Chapter 504 The Second Black Emperor: Roselle (Bonus 1)

Chapter 504 The Second Black Emperor: Roselle

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Even Klein didn't know the details of the Night Emperor's fall, so he was very surprised to hear the "Emperor" announce the information: Didn't the six gods support the Night Emperor? Why did they join forces to make Him fall? Could it be because the Night Emperor wanted to monopolize the spoils of the early victory? Resulting in an uneven distribution of spoils?

Because of the lack of key information, Alger also thought: In theory, the Trunsoest family is an Beyonder family of the Black Emperor pathway. Could it be that after the Night Emperor obtained the Uniqueness and Sequence 1 spoils, he also wanted to make one of his family members become the "Black Emperor," but the six gods disagreed, so a conflict occurred?

On this issue, Cattleya knew no more than "The Hanged Man": It's hard to imagine where the conflict between the six gods and the Night Emperor lies. They had clearly cooperated to unify... Could it be because the Night Emperor unified the Northern Continent? The six gods' camp actually has a tendency to internal division. Could it be because they didn't want to see a unified Northern Continent, so they joined forces to eliminate the Night Emperor and supported the four major nobles of the Trunsoest Empire to establish four major countries?

Audrey's knowledge was not as good as the above three, but through previous transactions, she suddenly realized a problem: The royal families of the Loen Kingdom and the Feynapotter Kingdom are both Beyonder families of the "Arbiter" pathway, and according to the Emperor's description, the Loen royal family has a Sequence 1 Beyonder, and it is possible that the Feynapotter Kingdom also has a Sequence 1. This cannot help but remind people of Tudor and Trunsoest. Could it be that the process of the two royal families obtaining Beyonder characteristics was also a betrayal?

The other three members had limited knowledge and insight, and only thought of some of the things that Klein and others had thought of.

"Sorry, I can't tell you why the Night Emperor wanted to obtain the related characteristics of the 'Black Emperor' pathway right now," Hobert took a deep breath and said, "Because the value of this information is too high, it has already exceeded the scope of our transaction.

"As I said last time, when one of you reaches a certain level, I will tell 'Them' the details of this information for free.

"Before that, I will only tell you a rough idea.

"Let me think, if we trade information about the Underworld Emperor, I will tell you a part of this important information first.

"When we trade information about the Ancient Sun God, we will talk about it in more detail, but the relevant information about the Ancient Sun God can only be traded when the time is right."

Hobert smiled slightly: "In the mystical world, some information is not better the sooner you know it."

The "Little Sun," who originally wanted to ask a question, put down his hand again. He believed in Mr. Emperor. He is now more patient than before: Since Mr. Emperor said that the time is not right to announce some information, then I can wait a little longer.

Klein then realized: Is there any important secret after becoming a god? According to the "Emperor's" description and my guess, there are only three Sequence 1s in a pathway. This is already very obvious. In the "Emperor's" description, every time the spoils of victory at the level of gods are divided, there are three Sequence 1s and the Uniqueness. Could it be that after becoming a True God, one can still accommodate the Uniqueness and a Sequence 1 of the adjacent pathway to become stronger?

He resisted the urge to shake his head: In theory, it's impossible. After all, I haven't heard of any "Imperative Mage" who can accommodate part of the Beyonder characteristics of "Earl of the Fallen." There may be certain skills involved, or there may be secrets I don't know!

Alger and Cattleya both lacked this kind of top-level information, so they only realized that there was a big secret here, but they didn't have a complete idea of what the specific secret was.

Audrey raised her hand slightly and asked, "Mr. Emperor, to what extent can you disclose information about the fall of the Night Emperor? Can you tell us more details?"

"Let me think," Hobert paused for a second or two before saying, "Although this involves some family secrets and some very high-level information, I can still explain it more clearly.

"I will say as much as I can. If you have any questions, please keep them in your heart and ask them when you have the opportunity in the future."

Audrey nodded quickly, and the other members had no objection, because they were already very satisfied with the information they had obtained before.

So Hobert continued, "As far as I know, the main reason why the six gods joined forces to kill the Night Emperor is that the Night Emperor was corrupted..."

Everyone was stunned: Gods can also be corrupted?

However, before everyone could think about it carefully, they heard Hobert say again: "There is a component of speculation in this, but this should be the main reason, because the six gods cannot attack the Night Emperor for no reason.

"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the six gods did not want the Night Emperor to obtain more powerful power, because at that time, the six gods did not have as much pressure as they do now.

"Hehe, I know everyone has too many questions to ask, but I can only answer this much.

"Everyone may not be very clear, the six gods' churches still regard the pursuit of the Trunsoest family as a very high-priority task, which forces the descendants of the Trunsoest family, including me, to hide in areas where the power of the orthodox gods' churches is relatively weak.

"And the orthodox gods' churches do not pursue the descendants of the Solomon family or the Tudor family so urgently, but only pursue them when they encounter them.

"Of course, I am an exception, because I have to deal with some things in the Northern Continent, so I have been staying in the Northern Continent, and my identity has been well hidden.

"The reason why I mention this is because I recognize that the orthodox gods' churches suspect that the descendants of Trunsoest have also encountered the same corruption as the Night Emperor, so they are constantly pursuing them."

Audrey was a little worried for Hobert: "Didn't you explain to the church?"

Hobert spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "It's useless to explain many things, and I think the church may not be able to distinguish who among us has been corrupted, so it's better to kill them all!"

This reminded Klein behind the gray fog of the famous saying: Rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go.

Then he thought: The church has no way to distinguish, do the gods also have no way? Or... is the Emperor telling us that the gods also have no effective way to distinguish this corruption, and they can only distinguish it after it has been corrupted to a certain extent and shows obvious abnormalities!

The more Klein thought about it, the more frightened he became: If you think about it carefully, the "Emperor" actually revealed a lot of information in what he just said! Gods can actually be corrupted! This is a bit unbelievable. We are all Beyonders, and it is common sense for Beyonders to be corrupted for various strange reasons. I just ignored this: That is a god! The top figures in this world! Why can they also be corrupted?

Alger was also more and more surprised as he thought about it: Even at the level of gods, it is inevitable to be corrupted? Who corrupted them? Could it be the evil gods who were jointly suppressed by the orthodox gods' churches?

He resisted the urge to look at the head of the bronze long table: It's possible! But a new question has arisen, how did the first evil god come about?

Cattleya, who also realized this problem, had similar questions to Klein: Can a god, or a god in a bad state, corrupt another god?

The other members had not fully turned the corner. They felt that Beyonders would accidentally encounter corruption, and gods might also have such troubles?

In short, the "Emperor" had declared in advance that he would not answer these questions, so everyone had to temporarily hide these questions in their hearts.

Hobert added: "That's roughly what happened to the Trunsoest Empire. Here I want to give away a piece of information.

"This question was actually mentioned before, which is the relevant information about the 'Trunsoest Empire' ship. My exploration with Mr. Hanged Man almost confirmed that the 'Trunsoest Empire' ship is real!

"But we didn't discuss it in detail at the time. According to the information I obtained in an adventure, the 'Empire' ship was built for the war with the Southern Continent.

"It should be somewhere in the 'Sonia Sea' now. If you have any news about it, you can contact me.

"That is the legacy of the Trunsoest Empire. As a descendant of the Trunsoest family, I may be able to approach it, or even have a chance to board it."

Alger was slightly stunned. He hadn't thought about this problem before.

At first, Alger only noticed that the "Emperor" was very concerned about the information on the "Empire" ship. Later, the "Emperor" told everyone that he was a descendant of Trunsoest, but Alger did not immediately make any associations.

Cattleya, who was at sea, was also more concerned about this matter: "I will pay attention to relevant information for you."

Klein, who was also at sea, also thought: Perhaps the 'Creator' can help the 'Emperor' control the 'Empire' ship! In that case, will the four kings of the sea become five kings? From today's diary, I just saw Roselle's process of using the 'Black King' ship to explore the abyss, but the diary didn't say how the 'Black King' ship was obtained. I don't know how much the 'Emperor' knows about this.

This transaction ended, everyone briefly savored the information they had obtained, and then the transaction session continued.

"The World" asked the "Emperor": "Do you still want those two Beyonder characteristics?"

He was referring to the Beyonder characteristics obtained in the hall where Kalvetua died before.

Hobert said readily: "Yes! The experiment was quite successful!"

It was very successful, and more Beyonder characteristics were obtained than expected.

"The World" nodded: "There is also a transaction. We talked about it before. I hope you can help me remove the corruption from an Beyonder characteristic, and please return that corruption to me."

Hobert nodded: "No problem, still according to the price I offered before, 3,000 pounds!"

In his opinion, this was indeed a lot of discount. He remembered that Klein originally traded a mystical item of the "Marauder" pathway from a poet classmate and "stole" the spiritual corruption of the True Creator, which seemed to have cost seven or eight thousand pounds.

"The World" nodded: "Deal."

Cattleya reminded: "As far as I know, the corruption in the characteristic is removed after it is removed, and it cannot be retained."

"Thank you for your reminder." Seeing that "The World" did not mean to explain, Hobert smiled and said, "I remember Mr. World said before that the corruption in that Beyonder characteristic is a bit special."

Cattleya was slightly stunned: How special? Could it be the corruption of the demigod level?

However, she just nodded and did not continue to discuss this issue.

Klein then manipulated "The World" and asked: "How much do you know about the 'Black King' ship?"

"I don't know much. I only know that it was once obtained by Emperor Roselle," Hobert said: "There are many speculations, but you should also have discovered that some of my speculations are also very valuable. If you want to know the inside story, you need to initiate a transaction."

Audrey and the other three ladies were very interested in this when they heard that it was related to the "celebrity" Emperor Roselle.

"The World" asked: "How much are you going to ask for?"

"3,000 pounds!"

"The World" was stunned: "So much!"

Hobert sighed: "Because talking about the 'Black King' ship will definitely talk about some information about Emperor Roselle, so it's worth the price."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cattleya immediately said: "I will join the transaction, and I can pay the reward separately!"

Audrey also said: "I will also join the transaction, and I will contribute at least 1,000 pounds!"

"Me too, me too!" Fors was also actively saying.

But the other members were not as gossipy as these three ladies... cough cough, not as curious as these three ladies.

"Little Sun" was not familiar with Emperor Roselle at all, and did not know that he was a legend in the Northern Continent.

Alger and Emlyn were simply not very interested, but Klein thought: I dare not say anything else, who knows Roselle better than me? I even know that "the taste of the witch is really good"!

However, in order to get news about the 'Black King' ship, Klein also contributed 300 pounds to join the transaction, instead of choosing to freeload like last time.

The second round of crowdfunding for this gathering was quickly completed, raising a total of 3,100 pounds.

Specifically, Cattleya 1,500 pounds, Audrey 1,000 pounds, "The World" and Fors each 300 pounds.

After Mr. Fool blocked the senses of the others, the transaction began.

"Let's start with the 'Black King' ship first," Hobert said: "Please don't be misled by some legends of treasures at sea.

"For example, the 'Empire' ship I just mentioned, there are legends at sea that it is a ship that the survivors of the Trunsoest Empire prepared to take all the treasures to leave the Northern Continent.

"I have seen the shipyard that built the 'Empire' ship. It is a super project, and it is not something that can be built with the energy and time when an empire is at the end of its rope.

"Similarly, I think the construction of the 'Black King' ship may also have its purpose. You must know that when the Black Emperor Solomon fell, he would not give his descendants time to board the ship and escape the Northern Continent.

"I believe the nobles of the Solomon Empire also know this, so I think the construction of the 'Black King' ship must not be for escape."

Hobert leaned back in his chair and suddenly asked with a smile: "Have you heard of the Western Continent?"

Cattleya replied: "Legend has it that there are not only the North and South Continents in this world, but also the East and West Continents.

"But this is just a legend. So far, no one has seen those two continents. I once suspected that the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' is the Eastern Continent, but I have not found any strong evidence."

"The World" interjected: "According to our previous discussion, the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' should undoubtedly be the Eastern Continent, but there are currently no clues about the Western Continent."

Audrey's eyes lit up with small star-like sparkles: "The New World!"

She was already imagining exploring the sea with Susie, overcoming pirates, storms, and giant waves to finally find the New World.

Fors was also starting to fantasize that one day, some strangely dressed people would arrive in the territory. After inquiring, she would learn that they were actually people from the Western Continent, and that the South Colson area was connected to the Western Continent by a 'Traveler's Gate'. From then on, the people of the North and South Continents would have contact with the West Continent.

As for why the West Continent people would come to them, it was simply because going to sea was too tiring for her.

Hobert continued, "Since the Eastern Continent exists, then the Western Continent should also exist.

"According to some information I've gathered, Emperor Roselle went to sea many times in his early years, initially seemingly to search for the Western Continent.

"It seems he didn't find it. Only after several voyages did he begin to sail south, eventually opening up safe sea routes to the Northern and Southern Continents."

His memory of this period was indeed somewhat vague, which was why he spoke so vaguely.

Cattelya frowned slightly: The Emperor once searched for the Western Continent? How did I not know that? I thought his initial goal was to open up new sea routes and colonize the Southern Continent.

"The World" really wanted to raise his hand: I can testify to this, because I saw it in the diary.

Audrey was somewhat fascinated: Hobert's information channels are very wide, he even knows about Emperor Roselle's early intelligence! But this is not surprising, because after the Emperor's death, many of his subordinates described the Emperor's past from various angles in their personal biographies. Hobert may have read the biographies or notes written by the subordinates who went to sea with the Emperor.

Fors recalled for a moment: I've never heard "Mr. Emperor" describe these things before, but it sounds like something the Emperor with countless legendary stories would do.

"One question is," Hobert said, "The Emperor's family was already in decline at that time, so why did he suddenly think of searching for the New World? Going to sea was very expensive back then, why was he so sure about spending money on it?

"According to ordinary people's thinking, if there is no certainty, one should not set off into the vast sea to search for a continent in mythological stories, right?"

Cattelya and the other three ladies nodded together, seeming to understand what "The Emperor" wanted to express.

Klein behind the gray fog: I have to say a few words about this. Roselle's thinking sometimes, he, he is indeed not very normal.

Hobert continued to deduce according to his logic: "If the Emperor first found the 'Black King' by chance, and then had the idea of exploring the New World, wouldn't this logic be much more reasonable?

"Further reasoning, did the Emperor obtain some information about the West Continent and the South Continent on the 'Black King', before deciding to go to sea to find opportunities?"

He certainly knew that Roselle's sailing had a lot to do with his thinking as a person from the AD era, but this point could not be stated clearly, and could only be clarified with seemingly rigorous logical reasoning.

This deduction made Klein couldn't help but sigh: There is also some truth to it, but I still doubt whether Roselle had a brain in his early years. For a time, he completely fell in love with the luxurious and decadent aristocratic life of Intis. And "The Emperor" may not know that Roselle had accumulated some wealth through "inventions" in his early years, so the cost of going to sea was not difficult for him to raise.

The three ladies were once again impressed by "The Emperor's" powerful logical deduction ability, and all felt that this order should be correct.

"Then let's ask further, why would the 'Black King' have relevant information about the West Continent and the South Continent?" Hobert smiled slightly: "Does this indicate that the 'Black King' went to sea many times during the Fourth Epoch under the support of the 'Black Emperor' Solomon, and carried out some secret exploration activities?

"Here, I want to talk about the previous transaction again. If my guesses are correct, was the 'Black King' going to sea Solomon looking for a way out for himself?

"Solomon knew that the Six Gods and the other two Emperors would definitely join forces to deal with him.

"And at that time, he broke with the True Creator and could not go to the East Continent.

"The South Continent at that time was the territory of the Underworld Emperor, so he organized manpower to search for the legendary West Continent, hoping to escape to the West Continent when the Solomon Empire was in crisis.

"As for the 'Black King' having relevant information about the South Continent, it may be that they accidentally entered the South Continent while searching for the West Continent."

For example, sailing south along a giant wall composed of gray fog, sooner or later they would reach the South Continent. Or there is no giant wall composed of gray fog at all, only a sea area covered by mist, and after coming out of that sea area, it is the South Continent.

In short, anything is possible on the sea of the extraordinary world.

Klein sighed: This forms a logical closed loop, "The Emperor's" logical reasoning ability is really strong! Is he really studying law? Oh, I forgot, this guy is a hateful 'lawyer'!

Audrey smiled and exclaimed, "This is a journey to explore historical mysteries!"

Cattelya and Fors also had similar feelings.

"The World" asked, "Then what do you know about the abilities of the 'Black King'?"

"I learned from a friend that there was a special construction or building method in the Fourth Epoch," Hobert said. The friend he was talking about was of course "Vice Admiral Iceberg":

"For example, when building a large building, they would ask the gods for blessings while building, which would make the building very strong and would not be damaged for thousands of years.

"In theory, buildings built in this way would have some characteristics of the gods who bestowed the blessings. For example, if you always pray to the Evernight Goddess, then the building may have the ability to hide itself.

"Since it is a ship of the Solomon Empire, and it is said to be huge, it is likely to be built using this construction technique. Perhaps Solomon would also specially bestow some special power to that ship.

"Then, theoretically, the 'Black King' at least possesses some 'distortion', 'corruption', and 'distortion' abilities of the 'Lawyer' pathway."

Klein behind the gray fog nodded slightly: If it has the abilities of "corruption" and "distortion", and "distorts" its own state, the "Black King" is entirely possible to sail in the "Abyss".

But Cattelya was more concerned: "How did the Emperor find the 'Black King'?"

Hobert smiled slightly: "Maybe this is what people call 'destiny', because later Roselle became the 'Black Emperor'."

Except for Cattelya, the other three people were shocked. Audrey immediately asked, "What 'Black Emperor'?"

Hobert: "It's the 'Black Emperor' that Solomon once became, or rather, Roselle is the second 'Black Emperor'!"

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