Chapter 736: Third Chair

Senor, in his Wraith form, passed through the thick soil and rocks under

Klein's control, arriving beside Sharron. He saw a damaged armrest which

had asymmetrical patterns buried there, looking rather similar, but also

different from the splinters they discovered moments ago.

The armrest wasn't pure black in color. Their patterns exuded a dark red

color, as though it was an intersection of iron and blood.

Recalling the scene from his nightmare, Klein determined that this

wasn't the high-back chair that the entity suspected to be Medici sat

on.

This was the second chair!

The room that sealed the evil spirit had at least two high-back chairs!

"Klein" and Sharron didn't say a word as they circled around in

different directions to search for other clues.

Before long, they discovered the evidence of a third high-back chair!

It was the leg of a chair, mainly dark red in color with pure black

patterns. It was completely different from the other two kinds of

splinters.

"Perhaps it's a problem caused by the asymmetrical trait of the Fourth

Epoch..." Klein knew Sharron's style, volunteering to speak and saying

something even he couldn't believe.

In the nightmare that resulted from the evil spirit's influence, the

colors of the high-back chairs were, at the very least, uniform!

Sharron shook her head slightly.

"Three has more of a ritualistic feel."

She was implying that the innocent victims of Blood Emperor Alista Tudor

weren't just one person back then. Perhaps a ritual had been held in the

room that sealed the evil spirit.

Klein was taken aback by what he heard as a scene flashed through his

mind.

In a spacious and dark room, three high-back chairs of different styles

were placed around a particular point in the center. And sitting on each

chair was a breathless humanoid creature with a drooping head. Among

them included Red Angel Medici.

The scene became clearer as Klein instantly connected two additional

matters together.

*The main ingredients of the Sequence 0 Black Emperor's potion is the

Uniqueness and two Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics (excluding one's

own Beyonder characteristic);*

*Blood Emperor Alista Tudor had apparently forcefully jumped from the

Black Emperor pathway's Sequence 1 Prince of Abolition to the Red Priest

Sequence 0, which wasn't a neighboring pathway. As a result, he became a

half-crazy true god!*

As his thoughts whirred, Klein quickly had a theory.

*This room had once held a Sequence 0 advancement ritual needed for a

true god!*

Of course, according to the complicated ritual needed by a Black

Emperor, this was only part of the requirement. The pathway that

represented war had clearly required the entire continent to be in chaos

and at war to match in scale.

*And Blood Emperor Alista Tudor doesn't have the corresponding Sequence

1 Beyonder characteristic, so his Red Priest potion requires three

Sequence 1 angels or Sealed Artifacts to provide "Him" with the Beyonder

characteristics. There happens to be three high-back chairs

here!*

*Yes, the evil spirit suspected to be Red Angel Medici said that to help

it escape its seal, one should find direct descendants of the Sauron,

Einhorn, and Medici family, and then extract 10 ml of blood and mix them

with holy water... Sauron and Einhorn wield the Hunter pathway and are

also angel families of the Red Priest Beyonder pathway. They've existed

since the Fourth Epoch to this day. One of them has already waned, only

capable of controlling the spy network and a military faction in Intis,

while the other remains the royal family of Feysac...* Thoughts

flashed through Klein's mind as he had a new belief regarding what had

happened in the room, as well as the true identity of the evil spirit.

*On the other two high-back chairs sat the ancestors of the Sauron and

Einhorn families, Sequence 1 angels!*

*Together with War Angel Medici, who very likely possessed the pathway's

Uniqueness, all the main ingredients of the Red Priest potion were

gathered!*

*And that evil spirit is highly likely to not be the pure Red Angel

Medici. It might include the remnant psyche and hatred of the Sauron and

Einhorn family's ancestors!*

*Man, this place once sacrificed three Sequence 1 angels! Before "They"

died, their curses and the ritual itself left effects, making this room

become abnormally horrifying, as well as sealing it? Thankfully I

reported this to the Churches ahead of time to let them deal with it.

Otherwise, we might have died here if we relied on ourselves. It would

be the same even if Miss Sharron and I advanced to Sequence 4. We would

become food for the evil spirit...* Klein felt a sense of fear

and joy.

Meanwhile, he began to understand the reason why the Red Priest card had

landed in the hands of the evil spirit. After all, the former

highest-ranking members of a pathway were buried here in this

underground ruin, the convergence of Beyonder characteristics would

naturally lure Beyonders of the same pathway over without any

deviations.

*Furthermore, as Roselle once said---whatever separates will definitely

converge, and whatever converges will definitely separate---after Blood

Emperor Alista Tudor perished, the true god characteristic he possessed,

which is the Sequence 0 characteristic, will likely split into four

pieces.*

*One is the Uniqueness, an abstract item or concept, while the remaining

three are three sets of Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics. If it

wasn't because of that, the corresponding Beyonder pathway wouldn't have

anymore Sequence 1s when someone becomes a god...*

*Could one or two of these Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics be

attracted, entering the sealed room? This is likely one of the reasons

why the Card of Blasphemy was lured over! The more Klein thought, the

more he felt that he had previously underestimated the evil

spirit.*

They live up to being angels who advanced from Conspirers...

Standing under the tree, Klein controlled Senor to say, "Perhaps it

really is a ritual.

"It's related to Blood Emperor Alista Tudor. The scale and level

involved must be great."

Sharron added after silently listening, "Sauron, Einhorn, Medici..."

*Miss Sharron is also suspecting if the three high-back chairs once

belonged to different angels from the details requested by the evil

spirit... Klein thought for a moment, and he divulged something through

Senor.*

"Blood Emperor Alista Tudor is likely a true god from the Hunter

pathway; the Card of Blasphemy is represented by the Red Priest."

Sharron remained silent for a few seconds as though she came to a

realization regarding certain matters as she said, "That card is gone."

She was referring to the Red Priest card which the evil spirit had

formerly shown them.

"Perhaps that evil spirit had long escaped before the Nighthawks and

Machinery Hivemind destroyed this place." Klein shared his theory. "And

it had taken away all the Beyonder characteristics and that Red Priest

card."

Sharron silently surveyed the area and said, "It's very crafty. It

wouldn't leave behind any obvious clues."

*That's right. The Beyonder characteristics outside the sealed room are

clearly not at Sequence 4. To an evil spirit who was once a King of

Angels, they don't have any allure. Likewise for the Red Priest card...

It can be understood that it took away the things in the room, but why

didn't it leave anything? It's like telling others something like "Haha,

I've fooled you. I've already successfully escaped. Catch me if you

can"... Wait, perhaps that's exactly what it wishes to convey!*

As Klein thought, he suddenly found it amusing as he made Senor speak.

"No, being crafty doesn't necessarily equate to not leaving clues.

"The Sequence 8 of the Hunter pathway is Provoker."

At that moment, the Red Angel that surfaced in his mind had the picture

of Anderson Hood over it.

Sharron listened silently as she gaped her mouth slightly, but she

didn't say a word.

Similarly, Klein was speechless. He felt that the Beyonders of the

Hunter pathway truly had a crystal clear style.

In comparison, the red-haired Helene didn't appear anything like someone

from the Sauron family.

*However, she was rather talented at provoking Vice Admiral Ailment...

Yes, back then, the Sauron family members also infuriated Roselle

terribly...* Klein silently exhaled as he lampooned.

The silent mood was soon broken by Klein. Senor looked around and said a

joke, "Perhaps that's the reason why they were captured and brought

here."

"Who was helping Alista Tudor?" Sharron's translucent figure asked, but

she didn't seem to look forward to the answer.

"Perhaps it's the six deities..." "Klein" recalled the six deity statues

in the hall.

However, he had second thoughts.

"However, the seven deities supported the Trunsoest Empire. The Sauron

and Einhorn families were powerful aristocrats of the empire.

"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that they first supported Tudor, and

later had a falling out after 'He' went mad."

*If it's not the six deities, does it mean that there are other deities

supporting Alista Tudor? Who would it be?* Klein thought in

silence.

Sharron didn't stay any longer as she floated up to the surface,

returning to the tree.

Klein stored away Senor's Wraith, allowing it to enter the gold coin

inside the iron cigar case. Then, he asked in passing, "Actually, I've

always been curious. Where do the powers of pure evil spirits and

wraiths who do not have Beyonder characteristics come from?"

"The spirit world," Sharron answered simply.

*The conservation of Beyonder characteristics, but the source of

Beyonder powers isn't necessarily the same? Yes, perhaps the spirit

world itself is the product of some Beyonder characteristics...*

Klein nodded and looked at the soil beneath his feet.

"I'll continue investigating the whereabouts of the evil spirit. I'll

inform you if there's anything."

He planned on asking Arrodes later.

With that said, he took out a pen and paper, scribbled down the method

to summoning his messenger, and handed it over.

"You can write to me if there's anything."

Sharron received the piece of paper and seriously looked at it.

"I'll be in the Bravehearts Bar.

"Letters can be mailed to 126 Garde Street, Hillston Borough. Address it

to Ma'am Maryam."

"Alright." Klein stuffed his pen into his pocket. In front of Sharron,

he used a ritualistic dagger to create a wall of spirituality and

resealed the iron cigar case.

Following that, he crossed the street to stop a carriage like a

gentleman, sending Sharron all the way back to the Backlund bridge area.

After doing this, he returned to the high-end hotel in Hillston Borough.

Midway, he changed his appearance and switched carriages.

Bayam. Inside the Seaweed Bar.

Danitz, who had spent some time drifting at sea, once again stepped back

into the City of Generosity. He planned on helping the Resistance handle

some matters.

He pressed down on his cap, sat at the corner of the bar counter, and

prepared to first hear about the recent news. He didn't wish to become a

bounty reward due to untimely or inaccurate intelligence.

At this moment, he heard an adventurer beside him say to his companion,

"Hey, do you think Gehrman Sparrow will get someone to claim Admiral of

Blood's bounty on his behalf?"

Ah? Danitz subconsciously looked up, looking at the speaker

with a blank, confused look.