bookandnovel Chapter 157 Prisoners and the Turn of the Table
Chapter 157 Prisoners and the Turn of the Table
Chapter 157 Prisoners and the Turn of the Table
Before deciding to contact Natasha and seek a way from the witch cult to conceal his transformation into a woman after drinking the "witch" potion, Evan had speculated on what kind of solution the witch cult would offer based on the information he possessed.
This includes giving yourself an extraordinary item crafted using the extraordinary properties of "Faceless Man" or "Rose Bishop".
It is possible to adjust one's own flesh and blood, so that one can have an extra two ounces of fake, useless flesh between one's legs.
But Evan never expected the Witch Cult to be so direct, actually trying to substitute one thing for another and take his place.
This was mainly because Evan was unaware of the high-sequence abilities of the Hunter Path, and therefore failed to take precautions, which was a mistake caused by information asymmetry.
When Evan first touched the flaming emblem, his gray vision detected a connection between the emblem and Katarina Pelle from the same direction, and he also sensed a disturbance in the mysterious city that was now inseparable from him.
This strange event in the mysterious city made Evan understand where the countless creatures of desire in the mysterious city came from, and what the so-called pardon was all about.
Those countless creatures of desire are all extraordinary individuals who died in the past, following the Hunter and Assassin paths. The moment they embarked on these two extraordinary paths, they had already embarked on a road of no return.
All the dead in the world eventually go to the legendary underworld, except for hunters and assassins who have achieved extraordinary paths. This also includes those killed by angel-level hunters and witches.
The dead who arrive in the mysterious city are all reduced to monsters who unleash their desires because their desires in life are restricted.
There will be no peace, and they will be forever doomed.
From this perspective, it can be said that, to some extent, this "prison" is the mortal enemy of the Grim Reaper's Path.
Those who are extraordinary through the Death Path control the gates of the underworld and the ultimate destination of death, yet they cannot control those who are extraordinary through the Hunter and Assassin Paths.
This inevitably reminded Evan of the unlocked content of "Lord of Mysteries" in his mind:
According to Mr. "Men's" description, in this war that changed the entire world situation, the Black Emperor, the Blood Emperor,
With the Night Emperor's demise, the Underworld Emperor reaped the greatest benefits.
"At this point," Mr. "Door" added meaningfully, "after more than a hundred years of digestion, Death has gone mad."
But they also grew stronger, and thus joined forces with the Primordial Witch, bringing a "Pale Catastrophe" to the Northern Continent.
Because of the three extraordinary characteristics laws, Evan knew long ago that there was a level above the Sequence 0 gods, and its symbol was very likely Klein's cheat gray fog or the mysterious city on his body.
While reading Lord of Mysteries, Evan was always puzzled. Death didn't kill the Goddess of Night and the God of War who were on the adjacent path. So how did he get the biggest benefit?
Even if he obtained the extraordinary traits of the other three emperors in this battle of the four emperors, it wouldn't have been a substantial improvement for him, right?
Judging from Death's later madness, he must have taken a special ability through a different means. So, what kind of special ability did he take? Why was he confident in taking a potion through a different means?
Evan had no clue about any of these questions. However, after personally experiencing the special nature of the mysterious city, he couldn't help but have a guess: the potion that Death consumed across pathways was probably not the extraordinary characteristic of the "Black Emperor" and "Night Emperor," but rather the extraordinary characteristic of the Hunter Path True God Blood Emperor, Tu Feng.
Because, in terms of authority, the Hunter and Assassin paths related to this mysterious city are highly complementary.
This raises another question: why is the Hunter path adjacent to the "Assassin" path, the True God—the Primordial Witch?
Will they join forces with the Grim Reaper who took the Blood Emperor's legacy?
Evan felt there was a profound secret involved, but he knew too little information to deduce anything further.
The monsters of the mysterious city can only escape the torment of their obsession with desire by obtaining the pardon of the city's master, Evan. There are only two ways to obtain this pardon.
One method involves using the omnipresent influence of the Mysterious City on the outside world to allow Evan to open a passage between reality and the Mysterious City, enabling them to arrive in the world and find a host to inhabit.
Another method is to directly enter the host that Evan has chosen for them through Evan's own manipulation.
Both methods require Evan's permission, and once they are born, they will be completely under Evan's control.
The Level 1 Sealed Artifact that Katarina Pelle used to corrupt Evan—"Bonaparte's Fortress"—is a Sealed Artifact that survives through the Hunter Path and possesses the power of a demigod.
Although Evan is the master of the Mysterious City, his own sequence is somewhat low. Under normal circumstances, even with the blessing of the Mysterious City, he would not be able to affect a demigod-level powerhouse, and he would not even be able to withstand the attack of a high-sequence hunter. Evan could still be killed.
But the irony is that their goal this time was to use the authority of the high-sequence powerhouse "Gathering of the Crowd" through the Hunter Path to forcibly establish a connection with Evan, attempting to forcibly "assimilate" Evan and substitute him for someone else.
What's even more fortunate is that this sealed artifact possesses the characteristics of being alive, not a dead one, and thus it bumped right into Evan, or rather, into the embrace of the Mysterious City.
After Evan drank the "Witch" potion and became a Sequence 7 Beyonder with both Hunter and Assassin pathways, the connection between the Mysterious City and Evan deepened further, to the point that they were almost inseparable. This can be seen from Evan's ability to pardon the "local criminals" of the Mysterious City.
Therefore, when the sealed artifact "Bonaparte's Perseverance" entered Evan's body, it was like directly breaking into a "prison," where the mysterious city severed his connection with his external self.
However, because the connection between the sealed artifact and Evan was not severed by the authority of "Gathering of the Masses," Evan became the only living consciousness between the sealed artifact and the artifact.
Just as an army needs a leader, Evan, a lowly soldier, became the leader in the absence of a general. Although the position of general did not belong to Evan, it did not prevent him from issuing orders.
From then on, Evan was even able to use some abilities that only demigods could use in Backlund, provided that the sealed artifact was close enough to him.
At the same time, through his connection with "Bonaparte's Perseverance", Evan realized that the location of this sealed artifact was actually the Sodraco Palace, where the Augustan royal family lived.
There are many sealed artifacts around "Bonaparte's Fortress," and based on Evan's senses, it's even possible that there are '0' level sealed artifacts among them.
Because Evan clearly sensed that "Bonaparte's Perseverance" and a batch of sealed artifacts were covered by the light emanating from a long spear.
This also made Evan understand why the living nature of the sealed artifact, "Bonaparte's Steadfastness," was so urgent that it wanted to break away from its original form.
No one could stand being constantly exposed to a level 0 sealed artifact of the solar pathway.
Unfortunately, it thought it had escaped the wolf's den, but it didn't expect to walk straight into the tiger's mouth.
The "prisoners" imprisoned in the mysterious city no longer own anything, including their memories; it all depends on whether Evan wants to see them or not.
Bonaparte's steadfastness had no effect on Evan himself; his previous painful struggles were merely a show for Katarina Pelle and Natasha.
He did this partly to conceal the mysterious city, and partly to buy time to review related memories.
Although "Bonaparte's Guardian" is highly recreated, it is not the living Bonaparte Witte after all, so it actually has very few memories. What is truly useful to Evan are the stories of its previous owners.
It was indeed a gift from Roselle to the Silver Witch, but it wasn't the token of love that Katarina Pelle claimed it was.
Rather, it's the reward.
However, what kind of deal Rosell made with the Silver Witch that allowed him to obtain a Level 1 sealed artifact remains unknown.
Twelve years ago, the Silver Witch unleashed a great plague in Backlund. She was injured in a battle with a Sequence 3 Chaos Hunter from the royal family and lost this sealed artifact, which became a royal trophy and was sealed in the royal treasury. It was that event that prompted a major overhaul of Backlund's sewer system.
This project was the first major national project after King George III came to power. It was precisely because of this project that George III gained great prestige and quickly secured his throne, ensuring that he could continue the reform policies of his predecessor.
The reason Katarina Pelle said that the sealed artifact was lent to her by the Silver Witch was simply because she did not want to reveal the fact that the royal family and the witch cult had already cooperated.
Moreover, the terms negotiated between Catherine Pelle and "Bonaparte's Stand" were clearly aimed at supporting the royal family.
When Catherine Pelle negotiated with Bonaparte, her condition was that he use Ivan's identity to influence Robert, continue to fight against the Duke of Negan, and continue to carry the banner of reform against the stubborn conservatives led by the Duke of Negan.
At the same time, engaging in a major confrontation with the royal representatives of MI9 and dragging both the Church of Storms and the Church of Night into the conflict is far too easy for anyone or anything on the Hunter's Path.
Not to mention that Evan also has another identity: one of the representatives supported by the Church of the Night.
Evan became increasingly curious about what the Augustan royal family, or rather King George III, wanted to do, because every move he made was actually stirring up disputes and unrest within the kingdom. Shouldn't the royal family, which controlled the "arbitrator" mechanism, hate unstable factors the most?
Evan's thinking has always been broad. If he can't figure something out through the "arbitrator" approach, he'll try a different direction.
The adjacent pathway to the "Arbitrator" pathway is the "Lawyer" pathway, and coincidentally, there are many descriptions of the "Lawyer" pathway in Lord of Mysteries, which can be said to be second only to the "Occupy the Next House" and "Spectator" pathways in terms of appearance rate.
At present, Evan's understanding of the various high sequences is also the best way to understand "lawyers".
Because the first blasphemous card Klein received was the "Black Emperor," a card symbolizing the shadow of order.
The text describes the ascension ritual to become the "Black Emperor" as follows: to have one's own kingdom, to associate one's name with the title of emperor as common knowledge among the people, to establish a strict and complex set of rules that defy normal circumstances, to drive the people to build nine mausoleums, and to enter one of the mausoleums in a ceremony in which the vast majority of the people participate, and to consume the corresponding magic potion.