"9th April. Just returned from Countess Waring's masquerade ball. My heart suddenly felt empty.
"One woman, another woman, yet another woman. The monotonous and mechanical movements, the indistinguishable scent of perfume, and the warmth of entangling limbs can only be exchanged for a few seconds of pleasure, followed by endless boredom, disgust, emptiness, and numbness.
"What's the fun in such a life? Is the meaning of living every day just for this?
"This can't go on. I have to get rid of this depraved state.
"Also, a reminder to myself. Don't habitually write Arabic numerals in the usual spots."
… Emperor, there are times when you reflect on yourself and become a hipster? This doesn't match the image I have in my heart! Klein nearly pricked up his eyebrows when he read this.
His gaze moved down and landed on the second diary entry.
"11th April. Countess Waring invited me to a private salon. She told me that Lady Julia would be participating as well.
"Ha, this conservative blonde who married from Rouen will be participating as well?
"I'm really looking forward to it!
"I've been fantasizing about her in bed for a long time. I hope her husband, Viscount Delion, doesn't have any ill intentions."
Emperor, have you forgotten the diary entry you wrote the day before yesterday? Tsk, it smells good, right? Also, you misspelled it. Mind! Klein couldn't help but lampoon.
"14th April. I've been participating in too many activities recently. I'm feeling a little weak …
"This is no trivial matter!
"Although I'm still young, I have to prevent the risk of decline in this aspect. Temperance, temperance!
"Archaeologist has improved my physique and effectively enhanced my abilities, but this isn't its specialty. It's just something I can do in passing.
"If I continue to raise my Sequence, the changes brought about by the potion will likely deepen. This is a direction I can work towards.
"It's said that Apothecaries can concoct potions without any side effects. Perhaps I should find a few to consult.
"Also, I really have to temperance. Indulgence will only cause the threshold to constantly rise, and the level of satisfaction won't be as good as normal.
"Calm down and think about it. There are still many things that can be done. Humans are always like this. They're bound by their desires and can't see what's truly valuable. Why did I transmigrate? What secrets are hidden in the depths of the cosmos above my head? Where did my original consciousness come from? If self-awareness purely comes from consciousness, then who was I before my identity as Huang Tao? Who did the most essential part belong to …"
Great Emperor, are you telling me what it means to be a pervert before and a philosopher after? Heh, you also have that kind of worry. I thought you had some kind of fixed attribute … Fortunately, you didn't teach your children Chinese. Hmm, you probably didn't. Otherwise, what would they think when they see this content? It's not without reason that Zaratul prophesied that your eldest daughter, Bernadette, would turn against you and abandon you … Of course, not teaching them is more of a form of protection … Klein was successfully amused by Rosell's diary, but he didn't show any changes on the surface.
To him, Rosell The Great's diary was both a book of knowledge and a collection of jokes.
With a thought, Klein flipped to the next page.
"On the 2nd of October, Zaratul came to visit me again.
"He hopes that I, who has already become a demigod, can fulfill my promise and help him steal that dangerous Sealed Artifact from the Church.
It's a notebook from the Antigonus family from the Fourth Epoch, a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact!
When he saw this, Klein's pupils shrank involuntarily.
This was likely the notebook that was later lost by the Secret Order.
This was likely the notebook that led to Klein Moretti's death, allowing him to use his corpse to successfully awaken in this World!
This was the source of everything!
It turns out that it didn't land in the hands of the Secret Order right from the start. Instead, it was sealed within the Church of Craftsmen, which later became the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery. Through Emperor Roselle, Zaratul successfully stole it …
By the way, the Secret Order member in Creeping Hunger is very afraid of Zaratul, believing that he's an abnormal monster that can't die. Does this mean that Zaratul obtained some benefits from the notebook, but an accident happened? He went from a "human" who could normally communicate with Rosell to a monster. That's why the Antigonus family's notebook was lost?
Of course, I can't rule out the possibility that Zaratul deliberately let it be lost …
Hmm … Because Zaratul turned into a monster, the Secret Order lost all its mermaids, causing the Faceless to take the risk to go out to sea? Rosago succeeded because he attempted to enter the sea formed by the Ruins of the Battlefield of Gods?
Thoughts flashed through Klein's mind, making him feel abnormally heavy.
He didn't believe that his encounter with the Antigonus notebook had anything to do with Rosell, because he had always guessed in the direction of the law of convergence of Beyonder characteristics. The details that followed were also in line with similar logic.
Are they all related to the higher levels of the Seer pathway? Klein swept his gaze from the corner of his eye, taking in the endless gray fog that stretched out in silence.
Could it have been caused by it? He asked himself again.
Steadying his emotions, Klein continued reading the subsequent contents of the diary.
Heh, I'll have to act according to the situation. If it's easy to steal and there's no risk of exposure, I'll try. If not, I'll pretend that nothing happened.
Even if Zaratul were to expose me, it doesn't matter. With my present identity, status, Sequence, and influence, as long as I'm willing to repent and repent, the Church won't do anything to me.
The other two diary entries on this page recorded Rosell's thought process of coming up with the plan to steal the notebook, but it didn't seem like there was any chance of success. However, Klein knew that he had finally obtained the notebook and handed it to the leader of the Secret Order, Zaratul.
After pondering for a moment, Klein flipped this page.
"12th and 10th. Once again, I attended that ancient and secret gathering.
"At the gathering, I discovered that they were extremely hostile towards the Fourth Epoch's Solomon Empire, and it was very unanimous.
"I raised this question, and Mr. Hermes readily gave me the answer. In the Fourth Epoch, the ally and supporter of the Solomon Empire was the True Creator.
"This is very real.
"I resisted the urge to ask what our organization had done in the history of the Fourth Epoch, but when I left the palace and returned to the dream, I realized that Old Mr. Hermes's route overlapped with mine to a certain extent.
"This ancient human who survived before the Cataclysm definitely knows a lot. I tried to get close to him and sincerely asked him a question — why does the organization hate the True Creator? Was it just because he used the sacred name of the Creator?
"Old Mr. Hermes chuckled. We are not such shallow creatures.
"He asked me in return, 'Do you know the exact abilities of a Shepherd?'
"Of course. So I answered.
He asked meaningfully again, "What's the matter?
"If you were to pick out one of all the current gods and develop towards an omniscient and omnipotent Lord, who do you think is the most likely?
This … The first thought that flashed through my mind was the Shepherd pathway that can devour, Graze, and control the souls and characteristics of other Beyonders. And the end of this pathway is the True Creator.
"So that's how it is …"
Although there's only one diary entry on this page, there's a lot of information … The Solomon Empire originally belonged to the True Creator's camp … Hmm, in the underground ruins of the Tudor family, there are statues of the six orthodox gods. Although I can't be sure if they were worshiping the gods or blaspheming them, one thing is certain — the six gods were involved in the affairs of the three empires. Later on, they even had a close relationship with the Telun Sostel dynasty … The three empires represent three different camps of gods? Klein attempted to use his "archaeological" discoveries and historical knowledge to decipher the hidden truth of the previous Epoch, but he was still confused.
Towards the question of Hermes, the oldest master of mysticism, Klein's answer was similar to Rosell's.
As the Sequence increased, the saints and angels of the Shepherd pathway could Graze more and more souls and Beyonder powers. In the end, if the True Creator could Graze the corresponding deities of the other twenty-one Beyonder pathways, "He" would be equivalent to an omniscient and omnipotent Creator to a certain extent.
There are still many secrets hidden in the Sequence pathways … Klein flipped to the fourth page of the diary.
This page recorded Rosell's actions after he consumed the Savant potion. He read a lot and learned a lot, making his foundation extremely solid, raising the breadth and depth of his knowledge to a whole new level.
During this period of time, he had almost no entertainment. Learning was his greatest form of entertainment.
In one of the diary entries, he wrote:
"… When a person knows that he will definitely gain something from his hard work, and can directly see how much he has gained, then he will definitely work as hard as I am now."
Isn't this the intrinsic attraction of many games? Klein flipped to the last page of the diary and read the legend of the ancient gods provided by Little Sun.
Throughout the entire process, there was silence in the towering palace. Be it Justice or The Moon, they were considering what to trade or communicate about.
This was the first time The Hermit Cattleya had encountered such a situation, but she didn't feel uneasy or uneasy at all. Instead, she seriously analyzed the information revealed by the scene.
This isn't the first time it's happened … Mr. Fool has the habit of reading Rosell's diary at Tarot Gatherings … The members are actively or passively gathering it for "Him," but it's uncertain if they have paid "Him" in advance …
He can really understand Rosell's diary … He's searching for the secrets that have sunk into the river of history?
Just now, Sun mentioned that the information he submitted was a legend of the ancient gods … This matches my previous guess …
At this moment, Klein had roughly finished browsing through the new information on the ancient gods.
In the Second Epoch, in the Dark Ages, every ancient god had a subsidiary deity, just like the Dragon of Imagination Ankewelt and "His" child, the Dragon of Nightmare Alzuhod.
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