The Sun" Derrick perked up, sat up straight, and asked.

Like the other members of the "Tarot Club," he already knew that Roger was a saint whose strength was on par with, or even surpassed, that of Colin, the chief of Silver City, and that the extraordinary items a saint could provide would certainly not be ordinary.

"It is a finger cot. Once you put it on and infuse it with your spirit, you will gain a special perspective and be able to see the 'spiritual threads' that all sentient beings possess. This will allow you to discover invisible and hidden creatures even in places lacking light."

"Of course, within a five-meter radius, given enough time, you can also directly take over and manipulate the creature's 'spiritual threads,' transforming it into a puppet that you can control, or as we usually call it, a secret puppet."

"Once the Mysticization is complete, the Mystic can be considered dead, completely reduced to your weapon or tool."

"This item is called the 'Veil Finger Gloves'. It can control up to two puppets at the same time. It takes about 5 to 10 seconds to achieve initial control over the target, that is, to make its mind and body start to become uncontrollable. The transformation time of the puppets is about 3 minutes."

"Once the transformation is complete, you can control this puppet at will within a range of up to 100 meters, making it do whatever you want, and at the same time, you can use its extraordinary abilities."

"The sealing condition for the 'Veil Finger' is that it cannot be kept close to the body for a long time, otherwise it will uncontrollably turn the owner into a puppet. Therefore, you need to prepare a piece of equipment that can contain it, preferably a container with a misalignment between the internal and external spaces, or a container with an isolation effect at the mystical level."

Everyone present was somewhat shocked by what Mr. "Wheel of Fortune" said.

How terrifying is it to be able to turn others into your own puppets and even control their minds, stripping them of their self-control without their knowledge?

In fact, this reminded Alger the Hanged Man of a sealed artifact, 2-077, "The Unclaimed Snuff Bottle," which was possessed by the Church of the Lord of Storms and sealed in the "Wave Church" in Bayam.

It was a small snuff bottle that constantly emitted smoke that was invisible to the naked eye. The holder could temporarily gain a doppelganger-like ability by smelling the smoke emanating from the snuff bottle.

However, once the sniffing is repeated more than three times, the sniff will gradually begin to enslave its owner, slowly mystify it, and eventually become the "master" of its "master".

It is precisely because of this characteristic that no one can possess it for long. Even the punishers of the Church of the Lord of Storms must adopt a strict record-keeping and reporting system when using it. Each person can only use this extraordinary item twice in their lifetime, and after that, they are absolutely prohibited from having any form of contact with 2-077.

This extraordinary item was first discovered on a sea route west of the Gargas Islands, and to this day, the Church of the Lord of Storms does not know who its original owner was.

But if Roger knew about this, he would definitely be able to answer his question. It is highly likely that he was a "Faceless Man" who was seeking to advance to the level of "Master of Puppets". However, for some reason, he was killed or lost control during the advancement process. His extraordinary characteristics then attached themselves to a snuff bottle he carried with him and transformed it into a sealing artifact.

"The Fool" Klein was also somewhat surprised, because he was all too familiar with what Roger was saying.

This is an extraordinary item corresponding to Sequence 5 of the "Diviner" pathway, "Master of the Puppet"!

He had previously obtained the same thing from Rosago, and later used it to find the "vengeful spirits" that were hunting Sharon and Marich, and to win the battle against the Rose School.

Even the current "World" of the "Tarot Club" is a puppet created by him using the special power of "gray fog".

What truly surprised Klein was that Roger had managed to obtain both the "Crimson Scholar's" potion recipe and a Sequence 5 sealed artifact in less than a month at sea.

If Klein hadn't known that Roger had previously slaughtered a ship full of pirates, he would have even thought that Roger was involved in some kind of sealed artifact trade.

"Thank you very much, Mr. 'Wheel of Fortune'. I will return the item on time after I have finished using it."

After a brief moment of surprise, "The Sun" Derrick finally didn't hold back.

Then, Mr. "Wheel of Fortune" said something that made everyone present feel annoyed:

"In addition, I have some extraordinary properties and magical items that I want to sell."

"Some?"

As Mr. World spoke, Klein had a bad feeling and his scalp tingled.

"I misspoke, I'm sorry."

Mr. Wheel of Fortune smiled slightly, then corrected him:
"It's a bunch."

"One, a bunch?"

At this point, Alger was also somewhat speechless. He paused, then asked:
Approximately how many are there?

"This."

Roger considered for a moment before answering:
"We have items from Sequence 9 to Sequence 7, so there are probably close to 40 items in total..."

"hiss."

In an instant, all the members of the "Tarot Club" gasped!
(End of this chapter)