Chapter 472 A Brief History of the First Solomon Empire
join the Church of MissRaven and become a Sequence 9: Reader p atreon.com/KeyofStars for more chapters
[Thanks to Taichi kaedahara for becoming a free member]
Hobert was merely reviewing previously released information, but Cattleya and Emlyn felt their money was well spent and were amazed by the details they rarely had the chance to hear.
Cattleya was slightly better, quickly thinking: "Please, please wait a moment. Are you saying that Tudor and Trunsoest also once served Solomon? They, they were the Tudor and Trunsoest who later became the Blood Emperor and Night Emperor respectively?"
"Hermit" Cattleya knew the titles and real names of the Four Emperors through her own channels and research, which was enough to prove that her knowledge accumulation was extensive compared to ordinary Beyonders.
After all, even professors who specialize in these historical studies do not have such a wealth of knowledge.
But even with so much accumulation, Cattleya now felt it was not enough.
Emlyn felt his mind was a bit overwhelmed, chewing on the information released by "Emperor," not even having the energy to ask questions.
Although the other members knew this before, it was the first time they had heard the details of the Solomon Empire's demise, so they listened particularly carefully and had their own thoughts.
Klein behind the gray fog: As expected, the best way to disintegrate the enemy is to start from within!
Alger thought: What benefits did the Six Gods give Tudor and Trunsoest? Could it be helping them establish their respective empires?
Audrey: We should have driven the True Creator back long ago!
Fors was already certain: The emperor of the Solomon Empire was always one person! Or rather, a god!
"Little Sun" was a bit confused again: According to Mr. Emperor and the others, the Seven Gods, no, the Six Gods are the orthodox gods, constantly fighting against evil gods and evil organizations. But if this is the case, why would the Six Gods tolerate the True Creator becoming the state religion?
This time Audrey was too embarrassed to answer Ms. Hermit's question again, so Hobert replied, "They are the Blood Emperor and Night Emperor who came after."
Cattleya then asked, "Then what benefits did the Six Gods promise them? To make them betray Solomon?"
Klein and Alger couldn't help but shift in their seats, as this was also what they wanted to know.
Reminded by Cattleya, Audrey realized that Hobert had not released information on this aspect before.
Fors immediately understood: This is the focus of the description just now. Hehe, I almost missed it again.
"In theory, you only have one chance to ask a question," Hobert said with a smile, "but I can answer your question as a welcome to the new member."
Emlyn was slightly stunned. Why did this sound so familiar?
Cattleya smiled and said, "Thank you."
Hobert explained: "Tudor and Trunsoest were initially both 'Lawyer' pathway Beyonders, that is, Beyonders of the 'Black Emperor' pathway."
"The Six Gods promised that after the fall of Solomon, each of them would receive a Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic from the Black Emperor."
Klein: So that's how it is. This is indeed a sufficient motivation! But it seems that neither of these two people became true gods of the "Black Emperor" pathway later.
Alger nodded slightly: That's right, becoming Sequence 1 is a sufficient temptation.
Cattleya frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Sorry, I'm not questioning your information, but according to reliable information I received, the Night Emperor is a true god of the 'Justiciar' pathway."
"I don't know what pathway the Blood Emperor is a true god of, but it must not be the 'Black Emperor' pathway."
"The Night Emperor's situation still jumped to an adjacent pathway, but what about the Blood Emperor?"
Hobert smiled and said, "Want to know?"
Cattleya nodded reflexively.
"Detailed information about the Blood Emperor is also worth 5,000 pounds."
Klein behind the gray fog couldn't help but smile: The same means, the same rhetoric, I just don't know if Ms. Hermit will fall for it.
Alger took a deep breath: "Hermit" knows a lot about the history of the Fourth Epoch! If it weren't for participating in the Tarot Club, my knowledge reserve would not be even a third of hers!
Emlyn: This conversation sounds even more familiar.
Cattleya was experienced after all and more able to remain calm. She did not agree immediately but pondered for a moment before saying, "Before answering, I must confirm that your source of information is reliable!"
"You can rest assured, it is absolutely reliable."
"How do you prove it?"
Hobert smiled: "Okay, I must admit that your aggressive method has a certain effect."
He said seriously: "Because my last name is Trunsoest, yes, the Trunsoest the Night Emperor!"
This answer not only stunned Cattleya but also surprised everyone else.
Klein crossed his arms: This kid hid it deep! "Creator", a descendant of the Night Emperor, could it be that he can become a favored one of the "Creator" because he is a descendant of the Night Emperor?
Alger: He really has a good background.
Audrey's mood was not very beautiful: How much is Hobert still hiding?
Emlyn leaned back in his chair: No wonder I have a feeling of closeness to him. It turns out that during the Fourth Epoch, our ancestors were allies. If calculated by seniority, I might be his grandfather or great-grandfather. Hehe, vampires are a race with a long lifespan.
Fors sighed in her heart: This is the first time I feel that the history of the Fourth Epoch is so close to me.
"Little Sun" was thinking: Mr. Emperor's background is similar to City of Silver's, both are very much like "historical remnants."
Hobert spread his hands and asked Cattleya, "Are you satisfied with this answer?"
He had never taken the identity of "descendant of Trunsoest" too seriously and was not afraid of exposing this layer of identity.
There are no members of the orthodox gods in the Tarot Club, Alger can only be regarded as a peripheral member of the Storm Church, and he has a two-faced heart, so there is no need to worry about them arresting him.
"Sorry!" Cattleya apologized generously: "I hope I haven't caused you any inconvenience."
This time she deeply believed in Hobert's information. She guessed that the reason why "Emperor" knew so much must be because he had read the family's classics.
Hobert smiled and said, "Just don't send me to the orthodox gods, they especially like to arrest the descendants of Trunsoest."
Audrey asked curiously, "Why do they especially like to arrest the descendants of Trunsoest?"
She thought: If you make me angry again in the future, I will report you to the Evernight Goddess Church!
But Audrey was just thinking about it, because if she really did this, it would mean that she would betray the Tarot Club, and she would not do that.
"This belongs to the secrets of the Trunsoest Empire," Hobert said, "Originally, I didn't plan to explain it to everyone, but if everyone wants to ask, it is also worth 5,000 pounds."
Klein suddenly understood: After "Justice" cracked the "Emperor's" group buying sales model with crowdfunding, he is now doing pre-sales! And this trick of playing hard to get is too obvious.
Hobert brought the conversation back to the topic: "Let us continue with the Solomon Empire's problem. Maybe everyone has doubts, why didn't the Six Gods deal with the True Creator when the True Creator and Solomon's wings were not yet full, or simply say when Solomon had not yet become a god and had not gathered so many angel families?"
"Little Sun" raised his neck, he had thought about this question just now.
The others also knew that it was time to get to the point and began to focus on "Emperor."
"What I am about to say next is one of the most important aspects of this question," Hobert said, "I only mentioned it simply before, but I said it very vaguely."
"At the beginning of the Fourth Epoch, there were considerable conflicts between the Six Gods, and one of the roots of the conflict was a serious lack of trust between them."
"As for why there was a serious lack of trust, this belongs to the historical legacy of the Third Epoch and is not within the scope of this answer."
"The second root of the conflict is the problem of adjacent pathways. Why are the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom still hostile to this day? Because they are adjacent pathways."
"Similarly, the God of Combat and the Evernight Goddess are still hostile to this day because they are also adjacent pathways!"
"And the Earth Mother and the later God of Steam and Machinery temporarily do not have enemies of adjacent pathways at the god level. Although some countries resist these two beliefs, they have never had a church that is a deadly enemy."
"Even the Church of the Earth Mother and the Church of Knowledge and Wisdom, which previously accused each other, although their relationship is very bad, have not risen to the level of deadly enemies, precisely because the two gods are not adjacent pathways to other gods."
Fors was slightly surprised at first, and then sighed: So that's where the conflicts between churches come from! This is the true appearance of the extraordinary world! Before this, I only saw the appearance of this world.
Emlyn also had a similar idea, although he still didn't quite understand what "adjacent pathways" meant.
At this time, "World" suddenly asked in a hoarse voice, "I have a question about adjacent pathways. For example, the Storm Church has conflicts with the Eternal Blazing Sun Church, which is understandable because the pathways of both sides can be exchanged."
"If you switch to the other party's pathway, it is equivalent to compressing the other party's 'potion space'."
"But at the level of true gods, they have already become gods, is there still any meaning in exchanging? Why is there still such a fierce conflict?"
"Or is it that the churches of both sides have accumulated enough hatred to deepen the conflict between the gods, so that they become hostile?"
Alger, Audrey, and other members who were familiar with the knowledge of "pathway exchange" were slightly stunned. They had all thought about this question to varying degrees before, but they realized after being reminded by "World" that this should also be a very critical question.
Hobert smiled and said, "Mr. World's ability to discover this problem proves that his thinking is very sharp."
"As everyone thought, this is a very critical issue and the greatest contribution of the Ancient Sun God to the world."
"But I can't tell you now. I will tell you if other questions are involved, but I can't say it in detail, I can only say an approximate, because its value is too high."
"If any member becomes a Sequence 2 angel and still wants to attack the godhood, I can tell him the details for free."
Klein's eyes behind the gray fog narrowed: The greatest contribution of the Ancient Sun God to the world?
"Little Sun" also wanted to know: What exactly is this contribution?
Then everyone almost simultaneously realized that this question was already at a level that angels below Sequence 2 were not qualified to know.
But...
Everyone looked at "Emperor": Why do you know again?
Hobert seemed to see everyone's thoughts and smiled: "My situation is special."
"Let us continue to return to the topic of the Six Gods just now. I said before that the Six Gods joined forces because they could not stand the doctrines of the True Creator Church."
"I must admit that this reason is the most insignificant factor for the Six Gods, or rather this is just a reason that can become a league slogan and does not explain anything."
"In fact, the main reason is that the rapid expansion of the power of the True Creator and the Solomon Empire camp made the Six Gods feel threatened."
"Especially the angel families who nominally served Solomon and had close ties with the True Creator."
"For example, there are Adam and Amon among them, Kings of Angels who are only one step away from the true god, because they are born with uniqueness, so they are fully capable of fighting a true god. Although they can't win, they are also difficult to be killed by a true god."
"There are also many angels who have the hope of becoming gods, such as 'Door', who is only one ritual away from the godhood, and Medici also has the hope of becoming a god, and even Antigonus seems to have the hope of becoming a god on the surface, but he will always be a little short."
"If one or two of them become gods, the True Creator camp will have enough strength to hunt any god, and at the same time have the strength to temporarily block the support between the Six Gods."
This was exactly the answer that Klein was very hoping to get. He took a deep breath: As expected, the game behind some seemingly complex problems is not that complicated.
Audrey remembered a famous saying from the Hall family: What often unites oneself and the enemy is a more powerful enemy.
Cattleya sighed: The records of the Trunsoest family are too detailed! In some documents I read, when encountering similar problems, there would only be one or two ambiguous descriptions, and the rest would rely on my own guesses to supplement.
Fors and other members had already entered the "storytelling" session and would sigh in their hearts: The real history is more exciting than the story.
Everyone quietly listened to Hobert continue: "The first to feel threatened were the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, because the True Creator is also an adjacent pathway to them."
"Therefore, the three gods with the deepest contradictions temporarily put aside their hatred and aimed their spearheads at the True Creator together…"
Alger suddenly said: "Sorry, Mr. Emperor, to interrupt you."
"We discussed the ability of 'Shepherd' before, so can a 'Shepherd' at the true god level, can, can…"
He took a deep breath before saying: "…can he Graze other gods?"
Cattleya suddenly felt a chill down her spine: This, this question is too blasphemous to the gods!
Emlyn almost got up: Pour holy water on him! Soak him in a water tank full of holy water! Or pierce his heart with a wooden stake, hang him up! How dare the 'Hanged Man' have such thoughts?
Fors only showed a brief moment of surprise but quickly calmed down; she was almost used to such remarks.
Derrick looked towards Mr. Emperor, as, with the existence of the "Shepherd" elder, he also wanted to know the answer.
Audrey and Klein were already used to it; even "The Fool" didn't think these were shocking words and was still marveling at "The Hanged Man's" novel idea.
In fact, some information Klein had seen in Roselle's diary this week had already given him a vague answer. Roselle had mentioned that the members of the "Twilight Hermit Order" were full of hostility towards the Solomon Empire and the True Creator. The reason was that some members suspected that the True Creator had the ability to shepherd gods, which was the greatest blasphemy against gods.
Now, after listening to Hobert's description, Klein thought that perhaps blaspheming the gods was secondary. The most fundamental reason was that the True Creator and those members were of adjacent pathways.
Klein remembered that Roselle had described in his previous diary that the main members of the "Twilight Hermit Order" were of the "Sailor," "Singer," and "Reader" pathways.
The corresponding true gods of these three pathways were the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom! This perfectly matched the "Emperor's" description.
Thinking of this, Klein immediately focused his attention and looked at the "Emperor," waiting for his answer.
Hobert pondered for a moment before saying, "I'm not familiar with the True Creator, so the following are all my guesses.
"Theoretically, it is possible to Graze gods, but there must be many limitations, and it should even have a significant negative impact on oneself. After all, the spiritual imprint of a god is not as easy to remove as that of an ordinary Beyonder.
"Otherwise, the True Creator could just kill all his powerful subordinates and then Graze them. This way, the True Creator would become incredibly powerful and effectively avoid being betrayed by his subordinates.
"But the True Creator hasn't done this, which shows that the negative impact of Grazing gods must be very large, so large that the True Creator doesn't dare to do it easily.
"In the future, if you become enemies with some demigods, you will understand how powerful the spiritual imprint of a god is through the spiritual imprint at the demigod level.
"According to my guess, if you don't break up the Uniqueness and Beyonder characteristics of a fallen god but choose to Graze Him, then the Grazed god should be easy to revive.
"And the revived god must be the True Creator's mortal enemy!"
Cattleya nodded slightly: This guess is well-reasoned. It is a rational analysis made by the "Emperor" based on the few existing pieces of information and his own knowledge. In this regard, the "Emperor's" own profound knowledge is beyond my imagination.
Alger frowned: In other words, the True Creator's motive for attacking other gods is not to Graze them!
Based on what he had seen in Roselle's diary, Klein already had some guesses: Perhaps there is a way to allow gods to obtain enough benefits or power from gods of adjacent pathways!
At the same time, he thought of Kalvetua's spiritual imprint. Just as the "Emperor" said, the spiritual imprint of a demigod is already like this, let alone that of a god.
The other members vaguely thought of something, but they couldn't form a coherent idea. They could only clarify one thing for themselves: Gods of adjacent pathways are mortal enemies, and they will eliminate each other if they have the opportunity.
Hobert said helplessly, "I told you, the information about the deeper levels of the Four Emperors will inevitably draw out a lot of other information, like this question.
"We have deviated from the topic several times. Let us return to the topic again."
The other members all smiled slightly, feeling that the information they had heard before was completely worth the price.
"I just said that the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, because they are adjacent pathways to the True Creator, they put aside their conflicts and jointly aimed their spearhead at the True Creator," Hobert said:
"And at this time, the Solomon camp made a huge strategic error. In order to contain the Evernight Goddess and the God of Combat, they allowed the 'Underworld Emperor' to unify the Southern Continent and establish the Balam Kingdom.
"The reason why it is said to be a strategic error is because, in my opinion, the Evernight Goddess and the God of Combat are actually allies that the True Creator can win over, and all six gods should not be pushed to their opposing camp.
"Although this is a strategic error, I feel that the True Creator's choice cannot be evaluated because he has suffered a profound betrayal and may have lost trust in the Evernight Goddess and the God of Combat.
"In addition, the influence of the 'Secret Supplicant' pathway on the True Creator may make his state sometimes not very good, or he may associate other gods with the most depraved and darkest aspects."
Before everyone could ask questions, Hobert said first, "I can only say this much about this question for the time being, which involves another very valuable piece of information.
"With the addition of the Evernight Goddess and the God of Combat, the six gods have basically unified their front.
"The Earth Mother, between the True Creator's camp and the other five gods' camp, is more inclined to help the God of Combat.
"Thus, the six-god alliance was formed and began to jointly fight against the True Creator.
"The above are the main reasons for the formation of the six-god alliance, and there is also a secondary reason: to seize believers from the True Creator and the Solomon Empire.
"As for the role of believers, it is also another question."
After Hobert finished speaking, the hall was quiet for a while, and everyone was digesting the information just now.
Klein, who had just begun to play the role of the Sea God, thought: I had already noticed in the previous acting that there was a subtle connection between believers and gods. The "Emperor's" last few words were equivalent to proving my feelings from the side.
Cattleya put her hands on the bronze long table: So the hostility and alliance between the gods are also because of such simple interests! Hehe, what am I thinking? Such an idea is too blasphemous to the gods!
Alger pinched his chin: In other words, the orthodox gods' churches develop believers, in addition to constantly obtaining financial and manpower contributions, are there other reasons?
Audrey sighed: As expected, it is a 5,000-pound level intelligence, with very high integrity.
Fors sighed: I seem to have heard a "Brief History of the Fourth Epoch," no, it is a "Brief History of the Beyonder World of the Fourth Epoch."
"Little Sun" was a little disappointed: So the gods are not fighting against the evil gods for justice and kindness to the people.
After a fierce ideological struggle, Emlyn had to admit: The history of the extraordinary world of the Fourth Epoch is as tortuous and intriguing as the history of the vampires.
Hobert gave everyone enough reaction time and then said to everyone, "The Solomon First Empire probably perished like this.
"Let's talk about the Solomon Second Empire!"
Everyone looked at the "Emperor" with excitement or smiles. In fact, the previous information had already satisfied them very much. They did not expect to hear about the Solomon Second Empire.
Hobert said, "When the Solomon Empire perished, Solomon also fell.
"But because of the special nature of His pathway, He was resurrected after a period of time, and then established the Solomon Second Empire!"
"Hermit" Cattleya almost jumped out of her chair: The two Solomon Empires were actually established by the same person!
join the Church of MissRaven and become a Sequence 9: Reader p atreon.com/KeyofStars for more chapters