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Chapter 154 A Brief History of the Elves

Chapter 154 A Brief History of the Elves

The description of the "hermit" Odysseus, from the very beginning, seemed to open up a new world for everyone and give them new concepts.

Klein the Fool thought: Why didn't I think of this before? In fact, the existence of the ancient gods is equivalent to breaking the legend that the seven gods have existed from ancient times to the present. They are not gods that have existed since the creation of the world. Before them, there were gods that were older than them.

The Hanged Man Alger also sighed: I have heard of the concept of ancient gods. Before, I thought that the gods who had fallen were called ancient gods. Now it seems that in addition to their fall, there is another concept: older than the Seven Gods.

Audrey the Justice and Fors the Magician also understood the concept of the ancient gods, but talking about the gods in this way still made them feel a little blasphemous.

The calmest member should be "Sun" Derrick. After all, their general education includes descriptions of the ancient gods.

"'Elf King' Sonia Solem is one of the eight ancient gods." Odysseus said: "In various descriptions, the ancient gods are the representatives of distortion and madness. Their status is quite different from that of modern gods.

"Combined with all the other intelligence, I have a certain guess about their status.

"Although it is just speculation, it should be more reasonable."

Everyone is also quite interested in the speculations of the "Hermit". The "Hermit" had previously mentioned speculations about some of Amon's actions during the Fourth Age, and everyone felt that they were quite reasonable.

Odysseus paused and continued, "We have said before that becoming a god requires three copies of the Sequence 1 characteristics of a path, and the characteristics used by some ancient gods when they became gods may not be Sequence 1 characteristics of the same path.

"For example, one piece of information I am more certain of is that the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' became a god using two copies of the 'Pharmacist' pathway's Sequence 1 characteristics and one copy of the 'Tillage' pathway's Sequence 1 characteristics.

"In this case, these ancient gods must be crazy and twisted.

"And some gods, in addition to possessing the characteristics of their own path, also possess characteristics of adjacent or non-adjacent paths.

"The Giant King and the Elf King seemed to be in this situation. So later, after they had offspring, their status became more stable than in the early Second Age."

Alger thought to himself: It seems that the "Hermit" has little respect for the gods. He actually speculates about the gods so casually.

Klein thought to himself: "The Hermit's" speculations seem to make sense. Why don't they even sound like speculations?

Audrey simply asked, "Why did their condition become more stable after they had offspring?"

Odysseus replied: "There is a common sense in the extraordinary world that giving birth to children can expel the excess characteristics in the body.

"For example, if you take potions repeatedly under uncontrollable circumstances, if you are in good condition, you won't feel anything, but if you are not in good condition, you will obviously feel a certain burden.

"At this time, you can try to have children and pass on some of your characteristics to them, thereby reducing your burden.

"However, at the level of Sequence 6, the child will only have half of the characteristics of Sequence 9 at most, so that he can only choose the same path as his father when he is born.

"Moreover, a Beyonder at this level cannot determine whether to give the child a special characteristic. In many cases, even if he does not intend to give it, the child will have half of the characteristics of Sequence 9.

"It is said that after becoming a demigod, one can control to a certain extent how many Beyonder characteristics one gives to a child."

Alger nodded slowly. He also knew this "common sense".

Fors thought of Xio. Xio was like this. He was already half a Sequence 9 when he was born, but he still needed a Sequence 9 potion to complete the promotion and become a true Beyonder.

Audrey opened her mouth. She didn't expect that there could be such an operation: "So... so this method can also be used by gods?"

Odysseus nodded: "Yes, many ancient gods have used this method to make the extraordinary characteristics in their bodies more pure.

"As long as it is pure, the state will become better."

The "world", who had been a listener, suddenly asked the "hermit": "What is the basis for your speculation about the extraordinary characteristics in the ancient god's body?"

Alger looked at the Hermit. This was also his question.

Odysseus replied: "The main basis is that the 'blasphemous slate' only appeared at the end of the Second Age. In other words, before that, there was no concept of potion advancement, or even the concept of a path."

The other members were all surprised to varying degrees. They did not expect that such high-level intelligence as the "Profane Slate" would be involved.

Fors even asked unconsciously, "Is there really such a thing as a 'blasphemous slate'?"

A long time ago, the Tarot Club had discussed the issue of the "desecration of the slate", but at that time, Fors had not yet joined the Tarot Club.

In her impression, the "blasphemous slate" was a legendary thing. Suddenly talking about the "blasphemous slate" made her feel like the legend was shining into reality.

"It does exist." Odysseus replied, "But that is another question. All you need to know is that before the ancient gods appeared, there was no 'blasphemous tablet'."

Alger then asked, "How did the ancient gods become gods?"

"Devouring!" Odysseus replied: "As far as I know, it is to constantly devour the extraordinary characteristics that I encounter."

This answer once again greatly exceeded everyone's expectations. "Little Sun" Derrick said, "Mr. Hermit, if you ingest Beyonder characteristics carelessly, it would be like drinking potions carelessly. You will go crazy and completely out of control."

"I believe that in that crazy era, many powerful beings fell in this way." Odysseus replied: "The eight ancient gods were luckier. They basically devoured the Beyonder characteristics of the same or adjacent pathways.

"Of course, some laws of extraordinary characteristics are also at work here. Everyone should know that the extraordinary characteristics of adjacent pathways have the property of attracting each other.

"Even if they occasionally devour characteristics that are not adjacent to their paths, their huge bodies are enough to allow them to withstand the chaos brought about by the extraordinary, so the eight ancient gods are basically crazy and twisted."

Derrick nodded slowly. This did explain why the ancient gods were so crazy and twisted.

Audrey was once again shocked by the Hermit's answer: In other words, before the eight ancient gods, such chaotic swallowing had already begun? Yes, that was the ancient gods in the Second Age. Maybe the entire First Age was an era of random swallowing?

Klein couldn't help but sigh: Although there are descriptions of "testing drugs on oneself" in some legends and official Beyonder materials, there should be no concept of "testing drugs on oneself" in the Second Epoch. At that time, it should have been based on nature. It is impossible to become an Ancient God by trying, but to become an Ancient God by swallowing and swallowing, and being lucky.

Alger thought: So the Second Epoch is darker and bloodier than the legend says.

Only Fors sighed: "The Hermit" is so knowledgeable and can explain any problem so clearly.

Odysseus waited for a moment, and when he saw that no one had any new questions, he continued, "'Elf King' Sonia Solem is said to be the first elf.

"I wonder if the elves that came after him are his descendants? Or are they mutated under some influence?"

At this time, no one paid much attention to the description of "mutating into an elf".

Odysseus paused and continued, "In those ancient times, the elves were one of the powerful races that ruled the world, and most of them were extraordinary people of the 'Sailor' path.

"It is said that they like food made from a certain kind of animal's blood, and they also like to eat animal organs, but that kind of food has now been lost. There are also rumors that they like to drink human blood. I need to correct this here. That is their special eating habit."

Klein was stunned in the gray fog: Could it be Maoxuewang? Or food similar to Maoxuewang?

Alger was slightly stunned: the church's legend about the elves actually had a prototype, but it was obviously slanderous.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Odysseus continued, "The Second Age is too far away from now, and we can no longer obtain much detailed information.

"I only roughly know that the elves formed an alliance with the giants and the vampires at the beginning of the Second Age.

"Later, with the death of the 'Blood Clan Ancestor', this alliance completely collapsed, and the elves and giants became enemies.

"It is said that throughout the Second Age, most battles took place between giants, dragons, and elves.

"Until the Ancient Sun God appeared, he defeated the 'Dragon of Imagination', the 'Elf King' and the 'Giant King', ushering in the Third Age. The decline of the elves also began from then on."

Klein frowned behind the gray fog: The history of the Second Age is like a fog, which is hard to understand. The "Hermit" knows the general experience of the elves, which is already very valuable information.

Alger asked, "Didn't the clue in the ancient elven text say last time when we gathered... um, that the throne of the Lord of Storms was seized from the elves? Why was it the Ancient Sun that defeated the Elf King?"

"I know a little about this information." Odysseus smiled and said, "But in my opinion, it is very important and valuable information, and I cannot give a specific answer in this transaction.

"But there is one thing I can reveal. The Lord of Storms was once a subordinate of the ancient Sun God."

Alger opened his mouth wide, and was speechless for a long while: The Lord... of Storms... was once a subordinate of another god?

The other members were not as surprised as Alger, but they also felt something was wrong. Was there a time when gods were subordinates of other gods?

"Little Sun" asked again: "Mr. Hermit, are you saying that the ancient sun god created the Third Age? But this is somewhat different from the history of our Silver City. In our records, it was the omniscient and omnipotent creator who created the Third Age."

Odysseus glanced at the "little sun" and said, "Have you ever thought that your omniscient and omnipotent creator is the ancient sun god we are talking about?"

This time it was "Little Sun"'s turn to be speechless for a long time.

The other members also had a very vague concept of the "Creator of Silver City" and the ancient sun god. Except for Klein, no one knew about this in advance, so no one reminded "Little Sun" in advance.

Klein never had the chance to remind Little Sun, so when he heard the Hermit's reminder, he felt that it would be better to know it earlier, so as to avoid having unrealistic hopes.

After a few seconds, "Little Sun" finally reacted. He said, "I... I remember you said that the ancient sun god... has fallen?"

Two lines of tears had already flowed down his cheeks unconsciously. Until now, Silver City would offer sacrifices to the omniscient and omnipotent god every year and offer the first harvested black-faced grass.

But after more than 2,000 years of offering sacrifices, there was no response. It turned out that it had fallen...

Odysseus said, "Based on the information I have learned, we cannot say that He has fallen. After all, it is not so easy to fall at this level."

Hope rekindled in the eyes of Little Sun: "You mean, the omniscient and omnipotent God will one day..."

Odysseus interrupted him and said, "Just think of Him as fallen, because He has abandoned the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods', or He can no longer protect you like He did in the past. Don't hold out any hope for Him anymore."

Derrick immediately said, "But..."

"No buts." Odysseus planned to make this matter clear today: "Compared to the Ancient Sun God who has already abandoned the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods', Mr. Fool who has once again begun to pay attention to the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' is your new hope."

"Little Sun" seemed to be greatly inspired: Yes, for thousands of years, Silver City has not received any response from the "Almighty Lord". Whether he has fallen or not is not so important. Anyway, whether he has fallen or not, he will not respond to our prayers. Mr. Fool's gaze is the hope of Silver City. I should grasp this hope instead of immersing myself in the sadness of the fall of the gods.

Klein the Fool thought, "The Hermit is a very suitable missionary!"

After the topic came to an end, Alger asked, "Why do you say that 'Elf King' Sonia Solem is the first elf?"

"I'm not sure either." Odysseus smiled and said, "It's very likely that the elves were created by Him, but I'm not sure about this guess."

In fact, Odysseus already had a relatively reasonable guess that Sonya Solem should be the first human to be affected by the extraordinary characteristics and mutated into an elf.

However, this involved a lot of ancient and advanced information, and what he explained at this time was somewhat unreasonable, or it could be said that it was not information that ordinary extraordinary people could access.

The deal ended here. Audrey said, "I will pay the 300 pounds after the party."

Then she continued, "Everyone, I have received an important piece of information. In the near future, we will face the end of the world?"

She saw this information from the "Spiritual World Insights" provided by Fors, and wanted to share her views on this matter with everyone.

(End of this chapterChapter 155: Announce some research results at the Tarot Club

Chapter 155: Announce some research results at the Tarot Club

After hearing the topic raised by Audrey "Justice", Alger "The Hanged Man" said: "Many extraordinary organizations have predicted the coming of the end of the world, but most people think that it is all exaggerated remarks just to attract people's attention.

"However, some people speculate that the so-called doomsday is the change of eras."

The Magician Fors was stunned: "The Fifth Epoch is about to end? Are we about to enter the Sixth Epoch?"

Alger did not give an exact answer: "Some people speculate that."

At this time, the Hermit Odysseus reminded: "The change of eras may be full of hardships. For example, at the end of the Third Era, there was a 'Great Cataclysm', which led to the entry into the Fourth Era.

"For example, at the end of the Fourth Epoch, the Four Emperors fell one after another, and then the Fifth Epoch began."

Klein the Fool immediately manipulated the World and asked, "The fall of the Four Emperors is a sign of the beginning of the Fifth Epoch?"

"I'm not sure about the details." Odysseus said with a look of "refusing to get something for free": "The fall of the Four Emperors is one of the signs of the opening of the Fifth Epoch, but it doesn't seem to be the main sign."

The most important sign of the Fifth Age is that the gods have gone to the astral world, and it is rare for gods to descend to the earth.

Fors asked, "Why don't I feel any sense of a new era? Or any sense of crisis?"

Odysseus asked in return: "Have you ever thought about the nature of our Tarot gathering?"

The other members nodded, and Fors also understood that the ancient being "The Fool" was awakening, and He invited several people to gather here to achieve some purpose of His own.

The revival of the mysterious existence should be one of the signs of a new era.

Klein once again felt that the Hermit had a talent for being a missionary: he could make a seemingly ordinary thing sound so grand, and everyone could make all kinds of associations. His style of pretending to be mysterious was almost catching up with mine.

In his opinion, "The Fool's Awakening" is not a sign of a change of era. After all, the Fool is only Sequence 7 at the moment.

Audrey asked again: "So what should we do in this situation?"

"Try to improve yourself." The usually quiet "world" joined the topic: "Make yourself stronger, so that you can protect yourself in the doomsday."

Klein also believed that the end of the world would come in the near future. All ordinary Beyonders could do was to work hard to improve themselves, otherwise they would not even know how they died in the end.

Just as the "Hermit" mentioned before, in the "Cataclysm", most people in the "God-Forsaken Land" died in confusion. Even those who survived only understood what was happening around them after being frightened for a long time.

If he was an angel, he should be able to avoid such a disaster. Even if he was a demigod, he would not be as miserable as an ordinary person.

Audrey nodded: "I see, thank you for your reminder."

Now she is almost done digesting the Sequence 8 "Mind Reader" potion. If she successfully passes the test of the "Psychological Alchemy Society", she should be able to obtain the Sequence 7 formula.

She felt a little sad that she wished her promotion could be faster.

Then Fors said to Alger, "After the party, I will once again offer the first chapter of 'Spirit World Observations' to Mr. Fool."

Klein thought: There is no need to sacrifice again. You have already sacrificed twice. I have the "save" for both.

Alger nodded: "Okay."

Having already read both "World" and "Justice" in "Spiritual Observations", he was also very curious about what was recorded in them.

Then Alger looked at the "Sun" and said, "Please tell me about some ancient myths you know."

Sun Derrick had calmed down by now. He hummed and said, "I read in some ancient books that there were only five ancient gods left in the late Second Age.

"The Lord defeated the Dragon of Imagination, the Elf King, the Giant King, and the Phoenix Ancestor, and there was only one omniscient and omnipotent God in the world.

"According to the records in the ancient books, the 'Lord' took the initiative to take back the authority of the 'Dragon of Imagination' and the 'Elf King', while the 'Giant King' and the 'Phoenix Ancestor' repeatedly challenged the authority of the 'Almighty Lord', so these two gods fell one after another."

Klein thought to himself after he saw the gray fog: Is the ancient sun god so powerful?

Audrey asked the question that everyone was wondering: "The ancient sun god was so powerful, how did he fall?"

Everyone first looked at Mr. Fool at the head of the long bronze table. When Mr. Fool showed no intention of answering, everyone looked at the Hermit.

The Hermit Odysseus once again used his usual rhetoric: "I do know some relevant information, but I am not very clear about the specific situation. If you want to trade this information, I can help you find out.

"But I want to remind everyone that this information is extremely valuable and cannot be traded for just one or two thousand pounds."

Audrey asked, "How much will it cost?"

"I don't know either." Odysseus said, "But it must be a bit expensive."

Audrey thought for a moment before saying, "Please help me find out. If it's too expensive, we can complete part of the transaction first."

She only said "help me understand" instead of "help us understand" to avoid some disputes in the future.

Derrick said, "I also hope to join the transaction. I can use some extraordinary materials or spiritual materials as compensation."

The other members did not express their opinions. Fors was short of money and did not dare to express his opinion. Klein and Alger wanted to see the situation and decide whether to trade.

Odysseus said to Derrick, "You can join the deal by helping me verify some of my guesses.

"For example, when you feel it is appropriate, provide some information to your superiors, such as saying that you saw a strange light in a swamp with strange fish, or that you accidentally felt a strange power."

Derrick immediately said, "I have basically cleared myself of suspicion at this point, and I can report this information within a week."

Odysseus nodded and said, "Okay, if the transaction requires it, I will advance the gold pounds for you, or treat it as if you have paid the gold pounds."

Derrick asked curiously, "Mr. Hermit, what is the purpose of me reporting this information?"

Alger had already keenly noticed it and said, "It seems that the Hermit has made a major breakthrough in his research on the flora and fauna of Silver City."

Klein had a similar guess, but since the Hanged Man said so, he did not manipulate the World to express his opinion.

Derrick said happily, "Really, Mr. Hermit? Have you made any major breakthroughs?"

"It's not a major breakthrough." Odysseus smiled and said, "I just guess that there is a level 1 seal in the swamp with monsters, or there is a demigod-level monster.

"So I hope that Silver City can explore it. The sealed objects found will be yours. I just want to know if my guess is correct."

"A demigod-level sealed object!" Derrick said, "This is definitely worth exploring."

The City of Silver had seals that could shatter extraordinary characteristics. Basically, all the seals of the "Warrior" path were crushed into extraordinary characteristics.

After two thousand years of accumulation, he did have some demigod-level sealed objects, but the methods were relatively single. If he could add another sealed object of this level, he would certainly be very happy.

Alger was puzzled: "Over the years, Silver City didn't realize that there was a Level 1 Sealed Artifact not far from them?"

It was Derrick who answered him: "That swamp is very large. We have always been walking around it. I have never heard of anyone exploring it."

This was not surprising to him, because until now, there had been some unknown monsters not far from the Silver City.

Because the Silver City is located there, and those monsters are constantly roaming around.

The guards of the City of Silver were divided into the inner city guards and the outer city guards. The outer city guards kept patrolling not far from the outside of the City of Silver. They would gain something almost every time they patrolled. Most of them would obtain certain spiritual materials, and occasionally they would obtain extraordinary characteristics or the main materials of some potions.

Therefore, the demigod-level sealed object mentioned by the "Hermit" may have only come into existence recently.

Alger nodded slowly and said nothing more.

Derrick asked again, "Mr. Hermit, what kind of sealed object is that?"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"I'm not sure either." Odysseus said, "But you must not tell me that I found a clue of a demigod-level seal there.

"Just as I said just now, I just saw a strange light and felt an invisible force." Odysseus reminded: "It is described according to the feeling of a demigod-level seal, but it cannot be said that it is a demigod-level seal."

Derrick nodded: "I understand."

He had seen demigod-level sealed objects before, so he was not unfamiliar with this feeling.

At this time, the "world" asked the "hermit" again: "If it is convenient, can you tell me why you found the sealed object?"

"The conclusions are mainly drawn from two studies." Odysseus said generously, "One study is the dissection and comparison of organisms near the swamp.

"Before dissecting those animals and plants, it was hard to imagine that the fish provided by 'Sun' was actually a mutant 'schistosome', and the plant he provided was a mutant castor bean plant."

Derrick had no idea what was going on: "It's not a loach."

Fors was surprised and said, "If I remember correctly, 'Sun' said that the largest of those fish would be more than a person's height if they stood up, right?"

Derrick still didn't know what was surprising: "Yes."

Fors asked again, "Do you know how long a schistosome is in our world?"

Then she asked herself and answered: "Only two or three centimeters!"

The Fool helped Derrick convert the length unit. Now Derrick began to be surprised: "Such a small thing, how could it mutate to be so long?"

The other members also had such feelings, so everyone looked at the "Hermit" together.

Odysseus smiled and said, "I can tell you with certainty that it is a mutant schistosome. First of all, the internal structures of the two are very similar, and the position and appearance of the internal organs are almost exactly the same."

Everyone nodded, agreeing with the "Hermit"'s judgment. Although they did not have much knowledge of biology, they knew the difference between a fish and a bug, and believed that the "Hermit" would not make a wrong judgment in such a place.

Audrey once again asked the common question on everyone's mind: "Why did schistosomiasis become like this?"

"I guess it's the influence of divinity." Odysseus said, "And it's the kind of mutation that occurs under long-term influence.

"Of course, I haven't confirmed this yet. If Silver City finds a Level 1 seal in the swamp, then we can be sure that this is a reasonable guess."

Klein thought to himself after he saw the gray fog: The Hermit's guess sounds quite reliable. Divinity is something that is difficult to explain, but it has a significant impact on Extraordinary People.

Alger was both moved and curious: Divinity actually has such an effect?

Fors asked somewhat embarrassedly, "Excuse me, what is divinity? Isn't that something that only gods use?"

She really didn't know how to describe divinity.

"Divinity is already present at the Sequence 4 stage," Odysseus explained. "But it is said that the divinity at this level is very small, but it is enough to bring about a qualitative change in Beyonders and Beyonder abilities."

Fors nodded, indicating that he understood the meaning of "Hermit" and why divinity would cause such a huge change in living things.

At this time, Audrey asked, "Mr. Hermit, why do you guess that there is a demigod-level seal there instead of an angel-level seal? The divinity at the angel level should be more powerful."

The one who answered this question was Alger, the "Hanged Man": "The reason is very simple. If it was an angel-level seal, the City of Silver should have discovered it long ago, no matter how slow it was.

"Even if it feels too risky and we don't try to master the seal, we will definitely warn ordinary residents of Silver City to stay away from the swamp.

"But the 'Sun' heard no such warning, and got away in safety with some plants and animals, as well as a poke of mud.

"This shows that the seal does not have much impact on the edge of the swamp. Based on the above information, it is not difficult to guess that if there is a seal of the demigod level there."

Odysseus nodded slowly: "Overthrowing the political commissar" is still quite capable.

Derrick also showed an admiring look: "So that's how it is."

Audrey smiled and said, "Mr. Hanged Man, thank you for your answer."

She thought to herself: Such speculation is difficult for me.

Odysseus continued, "The influence of divinity alone is not enough to confirm my guess. My second research result almost indicates that there will be a level 1 sealed object in the swamp.

"Of course, it could also be a demigod-level monster, but this possibility is not high, because monsters of this level are likely to actively attack the Silver City."

He paused and said, "As for my research results, they cannot be announced yet."

Everyone was somewhat disappointed, but since the "Hermit" said so, there was a high possibility that there was a Level 1 Sealed Object in the swamp.

The topic ended here, and Alger looked at "The World" again. Now it was "The World"'s turn to talk about some mystical knowledge.

Klein pondered for a moment before saying, "As far as I know, Emperor Roselle was the previous owner of the Black Throne."

(End of this chapter