Lord of the Mysteries fanfic: wake up, hermit

"It seems like I haven't seen you for a long time."

"The last time we met was half a month ago."

"Half a month ago... yes, one of my favored ones returned from training in the land abandoned by the gods and suffered some mental trauma."

"After this period of healing, he has been able to freely reveal the form of mythical creatures."

"Okay, thank you."

Different from the casual and humorous conversations with Amon and the real Creator, Thoth always had a businesslike tone when talking to Adam. After talking about the serious things, he didn't know what to say - although Adam had a gentle personality.

And he is reliable and is not difficult to get along with according to common sense, but his eyes are too clear and calm, like a bottomless spring water, no matter how intense the emotions are, they cannot make ripples in them, so those

Words containing subjective colors and personal emotions were swallowed back subconsciously.

Maybe I should say goodbye to Him. Thoth thought with some embarrassment, and then continued to look for the small restaurant that made excellent grilled oysters.

"I'm afraid you won't find anything." Adam understood his thoughts in detail, "Solomon planned to stay here for a long time. In order to better detect the holy will and gain an advantage, the courtiers were all busy.

Build your own residence nearby, and what belongs to the common people has long been changed beyond recognition.”

"I know." Thoth sighed, how could he not understand the urine of these nobles, "I just want to try my luck."

"You have arrived very late, don't you need to make some preparations?"

"What?" Amon smiled, "Do you want us to change clothes or do a hair style?"

"It's no big deal." The figure of the fantasy angel gradually faded away until he was indistinguishable from the air. "I wish you a happy banquet."

Thoth showed a thoughtful expression, "The more He says this, the more I feel that something big has happened... Are there any people or things worthy of being compiled into a drama recently?"

At this time, Thoth did not realize that this sentence was actually a prophecy to a certain extent. More than half an hour later, he got tired of seeing the civilians preparing to move away and the two angels wandering around the construction site piled with sand, stone and bricks.

Arriving at the Obsidian Palace - compared with the palace far away at the source of the Honakis Mountains, this palace is less cold and strict, and more complicated and gorgeous. The exquisitely carved flowers, leaves, vines, angels and other things are shining under the lanterns.

People were intoxicated, and the guests were a little less restrained and more lively than when they were in the capital. Thoth heard the joyful laughter from a distance, and he couldn't help but relax - but when he actually stepped into the several

When looking at the arch formed by classical female figures, he realized that the cheerful atmosphere was just an illusion deliberately maintained.

A few hidden sights came from the darkness, and then submerged into the torrent of various complicated decorations before Thoth's voyeuristic eyes came over. They disappeared so fast that it was almost like an illusion - but as a person with a history of

"Peeping" characterized the top of the pathway, and Thoth never doubted his own perception in this regard.

"Our beloved Emperor seems to be planning something." Amon said with great interest.

Thoth smiled when he heard the idea, "I'm looking forward to it."

He thought that he had done nothing that warranted a guilty conscience, and he had actually contributed in the previous battle between gods. No matter how smart the lawyer's words were, this label was not so easy to pin - 80% of the people who would suffer were the ones who suffered.

other people.

Amidst the harmonious laughter, the Black Emperor appeared on the stage. Perhaps because of the atmosphere, he did not look so intimidating today. After a few symbolic words, the dance music started - in

The moment they saw Solomon walking off the dance floor, couples of men and women gasped, and Thoth was no exception.

"What's going on?" Through the spiritual link, Medici, holding his new love in his arms, wondered in his mind across half the dance floor.

"I don't know, but there is an old saying that goes like this." Thoth's face was complicated, "When things go wrong, there must be monsters."

The dance partner chosen by Solomon is a young hunter girl. As an unreachable branch of the Sauron family, her family background is not rich. She is incomparable to the direct daughter of the Angel family who is also present, so that in the

When Solomon stretched out his hand to her, he showed a drunken confusion, but the aloof emperor graciously forgave her rudeness, gently put his arm around his waist, and led her to slide onto the dance floor. Those who were originally

The dancers were no longer thinking about their partners, and the eyes directed at His Majesty the Emperor gradually changed from unbelievable horror to wonder and envy - no one knew that He could dance so well, and His dance steps were sonorous and powerful.

Like the heart-pounding drum beat on the battlefield.

After the dance ended, the audience burst into applause. Thoth clapped his hands politely while remembering that the lawyer path had a skill called "Charm" - making the target have a strong feeling by giving actual or symbolic "bribes".

Good impression.

Bribery...Thoth thought in his mind, isn't everything that people enjoy in this palace connected with the emperor's name a kind of bribe?

There are many opportunities to give such bribes, but in the past Solomon did not bother to reap this kind of love that came too easily. Instead, he unscrupulously exuded his majesty as the true god, making the courtiers and their families lower their heads.

Low, I only dared to look at His great stooges as he walked slowly on the red carpet, instead of looking directly at His face with reverence like now - the Black Emperor had distorted its own rules, so that the sequence

Extraordinary people who are not tall can also look up to Him.

The atmosphere became more and more heated. In addition to the grand dukes of the Angel family who often dealt with the emperor, many not-so-prominent nobles also plucked up the courage to toast to the Black Emperor and kiss the obsidian ring on his finger devoutly - this monarch and his ministers

The harmonious picture lasted for a long time, until a half-white-haired marquis came with his eldest son. Thoth felt that the young man looked familiar. At this time, Duke Abraham happened to come over and said in a cold tone: "He could have become our

Part of the family.”

Thoth's mind turned around, and then he remembered that this man was very close to a descendant of Bethel who he loved very much. Lovers in love were always inseparable. Thoth had even seen them holding hands in the garden before - but

The strange thing is that on such a grand occasion today, the little girl with blue eyes similar to Bethel was not even seen.

Hearing this tone, it means they have broken up? Thoth thought, is it because of the gap in family status? But in his impression, Bethel's requirements for the condition of "well-matched" are very loose compared to other nobles... Although this is to a large extent

The first reason is that he has enough confidence in his family and does not think that there is any need to strengthen his strength through marriage or other means, nor does he think that marrying someone of low status will tarnish the family's glory.

So they separated because of personality differences? Thoth speculated while paying attention to Solomon's movements. Solomon asked the marquis how the obsidian ring on his hand was, and after hearing the expected praise,

Solomon showed a meaningful smile and sighed: "If it were replaced with a Neng Aizhe red stone, it would definitely be more dazzling."

The atmosphere froze for a moment, the smiles of the Marquis and his eldest son became as stiff as condensed wax, and the warmth brought by the lights was dispelled by the shadows of order - they emerged from under the table, under the skirt, and from the feet of the human sculpture.

The edges spread out from every place that the human eye would not pay too much attention to, and in this frightening darkness, metal masks with cold light emerged.

Thoth understood the source of those glances when he entered the palace - they came from a team that belonged directly to the emperor and was controlled by the emperor from hair to life. Everyone in the team wore a metal mask, and behind the mask

Next, they may be the maid carrying the plate, the gardener pruning the branches, or the tailor wearing reading glasses. Many people pass by them without realizing it, and they inadvertently grasp the handle. It is not enough.

The nobles who were aware of them didn't even know they existed, and the nobles who were aware of them used the word "shadow" to refer to them.

The sharp blade was unsheathed, and the flesh fell to the ground with a muffled sound. The woman's scream exploded in the darkness without light, and then turned into a whimper as if her neck was pinched. When the light came on again, there was a bloody

The depression spread, and the marquis and his eldest son in front of Solomon had disappeared, replaced by two pieces of extraordinary properties that glowed with ghostly light.

The sound of music still flowed slowly in the hall, but the crowd no longer laughed and maintained a deathly silence. The servants filed in, scrubbing the blood on the ground hard, and threw away all the people who still had their eyes open as if they were throwing away garbage.

The head was thrown into the sack. Abraham turned the blue opal ring on his thumb with an indifferent expression, and Thoth immediately understood that he had expected this.

Although out of respect for the nature of his apprentices, Duke Abraham usually gave his offspring full freedom in choosing a mate, but the premise of this freedom was not to bring bad luck to the family - and the one who had a deep bond with the executed man

The reason why Abraham did not attend today's occasion was probably because of his instruction.

As for the Ai Zhe red stone Solomon just mentioned...

Thinking of this, Thoth sighed silently. The previous war between the gods seemed to be a complete victory, but in fact it exposed many problems. For example, the six gods were deeply rooted among the ordinary people, so that when the gods fought in the sky, the gods on the earth were fighting.

Riots were also triggered at the same time. If not suppressed in time, the anchor point of the Black Emperor would be shaken; another example is the leakage of occult resources, which caused heavy damage to the western border of the empire. A large amount of AI was found in the core of the Bronze Knight.

Zherite--rather than being used as an ornament to increase one's worth, this gorgeously colored mineral is more important in making amplification devices.

If the followers of the Burning Sun hadn't discovered a vein of minerals on their own, then someone in the empire had taken advantage of it.

Since the end of the God War, the seemingly arrogant and arrogant public opinions such as "His Majesty the Emperor is invincible" and "The Empire will last forever" actually make those with a guilty conscience relax their vigilance, so that the "Shadow"

They collected their criminal evidence one by one.

The emperor waited, waited... until the atmosphere of celebration reached its peak and everyone was intoxicated by alcohol and dance music, and then dragged them into the abyss of death and despair.

"Isn't it just to mess with people's mentality?"

This is Thoth's only comment on this.