Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Among the seven righteous churches of the past, almost all major churches focused on cultivating extraordinary people who share the same path as gods.

For example, most of the Extraordinaries in the Church of Night are from the 'Sleepless' path, most of the Extraordinaries from the Church of Storms are from the 'Sailor' path, most of the Extraordinaries from the Church of Steam are from the Generalist path, etc.

The reason why this phenomenon occurs is that the church has a complete enough grasp of the corresponding methods. Not only does it have a complete set of magic potion formulas, it even has a monopoly on the corresponding extraordinary materials and ritual conditions.

For example, when the Beyonders of the 'Sailor' path are promoted to Sequence 5, the required ritual is to take magic potion in the belly of an Obnis.Because after taking the magic potion, an Extraordinary will hear the sounds of all creatures in the entire sea, which is enough to burst the brain of a Sequence 5 Extraordinary!

And Obnis' belly can block these sounds, and only relatively vague sounds can reach his ears. This can prevent the Extraordinary from losing control due to promotion to the greatest extent.

And when promoted, the Extraordinary's body will be transformed by the magic potion, and invisible sound waves will be produced in the process that are enough to burst the Extraordinary alive.This will make the extraordinary person involuntarily want to vent the excess sound waves to prevent his body from being really exploded.

But when the sound is made, the spirit body will be torn apart, and the sound waves will spread outward.And these torn spiritual bodies will make the extraordinary person extremely weak and even leave irreversible sequelae.

The mucus in Obnis's stomach will bounce the spirit body fragments back into the Beyonder's body. While the sound waves are vented out, the spirit body can also be preserved.In this process, the Extraordinary's body is like the material in the furnace, being polished and shaped bit by bit.

So for the 'Sailor' path, if you want to advance to Sequence 5, you must find an Obnis and take the magic potion with the cooperation of the ritual, otherwise the probability of losing control is as high as 99%!

However, almost all Obnis are kept in captivity by the Church of Storms, and the few wild Obnis are outside safe routes off the beaten track.This situation is enough to ensure that the Church of Storms has a monopoly on the 'sailor' path.

The reason why Alger was successfully promoted without the Church of Storms was because he had the help of the 'Fool'.But for most extraordinary people, they obviously do not have such opportunities.

The same goes for other churches. They will monopolize the extraordinary materials and ritual conditions of the corresponding paths, and will even extend their hands to other paths.

For example, the Church of Night not only monopolizes the 'Sleepless One' path, but also joins the 'Soothsayer' path, raising the mermaids needed to advance to Sequence 5 'Secret Puppet Master' in the Church of Tranquility and the Church of Sleep.

Even according to Arrodes's knowledge of the magic mirror, only the area east of the Gargas Islands has wild mermaids.For this reason, Klein had to go deep into the ruins of the God War, and finally found the mermaid after going through hardships and obstacles.

The internal system of the Church of the Mother Goddess of the Earth appears to be somewhat 'different'.

On the one hand, the Church of the Mother Earth, like other churches, monopolizes the earth path, the 'cultivator' path, and has cultivated a large number of extraordinary people based on this.For example, Apostolic Roland of the Mother Goddess of the Earth is an angel of the 'cultivator' path, and most of the dozen or so archbishops of the Church of the Mother Earth are also of the cultivator path. In the Church of the Mother Earth, they all belong to the 'charismatic ones' .

It can be said that these people are the highest-ranking people in the Church of the Mother Earth.But in addition to this, the Church of the Mother Goddess also has a special system of "God's Favorite" - the strength of "God's Favorite" is generally not high, but every clergyman will basically be equipped with a God's Favorite. .

For example, there is a demigod-level God's Favorite beside His Holiness Roland. Any order issued by Roland needs to be personally confirmed by the God's Favorite. Only with the permission of the God's Favorite can the orders issued by Roland be effectively conveyed.

The same goes for archbishops. Most of them have a God-favored person at Sequence 5 or Sequence 6 level beside them.And just like Pope Roland, every order they make must be confirmed by these gods' favored ones before it can be conveyed smoothly.

If not, the Archbishop can refuse to carry out the Apostolic Order, and the following bishops and deacons can also refuse to carry out the Archbishop's order.

If someone didn't know the inside story, they might think that the Mother Goddess was using the favored ones to check the favored ones, so as to achieve a certain balance so that the Mother Goddess could better control the church.

But any Extraordinary person with a slightly higher level knows that the so-called 'checks and balances' are nothing but nonsense.

Because Mother Earth is a deity, the purpose of the church's existence is to serve her.Even if the Earth Mother Goddess suddenly orders the dissolution of the Earth Mother Goddess Church, the believers may be puzzled, confused, and feel that they have been abandoned by the gods and despair, but they will never have any disobedience to this.

To rule out this possibility, the only thing that makes them feel that it may be related to the answer is the composition of the divine benefactors and the divine favored ones - the divine favored ones are the extraordinary people of the 'earth' path and the 'moon' path, and the divine favored ones It can be any way other than these two ways.

As long as you understand this, you will know why the system of the Church of the Mother Goddess is divided into those favored by God and those favored by God.

"I may know the answer to that."

While others were still making various speculations, 'Justice' Audrey raised her hand slightly.

This suddenly attracted the attention of others, and Audrey asked:
"Where do you think the source of the 22 extraordinary pathways is?"

This is one of the three most central questions in occult science, and there has never been a generally accepted answer.

Each school has its own theory, and no one can convince anyone.

Without waiting for anyone else to answer, Audrey explained to herself:
"The most recognized statement is that extraordinary characteristics come from the first fire of creation. The first fire created the world, and he incarnated all things, including gods, humans, seas, land, and extraordinary characteristics. Regarding this, in the holy scriptures of major churches There are corresponding records in it.”

Audrey said, blinking quietly.

And everyone else will agree, because it is indeed the case - even a few months ago, the content recorded in the holy scriptures was still 'Creator', but now, the major churches have indeed unanimously changed 'Creator' to 'Primordial God'. fire'.

'Moon' Emlyn was noncommittal and added:

"As one of the masters of the Second Age, we, the vampires, believe that extraordinary characteristics indeed originated from the 'First Fire', and then different characteristics accumulated to give birth to the ancient gods, and the ancient gods created different races."

Audrey nodded lightly, confirmed his statement, and then said:
"But Karula once told me that not all paths come from the First Fire."

"Carla?"

Upon hearing this name, 'The Hanged Man' and others suddenly looked solemn.

Although they have never met Karura, they also know that Karura is an angel of the 'Dreamer' path, and that she is inextricably linked to the 'First Fire' - for example, the dream world is Karura's masterpiece. , and Mr. 'The Fool' also has a considerable understanding of the dream world, and has never shown any hostility towards that Kalula. At the same time, this Kalula is not an angel under the 'Fool'... all of this is true. It shows that behind Karula stands a god at the same level as Mr. Fool.

And this god... The Hanged Man and the Hermit looked at the embers at the same time.

In their hearts, they seem to have determined that the 'lover' is the god behind Karula. Only in this way can there be a reasonable explanation.

'Moon' didn't think too much and asked impatiently: "So the two paths of 'Earth' and 'Moon' did not originate from the First Fire? Then where did they come from?"

Audrey said quite seriously:

"Starry sky."

"Starry Sky" 'Moon' Emlyn was horrified when he heard this, and found that the matter might be more serious than he thought.The contamination of the earth and the dangers of the stars have been shared within the Tarot Society, and all members know that both concepts are eroded by mere understanding.

So they were only warned not to contact the underground and the starry sky, but they did not know what the specific danger was, what the concept was, and how it was presented, because only sufficient ignorance could prevent them from being contaminated.

"So, there is a problem with these two pathways themselves."

'Moon' Emlyn was silent for a moment, sorted out his thoughts and said:
"Other pathways will be more or less affected by the spiritual imprint of past owners remaining in the extraordinary characteristics, while the 'Earth' and 'Moon' pathways come from the starry sky, so they are more susceptible to 'contamination' from the starry sky?"

"Yes." 'Justice' Audrey nodded gently.

This is a test for me... 'Moon' Emlyn sighed secretly, and then said:
"I have mastered the high-sequence potion names of the two paths of 'Cultivator' and 'Moon', and I am a little puzzled about two of them."

After becoming the earl of the blood clan and the senior deacon of the Church of the Earth, he obtained the corresponding authority, and he could consult many materials that were inaccessible in the past.

Seeing the other members of the Tarot Society looking over, Emlyn said thoughtfully:

"The Sequence 3 of the 'Moon' pathway is called 'Master Summoner', the Sequence 2 is called 'Creator', and the Sequence 1 is called 'Beauty God'; the Sequence 3 of the 'Cultivator' pathway is called 'Paffin Bearer', and the Sequence 2 is called 'Desolation Mistress', Sequence 1 is called 'Natural Walker'.

What I'm confused about is that the names of the two potions, 'Beauty God' and 'Desolation Matron', have a certain gender orientation. What do you think? "

"..." For a moment, none of the other members of the Tarot Society spoke. You looked at me, I looked at you, and they were speechless.

After a few seconds, 'Justice' Audrey controlled her eyes, considered her tone and said:
"I remember that Sequence 7 of the 'Assassin' pathway is called 'Witch', and the assassins who took this potion turned into witches in the end."

...This is, for me, a test... Emlyn's lips moved slightly, but he was unable to speak.

When he saw the name of the potion, he already had a certain premonition, but he was not willing to accept it, hoping to get another explanation at the Tarot meeting.

The Hanged Man considered it and said:

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much, because you probably won't become an angel."

Emlyn's breath was stagnant. Are you trying to comfort me?But why do I think this is more like sarcasm?

'Justice' Audrey helped explain:
"Mr. 'The Hanged Man' probably refers to the angels of Sequence 1."

“任何一条途径序列1的天使最多只能有三位，并且序列0和序列1无法共存。所以无论是大地母神希望将‘月亮’途径的序列1非凡特性赐给大地母神教会的天使，还是‘美神’希望借此晋升序列0，都不会有多余的序列1流出。”

"So for ordinary extraordinary people, the limit of the 'Moon' path is the 'Angel' of Sequence 2."

Emlyn's complexion improved a lot now, and the Sequence 2 angel was not bad either.

Different from the Sequence 2 of the 'Earth' pathway, 'Mother of Desolation', the Sequence 2 of the Moon pathway, 'Creator', does not have a clear gender orientation, and isn't Duke Olmo also at this level?

As for the 'Goddess of Beauty', Emlyn has neither extravagant hopes nor expectations - although he likes dolls, he might as well avoid having a sex change or anything like that.

Seeing that the discussion was coming to an end, 'World' Gehrman Sparrow looked around and whispered:
"Everyone, I need to remind you of one thing."

When the members of the Tarot Society looked over at the same time, Klein controlled the dummy 'World' and spoke in a low voice:

"The end is coming in a few years, and everyone may be destroyed, including the gods."

"several years?"

The hearts of everyone in the Tarot Society suddenly sank. At their current level, they had all been exposed to rumors of the doomsday to one degree or another.But most of them regarded it as false rumors and didn't take it to heart at all.

But now 'The World' said it himself, it was a matter of two concepts - you must know that this was in the Tarot Club, in front of the two gods, Mr. Fool and Mr. Lover, 'The World' actually said What does it mean to say that 'even the gods will be destroyed'?
'Star' Leonard was the first to come to his senses and asked:
"Why did the end suddenly come? There is no sign at all..."

'World' said with a low smile:

"It's just that you didn't find any signs. Do you think the war between gods will break out for no reason?"

They shouldn't have known these things in the first place. After all, what would they do if they knew?As demigods, they can't change anything at all.

What's more, as long as there are embers, the end may not happen.

But don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst - there are more than a dozen old people outside the starry sky who are watching eagerly. Even if Ember can save this world, it is destined to be unable to protect everyone, just like Rodlan in the past. As for the few lucky ones who can enter The sanctuary of 'Painting World'.

And in the coming apocalypse, someone will always die in this disaster.

So Klein decided to tell them part of the truth in a 'worldly' tone. This would at least allow them to prepare in advance. Although they were destined to be powerless to influence the final outcome, they could at least avoid some disasters that would otherwise occur.

This is not a bad thing. (End of chapter)