"Long time no see, Mobet!"
Snowman piously made the sign of the cross on his chest, allowing the extremely illusory grayish-white personality mask deep within his Mind Island to quickly become transparent, melting into the surrounding collective subconscious sea. His originally indifferent expression relaxed slightly, and he explained with a faint smile:
"After leaving that travelogue, I returned to the Lord's faith and joined the Psychology Alchemists, filling the vacancy to become Mr. Pride, responsible for the Backlund region."
"You know, the Church of the Lord of Storms is very hostile to us, so I could only appear after those several Archbishops left."
Psychology Alchemists… Mobet understood a little in his heart, but was somewhat puzzled that this ascetic did not choose the Sun, which he had always adhered to, but instead turned to the adjacent Pathway of Manipulator. However, the words on his lips changed into a tease:
"Tsk, you're not 'Pride' at all, and you're clearly much more cheerful than before."
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Snowman revealed his purpose in a serious tone:
"After George III's fall, Intis is no longer preparing to observe and is getting ready to launch a surprise attack on Sivellas County, cooperating with Feysac's Midseashire Fleet to tear open the defense line."
"The news comes from another Psychology Alchemists' Council Member, Mr. Lust, who is responsible for Intis's capital, Trier."
Mobet frowned, realizing the seriousness of the problem. Although he was unclear why the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery Archbishop had not warned about this earlier, it was not something he needed to consider.
Collecting his scattered thoughts, Mobet straightened his expression and replied:
"Thank you for your reminder. I will report this matter. If needed, how can I contact you?"
"This is the goodwill of the Psychology Alchemists." Snowman smiled and corrected Mobet's words. Specks of spiritual light then emerged from the collective subconscious sea, gathering in his hand and forming a translucent grayish-white scale:
"As long as you are within the Backlund area, write my name on the scale, and you can contact me."
Loen, East Tucker County capital, Osel.
Aaron overlooked this base camp, which the East Tucker family had managed for over a thousand years. It was also the first city phantom where his Nation of Disorder initially manifested a nascent Divine Kingdom after he ascended to an Angel.
To this day, the Nation of Disorder's erosion of the rules in this place is unparalleled across the Northern and Southern Continents. Even Moon City, which is worshipped by the entire city, is slightly inferior due to its shorter duration. This is also why he rushed here after accommodating the second Hand of Order Beyonder characteristic.
After George III's demise, apart from the Uniqueness that conceptualized and returned to the Astral World and the Prince of Abolition Beyonder characteristic taken away by the Uncertain Mist, the remaining Beyonder characteristics fell into Aaron's hands.
Including the subsequent cleanup of the Augustus and Castiya families' Angels and demigods, and excluding a small number of Beyonder characteristics preserved as Sealed Artifacts in various Churches and secret organizations, Aaron almost monopolized the high-level Beyonder characteristics above demigod for both the Black Emperor and Justiciar Pathways.
Wisps of dark golden mist permeated reality, and the vast and immense nascent Divine Kingdom subsequently appeared in mid-air. Invisible ripples enveloped Osel and rapidly spread towards the entire East Tucker County.
The almost substantial pressure made all Beyonders in East Tucker County instinctively look up in terror, yet they could not glimpse the magnificent Divine Kingdom that was between illusion and reality.
After George III's fall, Aaron, no longer having any scruples, completely integrated East Tucker County with the nascent Divine Kingdom, and used this to gradually erode and assimilate the entire Loen.
Feeling the newly accommodated Hand of Order potion slowly digest, Aaron nodded slightly in satisfaction, and with a flash of his figure, he had already arrived in the depths of the ancestral tower.
In the hall covered with reddish-copper rust, the more than a dozen figures who had arrived early from the Amantha front line and even East Balam, either through teleportation or Spirit World travel, were even more sensitive to the pressure that suddenly enveloped Osel.
They were all Beyonders of the East Tucker family from the Justiciar or Black Emperor Pathways, and all were at least Sequence 5, having already digested their potions and only one step away from the door of divinity.
Among them, four had, thanks to Aaron's development of the "Specter Empire" and Solomon's treasure, crossed the shackles of divinity and achieved demigod status long ago.
Aaron did not exchange pleasantries. The dark golden mist permeating from the void rapidly converged, forming a vortex in the center of the hall, and one by one, light clusters emanating strong spiritual fluctuations flew out.
They were all products of "tool man" Roselle, who, in the Nation of Disorder, used the "Sun Chaser Scepter," which was essentially a Sequence 2 Beyonder characteristic of the Sun Pathway, to progressively separate all the high-level Beyonder characteristics of the Black Emperor and Justiciar Pathways that had been previously acquired.
Each one was at least equivalent to a pure Sequence 4 Beyonder characteristic, and for the four who were already demigods, there were even corresponding Frenzied Mage or Chaos Hunter Beyonder characteristics before them.
Whether Aaron was willing or not, after George III's fall, the war, driven by Adam and participated in by various Churches either actively or passively, would soon reach its peak. The number of demigods and even Sequence 3 Saints capable of responding to prayers within a certain range was particularly crucial at this moment.
The advancement of the Black Emperor and Justiciar Pathways is essentially a process of moving from an agent of order towards order itself. As long as the essence is the same, the outward ritual does not necessarily have to follow strict rules.
At least in Osel, after being completely eroded by the Nation of Disorder, and in the depths of this ancestral tower where rules have been modified and assimilated, he has other methods to quickly create a batch of demigod Saints. While this would bring certain hidden dangers, they could also be smoothed out over time.
Forsaken Land of the Gods, the grayish-white mist covering the sky and earth acted like an invisible barrier, isolating everything.
The dim yellow firelight dispelled the darkness that seemed to devour people. Klein sat silently by the fire, without moving for dozens of seconds, as if he had turned into a statue on the spot.
The iron-black skewer summoned from the historical void suddenly dissipated, and the uneaten mushrooms on the skewer tumbled into the bonfire. The sizzling sound of burning grease pulled Klein's thoughts back.
"Amon has already obtained the last Sequence 1 Worm of Time Beyonder characteristic, and is only one final godhood ritual away from Error."
"The only thing worth celebrating is that Zaratul was cautious enough and decisive enough to escape, not falling into Amon's hands…"
Recalling the message conveyed by Aaron, Klein, with a heavy heart, pinched his brow and raised his hand to annihilate the vibrant mushrooms growing on the surrounding Monster corpses.
Picking up the "Magic Mirror" Arrodes placed beside him, Klein took out a storm lantern from the historical fog and continued to explore deeper into the darkness along the grayish-white barrier, sighing and muttering:
"Time is running out…"
His Scholar of Yore potion had been completely digested after exploring Chernobyl. He continued exploring to determine if there were any other surviving city-states in the depths of the darkness and to try to hunt the remaining Demonic Wolf, while also making a large number of puppets to sacrifice to Sefirah Castle.
The latter became the most priority task after he learned of the Attendant of Mysteries advancement ritual from Aaron's gift. Although he himself was not even a Miracle Invoker, it did not prevent him from preparing the "residents" of the puppet town in advance.