Mystery: The Silver Key

Chapter 404 Pure Negative Pathway

Emlyn, the "Moon," straightened his posture and slightly raised his chin, asking, "Gentlemen, I have a question. As vampires, after being promoted to baron, do we also need to use 'acting techniques' to facilitate so-called digestion, just like you humans, in order to better master our extraordinary characteristics? Even if we are the 'Moon's' favorites, we cannot avoid this process?"

Cyril glanced at him sideways and replied quietly, "Yes, because only Sequence 7 on your path is called a vampire."

"Besides, you didn't actually need to add that last sentence."

Hey... Emlyn's expression froze for a moment, feeling embarrassed that his little scheme had been exposed.

He chuckled inwardly, then composed himself and corrected seriously, "It's a vampire!"

"Of course, if you're referring to humans who acquire my race's characteristics by consuming magical potions as vampires," then I have no objection."

Cyril shrugged. "I usually call them artificial vampires."

Emlyn nodded in satisfaction... Just call those damned guys vampires.

No, those who ascend to vampire status by consuming potions are artificial vampires. So what are ordinary vampires? Us, the vampire race?

Emlyn, realizing what was happening, glared at Cyril with a hint of resentment. He was about to say something, but was interrupted by "justice."

The young lady got there first.

"Mr. Fate, to which Sequence 7 pathway does the 'vampire' belong?"

Before Xirui could answer, she added, "If you consider this information important and cannot exchange it for free, I can pay you a certain fee."

"No need, it's not a secret." Cyril shook his head slightly, glancing at Mr. "The Moon" beside him before saying, "Just like Mr. 'The Moon's' codename, the 'Vampire' belongs to Sequence 7 of the 'Moon' pathway, and the corresponding Tarot card is also the 'Moon' card."

"This is a purely feminine approach."

No wonder Mr. Moon chose this code name, but... what does "purely feminine approach" mean?

After a moment of contemplation, Audrey asked curiously, "What does 'purely feminine pathway' mean?"

Upon hearing Miss Justice's question, "Hermit" Cattleya, "The Moon" Emlyn, and the others all looked over, equally curious about the matter.

When Cyril saw Emlyn, the "moon" beside him, whose body language was also expressing curiosity, he couldn't help but chuckle.

He took a deep breath, composed himself, and then said, "You can consider another purely Yin path, the 'Assassin' path."

"Assassin" approach... Emlyn frowned, not quite understanding what Cyril was trying to say.

I hate people who only say half of what they mean. Oh well, I can ask Marquis Nibais or other older, more knowledgeable vampires later.

As his thoughts wandered, he suppressed his curiosity and quietly leaned back in his seat.

On the other side of the mottled long table, Audrey, the "Justice," Cattleya, the "Hermit," and Klein, the "Fool," who understood the path of the "Assassin," were briefly stunned before quickly reacting.

The special feature of the "Assassin" pathway is that it transforms into a woman at Sequence 7. Could it be that the "Moon" pathway will also do this after reaching a certain sequence?

Does that mean... Mr. Moon might become Ms. Moon in the future?

Audrey subconsciously glanced at "The Moon" Emlyn across from her, her mind uncontrollably sketching out the other's feminine silhouette.

At the head of the mottled long table, "The Fool" Klein, shrouded in gray mist, subtly leaned towards "The Moon".

The "Moon" pathway can also forcibly change gender. There are so many extraordinary pathways with pitfalls.

Fortunately, the goddess's church didn't offer me the "assassin" or "moon" paths, otherwise I might not have been able to resist the temptation.

After all, who could resist an assassin who believes everything is false and everything is permissible?

The Hermit, Cattleya, sat quietly in her seat, her brows slightly furrowed, seemingly lost in thought: Could the "Moon" pathway really force a change in gender, a change that occurs after a higher sequence?

But I remember there are quite a few men among the high-ranking vampires, even the Dukes are male...

She soon discovered some clues from the history she knew... It seemed that vampires only had queens and no male princes.

Does this method only force a gender change at Sequence 1?

Does the "Mother" pathway, which is interchangeable with the "Hunter" pathway, also forcibly change the gender of an Extraordinary in a certain sequence, just like the "Hunter" pathway, which is interchangeable with the "Assassin" pathway?

However, the high-ranking members of the Church of the Earth Mother are predominantly women, which is completely different from the Soren and Einhorn families.

Is this also a manifestation of the chaos at the bottom of the world's rules?

As her thoughts drifted, she heard Miss Justice's barely concealed curiosity as she asked, "Mr. Fate, do you know the names of each sequence along the Moon's path?"

Cyril glanced at her sideways and nodded slightly, saying, "Sequence 9 Pharmacist, Sequence 8 Beast Tamer, Sequence 7 Vampire."

"They're vampires!" Emlyn emphasized from the side.

"Alright." Cyril nodded with a smile, then continued, "Sequence 7 is equivalent to an adult vampire, Sequence 6 is a potion professor, corresponding to a vampire baron, Sequence 5 is a crimson scholar, corresponding to a viscount, and Sequence 4 is a witch king, corresponding to an earl."

"Let's talk about it later when someone else encounters it."

"Tch~ If you don't know, just say you don't know. You can't just say you'll talk about it when you encounter it later..." Emlyn thought to himself with disdain.

Audrey nodded thoughtfully, then raised her hand slightly and said, "Why do I feel there are unnecessary connections between the various sequences of the 'Moon' pathway?"

"The Hermit" Gadriya looked up at Cyril, who had no desire to answer, and replied carefully: "Different sequences within a path do not necessarily have to be related, or rather, have to have a superficial connection. Their real commonality is that they are all within the domain of the god corresponding to this path."

"Like the moon" represents spirituality, plants, beauty, a part of life, darkness, and the eerie, so each sequence along this path belongs to one or more overlapping areas.

As Cattleya spoke, she observed the reactions of the crowd, judging their status within their respective organizations based on their level of understanding of the more secretive knowledge of these mysterious worlds.

Most members held relatively low positions within their respective organizations, being newcomers just beginning to make their mark, except for "Fate" and...

world".

Afterwards, the group chatted about various topics until "The Fool" announced the end of the day's tarot reading.

Led by "Justice" Audrey, everyone rose and bowed. Then, streaks of deep red and ethereal light rose up, carrying everyone's figures away into the gray mist.

Cyril looked around at the hall, which had suddenly become empty except for himself and the head of the table, "The Fool" Klein, and lazily sat back down in the high-backed chair behind him.

"Is there anything else?"

Klein beckoned, and a completely black eye flew out from the gray mist and landed in front of Sirion.

The eye had an unsettling aura, and it seemed as if countless tiny insects, barely visible to the naked eye, were rapidly moving within it.

As he examined the completely black eye, Klein's calm voice rang out: "You should have a way to shatter extraordinary properties, shouldn't you?"

"Okay." Sirien nodded slightly.

After obtaining the "Planetary Planeswalker" trait, he was able to shatter the trait. The extraordinary traits from the "Apprentice" pathway were extremely useful to him, even more convenient than most magical items.

Klein nodded, then said, "Help me shatter the entire Black Eye, cleanse it of the contamination from the True Creator."

"no problem."

As soon as he finished speaking, a deep red light burst forth before his eyes.

After a brief period of weightlessness, he woke up in an armchair at the hotel.

"How rude, they didn't even say hello..."

He muttered something, and a gray mist surged before his eyes. Klein's voice echoed in his ears: "Prepare for the ceremony. I will send the All-Black Eye over."

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After a half-second silence, he tossed out a piece of drawing paper, imagining the ritual depicted on it, then took a half-step back and chanted an incantation: "Fool not of this era, above the gray mist..."

"The ceremony was completed quickly, and a completely black eye flew out from the illusory gate that spewed gray mist."

Cyril reached out and grabbed, and the all-black eye landed in his hand out of thin air.

The moment Cyril obtained the Eye of the Black, thin, illusory black lines appeared before his eyes, stretching upwards and disappearing into a hazy gray sky.

At the same time, he heard muffled, distorted, and frantic eating sounds.

This is the voice of the "true Creator"!

As the words of "the true creator" rang out, his inspiration was suddenly struck, as if he saw a boundless illusory curtain fall.

A phantom veil shrouded the entire world, within which flowed indescribable black shadows and writhing flesh.

"Come to me...come to the land forsaken by God...come to me..."

"Come...to see me..."

"Watch out... for him..."

The voice, carrying a strong sense of "degradation," kept echoing in his ears and gradually became clearer.

The next second, gray mist surged before his eyes, and a tall angel dressed in full black armor and with twelve pairs of jet-black wings flew out from the gray mist, wrapping him up in layers with the jet-black wings behind him.

At the same time, the voice of the "true creator" that had just become clear in his ears vanished without a trace.

"5

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No, let Him finish speaking...

Cyril looked up at the blurry figure above the gray fog, speechless. He opened his mouth, then closed it again.

He lowered his eyes to look at the completely black eye in his hand, wondering if he should wait a little longer until the effect of the paper angel wore off, and then listen to the voice of the "true creator".

Never mind, Klein might just throw down another paper angel in a bit.

Moreover, given the "true creator's" insane state, Xiu might go mad at any moment.

Collecting his thoughts, he tilted his head slightly, and behind him stretched out pairs of transparent, starlight-tinged, dragonfly-wing-like membranes.

Immediately, his figure became illusory, spreading out like a shadow until it disappeared from reality.

Within the "inn" above the dimension, Cyril's figure quietly appeared, followed by a quietly burning, brilliant flame appearing in his hand.

Amidst the flickering, tranquil flames, the brilliance of the stars reflected upon him.

He then tightened his grip on the all-black eye in his right hand.

Click!

Amidst a slightly ethereal sound, the all-black eye dissipated into dust.

Immediately afterwards, specks of dark light emerged from the void, slowly floating and eventually converging into a slowly rotating and converging vortex.

At the center of the vortex, the extraordinary properties of the re-aggregated energy gradually took shape, becoming an eye that was entirely black, containing what appeared to be countless tiny insects, barely visible to the naked eye, swimming rapidly.

"Nothing seems to have changed, but the corrupting aura of the true creator has vanished."

As he whispered, the quietly burning, brilliant flame in his hand suddenly flickered.

Then, a "star" embedded in the surrounding night-like void suddenly expanded, rippling out in concentric circles of eerie blue light. Tobias's voice followed: "From the unknowable sublimity, you are the gateway to dimensions, you are the embodiment of art and fantasy. —."

"The Great Silver Key, the Mysterious Saint of the Aurora Order," Butis is not currently in Backlund, but I have found a closely connected Aurora Order messenger, Mr. X, Louis Wayne.

"He was once a non-royal apprentice trained by the family of Abraham," and later joined Boutis in the rebellion and the Aurora Society.

"The members of Abraham's family want me to hunt him down and are willing to pay a certain price for it."

"I intend to accept their commission, whether due to my relationship with Mr. X or my own mobility. After a divine envoy is hunted down, the Aurora Society will most likely send 'The Saint of Mysteries,' Butis, to investigate."

Tobias's voice faded away, and Cyril gently raised his hand to smooth out the "star" that was constantly expanding and contracting.

He doesn't intend to respond directly; he wants to go there in person.

The extraordinary nature of "I initially sent Tobias to find Butis because of the arcane mage," and that ancient box.

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"But now..."

He glanced at the quietly burning, brilliant flame in his hand, then casually tossed it out, where it transformed into a double-opening illusory door in mid-air.

"Who would complain about having more characteristics at the demigod and angel levels?"

As he whispered, he took a step forward, his figure disappearing into the illusory gate.

In his hotel room, he shook out a piece of drawing paper and imagined the sacrificial ritual depicted on it.

Then, the shattered and reassembled all-black eye, along with the talismans meant for "Justice," "The Hermit," and "The Moon," were sent above the gray fog.

After doing all this, he returned to the "Inn" and, using the connection of the illusory "Stars" and the characteristics of the "Planet Witch," opened a portal that would take him directly back to Backlund.

In a dimly lit, cheap apartment in the East District.

Sitting in front of the vanity mirror, dressed in black trousers, a white shirt, and a black leather jacket, Triss's eyes suddenly sharpened, and she sprang away from her spot.

Immediately afterwards, tiny spider silk, almost invisible to the naked eye, appeared in every corner of the room, and a silent, burning black flame began to spread along the spider silk.

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