Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 189 Backlund, William

Above the boundless gray fog, the magnificent palace stood silently.

Klein sat quietly in the spot designated for the 'Fool,' while across the mottled, verdigris-covered long table lay the 'World,' shrouded in gray mist.

He was waiting for someone, waiting for embers.

Upon realizing that someone was deliberately obscuring his information about the underground ruins, Klein didn't hesitate to pass this information on to Ember—

Of course, this information was reported to the Fool in the name of the World through prayer, and then the Fool relayed it to the Ember.

"That's about it."

Klein glanced at the time on his pocket watch, then his spirituality spread out and touched the cluster of flames that represented the embers.

Soon, a figure appeared on one side of the bronze table; it was Ember!

Without hesitation, Klein immediately manipulated the 'World' and spoke in a hoarse voice:

"Mr. 'Lover,' the underground ruins I mentioned to you last time are on Williams Street. I intended to tell you the location of the ruins as soon as possible after the New Year, but something in the shadows influenced me, causing me to subconsciously ignore any information about these underground ruins."

"I suspect that a shocking conspiracy may be hidden behind this underground ruin!"

"..."

The previous "prayer" only briefly explained the issue, so this time Klein explained it in great detail.

Ember listened attentively to the 'world's' narration and nodded slightly.

"I'll investigate right away. Where are you right now?"

Klein didn't hide anything and said:

"Bansi Port, formerly known as Binsi, is, according to that evil spirit, the dwelling place of the descendants of the Medici family. According to the evil spirit, if we find the direct descendants of the Soren, Einhorn, and Medici families, obtain 10 milliliters of blood from each, mix them with holy water, and sprinkle this mixture into their rooms, we can break its seal..."

Klein meticulously relayed all the information the evil spirit had given him to Ember. After all, Ember was about to explore the underground ruins, and this information might be of some help to him.

"Medici?"

Yu Jin grasped a word and asked a question in return.

"Yes."

Klein nodded slightly and explained, "Although this family is not as illustrious as the Soren and Einhorn families, its strength is definitely not to be underestimated, as it is on par with them. Its ancestor Medici should be an 'Angel King' and one of the original founders of the 'Redemption Rose'."

After a pause of one second, Klein added:

"In addition, the Medici family is suspected of possessing the Hunter pathway, which is the Red Priest pathway. In other words, the title of that Angel King should be Red Angel or War Angel."

"Is that so?"

Yu Jin nodded thoughtfully, but what he didn't say was that the reason he asked Medici was not because he didn't know the family, but quite the opposite—he had met the family's 'ancestor'.

Although it was only a brief meeting, Medici was the one who impressed him the most among the followers of the "Ancient Sun God".

"There's one more thing."

Klein hesitated for two seconds, then spoke in a hoarse voice through the 'World', "I heard a legend on Bansi Island, related to a secret organization called the 'Godskin Messenger'..."

Klein briefly recounted the legend Danitz had told him, paused, and then asked, "Do you have any suggestions?"

Ember's expression was somewhat surprised:

"The Apostle of Godskin?"

"The messenger of the gods," Klein corrected.

Ember gently shook his head and said:

"All I know about the Apostles of Godskin is that they are followers of the Queen of Night-Eyed Eyes."

"That matches up!"

Klein's expression turned serious. The God Skin Messengers also worshipped the "Queen of Night-Colored Eyes"!

What do you know about this organization?

Klein hesitated for a moment, then asked.

Although the divination indicated that Bansi Island was not in any danger, and the so-called "Godskin Messenger" organization had already been wiped out, there was no harm in learning more information, since it was free.

After a moment's hesitation, Yu Jin slowly spoke:

"I don't know much about them, but if I had to compare them to an organization, the members of this organization should be divided into the Godskin Apostles and the Godskin Nobles, who worship the Night-Colored Eyes Queen who holds the power of destined death."

Klein's eyes flickered slightly as he asked:

"Where is the Queen of Night-Colored Eyes?"

He didn't know what level of existence the "Queen of Night-Colored Eyes" was. Others might subconsciously assume that she was a deity of equal rank to the true gods. But Klein knew that in the Second Era, angels were equivalent to gods, which was why there were so many gods with different titles under the command of the ancient gods of the Second Era.

This "Queen of Night-Colored Eyes" may be a true god, or she may just be an angel.

Regardless, this organization once killed a high bishop of the Church of Storms, which means they possess at least demigod-level power! This still poses a significant threat to Klein, who is currently only at Sequence 6.

Ember glanced at him and said calmly:

"The Queen of Night-Colored Eyes is long dead, and her destined death has long been sealed away."

"Dead?"

Klein was somewhat stunned. That was a god! Died just like that? When did he die? Could it be that those so-called messengers of the gods had been worshipping a god who had long since died? That didn't make sense!

Or is this something that happened in the last few hundred years? Because he shared a name with the goddess of night, he was killed by the goddess of night herself? But that doesn't make sense! Some details don't match up, and there are conflicts in the timeline.

The time it took for Ember to emerge from the grave was roughly the same as his own. Even with the Church of the Night as his backer, he couldn't possibly know anything about the 'Godskin Messenger' without actively seeking information. Yet, Ember seemed to know quite a bit about the members of this organization, as if he had personally dealt with them.

However, judging from the movement of the embers since they crawled out of the grave, this is clearly impossible!

So, is there a possibility—

Ember had dealings with this organization before coming to this world, meaning that those God-Skin Apostles and the Night-Eyed Queen they worshipped were not native to this world! Of course, this was just Klein's speculation; he had no evidence.

But if the "Queen of Night-Colored Eyes" is dead, and the legends on Bansi Island are true, and the Godskin Messenger has been wiped out by the two major churches, then no matter how glorious this organization was in the past, it can no longer pose any threat to him.

After the two finished exchanging information, the brief 'meeting' came to an end.

Klein saw the embers off, remained silent for a few seconds, and decided to perform another divination.

"Bansi Port is in danger."

Klein held the pendulum and murmured the name of the giant fish.

After repeating it over and over again, he opened his eyes and found that the citrine pendant was still rotating clockwise, but not very fast.

The result is the same as before: there is danger, but not much.

Klein silently put down the pendulum, enveloped himself in spirituality, and fell into the gray mist.

Back in the real world, Klein pressed the mechanical button on the toilet, put away the paper doll, went to the sink next to him, and wet his hands with water.

In that brief moment, he quickly sorted out his thoughts:

Although the divination indicates no danger, it is still best to be cautious, avoid danger if possible, and prioritize stability.

Klein pulled out a tissue to wipe his hands, opened the door and went outside, seeing Danitz still standing in the middle of the living room.

Outside the window, a strong wind had suddenly risen, causing the trees to sway and even the boats to rock.

When Danitz saw Klein come out, he deliberately clicked his tongue in amazement and said:

"It truly lives up to its reputation as a weather museum."

"This reminds me of a unique custom in Bansi Port: on foggy nights or nights with drastic weather changes, people keep their doors tightly shut, don't go outside, and don't respond to knocking. Otherwise..."

Danitz said in a deliberately sinister tone, "Something bad will happen."

-

Backlund, Williams Street.

As evening fell, a 'gate' radiating a pale blue, ethereal light suddenly appeared in a quiet alley on Williams Street.

The door opened silently, and Yu Jin's figure returned from the spirit world to reality.

The entrance to the underground ruins is located in a mansion at 8 Williams Street, which once belonged to the Pound family. The so-called Pound family was actually a branch of the ancient Tudor family, who had to change their name to escape persecution.

Even after changing their names, this branch of the family still remembers the glorious past of the Tudor family and has never given up on restoring that glory. Therefore, with the determination to "make Tudor great again," they have been secretly searching for the secret relics left behind by the Tudor Empire in Backlund.

The ruins beneath this mansion were their spoils. They built an extravagantly large basement beneath the mansion to explore the area containing these underground ruins. Thirty or forty years ago, they found the ruins and built a secret door leading to them.

Of course, this entrance has been completely blocked.

Klein bought two pounds of explosives and completely blew up the entrance to the underground ruins.

The owner of the mansion assumed the underground ruins were simply dilapidated from years of neglect, so he didn't question their authenticity or attempt to explore them further. To avoid trouble, he also kept the matter of the underground ruins a secret from everyone else.

With the help of the Sleeping Dragon Emblem Ring, Ember did not alert anyone.

They easily infiltrated the mansion, passed through the living room, and went down the stairs to a rather spacious basement.

In a corner of the basement, there is a gray-white stone door that should have blended in with the wall, but now it is exposed.

As the embers approached the stone door, with a slightly heavy creaking sound, they slowly pushed it open a crack—

A narrow gap, just big enough for one person to pass through.

The sun beetle helmet on their heads emitted a soft yet dazzling light, illuminating the scene behind the door.

It was a passageway paved with dark stone slabs, with several wooden doors on either side leading to rooms. They were all tightly closed, and the doors looked brand new, clearly having been recently replaced. Ember didn't try to enter any of the rooms on either side of the passageway, but instead walked straight to its end.

At the end of the passageway was another huge double wooden door.

"Creak!"

The wooden door was slowly pushed open a crack, but the passageway behind it was already blocked by mud and rocks, making it difficult to pass through.

The wooden door exists only to conceal this pile of rubble, making it appear less cluttered.

The boulders blocking the passage were at least ten meters thick, making it impossible for ordinary people to pass through.

But for Ember, having a teleportation ring isn't difficult.

The ring on Ember's hand emitted a pale blue, ethereal light, which appeared and disappeared quickly. It vanished in the blink of an eye, along with Ember's figure.

When he reappeared, he was on the other side of the rubble.

The light from the Sunbug helmet dispelled the surrounding darkness, allowing him to see everything around him clearly.

This is a spacious hall. The area near the passageway has partially collapsed, but the area behind it remains largely intact.

The style here is consistent with the outside passageway, mainly consisting of dark black stone slabs, with eight round pillars of the same color standing tall. Metal rods hang from the high dome, and at their bases are candlesticks carved into different creatures.

"Ring ring~!"

Amidst the crisp sound of bells, three tall figures clad in bright silver armor and wearing horned helmets slowly emerged.

The moment they appeared, they understood their duty and strode quickly deeper into the ruins.

Meanwhile, the bell in Ember's hand was replaced with the Twilight Amulet given to him by Sirius, which gathered in his palm a chilling dark power.

"Snapped!"

"Zzzzzzz~!"

The dark energy transformed into a stream of light that fell towards the ground ahead, exploding instantly. The exploding black energy transformed into countless tiny beetles, covering the already deep black ground and beginning to advance inch by inch, leaving no blind spots!

As one of the few dark-type miracles, Doris's Erosion is quite effective in this enclosed environment.

As they moved closer, a platform half a meter above the ground came into view, with two huge, iron-black chairs placed on it.

Yu Jin glanced thoughtfully at the two chairs and continued forward.

As you walk to the end of the hall, there are seven tall, heavy black stone doors, arranged in a row: two on the left, one in the middle, and four on the right, perfectly embodying the Quaternary period's pursuit of asymmetry.

Each stone door is engraved with different symbols and patterns, while on the leftmost stone door, there is a deep black background adorned with dazzling embellishments, surrounding a crimson circle that is half-covered.

That is the Dark Symbol, a symbol of the goddess of night.

扎！

Amidst the harsh, heavy scraping sounds, the black stone door slowly opened behind it.

The room behind the stone door was fully illuminated by the sun worm helmet.

First, there was an open space a few meters long and wide, also paved with dark black stone slabs, followed by a platform nearly a meter high.

On the platform is a huge statue, four or five meters long, which almost fills the entire far end of the room.

She was a woman with a hazy yet exceptionally beautiful face. She was lying on the platform, propping her head up with her right hand. She was wearing a layered but not elaborate black classical dress, and there was a circle with radiating lines below her head.

On the lady's dress, tiny sparkles shimmered, like fragments of clear, dazzling gemstones, like stars in the night sky.

Against this backdrop, the circle beneath the woman's head resembles a full moon.

Ember had seen this statue before, above the gray mist, in the scene manifested by the 'world'.

This is the goddess of the night.

For believers, carving the image of the goddess of night is undoubtedly a blasphemy and a distortion.

But Ember felt that this was probably the true image of the Goddess of the Night.

The only thing that disappointed him was that the woman's face was blurry and he couldn't see her features clearly.

But this is not surprising, as the people who sculpted these statues probably weren't qualified to see the goddess's face clearly.

Even with his figure alone, Ember could not discern the identity of the Goddess of the Night.

(End of this chapter)