A New Era
Alger stood on the deck while looking at his surroundings, questioning himself whether what he just experienced was real.
Footsteps rang out before a middle-aged man appeared before Alger, "Have you taken care of him?"
Alger nodded and grimly said, "However, he escaped by jumping onto the sea."
"That's fine. He won't be able to survive, maybe he'd already been eaten by a sea monster."
Snickering, the middle-aged man laughed audibly, his voice echoing on the deck, before he vanished into the rooms on the ship.
Alger calmly looked at him before he turned his gaze on the sky covered by dark clouds.Confirming that no one noticed the prior crimson lights, he pictured the holy figure shrouded by golden hue, "A new era has begun…"
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In a luxuriously decorated room in a royal villa, Audrey pinched her cheeks. The pain of her action made her aware that she wasn't hallucinating before!
"To think that… I will be involved in such matters… Audrey, you've finally entered that door!"
Audrey praised herself before she hurriedly praised the holy figure shrouded in golden hue in her mind, bowing before an invisible figure.
She noticed that the mirror had already disappeared from the dresser, as she was once again assured of her experience.
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Sensing his return to the real world, Derrick continued the ritual and respectfully prayed to the holy figure above the grayish white fog.
"Praise to be Mr. Fool!"
Although he wasn't an actual believer, he still ought to convey his gratitude to the unfathomable existence that gave him an opportunity.
'Do I tell mother and father about Mr. Fool? No. Mr. Fool hasn't allowed it.' Derrick thought to himself, clenching his fists. He finally found a pillar of hope!
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Cattleya relaxed on her chair, her purple eyes turning deep. She pictured the heavenly scene she witnessed in that 'castle'.
'I can't tell Her Excellency about Mr. Fool or I might bring danger to her. I can only confirm now that even if I try to resist, I can't…' With a wry smile on her lips, Cattleya looked at the empty space above her with a sense of helplessness.
She can't help but wonder whether this would be a blessing or a curse…
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Klein looked at the grand hall filled with silence, it was too drastic of a chance compared to when the members of Tarot Club were here.
Dispelling the obstruction, Klein's and Ace's face became unobscured, with the latter still bowing.
Klein looked at Ace and ordered with an indifferent voice, "Go to the Hornacis Mountain and meet them both."
Ace bowed his head lower, conveying his absolute allegiance, "As you command, Your Excellency."
He stepped back before his figure turned faint, completely vanishing from the Sefirah Castle.
Klein rapped on the edge of the long mottled table, his 'sense' piercing through space, landing on the endless gray fog in the edge of the Forsaken Land of Gods.
He saw a city in this dilapidated place, people with deformed bodies and abnormal conditions explored the 'darkness' with weak lanterns on their hands.
"The Moon City…" Klein thought to himself about his next course of actions. Knowing the existence of 7 Sefirot inside the Western Continent and its precise location, he was looking forward to opening it.
Closing his eyes, Klein imagined the blue planet floating above his palm. Everything that exists on planet Earth was reflected in this projection.
Whirring his Irregularity and ownership of the Sefirah Castle, he temporarily exceeded the 'level' of the Great Old Ones, reaching the Quasi-Oldest One realm of transcendence.
His will landed on the only King of Angels in the Western Continent.
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Eytora, the strongest existence in the Western Continent, revered by everyone as the High Priestess, her godly prowess awed everyone.
She supported her chin with her two hands on the window of her room, the sun of the sky basking her an aura of holiness, elevating her beauty to another level.
Eytora cast her crimson eyes on the edge of the Western Continent, sensing the gray fog that blocked them from the outside.
She was sure that there was a world outside this continent and it might be the answer on how she could reach the level of true gods written on the historical records based on the First Blasphemy Slate.
A wind blew from out of nowhere, fluttering her long white hair, Eytora can't help but close her eyes, before instantly noticing something amiss.
Moving her body, she tried to seek answers about the phenomenon she was experiencing, it was as if her Spirit Body was forcefully separated!
Instead of getting answers, all she saw was two balls of golden light, it was eyes! Eyes of someone with unparalleled stature in the world.
"Do you wish to remove the seal placed on the Western Continent?"
A holy voice floated beside her ears, calming her fluctuating emotions. Eytora sensed the absence of ill intent from the mysterious existence.
"Who are you, sir?" Eytora respectfully asked.
"You can call me, Mr. Fool. But you people know me better in this title, the Lord of the Mysteries."
Eytora's eyes widened in shock, her pupils dilating in terror.
As the person with most access to knowledge in the whole Western Continent, despite being only at King of Angels, she knew of an existence who quite possibly was the one who sealed the Western Continent from the outside world.
'His' title was the Lord of the Mysteries, an existence beyond the level of true gods, standing at the apex of everything.
"I will help you reach Sequence 0: Hermit and open the gates to the outside."
Eytora fell silent, knowing all along their knowledge about divine thrones are full of holes! It was because the information they have on the First Blasphemy Slate is not complete, especially on the realm of Sequence 0s.
"What do I need to do if I agree, Your Excellency?"
"Serve me."
Eytora calmly contemplated before she finally said, "Your Excellency, can you please give me a few days? I promise I will give you an answer as soon as possible."
The voice from the mysterious existence agreed before it said, "Cast your gaze on the gray fog."
Eytora immediately followed and saw a door filled with complicated patterns appear in the gray fog. She looked stunned.
Before she managed to react, she saw the door slowly open, her gaze finally piercing through the restriction of the gray fog, landing on a place with darkness.
Her vision warped, her crimson eyes reflecting a grandiose castle above the Spirit World, and inside it sat a holy figure shrouded in golden hue.
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Klein smiled at Eytora before closing the door on the Western Continent.
In that short moment, he had shown and given Eytora tons of information about the outside world.
As a King of Angels Knowledge Emperor, her momentary interaction with the outside world gave her tons of information about the status beyond the Western Continent.
Knowing that one of his plans was finally in place, Klein returned back to the real world, standing up to prepare dinner and welcome Melissa from school.