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Night fell, and the Blood Moon hung high.
Aaron looked at the pocket watch on the table; it was already 11:58.
He quickly got up, set up the Wall of Spirituality, and entered the magnificent palace above the dark golden mist.
As Aaron's figure appeared on the throne, he heard layers of prayers emanating from the light spots on the four stone chairs below.
"You are the origin and shadow of order."
"You are the Great Emperor of the Chaos Kingdom."
"You are the Lord of Order who controls the rules."
"Your loyal believers pray for your gaze;"
"They pray for you to accept their Worships;"
"They pray for you to open the Door of the Divine Kingdom;"
There were men and women, their voices extremely devout.
Aaron did not hesitate, and his spirituality surged into the four expanding and contracting light spots below.
The light spots expanded, forming a semi-illusory dark golden double Door.
The Door opened, and four bundles of items floated out from within, quietly hovering beside Aaron.
His spirituality swept over them, roughly sensing the value of the items, and he nodded slightly. He raised his hand, retrieved four items from the pile of sundries, and threw them into the still-open dark golden double Door.
After a moment of thought, Aaron condensed the information of these items into a ball of light and also threw it into the Door of Sacrifice.
The layers of prayers gradually disappeared, and the semi-illusory dark golden double Door also gradually collapsed into contracting and expanding light spots, quietly suspended above the stone chairs below.
Aaron raised his hand and brought the four items that had just been sacrificed. He extended his spirituality into them, carefully inspecting them.
A moment later, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
It was a Sequence 6 Wind-Blessed Beyonder characteristic, a Mystical Item of the Sailor Pathway, various low-Sequence Beyonder materials and supplementary ingredients, and a total of 1000 pounds in cash.
Not to mention how many low-Sequence Beyonder characteristics a Sequence 6 Wind-Blessed Beyonder characteristic could provide, the value of the other items was also higher than his few bottles of Sequence 9 Beyonder potions.
"As expected, it's the middleman who makes the difference; being a platform is the most profitable," Aaron silently mused.
He then retrieved the Sun Chaser Scepter and a glass bottle from the pile of sundries. Aaron estimated that it would take until tomorrow morning to fully extract all the Beyonder characteristics.
He then put them and the items that had just been sacrificed back into the pile of sundries, and his consciousness sank, leaving the world of dark golden mist.
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Azshara, Lenberg's capital, South District.
After Checker Ward reverently and hopefully recited the corresponding ritual honorific in hermes.
The candlelight suddenly expanded and contracted, transforming into an illusory dark golden double Door, which stored the items on the table within it.
A moment later, a delicate glass bottle containing red liquid emerged from the dark golden mist world behind the Door, and a ball of light surged into his glabella, making Checker understand that this was the Hunter Beyonder potion he had yearned for.
It really succeeded! Checker's heart pounded as he looked at the Beyonder potion, which further confirmed his inner conviction that this was truly a great hidden existence.
After he hastily expressed his gratitude, the candlelight dimmed, and the dark golden double Door gradually shattered and disappeared, leaving only a bottle of golden liquid on the table.
Checker picked up the Beyonder potion and slowly stood up, looking towards the northwest, the direction of Trier, Intis's capital. The flame of revenge burned in his heart.
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Feynapotter City, the capital of the Feynapotter Kingdom, Srenzo District, southern suburbs.
After Louise completed the sacrifice and bestowal ritual, she waited quietly with a complex mix of anxiety and anticipation.
Even for the ancient Sanguine, true sacrifice and bestowal, ever since the fall of their ancestor, had become various rumors. Apart from those filthy and ugly heretics, no one could confirm them.
The candlelight flickered and expanded, transforming into an illusory dark golden double Door, which suddenly opened, sucking in the items on the altar. At the same time, a red crystal emerged and slowly fell onto the altar.
Louise almost jumped up in excitement at this miraculous scene.
It actually succeeded! Even though she had already confirmed that the hidden existence was a great existence of the same rank as the Sanguine ancestor through the various manifestations of that hidden existence in the previous Chaos Council.
And this successful sacrifice and bestowal ritual further confirmed her conjecture.
Following the final steps of the sacrifice and bestowal ritual recorded within the Sanguine, she expressed her gratitude to that hidden existence.
As the candlelight dimmed and the illusory Door shattered, she eagerly picked up the Sequence 6 Sanguine Baron Beyonder characteristic, her heart filled with excitement and hope.
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Berserk Sea, northwest of Hakata Port, inside a cargo ship.
Ferran sat in the Sailor's compartment assigned to him by the captain. Even though the compartment was small and enclosed, he was still very satisfied to have a private compartment.
Especially when he saw the bottle of light blue liquid placed on the table after the sacrifice and bestowal ritual ended, his mood instantly became excited.
After expressing his gratitude to the hidden existence, Ferran packed up all the materials and picked up the Beyonder potion. Listening to the Sailor's snores coming from outside the poorly soundproofed compartment and looking at the Blood Moon outside the window, Ferran unhesitatingly drank the Beyonder potion.
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Southern Continent, West Balam, Caesar Harbor, west of Paz Valley.
Sid looked at the remaining black box on the altar, recalling the information that had appeared in his mind. He knew that this box contained the Sequence 9 Corpse Collector Beyonder potion.
Having made up his mind, he no longer hesitated. He picked up the box, went to a nearby compartment, and took out various instruments.
A few minutes later, a bottle of black liquid appeared before Sid. He remembered the coercion and threats he had received from Numinous Episcopate members before, and he thought of that mysterious and hidden gathering. He no longer hesitated, reached out for the Beyonder potion, and drank it in one gulp.
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At dawn, the mist-shrouded land was gradually penetrated by a faint light, like a hazy dream slowly unveiling its curtain.
The steam train moved slowly, and the light of dawn quietly shone through, like a soft, colorful glow scattered across the land.
Through the window, Aaron could vaguely see the outline of the city in the distance.
A rushing, wide, yet slightly murky river diagonally divided the city into two parts, connected by a large bridge and ferries.
The river separated east and west, and it also seemed to separate two worlds. The further east one went, the more chimneys there were, and the more dense the smoke. The further west one went, the higher the terrain, with various luxurious buildings surrounding palaces.
A pale yellow mist permeated the air above the West District and the Docklands. Even though it was just after midnight, figures could still be seen moving about in the distance.
Aaron quietly watched all of this, silently. The steam train sped along the tracks, its whistle accompanied by the gentle breeze.
Time quietly flowed, and the sky gradually brightened. Sunlight streamed through the train window, and the train slowly pulled into the station.
Whoosh!
The sound of the whistle echoed in every corner of the platform. The huge, Monster-like steam train engine, dragging more than a dozen carriages, slowly came to a stop.
Aaron, dressed in a tight-fitting black tailored suit and wearing a black silk top hat, was the first to alight. After extensive preparations and planning, he finally set foot in Backlund, a city lauded as the Capital of Capitals and the Land of Hope.
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