Chapter 28 : Experiment (1)

Above the gray fog, I looked at what I had written.

Okay, so, to sum up the reasons why there was a war in the previous rounds…

The nature of this war was, in fact, a war between Gods, as They were trying to weaken the enemies by destabilizing Their anchors.

Well, for that, let's just put it aside, I'll just convince the gods that knocking their believers unconscious can already prevent them from praying and having faith in their god… (since they would be unconscious).

The war is pushed by many factors :

First, Amanises acquired the Uniqueness of the Death Pathway. Expecting a retaliation from the God of Combat, She set up this war as a trap to kill Him.

At least, that's what Mr. Fool said.

Second, the Church of the God of Combat got the news that the Evernight Goddess had obtained the Uniqueness of Death Pathway. The God of Combat, being in the same pathway group with the Evernight Goddess, would try to shake Her anchor through this war before attacking Her.

But if their troops are subdued before they can kill anyone, that's fine.

Wait, so won't they begin the war much earlier since Amanises has already gotten the Uniqueness of the Death Pathway ? I have to hurry !

Third, the Loen Kingdom and Feysac Empire already had many conflicts regarding the lost war and Balam colonies.

Seriously ? Do you have such a grudge that you had to begin another war ? It looks like the reason why there was a Second World War… Uh, why was there a Second World War already ?

That's not important…

So, I just have to put my troops on Loen and Feysac's sides.

Fourth, the royal family, needed this war to draw citizens' attention from the more-and-more-intense domestic conflicts such as the drastic gap between the poor and the rich, the conflict between New Party and Conservative Party, etc.

Seriously ? So now, to divert attention you just begin a war. There is something wrong in their heads.

Fifth, King George Augustus III wanted to hold the ritual for promoting to Sequence 0 : Black Emperor during the war, which required citizens across the country to attend this ritual.

Then celebrate your birthday or something, why would you need a war ?! Why are people so radical nowadays ?

Sixth, Adam pushed this war as the trend of the era, to promote to Sequence 0 : Visionary.

Huh-huh, huh-huh. You have to much reasons to begin a war, and they aren't even good reasons ! Choose another trend, please !

And finally, seventh, the Einhorn family of Feysac who wield the Red Priest Pathway that focuses on war, used this war to allow its key members to significantly digest their potions, and without much difficulty, they could prepare the corresponding rituals and allowed their family's overall strength to be enhanced.

Then become soldiers or something ! Aren't there other countries in war or civil war ? Or is the entire world peaceful ?

Damn, so even the Einhorn family is involved ? Are their ancestors members of the Twilight Hermit Order ?

Mr. Red Angel evil spirit, Sauron-Einhorn-Medici, aren't you one of their ancestors ? Can't you tell them to stop ?

Also, Feynapotter joined the war sometime later.

Why ?!

Do I have to put my troops there too ?

No, the secret organizations won't have enough members to do this…

Let's just ask the gods to fight before before that happens.

See ? In all of these reasons, no deaths are needed.

(Mr. Fool : The weakening of anchors…

Xin Jian : Just knock them unconscious.)

Feysac and Loen's battle focused on three locations :

The Amantha Mountain range : Winter County (where the headquarter of Church of Evernight Goddess, Church of Serenity, is located) ; heavy-industrial cities on the east coast of Midseashire ; and the important harbors by Sonia Sea. Feysac and Loen's colonial army in East Balam also started battling.

So I'll have to target these locations.

When Feynapotter joined the war, they invaded Lenburg. Let's protect this spo too just in case…

Now, let's see the troops I can mobilize once again.

I'll ask Amanises to cooperate with me so that the official Beyonders of Her Church don't kill their opponents. It would be better if at least one member of each battle prayed to The Fool so that we can monitor the scene and prevent any casualties.

Since most of Her Church's official Beyonders should be from the Sleepless Pathway, they can just put their opponents to sleep, those from another pathway can also use a charm to use the corresponding ability…

As for Lilith's Church, I can ask Her to do the same. If she joins the God of War's side, it increases the chance to have no casualties, we can also ask some of Her Church's members to pray to The Fool to monitor more battles.

It would be advantageous to have the Psychology Alchemists on our side, they could give psychological hints to the enemy or put them to sleep with hypnotism. What's more, they could make the population believe that soldiers are really really killing each other instead of making them sleep.

(Mr. Fool : Why are you planning to put everyone to sleep ?

Xin Jian : It is not a Bloodless War, it is the ✨Sleeping War✨.

Mr. Fool : Then it is not a war.)

I think that their higher-ups believed in the True Creator ? I could ask for Adam's help as well.

The Twilight Hermit Order would be useful too. If their members, who are important people, cooperated with me behind the scenes to make no casualties, it would be nice.

So I really have to go see Adam. Oh, I have to announce to Medici that His Lord is now The Fool too. (Poor Medici…)

For the Aurora Order, faith should be enough to make them follow my orders, we should be able to mobilize the Iron and Blood Cross Order by the way.

The Rose School of Thought Indulgence faction… will soon be annihilated by the Evernight Church. After I finish thinking, I'll go visit the Church, I have to annoy them after all.

The Numinous Episcopate will soon belong to Amanises. (Yay ! We have more troops for free !)

As for the MI9… Well, I have one unit now.

The Moses Ascetic Order… Let's kill the Hidden Sage !

(Mr. Fool : Who will kill the Hidden Sage ?

Xin Jian : Of course, it's you.

Mr. Fool : Yes, so I won't do it.)

That's a joke, how do you even fight with Mystery Pryers ? (Well, they use sealed artifacts…)

So let's give up the Moses Ascetic Order.

As for the Secret Order, as I said, I'll have to go to the kingdom of the night to control Zaratul, Seers can always put on illusions for the enemies anyway… (Let's play dead !) Right, let's do that.

And the Demoness Sect, we can also find more of their members' location with the high ranking demonesses in the kingdom of the night…

But how do Demonesses even fight ? With their charm ? Because cursing and freezing their enemies will only kill them.

I don't even want to imagine this… My mind has been dirtied…

Well, solving this problem is simple !

I need just need to learn martial arts and teach them in turn !

Yay ! Let's make the Demoness Sect become a martial arts sect !

I turned to the new "True Creator" (so The Fool) and asked Him to send an oracle to the Aurora Order, the Iron Blood and Cross Order and the higher-ups of the Psychology Alchemists to help their angel (me) to create a Bloodless War.

(Mr. Fool : …Every gifts of fate are marked by prices. (Traduction : You will have to give me a salary one day.)

Xin Jian : Lol. (Traduction : You aren't fate anyway. Dream on.)

Then I changed the subject.

« So, Mr. Fallen Creator… »

Mr. Fool cut me off.

« If you intend to ask me to do something else after beginning your sentence this way, stop right away. »

Damn, that's exactly what I wanted to do.

I put on an innocent (?) face.

« Mr. Fool, you are (old) skilled and knowledgeable, right ? You have a lot of fighting experience and you know a little bit of everything, right ? »

Mr. Fool answered :

« Yeah. »

« Then teach me martial arts, please ! »

Mr. Fool was stunned.

« …Sure. »

(Even though he agreed, Mr. Fool didn't know any martial arts.)

"Let's just teach her some things from manhuas, it should satisfy her…"

With an emotionless face, I sipped my orange juice.

Mr. Fool, I can hear your thoughts !

This is how Mr. Fool began to teach me "martial arts". (However, Qi cultivation didn't work.)

—————— I am the dividing line~

After that, I went to victimize the poor Medici.

I found a method to compensate for my lack of sense of direction, it is the Dowsing Rod Divination Method ! Or something like that…

Medici, here I am !

Without knocking this time, I slammed the door the door open.

Uh ? This apartment seems different than the one from before, did He move out ?

(Medici : Moving out was of no use…)

Medici raised an eyebrow and asked :

« How did you find me ? »

I gave Him the obvious answer.

« With divination. »

He retorted :

« Divination doesn't work on angels. »

Yes, and Uniquenesses are not walking, living people.

I am the Error Uniqueness, who do you take me for ? Of course there was a bug in the laws of nature.

I smiled.

« I am the Lord of the Mysteries. For me, everything is possible. »

Lol, I just remembered the time when I pretended to be the Lord of the Mysteries by using the Beyonder abilities of three different pathways in front of Him.

Now that I made Medici doubt life again, let's go straight to the main subject.

« Medici, I would like to steal some of your Beyonder abilities to pretend to be from the Hunter pathway. Oh, and let Einhorn tell the Einhorn family (as their ancestor) to just become soldiers to digest their potions and do their rituals, the underlying rules of this world are chaos and madness so it can't be full of peace. They don't need to begin another war here. Also, Medici, the True Creator has been killed and replaced by The Fool so your Lord is now The Fool. »

*dropping a bomb casually.jpg*

Medici was stunned.

I just smiled at Him.

(Medici began another existential crisis.)

Ah, harassing Medici is so satisfying.

*Sauron and Einhorn pitying Medici.jpg*

—————— I am the dividing line~

After breaking Medici's worldview, I wanted to try divining Adam's location with the Dowsing Rod Divination Method something.

(Mr. Fool : Dowsing Rod Seeking Method.

Xin Jian : I don't care, I'll call it like I want…

Mr. Fool : *pats, pats* You nearly had it.)

« … »

I tried again.

« … »

I deadpanned.

Okay, let's assume that my divination didn't work. It's impossible for Adam to be where I am after all.

(Adam : *looks at her innocently*

Mr. Fool : *true vision*)

I gave up and called Him.

« Adam- »

Before I could say anything more, I felt something and turned to the side.

« Wow, you must have been super fast to be already standing near me… »

Right, there must have been one of His virtual personalities that was near, that's all.

*Feigning ignorance.jpg*

(Adam is a stalker.)

(Xin Jian : *denying reality.jpg*

Adam : *innocent look.gif*)

« So, Adam… »

Adam nodded.

« Okay. »

You already know what I'll say, nice.

But are you sure we're speaking of the same thing ?

« Yes. »

Please don't answer my thoughts.

No, wait, I am the Error Uniqueness, it shouldn't even be possible to read my thoughts.

(Adam : If you have a soul, you have a mind, I am a king of angels and there is still body language.

Adam : *not answering because He was asked not to*)

I tried to clarify.

« …About the Twilight Hermit Order ? The bloodless war ? And make the Psychology Alchemists agree as well… ? »

Adam nodded.

« Yes. »

Okay…

Nice, I have already solved one problem.

With Adam's help, it can definitely be possible.

« To think that I had prepared a speech to convince you… »

I shook my head.

(Adam : I know, it was written on your hand.)

I then asked the last thing (also the first since I didn't even have the time to ask Him the other things before He answered) I had to ask :

« Then, do you want to join the Tarot Club ? »

Adam agreed.

Nice. We have one more member.

Now let's give Klein a psychological hint that he invited Adam.

« What codename do you want ? »

« The Tower. »

I remembered something and made a complicated expression.

« …Can I consider you as a girl ? »

Adam was silent for a moment.

« Mythical creatures have no gender. »

I nodded.

« Great. Thank you. »

That way, we can have the same number of boys and girls in the Tarot Club !

There are only two seats left.

Mr. Fool : What are you doing with my secret gathering…

Next, I went to the Church. Praying everyday is important.

(Xin Jian : There is no relation between these two sentences.)

I politely knocked on the Cathedral's door.

Nobody opened.

I knocked some more times until a priest opened it.

« It is open to the public, you don't need to knock. »

Yes, but my goal was to annoy you.

Oh, Arianna is here.

« Arianna. »

I waved to Her.

« About the annihilation of the Rose School of Thought Indulgence faction, could I come and control some members' spiritual lines ? »

Arianna looked at me in silence for a few seconds.

« Okay. »

Now we have even more troops~.

« Nice, then wait a little… »

I left and came back with a member of the Aurora Order that I had just turned into my secret puppet.

*Members of the Aurora Order : disposable pawns, perfect to turn into secret puppets*

This is the power of faith.

*Members of the Aurora Oder : die because of their faith in the True Creator, and without even knowing that the True Creator is already dead*

(Mr. Fool : This is the power of scamming.)

*Members of the Aurora Order : pitiful*

« Take it with you, you can think that it is equivalent to me. »

With the powers of a Bizarro Sorcerer, I can make it control spiritual lines and test the martial arts I learn !

(Mr. Fool : The second part had nothing to do with the powers of a Bizarro Sorcerer…)

« The goddess has already told me to accept your demands concerning this matter. »

I feel like the gods (and Adam) know more and more what I am going to say recently…

I nodded, bade farewell and left.

(Xin Jian : I bid you farewell my beautiful Arianna.

Arianna : …

Author : Don't worry, Xin Jian only said "Goodbye", not that…)

Hmm… Now that I recall it, it's been a while since I met Lilith's secret child, I don't even know Her contact information…

—————— I am the dividing line~

Today was the day when Klein arrived at Bansy Harbor.

I went down the gray fog and appeared in Klein's crimson star.

Out of the corner of his eye, I waved.

Nice, so he can see through my illusions only in the gray fog.

I followed them and listened to Danitz.

« …Because of these legends, there are two unique customs in Bansy Harbor. One is to close the door tightly on nights with heavy fog or huge changes in weather. They don't head out or respond to any knocking. »

I understand.

I continued to listen until someone knocked on the door.

Danitz opened the door and revealed Cleves, who looked at him, then at Gehrman.

« Blazing Danitz ? »

Danitz said with a laugh :

« My friend, you have the wrong person. Although I look like the famous pirate who's worth 3000 pounds, I'm really not him. People have always had misunderstandings, bringing me a great deal of trouble. »

Klein raised his hand and covered his mouth. He almost laughed out loud and destroyed his persona.

He restrained his expression and calmly replied :

« Yes. »

Danitz stretched his neck and looked at the ceiling. He was mourning for his (nonexistent) reputation.

(Author :

-> Ikanser : Here, a mirror who socially executes people.

Sherlock : *interested, (wants to try it)*

-> Ian : *obsessive compulsive disorder*

Sherlock : *casually puts banknotes in his pocket*

-> Danitz : *dying, telling his last will*

Gehrman : *waits until he finishes speaking to intervene*

-> Danitz : *socially humiliated by Arrodes*

Gehrman : *watches the scene, waits until Danitz has been humiliated before revealing his presence*

Mr. Fool : Stop. Stop ! I know where Xin Jian's bad taste comes from now…)

When their conversation ended, I followed Cleves out of the boar and arrived inside of Bansy Harbor.

So here we mustn't open doors at nights with heavy fog, huh…

I casually went inside a stranger's house, closed the door and waited until it was night.

Meanwhile, I began to organize my thoughts.

What was Bansy Harbor's secret already ?

I used dream divination to recall the things related to Bansy Harbor :

First, there was the conversation between Klein and Adam.

[« I have a nagging feeling that the Red Angel's death and many of the things that happened during the Fourth Epoch weren't that simple. »

« Why do you say that ? » Adam asked in return.

Klein deliberated over his words and said :

« Before the Black Emperor returned, the Solomon Empire only had one true god, the True Creator, and the Red Priest's Uniqueness. The nobles and powers who supported Alista Tudor occupied the four Uniquenesses of Visionary, Door, Error, The Fool. Together, even adding on the King of Angels Ouroboros, They wouldn't be able to fend off the six orthodox deities like Evernight and company. Furthermore, They still had the Justiciar Uniqueness on hand…

In such a situation, even if you didn't plan on scheming to target the Red Angel, no one will suspect you. Of course, a crazy Blood Emperor might be more useful to you. »

Adam's gaze remained unchanged as He stared at the huge cross.

« You don't understand because you don't know enough.

In the Fourth Epoch, apart from the three great empires and the true deities and Kings of Angels behind them, there were also the Demoness Sect and the Moses Ascetic Order. There was also the Abyss's infiltration and secretly developed Artisans, as well as the Southern Continent's Balam.

And that wasn't all. In addition, there were many crucial factors at stake. »

Klein nodded thoughtfully and said :

« For example, the conflict between the six deities ? »

Adam smiled warmly and said :

« More than that. »

Without waiting for Klein to ask further, Adam added calmly :

« You should have been to Bansy. »

Klein's heart stirred as he opened his mouth but didn't say a word.

Adam continued :

« In addition, after I perished, the invasion on reality by the Outer Deities clearly deepened. »

Klein touched the bloody wooden stake on his chest, as though he was considering how to get it out.

During this process, he casually asked Adam :

« You didn't attempt to become a god in the Fourth Epoch because you didn't obtain 0-08 ? »

« It was one factor. More importantly, there were still many latent dangers that haven't been resolved at that time. » Adam looked at the huge cross in front of Him with a warm gaze.

Klein turned his head to the side and looked at the Visionary and said :

« For example, during that period, the remnant will of the Primordial One was still very strong… »]

Then Klein died. Right in the middle of his sentence.

Also, even when Bansy was destroyed, there were rumors that Bansy Harbor was a place filled with mysticism powers and that its connection with the spirit world and the astral world was beyond imagination.

Medici's descendants, who should mostly be from the Hunter Pathway, should live in Bansy.

There was also the time when Klein returned to the destroyed Bansy…