Mystery: Lucky One

Didn't he become a demigod at the age of forty... Alice calculated the man's age and looked him up and down. Klein then asked:

“When did you convert to my Lord?”

The "Lord" here refers to the Lord of the Underworld.

Brian recalled for two or three seconds and said, "At that time, I had just celebrated my 30th birthday."

……ah?

He started on the path to extraordinaryness at the age of 30, and became a demigod at the age of 40. Although this speed is nothing compared to Klein, the fact that he can be compared to Klein speaks volumes.

As for herself...Alice didn't think the promotion route of the "Destiny" path was of any reference value.

Recalling Brian's origins, Alice lowered her head and realized that Brian might be related to the "artificial god of death".

——This would also explain why he received the oracle.

It sounds like the goddess can only contact him.

Klein then asked:

"What is your current public identity?"

"I'm a businessman. I own two garment factories in Backlund. I believe in the Goddess of Night and I'm a supporter of the New Party..." Patrick Braine introduced.

……ah?

Alice, who knew what was underneath the shell of the "artificial god of death", was really confused for a moment. She opened her mouth in surprise and was astonished by this.

What a devout believer!

Klein felt similar to Alice, but there was no sign of abnormality on his face.
"How many members of the Spiritual Cult do you have under you, and what are they doing?"

Brian responded fluently and preparedly:
"There are two groups, twelve extraordinary people. Some of them work in my garment factory, and some work in the watch shop. They all have formal jobs.

“Generally speaking, they would be careful to spread the faith of God around them. The progress in this regard was very slow and it was not their main purpose. The total number of believers did not exceed one hundred.

“Most of the time, they are collecting clues to various things that the god left behind, as well as the different materials needed for the awakening ceremony.

"Once we have clues, we will take some actions accordingly. We will also prepare materials and experiment with different awakening rituals to find the most effective one. I am the host of the action and the core element of the ritual."

Klein asked about other situations and received detailed answers. Alice soon became distracted by the questions and answers until Klein said his closing remarks:

"Follow God's command. From now on, you will obey my orders."

Alice gathered her thoughts and focused on Klein, who had a serious expression. She blinked twice and waited for Klein's next words.

He had no intention of playing the role of a Favored One very well. Alice watched him make a series of instructions after guessing, and finally couldn't help asking him:
"Have you often received such tasks before, where nothing is explained clearly and you have to guess everything?"

Former office worker Klein chose to remain silent on this topic. He placed his right hand on his chest and began to preach devoutly:
“God says, ‘You must understand what you believe before you can believe it.

"God says that for those who are lost, we must first strengthen their bodies and arm their minds, because the kingdom He promised is not barbaric or ignorant."

Alice began to wonder which god said this.

Patrick Blaine did not question Dwayne Dantes' words, nor did he wonder why these two sentences were not recorded in the Holy Scriptures of the Spiritual Cult, because the other party was a favored one of the gods and an agent appointed by the gods!
He nodded sincerely and said:

“I will keep God’s teachings in mind.

“May every soul have eternal life in the Kingdom of God!”

While speaking, he raised his hands with his thumbs together and placed on the center of his forehead. This is the prayer posture currently adopted by the "Spiritual Cult". In the corresponding mystical theory, this is the core of the underworld in every "gatekeeper" and represents the location of the god of death.

Klein responded to the prayer and gave a few more instructions before revealing Gehrman Sparrow's identity through the messenger. Brian was stunned for a moment before saying in surprise:
"Your Highness, the Archon of Death?!"

Alice looked at him in surprise. For the first time, she realized that faith and brain could coexist, at least with basic thinking ability.

After they chatted for a while, Patrick Braine left. Alice had almost forgotten why she came here. She scratched her hair and was about to say something when Klein spoke first:

"By the way, Alice, when I was in the southern continent, I discovered that they had a custom. Now that I think about it, it might be suitable for you."

Alice stopped curiously and waited for him to continue. Klein then said calmly:

“During the Balam Empire, the territories directly under the royal family retained a special custom. For them, the death of a loved one did not mean the end of their relationship with them. Before burial, they would take a piece of bone from the body of their loved one and place it in their home as a decoration to show that the dead are with the living.

"The specific bone to be chosen is decided by the priest presiding over the funeral through a ceremony, and the best and most symbolic one is the skull.

"Some families would even make skulls into wine glasses and only use them when entertaining the most distinguished people.

"When I was in West Balam, I met a man who tried to entertain me with a wine glass made from his grandfather's skull..."

Hearing this, Alice couldn't help showing a sympathetic expression on her face, but Klein didn't care much. He shook his head and smiled:

"If I remember correctly, your 'reboot' should retain the original body? Have you ever considered, after the 'reboot', making the skull of the original body into a wine glass..."

Alice's expression became distorted, and she said to Klein sincerely:
"You really are more human than I am. I can't think of such a brilliant idea."

Klein didn't care. He glanced at Alice and asked with a smile:

"Aren't you interested in this suggestion?"

"Uh..." Alice paused. "Although it does sound strange, it seems to have some commemorative significance."

Klein made this suggestion based entirely on his understanding of Alice, so Alice's answer did not surprise him. He simply rolled his eyes at Alice and said:

"Go back. It's late at night. I should go to bed. I hope you should too."

Alice then remembered why she was here in the middle of the night. She slammed the table and glared at Klein:

"Why are you scaring me!" "From the digestion feedback of the potion, I think you probably weren't too frightened..." Klein shook his head. "It seems that this method doesn't work so well for you... Can you tell me where the flaw in my plan is?"

Alice choked. She suddenly realized that after experiencing the high-sequence feedback characteristic of one-for-a-hundred, Klein seemed to have... learned bad things!

"Klein!" she yelled.

Klein nodded and said "hmm".

Alice's eyes widened. She really wanted to beat up Klein, but she restrained herself and said beating him up would not help to relieve her anger. It would even make him angrier. So she used all her strength to beat him up...

Even a demigod is very vulnerable in front of an angel.

This was the first time she experienced Klein's feeling of being so angry that his teeth were itching but he had no idea what to do. After glaring at Klein fiercely, she simply explained to him:
“It’s not that I wasn’t scared, but… if my spiritual intuition didn’t tell me there was danger, I wouldn’t be too scared. You’ve been very successful in scaring me.

"Also, if you plan to take the test of scaring angels to gain role-playing progress, you have to be careful of two things...

“First, don’t scare angels that are in poor condition. If you accidentally scare them out of control, it will be a big trouble.

"Second, you'd better think carefully before you scare..."

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Alice paused at this point, glared at him fiercely, and then continued:

"Heh, if you get beaten up outside for scaring people, I won't care about you."

Klein suppressed his laughter and said, "Don't worry. I was just trying it out. I won't keep scaring you alone."

The main thing is that scaring her again won't be as effective. If it happens too many times, she might become desensitized. Then she'll see Amon as if he were me, and that'll be a real problem... And she's right, I really haven't considered the impact of spiritual intuition. Maybe next time, I should pick someone with poorer spiritual intuition... Uh, wait a minute.

I remember she warned me that Medici was coming to find me? "Red Priest"... Judging from the performance of Danitz and Anderson, the spiritual intuition of this path is very poor...

Klein was ready to move.

Alice looked at Klein suspiciously, and after receiving an unchanging smile in return, she glared at him fiercely and left.

After returning home, Alice, who had no need for sleep in the first place, naturally did not feel sleepy at all. She had no intention of continuing to sleep for a while. She stood by the window, looking thoughtfully at the red moon in the sky.

Adam successfully obtained "0-08". Although Alice didn't know much about Adam's current situation, she knew that it was probably the last "Writer" extraordinary characteristic that Adam was missing.

As for Patrick Blaine from the "Spiritual Cult", no matter how he was born, his appearance at least shows that the goddess has initially grasped the uniqueness of the "God of Death", and that her prayers to the "artificial God of Death" have indeed been answered...

In addition, there was also a vengeful spirit that ran out from underground. Even though Alice knew that it was just a vengeful spirit and not the "Red Angel" of the past, as an angel, their existence was special. The most obvious characteristic was...

An angel will inevitably have an impact on the area where he is.

Backlund seemed calm, but Alice could vaguely sense that the fates of the people above the city were intertwined, forming a vortex with huge gravitational force, constantly pulling everyone towards the center of the vortex.

In other words, Backlund was in danger.

Maybe it's not just Backlund... After all, Adam is going to become a god, and the birth of a new god will probably be a worldwide change...

Alice scratched her head in pain and sighed deeply, with a look of despair on her face.

As an angel on the path of "destiny", the embodiment of "uniqueness" in a sense, Alice is actually aware of the impact she will bring - this is also the reason why she broke down here today.

The influence of fate is not specific. Its core is change, and whether it is calm or stormy, or normal, small waves, it can be explained by change.

In other words, wherever she is, it is normal for something to happen, no matter what it is.

But Alice was very sure of one thing - if something was going to happen, she would be at the center of the vortex, and everything would be related to her.

Even if she didn't mean it.

Just like now, Alice felt that she finally understood the meaning of the seemingly plausible words in the ritual requirements. At this moment, she could vaguely feel the intersecting destinies and the vortex that was gradually taking shape. Even without "Cassandra", she probably just had to wait like this, and when everything exploded, the ritual would naturally be completed.

And what finally broke out, without having to think, Alice was certain that it was a war, a war spanning the entire world.

...By the way, does this count as me taking advantage of Adam's ritual?
Alice stroked her chin, thinking.

She had previously speculated with Klein about what Adam's ritual was, and her final conclusion was that the "Dreamer's" deification ritual was probably the manifestation of the trend of the times that she had anticipated.

They all thought that the trend of the times that Adam envisioned was a world war.

No, not quite the same...

Alice frowned suddenly. She realized that things could not be generalized. This was a world with gods, and the trends of the times were often related to gods.

Therefore, the trend of the times that Adam envisioned should be...

"The birth of a new god or the fall of the old one!" Alice blurted out.

In the silence of the night, Alice suddenly felt a flash of sharp fear. She turned her head almost instinctively, but there was nothing behind her. Only the standing hairs on her body and the cold sweat that dripped down her body told of the spiritual intuition that had just flashed through her mind.

Alice turned pale, for though no one appeared or said anything to her, she had guessed what it was—it was undoubtedly a warning from Adam.

She actually guessed correctly, so Adam was warning her not to do anything.

“To be honest, I don’t dare to do anything…” Alice muttered softly, “Since ‘0-08’ finally fell into your hands, it means that Ince Zangwill’s defection is also related to you. At least the step of bringing ‘0-08’ out is also related to you… The goddess probably reached an agreement with you.”

She shook her head and sighed to herself:

"This is an agreement between a present True God and a past True God, even one above the Sequence... How can I interfere?

"But you should be quite generous, right? You shouldn't mind if I take part in the ceremony...? It shouldn't have any impact on your godhood ceremony...?"

The surroundings were still silent, and no one responded to her mumbling. But at this moment, no response was already the answer, and Alice laughed happily. (End of this chapter)