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Loen, Ahowa County, a certain city.
An empty room was filled with the smell of dust that had not been inhabited for a long time. But the strange thing is that the full-length mirror placed in the corner is intact and not covered with black cloth.
At this time, the mirror flashed strangely, and a young, shadowy man with a gloomy appearance appeared.
"The speech of George Augustus III is over."
"It ended so abruptly, Sharon, did you hear his voice? Why can the King speak in our heads?"
The figure of a blonde girl wearing a complicated black dress appeared on the window on the side of the full-length mirror. Sharon was silent for a moment and slowly shook her head.
Then, she said: "It should be that something happened."
Sharon thought for a few seconds and was about to say something to Maric when her vision suddenly went dark.
Her veil covered her eyes, and her clothes tied her to the chair. A wicked voice sounded in her ears:
"Guess who I am?"
Maric in the mirror scratched his hair and stood up from the chair:
"If something happens to the king of Loen, we should escape again. Where should we escape this time, Fusac or Intis?"
He began to pack away the items on the table in front of him, stuffing the cards and chips into his pockets: "Oh, it seems that we can't run to Fusac. The members of the Temperance faction in Fusac have lost contact, and there is a demigod from the Indulgence faction who is intercepting them. If you catch them, they may all be dead.”
"The temperance members there invited us to hunt that demigod, but when their information was passed to us, Sharon, you had not yet contacted Her Highness Reinette, so we declined the invitation. It seems that they did not go hunting either, and And got caught..."
"Ruen will soon be under martial law. If you want to leave, you have to do it now. We have to go to a relatively chaotic place to hide ourselves. In the northern continent, we can also choose the plateau area, Yuanlun Castle, Ma Xi and other small countries. Sha Lun, we—”
Maric muttered to himself for a while. He had long been used to Sharon's reading and couldn't read it back. But just when he looked up to ask Sharon, he suddenly found that there was no one on the broken window glass, only the shabby curtains were swaying slightly in the breeze.
clatter!
There was deathly silence around him, his eyes widened, and the chips he held in his hand fell to the ground and were picked up by his other hand.
"You have indeed become a resentful spirit. Is it a characteristic of Steve?" Richard looked at the red and white chips in his hand, holding two expressionless rag dolls under his arms - both dolls were wearing exquisite black palace gowns. skirt, with blond hair, and one of the dolls was holding two heads in its hands - four heads and eight pairs of red eyes were all looking at Sharon next to her. This striking and obvious feature immediately made Mali Qi's expression changed, and he temporarily lost his ability to speak and think in the extreme oppression and panic.
Got caught! Caught by the leader of the indulgence faction!
Maric's chest heaved uncontrollably several times. He finally escaped from the Rose School and was caught on the spot. He could almost see the miserable future for himself, Sharon and others.
"If you don't kill him, I will educate them well."
Richard threw the chip back, and the chip bent in the air, and consciously got into Maric's trouser pocket.
"Come on, come back with me. If you have a chance to play cards in the Northern Continent, why not go back and cultivate two acres of land?"
She stretched out her hand, and the hand quickly enlarged in Maric's eyes, while his body quickly became smaller and weaker, and in an instant he turned into a Maric doll of the same style as Sharon and Reinette. .
Richard put the three rag dolls under his arms, returned to the spirit world, and headed straight for the southern continent.
The already quiet house was now completely silent, and the hooks of the shabby curtains were disconnected. At this time, a gust of wind happened to blow from the broken glass window, covering the mirror that had been lodged by the resentful spirit tightly.
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"Is there any problem with this?" The Demon of Knowledge showed a thoughtful expression, "Or do you have other choices?"
"Your idea is a bit too advanced. I dare say it surpasses at least 80% of gods."
Edward sighed: "Have you not seen the miserable appearance of the Son of Chaos?"
"I see, it's not shameful to be discovered by the omniscient." The demon of knowledge nodded, looked in the direction of Rune in the distance, and narrowed his eyes, "Her current state is quite interesting. She is the incarnation of order, and she can't really She died on the ground, not to mention that she can now affect all the subjects and low-sequence extraordinary people in the country, destroying the balance of the omniscient person's body... That human identity limits her recovery. If she wants to restore her god-level power, she must return from the mausoleum. Resurrected successfully..."
The Demon of Knowledge narrowed her eyes, countless information and data quickly flashed through her purple nebula-like eyes, and she came up with the answer almost without pausing:
"...The Omniscient left the mausoleum where the king was, forcing the Son of Chaos to resurrect in that mausoleum for the sake of her extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness, and then captured her. It was very simple to escape from the trap, as long as someone came and destroyed the mausoleum. Just kill her again."
"She will return from the astral plane and be resurrected in full."
"Actually, that's not what I want to express. I mean...she changed her name to the genie, and was stuffed into the wishing lamp by Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun, just like the 'Aladdin's lamp' in Arabian Nights. The Djinn, the dignified arbiter, judge, and emperor, makes a living by fulfilling the wishes of others. Your mysterious magic is related to ancient myths and legends. Are you sure that you will not be influenced by the Heavenly Lord and turn into a weird story? "
"A weird story?" The Demon of Knowledge smiled, "I like this new term."
Listening to the Demon of Knowledge's words, Edward suddenly raised his eyebrows:
"Want to chat here?"
"Indeed, we should change places." The Demon of Knowledge nodded.
As he spoke, the surrounding environment suddenly changed. A gentle breeze with hidden calls blew from the wilderness. In the wind, vegetation quickly grew on the streets of the town. Ivy and moss quickly eroded and swallowed up the buildings and all man-made objects, hiding traces of civilization in the gray-green world.
Centered on the location of the Demon of Knowledge, the power of the "Knowledge Wilderness" penetrates reality in a small area, making the area where she stands independent.
It seems like a thousand years have passed in an instant. The world is deserted, cities have turned into wilderness, and flowers and grass blades are blowing in the wind. Knowledge and past civilizations are hidden under the vitality, waiting to be discovered by future generations, leaving only a vast scene in the wilderness.
She used the power of Sefirah to fight against Sephiroth, and against the "omniscience" of the one who sank in the sea of chaos.
After everything around him was completed, Edward spoke again:
"You want to take action against Omniscient?"
The Demon of Knowledge did not deny that the old and thin scholar had a thoughtful look on his face, as if he was weighing the pros and cons:
"The Omniscient and Almighty will attack me sooner or later, and I will strike first."
"The feeling of being torn into pieces and devoured is really bad. I don't want to experience it again, so I will eat the God of Truth first and destroy her. You are right. I am indeed thinking about whether to help the Son of Chaos before dying. Once, let her return from the star realm and assist me in killing the All-Knowing One.”
"God is in the Sea of Chaos, so if you seize omniscience...oh?"
Edward suddenly understood and looked at the Demon of Knowledge with a little more awe:
"Is this why you plan to support Crane Moretti? Do you plan to let him hold back God, and then you try your best to take this opportunity to devour other gods, improve yourself, and cause trouble to God? I also I thought you planned to become a teacher."
The Demon of Knowledge shook his head slowly but firmly.
"Communicating with humans makes me happy."
"But aggregation and strengthening are the first requirements of our lives..."
Humans have a hierarchy of physiological needs, and gods do the same. For the gods of the starry sky, just like humans must eat before doing anything, gathering and fighting are the first needs, and instincts also have a sequence.
Competing for God's "omniscience" will not make the Demon of Knowledge become a pillar-level Old One, nor will it make God fall into the status of an ordinary Old One because of the lack of this piece of the puzzle. However, it will make God hold a grudge, and he may still do so in the future. Take your life for a ride.
But as long as there is a chance, she will still do it, almost all the stars in the sky will do this, this is the way of survival.
From the perspective of human interests, this is a meaningless move because humans cannot understand "aggregation and becoming stronger" as eating.
It seems that human gods can’t either.
Although it is instinct and power to grant knowledge, eating is more important than working. The Demon of Knowledge looked into the distance. Everything in the wilderness was composed of pure knowledge. A flower bloomed and withered at a predetermined time and process. The variety, flowering period, growth time and life were written on the petals. For a long time, the same is true for creatures and all believers in her eyes. They are broken down into information in every detail and there is no difference.
Seeing all this, the Demon of Knowledge suddenly thought of something and said:
"You seem to have some cooperation with the Omniscient and Almighty. Her teachings also mention your Kingdom of God. Do you have the same interests?"
"Cooperation... It's logically over."
Their cooperation officially ended from the moment the True Creator disappeared. She also refused to become God's slave, and did not allow the True Creator to further solidify the connection between them through the Holy Scriptures. There was no longer any covenant to bind Edward Waugh. kindness.
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In Edward's cognition and principles, whoever negotiates terms with him face to face is the one who cooperates, and it cannot be inherited or transferred.
The Demon of Knowledge was not surprised by this answer. Then, Edward shook his head and said seriously:
"If interests are related... I have no ill feelings towards God, but you may not have any interests that can impress me, so I won't help you. If you just want to tear 'omniscient' away from the God of Thunder, and the Sons of Chaos Cooperation is enough.”
"The prerequisite for cooperation with her is that she can keep her promise, but she also has a grudge against the God of Thunder now, so she shouldn't change her mind at the last minute."
"Speaking of which, are you going to kill the God of Thunder, or are you just going to beat her to pieces and snatch Omniscient?"
"What's the difference between the two?"
The Demon of Knowledge was still a little curious, and then suddenly realized: "Oh, you are right, the situation on the earth is relatively stable. She has no other competitors in the path that belongs to God. I have no use for the tyrant. She has lost a path. You can still survive - no, maybe you still can't survive. The Son of Chaos might try to see how compatible he is with the 'tyrant'. After all, the black emperor is also a tyrant, isn't he?"
In a few words, the Demon of Knowledge had already divided up Leodro's characteristics, and seemed to be waiting to contact the Son of Chaos at some point.
The possibility of this plan is quite high. As the incarnation of the Sefirot who puts self-improvement and becoming stronger as the first priority, Edward did not express any rejection of the idea of the Demon of Knowledge, but just asked another question. :
"Then what do you do with your newly reorganized church?"
The Demon of Knowledge has only returned for about a month, and the "Morse Trappist Order" has just completed its initial integration with the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, and all walks of life have not yet developed--the most important thing is that her church is in the Church of the Creator. next door! Although the Demon of Knowledge has no good feelings towards God, she also ended up in Intis by some strange combination of circumstances. According to the agreement, she has to protect the believers of the God of Steam and Machinery.
She thought for a moment and looked at the sky in the distance:
"I don't need so many believers, but among the believers there will indeed be students who are worthy of being taught."
"I also don't want to live among the believers of the Omniscient and Almighty, and the War Angel has hindered my communication with Klein Moretti several times. If I can get Rune with the Son of Chaos, then I can leave Intis. Or, I can break up the church and let them go to other countries incognito, spread my name, and spread the knowledge and technology I bestow, just like they don’t believe in the God of Steam but use her inventions.”
"Very well. I'm glad to see you don't have any unreasonable kindness toward humans."
Edward breathed a sigh of relief and smiled:
"I would be very scared if you suddenly said something like you want to protect and love humans, or do your best to help them. After all, you have been living with humans in the Western Continent for a long time."
"Humanity has a large base and has many talents. As an intelligent race, it is considered good and can become one of my tribes."
The Demon of Knowledge didn't quite understand, but still expressed his affirmation.
"Speaking of which, do you have any information related to Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun?"
"What do you want to know?" Edward asked. "If they are competitors for the Lord of Mysteries, except for the one you are currently paying attention to, Crane Moretti, you should have already got the others. They are nothing more than An Tigonus, Amon, Zarathu, Pales Zoroaster, and Bethel Abraham who is flying in the sky and has not yet come down.”
"I remember one thing. At the end of the fourth season, Bethel Abraham was exiled by the storm and the night. In other words, if I kill the omniscient one, the door controlled by the fallen mother goddess will return..."
If you want to remove pollution, you must kill the polluted people completely.
The Fallen Mother Goddess is a pillar-level Old One. Even the powerful Old One will find this kind of pollution troublesome, and it will backfire on them if they are not careful. Bethel Abraham was sentenced to death from the moment he was tainted.
The foreign gods each have their own purposes, and their positions and behaviors are different, but the fewer gods who come to participate, the better. Moreover, this small earth cannot hold a pillar. If the fallen mother goddess comes, the omniscient and omnipotent and blessed students will Xuanhuang Tianzun will also wake up immediately due to stress, and maybe he will directly merge and awaken the original in the melee, allowing the universe to restart again... The demon of knowledge did not want to live to the end so early. She looked far away in thought, and her eyes fell on On the Honakis Mountains, wrapped in the veil of secrecy, whispered:
"Are you helping the goddess of the night suppress Antigonus?"
"Yes." Edward admitted readily, "I think an environment with only God is more suitable for survival than Tianzun. Do you really plan to help Tianzun to contain God? Look at the past Third Age, Amon is currently from The one who is most similar to the Lord of Mysteries in terms of personality, do you think you are sure to win Amon's favor, or do you think you can make Crane have enough affection for you?"
"You have a point."
"Then would you mind telling me where Crane Moretti is now?"
The Demon of Knowledge glanced at her and suddenly asked:
“So what kind of person was Bethel Abraham?”
Along with Amon, Zaratul, and Antigonus who were corrupted by the spiritual imprint of the Heavenly Lord, although Mr. Gate of Heaven has been deeply contaminated for thousands of years, he may be the best one to start at the moment.
Moreover, it just so happened that she also wanted to take advantage of the extraordinary characteristics of the Omniscient One.
As long as you want to do it, there are always more ways than difficulties.
Memory is also information. It is not difficult for the Demon of Knowledge to kill Bethel Abraham, remove the contamination of extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness, and then recreate an exact Bethel Abraham based on the memory information. Just move your fingers.
If he could live, Bethel Abraham would not actively seek death.
Although selling favors may not be effective, memory and favorability can be controlled according to the needs of the demon of knowledge. It doesn't need to be a good relationship, that would be too fake. As long as Mr. "Gate" has more good feelings and respect for you, things will be much easier in the future.
"You are so determined to go against God." Edward was a little surprised. "I did not come to the early stage of the Fourth Age. I am not familiar with her. However, you should have a ritual on hand that can contact her, Rose. L. Gustave used it."
"I will not recognize God from my position. Sooner or later, she will be 'eager to supplement her omniscience and omnipotence' and take action against me. In this case, my only choice other than running away is to support Tianzun." The demon of knowledge obviously has no intention of running away. "Although he is not cooperative, But what are you going to do next?”
"me……"
Edward fell into thinking.
"To be honest, I have been in jail for a long time and was bound by a contract. Now that it is suddenly free, I am not used to it."
She casually told a joke from the old days, and the Demon of Knowledge understood it:
"I decide what I want to do, such as going to Backlund's grave to laugh at the Sons of Chaos, letting believers sell arms, promoting wars, burning, killing and looting, leading the Southern Continent to colonize the Northern Continent, or looking for trouble with the Earth Gods when I have nothing to do. The most important thing is to visit Crane and kill him. It's so difficult for the Sons of Chaos to escape, so I don't want to bet on the candidate's temperament at all. I suggest you also go and chat more with the Sons of Chaos, maybe chat. Then you will understand God.”
"No, I don't want to understand God at all."
The Demon of Knowledge said: "But I will go chat with the Son of Chaos, see you later."
tbc
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Demon of Knowledge: This place is really a small temple with a strong wind.
