Chapter 5: The Ancient Sun God and Ouroboros

It's no exaggeration to say that at that moment, countless thoughts flashed through Lynn's mind, but ultimately they all condensed into two sentences:

Damn! So it's you, kid!

No wonder you're so infuriating even as a child.

—Medici, also known as Little Red, nicknamed Three-in-One Hotpot, was a famous comedic character in the original story. He was once the Red Angel who followed the Ancient Sun God, the Angel King of the War pathway. Later, in the Fourth Epoch, he was betrayed by Alista Tudor, Amon, and Adam, becoming one of the materials for Blood Emperor Alista Tudor's Sequence 0 potion along with Sauron and Einhorn.

This is also the source of the hotpot joke.

In the original work, Medici appeared as a three-in-one evil spirit, and due to his tragic yet strong background and humorous antics, he was quite popular among readers.

I actually became Medici's brother, huh...

For a moment, Lynn felt complicated emotions. He looked at the small figure, who, despite his young age, already showed signs of a future master of sarcasm. Lynn patted Medici's shoulder with a serious expression and said:

"Kid, promise me, from now on, cultivate yourself and learn the art of language, okay?"

"Otherwise, I fear you'll end up being turned into hotpot."

"What's wrong with you?" Medici was utterly baffled.

"Nothing, come on, get dressed..." Lynn certainly couldn't tell Medici, "I've read the book and know you'll end up being cooked in a pot." He just smiled and changed the subject.

At the same time, he raised his hand, and with a thought, a semi-transparent pen appeared in his hand. Lynn used the pen to draw on Medici, and star-like sparkles fell from his actions. Within seconds, a white robe appeared on Medici.

Mystical Re-enactment: The Magic Pen of Ma Liang!

It actually worked?

Lynn raised an eyebrow. He was tentatively using his extraordinary ability to recreate the story of "The Magic Pen of Ma Liang," and it surprisingly succeeded.

Although the recreated "magic pen" couldn't draw everything, it could at least create common items. These "drawn" objects were essentially restructured information from other things but worked the same and could last a long time without disappearing.

For other mythical creatures, this might be a useless ability, but for Lynn at this moment, it was incredibly helpful—at least he could draw two sets of clothes.

After all, being naked in this cave was one thing since there were no outsiders, but Lynn couldn't explore the outside world without clothes.

He had his pride.

After perfecting the details of Medici's clothing, Lynn quickly drew himself a set. Without causing any disturbance, he began to familiarize himself with his other abilities while thinking deeply.

Upon learning Medici's identity, Lynn realized that his No. 1 avatar existed in the mid-Second Epoch.

To be honest, this was not a good era. It could be summarized in one sentence: "Demigods are as common as dogs, and angels walk the earth."

In other eras, a Sequence 2 might be able to live with dignity, even enjoy being a top boss briefly in the Fifth Epoch when no true gods emerged. But in the Second Epoch, the status of a Sequence 2 was quite awkward.

Because this era belonged to the ancient gods.

Angels compared to the ancient gods were like Azik getting severely injured from just a glance from the Blood Emperor. They were not entirely powerless but not much different from ants.

And the most crucial part was that most ancient gods in this era were mad due to mixing non-adjacent pathway characteristics.

This meant that in other eras, if you encountered an unbeatable true god, you could still try reasoning or trading with them. Generally, unless you were an enemy, a Sequence 0 wouldn't randomly kill a Sequence 2. If all else failed, you could join them. As long as you didn't court death, most Sequence 2s could live well.

But in this era, encountering a mad ancient god meant you couldn't expect to reason with a lunatic. These ancient gods could go crazy and even kill their descendants.

This was why Medici didn't use extraordinary abilities during his test with Lynn. As two mythical creature children, they might be high and mighty to mortals, but if they caused a commotion and attracted an ancient god or a Sequence 1, they'd be free extraordinary characteristics for the taking. Moreover, a Weather Warlock wouldn't necessarily win in close combat against a Sage, nor would using extraordinary abilities help much.

"Such a deadly era, and I can't even lie low. I have to spread faith to stabilize my humanity..." Lynn rubbed his temples, feeling a genuine headache. He then glanced at Medici, forming a plan in his mind.

Indeed, I should seek refuge with the Ancient Sun God once I get the 0-08. Although theoretically, it's a ship destined to sink, it's a grand ship until then.

If I go now, at least I can secure a founding elder status and maybe coast to godhood.

Meanwhile, in the same era, in a corner of the Eastern Continent.

The Ancient Sun God looked in a certain direction, frowning slightly. After a moment of contemplation, He relaxed and smiled.

"Lord?"

Ouroboros, who was painting murals to spread the faith, noticed and asked curiously.

"I saw something interesting." The Ancient Sun God turned back, smiling warmly at Ouroboros.

"Oh..." Ouroboros nodded and continued painting without asking more.

Seeing Ouroboros's disinterested attitude, the Ancient Sun God sighed helplessly, "Ouroboros, a bit of curiosity isn't a bad thing."

"Is it a good thing?" Ouroboros paused and looked at the Ancient Sun God, his expression unchanged but with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"...Perhaps it is?" The Ancient Sun God replied uncertainly, with a hint of humor.

"You're not sure either?" Ouroboros seemed surprised.

"Fate is not within my domain..." The Ancient Sun God shook his head, smiling at Ouroboros, "Perhaps you'll see more clearly in the future."

"I'm only a Sequence 2," Ouroboros stated.

"You won't always be," the Ancient Sun God said, smiling warmly as if stating a fact.

…

After familiarizing himself with his abilities and ensuring there was no danger nearby, Lynn switched from his No. 1 avatar back to his main self before reaching the limit.

Shaking his head to dispel a slight sense of unease, Lynn stretched his body and suddenly froze.

"Huh, my Mystery Pryer potion is fully digested?"

Previous Lynn Sotos had no knowledge of the acting method. Despite his inherent desire for knowledge that facilitated the digestion of the potion, when Lynn had taken over this body, the Mystery Pryer potion was only halfway digested.

(End of this chapter)

Mystical Re-enactment: The Magic Pen of Ma Liang! It originates from a Chinese story where this Magic Pen is Ma Liang's most powerful item, capable of turning anything drawn by it into reality. This includes weather, environments, animals, items, food, and so on.