The Master of the Strange Realm

The Protoss continued to explain, and for the first time there was clear information that the Overlord was promoted by the True God.

But this also brought Jenkins more reverie. He already knew that the True Gods could create clones, such as the God of Music was the clone of the Sage. Then the purpose of the gods doing this is probably to fill the vacancy of the True God seat after their promotion. After all, not every True God can find a successor with a very similar scope of their own priesthood.

This gave rise to a very interesting question. Now is the end of the Eighteenth Era. According to the tradition that a Overlord will appear in each era, there must be a True God in this era to vacate his seat, that is to say, there must be a false god promoted to a True God, and there must be a non-God promoted to a false god...

"So, is the purpose of the savior becoming a god in each era just to fill this vacancy?"

He boldly guessed.

"Of course not. The savior's becoming a god is part of the rules and has nothing to do with filling the vacancy.

It is no longer the original ancient era. The stability of the world's rules and the rise of order make it more difficult for non-gods to be promoted to gods, and the savior may not succeed every time... The vacancies that appear in each era can be filled by the gods themselves, but generally speaking, the gods will not do so. The gods tend to find like-minded people among the false gods. Therefore, when some false god believers are active in the material world, they have a good relationship with the churches of the true gods."

"Why not do this? Isn't it simpler to do this?"

"It is not without cost to create a clone by oneself. And if you use yourself to occupy your original position, you will be spurned by the gods. This world needs new power, new paths, and someone who can create new order and new rules, instead of constantly standing still."

Lakul explained calmly, which reflects the wisdom of the gods. Such a world is a promising world.

The Star Spirit continued:

"I can't explain the mystery clearly. I am not a god. I only know that gods will only let their clones inherit their positions when they have no choice. Usually, the gods create clones just to create new priesthoods, differentiate different paths, improve the order of the world, bear and eliminate more sins, and occupy new days."

Jenkins nodded slowly, and his understanding of the rules of this world has made great progress.

"Then in addition to the savior becoming a god and the sin-bearing god... do you know what I mean, is there a third way that can allow mortals to be promoted to gods?"

He asked again, wanting to further explore the secrets of God.

"I am not a god, and I cannot know the secrets of God."

Lakul repeated what he said just now, and then said:

"But according to the changes in the material world observed by the Star Spirit, there is indeed a third way. It's just that it is the secret of God and cannot be recorded by any means."

PS: The author has returned to school and has been a bit busy recently, so he may not be able to reply to posts and comments in time.

In addition: Asking for everything at the beginning of the month... I found that I can't seem to ask for anything at the end of the month.

Chapter 1623 Chapter 1598 The Slate of Creation

"That's good, as long as there is a possibility."

Jenkins asked about the third path for Alexia. The short lady has now been promoted to a demigod, and she has been promoted in an unusual way. Jenkins hopes to help her find the next step, instead of being stuck in the mortal stage like all the current demigods.

The star spirit Lakul answered many of Jenkins' questions, but she herself is not a god, and some things are really unknown.

"God of Lies, there is one more thing I need to tell you. Do you remember your first time in the astral world?"

"Of course I remember."

This was the night when the [Twin Demons] incident ended. Jenkins traveled into the [Shadow Kingdom] through the resonance of objects and the sea of ​​stars, and exchanged a bag of rice from the little boy and his father for a fragment of the stone tablet. Judging from the shape, it was a corner of the stone tablet, with only a few scattered and incomplete characters on it.

"That's a corner of the [Slate of Creation]."

"What?"

Jenkins asked hesitantly. He had heard of this name before. The dead demigod Mr. Constantine had once looked for something with the same name in order to break through the limit of his lifespan. When Jenkins first mistakenly entered the gem gathering, Mr. Constantine really got information from Miss Alexandrite. At that time, Jenkins was still wondering whether the so-called [Slate of Creation] was what he copied every day. (Chapter 176)

"The Slate of Creation is the carrier of the original story of the world. It is older than the Star Spirit. It has no power itself, but can only be divided and cannot be destroyed. If you want to find the secret of becoming a god, in addition to asking other gods, the best way is to check this slate."

The fragments of the Slate of Creation cannot enter the material world, so they are left in the hands of the Star Spirits by Jenkins. The Star Spirits thanked Jenkins for this and regarded him as a friend at that time, which indirectly confirmed its importance.

"Since there is no power, then why..."

"It has no power itself, but the records on the stone tablet have power. It is the most ancient knowledge, knowledge that will drive mortals crazy after just one glance. Countless evil beings try to obtain it, and the races that know of its existence regard it as a stepping stone to the path of God. But the ambitious people will never know what kind of disaster will be caused by abusing the knowledge of the creation stone tablet.

The complete Genesis Tablet was originally kept by the Protoss according to the decision of the gods. However, in the Third Age, the Tablet fell into the material world in an accident, which triggered the Year of Turbulence. The gods took the initiative to transform into saints and entered the material world in an attempt to obtain the Tablet. The story that happened was more terrible than the end of any era. (Note)

After that, the God of Knowledge was born, and the Tablet was handed over to the God of Knowledge for safekeeping. However, during this turmoil, the Tablet broke into some fragments, which were scattered in various corners of the material world and outside the material world. This is the origin of the fragment you obtained. If you want to delve into the secrets of the Tablet Fragments, it is best to do it in the form of a god rather than a saint. ”

Jenkins now has a drop of divinity in his hand and can become a god at any time. But he is not sure that just a corner of the creation slate can allow him to study the method to help Alexia.

He has not spent the divinity to interpret the idea of ​​the slate for the time being. The slate is probably of great use to the real gods. Preserving the divinity is to cope with the coming final day, which is the top priority now.

Thanking the star spirit for the answer, Jenkins returned to the inn in the material world, and then recorded the complete knowledge he gained in the whisper tonight.

Because the two gods met this time have a considerable degree of overlapping priesthood, the knowledge gained this time is mostly related to the night and the starry sky.

There are three complete ability acquisition ceremonies, namely [Unstable Fate (Purple Fate)] [Stars] [ Road (yellow spell)] and [Hidden Moon Armor (golden magic)].

[Unpredictable Fate] is not able to disturb fate, but to interfere with divination. The gifter with this ability will be completely unable to be divined, and the ability and rituals that predict the future will also be invalid for the ability owner. This sounds like a side effect of Jenkins's [Unknown Road Ahead], so Jenkins is not interested in it.

[Star Road] is an ability that evolved from the super-large ritual of ancient humans to worship the stars. Its function is to let the power of the stars bless itself at night, so that the spiritual and physical strength can be temporarily improved, and the power of the abilities and rituals related to the starry sky can be enhanced. In other words, this is an auxiliary ability that can only be used at night, but the effect is very good.

[Hidden Moon Armor] is similar to [ [Blessing of Books] are all divine abilities that provide shields for oneself or other targets. The strength of the Hidden Moon Armor is determined by the completeness of the "Hidden Moon" that the user meditates on in his heart. The "Hidden Moon" itself is completely invisible, so it cannot be configured or meditated on. Therefore, only true believers of the [Lightless Moon] can know the secrets. Although Jenkins has seen some of the ways through the whispers at the end of the moon, it is more cost-effective to learn the sage's divine art [Blessing of Books] instead of learning this ability.

After reaching level 6, he obtained 4 blank bubbles, three of which were occupied by [Sword Dance·Revolving], [Aura of Fear], and [Empathy of Living Beings]. He decided to learn the remaining one after returning to Nolan. He has coveted this ability for a long time. It's been a long time.

"Meow~"

The cat was urging Jenkins to turn off the lights and go to bed, and knew that Jenkins was completely delusional.

Because they had to stop at cities along the route to rest at night, the trip lasted for six days before it ended.

The fifth day of the trip was also the fifth day of the Starry Sky and the Long Night Moon. This day was Wednesday. At night, the train stopped at New Truman City, which was also the city where the Evil God's Son was first discovered by the church.

Jenkins lived with his parents and family this time, but after the train stopped, he went to say hello to Hathaway and Britney first. After arriving at the mansion arranged for the royal family, he projected to meet Alexia and Dolores. They were all bored with this boring journey.

Finally, he went to Loen, met the little princess, and listened to her talk about the recent situation in the Kingdom of Hampavo. Because of the king's departure, the atmosphere in Loen City has become a little strange recently, and there are signs of military mobilization around the capital. The big event that Jenkins and Alexia had a premonition of was about to happen. Jenkins assured the little princess that he would come to see her every day, so she didn't need to be nervous or worried, and everything would be fine.

PS: This is a tribute to the "turbulent year" of Dungeons \u0026 Dragons (dnd). In order to prevent someone from saying the Lord of the Abyss as happened last time when the God of Slaughter and the Son of Baal were mentioned, a special statement is made.

Chapter 1624 Chapter 1599 Invitation to the Strange Realm

According to the itinerary, the group will arrive at Nolan Railway Station tomorrow afternoon. From the newspaper, Nolan has made sufficient preparations to welcome this group of people. At the same time, the Cheslan visiting group, which was traveling to Nolan City by boat, was also approaching its destination. If nothing unexpected happens, they will arrive in Nolan this week.

Jenkins went to bed with some excitement, thinking that he would be able to return to Nolan, which he had been away from for a long time, tomorrow. But he had just closed his eyes when he felt that there was one more person in his room.

He opened his eyes and got up from the bed. Mr. Augustus, wearing a black robe, was standing at the closed door and looking at him. Behind Mr. Augustus, the messenger of death, the door was changing from [the door to the dead] back to an ordinary wooden door.

Jenkins blinked and a smile appeared on his face:

"Oh, long time no see, Mr. Augustus. Please take a seat. Are you here to ask about the execution of the will? That's absolutely no problem. I have been paying attention to this matter, and the Sage Church is also helping. If you want If you want documents, I can burn them for you when I return to Nolan...Sorry, there doesn't seem to be such a thing here. If you want to see specific documents, you can come to me after I return to Nolan."

Mr. Augustus is a friend of Jenkins. Because his family is the descendant of the Lord, he was summoned by the [Ancient Death] after his death and became a figure similar to the "Messenger of Souls" and "Messenger of Death". After the death of Mr. Augustus, the two met once. That was when Jenkins took the initiative to come into contact with the [Death's Cloak Fragments]. It was about four months ago.

But no matter what, Jenkins regarded the other party as his friend, not only because the other party left him a large inheritance, but also because the relationship between the two was very good before Mr. Augustus was alive.

"Long time no see, Viscount Williamt."

Mr. Augustus was very well-informed and even knew about Jenkins' promotion to Viscount.

He smiled helplessly at Jenkins:

"I'm sorry, I'm not here to catch up with you this time, but I still want to thank you for your conscientiousness in helping me execute my will. My decision was not wrong at the time. This time, someone entrusted me to come and invite you to a place."

He took off the hood on his head to reveal his face. Compared with his life, his skin in the spirit state was very white, but other than that, he looked no different from a living person.

"Invite me? Who? Where?"

Jenkins had already put on his slippers and left the bed. The cat lying next to the pillow bent its front legs, stepped back, stretched its waist, opened its mouth, and yawned loudly, and then followed Jenkins out of bed.

"A very noble being invites you."

Mr. Augustus winked, indicating to Jenkins that he could guess.

"He wants to invite you to a place of mystery, a specific place of mystery."

"Can I ask why this is?"

Jenkins understood that this was probably the invitation sent by the [Ancient Death God].

"I don't know this either, but I assure you that there will be no danger in this trip to the strange world. I will be by your side throughout the whole journey and will send you back here after it's over."

"That's it..."

Jenkins hesitated.

"Oh well."

He nodded, believing the other party's promise that "there is no danger." If the master wanted to do harm to him, he would not use such a high-profile method to send people to see him.

"Can I bring my cat?"

he asked, stroking the sleepy cat on his shoulder.

"sure."

Mr. Augustus nodded, then turned sideways to the door, making a gesture of invitation. That ordinary door turned into a strange entrance emitting endless white light under Jenkins' eyes.

"Although I have known before that the Strange Realm is a small fragment that the masters split from their own world, this is the first time I have seen its formation process."

He thought to himself, lowered his head and looked at his pajamas, and then asked to change his clothes before setting off.

After falling from a high altitude, although his feet were very stable when he landed on the ground, the dizziness still made Jenkins cover his head for a while before he recovered. Looking around, Mr. Augustus was beside him.

There was uneven ground beneath his feet, and there seemed to be the remains of a battlefield around him. The black clouds in the distance are almost connected to the ground. There is a damp smell in the air, but if you smell it carefully, there is also a smell of blood.

Wisps of black smoke rose around the area, and looking into the distance one could see corpses and broken weapons scattered all over the place. At the limit of his vision, he could even see a broken flag planted on the hill, fluttering in the strong wind, but Jenkins couldn't see clearly what kind of pattern there was on the flag.

In front of them were the ruins of a church, which seemed to have been ravaged by steam bombs and steam cannons. The main body of the building had disappeared, and the broken floor covered by garbage could be vaguely seen on the ground. There are also several stone pillars with their bases protruding from the ground. Judging from the patterns, the former church must have been extremely glorious.

Not far away is a crooked statue of a god with only half his body left, which is the main hall of the church. It is the most completely preserved here, at least half of the wall still stands behind the statue. The pulpit in front of the statue is leaning on the ruins, piled together with some benches.

Surrounded by broken benches, right in front of the statue, some collected branches were built into a campfire. This was the only flame that provided light and heat in this strange situation.

Lying around the campfire were three men, each wearing military uniforms of an unidentifiable camp, and they clearly belonged to different camps. Judging from the fabrics and styles of the clothes, the level of civilization in this strange setting should be slightly lower than the era at the end of the 18th century, but it is obviously also after the Industrial Revolution.

"The rules of this mystery are very simple."

Mr. Augustus and Jenkins said as they walked from the darkness on the edge of the battlefield to the campfire in front of the statue. It seemed that he acted as the rule explainer for this strange situation:

"There are three injured people here, each of them was seriously injured for different reasons. They are from different countries, came here for different reasons, and have different stories.

I can tell you that these three people are all "evil people" in the public's perception in any aspect, and now you need to listen to their stories, choose the worst one, and kill him with your own hands. Because the rules have changed, any reasonable choice can be accepted, so there is no failure in this strange land... Of course, there are rewards for this strange land, which will satisfy you, Jenkins. "

Given the relationship between the two, it is normal to call him "Jenkins".

Chapter 1625 Chapter 1600 Three Stories

"Are the rules just that simple?"

After listening to Mr. Augustus's explanation, Jenkins wondered, he rarely believed in good things that fell from the sky.

"This is not simple. Judging the good and evil of human nature is the most difficult thing in the world, and it also determines a person's life and death."

Mr. Augustus replied that he only knew the rules, but didn't know why the master invited Jenkins to do this.

"I'll try. "

With insufficient information, Jenkins could not infer the cause and effect of this incident. He had no reason to suddenly regret and want to leave here, and there was no need to do so.

So he observed the three wounded and decided to start questioning the man lying on his back facing the statue.

The three wounded were all men. The first one Jenkins asked about his identity was the oldest one. His hair was gray and his face was abnormally red due to years of wind and sun. The location of his injury was not clear for the time being. Only blood was seen oozing out of his eyes, nose, and ears. He coughed violently and sprayed red blood foam. From the sound of the cough, at least this person's lungs must have problems.

"It's a curse. There are extraordinary people involved in this war."

Jenkins was sure in his heart, then stretched out his hand and pressed on the man's chest, wanting to treat him, but found it useless. The other party was like a stone and had no resonance with the spirit of life.

"They can't be considered living people, but only a memory cut out of history. You can understand that the rules of this strange place prohibit treatment. "

Mr. Augustus behind him explained.

"In other words, these three people really existed in history?"

"Yes. You should know that some strange places are just fragments of the world, and outsiders mix in and make rules. Some strange places are reenactments of history, and outsiders act as interpreters. "

Mr. Augustus affirmed.

"Then in the original history, there were people like me who appeared beside them?"

Jenkins asked again, but Mr. Augustus did not answer this time. Jenkins then had his own ideas, looked up at the broken and crooked statue, and then asked the man:

"Why did you come here?"