Bernadette fell silent for two seconds before replying through the Invisible Servant.
"Uncle Edwards, why are you here?"
She used the form of address she used when she was young to reduce the chances of any unnecessary accidents happening.
And when her voice echoed in the surrounding air through the Invisible Servant, it was dry and hoarse, completely different from her normal state.
Edwards's face was pale, as though he had just crawled out of a cemetery. He didn't have any warmth.
"I don't know either.
"I once woke up and found myself back on this island.
"This might be my destiny, the destiny of guarding His Majesty."
He would pause after every sentence, but he didn't give off the feeling that he was out of breath. It was as though he hadn't spoken for a long time, causing his throat to feel "rusty." He wasn't used to it.
Without waiting for Bernadette to ask, this knight, who was famous on the continent more than a hundred years ago, added in a flat tone:
"His Majesty's mausoleum is nearby.
"I've been guarding this place, waiting for 'Him' to revive.
"But after so many years, there's been no abnormal activity in the mausoleum.
"There have been no signs of revival."
Bernadette made the Invisible Servant survey the area and say, "That's right.
"This wooden hut is where you live."
Edwards's exposed skin appeared slightly shriveled, matching the age spots he had to begin with. His voice was deep and hoarse as he replied intermittently:
"Yes.
"I used the surrounding trees as materials to build this house."
Bernadette's Invisible Servant looked in the direction she came from.
"Uncle William and the rest aren't with you?"
Edwards's cold and wooden eyes moved.
"They have long been corrupted and have already died.
"Although they've come back to life, they're closer to a monster than they were before.
"Your Highness, you have to be wary of them and avoid them.
"Apart from Benjamin and me, no one else can be trusted."
Bernadette fell silent for a moment before asking through the Invisible Servant:
"Where's my father's mausoleum? I want to take a look. "
Edwards's neck moved slightly stiffly.
"Alright."
He then walked towards the wooden house step by step, and took out a rusty black iron axe from inside.
"I'll take you there," Edwards said as he looked at the Invisible Servant that shouldn't have been visible under normal circumstances.
During this process, his expression was stiff, and there was almost no change.
"Alright." Bernadette responded at the edge of the forest. With the help of the Invisible Servant, she made her dry and hoarse voice echo around her.
Edwards was nearly 1.9 meters tall and appeared a little thin. With his axe in hand, he walked to the back of the wooden hut and said in a monotonous tone, "That's why I'm here.
"Very close.
"Be careful on the road."
Bernadette immediately controlled the Invisible Servant and made it follow closely behind the luxuriously dressed Edwards.
As they traversed the primitive forest, Bernadette suddenly made the Invisible Servant ask, "What's the matter?"
"Uncle Edwards, what were you worshipping in that clearing?"
Edwards didn't look back as he maintained a nearly uniform pace.
"Your Majesty."
Bernadette, who was at least two kilometers behind him and the Invisible Servant, immediately pricked up her eyebrows. She took nearly three seconds to control her emotions.
Through the Invisible Servant, she continued asking emotionlessly, "What's wrong?
"Uncle William and the rest are also worshipping him?"
Edwards paused for a moment, but his back remained facing the Invisible Servant and the Eyes of Mystery Prying.
"No."
He slowed down as though he was thinking of an answer.
"I don't know what they're worshipping …"
Bernadette's eyes narrowed slightly, as though she could see some changes in the River of Fate.
She didn't ask any more questions as she made the Invisible Servant silently follow behind Edwards. Amidst the huge, dark-green trees and sharp, black shrubs, they walked towards the island's mountain peak.
In just four to five minutes, the trees in front of them disappeared.
This wasn't a gradual transition from dense to sparse until it was empty. Instead, there was an invisible line as the boundary, and the huge trees suddenly disappeared.
Beyond the invisible boundary was a mountain that was hundreds of meters tall. Above it was also covered with huge, dark-green trees that were almost black. From afar, it looked like it had fused with the forest, making it indistinguishable from each other.
However, the side of the mountain that faced Edwards and Bernadette was mostly devoid of trees. This was because half of the mountain had been hollowed out.
In the belly of the mountain stood a black mausoleum, looking extremely majestic.
Most of it belonged to the mountain range itself, and a small portion of it had traces of artificial construction and polishing. It truly explained what it meant to use a mountain as a mausoleum.
Therefore, the mausoleum's appearance wasn't like a common pyramid. It was more like a towering mountain. It wasn't symmetrical, but it was definitely majestic.
It was unknown if it was because of the mausoleum itself or if Edwards had cleaned it up, but there weren't any weeds growing on its surface. Nor were there any vines that were commonly seen on other parts of the mountain.
This allowed Bernadette to directly see the various words and symbols engraved on the mausoleum through the Eyes of Mystery Prying. She saw the heavy stone door that was nearly thirty meters tall that seemed to be prepared for giants.
Bernadette wasn't unfamiliar with those words and symbols. With just a little identification, she could tell that they were either from the Civil Code that her father had written and promulgated, or they belonged to the new social trends that he had created, or they were directly the blueprints of certain inventions.
Just as Bernadette was carefully examining them, Klein, who was above the gray fog, was completely certain that this was the last mausoleum left behind by Rosell The Great.
This was somewhat similar to the mausoleum he had seen in the Tudor ruins. It had the majesty and distortion that belonged to the Black Emperor.
After walking out of the primitive forest and passing through the invisible boundary, Edwards stopped not far from the mausoleum.
He half-turned his body and aimed his pale face and cold eyes at the Invisible Servant.
"Don't go in.
"That will interrupt the resurrection …"
Bernadette frowned slightly and thought for two seconds. With the Eyes of Mystery Prying, she locked onto the mausoleum.
Then, her ocean-blue eyes suddenly became extremely serene, like the surface of the sea before a storm.
Under such circumstances, she clearly lost focus, and her eyes were blank.
She was prying into the river of fate and making a prophecy for her next actions.
Above the gray fog, Klein tapped the long mottled table once again, increasing her chances of success and making preparations to resist the corruption of the cosmos.
Of course, the latter wasn't necessary, because Bernadette had a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact that she could control.
In the next second, Bernadette raised her right hand.
Her skin immediately turned as white as snow, her lips as red as blood, and her hair as black as ebony.
An illusory, ancient mirror appeared in her hand.
This was Snow White from fairy tale magic. Bernadette used it to increase the success rate and accuracy of her "prophecy."
Silently, she "saw" a scene:
The majestic and dignified dark mausoleum clearly shook as the heavy and tall stone door opened.
Then, a huge, pitch-black arm extended out of the stone door.
The size of this arm was close to the trees on the island. From its color and state, it looked more like a part of a shadow, but it wasn't a thin layer. Instead, it was filled with flesh and blood, making it look extremely strange.
It used its elbows to support itself on the ground and moved forward with great difficulty, as though it was trying to pull out a larger and more terrifying part of the mausoleum.
Boom!
The entire island began to shake.
Bang!
The pair of Eyes of Mystery Prying that were almost transparent suddenly shattered.
Bernadette's eyes immediately closed, as though she had seen an intense light that she couldn't look straight at, or she had suffered unbearable damage.
Blood flowed from the corners of her eyes, and her face turned much paler.
On her body, pairs of illusory and holy wings spread out, using the descent of pure white feathers to neutralize some invisible corruption.
She does have the ability to resist. The Emperor's inheritance is really rich … Heh heh, before Ma 'am Hermit was educated by me, she liked to use the Eyes of Mystery Prying to observe the people and objects around her. There's definitely a factor of her upbringing … In short, it's all Rosell's fault! Above the gray fog, Klein heaved a sigh of relief as he couldn't help but criticize the Emperor.
Immediately following that, his thoughts raced as he analyzed the scene Bernadette had seen in her prophecy.
After the stone door opened, a terrifying creature seemed to crawl out of the mausoleum.
This might be the resurrected Rosell, or it might be a symbol of some disaster. For example, a particular Outer Deity that had once corrupted this island, or the Primordial Moon that had secretly corrupted Rosell …
Yes, even if it's Rosell, it's definitely not in the form of a human. It's closer to a Mythical Creature or a deity … In addition, I can't be sure if that terrifying creature has any intelligence or if it can be communicated with …
There's another important question. Was the opening of the stone door done by Bernadette or someone else, or was it done by the terrifying creature in the mausoleum? If it's the latter, even if we don't do anything, things might develop to the stage in the prophecy …
A prophecy is really filled with ambiguity.
Klein casually conjured a gold coin and flicked it up to make a divination.
The results of the dream divination showed that the mausoleum was in both a dangerous and safe state.
How do I interpret this? As Klein pondered, he focused his attention back on Bernadette.
Bernadette took nearly a minute to recover, no longer appearing as weak as before.
However, for the time being, she was unable to make any predictions about what she saw. She could only confirm that the problem was definitely very complicated.
Because the Eye of Mystery Prying had shattered, she could no longer use it to see all kinds of secrets. She could only use the senses of the Invisible Servant to check the basic situation around her.
She realized that Edwards had remained silent and motionless when she was unable to control the Invisible Servant, as though he hadn't noticed anything amiss.
After some thought, with the help of the Invisible Servant, Bernadette said to Edwards, "I'm not sure.
"Do you still remember the years spent in Lenburg?"
Edwards' indifferent, light blue eyes moved.
"I remember.
"I seem to be …"
At this point, he seemed to have thought of something. His expression twisted as if he was suffering from some kind of indescribable pain.
In this state, his eyes suddenly glowed with a strange light.
"I seem, I seem to have died …"
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