Lord of Mysteries: The Color of the Stars

Chapter 65 Methods of Deceiving "Starry Night"

"It's very simple."

Upon hearing Julian's question, "Hidden Servant" Ariana smiled and explained, "First of all, when you look directly at Him, He does not kill you or corrupt you."

"After the one within you was sealed in the shadow, theoretically your resistance to external pollution should have decreased significantly, but you are fine. This shows that the true creator has no intention of harming you at all—at least not at this stage."

"Having the authority of the shadows, allowing you to look directly into his sleeve without dying or going mad wouldn't be difficult for him; it's just that he has almost never done so in history."

After a pause, Ariana added, "Perhaps He would prefer you to go to that so-called sanctuary to find Him—the specific meaning of this request is not yet clear, but one thing is certain."

"What?"

Julian pressed on, and at that moment, the strange pity that the "True Creator" had once shown him began to surface inexplicably in his mind.

"Your status within the Aurora Club will be elevated afterward."

Ariana said, "For members of the Aurora Society, being able to make a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary is an extremely high honor. Usually, only a few saints are granted permission to go to the Sanctuary with the permission of the True Creator, but even so, they have never succeeded in arriving."

"In other words, regardless of the truth, in the eyes of the Aurora Society members, you are now someone who has directly received the whispers of the true Creator and has also directly received the divine decree to "pilgrimage to the Sanctuary," which is enough to earn you the utmost respect."

"what?"

Julian was slightly taken aback. Although what Ariana said was somewhat unbelievable, upon closer inspection, it was indeed true.

Although the Aurora Society, like the Church of the True God, has a pyramid-shaped organizational structure of True God—Angel—Saint—Divine Messenger/Bishop, the existence of "Listeners" makes it possible for the "True Creator" to directly reveal its divine message through any member of the Aurora Society.

If someone in a true church suddenly claims to have received a divine oracle, there is a very high probability that it will be treated as a special case. The church will definitely report the oracle up the chain of command and have it verified by the saints or even angels of God. If it is not verified, the person who made the reckless statement will most likely be thrown into the Inquisition.

However, this situation is almost non-existent within the "Aurora Society," because of the fanatical belief in the "true creator" and His own madness, almost no one would dare to commit blasphemy or fabricate so-called "divine pronouncements."

In addition, He has a habit of whispering to His followers randomly, so even low-sequence extraordinary individuals have a very low but not negligible probability of being "directly hired by the Boss" and subsequently promoted at an extremely fast pace within the organization.

Such a situation is virtually impossible in the Church of the True God. The only way for ordinary low-sequence extraordinary beings to reach the gods is indirectly through ritual magic, and obtaining a response from the gods is inherently a low-probability event.

From this perspective, the organizational structure of the "Aurora Society" has achieved decentralization of the intermediate links to a certain extent, making it extremely flat compared to other churches and cults.

"It's strange, but it's certainly possible."

Julian quickly figured out the key point, and his expression became even stranger: "Uh—if that's the case, should I try to quit the Aurora Club?"

"After all, as a favorite of the goddess, it would be somewhat disrespectful for me to continue this relationship with them."

"No need."

Ariana shook her head: "The goddess has already given a divine decree on this matter. You need to figure out the true intentions of the 'True Creator.' In the process, you can continue to infiltrate the Aurora Society without interfering with your faith in the goddess."

"Of course, this won't affect your relationship with the Church of the Goddess, because the Aurora Society sees you as an undercover agent within the Night Watch, and it seems the True Creator hasn't exposed this."

"Well----"

Julian was speechless. He had originally intended to take a relaxed approach to this so-called double agent job, but if he did this, he might be heavily involved in the affairs of the "Aurora Society," possibly even including those dangerous prayer rituals.

This is undoubtedly extremely dangerous when the power of "Starry Night" cannot be mobilized normally.

Even if the "true creator" doesn't intend to persecute Julian for the time being, he's bound to get his shoes wet eventually, and no one can guarantee how much rationality Julian has or how long he can maintain it. So, things are bound to go wrong if this continues.

Praying directly to Amanisis, the "Goddess of Night," during a worship ceremony involving the "true creator" is utterly reckless.

Although the goddess was not a participant in the "Banquet of Betrayal," she did participate in the action of cutting off the anchor of the "True Creator" after the fall of the Solomon Empire. These actions directly led to the "True Creator" going mad. Therefore, these two gods cannot be said to have a deep-seated hatred, but they definitely have an irreconcilable grudge.

Seemingly sensing Julian's concerns, Ariana said to him, "Your concerns are not unfounded, but in fact, you are not entirely unable to mobilize that being's power."

"Oh? What do you mean?"

Julian was somewhat surprised and asked.

The "true creator" probably doesn't want you to die prematurely, so He hasn't completely sealed the one within you—He should still have a chance to briefly appear when you encounter potentially fatal danger.

Ariana glanced at the "Scholar's Relic" that Julian had placed on the table, which shimmered like a surface being tempered, and continued, "With the 'Sealed Item 2-0-19 Chris Jacob's Ring,' you can try to construct some inducing ritual magic to make that person believe you are in danger."

"He shouldn't be so easily fooled."

Julian shook his head.

"The 2-0-19 seal is very special. It can make the thing inside you lose its mind to a certain extent, and the object you need to deceive is yourself, not Him."

Ariana corrected Julian's idea: "It seems that, in the sealed state, the catalyst for his appearance is not that He thinks you are in danger, but that you are actually afraid of danger and He senses it, then He will appear."

"I see."

After listening to Ariana's words, Julian finally understood completely.

It's as if the "true creator" left Julian a backdoor to save his life, and Ariana further pointed out that this backdoor could be deceived.

In this way, Julian only needs to carefully refine and construct a ritual magic to be able to mobilize the power of "Star Colors" when he needs it.

On the other hand, under normal circumstances, he no longer needs to suffer from the erosion and mental pollution of the "Star Colors"!

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