Lord of the Mysteries fanfic: wake up, hermit

(Some high-sequence promotion ceremony squids have not been announced yet. Due to plot needs, I can only edit them first. Please forgive me.)

Tristan remembered everything.

He should have remembered it, but what happened was so crazy and bizarre, far beyond his ability to understand, that the brain's self-protection mechanism erased everything.

He wanted to question and shout.

Why do you do such a thing? Why do you even hesitate to burn your brothers, sons, nephews, nieces, granddaughters... those who get along day and night, those who were talking happily just a second ago? Do it.

At this point...what are you planning on?!

In the real world, his body trembled violently like an electric shock. His skin split into cracks, and the flesh and blood inside solidified, forming black and white eyes. The extraordinary power stirred up when he was at his weakest and collapsed, eager to tear apart.

Break his human body.

He heard a sigh, and then his finger was pricked by something sharp. A kind of sleepiness suddenly swept through his brain, all restlessness died down, and the extra eyes narrowed as if they were sleepy, and gradually closed until they were on the skin.

The gaps one after another disappeared.

Before falling asleep completely, he heard a familiar voice.

"I'm sorry."

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Thoth put away the spindle that once put the princess into a curse of eternal sleep, and exhaled a long breath.

"Now we know that there is the shadow of Countess Stiano behind this fire." Adam said calmly, "She is not dead, but missing."

"But there is indeed...wait a minute on that death list."

Halfway through the words, Thoth immediately realized something was wrong. The list was made based on the extraordinary characteristics left at the scene. The extraordinary characteristics cannot deceive people, but if Baroness Stiano had taken an extra serving of Sequence 3

characteristics, and how to separate them and put them into that mechanical doll?

And judging from Tristan's memory, which doll can talk, laugh, eat, drink, have natural postures, and even has many details that look like a real person - this is already beyond the level of a Sequence 3.

Adam came to his conclusion, "During the time you left, Dame Stiano was promoted to Sequence 2. For a completely mythical creature, it is not impossible for the golden cicada to escape from its shell."

In the early days of the Glorious Age, the Hidden Sage borrowed the Tablet of Desecration from the ancient Sun God. He also paid attention to the "Perfect One" when writing down all the potion formulas and promotion rituals of the "Hermit" path.

Thoth remembered that Sequence 2 of the "Perfector" path was called "Master of Mysteries", which required independent design and construction of a building with mystical functions, and it had to have a certain iconic status - this was not something that could be done secretly.

project.

His people also checked the construction orders received by the Stiano family. They knew exactly which bricks, stones and sand were used in which provinces and counties... Is it possible that the Baroness can transform a building out of thin air?

Building out?!

How long have I been away? Thoth was a bit skeptical about the human estimate of time. It was less than two days, right? Can such a large project be completed in two days?

No, wait. Two possibilities emerged in Thoth's mind. One, Countess Stiano found a way to replace this ritual; two, some people who could build a building in two days helped her.

A guy who can build a building in two days... a guy who can make Countess Stiano leave the mansion without anyone noticing and change into a puppet...

Could it be Zaratul?

More than ten years ago, an earthquake occurred in the south and many people died. Zaratul was ordered to go to the rescue. After gathering enough prayer power, the collapsed houses were re-erected in a matter of seconds.

No...the reason is not very good. He is one of the most favored guys of the Black Emperor. It is said that his family assisted Solomon's family before the catastrophe. In other words, there are many things he did behind the scenes.

Solomon meant it, but the fire shook many anchor points, which was obviously not what Solomon wanted to see.

What about the other mysterious attendant?

Antigonus, the son of Fregla, a born mythical creature, the founder of the "Land of Night", and the brother of the "Mother of the Sky".

Although there were several high-ranking people in the empire who were adjacent to Antigonus or even on the same path, he still chose to be loyal to Solomon due to the pressure of Amanysis. Thoth thought about it carefully and found that he didn't like people very much either.

On many occasions, I am not familiar with Him, and I cannot be on good terms with Him, nor can I be on bad terms with Him...

etc.

Thoth remembered something from a long time ago.

On the battlefield at the end of the Chaos Era, He pierced the head of a demon with the "Eternal Spear". When the gun was about to collapse, Amanissis took it away and chose a new target for it -

-Mother of Heaven, but because Antigonus sacrificed his life to save him, both wolves survived in the end.

As a reward for using this magic weapon, Amanysis also revealed to Thoth a lot of occult knowledge related to soothsayers, such as secret puppets, historical projections, and the resurrection of the "Miracle Master" - these are all

It was accumulated during the years he followed Fregra.

"Based on the diviner's spiritual intuition, Antigonus may have noticed some kind of connection between me and Amanysis." Thoth secretly speculated, "In addition, Zarathustra is one of the founding fathers, and the family is in

The empire is deeply rooted, and there is no way Antigonus can devour it under Solomon's nose. He might accidentally become the one who is swallowed - for the sake of insurance, it is reasonable for him to support other allies."

"It seems you have already made a guess."

Adam caught the twinkle in His eyes.

Thoth laughed to himself, "It's just an afterthought."

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The true Creator wakes up from his slumber and opens his scarlet one eye - His state is indeed much better than the state where he utters gibbering from time to time and collapses into a puddle of flesh mixed with shadows, but the old madness is not

What can be resolved in a short time still needs to be reconciled with sleep.

He saw Thoth kneeling before him, with his hands clasped and his eyes lowered, like a devout believer - but "piety" was a word far removed from Him.

"What are you doing?"

"Isn't this the posture of confession?" Thoth originally wanted to make a shrug, but the folded hands restricted his performance, "But you know, I might spit out some knowledge that will make the priest crazy, just

I have no choice but to find you."

"Okay then." The True Creator couldn't help laughing, but quickly returned to his solemn demeanor: "Lost Lamb, why do you seek forgiveness?"

"For the fire that took countless lives."

"How do you say this? Could it be that you lit the flames with your thoughts?"

"This fire was unexpected by me, but it was within Countess Stiano's expectations."

"Then it is that woman who should seek forgiveness, who should go to hell, and who should be criticized verbally and verbally. Why do you want to seek forgiveness?"

"Because I pushed her to this point."

"How should I say this?"

"In order to limit the development of the Stiano family's high-sequence, I revealed their promotion ceremony to demigod, and deliberately exaggerated the damage to the interests of all nobles by 'extracting all the vitality of a certain area', thereby promoting the "Land Protection Act"

"The birth of."

"When their entire family was squeezed out by the nobles, and they were disheartened, I made a suggestion to select a group of craftsmen to go to the north to build fortifications. This was a big deal, so I quickly got the Black Emperor.

- Obviously, they will never let the children of the main family, who have the strongest cohesion and are cultivated as the backbone, go. They can only let the children of the branch families fill in the gaps. The elderly and adults have to maintain the running of the family, so they go

They are all young people—often the least lovable and least favored of the children."

"To make a digression." Thoth smiled self-deprecatingly, "Because I often wear the same set of clothes over and over again on important occasions, many nobles thought that I was in financial crisis, and they also subconsciously thought that the North was a bitter cold place.

——Of course I don’t want to let my most precious child endure hardship.”

"Of course, if the dress looks too old, I will ask Amon to cheat the refractive index of light, so that it will be no different from the new one... Well, as expected of me."

The true Creator laughed out loud, "Diligence and thrift are virtues."

"Then again, this arrangement is exactly what I want - those children can understand that they are here to suffer on behalf of their more delicate peers. Although they don't say anything, they will be somewhat disheartened."

"After they came to the north, I met their various needs according to Maslow's theory. They were afraid of the cold, so I prepared warm shelter and delicious meals. When they felt lonely, I organized various

activities, they were not valued at home, so I turned every contribution they made into a merit worthy of praise - after they felt at home, I extended an olive branch called 'strength' to them."

"While looking at the blasphemous slate, in addition to the 'hermit' path I am on, I also wrote down the various recipes and rituals of the 'perfection' path. For those who were simply sent here to top up, they drank it before leaving."

Artisan's potion boy, I wouldn't mind a bottle of Astronomer's potion as a consolation for your labors."

Thoth smiled slightly, "Or bribery."

"There is a general rule in the empire. No matter whether it is a big family or a small family, when it reaches sequence 5, that is, when the ceremony is held, the promotion of family members is very strict - the difference between the main family and the branch family is also reflected in this

In this place, the main family can master the formulas and rituals of an entire path to God, while the branch family can only know the formulas of Sequence 6 at most. If you want to climb up, you must submit an application, pass various reviews, and accumulate a certain amount of merit - this kind of demand

It is the bond that maintains an entire clan."

"The first step in breaking this bond is to let the branch family know that they have more than one choice."

The true Creator has been listening quietly, and he can't help but feel relieved - in this extraordinary world based on madness, it is unrealistic to expect a blank sheet of kindness.

He is disgusted by playing tricks of the mind. On the contrary, it is precisely because He understands the tricks of the mind, the operation of power, and how to make certain policies work for Himself that He feels at ease.

"That's right." He said with some relief, "But you still have to let them understand that you are the better choice."

"So I revealed some things that they were not qualified to know, such as the name and formula of the potion used by the 'artisans' to be promoted to demigods, as well as the promotion ceremony that was a waste of land resources and violated the laws of the empire. By the way, I also revealed the 'occultist'

'The promotion ceremony - just one drop of blood is enough, this is a very simple multiple choice question."

"Knowing more than others gives them a sense of opportunity, and for underserved children, opportunity is everything."

"Then, I deliberately promoted a child who was willing to submit and had talent to Sequence 3, and he told his elders about it through a letter. It didn't take long for the side branch to convert to me."

Thoth shrugged, "If this happens a few times, Countess Stiano will become the polished commander... Well, this is what I want to repent of."

He said seriously: "I thought she had been defeated. I thought as long as I kept watch, she would never be able to cause trouble again..."

"I also thought about whether to eradicate the roots, but when I thought about her son, grandson, granddaughter, and relatives who can get together during the New Year, and there are so many things that I will never have again, I thought, forget it.

Come on, the lifespan of Sequence 3 is not very long, I can wait until the day she sleeps on the bed."

"But I was wrong. She refused to die—rejected the death that is so common to all living beings. She longed for eternal life, longed for immortality, and longed for power."

"My crime is that I underestimated the madness of this world and underestimated her desire for high status."

"If I had it to do over again, I would definitely make a deal with Amon and let him steal the woman's fate and place it on me, just like you and Amani did to Omi Bella - although the role-playing

It’s a little more troublesome, but it also eliminates the sacrifices caused by the battle for aggregation.”

Thoth's tone was calm, to the point of indifference, but the true creator felt an unspoken anger.

(ps: collect inspiration and clear up wisdom tomorrow, most likely no updates)