Diary

"Name: Lilith's Tears

"Appearance: Blue Crystal pendulum

"Function description: Place the pendant at the heart for a full-body treatment. Most diseases and non-lethal injuries can be quickly treated.

"Place the pendant between your eyebrows and you can transform into a giant bear. In this state, the user's strength, speed, and defensive abilities will be greatly enhanced. Furthermore, you will grasp a portion of earth-type spells.

"If you shatter the pendulum, you can release Barren. Once this power is activated, with the user at the center, all creatures within a two-kilometer radius will wither away, entering the end of their lives. Even ordinary demigods are no exception.

"Take note: Once Barren is released, the pendulum will be completely destroyed. The user will similarly wither away."

"Negative effects: Every time you use the powers of the pendulum, you will fall into an indescribable state of grief, and it's very difficult to extricate yourself from it. You need to receive psychological treatment in time; otherwise, there's a chance of you losing control.

In the study of the villa at 28 Kingst Street, after three days, Ebner finally finished analyzing the pendant bestowed by Earth Mother…

It has to be said that this is a powerful item, especially the description of the Barrenness. It might even be the Beyonder powers of a Mother Sequence 2 Desolate Matriarch! But…

This ability is used to perish together with others, right?!

Apart from the few pathways that can be resurrected from The Fool and Death, using this power is equivalent to suicide…

Yes, perhaps there's nothing wrong with the Desolate Matriarch. The Mother pathway's Sequence 3 is called the Pallbearer. This name sounds like it involves the domain of death, and the Mother pathway might very well have authority like the Samsara of Life and Death…

It's no wonder Bishop Utravsky's style resembles those bald heads of the Western Continent…

After lampooning inwardly, Ebner put away Lilith's Tear pendant. Regardless, he finally had a powerful "trump card" in his hand. Even if he didn't really use it, it could still serve as a deterrent.

Furthermore, just because I don't dare to perish together with him doesn't mean that Mr. Fool doesn't dare to either! Desolation happens to be followed by an intact corpse…

Well, taking a step back, even if Klein didn't dare to try, wouldn't he still be able to use his marionette in the future?

As his thoughts raced, he picked up the three pages of Roselle's diary that Xio had brought. As he drank a mouthful of sweet iced tea, he changed into a more comfortable position on the sofa and began reading.

He hadn't noticed it before, but now that he looked at it carefully, he immediately realized that the three pages were continuous. Furthermore, they were describing the same thing—something he had guessed when he was investigating the first Baron Lamud.

"12th June. I secretly came to Loen. I've been in Backlund for more than a week. Although the madams and young ladies here are usually more reserved and it's not easy for them to communicate in-depth, the Tussock River is very clear. The air is also very fresh. Compared to Trier, which I've personally started the industrial age, this place is really suitable for living.

What's worth mentioning is that due to the Church of Evernight's advocacy, Backlund residents have long developed a relatively hygienic lifestyle… At the very least, there's no smell of Trier on the streets!

"Speaking of which, if my transmigration identity is that of an Intis noble, I really want to settle down here.

"13th June. I found a hidden manuscript on an old bookshelf in the Backlund University Library today. It seems to record a secret base left behind after the Solomon Empire was destroyed… Perhaps there's a treasure there? Heh heh, I'm indeed the protagonist of this era. I have fortuitous encounters everywhere.

Yes, I'll summon back Grimm, Edwards, and Cullen who are out on missions. Then, I'll form a team to search for this ruin… It should be in Loen's Sivellaus County, north of the Hornacis mountain range, somewhere south of Midseashire.

"14th June. Cullen and Edwards returned first. I mentioned the matter to them, but Edwards's eyes lit up when he heard that. He appeared very excited. As for Cullen, he seemed to lack interest. He told me that even if there were any treasures there, they had long been found.

"Indeed, these long-lived creatures are rather 'widowed.' Even though they look young, they have long lost the enthusiasm of young people. However, his opinion isn't important. After Grimm returned, we had a vote.

"Finally, without any surprises, we passed the exploration plan with three to one vote.

"15th June. Upstream along the Tussock River. Although the river isn't too fast, the ship we are on board doesn't go very fast… Unfortunately, at my current stage, I don't want to design a steam engine with higher efficiency. Otherwise, with the railway, our travels wouldn't be that slow.

"17th June. The four of us arrived at Constant City."

"18th June. The mountain roads of the Loen Kingdom are really terrible. Even though I built a shock absorption facility, the carriage ride was still so bumpy that it nearly blew up my ass… When I return this time, I'll improve the steam engine's power. I must spread steam locomotives and railways across the Northern Continent!

"20th June. After two days of searching, Cullen found the entrance to the ruins with one of his Beyonder items. Speaking of which, the entrance is very strange. It's clearly halfway up a cliff, but we can actually reach it in one step at the foot of the mountain… And if we were to go in another direction, we wouldn't be able to reach it no matter how long we walked.

"Cullen said that the concept of distance here has been 'Disordered,' and I didn't quite understand what he meant.

"After entering the ruins, the path becomes even more terrifying! At times, you're clearly advancing, but you suddenly realize that you've retreated to the side of a lava pool and nearly fell. At other times, you clearly wish to stop, but you realize that you're still running with inertia…

"I finally understand why there aren't any monsters here. This is because even monsters can't survive in such an environment.

"In short, after experiencing many hardships, we finally arrived at a gorgeous hall.

"However, apart from a mural in the hall, there's only a pair of knights stabbing each other's broadswords into each other's chests. The rest of the items seem to have been moved away long ago. Yes, even the Beyonder characteristics of the two powerful knights are gone.

"From the looks of it, Cullen guessed right. Indeed, someone had been here long ago. Could it be that I'm really not the main lead? No, I don't think so. Hence, I carefully studied the mural and finally discovered the mystery behind it.

So this mural indicates the true location of the treasure trove, the way to open it, and the correct time to open it…

The diary came to an abrupt halt as Ebner flipped through the back pages, only to be regretful that there was no follow-up.

The path was "Disordered." This should be the power of a High-Sequence Beyonder of the Black Emperor pathway… And although there's no evidence of those two dead knights, they're probably the good friend of the second Baron Lamud, Kilgor, and the royal family's spy, Glu…

So, that ruin only contains clues to the treasure left behind by the real Black Emperor?

But why didn't the subsequent Loen royal family members destroy the murals or bury the two knights after clearing out all the items in the hall?

I have a feeling that there's another reason behind this… And the reason why Emperor Roselle succeeded in becoming the Black Emperor was probably because of this treasure trove.

I previously speculated that the conditions for opening the treasure might very well require the bloodline of a descendant of the Solomon Empire… Therefore, the royal family had always treated the descendants of Kilgor well. It was only when Roselle became the Black Emperor that the family made a mistake and deprived him of his aristocratic title.

And Roselle later received Savigny at the White Maple Palace and recruited him—King of the Five Seas Nast's father!

And Nast had always claimed to be a descendant of the Solomon Empire.

So that's how it is…

At this thought, Ebner closed his eyes as though sensing something. Then, he shook his head in disappointment.

He wasn't disappointed in his own conjectures but rather disappointed in the progress of the potion's digestion.

Although there seem to be tiny signs of digestion, it's not obvious… From the looks of it, exploring secrets from historical events to enhance one's knowledge of different types isn't the key to the acting of a Polymath…

In fact, before he drank the Polymath potion, he had naively believed that he could digest most of the mysticism knowledge he knew.

But the reality is very different from his expectations… Then, what's the key to being a Polymath?

…

Tingen, Raphael Cemetery at night.

The bronze-skinned Azik held a bird with illusory feathers in one hand and a bouquet of white flowers in the other. He stood in front of Klein's grave for a long time without saying a word. Finally, he sighed and said to himself,

"I'm sorry I'm ten minutes late.

"But I should know who it is…"

He bent down and put down the bouquet of flowers before turning to leave the cemetery and Tingen.

There was an indescribable silence and loneliness under the illumination of the crimson moonlight.

Suddenly, the stone slab sealing the grave was flipped over as a slightly pale hand reached out from the soil.