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

Above the gray fog, Klein listened to the prayers of the believers and murmured to himself:

"It's finally starting."

From the moment he and Ember discussed moving the creation myth of the First Flame to the "Fool's Words" to replace the creation myth of the Creator, he had been waiting for this moment. His ascension ceremony required him to fool time, history, or fate, and in this world, there was no act that could fool the world more than replacing the Creator, which fooled time, history, and fate at the same time!

So Klein waited and waited until the ritual was complete, until he drank the potion.

According to his and Ember's expectations, his condition upon ascension should be better than any other true god who ascended to Sequence 0. Because, under the premise that the ascension ritual fooled the world, he would no longer be bound by the 'Primordial' and would become the first Sequence 0 to truly ascend under the illumination of the First Flame.

Based on this, he can easily control the Source Castle without worrying about the 'Lord of Mysteries' will resurfacing within him.

Similarly, at the moment of promotion, he can directly accommodate the uniqueness of the same path—such as the door path.

In other words, as long as he successfully advances, he can become a dual-path True God who controls the source matter!

Even if this level of strength is not comparable to the Old Ones, it is definitely stronger than an ordinary dual-path True God, at least equivalent to half an Old One!

Once they become half of the Old Ones, dealing with Amun-na will be a piece of cake.

Of course, those hostile gods wouldn't stand idly by and watch him become half an Old One, so they would definitely intervene during his ascension ceremony. That's why Klein had to wait—both for the conditions of the ceremony to be met and for the Goddess of Night and other beings to digest the uniqueness and consolidate their power.

Similarly, Adam and the others were waiting.

It will take time for Adam to digest the uniqueness of the 'Sun' pathway, and it will also take time for the Lord of Steam to digest the uniqueness of the 'Hermit' pathway.

If neither party has fully digested the essence by the end of the ceremony, or if both have, then they are evenly matched. However, if one party has fully digested the essence while the other has not, the party that has fully digested the essence will have a decisive advantage!

And since they hold the initiative in the promotion process, there are practically only two possible outcomes—

First, both sides have completed their digestion and are evenly matched.

Second, the beings such as the Goddess of Night completed digestion, but Adam and the Lord of Steam failed to complete digestion.

However, this will take some time.

After all, the current deception is not thorough enough, because they have only inserted the "Dragon Hunting War" into history. Although it can be considered a deception of history to satisfy his promotion ceremony, it is not perfect yet.

He needs to wait for the course of 'history' to gradually advance, until the first fire is extinguished and the world enters the Deep Sea Age—at that time, people will be able to naturally connect the 'Deep Sea Age' with the 'Chaos Era'.

Only then will this history truly become the main theme of the world, completing a comprehensive deception of the world!

However, this period will not be too long—because although at least several thousand years have passed from the Dragon Hunt to the linking of the fire and its extinguishing, most of the details will be omitted in the 'dream,' and people will only dream of the important events.

For example, for those who have entered the dream world, they dream of dragon hunting wars.

For most people who have never entered the dream world, what they dreamed of last night was the arrival of the First Flame, and tonight will be the war to hunt dragons.

However, this still omits a significant portion of the details, because what follows is the establishment of Anor Londo by the gods, the rule of Izalith by the witches, and the retreat of Nitocris, the Gravemaster, to the Tomb of Giants. A few days later, the sequence will fast-forward to the witches losing control, the birth of demons, and Gwyn's sacrifice to the First Flame.

The entire process takes no more than ten days, and the three parts combined take no more than a month.

Klein could wait a month, and so could the Night Goddess and the others, who had anticipated this.

But Adam and the others might not be able to wait, mainly because there wasn't enough time.

As the divine incarnation of the former 'Ancient Sun God,' Adam wouldn't find it too difficult to digest the uniqueness of the 'Sun' pathway. But the Lord of Steam is different. His original plan was probably to spend three to five years slowly digesting the uniqueness, but now he's only given less than three months. The difference between these two is enormous.

If he weren't reluctant to make a bold claim, Klein would have confidently declared, "The advantage is on my side!"

Intis Empire, Trier, White Maple Palace.

Bernadette, dressed in a sharp outfit, strode into Roselle's palace, placed a piece of intelligence on his table, and said quickly:

"0-02 has appeared in the Kingdom of Rune."

"Beldan?"

Rosell frowned as he looked at the location on the intelligence report.

"A small town in Jianhai County, is there anything special about it?"

Bernadette was prepared; as soon as Russell spoke, she replied:

"According to intelligence provided by the vampires, during the Fourth Age, Night Emperor Trensost secretly traveled to Beldan on several occasions."

"Trentost?" Rosell narrowed his eyes.

During the Fourth Age, with the fall of the Black Emperor, the Solomon Empire, which had once unified the continent, disintegrated.

After the fall of the Black Emperor Solomon, Arista Tudor and Trensost inherited his Order of the Killer Prince trait and were promoted to Sequence 1. With the support of the six gods, the two established the Tudor-Trensost United Empire as dual governors, gradually encroaching on the former Solomon Empire's territory until they unified the northern continent.

But the Black Emperor Solomon soon returns, announcing his imminent resurrection to the world with unstoppable force. At that time, the Sequence 1 "Prince Killer" extraordinary properties within Tudor and Trensust will automatically be stripped away and returned to the Black Emperor, making him a complete Sequence 0.

Once they lose the Sequence 1 'Slaughtering Prince' extraordinary trait, Tudor and Trensost will fall to Sequence 2.

In order to counter the Black Emperor who is about to make a powerful comeback, the Six Gods switched their support to Terensust as the true god who would become the Judge.

But in doing so, Tudor was essentially abandoned by the Six Gods, completely losing his chance to become a god. After all, he couldn't compete with the Black Emperor, who was already Sequence 0, nor with Terensost, who had the support of the Six Gods.

This forced Thudor to take a desperate gamble, seeking the support of Adam and Amun, enemies of the Six Gods who were not even true gods—He had no other choice, as there were only a handful of true gods at the time. The Six Gods supported Trensust, the true creator, who was a staunch ally of the Black Emperor. Although there were many other angelic beings, none were as powerful as him.

Therefore, the only ones who could help him at that time were Adam and Amon, the two kings of angels.

With the help of Adam and Amon, Thudor successfully hunted down three Sequence 1 angels of the Red Priest Path, resulting in the deaths of Medici, Einhorn, and Sauron. Thudor was also able to forcibly ascend to become a true god of the non-adjacent Red Priest Path.

Although the price is going to be half-mad, it's still better than being kicked out of the game.

Unlike Arista Tudor, who took a risky path, Trensoust's transition can be described as extremely smooth.

The Judgement pathway is adjacent to the Black Emperor pathway, and switching to this pathway requires no cost. Furthermore, with the support of the six gods, neither the Sequence 1 extraordinary trait nor uniqueness will be a problem for Trensust.

But clearly, Trensus was not satisfied with this. The support of the six gods was not merely an aid to him, but also a shackle. And if He wanted to break free of this shackle, He had to seek a greater power.

Adjacent to the Judge's Path is the Black Emperor's Path, but during the time of the Black Emperor Solomon, He could not have obtained the extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness of this Path, so the only thing He could expect was the Source Matter—the Kingdom of Disorder.

Based on this logic, it's not hard to conclude that the city of Beldan possesses power flowing from the Kingdom of Chaos. And now that the Kingdom of Chaos has broken free, it's not surprising that it would appear in a city from which its power flowed.

And with the pull of this source, the appearance of '0-02' seems quite reasonable.

But what is reasonable does not mean safe, especially for Roselle, who now faces almost the worst possible outcome because it means he must confront the source of the disordered nation!

Among the seven portions of primal essence sealed away by the Lord of Mysteries, the existence of the Kingdom of Chaos is both unique and ordinary.

What makes it special is that it did not originate directly from the 'Primordial,' but rather belonged to an Outer God known as the 'Children of Chaos.' Due to the initial awakening, the primordial essence of the Chaotic Realm was torn apart and brought to Earth, and the Children of Chaos have therefore been coveting the real world ever since.

The same "encounter" applies to the Mother Nest and the Shadow World. The Mother Nest comes from the Fallen Mother Goddess, while the Shadow World comes from the Mother Tree of Desire.

Compared to the active presence of the Fallen Mother Goddess and the Mother Tree of Desire in the real world, the "Child of Chaos," the owner of the disordered kingdom, appears quite silent. He has neither exerted any influence on the Black Emperor and the Judges nor attempted to establish a connection with the disordered kingdom; it's as if he has disappeared.

Therefore, compared to this, the disordered country seems quite ordinary.

Aside from these three source materials, the remaining River of Eternal Darkness, City of Calamity, Wilderness of Knowledge, and Key of Light all originate directly from the 'Primordial'. Among them, the River of Eternal Darkness is the most unique, not only because it contains the most pathways, but also because it was the first source material to break through the seal, which also reflects that its activation level is the highest among all source materials.

Among these source materials, aside from its origin from the Outer Gods, the Kingdom of Chaos is no different from the City of Calamity, the Wilderness of Knowledge, the Key of Light, and other source materials; it is so ordinary that it has no "distinctive features".

But this is only the surface, and Russell knows this very well!

The source materials such as the City of Calamity, the Wilderness of Knowledge, and the Key of Light come directly from the 'Primordial One'. Now that the 'Primordial One' has fallen for thousands of years and its will has almost completely faded, these source materials are absolutely the least dangerous, without exception.

While the Kingdom of Chaos may appear no different from them, its origin from an Outer God is enough to condemn it to death. Even though the Child of Chaos rarely influences the real world—in fact, there's no record of him ever influencing it—his lack of influence doesn't mean he can't!

Especially for a nation of disorder, such a source of energy appears even more dangerous in today's turbulent world.

No one knows whether the Child of Chaos has already taken advantage of the weakening barrier to infiltrate the real world, or whether they have re-established contact with the disordered realms. If so, then the uniqueness of the Judge's Path is a complete trap!

If Roselle were to rashly step into this realm, she might very well become a puppet of the Outer Gods, just as she had been corrupted by the Fallen Mother. Furthermore, due to the potential influence of the Son of Chaos on the pathways of the Black Emperor and the Judge, controlling Roselle would be easier and more covert for Him than for the Fallen Mother.

But if he doesn't go, he can only watch helplessly as the uniqueness of the Judgement Path is taken by the Child of Chaos, thus losing his chance to become one of the Old Ones. When the 'Doomsday' arrives, he will have no chance of winning against the Child of Chaos, and the Child of Chaos will not let go of the uniqueness and extraordinary nature of the Black Emperor Path.

Of course, Rosell could also place his hopes on others.

The Embers undoubtedly possess power on a higher level than the Old Ones, and Klein is about to become one of them. With their protection, Roselle doesn't need to worry too much about being influenced by the Children of Chaos. But how could Roselle be content to eke out a living under someone else's protection?

Moreover, it's not the theft itself that's worrisome, but the fact that someone might covet it. Does he really want to be coveted by the Son of Chaos for the rest of his life?

So the answer is quite obvious - going might mean dying, but not going means certain death!

Rosell said in a deep voice:

"I'll go there myself."

His current condition is not too good, but it's not bad either.

The Black Emperor's faith has been gradually established, and He has attempted to incorporate the extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness of the second Sequence 1. This allows Him to obtain the strength of an Angel King, only one step away from a true god, but He only needs to bear the contamination of the 'Angel' level, without having to worry about being crushed by divinity like He did when advancing to Sequence 0.

Going to the Land of Chaos now is not the wisest course of action, as it would be much easier to go after advancing to Sequence 0, but Roselle has no choice but to take the risk.

Otherwise, once the uniqueness of the judge is "accepted" by the disordered nation, then he will have nothing to do with it.

"I'll go with you," Bernadette said without hesitation.

"no."

Russell resolutely refused and reprimanded:

"If neither of us is around, who will take care of Intis? Do you expect that rebellious son to help me spread my faith?"

Bernadette did not refute this. Bonova was indeed unreliable. Although he was her brother and Rosell's son, he was too deeply influenced by the Lord of Steam. If no one remained in Intis to check Bonova, the Lord of Steam would not mind taking this opportunity to completely drive Rosell out of Intis.

Bernadette was silent for a moment, then said softly:

"We can ask the Fool for help and have Him send an angel to replace me."

It's not difficult for Mr. Fool to have more than one angel under his command.