AWB Chapter 233 Omniscience and Omnipotence
Chapter 233 Omniscience and Omnipotence
Chapter 233 Omniscience and Omnipotence
"The Ghost Empire..."
Alger, the "Hanged Man," pondered and shook his head.
"There have always been many rumors about various treasures at sea, but most of them are just the imaginations of pirates and sailors, and they can't even be considered baseless."
"Perhaps occasionally a piece of valid true information will appear, but it will inevitably be buried among the numerous rumors, and no one will be able to distinguish between truth and falsehood."
Sirion pondered and said:
"Just pay attention to the parts you think are valuable; whether they are useful or not doesn't matter, they are also part of the transaction."
"No problem." Alger nodded slightly.
After a brief pause, he turned his head and looked at "The Magician" Fors:
"I have obtained the blood of the deep-sea marlin, and it costs 400 pounds."
Fors nodded with a hint of sympathy: "No problem, the transaction can be completed after the party."
...It's 50 more than I estimated. My royalties aren't enough. And then there's the Soul Eater's stomach. Should I take out a bank loan?
No, the banks in Backlund wouldn't lend me that much money. They have a credit assessment for everyone, and my assessment report is clearly insufficient to lend that much money unless someone vouches for me.
As she pondered, she heard the voice of "The Sun," Derrick:
"Mr. Destiny, Ms. Magician, I can go hunting Soul Eaters tomorrow to complete the deal we agreed on."
Cyril smiled and nodded: "Okay."
After nodding in response, "The Magician" Fors couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow in his heart:
...Sigh, it's true that the things you worry about most are the things that happen. The two extraordinary materials I need have just come together. Now I really have to consider taking out a loan.
"Banks are definitely out of the question, but I can try Viscount Grelint and Miss Audrey. They should be willing to lend me money." Lost in thought for a moment, she looked at Sirion, hesitated, and asked:
"Mr. 'Fate,' I may have to postpone our deal with the Soul Eater's stomach for a few days."
"Also, are you considering selling the extraordinary trait of the 'Sheriff' that you bought at the last gathering?"
Cyril nodded. "No problem. For the 'Sheriff' trait, I'll need 700 pounds."
"I'll think about it."
Fors was a little conflicted... Although the price was reasonable, Mr. "Fate" only paid 600 pounds for this feature at the last gathering.
At the head of the long, weathered table, where he took in the entire scene, "The Fool" Klein couldn't help but think to himself:
That's why I hate middlemen. They make a fortune by not putting in any effort.
Unable to hear their thoughts, Cyril looked at Fors, then smiled and asked:
Do you need loan services?
"No need, thank you." Fors instinctively shook her head in refusal.
After their conversation ended, Klein, controlling his alternate account "The World," looked at Cyril and said:
"I need the properties of the Shadow of Human Skin."
Cyril paused for a moment, then nodded and said:
"No problem, we'll make the deal after the party."
...I always feel like my memory is a bit bad. Is it because I didn't take this matter to heart?
After letting his thoughts wander for a while, he heard the "Fool" lightly tapping the edge of the table:
"Please feel free to exchange ideas."
After a brief silence, Sirion was the first to shake his head:
"I just went out to sea recently, so I don't have anything interesting to share."
Alger, the "Hanged Man," chimed in:
"The sea has been calm lately. The senior deacon who chased the 'Dawn' into the safe passage of the Raging Sea returned to the Sunia Sea a few days ago. There has been no fighting between the two sides, and they haven't even encountered each other."
After a brief pause, remembering Cyril's need for information about the seascape and local customs, he went on to describe more of the unique customs of the sea people he knew.
The content wasn't extensive, but it was enough to demonstrate his understanding of various aspects of the sea and his ability to gather the information the other party needed.
"At sea, the indigenous people of almost every island have their own tribal customs. They are different, but they are all equally primitive, backward, bloody and violent, and many are related to evil gods."
"However, after being colonized and ruled by the countries of the Northern Continent, this primitive and bloody custom suffered a great blow and only survived in relatively remote and backward areas."
"Among the more famous ones are the indigenous people of the Roseside Islands who worship sea gods, the whaling culture of the Gargas Islands, and the remaining elf culture of the Sunia Islands...:"
Everyone at the tarot meeting listened attentively, and the most imaginative among them, "The Magician" Fors, had even conceived a long story in his mind about travel, faith, love, and primitive culture.
After everyone had finished sharing their experiences, "The Sun" Derrick looked around and began to recount the recent events in Silver City:
"The team that Elder Lovia led to explore the half-destroyed temple of the 'True Creator' has been completely wiped out. They were all corrupted by the evil god; without exception."
When this was mentioned, Derrick's voice unconsciously lowered a few decibels.
He was right there and witnessed firsthand how those seemingly normal exploration team members went from normal to manic, and finally out of control, under the holy light he summoned.
"A dark liquid, like a materialized shadow, flowed from their bodies, and their flesh and blood mutated wildly, turning into terrifying monsters, before being eliminated by the chief."
"Some of them mentioned before the collapse and loss of control that the 'true Creator' is the omniscient and omnipotent God we believe in, the Lord who created everything, but after that great catastrophe, the Lord bore all the sins and evils for us."
"That's why the idols have gone from a glorious image to their current state of depravity, from upright to upside down."
"The blood shed on the cross is a manifestation of the suffering that the Lord endured to bear all our sins and evils."
Alger, the "Hanged Man," said without hesitation:
"They are not trustworthy; they have been corrupted, and nothing they say can be believed."
"Even the most seemingly normal contaminated person is a madman."
Derrick lowered his head, somewhat embarrassed, and said:
"I know, but the Chief wants me to inquire about more information regarding the 'True Creator'."
Cyril glanced at "The Sun" Derrick sitting next to him and silently shook his head in his mind.
...I thought I had become smarter and learned to retreat and test, but I'm still the same "sun".
This is a complete betrayal of the chief's teachings, isn't it?
After clearing his mind for a moment, he then said:
"In some respects, what you said about the contaminated person might not be entirely without merit."
"The true Creator's name is: the Creator of all things, the Lord behind the veil of shadow, the fallen nature of all living beings."
"The 'Hanged Man' path that one has mastered represents omnipotence within omniscience and omnipotence, and the power to fall, and therefore also represents the sacrifice of falling."
"The 'True Creator' may be related to the 'All-Knowing and All-Powerful God' you Silver City worship, but it's more likely just the fanatical delusion of the corrupted."
"The fact that the 'True Creator' is a mad and evil god can be seen from its fanatical followers."
"This is a top-down influence; any extraordinary person who has gone through the 'listener' phase is either a true madman or a hidden madman."
"Is the 'True Creator' really related to God?" Derrick's eyes widened in shock, and he remained speechless for a long time.
Having grown up believing in the "creator of everything, an all-knowing and all-powerful God," he finds it hard to accept that his faith could be associated with a mad and evil god.
"The Fool" Klein, controlling the alternate account "The World," spoke:
"Perhaps he is the successor, but he inherited the less desirable aspects."
He then looked at Sirion and asked earnestly:
"Which path represents omniscience within omniscience and omnipotence?"
The "reader" approach belongs to the "god of knowledge and wisdom."
The "world," having received its answer, suddenly fell silent, while Klein, at the head of the table, was lost in thought:
Does the "Reader" path represent omniscience? No wonder the Emperor mentioned in his diary that this path is not adjacent to the "Secret Seeker," which also focuses on knowledge.
The former is part of omniscience and omnipotence, while the latter points to knowledge itself, complementing the "generalist" approach.
So it seems that the creator of everything, whom Silver City worships, had at least three, or even more, pathways at the time. This is beyond the scope of Sequence 0, isn't it?
While everyone else was lost in their own thoughts, Derrick had already composed himself and continued recounting the events of Silver City:
"Because the fact that the exploration team was contaminated in the temple was exposed, Elder Lovia's imprisonment at the bottom of the round tower has been extended."
"But the chief told me that Elder Lovia's detention was only temporary because she had no problems."