Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 432 What's even more terrifying than a planet exploding is... Frank Lee!
"This plan is not as complicated as when I advanced to Sequence 4 last time. It doesn't require the help of so many gods. You are all that's needed."

Roger looked at Adam:
"You only need to do two things for me. The first is to send me into 'The Travels of Grossell,' which is currently within Jupiter's sphere of influence and has been captured by Jupiter's gravity. I will retrieve it while I'm at it."

"The second thing is that I will grant you access to my source material. This access is a one-time thing, and you will be able to access it through the same method as 'The Travels of Grossell'."

"The same permission applies to your imagined clone. You need to help me hypnotize that 'Old Servant' and suppress the 'voice of the heart' that may exist within Him, so that I can prevent the 'unending murmur' from releasing its influence through Him after I bring Him back to Earth."

"I will act tomorrow night. At that time, the inhabitants of the Northern Continent will fall into a deep sleep, and the power of the ocean in their collective unconscious will be enhanced. That roar will suppress the power of the 'Unending Whispers' to some extent, giving you a better chance to exert your abilities."

Adam listened to Roger's plan and nodded:
"Sure. It seems you've thought this through very deeply."

"I'm afraid of dying, but there's nothing I can do about it."

Roger smiled and replied.

Adam nodded slightly, stood up, and then slowly walked away.

Roger also fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up again, there was lightning and thunder and dark clouds outside the "Star Fleet".

He went to the first mate's office, found Philip, and explained his next plan.

As usual, Roger appointed Philip as the candidate captain, while Ophina King and Dionysius would assist him.

"Captain, isn't it a bit much to make arrangements like this every time you go on a dangerous mission?"

Philip sighed. He had made a similar arrangement when Roger was promoted to "Living Star Chart" before, and it was the same again this time.

"It wouldn't be good if I didn't make any arrangements."

Roger shook his head:

"Only when you are prepared that you may not be able to come back can you have room for maneuver. The more confident you are, the easier it is to make a mistake."

"It seems so."

Philip nodded:
"Similar beliefs exist in the navy, where everyone is required to write their will before going to sea for combat, as they believe this will ensure their safe return home."

Roger patted him on the shoulder and handed him a letter of appointment written in his own handwriting:

"This is my handwritten order. If I don't come back, you are to make it public."

"I have the potion recipes and materials for the next stage of promotion for all the officers of the 'Star Fleet' in my captain's cabin. I'm leaving them for you, just in case."

After saying that, Roger left Philip's office.

He then kept a very low profile and did not inform anyone of his impending departure. Only Bandit and Philip knew the details within the entire "Star Fleet".

Roger went to the restaurant on the "Star Lord" and ordered himself a seafood rice and a cup of Dipsy coffee. He ate quietly while reading the newspaper and refilled his coffee several times.

Finally, as the sun set, the astronomical twilight faded away, the torrential rain stopped, and the sky was filled with a vast sea of ​​stars.

Adam's figure appeared beside Roger, and at this moment, only Roger could see Him.

"Ready?"

"All right."

As soon as Roger finished speaking, he and Adam disappeared together.

The two traversed many bizarre and fantastical places, overcame indescribable obstacles, and finally arrived in a snowy landscape.

"Here we are."

Adam nodded slightly to Roger:

"You should be very familiar with this place."

"Yes, thank you."

Roger knew that this was one of the scenes in Grossell's Travels, and that Adam, the "Daydreamer," was the only being capable of crossing the barrier from the sea of ​​collective unconsciousness to bring himself here.

"Then, I'll go."

After Roger finished speaking, he immediately broke away from "The Travels of Grosser" and threw it into the "Primal Core" the moment he appeared in space.

In this way, Roger was completely freed from the protection of that book and appeared in the universe in physical form.

Because Roger had monitored the surrounding area in advance using "Mars Vision," he knew that the two Great Old Ones, "Superstar Ruler" and "Goddess of Fate," were not currently in the solar system and seemed to be doing something outside the Oort Cloud, while the "Ring of Destiny" and "Eternal Whisper," which posed a greater threat to him, remained in the solar system.

Besides, the "Mother Tree of Desire" was also nearby, but compared to its former self, the "Mother Tree of Desire" looked very bad, and Roger judged that it should not pose a threat to him for the time being.

Because of the cover provided by the "Primal Core" and the assistance of the "Chaotic Sea," even the Ancients of the Destiny Realm did not detect Roger's intentions and surveillance activities in advance, which created an opportunity for Roger's actions.

On the other hand, as a result of Roger's deliberate arrangement, the true forms of the "Ring of Fate" and the "Eternal Whisper" are currently surrounding Earth, still quite a distance from Jupiter.

The location where Roger appeared happened to be near a Sequence 2 angel named "Old Servant" from the "Unending Whispers" pathway and a Sequence 2 angel named "Shadow of Dimensions" from the "Higher Dimensional Overlooker" pathway.

The former has not yet entered the state of a mythical creature, but exists in a physical form. It is a humanoid creature that is completely black with black wings. It has no eyes on its face, only three mouths that are constantly wriggling and seem to be making some kind of sound.

The "Shadow of Dimensions" was in a three-dimensional state; it was a distorted entity, like a phantom, with a rotating eyeball. It detected Roger's presence the moment he appeared.

The "Shadow of Dimensions" rapidly flattened and began to split before disappearing.

However, Roger's "Darkness Annihilation" and "Insight" were able to detect His movements to some extent.

At this moment, the "Shadow of Dimensions" had transformed into a two-dimensional form and began a dimensional jump within the sunlight reflected off the planet, rushing towards Roger at an extremely fast speed!
On the other hand, the three mouths of the "Former Attendant" suddenly opened wide and began to emit silent shrieks.

The sound seemed to transcend distance and dimension, which is why Roger's figure was noticed by the "Ring of Destiny" and the "Unending Whispers" much faster than he had anticipated.

At this moment, the two-dimensional fragments of the "Shadow of Dimensions" had arrived beside Roger, striking his body like countless tiny blades!

Roger's figure instantly disintegrated, and even with the flesh magic of the "Black Knight," he was unable to restore his physical body.

Because this is not an ordinary physical attack, but a two-dimensional attack, all the damage occurs in a lower dimension, so these damages cannot be understood or repaired by three-dimensional creatures!
Blood and flesh drifted in space, but instead of being frozen by the low temperatures of the universe, they rapidly wriggled and deformed, evolving into complete human forms.

Soon, many figures appeared in outer space; some were flesh puppets, and some were people with Roger's face.

Some of them possess virtual personalities created by the "Dream Weaver," while others are merely manipulated by Roger's true self and do not possess any real personality.

Seeing this, "Shadow of Dimensions" changed its own dimension again and began to enter the four-dimensional realm.

He attempted to attack Roger's physical bodies from a fourth-dimensional perspective, using an additional dimension!
However, at that moment, He saw one of Roger's clones, who was carrying a silver-inlaid walnut cane, extend his hand and point it at Him.

The “Shadow of Dimensions” suddenly felt an extreme fear, but at that moment, it had already completed its transformation into a four-dimensional being.

The red sparks suddenly shone brighter, and the silver-inlaid walnut cane began to be enveloped in a mysterious aura, as if Roger's "secret" identity had been grafted onto him in his present state.

That was his inherent "high-dimensional" attribute as a transmigrator. Now, with the help of the "reconstruction" ability of the "mysterious servant" buried in the cane and contaminated by the "original core," this "high-dimensional" attribute was "grafted" onto Roger in the present.

And this "secret" is anchored to only one past identity, which is "Rosanne's brother"!
Using this higher-dimensional attribute, Roger's figure carrying the cane vanished instantly. As the red light of Mars suddenly reached its peak, an indescribable roar of pain emanated from the dimension of time.

That was a "dimensional reduction attack." Under the influence of the "Mars" sphere of influence, and with the influence of the symbol of "killing," the "Shadow of Dimensions" was instantly damaged to the point of near death!

This allowed Him to return to three-dimensionality, and at this moment, the "Ring of Destiny" and the "Unending Whispers" had also arrived in that vast area of ​​Roger.

These "Rogers" were expressionless. They simultaneously pulled out a "celestial" talisman and then detonated it at the same time.

A tremendous explosion rang out, but the "Ring of Destiny" and the "Unending Whispers" seemed to have been prepared all along.

The "Ring of Destiny" created a tributary of fate, which allowed it to avoid the harm of the "Celestial" spell. Meanwhile, the "Unending Whisper" used the "Voice of the Heart" to cover itself, thereby offsetting the effects of the "Celestial" spell.

In an instant, all of Roger's were killed, including Roger himself, who was carrying the "Mysterious Servant" cane.

However, the "Ring of Destiny" and the "Unending Whispers" did not obtain the "Source Matter" and Sequence 1 Extraordinary Properties they desired. Just then, the "High Dimensional Overlookers," who were hovering beside Earth in layers of dimensional phantoms further away, issued a prompt that only they could hear.

"The Unending Whispers" didn't react immediately, while "The Ring of Destiny" sensed the abnormal flow of the river of fate.

Roger's figure emerged from the spot where the "Old Waiter" had previously stood, but the "Old Waiter" had already vanished!
He smiled slightly, and as he tossed the "Mysterious Servant" scepter into the "Original Dynamic Core," he once again "grafted" his identity onto another secret.

That was the secret behind his death as a time traveler!

By the time the ancients and angels realized this, Roger had already turned into ashes of a higher dimension, and his life force had temporarily vanished into the cosmos.

……

After a while, Roger's figure quickly appeared in the "Original Motion Core". Although he was in a spirit form, he now had a physical form in the "Original Motion Core".

The "Old Servant" now stands on the stone platform with his three mouths tightly closed and his head bowed, while an avatar of "Daydreamer" Adam stands beside him, having completely hypnotized him.

Meanwhile, Grosser's Travels floats in the air, from which Adam emerged.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Roger nodded slightly to Adam's clone.

"I'll revive first, then I'll come back later."

As soon as Roger finished speaking, his body quickly disappeared into the "Original Dynamic Core".

On the bed in the captain's cabin of the "Star Lord," a body that looked exactly like Roger and was wearing a bow tie suddenly opened its eyes.

Bandit the tabby cat breathed a sigh of relief when it saw Roger open his eyes, but it still spoke cautiously:

Where did you find me?

"Tinggen City".

Roger laughed:

“I took you to the inn to take a bath, gave you milk, and even gave you the ‘Apprentice’ potion. You even went through the wall to the next room and ruined their plans.”

Hearing Roger say these words, Bandit finally realized that Roger had not been switched with something strange.

It came up and nuzzled Roger:

"Has the objective been achieved?"

"It's done."

Roger nodded, said "Wait a moment," and then closed his eyes again, entering the "Primal Core."

He approached the angel of "unending murmurs," took three large test tubes full of gray blood from it, and then nodded to Adam's alter ego.

Adam understood and directly destroyed the mental body of the "unceasing murmur" angel, killing it completely.

"I'd like to ask you to separate the extraordinary characteristics."

Roger began to speak.

"Ok."

Adam nodded, then asked with some doubt:
"What did you just do? You were much faster than I expected."

"Ah, this."

Roger chuckled to himself:

"It can't be explained in a few words. You go ahead and do your work. We'll talk about it later when we have time."

Adam did not ask any further questions. He nodded again and then left the world of Grosser's Travels with the angel who was "always talking".

Roger breathed a sigh of relief, looking with satisfaction at the test tube in his hand. At this moment, the four types of angel blood—"Celestial," "Destiny," "Secret," and "Voice"—had been perfectly collected. As long as he completed the ascension ceremony, he could become the "Astral Singer."

Earlier, when Adam asked him how he had done all this, it wasn't that Roger was unwilling to tell him, but because once a secret is known to an "audience" of Adam's caliber, it is no longer a "secret."

Roger's tactics this time are fundamentally different from the last. He uses the "Mysterious Servant" scepter and the authority over "secrets" to graft himself onto his past self, thereby achieving dimensional separation. The self who remains in the three-dimensional world, possessing the "Mysterious Servant" scepter, is merely a three-dimensional projection, not his true self.

Afterwards, by using the concealment of dimensions, he directly imprisoned the "Old Servant" in the "Original Motion Core". Then he "grafted" his identity onto the secret of his previous life's "death", and in this way killed himself, who was extremely difficult to kill, in a higher dimension, triggering the resurrection of the "Original Motion Core" and allowing himself to be reborn from the historical fog simulated by the "secret" authority.

Roger's entire scheme was only perceived by the "Higher Dimensional Overlooker," but by the time He relayed the information to the other two Great Old Ones, he had already killed himself.

The rest of the Great Old Ones fell for Roger's trick again. This was the second time since the "Living Star Chart" ascension ceremony, a trick that seemed to happen every now and then, each time with a different twist.

Sometimes Roger thought that if he were a "deceiving mentor" or a "Trojan Horse of Fate," this one time would have been enough to completely digest the potion, but unfortunately he wasn't.

Roger took a deep breath and stayed in the "Original Dynamic Core" for a while longer, but he didn't go to find Rosanne and Miqiu.

Only after he was sure he was not being tracked did he leave the "Original Core".

When Roger opened his eyes again, he immediately went to inform Philip, who was also relieved.

Just as Roger was about to say something more, he suddenly had a thought and rushed out the door.

Philip couldn't understand what was happening. He rushed to the deck with Roger, only to see the captain of the "Star Lord" looking solemnly at a fiery red planet in the sky.

The next second, an inexplicable light flashed across the sky, and the red star disintegrated.

This scene greatly shocked Roger, who felt his occult connection with Mars rapidly fading and disappearing in moments.

Mars was destroyed by some ancient being!

"It seems they have noticed the anomaly on Mars."

Roger's face was full of bitterness; in fact, this was something that could not be avoided.

However, not long afterward, the Earth's gravity began to show abnormalities.

Some celestial bodies began to shrink abnormally, the sky began to brighten slightly, and the surrounding temperature also changed slightly.

Abnormal fluctuations were also coming from the astral realm and the spirit realm. Roger's eyes narrowed, and the next second, he took out the "Trentost Brass Scepter".

"Historical projections are prohibited here!"

After saying this, Roger took out the "Mysterious Servant" cane again, preparing to "graft" his own death once more.

The next second, Adam and Amon appeared next to Roger at the same time.

"what are you up to?"

Adam frowned, and Roger could detect a rare urgency in his tone.

"I am preparing to commit suicide."

Roger looked up at his two allies.

"..."

Amon remained silent, as did Adam. However, after a moment, the latter suddenly realized what was happening and smiled slightly.
"Since you've made up your mind, then let's get started."

"it is good."

Roger began to "graft" the fact of his own death onto the past once again.

Abnormal vibrations began to appear in the skies all over the world. Thunder and darkness began to obscure the sky, and a faint blue scroll of civilization began to emerge on the horizon.

Those were great beings high above, but Roger sensed a certain shared emotion in them.

"anxious".

Just as Roger's "death" was about to be completed, the surrounding heat suddenly began to dissipate, and the light in the sky disappeared.

On the orbit that originally belonged to "Mars", a "brilliant angel" appeared at some unknown time.

This angel-level "Heavy One" used its own gravity to replace the gravity that originally belonged to Mars, which reversed and weakened the abnormal gravitational environment that had begun to malfunction in the solar system, causing Earth to slowly drift.

Upon witnessing this, Roger put down the "Mysterious Servant" scepter and stopped his suicide attempt.

The strange phenomena in the sky gradually disappeared, and the gods seemed to breathe a sigh of relief as they returned to their nests in the astral plane.

Roger smiled and looked at Adam and Amon:

“You see, when people act irrationally, we need to help them calm down. The same principle applies to the Great Old Ones.”

Following the retaliatory "explosion" of a certain ancient planet, Earth also began to experience gravitational anomalies and orbital shifts.

In this scenario, if all the gods on Earth were to intervene simultaneously to maintain stability, they could still hold out until the end of the world. However, this would severely damage the Earth's ecosystem, forcing them to employ other means to protect civilians and stabilize their "anchors," while the normal trajectory of civilization's development would come to a standstill.

This was extremely fatal for Roger, so he planned to use his suicide to detonate the remaining "Key to the Gate" contamination in his body, thereby triggering a large-scale disaster and completely contaminating all "Source Matter" and Sequence 1 Extraordinary Properties on Earth.

In that case, the Great Old Ones would also suffer, so under Roger's life-threatening threat, the angels of the "Superstar Overlord" could only temporarily "maintain stability." As long as your methods are brutal enough, even the Great Old Ones will have to prioritize the greater good.

"You really are a ruthless person."

Amon suddenly laughed and commented.

"This idea was borrowed from a novel from the old days."

Roger shrugged, and the image of the man with the same surname, Roger, popped into his mind.

Adam and Amon remained silent for a few seconds, and then their figures disappeared simultaneously.

"Captain, who was that just now?"

Philip asked, puzzled.

"Oh."

Roger looked at the first mate of the "Star Lord":

"An angel king is nothing more than an avatar."

Adam was in "psychological invisibility" just now, so Philip didn't notice him.

"what?"

Philip stared wide-eyed, but Roger made no attempt to explain. He turned and went back into the captain's cabin of the "Star Lord".

Roger did not sleep, but returned to the "Original Core".

As soon as he landed on the stone platform, he looked at the red bridge of light on the platform, which symbolized Mars.

This means that the mystical symbolism of Mars has not disappeared!

This relieved Roger, who quickly went to the "Rose Garden" and looked at Rosanne:
"what have you done?"

"what? What?"

Luo Shan was startled by Roger's sudden arrival, and Mi Qiu also tilted his head and looked at Roger.

Roger then realized he had spoken too abruptly. He looked up at the spiritual sky and then asked:
"Did you create a new celestial body?"

"Ah, you're talking about this."

Rosanne nodded, and she shifted the spiritual celestial perspective of the "Primal Celestial Core." Roger saw that the entire solar system had been simulated by Rosanne.

Although some details still need to be improved, Mars is clearly present, while the "Rose Garden" provides an Earth-centric perspective.

Roger could clearly feel the mystical connection between himself and the simulated "Mars," and his abilities such as "Astral Explosion" and "Astral Punishment" could still be used as usual.

"It seems that this is a high-level manifestation of the 'living star chart,' which can create real celestial bodies with genuine mystical significance within the 'primordial celestial core.'"

Roger realized this at that moment, and on the other hand, he also realized something even more important.

That is, if I advance to a higher sequence, the universe within this "Primal Core" might become more real!
"The Primordial Core... The Primordial Heaven, the origin of creation, the laws of stars?"

Roger suddenly remembered what Fabti, the "Dark Side of the Universe," had said, and it dawned on him.

At the same time, he also gained a vague new understanding of the symbolism of the "Star of Judgment," as if he had grasped some key point, but it was still somewhat unclear.

After confirming some details with Rosie, Roger praised her for continuing to create universes. The siblings then had a late-night snack together before Roger returned to reality.

The "Rat of De La Hoya" and "Shining" had appeared at the same time, while the demigod cat, Bandit, cowered in a corner, hissing at the rat and the yellow parrot.

"You too, two enemies came at once, and you're acting like such a coward."

Roger chuckled and teased Bandit, then added:
What's going on between you two?

"your letter."

The Rat of De La Hoya conjured up three letters at once, and Glitter also pulled out a letter.

These letters came from Sam, Cecilia, and Klein, while Gilgamesh's letter naturally came from Luna.

Roger knew the purpose of their letter without even opening it.

It was simply because of that unusual celestial phenomenon just now.

To Roger's surprise, the "astrologer" Cattleya, the "hermit," had no related questions, which gave him a bad feeling.

He came up with an explanation and told it to "The Rat of De La Hoya" and Flashy, asking them to relay it in turn.

Just when Roger thought he could finally rest after the two messengers left, he suddenly received a message from Mr. Fool.

"What are you doing?"

Roger was stunned for a moment, but after receiving the information, he finally understood where his ominous premonition came from.

That was a message from the "Hermit," her language very brief. She simply sent Roger coordinates for the South Sudan Sea, and then, besides "Mr. 'Wheel of Fortune,'" only two words:
"Come quickly."

"Uh……"

Roger suddenly felt a sense of dread rising in his heart.

He had previously jokingly promised the "Hermit" lady that she could contact him if she needed biohazard prevention services during a "Tarot Meeting".

However, when the "Hermit" actually contacted him, Roger was a little reluctant to go.

However, after careful consideration, and considering that the "Hermit" lady seemed to be in a very urgent tone, Roger finally decided to go.

Roger was shocked as soon as he emerged from the "spirit world" and saw the scene before him!
Before him were many enormous mushrooms, some of which were slowly pulling—no, spitting out—some kind of red flesh, while others were constantly spewing out blue flames.

The flames were extremely hot; they ignited the mast and many wooden crates, while the "Hermit" Cattleya hid in terror behind the cabin entrance.

She had previously thought that what was more terrifying than "backyard fire" was Frank's mushrooms growing all over his ship.

But she never imagined that it was the mushrooms that had covered the entire ship that caused the fire in her backyard.

That wasn't all. Roger could see with his naked eye that the mushrooms were growing rapidly, sprouting up from all around the ship like mushrooms after rain, and soon polluting a large part of the ocean.

Roger felt a chill run down his spine, and then he saw Frank Lee.

The "mad mushroom expert" stood on the lookout tower, looking completely deranged, and shouted to Cattleya, who was not far away:

"I did it! I did it!"

"Captain, look! I've succeeded!"

Caldelia was terrified, and Roger was equally shocked.

He appeared in front of Frank in an instant and slapped him across the face, trying to bring him to his senses:
"What have you mastered?"

Frank looked at Roger. Although he didn't recognize him, he figured he must be one of the friends the captain had invited to admire his masterpiece.

This excited him so much that he completely ignored the fact that Roger had slapped him.

"The Stone of Life, the Stone of Life!"

Frank Lee's gaze grew even more fervent:
"This is a necessary condition for becoming an 'Ancient Alchemist,' a crystallization of life force that can promote biological growth!"
"Look at this mushroom, it can produce meat, and it can breathe fire!"
"With these two kinds of mushrooms, the inhabitants of the 'Forsaken Land' will be able to eat roasted meat, and they will never have to fear the dark again!"

"It's a pity that Gehrman isn't here to witness this miracle of life..."

Roger's lips twitched violently, but before he could do anything, Frank Lee pulled out a bottle of potion and swallowed it directly.

The potion looked like a clear liquid, the very source of life, tinged with a dreamy pale red.

Roger immediately realized that it was an "Ancient Alchemist" potion!
"It's over."

Roger's heart skipped a beat. The next second, the mushrooms began to expand further, and some even gradually grew eyes and mouths, showing the initial signs of "life alchemy"!

The next second, two mushrooms opened their mouths and spoke in a sweet voice to Frank, who was meditating with his eyes closed:

"Mother."

"..."

Roger remained silent, and the next second, "Demon Slayer" appeared in his hand.

Cattleya also stood up. Her rationality overcame her fear. She raised her hands, and a ray of light, like the sun, appeared above the deck of the "Future".

This is a new magic that Cattleya developed after reading occult knowledge in the Midnight City library. This magic is related to the concept of the "sun" and can reproduce the sun's glory to a certain extent.

As the sun's rays burst forth and began to scorch the mushrooms, Roger fully unleashed "Demon Slayer," charged into the mushroom swarm, and began a reckless slaughter.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Let the world be restored to peace!"

Roger recklessly wielded the "Demon Slayer," desperately slicing the malevolent mushrooms into pieces.

At this moment, he felt that the scene before him was even more terrifying than when Mars was blown up.

At the same time, a "Dream Weaver" clone appeared, holding both the "Mysterious Servant" cane and the "Trensost's Brass Scepter" in its hands.

"Mushrooms are prohibited from growing here!"

With the ban in place, the growth of those mushrooms came to an abrupt halt.

The "Dream Weaver" clone was covered in numerous wounds that could not heal, while the "Mysterious Servant" staff activated, precisely linking the terrifying mushrooms with the horrifying concept of the "Psychological Abyss."

The next second, Roger used this connection to throw all the mushrooms into the Boötes Hollow.

Roger initially wanted to "recreate" the "Abyss" and throw the mushrooms into it to disgust the "Mother Tree of Desire," but considering that this might also kill Fabuti, he ultimately abandoned the idea.

Otherwise, the "Abyss" might not become an abyss, but rather a "Mushroom Paradise," where mushrooms grow happily, and many little devils who have been poisoned by eating mushrooms hold hands and dance in praise around Frank's statue.

Just thinking about that scene sends chills down my spine.

Fortunately, all the mushrooms were successfully eliminated, which relieved Roger and Cattleya.

Frank finally completed the promotion ceremony. He stood up and saw that his mushrooms had all disappeared. A look of disappointment and grievance appeared on his face.

"Captain, I..."

He turned to look in Cattleya's direction, only to find that Cattleya's indifferent purple eyes had somehow filled his entire field of vision.

"boom!"

At this moment, Cattleya didn't even care about extinguishing the fire on the deck and mast. She grabbed Frank, who had just been promoted to "Ancient Alchemist," by the neck and shoved him into the sea.

"Glug glug, Captain, I...I..."

Cattleya gave him no chance to speak, and with a furious expression, she repeatedly pushed Frank's head into the water to "wash his brain."

"I was only gone for two months, and you hooked up with Gehrman!"
"I'll let you refine the 'Stone of Life'!"

"%&%*……&（&**（）））……"

Roger glanced at Frank, who was on the verge of death, with disdain and no sympathy, sighed, and then turned to organize the sailors on deck who had finally regained their composure to put out the fire.

Two hours later, the deck finally returned to calm. The ship's sail commander was organizing his men to repair the mast that had been burned, while Roger stood with Cattleya, looking at Frank Lee, who was beaten unconscious.

After a long while, Cattleya sighed:
"I really don't know what to do now."

"What do you mean you don't know what to do? That's a good thing."

Roger raised an eyebrow, grinning as if he were enjoying the spectacle, and said:

"Congratulations to the 'Queen of Stars' on the addition of a new demigod to her team, greatly increasing her strength!"

Cattleya's lips twitched, but before she could say anything, Frank Lee, who had become the "Ancient Alchemist," coughed a few times and woke up again.

"Captain, where am I? Where are my mushrooms?"

These were his first words after he woke up.

"..."

Roger immediately lost his joking mood and looked at Frank Lee with a serious expression once again.

Suddenly, Roger had a brilliant idea.

"Could you develop mushrooms that can remediate contaminated land?"

"Contaminated land?"

Frank was stunned:

"Is it chemical pollution or mystical pollution?"

“Mysticism is a corruption of a Sequence 2 angel.”

Roger thought about it again:

"If you need samples of that contaminated soil, I can find some for you to take a look at."

The Hermit, Cattleya, immediately changed her expression.

She originally thought Roger was a much more serious person than Germain Sparrow, but she never expected that the two were actually on the same page.

Seemingly sensing Cattleya's emotions, Roger turned to look at her:

"Don't worry, that's something that happens on another planet."

After saying this, Cattleya relaxed a little, while Frank Lee became excited upon hearing that his mushroom might one day reach space:

"What is your name, sir, with your discerning eye?"

“You can call me John West.”

Roger smiled.

"John West...you are the 'King of the Galaxy'?"

Frank Lee quickly realized what was happening, and his face lit up with joy.

A pirate king recognized his invention!

"Ahem, yes."

Roger coughed twice, then said:

“I can sponsor your research, but I have specific requirements regarding the mushroom’s ‘technical parameters’.”

"They must grow quickly and be able to neutralize pollution, but without damaging the land and geological structure."

"After a period of time without being exposed to the corresponding type of pollution, they must exhibit the characteristics of natural decay and death."

"In addition, you must provide me with a formula for a potion that can effectively kill this mushroom. The ingredients for the potion must be inexpensive and mass-producible."

“If you can’t do these things, I can’t work with you.”

Frank Lee frowned before speaking:

“I can try, but I need you to bring me a sample of that contaminated soil.”

"it is good."

Roger nodded in agreement.

He commissioned Frank because he wanted to see if the latter could find a way to neutralize the lands on Butak that had been contaminated by the angels of the "Decaying King".

If possible, Roger could make the "Blue-skinned" civilization even stronger and could try to extract oil on the continent where they originally lived.

Judging from the patterns of ancient Earth civilizations, if oil can be extracted from one continent, it is highly likely that it can be extracted from other continents as well!

(End of this chapter)