Mysteries: Arcana Wars

"Mr. Hermes, are you also interested in Manstein's prophecy?"

In casual clothes, Dodge Rama lacks the strong aura that he exudes on stage, but he still has an infectious joy. Even with the metal traction straps on his face, his smile is still very friendly.

"Some, after all they are great scientists, but that's it."

Crane admitted that this was a great circus performer, but various details and his spiritual intuition made him feel uncomfortable standing next to Dodger Lamar.

At least now he didn't use that ability to mobilize emotions on himself.

"As for your performance later, I'd rather not get involved. Your last name is 'Rama' and mine is 'Hermes'. We are obviously not performers of the same genre, so there's no need to force ourselves to cooperate."

Among the circus performers today, those who use Rama as their stage name prefer to use modern technology and mechanical creations to achieve stage effects, while those who choose "Hermes" as their surname mostly use tricks, borrowing positions, sleight of hand, and other tricks to achieve their performances.

"What a pity... As a devout believer in the God of Steam and Machinery, I am a huge fan of the Mansteins. Whether their stories are true or not, they always bring new inspiration to my performances and my prosthetic transformations."

"If the fantastic ideas in Emperor Roselle's manuscript can guide people to create more sophisticated things, then Manstein's prophecy seems to be even more crazy and bizarre. It's not just that their sentences are mixed upside down, but also that they lead people to appreciate a corner of the world thousands of years later."

Regardless of whether Klein responded or not, Dodge Lamar continued to talk on his own, and even walked up to Klein and flipped through the notes on the electronic screen.

"Since the 'end of the world', from steam engines to electric engines to internal combustion engines and silicon-based technologies, these technologies that amaze us all seem to be glimpsed in the notes of the Mansteins. In other words, Manstein's technological predictions have been realized step by step in later generations."

“But how did people at that time treat them?”

Dodge Lama's words made Klein feel uncomfortable, especially the pair of electronic prosthetic eyes, which stared at Klein with a psychedelic and excited look.

The magician narrowed his eyes and smiled without saying anything.

Both sides realized that the other side would be a troublesome presence today, and both hoped that the other side would not interfere in their affairs.

"When the Rama steam analyzer was officially launched, the Mansteins were truly cheered and supported by the public. Before that, they worked as mechanics and technicians in various factories, selling their optimization and maintenance solutions at low prices. Those stupid idiots only knew that they had saved a lot of money at the moment, but they didn't expect that an epoch-making opportunity would slip away from them."

"At least after Rama was born, the Mansteins gained the respect and love of the world," Klein said.

"So, is this really the case?"

Dodge Rama smiled and flipped back through his electronic notes.

"The Mansteins showed people the way forward in the development of science and technology in their own way, but how did people respond to them? The ignorant masses could not decipher the geniuses' mixed notes, so they simply pointed their fingers at them and called them crazy. There is no way in the world that anything can run faster than a steam engine, and if there is, it must be a more advanced steam engine."

"Yes! Their short-sightedness prevents them from seeing the future paradise depicted by geniuses. Their selfish vices hate all genius fantasies that subvert their vested interests. They forget that before the birth of Rama Manstein, the steam-powered analytical engine was just a technological fantasy."

"So the handwriting of the Mansteins became more and more crazy, and their sentences became more and more broken. They finally became real lunatics in the dirty words of the vulgar masses, and disappeared in history with their correct guidance."

"What's funny is that hundreds of years later, people followed Manstein's example and actually developed an electric Rama machine. Then people wanted to praise Manstein and his wife again, but they found that they couldn't even find the ashes of these geniuses."

"Now, they are stepping on the corpses of geniuses, shouting and creating all kinds of 'mysteries' for them, and claiming that they are the followers and spiritual heirs of the Mansteins..."

From a historian's perspective, this is the limitation of the times...

"You seem to know a lot about Manstein's history." Klein did not fall into the other party's context and asked calmly, "Are you a scholar of the Church of Steam and Mechanics?"

"I once studied at the Church of Steam and was a prosthetics researcher."

Dodge Rama raised his hand to show his prosthetic body, and the strange ruby ​​ring on his hand was very conspicuous.

"I once thought that the Mansteins were hidden by the Steam Church, but my investigation told me that the church also lost them..."

"Goddess! Where is the sword here?"

Just then, a commotion came from the display platform not far away. Klein recognized it as the voice of the tour guide, Lin En.

"My goddess! Where is the [Margaret's Oath] that was originally on display here? It's the treasure of the museum! Why was it replaced with this golden wine cup?"

This display case is worthy of being designed for the treasure of the town hall, and visitors can see it as soon as they enter the church. Now almost everyone in the hall can see the commotion here.

Visitors were whispering around the large display case. Museum staff hurried over and smiled at Lin En.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Van der Rohe. The ancient sword [Margaret's Oath] has been sent to the royal family for safekeeping, so we temporarily applied to open the cabinet for this [Glorious Golden Cup] to replace the ancient sword. You see, this is an order from above, and I can't refute it..."

“When did this happen? How come I didn’t know about it?” Lin En paced back and forth in front of the display case anxiously, then walked over to the staff and lowered his voice and said, “That’s our family heirloom!”

"Yes, yes, I'm really sorry. We just learned about this sudden news this morning. The royal family said that the Queen's 125th birthday ceremony is coming soon, and they plan to use this sword as a ceremonial sword. The royal family hopes that everything will go well... You know, this sword is of great significance to the army..."

Looking at Xiao Lin's anxious and powerless expression, Dodge Lamar made a disdainful sound.

"More than three hundred years ago, there was a brave and skilled female general who was called the Valkyrie by the soldiers under her command. She was the indomitable defender of the royal family and the spiritual symbol of the Loen Royal Army."

"But what is the reality? The Valkyrie, who was surrounded by thousands of people, died young and inexplicably on the battlefield, but her sword was sent back to Backlund with great care. The sword that was supposed to shed blood on the battlefield is now just a ceremonial toy used by the royal family..."

"You see, whether in the Fifth or Sixth Epoch, these secular people are so stupid and hopeless. Not only can they not understand the great ideas of geniuses, nor catch up with their powerful strength, but they also cannot stand the sight of the geniuses shining brightly. They desperately want to tear off the geniuses' sacred wings, and finally turn the geniuses into meaningless ornaments like themselves, dancing around and hypocritically praising the fallen geniuses for their own stupid interests."

"But geniuses are different! They are destined to rise, destined to rise with supreme glory!"

Dodge Lamar suddenly roared at Klein, then calmed down and gently patted Klein's shoulder. But his nervous words did not break the magician's ever-changing smile.

"Just like me, and just like you."

"I can see, Mr. Hermes, that you, like me, are a one-in-a-million genius, destined to rise above the heavens."

"As for those idiots..."

The grinning clown suddenly leaned close to Klein's ear again.

"They don't deserve it."

Then Dodger Lamar suddenly stepped back and opened his arms enthusiastically to Crane again.

"So, Mr. Hermes, our great magician, would you like to join me in this grand performance?"

"no thank you."

Klein rejected it coldly again, but his spirit tensed up.

The rejected clown was not sad at all. He laughed and clapped while staring at Crane slowly backing away.

"What a shame, Mr. Hermes."

Pop, pop, pop.

The noisy crowd made way for him and he climbed the stairs.

"Then please enjoy the impromptu performance of the great clown king, Dodger Rama!"

The clown stepped onto the platform and loudly announced the start of the show to the crowd.

"ladies and gentlemen!"

Amid the screams of the crowd, the clown tore off his face and gave a bloody salute in the direction of Klein.

Dodge Rama suddenly smashed the glass with a punch, raised the [Glorious Golden Cup] and knocked it hard with his ruby ​​ring.

"Klein! Watch out for Dodge Rama! That—"

The connection with the spirit worm was suddenly cut off.

Then the entire Harvest Church began to shake violently. As a loud explosion was heard from the direction of the hospital, an evil red light poured down from the sky and poured into the church.

“Welcome to Nelson Korodeko’s drag show!”