Chapter 429: Sequence 2 and Sequence 3 Ritual
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In the Forsaken Land, within a city that had converted to the "Fallen Creator."
With his eyes closed, Derrick quietly recalled the information he had obtained at the Tarot Gathering, confirming that he had not forgotten the memories of repeatedly experiencing the same segment of life.
As the frequency of lightning gradually stabilized, Chief Colin, sitting cross-legged and leaning against a stone pillar, spoke: "Depart after 50 lightning strikes."
Derrick took a deep breath, once again reviewing the plan he had made at the Tarot Gathering.
During this exploration, he attempted to damage the mural inscribed with the words "Redemption Rose", but nothing happened.
Derrick looked at Ouroboros's image in the mural: It's not the mural's fault.
Chief Colin and the other members of the team were drawn to Derrick's abnormality.
Fortunately, "Little Sun" had made considerable progress under the guidance of "The Hanged Man" Alger, and he falsely claimed to have seen a small blond boy, concealing his act of damaging the mural.
Because of his reminder, when the exploration team arrived at the room with the altar and saw the little boy named Jack, the chief scrutinized his yellow hair, and everyone immediately became alert.
Just as the chief was considering how to respond to the little boy's plea for help, Derrick suddenly asked, "How can we save you?"
The little boy Jack revealed an excited expression: "Save me, send me home!"
Colin glanced at Derrick, not stopping their conversation.
Derrick asked curiously and fearfully: "Where is your home?"
The little boy weakly raised his hand and said: "My home is in Enmat Harbor."
Derrick gripped the "Hurricane Axe" in his hand: Enmat Harbor? Although Mr. Emperor and Mr. Hanged Man didn't mention it, judging from the word 'harbor,' Jack really doesn't belong here.
Thinking of this, Derrick felt a burst of joy, unable to hide his excitement.
His reaction did not arouse suspicion from Chief Colin and his companions, because they were just as excited.
Even Colin couldn't help but ask: "How did you, or you all, come here?"
The little boy Jack revealed a look of reminiscence: "My father and I first traveled by boat, then joined his companions and continued by boat. After a very, very big storm, the remaining people landed and followed the direction of the Lord's gaze, all the way to here."
Following the direction of the Lord's gaze? Colin and Derrick and the others almost simultaneously looked towards the statue on the altar.
Then they seemed to look in the opposite direction of the statue's gaze in perfect unison, the surrounding map gradually perfected by City of Silver's continuous exploration appearing in everyone's minds.
Giant King's Court!
That direction is the ruins of the Giant King's Court!
At this moment, Derrick keenly noticed that there was dark red blood slowly seeping from the clothes on the little boy Jack's chest and abdomen.
"Are you injured?" he asked cautiously.
Jack lowered his head, answering in a drifting tone: "Some bad things have grown..."
As he spoke, he pulled open his clothes, revealing his naked chest and abdomen. There, inlaid, were two eyes, a nose, and a mouth.
That human face was gentle and indifferent, very much like the silver-haired angel in the mural!
Derrick felt somewhat excited: Mr. Emperor's guess was correct, this little boy is the key, it is because of that "King of Angels's" ability that we are trapped here.
"I'm so hungry..." Jack's mouth stretched to the roots of his ears: "So hungry..."
The power of madness and corruption spread around, and Chief Colin originally wanted to seal Jack, but the little boy was very fragile. As soon as Colin made a move, Jack fell to the ground.
Derrick felt dazed for a moment, and when he regained consciousness, he was back to the time when they were just preparing to set up camp.
Until Chief Colin said: "Depart after 50 lightning strikes."
The seventh exploration began quickly. This time, Derrick did not damage the mural. They once again arrived at the room with the altar and found the little boy Jack.
After a conversation similar to the previous exploration, Derrick once again saw the human face on Jack's body. He did not make any stimulating moves, but instead lowered his voice and said to Colin: "Chief, the human face on his chest looks very similar to the angel in the mural just now."
Colin was first stunned, then glanced at Derrick out of the corner of his eye.
After a few seconds of silence, he said in a low voice: "Your reminder reminds me of something. I once saw records about the 'King of Angels' in the classics..."
Derrick almost nodded repeatedly, saying yes, yes, yes.
This aligns with the information provided by Mr. Emperor. Mr. Emperor's information is indeed so accurate and reliable!
Colin looked at the abnormality in Derrick's eyes, and continued without pausing: "...It is said that when the 'the Omniscient and Omnipotent God' was watching this world, He was surrounded by many angels.
"Among them, the leader of all angels, the Kings of Angels closest to God's work, there are eight in total.
"Unfortunately, in the long history, the records in the classics are somewhat brief, and only two Kings of Angels have relatively detailed records.
"One of the Kings of Angels is called the Angel of Fate, 'Ouroboros, the Tail-Devourer.'"
This time, Derrick had to hold his chin to suppress the urge to nod: Regardless of the pathway, alias, or name, it's exactly the same as Mr. Emperor said!
He tried to make himself look somewhat surprised: "The Tail-Devourer?"
Colin looked at the little boy Jack: "This means that we may have stepped into a river that we cannot leave, a river with its head and tail connected.
"Fortunately, this should only be some of the power left by that Angel of Fate. He is not hiding here."
As he spoke, Colin took out a dark red metal tube, unscrewed the lid, and drank the liquid inside.
His light blue eyes quickly faded, his pupils standing up, reflecting the figure of the little boy Jack.
Colin first inserted the long sword in his hand into the ground, then pulled out another straight sword, coating it with golden, sunlight-like oil.
The little boy Jack noticed Colin's actions, and his expression immediately changed, as if a thick shadow enveloped him.
Before Jack could open his mouth, Colin pulled out the long sword stuck in the ground, and the two swords emitted golden and silver-white light respectively.
The two rays of light impacted the shadow on the little boy Jack's body. After a shrill scream, the golden and silver-white rays of light disappeared, and the human face between the little boy Jack's chest and abdomen disappeared, leaving only a hollow where wriggling internal organs could be seen.
A few meters to Jack's side, Colin's two swords pierced a fragmented human face. The organs on the human face twitched a few times, and then there was no movement.
For a moment, Derrick felt that there was an invisible, water-wall-like barrier silently breaking around him.
He was overjoyed, knowing that he and the others had finally escaped the repeated life.
At this moment, Derrick sincerely thanked Mr. Emperor and Mr. Fool. It was they who gave him reminders and solutions to the problem, otherwise he might have to repeat it dozens or hundreds of times to find clues.
Moreover, people always repeat the same choices. If they can't find the problem the first time, without the corresponding memories and experience, they probably won't notice the abnormality the hundredth or thousandth time.
Thinking of this, Derrick once again realized how terrifying and bizarre the power of the "King of Angels" was!
...
Feynapotter Kingdom, Jeffery Territory.
Hobert accepted the bounty of 1020 pounds that Alger had received. He put the money aside and stared at the roof for a while: "The Great Smog of Backlund, huh!"
The room was silent for a long time before Hobert suddenly got up and came to the "Nation of Disorder".
This time, he turned to the back of the "Iron Throne", where there was a stone coffin. With a wave of his hand, the "Power of Order" covering the coffin disappeared.
With another wave of his hand, the stone lid of the coffin opened.
Inside, a spirit body lay flat, sometimes solidifying and sometimes slightly fading.
If you ignore the process of his fading from time to time, this spirit body is no different from a normal person.
His eyes were closed, he had a straight nose, and his hairline was slightly high. It was Dunn Smith's spirit body, which Hobert had spent a lot of effort to protect.
Hobert said: "Sorry, Captain Smith, I've been busy recently and haven't had time to find someone to help you shape a brand new body. I guess you'll have to lie here for a while.
"Take a good rest, after all, your potion always made it difficult for you to sleep well before."
As he spoke, Hobert showed a slight wry smile: "Since coming to this world, there have been too many things that make me unwilling. I want to change some things, and I have been working hard for it.
"But, but I'm still too weak! The Tingen incident is like this. After I got involved, not only did I fail to save you, but things became more complicated.
"I'm too weak, too weak."
Hobert leaned weakly against the coffin and sat down: "This matter is also too complicated. Although I have an angel-level assistant, I dare not use it. If I push Adam too hard, then I will be helping to make things worse.
"This doesn't even include the Augustus family's angels and the power of the church. My appearance will only make things more complicated."
He let out a long breath, as if he had made up his mind: "Never mind, I still have a pile of my own troublesome things!"
Hobert stood up, put the stone lid back on, and re-wrapped the stone coffin with the "Power of Order".
He sat on the "Iron Throne" and smiled: "What am I worried about? A small Sequence 5, why bother so much? As long as Klein doesn't ask me for help, I'll pretend this never happened!"
Shaking his head, Hobert looked at the pool in front of him. Many stars were expanding, and Hobert spread his spirituality over.
The owners of these new stars were all members of the Balk family, and there was no substantive content, just their daily prayers.
Hobert found Upton's star and told him that the "Favored of God" would go back to meet him at 9:30 tomorrow.
Then he reached out and summoned the two "failed products" that Jessica had sent him. Using the power of the "Nation of Disorder", he easily shattered the weapons and aggregated the Beyonder characteristics inside.
The Beyonder characteristics of mystical materials are obviously smaller than the Beyonder characteristics of a certain sequence, only the size of a finger, but the effects are still there, just without the shape of the materials. I wonder if Carrie will be affected when using them?
Then Hobert thought of another thing. He picked up the "Black Emperor Card" placed on the handle of the "Iron Throne" and looked at the back.
"Sequence 3: Frenzied Mage
"Main materials: The complete brain of a six-whiskered strange beast, a complete phantom multi-eyed butterfly.
"Auxiliary materials: 12 ml of white-striped spider venom, scales and crystals of the carp, 8 ml of brain fluid of the six-whiskered strange beast, 50 ml of red wine stored for eight years.
"Ritual: Achieve amazing achievements in a certain field, so that people associate the abstract concept of that field with the actual name of the Beyonder. The more people who can associate the two, the greater the probability of successful advancement."
Hobert sighed. The ritual for advancing to Sequence 4 only requires seizing a certain amount of power and wealth. As long as you plan in advance, it is not too difficult.
However, the ritual for Sequence 3 is completely on a different level. It is already developing in the direction of associating the Beyonder with certain conceptual things, and you have to plan in advance and find a good field to "achieve amazing achievements".
If you want to associate a certain field with a name, Hobert has many examples in his mind, such as e-commerce and Bezos, electronic communication and Zuckerberg, mobile phones and Steve Jobs or Tim Cook, and so on.
To achieve this, the conditions of the times, environment, culture, policies, and personal efforts are indispensable!
After thinking about it, Hobert finally had a good idea: crossing the river by feeling the stones of Emperor Roselle!
It has been more than a hundred years now, but when it comes to consul and emperor, the first thing everyone thinks of is Roselle!
Relatively speaking, the royal family of the Feysac Empire seems to have no presence at all.
This is enough to show that Roselle has done the emperor profession to the extreme!
Of course, Hobert also knows that the environment and conditions of Emperor Roselle's time are no longer available. It is impossible to make everyone familiar with him by "being an emperor" in Sequence 4.
But you can refer to Roselle's history of success and use the advanced ideas of the AD era to achieve amazing achievements in a certain field.
Hobert nodded slowly. This is a good idea. If you have time, you can think about it carefully.
He picked up the "Black Emperor Card" again and continued to read.
"Sequence 2: Duke of Entropy
"Main materials: The complete brain of a black-scaled emperor crystalline gold beast, or the Beyonder characteristics of the 'Duke of Entropy'.
"Auxiliary materials: 10 ml of blood of the black-scaled emperor crystal gold beast, 10 ml of bile of the blue-blooded emperor crystal gold beast, 60 ml of white wine stored for 9 years.
"Ritual: Cause a chaos involving all levels in the largest city in the world, and use the unique and unprecedented new order proposed by the Beyonder to quell the chaos. Drink the potion in the confusion and helplessness that this chaos brings to people, and in the unwillingness of people to accept the new order."
Hobert put down the "Black Emperor Card". When he first got this blasphemy card, he glanced at the rituals for advancing to Sequence 3 and Sequence 2.
At that time, it may have been because his own level was not high and he felt that this step was still far away, so he didn't think much of it.
Now, seriously looking at the advancement rituals of these two sequences, there is only one thought in his mind: Is it too late to change the pathway now?
This is clearly a script prepared for Roselle, but Roselle directly advanced to "Black Emperor", and he did not use any of these rituals that he could achieve without much preparation!
Hobert chuckled silently: I have so many troubling things, what does the Backlund smog count for?
Right?
...
Southern Continent, Crowlier Town.
Elliot could feel that Governor Jonas and General Anthony were noticeably more enthusiastic towards the members of the Balk family.
Governor Jonas warmly invited the Balk family members injured in the battle to recuperate at his manor.
Originally, those members who were in mortal danger were already jumping around after being treated by the "Creator", while the slightly injured who had not been treated by the "Creator" had to find a place to recuperate.
General Anthony offered one of his luxury villas for Lawrence and other elders to live in.
In the huge villa, only a few elders and Elliot, the favored one of the "Creator", lived.
But there were no less than a hundred servants in the villa.
On Tuesday morning, Elliot got up early and ordered the servants to prepare refreshments and tea, as he was going to entertain the "Blessed of God".
Even the patriarch Lawrence could only wait outside the reception room for the "Blessed of God" to receive him.
Elliot often looked at the pocket watch on the table, watching the time pass minute by minute.
Finally, at 7:58, the space in the corner of the reception room suddenly became illusory, and the "Blessed of God" wearing a mask and carrying a wooden box came out from inside.
Elliot also quickly put on his mask, and he stood up and said, "Blessed of God!"
Hobert nodded: "Sit."
He sat consciously at the head, placing the wooden box on the table to his left.
Elliot then sat down: "Blessed of God, thank you for providing the 'Disorder Stone', which allowed us to maintain the initiative on the battlefield despite being significantly outnumbered."
Hobert smiled: "This is all the guidance of the 'Creator'."
"Praise the Creator!"
Hobert had no choice but to follow: "Praise the Creator!"
Elliot asked, "Blessed of God, what gesture should be used to praise the Creator?"
The mask concealed Hobert's awkward smile: This, the 'Creator' and the 'Blessed of God' have not considered it yet!
But without a gesture, it seems like a scam.
Hobert had no choice but to borrow from the memory in his mind. Hobert stood up, hammering his chest with one hand and his back with the other: "Praise the Creator!"
Elliot followed suit, feeling that the first half of the action was a bit like the gesture of the Storm Church, but more powerful. He even felt that he had become more energetic in these two beatings!
Hobert smiled: "The slogan of praise can also be: Offer my heart!
"It means willing to dedicate one's life to the 'Creator', to lofty ideals and goals!"
Elliot's excitement made the back of his head tingle: This represents the most sincere loyalty to the 'Creator'! And lofty ideals and goals! This is the power of faith!
A dozen seconds later, Elliot gradually calmed down from his self-admiration, and the two sat down again.
Hobert said: "I have considered the matter mentioned in your letter, please ask Lawrence to come in."
After Lawrence came in, he inevitably exchanged a few pleasantries.
After praising the "Creator" again and thanking the "Blessed of God", Lawrence, sitting on Hobert's side, said: "Blessed of God, I would like to talk about the future development direction of the Balk family this time."
Hobert was still a little uncomfortable with this kind of religious conversation. He took a deep breath. Even if he was uncomfortable, he had to adapt. As the "Blessed of God", the consequences would be very serious if he showed any slackness towards the "Creator".
Lawrence continued: "We are preparing to purchase some manors and land to enrich the family's industry. If there is an opportunity to purchase mines, that would be great.
"The next step is to prepare more family members to go out to the small towns for training, and gradually occupy more positions in General Anthony's territory, and jointly control General Anthony's territory with the Forsaken.
"In the future, we also plan to expand our power to the surrounding areas, such as General Adrian's territory in the south, and the Arenas Autonomous Region in the northwest.
"In short, we will control more resources, wealth and population. If the 'Blessed of God' has any needs in this regard, we are willing to dedicate these resources and wealth to you."
Hobert said: "If the 'Creator's' cause has needs, I will come to you.
"But I have some immature suggestions for the future development direction of the Balk family."
"Please speak!" Lawrence of course knew that the so-called "immature suggestions" were instructions from the "Blessed of God"!
"The industrial age has arrived!" Hobert said: "Instead of investing all the wealth in resource-based industries, it is better to simply invest in manufacturing.
"The looting model of the countries in the Northern Continent is to import cheap raw materials and resources from the Southern Continent, process them into industrial products, and then sell them to the Southern Continent. This makes the wealth of the Southern Continent and the Rorsted Archipelago flow to the Northern Continent.
"In seemingly voluntary transactions, resource looting and industrial looting are realized.
"And industrial products are still scarce in the Southern Continent, and the prices are several times higher than in the Northern Continent."
These words opened Lawrence and Elliot's eyes. After all, they had been nestling in the Southern Continent for so many years. Although Lawrence had the ambition to revitalize the family, his vision and concepts had become disconnected from the world.
Hobert said: "In today's world, and for a long time to come, if you want to be self-reliant, you must experience the beatings of the industrial age!
"It is difficult for other extraordinary families, or even old extraordinary organizations such as the 'Rose School' and the 'Numinous Episcopate', to accumulate wealth with industrial products.
"But the Balk family is relatively easy, because the 'Creator' has many dependents in the Northern Continent, and they can help you buy some machines that are prohibited from being exported by the Northern countries, and then send them to the Southern Continent through offerings to the 'Creator'.
"You can start with the textile industry or the smelting industry, and gradually accumulate the management model and technology of the industrial age.
"At that time, the Balk family's industry will be useful to the 'Creator', and the 'Creator' will pay more attention to the Southern Continent."
Lawrence clapped his hands: "Thank you, Blessed of God, for guiding the way. Whether it is textiles or smelted metal, they are very popular in the Southern Continent."
Hobert nodded: "While building factories, you can select a group of outstanding young people from the family to study in the Northern Continent."
Lawrence quickly said: "Then I will have to trouble the 'Blessed of God' to help arrange the study matters."
"No problem, but you must let them learn Loen or Feynapotter in advance." Hobert said: "Or I will see if I can get permanent spells in these two languages through channels."
Lawrence said: "I will have Elliot write to you again about the specific matters."
He also said: "Respected Blessed of God, you should know the situation of the Balk family, so we would like to buy as many Beyonder characteristics from you as possible."
"I brought them." Hobert opened the lid of the wooden box on the table, which was full of various Beyonder characteristics of the "Lawyer" pathway below demigod.
Lawrence and Elliot were stunned. Originally, they thought that they could buy at most a dozen Beyonder characteristics, but they did not expect that it would be like wholesale.
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