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Chapter 1006 The Never-Ending Theater After being promoted to demigod, Klein's secret puppet has all the extraordinary abilities of the original body. Naturally, it can use the power of the "faceless man" to transform into any shape, but the overall "meatiness" cannot be deviated. It is too big, so when Klein uses the rabbit marionette to transform into a human form, he can only make it a hollow "balloon", maintaining the dignity on the surface, but it is empty inside.

When such Rabbit Herman entered the Holy Wind Cathedral, he naturally attracted the attention of the priest at the door. The latter looked at the man in a windbreaker and top hat who was walking a little shaky. He hid his doubts and stepped forward to ask:

"Sir, what do you want? Can I help you?"

"I want to pray alone to resolve the confusion in my heart,"

Klein's marionette said, raising his hand to his chest and almost drawing a crimson moon in front of the storm believer. He was experienced in playing the role of believers of other gods. At the last moment, he tapped his chest instead, then took out a large ten-pound note from the inner pocket of his windbreaker and stuffed it into the offering box held by the priest.

Of course, this note comes from the image in the pores of history. It is part of the many gold pounds that "Dawn Dantès" once donated to the Church of Saint Samuel, and it can only last for fifteen minutes. Its "body" has now either become the daily expenses of the Church of the Goddess of the Night, or it has been locked in the vault behind Chanis's door.

After sending away the enthusiastic priest, Klein's rabbit marionette came to a corner of the prayer hall, sat down on a bench, hesitated for a moment, lowered his head and prayed:

"The king who rules the sky, the emperor who rules the sea, the great god of storms , I pray for your attention and your help...

"'Angel of Time' Amon has been tracking me for some reason, and his brother will also ascend to the throne of God in the near future. If I can be promoted to Sequence 2 as soon as possible , you will have the power to fight against them and thwart their ambitions..."

This is the strategy that Klein set before entering the church: not to talk about whether he can pay off, but only to talk about "righteousness".

After all, Amon Both Adam and Adam are the descendants of the ancient sun god. In the event of the sun god's fall, the storm god who was still the "Wind Angel" at the time put in a lot of effort. Naturally, he would not want to see Adam become the true god. For himself, His father's revenge.

Moreover, according to the law of aggregation, the "Imaginary" where Adam is located is adjacent to the "Storm" path, and it is naturally in an oppositional state without any provocation. Klein believes that there is no small hope of persuading this god to give him some small gifts. With a little help, he increased his bargaining chip against the Adam-Amon brothers and indirectly slowed down their pace.

The enemy of his enemy is his friend. This was not what Russell said... After the prayer, Rabbit Gehrman sat in his original position. The ground seemed to be in a sluggish state.

Klein, who was outside the church and paying close attention to everything inside, raised his head in response and looked at the sky

above the iconic spire of the Holy Wind Cathedral . A cloud suddenly floated in, covering up the rare sun, almost plunging the surrounding streets into the darkness of the evening.

Isn't it okay? If you don't agree, you still plan to kill my marionette

? Twitching, he thought of the gesture of the Crimson Moon, of the "Emperor's Gold Pound" in the offering box, and of the storm path called "Tyrant",

but after waiting for a long time, no thunder or lightning fell from the sky. , On the contrary, the dark cloud quickly drifted away with the wind, and the sun shone on the earth again, and the shuddering haze disappeared.

From the perspective of the Rabbit Marionette, a door deep in the prayer hall opened, and a man with astonishing momentum was revealed. A young man walked out quickly. He had short, dark blue hair, fat earlobes, and his eyes were flashing with lightning.

His electric eyes immediately locked onto the position of the Rabbit Marionette,

the "Dark Blue Priest" who took over as Archbishop of Backlund Diocese last year . "Radar Valentine... Klein, who had some impression of this demigod because of the "Hanged Man" in the Tarot Club, immediately remembered the other party's identity and watched him walk through the rows of benches. , came in front of him.

Just when Klein was wondering whether there would be a battle or a deeper conversation next, the archbishop used his thick hands to dig through the robe embroidered with the storm symbol, and took out a card that was obviously He removed a piece of parchment with jagged edges from a certain book and handed it to the Rabbit Marionette.

As soon as the latter took it, before he could say anything, Rydal punched his left chest with his right hand, silently. After looking at the marionette for a second, he turned around and left.

This... felt like a meeting between intelligence personnel... Klein was stunned, and then he let the marionette knock on the left in the manner of the Church of Storms. chest, put the parchment into his pocket, and quickly left the Holy Wind Cathedral.

Before the marionette dragged out of the pores of history reached the time limit, he came to a deserted alley and directly sacrificed the parchment full of words to "The Fool", and then symbolically used the paper to People interfered with the divination and disappeared into the air like phantoms.

Klein's body came above the gray mist, sat in his own high-backed chair, and cast his gaze on the parchment in front of him.

"Number: 32.

"Name: The Theater that Never Ends.

"Danger level: '0', very dangerous. The highest level of attention and confidentiality. Do not inquire, do not describe, do not spread, do not spy."

Seeing this paragraph, Klein was not too surprised. From the appearance of Archbishop Redal Judging from the timing, it was obvious that he had received some oracle, and Klein's prayer for "reasonableness" was for this sealed object formed by the characteristics of the "Miracle Master".

This is the first complete information about "0" level sealed objects that I have seen... He gathered his thoughts and continued to look down.

"Confidentiality level: Pope, Archbishop of Thunder Church, Holy Wind Cathedral, fourth group of researchers." Sealing method: placed in the underground area of ​​Thunder Church, stored separately, activated inside a theater with enhanced protection, regularly replenished, and performed in accordance with its The repertoire adjusts the personnel consumption at any time, and the guards need to be replaced every 72 hours. If the time limit is exceeded, they may become the puppet of '0-32' at any time, and every possible effort will be made to try to release them. (Note: There are no special requirements for consuming personnel, as long as the number of actors is met.)

"Description: This is the extraordinary characteristics of a fallen 'Miracle Master' in the 'War of the Four Emperors' of the Fourth Era. The object formed by combining a door panel of the theater looks like half of a double wooden door, with corresponding door frames.

"Put '0-32' vertically to the ground and open the wooden door to make the corresponding 'complete area'. The concept of 'theatre' and 'complete area' controlled by it is related to its location. There were records of the entire city being designated as a theater. This risk can be avoided by opening it against the wall of the enclosed area.

"'Theatre' will cycle through different plays, and the content is related to the content recorded in '0-32'. It will select excellent plays and performance content from different eras based on its own aesthetics. The most recent ones include: Return of the Earl, The Ring of Betrayer, It can be traced back as far as the War of the Four Emperors.

"Once the performance starts, the creatures within the range of '0-32' will become its puppets within 2 seconds, randomly enter the show and become actors, performing performances consistent with their character's identity. , and miraculously obtain the power that the character should have. Until the end of the performance and the interval between changing plays, the spirit and body of the 'actors' who died during the performance will disappear, and the living ones will continue to participate in the next performance.

"If there are not enough creatures within the 'theatre' range, it will continue to look for other nearby creatures according to the distance. Even Sequence 2 has difficulty evading this 'grabbing' and can only delay the time to leave the 'theatre' range.

" For certain preferences, it currently only chooses humans as 'performers'. " "

Note 1: The repertoire recorded in '0-32' can be adjusted according to certain means to establish an advantage for the user.

"Note 2: The whereabouts of the 'actors' who died in the theater cannot be detected and tracked by any means. They did not die completely, but at the same time they lost the concept of 'death'.

"Note 3: It is in the 'War of the Four Emperors' After being seriously contaminated, it can only be sealed and controlled, and is not allowed to leave the sealing location and use it actively! "

Putting down the parchment, Klein took a long breath, closed his eyes, and reconstructed "0-32" in his mind based on these descriptions, the various characteristics of the never-ending theater.

He immediately discovered that this was a It is an extremely powerful but very restrictive "0" level sealed object.

Compared to the "0-08" sealed object that can be taken away casually, "0-32" is a larger one according to the description. The wooden door, including the outer door frame, is huge and cannot be used by individuals. It must be equipped with a team dedicated to transportation.

Moreover, once it enters the "theater" state, it cannot be moved and can only be moved within a designated range. It takes effect, and the effect does not distinguish between friend and foe. It will capture all humans as actors and perform a never-ending performance.

"It sounds a bit like a 'marionette'... but it is more aggressive, and even angels can't avoid its effects. This will Couldn't it have something to do with the contamination it received...conscription? Is it the 'City of Disaster'? This is also consistent with the contamination suffered by Trier in the Fourth Age, the site of the Battle of the Four Emperors. "

Klein murmured, his brows frowning more and more.

Because the purpose of obtaining this sealed artifact is to obtain the extraordinary characteristics of the "Miracle Master", he is not too concerned about the uses and negative effects of the "Never-Ending Theater". He was just thinking and analyzing subconsciously, but the contamination of "0-32" made him very worried.

According to common sense, the angel's full blow has the chance to destroy the sealed object and restore it to its pure extraordinary characteristics. During this process, the pollution within the characteristics will naturally separate and no longer merge with the characteristics.

But this is only for general pollution. Klein has no experience or confidence in whether the pollution of the "source" can be dealt with by the same means.

" Even if the pollution in the 'City of Disaster' can be solved by Angel using her control over the sefirot, Trier in the Fourth Age seems to have more than just one 'sefirot' pollution... Could it be that we can only turn to the gods for help? But the Lord of the Storm asked Archbishop Radar to hand over this information to me. The meaning may not be to inform, but to 'persuade'... He is implying that I can't use this sealed artifact at all? "

Looking at the parchment filled with words, Klein fell into deep thought again.

——Intis

, Belon Village near Ormire, the capital of Champagne Province.

Next to a house on the edge of the village, there was a little floating A deep light shone on the surface of the gray glass window, and two figures were outlined on the side.

They were similar in height, but one of them bent slightly and curled up in the arms of the other. As soon as he fell to the ground, the former immediately broke away from the arms and straightened up. The body opened the distance between the two parties.

"Why did you react the same way as Annie? It's worthy of... cough. "

Angel said while suppressing a smile. He immediately stopped smiling in Bernadette's eyes and coughed slightly to drop the topic.

If it weren't for the fact that you were too slow to use those fairy tale magics to travel through the spiritual world, I wouldn't have brought you into the mirror. Middle World... She murmured, raising her gaze to look at the peaceful village in front of her.

Perhaps there was the pollution of the "Fallen Mother Goddess" hidden in itChapter 1007 Clues Unlike Prayer and most villages in the south of Intis, Belong Village is mainly engaged in grape growing and winemaking, with almost no traditional agriculture and animal husbandry. Therefore, what Angel saw was not a large farmland or pasture. , but patches of vineyards, and houses scattered among them.

This makes the whole village compact and neat, rather than like a village where traditional crops are grown or sheep and cattle are raised, where you can't see the end at a glance, but you can't see a few people at a glance.

It's a bit like the town of Chaillot on the western outskirts of Trier, but it's not as busy as a big city, giving it a relaxed feeling where the passage of time has slowed down.

With this vacation-like feeling, Angel and Bernadette set foot on the dirt road leading to the interior of Belon Village.

After walking a few steps, a cart containing wine barrels was pushed past. The creaking sound of the axles was accompanied by a smell of fermented wine mixed with the aroma of oak barrels that rushed to the two of them.

The man pushing the cart had rough skin and dull eyes. He had obviously lost his consciousness due to too much physical work, but when he passed by Angel and Bernadette, he still stared at them closely, not knowing that he was obsessed with their disguised faces. , or because the two people's clothes are extremely rare in this kind of rural village. The man waiting for the cart stopped and walked, and finally

reluctantly entered a wooden house. Angel whispered:

"Let's go, let's go to the church in Belong Village first and find the local priest to find out the situation."

Before coming, Angel had already obtained basic information about the village from Julian of "Elemental Dawn", but in order to prevent any omissions, it would be safer to go to the local church.

As for the other major church in Intis, the churches of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery are often built in cities with factories and schools. Although most villages also have some steam believers, they do not have corresponding churches.

"This is exactly the question I'm curious about... Why is Steam, one of the faiths of Intis, limited to preaching in the city and giving up most of its believers to the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun?

" As he walked towards the magnificent building, Angel glanced at Bernadette who was following him and asked.

"There is no public reason. The two major churches seem to be satisfied with this distribution... But I think this should be related to the fact that the God of Steam and Machinery ascended to the throne too late, and because of the problem of the 'Hidden Sage', He became Shenshi seems to have been affected to some extent,"

Bernadette replied.

The Hidden Sage, the secret god believed in by the "Mos Ascetic Order", is probably the true god of the "Peeper" path, or at least the existence of Sequence 1... Angel recalled the relevant knowledge in his mind, knowing that he has a relationship with steam. The path of the "knowledger" where God is located is adjacent to each other, so it is not surprising that there is conflict between them.

The most important thing is that Bernadette also chose the "Secret Sage" path, and Extraordinaries on this path will often hear the ravings of the "Hidden Sage", which contains a lot of knowledge, some of which are useful to Extraordinaries. Useful, some are tantamount to pollution!

According to the "hermit" lady in the Tarot Society who is also a voyeur, most of the time, it is not they who chase knowledge and peek into secrets, but knowledge that chases them and secrets that target them.

Thinking of this, Angel asked:

"Have you ever been affected by the 'Hidden Sage'?"

"It used to be, but now unless I accept it actively, I will not be affected by him."

This Sequence 3 person "Master of Prophecy" replied calmly.

Is it the legacy of Emperor Russell, or the result of her creation of the "Elemental Dawn"? This organization is committed to fighting against the "Moss Trappist Order", and even deliberately broke with the "Hermit" Cattleya and let her infiltrate the other party's internal affairs. Is this just to counter the influence of the "Hidden Sage"...

Angel said thoughtfully Nodding, he turned to another topic:

"What we have to face this time may be more terrifying than the 'Hidden Sage'. It involves pollution from the 'starry sky'. Once it is contaminated, even the gods may be helpless."

In order to avoid With Bernadette forming a complete concept of "the old days" and "outer gods", Angel could only vaguely remind her to prepare herself mentally, or simply stop there and allow her, as an angel, to fight against the corresponding pollution. Angel continued the operation alone.

But Bernadette still maintained her indifferent expression, even smiled, and then said:

"I know, but this is also an opportunity. Maybe with this operation, I can find more clues about my father.

" I suspect that the madness in his later years was related to this contamination. Invisible pollution caused his temperament to change, becoming extreme and extreme. He did many things that harmed innocent people and went against the trend of the times, causing people around him to gradually stay away from him, which ultimately led to bitter consequences.

"I still remember that he once said to me with some pride that our future journey is in the sea of ​​stars and in the endless starry sky.

"At that time, his tone was proud and proud, but his expression felt strange to me. "

Hearing this, Angel, no matter how slow he is, can detect some abnormalities.

Russell's phrase "The Sea of ​​Stars" is somewhat familiar to her. Perhaps it has also plagiarized some famous works from previous lives, but the words "Endless Starry Sky" She knew very well what was inside. The "Old Ones" and the "Outer Gods

" were all watching outside the earth's barrier, waiting to invade the planet and take away everything they needed.

Actually thinking about going out on his own initiative?

Combined with the emperor's madness in his later years and his break with the Zhengshen Church, this was probably not only caused by his being blocked from promotion, but also caused by some kind of pollution from the starry sky... Angel took a deep breath and felt a little... Looking at Bernadette worriedly, he reminded:

"You should know that if you have not reached Sequence 2, some knowledge will cause bad consequences even if you form a specific concept in your mind.

"I know the boundaries. " "

The princess replied immediately.

That's good. I don't want to watch you turn into a monster and be helpless. Even if I drag you into the "City of Disaster", it will just change one kind of pollution into another... But Russell actually said something about the sea of ​​stars and the endless starry sky. Did he already know that the earth was beneath his feet?

Angel stopped talking, but his mind was filled with thoughts until the two of them walked to the Eternal Sun Church in Beron Village. Only then did he stop all his thoughts.

He looked up at the church dome, which had an onion head and was dominated by gold like his "colleagues" in Trier. Angel entered the prayer hall from the main entrance first, followed closely by Bernadette. . If it were in Trier, Angel would probably hesitate for a moment when he walked into the church of the Eternal Sun. After all, there are probably guardian angels there who are always paying attention and can pray to the true God to attract divine punishment. But in a remote village, I am afraid that in a church There was not even an Extraordinary one, so there was no need to worry.

There were many believers in the church during the day, most of them were locals dressed in simple clothes, but Angel also saw a few who were obviously dressed as coming here from the nearby city of Ormere. Tourists or businessmen, they were sitting on the benches, facing the golden altar and the huge holy symbol above, lowering their heads to enjoy a moment of tranquility.

Standing next to the altar was a man wearing a white robe with short, thick black hair. The middle-aged man, according to the information of "Element Dawn", is the priest of the Eternal Sun Church in Belon Village, Raymond.

When he saw the two people entering the prayer hall, the priest's eyes lit up and he took the initiative to come from the altar. Go to the door, stand up straight, open your arms as if hugging something:

"Praise the sun! Welcome to Belon, where the light shines. "

This was too enthusiastic. If he hadn't been praising the gods, I would have thought he was a salesman... He used the "hypocrisy" ring to disguise himself, so that Angel, who was not so outstanding in appearance, imitated the other person and praised "Eternal Flame". Yang." Then he took out a Holy Emblem that had been prepared and lowered his voice and said:

"Your Excellency Raymond, I am from the Inquisition in Trier, and this lady is from St. Sifus Church in Ormere. Priest."

Looking at the golden circle representing the sun on the surface of the Holy Emblem and the lines symbolizing light, and feeling the hot atmosphere inside the Holy Emblem, Father Raymond's smile froze on his face.

"I, I..." he stammered and repeated, "I confess, it was that woman who seduced me, and she made me donate last month..."

What and what is this... Angel muttered silently. In one sentence, he found that many believers who were closer to the door turned to look this way. He simply signaled the priest to come outside the church, put away the fake holy emblem with a "sun" domain charm embedded inside, and continued in a relaxed tone. Said:

"Ms. Beth and I are not here to investigate corruption here, and as long as you cooperate well, I can pretend that I don't know about these things." With

this sentence, she used a little "instigation" power, and immediately let Raymond's expression softened, he smiled ingratiatingly, and proactively asked:

"What do you need me to do?"

Angel looked at Bernadette, who took out a wanted order, but it was omitted. He went to the portrait that contained the reward amount and other information, and showed Nast Solomon to the priest:

"Have you seen this man?"

Raymond did not dare to neglect, took the portrait and looked at it carefully in the west slanting sunlight. After a moment, he nodded hesitantly:

"Last month, a stranger came to Belon. He claimed to be a descendant of a villager more than a hundred years ago. He came back here to rebuild his ancestral home and bury a relative... No relevant information was found in the administrator's information, but he said that he could donate 50,000 firkin to repair the church, so I accepted him... His appearance is somewhat similar to the person in this portrait. "

Yes . A few points is enough. The picture on the wanted poster was originally not that accurate... Angel thought and asked:

"Is he still in the village now?"

"The location of his ancestral home is in the forest to the west. There is a forest there. Some people did live there more than a hundred years ago, but due to inconvenient transportation, they gradually moved to the current location of the village... He rarely appeared after entering the forest. Occasionally, he would hire some young people to help him dig foundations and build buildings. Wall, the latest one should be two days ago,"

Raymond replied while recalling, pointing to the west side of the village.

Living in seclusion and hiring laborers, Nast couldn't really be repairing his father's tomb, right?

Angel looked in the direction Raymond pointed and found a dense forest not far from the vineyards in Belon Village, and he could vaguely see a trail leading deep into the forest.

While she was observing, Bernadette on the side asked:

"Has anything unusual happened here since he came to the village?"

"Something unusual..." Raymond was stunned for a moment before replying, "This The gentleman was very generous, and many young people were unwilling to do farm work after helping him; there always seemed to be wild animals wandering outside the village at night, something that had not happened in recent years... In addition, already The harvested grapevines have begun to grow again, and it is already winter!"

Listening to the other party's somewhat confusing words, Angel quickly caught the truly "abnormal" thing:

the grapevines began to continue to grow!

According to previous speculations, the pollution on Nast comes from the "Fallen Mother Goddess", and this outer god is related to the source material "Mother's Nest" and the "Moon" and "Mother" pathways, and may have some abilities to promote plant growth. The force caused Nast to stay here for a period of time, causing overgrowth problems in the nearby grapevines.

Thinking of this, Angel stopped delaying. She put on a serious expression and said to Father Raymond:

"We will continue to investigate, and you are not allowed to leak this matter, otherwise your name will be on the list of the tribunal! "

These words made Raymond's face turn pale. He nodded hurriedly in agreement and watched the two ladies leave from the door of the church and head straight to the forest to the west. Their figures quickly disappeared among the vineyards and low farmhouses. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the prayer hall a little tiredly, and followed the door behind the altar to his own lounge.

After locking the door, he lifted up the mattress on the bed, opened a hidden compartment below, took out the wooden box inside, poured a stack of gray and blue banknotes and gold coins on the table, counted them carefully, and put them all into his pocket. inside.

Then, Raymond opened the window of the room and looked outside. His eyes stayed on the path leaving the village, and his expression changed again and again.

In the end, he sighed softly, closed the window, sat back on the chair, his whole body collapsed, half lying on the table, and murmured:

"The great eternal blazing sun, the eternal light, the incarnation of order... I offer you Confession..."

His rambling voice became deeper and deeper.

On the glass window behind him, a vague shadow disappeared, and the deep yellow sunlight slanting from the west seemed to become a little stronger, shining into the room, making Raymond feel warm.

This gave him the illusion that the gods were coming to listen to his prayers. He felt refreshed and prayed a little louder:

"The great eternal blazing sun..."

Immediately, Raymond's expression changed.

"Great Mother, your followers have discovered foreign enemies, and they are about to enter the forest..."

(End of this chapter)