"So you're saying that Mond might have something to do with Achromatism?"
Laplace didn't nod or shake his head. Instead, he said, "It's not necessarily Mond. Maybe it's the evil witch that Mond is going to fight?"
Of course, it's also possible that Achromatism has nothing to do with either of them.
After all, the Supreme Cult's investigation only revealed that it originated from Morning Valley Town. They didn't mention any specific person. "
Angor understood what Laplace meant. There was no evidence to prove that these two people were related to Achromatism, so it wasn't appropriate to equate them with each other.
But then again, since Laplace mentioned the "Achromatism", it was obvious that he had his suspicions.
Laplace nodded. "You're right. But it's not a person. It's … "
Laplace looked at the color palette in the psionic display cabinet that exuded a faint mysterious aura.
"It's this … Mond's Palette," Laplace explained slowly.
Achromatism caused the entire Ri Kingdom to gradually lose its color, leaving only black, white, and gray behind.
"Mond's Palette", on the other hand, extracted and copied colors from all things.
In terms of effects alone, Achromatism and the color palette were completely corresponding, or rather, complementary.
Laplace believed that there must be some kind of connection between the two.
Laplace suddenly changed the topic. "Do you know what kind of effect a Mystery item will have when it's born?"
Angor didn't expect Laplace to change the topic so quickly. Laplace was talking about the color palette a second ago, and now he was talking about the birth of Mystery items.
Angor didn't know how to react for a moment. "It'll slowly go from order to chaos."
Laplace chuckled when he heard the answer. "Your answer might be more professional. But as far as I know, the birth of every Mystery item in the natural world will only cause one kind of effect — "
"And that is, disaster."
"The birth of every Mystery item in the natural world is always accompanied by an unknown disaster. For example, the Woe Puppet that Little Peach mentioned. When it was first born, it appeared in the form of the wishing puppet, Boisa. It looked like a blessing. But when it takes on the form of the Woe Puppet Xiulia, it brings disaster. Moreover, this disaster will continue to spread and eventually destroy the world. "
At this point, Laplace turned the topic back to the present. "Looking back now, doesn't Achromatism look like a disaster that will erode the whole world if it is not stopped?"
"Yes," Angor answered firmly this time.
The Supreme Cult was the representative of the Southern Region's World Consciousness. Normally, they would only do something on the stowaways. However, if they did something big, it meant that the World Consciousness had sensed a crisis that could threaten the entire world.
The Supreme Sect had wiped out the entire Ri Nation, including the mainland and all living beings.
Wasn't this a big move?
The Achromatic Syndrome might really make the Will of the World feel threatened.
And wasn't this in line with what Laplace said?
"I have a theory," Laplace said. Seeing that Angor seemed to have figured it out, he added, "Maybe the Achromatism means that a Mystery item is about to be born.
"And this mysterious item might very well be Mond's Color Palette," Kieran said.
Because Achromatism was losing color, and the color palette was absorbing color. Laplace didn't believe that there was no connection between the two.
"But now that we know for sure that 'Mond's Palette' is only a treasure and not a Mystery item, it means that the Supreme Cult's plan worked.
"I don't know how they did it, but they did stop the Achromatism from spreading. This is probably why the Palette didn't become a Mystery item.
"In the end, it became an ordinary treasure."
After Laplace finished speaking, there was a moment of silence.
After a while, he nodded slowly. Not only was the theory self-consistent, but all the evidence suggested that this might be the truth behind it.
Angor looked up at the color palette in the display case. If she was right, the simple function of the palette was to extract and copy colors. However, it cost an entire country, twelve provinces, and hundreds of millions of lives to achieve such a feat.
He was a little shocked, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was reasonable.
Just as Laplace had said, most of the mysterious things in nature did not bring about blessings when they were born, but rather, unavoidable disasters.
From order to disorder, they would eventually lead to terrible consequences.
Of course, there were always exceptions. However, such Mystery items were usually taken away by supernaturals without leaving any traces behind. The ones left behind would be especially conspicuous.
After a moment of silence, Angor looked at Jota.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Go ahead." Jota nodded.
"I want to know the color of the diary we found."
"Huh?" Jota was surprised.
Since Angor had been communicating with Laplace through the Spirit Bond, Jota didn't know about this. Now that Angor asked about it, he didn't know what Angor was talking about.
Angor considered and asked again, "I want to know if there are any colors other than black, white, and gray in Mond's diary?"
"Not just the color of the handwriting, but the cover, the pages, and even the spots left on them. Are there any other colors?"
Jota didn't know why Angor asked such a question, but he still considered carefully and answered, "The cover of the diary is pure white. Very white, without any other colors. The same goes for the pages inside.
As for the handwriting, it's pure black. I don't see any other colors. "
Angor and Laplace exchanged a knowing look when they heard Jota's answer, especially when he used the word "pure" when talking about "black" and "white". They both knew that this was what the other person expected.
People might use the word "pure" to describe the color of black. But to make a pure white color, especially a page, one had to be extremely skilled in papermaking.
Normal pages usually had a little bit of color on them.
The fact that Mond's diary could be written in pure black and white without any impurities was actually very surprising.
It didn't necessarily have anything to do with Achromatism, but it was enough to make a connection.
"If Mond's diary lost its color, it means … Mond lived in an era not too far away from Achromatism. Maybe it's happening right now," Angor whispered through the Spirit Bond.
"If it's happening right now, then the color palette might have something to do with Achromatism."
The color palette was inside the spirit display case, and they could see it clearly with their eyes. It was a normal wooden color, not black, white, or gray.
The color palette wasn't affected by Achromatism, but the diary was.
They found it together.
There must be some kind of connection between the two.
"It doesn't matter whether it's connected or not," Laplace said.
Angor nodded. "You're right. My eyes have been opened, and I've learned a secret about the southern wizardry region. It's not a bad idea to let 'Mond's Color Palette' take the spotlight."
As for whether Angor was interested in Mond's Palette?
Not for now.
Angor couldn't think of any use for it. Maybe it would meet its destined owner one day and wipe the dust off it. But Angor didn't think it would be him.
…
"Are you sure you want the second item?" Jota asked, "If you regret it later and want to look at it again, you can summon it back to the spirit display case, and it'll take up three spots. So, are you sure you want it? "
Angor nodded without hesitation. "Yes."
They already knew everything they needed to know about Mond's Palette, so there was no need for them to keep looking.
Jota didn't say anything else. After teleporting the palette away, he followed the process of summoning the palette and did it again.
However, this time, it wasn't the colossus that was summoned by the light circle.
Instead, it was a colossus that placed its hands in front of its chest and formed a triangle.
The glowing object was right in the middle of the triangle.
The light circle wrapped around the object and took its place in the triangle. Meanwhile, the object was teleported to the spirit display case by the hexagram array.
"Number 49, Art of Darkness." Jota took a few steps back and left Angor and Laplace alone.
Angor looked at the Art of Darkness in the display case first.
Hmm … there was nothing special about it.
It was just a black-covered book.
The cover was black, and the word "Art of Darkness" was written horizontally in the middle of the cover. The word "black" occupied a line by itself, and the font was relatively large. The word "art" was below the word "black", and the word was slightly smaller.
The book's thickness was normal as well. It should be between 80 and 100 pages.
The display case blocked Angor's view, so he could only see the cover of the book. He couldn't find anything suspicious about the cover either.
Angor shook his head and looked at the introduction of Art of Darkness on the crystal screen.
His pupils shrank as soon as he read the first sentence.
[Art of Darkness, by Odorus. ]
When he saw the author's name, he knew that he was right.
Art of Darkness was indeed a work of the Death Faction!
Odorus was the most famous representative of the Death Faction. One could even say that he was the "Sacred Child" of the faction. Not only did Odorus deeply understand the truth of Death Faction alchemy, but he also created the unprecedented Quadruple Original Spell.
He pushed Death Faction alchemy to the top of the world of alchemy.
Back then, anyone who mentioned the Death Faction would immediately think of Odorus.
When Angor saw that the author of Art of Darkness was Odorus, and the title of the book had something to do with "darkness", he knew it.
It had to be a work passed down by the Death Faction.
Angor calmed himself down and continued reading the introduction.
However, there wasn't much information about the book. Compared to "Mond's Color Palette", the book looked rather shabby.
In summary, there were only three sentences.
The first sentence introduced Odorus as a master alchemist who defeated countless geniuses in the field of alchemy. Odorus had his own unique artistic style when it came to shaping alchemy products. He was known as the "Master of Beauty".
After reading the introduction, Angor felt that only the first part of the story was trustworthy. The "Master of Beauty" at the end was probably something that the seller had purposely sealed to express the word "art" when the book "The Art of Darkness" was auctioned.
Angor had read many alchemy notes from the Death Faction, and some of them also introduced Odorus. However, the notes only mentioned "darkness", "death", and "rebirth". They never mentioned "beauty".
For anyone who reached the level of a Master Alchemist, "beauty" was already considered a "Master Alchemist", so they wouldn't mention it on purpose.
The second sentence introduced the general content of the Art of Darkness.
That was similar to the content recorded on the invitation letter that Luigi had received back then. In simple words, the book contained secret alchemy spells, but most of them were about shaping alchemy products and Odorus' personal artistic style.
It was basically impossible to learn alchemy by relying on the "Art of Darkness".
The third sentence was … a riddle.
[It is said that there are secrets hidden in Art of Darkness. This came from the auctioneer of Tooth Immortal Ruins. We don't know if it's true or not. ]
It was very likely that the auctioneer had deliberately said this sentence as a marketing tactic, or perhaps a marketing code. Books with secrets would definitely attract more people's attention and be auctioned at a higher price.
Of course, it was also possible that Art of Darkness really contained secrets, just like Travels Under an Umbrella.
However, since the Crystaleyes added "this came from the auctioneer" after getting the book, it meant that they didn't find any secrets after reading the book.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have left such an introduction.
There were only a few introductions on the screen, so it didn't take long for Angor and Laplace to talk through the Spirit Bond.
"What do you think of the book?" Laplace looked at Angor.
"I'm interested." Angor didn't hide his thoughts this time.
It was a book written by the Death Faction after all, and the author was Odorus, the most famous Death Faction figure. Even if the book only introduced "art", Angor was still interested.
"But I'm not impatient yet." Angor was telling Laplace not to give up on the Book of Stars.
(End of Chapter)
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