Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor

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The "Fool" Klein, behind the gray fog, thought: Before, I was still lamenting that Hobert's way of thinking was more similar to that of the "AD era" people. Now it seems that I was careless. I don't have such bizarre and abnormal ideas.

"Justice" Audrey smiled slightly: Could it be that "Lawyers" all think so strangely? But Hobert seems to have discovered many problems with such a strange way of thinking.

The other members also seemed to realize that there seemed to be some secrets hidden in this naming.

"Emperor" Hobert continued: "After my thinking, I came up with two answers. The first is that although this history is a struggle between the ancient gods, the races that later depended on the ancient gods gradually came to an end in history.

"The Sanguine have historical records left, but what about the giants, dragons, and elves? They may also have certain historical records and recordings, but it is very likely that they were destroyed together when their races faced extinction."

"Moon" Emlyn couldn't help but raise his chin again when he heard this.

Hobert didn't pause: "Since the Second Epoch, humans have gradually become the protagonists of the era and the world. So, could the existing history of the Second Epoch be written from a human perspective?

"Could Farbauti have been deeply influenced by humans over the long years, so he used human understanding of the time to explain it to me?

"This is very likely to happen. Demons were an extraordinary race in the Second Epoch, but later, with the advancement system of potions, humans could also become demons.

"In addition, in order to hide themselves, demons had to live with humans, and some intermarriage would definitely occur.

"It is possible that humans gradually influenced the demons in this way, and the demons influenced Farbauti, so the 'Devil Monarch' also has a human image when communicating with me!"

Everyone nodded slowly, feeling that the "Emperor's" guess was very convincing and had strong logic.

"Magician" Fors suddenly realized: Hobert rarely uses his ability to "forcibly persuade" others. Could it be that his ability is like now, making people feel very reasonable without realizing that they have been "forcibly persuaded"?

Then she breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, I have never noticed Hobert using it on me… Probably, maybe he hasn't used it on me, right?

Hobert continued: "Let's review the second era of the Second Epoch, called the 'Era of Fire'. Whose 'Fire' is it?

"After the ancient gods appeared, Beyonder creatures had already entered a relatively prosperous era. Could that still be called the Fire?

"For them, the 'Sprouting Era' was the 'Fire'.

"So I think that the Fire here refers to humans! Further speculation, naming the ancient gods' camps with 'Pan-Human' and 'Non-Human' camps is completely understandable."

"Hermit" Cattleya sighed: Maybe it won't take four times, at most two such transactions, and my potion will definitely be basically digested.

"Moon" Emlyn was a little unwilling to accept this view: In the Second Epoch, the Sanguine were one of the ruling races! Why don't we have history from the Sanguine perspective?

But thinking of the discussion between humans and Sanguine that he had with the "Emperor" before, he had to accept this fact.

"Little Sun" Derrick sighed: I have also heard descriptions of the "Pan-Human" and "Non-Human" camps, but why didn't I think of this?

Klein seemed to see the scene of humans, suffering from madness and enslavement, still not forgetting to record their own history. This was indeed something humans could do.

At this time, Hobert continued: "As for the second guess, it is too shocking. I will not announce it to everyone until I have conclusive evidence."

Hobert planned to wait until "Little Sun" and the others explored the Giant King's Court before talking about that guess.

He skipped directly to the next topic: "Let's call those two camps in a human way. After careful analysis, I found that these two camps also have two characteristics.

"One camp is characterized by being 'relatively rational'. This refers to the 'Pan-Human camp'. The 'Giant King', 'Elven King', and 'Sanguine Ancestor' only have one main pathway in their bodies.

"The 'Giant King' corresponds to the 'Warrior', the 'Elven King' corresponds to the 'Sailor', and the 'Sanguine Ancestor' corresponds to the 'Apothecary'.

"Although they must also have Beyonder characteristics of other pathways in their bodies, relatively speaking, there is a distinction between primary and secondary.

"And the other camp should be relatively more crazy, because in addition to the 'Mutant King', the other two ancient gods have two non-adjacent Beyonder characteristics in their bodies.

"The 'Phoenix Ancestor' has the characteristics of the 'Corpse Collector' pathway and the 'Apprentice' pathway, and the 'Dragon of Imagination' has the characteristics of the 'Spectator' and another pathway."

Hobert paused here and said: "Currently, I have not obtained accurate information. Which pathway is the other pathway in the 'Dragon of Imagination'?

"But I guess it should be the 'Reader' pathway. After all, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom was once a subsidiary god of the 'Dragon of Imagination'.

"And in the Third Epoch after the fall of the 'Dragon of Imagination', the God of Knowledge and Wisdom became the 'King of Angels'. It is very likely that the 'Dragon of Imagination' provided Him with all or part of the Beyonder characteristics used for advancement."

At this time, Leonard didn't think such topics were so blasphemous. He was almost used to the blasphemous remarks provided by the "Emperor".

He was just a little emotional: So the God of Knowledge and Wisdom also has such a dark history.

And Hobert had briefly mentioned this matter before, so the other members didn't feel surprised.

Hobert continued the original topic: "Considering that the Beyonder characteristics in the 'Dragon of Imagination' are adjacent pathways, then His state should be better than that of the 'Phoenix Ancestor'.

"But it shouldn't be much better, because no one knows whether He devoured the relevant Beyonder characteristics in an 'orderly' manner?

"According to my understanding, if the 'Dragon of Imagination' first possessed the relatively complete characteristics of the 'Spectator' and then devoured the 'Reader' pathway, then His state should be among the better ones among the ancient gods.

"But according to the assumptions about the Second Epoch, such 'orderly' devouring is almost impossible, so His state may only be slightly better than the 'Phoenix Ancestor'.

"Finally, let's talk about the 'Mutant King'. According to the current information, although He mainly possesses the Beyonder characteristics of the 'Prisoner' pathway.

"But we all know that Sequence 8 of this pathway is called 'Lunatic'. Through my observation of the "Rose School of Thought", if this pathway is slightly out of control, it will become irrational and tend to madness.

"And the 'Mutant King', who did not have auxiliary Ingredients, corresponding rituals, and may even have advanced by leaps and bounds, should also be very worrying in terms of rationality.

"So in my opinion, the camps of the ancient gods at that time may be two camps of ancient gods who are relatively rational against more crazy ancient gods."

Most of the members of the Tarot Club have seen the members of the "Indulgence" faction in the "Rose School of Thought", knowing that they have the ability to sacrifice rationality to gain power, and also knowing that they are very easy to lose their minds in the face of desire.

So they all expressed their approval of the "Emperor's" profound analysis.

"Let's look at the last two ancient gods." Seeing that everyone had no doubts, Hobert continued: "I think the 'Annihilation Demonic Wolf' didn't want to join a certain camp, because He has an antagonistic relationship with one of the members of the two camps.

"This is a speculation based on the relevant laws of Beyonder characteristics. The 'Annihilation Demonic Wolf' has the Beyonder characteristics of 'Sleepless' and 'Seer' in its body.

"These two pathways are adjacent pathways to the 'Warrior' pathway possessed by the 'Giant King' in the 'Pan-Human camp' and the 'Corpse Collector' and 'Door' pathways possessed by the 'Phoenix Ancestor' in the 'Non-Human camp'.

"At this level, the mutual attraction of the 'Law of Beyonder characteristic Convergence' should already be very strong. The external manifestation is that the 'Annihilation Demonic Wolf' is very likely to start a war with the 'Giant King' and the 'Phoenix Ancestor'.

"So He will not join, and the other ancient gods will not invite Him to join any camp."

"Justice" Audrey recalled Hobert's previous speculation about the "Six Gods camp" and the "True Creator camp" in the Fourth Epoch: In my eyes, those "Beyonder characteristic Laws" are just laws. I didn't expect them to be used like this. But then again, laws are not decorations, they are meant to be used, it's just that I don't know how to use them very well.

Klein behind the gray fog also believed that Hobert's speculation was infinitely close to the truth: Beyonder history, to put it bluntly, is the history of Beyonder characteristics. Using the laws of Beyonder characteristics to speculate on extraordinary history is a very appropriate idea.

Hobert added: "As for the 'Devil Monarch' Farbauti, He is indeed a relatively unique existence. He and the 'Mutant King' are adjacent pathways, and His pathway is inclined to 'Unwinged Angel', and seems to have good rationality.

"But I don't know why, He didn't join the 'Pan-Human camp'. Perhaps because of His cold-bloodedness, He didn't want to join any camp and have any involvement with other ancient gods.

"And it is possible that precisely because He is very rational, He realized that the emergence of the two camps is actually the fuse of frequent wars, so He did not participate in any camp."

At this time, Hobert said casually: "Of course, it may also be because the ancient gods generally believed that the demon race was not a member of the 'Pan-Human' group."

"Star" Leonard frowned: Demons are demons. Of course, in ancient times, they were two different things from humans. It was only later that some humans took the "Criminal" pathway potion that the boundary between the two races became blurred.

Then he seemed to realize that the "Emperor's" last sentence was not simple, but he didn't have any idea where the "Emperor" was specifically pointing.

Audrey and other members also noticed this, but Hobert did not explore it in depth, but continued: "In the Era of Fire, the ancient gods discharged some messy Beyonder characteristics from their bodies through reproduction and other methods.

"This allowed the ancient gods to gradually have more rationality in this era. By the time of the last era, the 'Dual Era', the ancient gods were relatively more rational than in the Sprouting Era.

"The boundary between the Era of Fire and the Dual Era is the battle between the 'Sanguine Ancestor' and the 'Annihilation Demonic Wolf' and the 'Mutant King'.

"We have discussed this battle in which three ancient gods fell in detail before. Although there are still some questions that have not been answered, the general situation has been straightened out."

Hobert saw Leonard's confused face and said: "In order to take care of the new members, I will briefly explain it again.

"According to the information I obtained later, this battle was a huge conspiracy. After I understand all the information, I may make another transaction on this battle…"

At this time, Emlyn opened his mouth and said: "Please collect as much information as possible about the 'Sanguine Ancestor' and the information about the people... I mean the gods who betrayed our progenitor."

"Okay." Hobert casually agreed and continued: "This battle had a far-reaching impact. The 'Giant King' and the 'Elven King' accused each other of being traitors, and the 'Pan-Human camp' disintegrated as a result.

"And the subsidiary gods of the three fallen ancient gods, the 'Beauty Goddess', defected to the Elven King, who was the later Empress of the Trunsoest Empire.

"The 'God of Spiritual Creatures' picked up the relevant characteristics in the war and advanced to the level of the King of Angels in the Third Epoch, who was the later 'God of Bound'.

"The 'God of the Dead' defected to the 'Phoenix Ancestor', who was the Death of the Fourth Epoch.

"The 'God of Wishes' has almost never appeared in people's sight after this battle.

"Antigonus and the 'Mother of the Sky', who appeared in the Northern Continent in the Fourth Epoch, were the subsidiary gods of the 'Annihilation Demonic Wolf'. It was also at that time that they fled to the Hornacis Mountains and established the later 'Nation of the Evernight'."

"Wait a minute." Leonard interrupted the "Emperor's" narrative here: "Sorry, are you saying that the 'Mother of the Sky' also came from the Second Epoch? Is she a subsidiary god of the ancient gods?"

As a "Red Gloves" of the Church of the Evernight Goddess, he still knew some information about the "Mother of the Sky".

And "Old Man" had mentioned the Antigonus family before. Leonard did not expect that this family could be traced back to the Second Epoch!

"Yes." Hobert replied: "Later, the 'Nation of the Evernight' was destroyed by the Church of the Evernight Goddess."

Leonard nodded: "I understand."

He knew the information that the "Nation of the Evernight" was destroyed by the Evernight Goddess.

Klein thought: Hurry up, say who the last subsidiary god is! I'm already ready to admire Leonard's surprised expression.

Hobert continued: "The one who gained the most benefit in this battle should be the 'Goddess of Misfortune'. She obtained the Uniqueness of the 'Sleepless' pathway and all Sequence 1 characteristics after the fall of the 'Annihilation Demonic Wolf'…"

Leonard thought he had misheard.

"…After disappearing from the public's view for a period of time," Hobert also looked at Leonard: "She became the Evernight Goddess and returned to the public's view, and established the Church of the Evernight Goddess, which is one of the earliest organizations to protect humans."

Leonard's posture became very stiff: "The, the Evernight Goddess!"

Hobert leaned back in his chair and joked: "The Evernight Goddess can't suddenly become a god, right?"

Everyone knew that Mr. Star was from the Church of the Evernight Goddess, and they all knew that he should be very surprised at this time, especially Audrey. When she heard this news, she was so surprised that she could no longer maintain the state of a spectator.

Leonard had the word "blasphemy" on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed it in the end, because "Emperor" was right, the Evernight Goddess always has a process of becoming a god.

He just didn't expect that he would hear about this process today, in the Second Epoch, in that dark age!

Seeing Leonard's expression, Klein suddenly felt much more balanced. The degree of surprise he felt when he heard the news was no less than Leonard's current performance.

After waiting for a dozen seconds, Leonard gradually calmed down, and Hobert continued, "After the war in which the three ancient gods fell, the 'Dual Era' arrived."

"My personal understanding of 'Dual' is that it refers to the era when ancient gods and the Ancient Sun God, Beyonder creatures and humans, jointly ruled the world."

"In the early part of this era, the ancient gods led giants, dragons, phoenixes, elves, and demons to dominate the world. In the later period, with the emergence of the Ancient Sun God, humans gradually moved to the center of the historical stage."

"But I don't know if this understanding is correct, because 'Dual' seems to still refer to 'individuals' rather than races."

"So I also inquired about another saying, 'Dual' refers to the Ancient Sun God and Hermes. In ancient times, Hermes had a very high status."

"Before the appearance of the first 'Blasphemy Slate,' He was the pioneer of humans in the Second Epoch who experimented with medicine, and drawing on Jotun and Dragon language, He invented Ancient Hermes language, providing prerequisites for human Beyonders in terms of mysticism."

"Sun" Derrick thought for a moment before saying, "Mr. Emperor, the City of Silver doesn't seem to have any records about Hermes."

"This is also the reason why this statement is not widely recognized," Hobert said, "Because you have been using Jotun, which is another language family, but this also shows that Ancient Hermes language may have only become widely circulated in the human world in the Fourth Epoch."

"Moreover, later there was Ancient Feysac language, which evolved from Jotun, which again weakened the importance of Hermes."

He said seriously, "But I believe that Hermes is a very important figure in the extraordinary history of mankind!

"He represents people's resistance to that barbaric extraordinary world. At that time, there must have been more than just Hermes who experimented with medicine. Perhaps the Beyonder creatures at that time would have found them ridiculous."

"But we must admit that they are our pioneers. Humans have stood on their shoulders to reach the stage of history."

Klein behind the gray fog sighed in his heart: I agree with this point, or rather, like Hobert, I am more willing to admire this bottom-up resistance than to revere the power of the gods! It's a pity that this is an extraordinary world, and such resistance is destined to be submerged by the torrent of history and forgotten by people.

Derrick was slightly stunned by the words of "Emperor". At this time, he felt some empathy, because the City of Silver has also been fighting against fate, although in the eyes of the gods, such resistance is ridiculous.

Others also felt something, and at the same time sighed at the weakness of human power in the face of the extraordinary.

Hobert did not continue this topic, but said, "In the early stage of the Dual Era, with the disintegration of the 'Pan-Human Camp,' some changes occurred again in the camps of the ancient gods."

"First of all, the 'Giant King' fought against both the 'Elf King' and the 'Dragon of Imagination' at the same time. Fortunately, the 'Elf King' and the 'Dragon of Imagination' are adjacent pathways and are also in a state of hostility."

"And the 'Giant King' and the 'Dragon of Imagination' are also old rivals, so it is impossible for the three of them to form any alliance, otherwise it is likely that another ancient god will fall."

"The battles in the early stage of the 'Dual Era' almost revolved around these three gods. They checked and balanced each other, were hostile to each other, and lasted for a long time."

"It is said that in order to fight against the 'Elf King,' the 'Giant King' also sent his queen and eldest son to seek cooperation from human secret organizations."

"But all of this was interrupted by the appearance of the Ancient Sun God."

The other members, especially Derrick, sat up straight, because they were more familiar with the content that followed.

Hobert paused here and said, "The Ancient Sun God should also have many secrets, but now I know too little information. When I have a complete understanding, we will trade again."

"We have talked about the things that happened later in previous transactions. With the appearance of the Ancient Sun God with the first 'Blasphemy Slate,' humans rose rapidly."

"The Ancient Sun God successively defeated or killed four ancient gods except for the 'Devil Monarch'. Those Beyonder creatures, because of the fall of their gods, became the prey for humans to obtain Beyonder characteristics or main ingredients."

"Mr. Hanged Man and I once saw related descriptions in the ruins of an elven race."

"The rise of mankind was accompanied by systematic killing and occupation. It was a very bloody history, but the ancestors of mankind did not record too much about this era."

"Let's just pretend we don't know, after all, humans were also killed and enslaved by Beyonder creatures at will in the middle and early stages of the Second Epoch."

"With the fall of the ancient gods and the rise of mankind, we ushered in the prosperous Third Epoch!"

"As for the history of the Third Epoch, we have already traded it before."

As usual, everyone first spent more than half a minute digesting the information and sighing inwardly.

So far, all the history has been connected, from the Second Epoch to the present!

Klein sighed in his heart: This is a very remarkable thing. Few organizations have such a complete history. Only ancient gods like the "Creator" who may be from the First Epoch, and "survivors" from the Second Epoch like Farbauti, know it more completely.

At this time, Cattleya suddenly asked, "Mr. Emperor, since the Ancient Sun God appeared with the first 'Blasphemy Slate,' what is His relationship with the existence that formed the first 'Blasphemy Slate'?"

Hobert spread his hands and smiled, "Currently I don't have relevant information here, but since the pathways of the two may be similar, could it be that the Ancient Sun God discovered the 'Blasphemy Slate' when He obtained the characteristics of that existence in the First Epoch?"

Cattleya nodded, which was a reasonable guess.

This round of trading ended here. After a dozen seconds, Leonard saw that the other members had not initiated a new transaction, and then said to "Emperor", "Mr. Emperor, I hope to communicate with you privately."

Hobert nodded: "Okay."

After asking Mr. Fool to establish a separate communication environment, Leonard said, "An angel hopes to obtain a way to temporarily regain the state of His prime. I wonder if you have it there?"

Hobert was stunned: The old grandpa in Leonard's body easily killed Amon's avatar under the "Creator's" "magnification". As a result, He became addicted to the state of His heydey?

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