Chapter 80: The Special Nature of the Visionary

Chapter 80: The Special Nature of the Visionary

Mysteries… The last time Klein had heard that form of address was from the True Creator’s descending consciousness. The time before that had been from the ancient sun god in history, the Creator of the City of Silver.

And in a certain sense, those two could be equated:

The True Creator was the “evil spirit” of the ancient sun god after reclaiming Sasrir’s personality.

However, unlike before, hearing that title did not leave Klein shocked, shaken, or with aching teeth.

The feeling he had now was like seeing a rock that had hung in the air for a very long time finally drop to the ground.

Of course, he was not that calm. A certain measure of surprise, astonishment, and disbelief was unavoidable. It was merely that Ariehogg’s statement, “Adam is not necessarily Adam,” had led him to guess many possibilities and given him corresponding psychological preparation.

We meet again, Mysteries… Adam equals the ancient sun god? Or is He the ancient sun god’s resurrection arrangement? He knows this, yet still wants to resurrect His father, so Medici called Him “paranoid”? One thought after another flashed through Klein’s mind, giving him a completely new understanding of a certain previous matter:

No wonder Adam never preached His own doctrine and only spread the remnants left behind by the ancient sun god!

At first, Klein had thought that this was because the Visionary was special enough to use the Uniqueness to create a group of seemingly real believers as anchors, without needing to collect additional faith. Now, it seemed that this was perhaps only one part of the reason.

After two seconds of silence, he looked at Adam’s pale eyes, which seemed to contain not the slightest impurity, and asked,

“Are you the ancient sun god?”

Adam maintained the genial smile of a priest and spoke in an enlightening tone.

“Don’t you think that among the eight Kings of Angels, I was the most special one?”

“After seeing the contents of the second Blasphemy Slate regarding the Old Ones, you should be able to clearly recognize this.”

Indeed… Klein nodded, indicating that he could tell.

“Among the five Kings of Angels related to Omniscience and Omnipotence, you were the only one with a Uniqueness.”

According to the mysticism knowledge Klein currently grasped, when the Creator of the City of Silver was still alive, the states of the eight Kings of Angels had been as follows:

Dark Angel Sasrir had digested two Sequence 1 characteristics of the Hanged Man pathway and controlled the first Blasphemy Slate. He could partially mobilize the power of the Chaos Sea and was therefore the Deputy of Heaven, the Left Hand of God, the King of Angels among Kings of Angels;

Pure White Angel Aucuses had accommodated two Sequence 1 characteristics of the Sun pathway;

Wind Angel Leodero, Wisdom Angel Herabergen, and Angel of Fate Ouroboros likewise each possessed two Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics of Their own pathways;

Angel of Time Amon and Red Angel Medici each had the Uniqueness of Their own pathway plus one corresponding Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic;

Angel of Imagination Adam had the Spectator pathway’s Uniqueness plus one or two Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics.

At first glance, there was no problem. But upon deeper consideration, it was rather strange.

Angel of Time Amon and Red Angel Medici did not belong to the five pathways of Omniscience and Omnipotence. There was no issue with the ancient sun god giving Them Uniquenesses through different methods. But Adam was different. Visionary belonged to one of the five Omniscience-and-Omnipotence pathways. The corresponding Uniqueness was one of the cornerstones for the ancient sun god to become an Old One. In other words, this was roughly equivalent to one of the three Sequence 1 characteristics that composed a Sequence 0. How could it have been casually separated?

One must remember that even Sasrir, as the Deputy of Heaven and the Left Hand…