Chapter 869

The man known as Mr. Sage used a brush made of white bones and hair to dip some flesh and blood pigment, and laboriously pointed toward the depths of the inward blood circles.

Pailer's illusory and ethereal voice rang out again:

"This is an outstanding painting representing the endless starry sky. Once completed, it can allow two great existences to pass a bit of power into the barrier. Although that cannot be an attack or pollution aimed at specific targets, it can exert a more universal influence according to predetermined rules..."

Before Pailer finished speaking, Sage, with long hair and empty eyes, finally pressed the human-hair white-bone brush in his hand to the predetermined position.

The right half of his body suddenly melted like a candle, flesh and blood surging toward the brush, rushing into the depths of the inward blood circles, and that place seemed to really connect to the endless starry sky. No matter how much flesh and blood piled up, it eventually disappeared into nothingness.

Sage, with only half a body and half a head left, had not yet died and used his left hand to catch the falling human-hair white-bone brush.

On the oil painting, a needle-sized dot appeared in the depths of the inward blood circles.

It was dark in color, as if some sound was coming from it.

Pailer's face, highlighted in the white mist, announced the result of the transaction in the "Language of Order":

"The great 'Unquenchable Babble' allowed the first philosophy, the immortal sound, to pass through the barrier in a small amount. They will be received by all things capable of hearing unknown sounds and mysterious sounds. The higher the sequence, the greater the influence received!

"And some faithful believers of the first philosophy will, after the vortex ritual truly ends, with the help of 'Mirror People,' pass through that special mirror world and approach the remnants of the 'Knowledge Wilderness' inside the Trier of the Fourth Epoch..."

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Trier, where the "Professor" and "Associate Professor" truly lived.

Having just recovered from the suddenly erupted brilliant light, the "Professor" and "Associate Professor," who could barely see the surrounding scene, were worried about the current abnormality and were discussing whether to take the children to hide in the small sacrificial square inside the catacombs. Their expressions had both changed.

They instinctively raised their hands to cover their ears, but the muscles on their faces still twisted, the veins on their temples bulging and jumping one by one.

They heard indescribable strange sounds, and their bodies and minds were both in pain.

In the midst of the pain, the "Professor" and "Associate Professor" looked at each other and saw the doubt revealed in each other's eyes.

This was not the voice of the "Hidden Sage"!

This was a situation the "Professor" and "Associate Professor" had never encountered. Although they occasionally discovered some mysterious sounds when researching "Wizard" spells and exploring certain special scenes, they had never heard them without warning except for the indoctrination of the "Hidden Sage." Moreover, even if they didn't carefully distinguish the content of the sounds, they suffered a strong influence.

Fortunately, compared to the indoctrination of the "Hidden Sage," this seemed still acceptable and would not bring the two to the brink of losing control.

When the vast majority of Beyonders of the "Hermit" path heard this mysterious and terrifying sound, in some unknown place, a phantom light composed of complex information twisted crazily like a giant python shedding its skin.

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Inside the basement of the building where the "Psychic" magazine was located.

Mr. K, wearing a black robe and a hood, suddenly stood up from a chair with a red backrest.

On the back of his exposed hands, the blue veins had already been stained black, wriggling like insects.

"Not, not..." Mr. K muttered painfully, "Not the Lord's voice!"

He suddenly shouted, pulled off his hood violently, and inserted his fingers into his ears.

Mr. K's face had completely twisted, unable to see its original appearance. He used a tone where the mental pain was greater than the physical pain and muttered constantly:

"Not the Lord's voice! Not the Lord's voice!"

In the tooth-aching screeching sound, Mr. K grabbed his ears with both hands and tore them off crazily. The flesh at the tear was ferocious and terrifying.

This was not enough!

Mr. K forcefully inserted his fingers into his ear canals, breaking his eardrums and blocking his ear canals.

But he could still hear that sound.

He crawled down, lay on the ground, and repented to the Lord he worshipped with tears in his eyes.

While repenting, he vomited out masses of internal organs stained with blood.

Similar to Mr. K, some angels, saints, and divine envoys of the Aurora Order were all subjected to a strong and painful influence, making it difficult to follow the Lord's instructions to stop a certain matter.

"Forsaken Land of the Gods."

A towering mountain range was surrounded by strange light, and deep within the light was thick darkness.

The edges of the light were still constantly condensing various twisted shadows, which crazily threw themselves into the darkness deep inside like moths.

That darkness sometimes split open, revealing the gaze from behind the curtain.

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On the bloody altar inside the ancient castle, Sage pressed the human-hair white-bone brush into a pile of silver-white and black bone powder made of unknown materials.

This painter, with only half a body and half a head left, whose image was exceptionally terrifying, first twisted the brush forcefully, then lifted it and extended it toward the "Endless Starry Sky" oil painting that was only missing the last bit.

Accompanied by the falling of the brush, Sage's remaining half body and half head also began to melt like a candle.

Not long after, the brush, carrying this painter, completed the silver-white and black ring.

Almost at the same time, that circular ring became illusory, as if it had been scratched and as if it had seeped into the air.

Three figures vaguely emerged above the silver-white and black circular ring. They constantly changed positions around the ring, seeming to chase each other, never stopping.

The "Endless Starry Sky" oil painting was thus completed, but Sage would never see this work again.

The "Overseer" Pailer's voice rang out once again:

"The great 'Circle of Fate' has given its gaze. Except for the participants of the Vortex Plan itself, all interference from external forces in the Vortex Plan is destined to fail!"

………

On the blue sea, in the sky where the white clouds had been dispersed by the strong light.

Lady "Magician," wearing a lady's shirt and a brown ankle-length skirt, appeared with Miss "Justice" and Lady "Hela."

The latter not only wore her own pair of glasses, but also had layers of brilliant starlight covered over her two ears.

Just now, when that mysterious, terrifying, and unknown sound appeared, Lady "Magician" timely sealed Lady "Hela's" listening ability in both the realistic and mystical sense.

Although this still could not completely isolate the influence of that sound, it significantly reduced its effect, making Lady "Hela" not reach the point where she couldn't even complete a single action or a single "Wizard" spell.

Looking at the blue sea below, Lady "Magician" frowned slightly and said:

"I clearly targeted the island where the Emperor sleeps.

"This is the third failure, roaming failure...

"Destined to fail?"

The only one here who could hear Lady "Magician's" voice was Miss "Justice," wearing a white dress with golden patterns.

Miss "Justice" was about to tell Lady "Hela" the problem through mental communication when "Hela," wearing a purple robe with patterns, foresaw a certain scene.

She then endured the pain and used "Fairy Tale Magic," creating a colorful and unrealistic ball of yarn in her palm.

Lady "Hela" threw this ball of yarn toward the front, watching it roll into the void, leaving only a piece of yarn in the air to point the direction.

In the blink of an eye, the illusory ball of yarn rolled out of the void and back to Lady "Hela's" feet.

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Trier, the villa where several members of the "Rose School of Thought" were hiding had already been shrouded in holy and pure light, as if a golden sun was slowly taking shape there.

There was not a single shadow here, nor did any darkness exist.

Angouleme de Francois and his team members were awakened by Saint Vief's attack on that villa.

They then received Saint Plessis's order to immediately evacuate this area.

But before they could turn their bodies, they were almost blinded by the brilliance and brightness that erupted from the high sky, their bodies and minds both in shock.

When the light subsided somewhat, they finally recovered and ran wildly toward the street far away from this villa.

Angouleme's greatest relief now was that the surrounding residents had been evacuated in advance.

After running for a while, his vision suddenly blurred, and his thoughts became hazy.

He found that he and his team members had returned to the position they were standing just now, affecting Saint Vief's performance.

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Trier, high sky.

The figures of Mr. "The Hanged Man," Mr. "Star," and Mr. "Moon" quickly took shape.

"Can't find 'Scepter 7' and 'Cup 2' and the others, or rather, we can't reach the safe house they are hiding in." Mr. "The Hanged Man," dressed as a captain and stepping on a gale, quickly figured out the current situation and said to Mr. "Star," who was wearing a white shirt, black coat, and red gloves, and Mr. "Moon," who was in a tuxedo.

Mr. "Moon," with a handsome appearance, scarlet eyes, and a pair of huge bat wings flapping lightly behind his back, did not respond.

He turned his head and looked at a place in the Plaza District where bright light had erupted, and muttered in confusion:

"The ancestor's call?"

Mr. "Star" said in an old voice:

"It's the influence of fate power."

"Yes." Lady "Judgment," wearing a knight's practice suit, walked out of the void. "I felt the call of 'Cup 2' and 'Cup 7,' but I can't descend there."

Mr. "Star" continued in an old voice:

"There are only two ways to solve this problem now. One is to find the medium through which the fate power is seeping and destroy it. The second is to discover loopholes in the operation of the fate power and use them to get out of the predicament. Of course, the premise of all this is that the existence in the name of fate only used the medium to exert a little influence and did not descend into our world."

"Find the medium..." Lady "Judgment" whispered, then said, "I'll go ask Will for help!"

As she spoke, a diamond on the gemstone bracelet on her left wrist lit up with clear light.

At the same time, from Mr. "Star's" eye sockets, ears, and nostrils crawled out insects that were intertwined with transparent and opaque parts, seeming to carry circles.

ps: If I added an update yesterday and stopped here, wouldn't it be even more urgent? Mm, extra update tonight.

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