Lord of the Mysteries fanfic: wake up, hermit

"Bang bang—bang bang—"

A small heart expanded and contracted rhythmically in the hands of the true Creator. It stands to reason that an organ would be like a dead thing if it left the body, but as a creation of flesh and blood magic, it miraculously preserved its vitality. Then, within a few days,

Under the careful guidance of a tentacle of flesh and blood, the small and exquisite heart was placed in the middle of a skeleton - this skeleton was not a human skeleton, but a four-legged animal skeleton, larger than a corgi, but smaller than

A little Samoyed.

After being placed in the correct position, intense proliferation began. The frantically dividing cells formed red flesh and blood, and also formed various organs such as liver, kidneys, large intestine, small intestine, etc. At the same time, the lifeless skeleton also trembled.

, almost making people worry that it will fall apart, and when the tongue, larynx, trachea and other sound-producing organs are taking shape, the bleating cry resounds throughout the room - in the human world, the louder the newborn cries, the more

The healthier it is, the stronger it is. According to this standard, this is undoubtedly a lamb with tenacious vitality.

The lamb's cries became more and more shrill, reaching a creepy level, making people wonder whether it was undergoing rebirth or sliding into the abyss of death. At the same time, the true Creator read the name of the Hidden Sage.

.

"Eyes that pry into mysteries..."

"The embodiment of knowledge and spiritual numbers..."

"A beacon that dispels ignorance and enlightens wisdom..."

"My best friend, my comrade..."

"I hereby ask you to watch and listen, and please add the magic you have received for generations to this new-born lamb..."

Invisible eyes opened in the dark temple, and a torrent of information composed of spiritual numbers and symbols rushed to the lamb and became one with it. At the same time, the true Creator covered it with fur as white as snow, and dotted it with

With its jet-black eyes, it looks no different from an ordinary lamb - but what is different from ordinary lambs is that it prefers flesh and blood, or things with the smell of blood, to the ewe's milk and fodder.

The True Creator pricked his own palm, and the blood dripped to the ground, and the lamb licked it with joy.

"Let's call you 'Dolly.'"

However, just when He finished a string of prayers and was about to reward himself with a strong drink with the flavor of his hometown, the creature with the same name as the world's first cloned sheep twitched in pain, began to cough violently, and then

Vomiting out lumps of sticky flesh and blood, there was an eyeball inside for some reason, followed by liver, kidneys, large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder...

After spitting out everything, it fell limply to the ground. Perhaps because the connotation of "scapegoat" was not very good, its death was extremely unsettling.

He died at 10 minutes and 28 seconds.

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After attaching the magic of the "scapegoat" to the lamb, Thoth fell into a dream with peace of mind. Like Zhuang Zhou, he turned into a butterfly, flew across the sea, and came to the deep dark heaven located in the Amanda Mountains.

"Long time no see, Amani."

"Thoth."

The goddess of the night stood on the field full of moon flowers and nodded slightly to Him.

"Happy New Year. Although the concept of 'New Year' is not new to us, a proper sense of ritual helps maintain humanity." Thoth took out a handbag, "This is my souvenir."….

"Thank you and wish you a happy new year."

The goddess of the night raised a smile behind her veil. She took the handbag, glanced inside, and her pupils shrank slightly - what caught his eye was not the rose-shaped soap, nor the box of exquisite snacks, but a piece of cake.

Extraordinary item - it looks like a scepter with a blood diamond on the top, exuding the same aura as the red moon in His hand.

"Both of these things have become quite popular recently. I hope you like them. As for the third thing, I got it from the Land Abandoned by the Gods. It corresponds to the 'Moon, Path Sequence 4' Witch King."

Having said this, Thoth added meaningfully, "'Moon, the path is basically monopolized by the vampires, and the lifespan of the vampires is extremely long. The higher you get promoted, the more you have to queue up. Maybe you have to wait for a hundred years, which is quite good.

It’s not easy—don’t you think that’s the truth?

?」

"That's true." The goddess of the night's tone remained unchanged, her brows narrowed slightly, "Every characteristic is an extremely precious asset to them."

To be honest, He was mentally prepared for Thoth to discover that Omibellah was dead. After all, "secretness" and "peeping into secrets" are in conflict with each other. As good as He is at hiding, Thoth is good at discovering.

Amanisis thought to himself, now Thoth is still at the stage of the King of Angels, but when the injury heals and the time is right, he ascends the throne of Sequence 0... Oh, I'm afraid I will have fewer secrets to hide.

"By the way, Amani." Thoth smiled slightly, "Would you consider traveling to the north? Although it is a bit cold here, but after my hard work, it can be said that poverty is not a problem."

The goddess of the night heard what he meant, and deliberately said in an embarrassing tone: "But every winter, don't the giants try to plunder? This doesn't sound very peaceful."

"Oh, there is no way. There has always been such a set of bandit logic from ancient times to the present. Instead of down-to-earth production and development, they are more inclined to directly steal the fruits of other people's labor and try to divert internal conflicts in this way.

"

Thoth let out a long hiss, "If it weren't for the fact that there are several extraordinary people who work hard on the land, and according to their virtue, they would have starved to death outside the city wall long ago."

The Night Goddess chuckled, "It sounds like you have some complaints against the Earth Mother Goddess."

"After all, I am a mother, so I can't say anything." Thoth blinked, "For example, a naughty child has to go out to play with others and have mud fights every day, and a good wife and mother are responsible for preparing hot meals.

Wait until he comes back after having enough fun... From this point of view, the Earth Mother Goddess has played the role of 'mother' very competently. As long as you don't mess around with the naughty children, I don't mind fulfilling her motherly heart."

"I understand, but now that we're at this point, we might as well speak more clearly."

"I feel the same way," Thoth shrugged. "It's troublesome to always do charades."

"Please let me go to the north..." the goddess of the night said playfully, "Aren't you afraid that I won't be able to leave?"

"Amani, whether you stay in the North or not, the dark night is a common phenomenon, just like there are always children who are afraid of the dark and long for a ray of starlight, and there are always people who are haunted by nightmares and long for a good night's sleep. There are always

The resentful souls long for rest." Thoth said sincerely, "Although I can use tortuous means to achieve my goals, your authority is undoubtedly the most suitable for doing these things. If someone chooses you because you are better at doing these things,

Even if I pray to you, I won’t complain.”….

The goddess of the night was temporarily speechless by this extraordinarily calm attitude. She asked again: "Aren't you afraid that your anchor point will be taken away?"

Thoth smiled, "Because I also have expertise that you said I don't have. Can you make a scroll with magical power? Can you fish out magical weapons from the long river of history? Can you make people understand a language in an instant?

There is a Requiem Festival in the north to commemorate the dead. Your authority is undoubtedly suitable for harvesting faith in that place, but -"

He blinked and said, "On the eve of exams, the number of people praying to me is absolutely packed every night."

Amanissis raised the corners of his mouth silently, and he somewhat understood what Thoth meant.

"Sunrise, moonset, tides, dusk, harvest... these phenomena are all an inseparable part of nature. Without any one of them, the world will be distorted. The contract of merchants, the education of young people, the rest of the dead, and the love of sinners.

Trials, wars between countries...these links are also an integral part of human history and social development." Thoth paused and continued: "The sun can bring vitality to all things and make crops grow, but what can we say about the sun?

Are the moon and the ocean the most important things in the world? Are the moon and the ocean dispensable? It is important to use contracts to ensure the legitimacy of trade, but can we say that the education of young children and the insistence on fair trials of sinners are dispensable?

?This comparison itself is absurd - they are not comparable."

"However, this does not prevent them from complementing each other, or I should put it another way - they must complement each other." Thoth looked directly into the eyes of Amanysis firmly, "Whether it is the civilization that humans currently live in the world, or the civilization that we live in

World

The world itself.”

Amanysis breathed out softly, "Do you want to imitate the ancient Greeks and bring polytheism to reality?"

"Before the end comes, all forces that can be united must unite effectively."

Amanisis sighed: "In this world full of suspicion and betrayal, this is a very difficult thing."

"Indeed." Thoth looked up at the star-studded dome of the palace, "But when the end comes, I don't want to fight against foreign gods while preventing comrades from the same camp from escaping or backstabbing, and at that time, the original

The barrier left behind will also disappear. In other words, the anchor point is as fragile as a baby exposed in the wilderness - that is to say, there is a high probability that we will have to fight against madness while fighting alien gods."

Amanissis said nothing, as if he was weighing something.

"If we really can't cultivate unity, then there is only one way."

"What?"

"Run away with a bucket and go to outer space to build a new civilization." Thoth shrugged, "I think you Westerners should be quite good at this. Build a big ship and wait until the sea calms down and the flood recedes before running out.

, and don’t care whether the creatures outside are dead or alive—how easy it is.”

Amanissis smiled and said, "Just like you Chinese know the story of Noah's Ark, I have also read some Chinese mythological stories."

"oh?"

"Nuwa mended the sky." Amanissis said softly, "Compared with building a big wooden boat, boiling a pot of paste with stones to mend the sky sounds so unbelievable. Using the feet of a giant turtle to hold up the sky curtain sounds incredible.

How whimsical it is to go up there...”….

"But I like this story." He repeated, "Very much."

After leaving the Kingdom of Darkness, Thoth received prayers from friends.

"Hello Alex?"

"Oh, I was in the Deep Dark Heaven just now. Maybe the Kingdom of God automatically blocked signals other than Dark Night's own. I didn't hear it."

"What? Technical bottleneck?!"

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After repairing several minor problems with the newly developed irrigation system, Elisa Stiano came to the library.

Today is January 3rd. According to tradition, the last day of the old year and the seven days at the beginning of the new year are holidays. But after playing for three days, she felt that her life was extremely empty, so she decided to do something to enrich herself.

For example, tidying up the house, making wooden toys for the children in the orphanage, and just repairing the irrigation system - by the way, this system is her proud work. After finding that there was nothing to do, she came to the library

room.

A familiar pointed hat came into view, and she exclaimed in surprise and surprise: "Miss Mona Lisa?"

"Good morning, Eliza."

Amon, who transformed into "Mona Lisa", closed the book in his hand, and Elisa sat next to him affectionately, "By the way, where have you been? I didn't even see you at the New Year's dinner of the Women's Club. Mrs. York roasted

I ordered red wine cinnamon apple pie, it’s a shame you didn’t get it!”

"I'm going on a trip."

He smiled faintly and said, "Because the place I went to was too dangerous, I couldn't get back in time to have dinner with you. I am extremely sorry."

To others, it is very dangerous, but to me, it is just like that. Amon added silently in his heart.

"Oh! Even if you are free and uninhibited, don't go to places that are too dangerous at this time!" Eliza said seriously, "Your family and friends will be worried!"

"They won't."

Amon breathed out from his nose, but he did not forget to replace "him" with him.

From the last night of the old year to yesterday, Thoth and the True Creator have been tossing the "scapegoat" and claiming to have encountered unprecedented technical difficulties.

"But didn't you also make Thoth's current body?" When he went to the temple earlier, Amon asked to the point, "Is it possible that a sheep is more complicated than a human?"

The true creator sighed quietly, expressing the blood of "Bishop Rose"

Although meat magic can shape flesh and blood into various shapes and promote cell proliferation, it is still different from "creation" in the true sense. The reason why He was able to reshape Thoth's body was largely due to

This is because of the assistance of "White Tower". Its powerful computing power allows it to perfectly grasp the weight of each liver, the length of each trachea, the strength of each heartbeat, and even the thickness of each cornea. Many operations

It's all done in one step, and the ability of "The Dark One" allows the remaining power of the "Hanged Man" path to be separated from Thoth's body, making it pure, so pure that Thoth can put his own brand on it and become

Something that belongs to Thoth himself.

"However, I don't have the authority of the White Tower now, so I can't operate it as precisely as before." The True Creator coughed lightly, "So I can only adjust it bit by bit."

"And the integration of 'knowledge' is also a problem." Thoth added: "The Hanged Man and the Hermit are not adjacent paths. When the two forces gather on one creation, there will be a rejection reaction."

"Yes, son." The True Creator said apologetically, "We may have to go through thousands of trials and errors. This is a long and boring process. You may find it boring."

Okay, fine. Amon thought to himself, what you are doing is a great experiment to free the people in the land abandoned by the gods from their suffering. As for the New Year, it is nothing special to you. Originally, I was thinking about whether I could spend more time with you.

Stay for a while.

but……

When he went to the temple yesterday, Amon found that they also pinched many animals that had nothing to do with sheep.

For example, it is said to be the mount of the gods, a round beast with black and white fur, a camel with a long neck that likes to spit at people, or a kind of square face that says "I don't have such worldly desires."

The fox...

"Alex, you're awesome, this Tibetan fox has that flavor!" Thoth said excitedly, "Let's get another Siberian hamster!"

"That's a good suggestion! Let you see the beasts tamed by our nation!"

Amon stood at the door of the temple but did not come in: "..."

It's really bad for an adult to talk seriously and seriously, but he's having a lot of fun by himself and doesn't even take care of him.

./hariot