"You guys try it too." Klein handed the iron-black stick in his hand to the other Moon City residents.
Those people's throats squirmed as they couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. However, they didn't immediately respond. They cast their gazes at the High Priest, Nim, waiting for him to nod.
Nim took out an item from the animal hide clothes he was wearing. It seemed to be a magnifying glass with a handle.
At first glance, Klein almost looked like a monocle. He was so scared that his heart skipped a beat. Fortunately, he controlled himself in time and confirmed the details.
Nim held the metal handle and placed the glass item in front of his right eye. He examined Rus through the lens for a few seconds.
After a brief silence, he put down the item and nodded at the other residents of Moon City.
Apart from Rus, the people finally reached out and carefully and orderly removed a mushroom from the black skewer before stuffing it into their mouths.
The texture of the mushroom, which didn't contain any disgusting smell or filth, made them instantly intoxicated. They didn't care about scalding their mouths and swallowed the mushroom in a few bites. Then, they instinctively reached out for another one.
However, the mushrooms on the long iron stick had all been distributed.
Nim retracted his gaze from the long, iron-black stick and waited for German Sparrow to continue recounting his experiences and The Fool's teachings.
Klein looked around and repeated what he said before.
"You can pick any of the mushrooms in the surroundings, except for the pure black ones. Also, you must only eat them when they're fully cooked, or you'll be cursed."
The residents of Moon City did not hesitate at all. They immediately stood up and chose the mushroom that they had admired for a long time.
Klein glanced at it and added, "That's right.
"When the pure white mushrooms are cooked, they will easily split open and liquid will flow out. You need to prepare some utensils or drink it in time."
Without waiting for Rus and company to respond, he picked up the topic that he had previously stopped talking until he heard the voice reciting Mr. Fool's honorific name from the grayish-white fog.
Seeing that the High Priest, Nim, was engrossed in his speech and was rather moved, Klein deliberated and said, "That's right.
"There are many ways to make the grayish-white fog react, but they are all related to my master."
This was a reasonable guess. This was because there was more than one suspended person, and there was more than one way to enter the world above the gray fog. If Rosell The Great were to come here with his replica mysterious silver plate, there was a high chance that he could cause an anomaly in the invisible barrier. Of course, the premise was that the Emperor belonged to one of the three pathways: Seer, Apprentice, or Marauder.
Seeing that Nim and the others didn't raise any questions, Klein warmly said,
"According to my observations, Moon City's Beyonder pathway isn't singular."
The gray-haired Nim didn't hide anything.
"Yes, when we were chosen to come to Moon City, the Oracle consciously made the Beyonder pathways comprehensive. Unfortunately, after so many years and after so many disasters, many of the potion formulas and Beyonder ingredients of the pathways have been lost."
"Which pathway are you from?" Klein asked casually as he watched the residents of Moon City use the monster bones to roast the mushrooms.
"I'm a Nightwatcher," Nim said frankly.
Sequence 4 Nightwatcher of the Evernight pathway? Klein nodded slightly and asked, "What's the matter?
"Did anything unusual happen near this gray fog?"
Nim, whose face was covered in wrinkles, thought for about ten seconds.
"Yes."
Klein's heart skipped a beat, but he asked calmly on the topic,
"What kind of abnormality?"
Nim glanced at the fragrant mushrooms and deliberated over his words.
"A small hill suddenly disappeared, leaving behind only a deep pit.
"There are no signs of explosion in that area, and there is no soil scattered around."
What was going on? What a strange scene … As Klein threw the mushroom's roots into the fire and turned them into fuel, he asked without any change in expression, "What's the matter?
"Did you do any further investigations?"
"Yes." Moon City's High Priest, Nim, nodded and said, "An investigation team encountered a demonic wolf there. It wasn't a demonic wolf that had rotted or mutated, but the original demonic wolf."
Demon Wolf? Klein didn't expect to hear such information. His pupils changed slightly as he pressed, "What's the matter?
"What does the demon wolf look like?"
Nim subconsciously took a deep breath.
"It's the same as the demonic wolves described in the ancient documents, but it's even bigger. Even if all eight of its feet touch the ground at the same time, it's still as tall as two or three people put together.
"Its fur is not pure black. It gives off a dark and deep feeling. Its eyes are very strange. Most of them are pupils, black pupils. Also, there is a tuft of greyish-white short hair on its head …"
Wasn't … wasn't this the Dark Demonic Wolf Kotar? It had actually come to the easternmost side of the Forsaken Land of the Gods? Was it related to a strange change? If the power that caused the Western Continent to disappear really came from Sefirah Castle, it would be normal for it to attract the Mythical creature corresponding to a Miracle Invoker … Klein frowned indiscernibly.
"It didn't attack your investigation team?"
Klein deliberately used it instead of him to avoid scaring the people of Moon City.
From his point of view, it was very easy for the Dark Demonic Wolf Kotar to wipe out an investigation team. It didn't even need to pay a huge price to turn Moon City into "His" marionette kingdom. To his surprise, the Mythical creature seemed to have spared Moon City.
If Klein hadn't seen the Spirit Body Threads of Nim, Rus, and company ahead of time and confirmed their condition, he would definitely have suspected that he was talking to marionettes.
"No, it left in a hurry," Moon City's High Priest, Nim, said truthfully.
This doesn't match the Dark Demonic Wolf's suspicious and cautious personality … What could have scared "Him" into fleeing in such a hurry, to the point where "He" didn't even bother to silence the people who saw "Him" … Or could it be that there's something special about the people of Moon City who were ordered by the ancient Sun God to guard this place? Unless necessary, the Dark Demonic Wolf didn't want to attack them? Klein continued asking without any change in his tone, "Did it leave any traces?"
"Did it leave any traces?"
"No." Nim shook his head with certainty. "Apart from the hill turning into a crater, we didn't discover anything abnormal."
Klein's thoughts raced as he tried asking from another angle.
"When did this happen?"
The more he understood an item from the past, the more he could touch upon the fog of history.
Nim recalled for a moment.
"Two years, two months, and ten days ago."
He then explained, "There are too few things worth recording.
"There are too few things worth recording. I have a deep impression."
Two years, two months, and ten days ago … It's currently September 8th, 1351. If we go back in time, it's June 28th, 1349 … This … Klein's right hand suddenly trembled slightly.
His pupils and expression were normal, but this was the result of a Clown's deliberate control.
He remembered very clearly that June 28th, 1349 was the day he "transmigrated" and became Klein Moretti. It was the day he repeated the luck enhancement ritual and entered Sefirah Castle in the true sense of the word!
The anomaly here, the appearance of the Dark Demonic Wolf, and the Mythical Creature's hasty departure are all related to me? Klein's heart surged with emotions.
He was momentarily unable to find an explanation, so he pretended as though nothing had happened.
After some thought, he said, "Did something similar happen in the past two to three thousand years?"
"No." Nim gave a very certain answer.
"What about 208 years ago? Did anything special happen?" Klein pressed.
That was the time when Rosell The Great "transmigrated" to this World.
Nim hesitated for two seconds before saying, "I can't tell you the exact answer.
"I can't give you an accurate answer. You need to go back and look through the corresponding records.
"Thankfully, the information and documents in the past three hundred years haven't been damaged."
At this point, he added, "Don't worry.
"My limited impression tells me that there shouldn't be anything special."
If that's the case, then the reason for the anomaly here and the appearance of the Dark Demonic Wolf was because I entered the world above the gray fog and bound Sefirah Castle to me? Klein nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions.
He simply said, "Tell me where the pit is."
By the time High Priest Nim answered, the mushrooms roasted by the residents of Moon City were already edible. Some of them took a bite of the white mushrooms and were scalded by the milk inside, but they couldn't bear to spit it out. Some chewed repeatedly, savoring the faint sweetness. Some ate one after another, unable to stop themselves.
Nim was somewhat taken aback when he saw this, as though he couldn't believe that these people were from Moon City.
Every one of them was filled with conflicting feelings of hunger and satisfaction. Their faces seemed distorted, but they were brimming with pure happiness.
"High Priest, you should try it too." Rus, whose eyes were very close, handed Nim a mushroom covered in golden patches that emitted a strange sweet fragrance.
Nim hesitated for a moment before carefully shining the magnifying glass at it. Then, he took the mushroom and stuffed it into his mouth.
The next second, his expression changed slightly, and he slowly half-closed his eyes.
He had tasted a similar taste in some mutated tree roots, but none of them were this pure and memorable.
After an unknown period of time, Nim looked at the indifferent Gehrman Sparrow and said with abnormally sincerity,
"Your Excellency, we wish to hear Mr. Fool's teachings."
I haven't had the time to make it up yet … However, as I'm getting closer and closer to the level of an angel, the corresponding matters should be brought forward … I have to prepare an anchor in advance … As Klein's thoughts raced, he recalled the words he said back when he tricked — no, modified the believers of Sea God.
His expression quickly turned solemn. He raised his right hand and grabbed at the air, dragging out a bronze cross with many spikes.
Klein then pressed his right thumb on a thorn, allowing his blood to soak into the Unshadowed Crucifix.
The coppery green color on the surface of the Unshadowed Crucifix rapidly peeled off, revealing its body formed purely of sunlight.
"God said …" Klein opened his mouth and said in a low voice, raising the radiant cross in his hand quite a bit higher.
Warm, bright, and penetrating light surged out like a tide, instantly filling up the surrounding area.
The accumulated darkness and discomfort in Nim, Rus, and company's bodies rapidly melted away as though their bodies and minds had been purified.
They were in a daze, and heard the solemn voice of the Oracle, who held up the radiant cross and was enveloped in a divine aura: --
"God said …
"First Commandment: Do not make living sacrifices. Do not use humans as sacrifices.
"Second Commandment: Do not use my name in vain."
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