Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 381 380 The Blasphemy Card
After the Tarot reading session and group meeting concluded, Mr. "Mistake" finally looked at the bottom of the bronze table.

Like Mr. Mistake, Mr. Magician did not disappear.

As a remnant of reason and spirituality belonging to "The Gate," even after being retrieved from the sealed land, He was unable to leave the Source Castle and enter the real world.

It's not that He can't, but that the thing itself is impossible.

The escape of a portion of reason and spirituality will also lead to the premature completion of the "Door" ritual. Even though its uniqueness and extraordinary characteristics remain sealed, as long as the godhood ritual is triggered, Mr. "Door," who is controlled by the Fallen Mother Goddess, will soon break free from his current situation and truly descend into the real world.

This is not the reason why Tang painstakingly fought with the Fallen Mother Goddess to pull Mr. "Door" out.

How is Rosell's condition?

After resting in the Source Castle for a while, Mr. Magician has roughly sorted out his memories and connected the dots. With the help of Mr. Error, he has filled in the missing parts and regained a lot of his sanity. He seems to be in pretty good condition.

Tang, having transitioned from an unobservable to an observable state, leaned back in his high-backed chair, his tone slightly languid:
"It's alright, it's in a normal, stable state. It can run, jump, swear, and even play games. Under the current circumstances, this meets our expectations, but not the expectations of the Fallen Mother Goddess. It can be considered a result that both sides are 'satisfied'."

Even if it's troublesome, things that can annoy the Fallen Mother Goddess must be done, right?
His eldest son always treated both the original God and the fallen Mother Goddess with disdain.

Well, I guess this is just "Lord of Mysteries" playing himself...

“It looks pretty good.” Mr. Magician pondered for a moment before speaking, “However, there’s one thing I still don’t quite understand.”

He slowly said, “To deal with that one, Roselle alone and the resources you have are probably not enough. He is the pillar. Even though some of his power has been affected and separated, he is still one of the most powerful Outer Gods in existence and will not be easily deceived.”

Even if the power of "mistakes" is added, as long as it's not...

As the Earth's extraordinary being closest to that being, Mr. "Magician" was well aware of that being's terrifying nature.

The treatment that Russell Gustav, Mr. "Door," and the "Eternal Mother" of the Western Continent gave them may not have been able to deceive the Fallen Mother Goddess.

"As long as it's not a symbol at the pillar level like the Lord of Mysteries, then the Fallen Mother Goddess, the oldest and greatest deity, has a very high chance of making our plans utterly ineffective, right?"

Tang added, "Therefore, the birth of the Lord of Mysteries is inevitable, both for the Western Continent and for us. A Lord of Mysteries must emerge before the end of the world."

The symbolism of the pillar level of the Lord of Mysteries also occupies a rather important position in his plan.

“Yes,” said Mr. Magician. “I’m not emphasizing the importance of this matter, but… whoever becomes the Lord of Mysteries will inevitably be influenced by the will of the Celestial Venerable.”

While struggling with the corrupted personality of the Fallen Mother Goddess, Mr. Magician collaborated with the Celestial Consciousness contained within his unique and extraordinary nature. He was well aware of the Fallen Mother Goddess's terror, and equally aware of the terror of the Celestial Venerable of Blessing and Profound Yellow.

Both of these are irresistible forces. Over thousands of years of erosion, whoever ascends to that position will inevitably have to fight against the Celestial Venerable.

So, if Don Eggers' plan proceeds as planned, the newly emerged Lord of Mysteries will definitely not be in a condition good enough to directly deceive a pillar.

He was very worried about how many changes might occur.

“I know what you’re worried about… Consider the reason why Klein became the Lord of Mysteries a little surprise, Mr. Abraham. You’ll find out soon enough.”

"...Then I'll wait and see?" Mr. Magician hesitated for a moment, blinked, and seeing Tang's "you believe me" expression, leaned back in his high-backed chair and his tone also softened and relaxed:

"If that's the case, then you truly deserve to be called the greatest magician."

"You flatter me, but I do hope it will be a magic show that satisfies all the audience members."

Tang smiled, his tone becoming more relaxed, "If Mr. Abraham wishes to travel to the real world, I can offer some assistance."

Mr. Magician was surprised for a moment, but as the most experienced traveler, he quickly understood what Tang meant.

"Mental wandering?"

“Yes,” Tang said. “I can transfer a portion of the spiritual threads of the puppets I control to you through the authority of ‘Mistake’ and ‘Fool’. With the power of the Mysterious Servant level, you will control my puppets as if you were walking on the earth yourself.”

“This won’t trigger the ‘Gate’s’ ascension ritual, because, in essence, I am the master of the puppet.” He shrugged. “And I do not meet the conditions to become the ‘Gate’.”

He possesses neither extraordinary qualities nor uniqueness; aside from the history of the "Fool's" deification ritual, he cannot imagine himself suddenly transforming into the "Door."

Ah, the authority of "error" is really useful. Regardless of whether the final result is "correct" or "incorrect", under the authority of "error", one can arbitrarily use "similarity" to add or remove conditions, thereby achieving a new balance.

Therefore, the name "Mr. Error" contains the description of "all incorrect errors," which is the highest summary of the path of "error."

Tsk tsk, this brat Amon's development of "errors" is still lacking.

And "mistake," like the symbol of the Lord of Mysteries, is the most important part of his plan.

I hope everything goes well, and that everything remains an unchangeable destiny, the fate of all living beings.

-

Gal Blaise, having returned to Silver City, arrived at the basement of the Twin Towers. It was still the same room where the sealed artifact, "Gift of the Earth," was kept, and a miniature sun still hung from the ceiling.

Nikolai had set up a small table in the corner and was now leisurely reading a book and enjoying his afternoon tea.

On the small dining table, the "Mother" card responds to the "gifts of the earth," while the mass-produced blasphemous cards are continuously rotated by Nicholas to accumulate the power of "Mother."

Upon seeing Gal Bly's arrival, Nicola casually placed his black silk hat on the table, gesturing for the other man to sit down opposite him.

After Gal Bly sat down, Nikolai said directly:
“We can start giving them hints now. Klein Moretti’s ritual steps have formed a new destiny. We only need to trim the minor details of this ‘destiny’, and the authority of the Supreme Being can completely control all the subsequent trajectories of fate, making it a true part of ‘destiny’ and ‘fate’.”

Predestination and destiny, the power of the highest path sequence 1 and the projection of the power of the future "upper narrative" into the "past" and "present".

The more the authority over the realms of destiny and observation unfolds in this world, the stronger the authority of the "upper-level narrative" becomes, and the more it can influence the arrangements of those external gods, celestial beings, and God.

Everything will inevitably proceed according to the predetermined trajectory, and everything will point to the final outcome. Gal Bry nodded; this was the reason for his existence. Silver City had already entered the game; for a thousand years, Don Eggers's scheme had made it impossible for Silver City to remain uninvolved.

“Provide the current chief, Colin Iliad, with the coordinates of the Temple of the True Creator and tell them the location of the Giants’ Court.”

“The current chief of Silver City is a very cautious person,” Gal Bly said. “They may not believe it.”

"No, they will believe it, just like every chief in Silver City before them."

"After all, this should be one of the few lifelines they can reach," Nikolai said with certainty.

"Compared to the ethereal and illusory true creator, Miskatonic and our existence are the cornerstones that allow Silver City to still stand on the Eastern Continent and not be destroyed."

Nikolai looked at Gal Bly, “Everything has a price, Gal.”

He smiled at his colleague and said, "Just like you and me, we have our own will, and that's the price we pay for existing in this world."

"What reward can you get without giving anything in return? Every gift comes with a hidden price tag, doesn't it?"

-

That evening, Klein, who had learned of the existence of the "Blasphemy Card" from the diary of Emperor Roselle of the Tarot Society, pondered which book the so-called "Blasphemy Card" might be hidden in, while informing Mr. "Error" of the information he had learned from the diary.

"Okay, I'll pay attention."

"Mr. Flamel, besides the secret of Sequence 0, is there something else hidden in the blasphemous card that the Emperor spoke of?"

Klein was intrigued by Russell's claim that the ultimate secret of the sequence path was hidden within the playing cards.

Sequence 0, the abode of the true God, the truth is consistent with his former thoughts: gods are not naturally formed, they also ascended to the position of gods step by step from extraordinary beings.

Therefore, those at Sequence 4 and above are called demigods, and those at Sequence 2 and above were once called followers of gods.

Mr. Flamel may not be Sequence 0 yet, but he should be close to it.

"Yeah, you know." Nikolai wasn't surprised, but he still feigned surprise.

After all, most of the diaries that Klein read at the Tarot meeting were provided by him.

"Yes, I came across Emperor Roselle's diary by chance and learned this part of the information from it."

Klein spoke the absolute truth, and Nikolai showed no doubt, saying directly, "Aside from the secrets of the divine path itself, Klein, you should know about the Profaned Tablets, right?"

He said, "The blasphemous tablets are the earliest things that recorded potion recipes and rituals. No one knows why they were formed... You can think of the blasphemous cards that Roselle made as portable blasphemous tablets, but in addition to the potion recipes for the corresponding methods, there are other things on them."

"Of course, theoretically speaking, blasphemy against playing cards, like blasphemy against the stone tablet, has certain inherent characteristics. After all, for Russell, knowledge itself possesses a certain power."

"And some of these blasphemous playing cards are not only abnormal in the knowledge itself... This is related to Russell's condition in his later years. I am currently collecting information about blasphemous playing cards, and what I can tell you now is that a considerable number of blasphemous playing cards are not simple. They are not just products of 'knowledge', but also contain a certain degree of pollution, a rather hidden pollution."

“Some of the materials used to make them have polluting properties, and there is a certain risk in handling these risky playing cards. If you find any blasphemous playing cards, the best thing to do is to let me know and I will handle it.”

"Blasphemy playing cards made with polluting substances?"

Klein was surprised by what Mr. Flamel said.

According to the diary, Emperor Roselle did not manufacture all the blasphemous playing cards at once. In the process of manufacturing the blasphemous playing cards, Emperor Roselle used polluting substances to make the cards.

What are those things? And why did Emperor Roselle use them to make them?
Or is this closely related to the absurd things that Emperor Russell did in his later years? And was his death closely related to these things?
Klein had no idea about this, but he decided to stay away from the cards.

After all, Mr. Flamel said it wasn't a good thing, so it's better to listen to those in positions of power and not be stubborn.

Yes, that's what Tang meant by following your heart.

-

On Saturday, Detective Essinger Stanton came to the door.

Codenamed "The Eye of Wisdom," Isengard Stanton is the organizer of a secret gathering, much to Klein's surprise.

"Detective Stanton, are you one of the investigators as well?"

"Yes."

Aisinger Stanton smiled politely. "As a follower of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, I am not qualified to proselytize in the Kingdom of Loen. To ensure my own safety, establishing a good, mutually beneficial relationship with Miskatonic is obviously the right thing to do. Detective Moriarty, don't you agree?"

Klein opened his mouth and stepped aside. "Please come in, Detective Stanton."

Essinger Stanton walked into the detective agency, took off his hat, and saw Don. "Long time no see, Mr. Eggers."

"It's been a long time, Mr. Stanton."

One of the male and female servants went to help Isengard put away his coat and hat, while the other went to prepare pastries.

“I’m a little curious why you contacted Ms. Archerley and then came to us.”

Isengard laughed. "That's quite direct, Mr. Eggers."

He then changed the subject, "However, I do appreciate your directness. I've run into some trouble with a serial killer."

(End of this chapter)