Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 348 The Fall of Lilith
At the Tarot Club, Priestess Cattleya and others learned about the fierce battle that took place on Blue Mountain Island last week, and the deal was finally concluded.

Then, Emlyn the Moon looked at the Hermit: "Mr. Hermit, can we trade intelligence about the Second Age this week?"

Last week, when trading intelligence about the Moon's authority, Emlyn had hoped to initiate an intelligence transaction regarding the Second Epoch, but the Hermit had not agreed.

The other members looked at the "Hermit" at the same time. They had been looking forward to this round of transactions for a long time.

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "Okay, well, today we'll only trade about the far-reaching divine war in the Second Age.

"During the Second Age, it was a very important event that determined the direction of the second half of the Second Age, affecting the Third Age, and even continuing to this day."

Emlyn was more concerned: "How much is the reward?"

Odysseus thought for a moment and said, "5000 pounds."

Because it not only contains information about Lilith, but also involves several other ancient gods.

Emlyn breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately said, "I'll give you 1500 pounds."

Audrey then contributed 1500 pounds, and the other five members each contributed 400 pounds.

This time, Cattleya did not argue with Justice and the Moon because she had just spent a large sum of money.

Like the previous Tarot Club transactions, the transaction officially began after the members determined how to pay the remuneration.

Odysseus smiled and said, “Before we talk about the war between gods, let me first briefly talk about the eight ancient gods.

"They are the Giant King, Olmir; the Elf King, Soniatholem; and the Blood Clan Ancestor, Lilith. These three ancient gods formed an alliance in the early Second Age to fight against the other ancient gods.

"'Dragon of Imagination' Angerwede, 'Ancestor of the Phoenix' Greygari, and 'King of the Alien' Kvasithun, these three ancient gods also formed an alliance in the early Second Age to fight against the alliance of the 'Giant King' and other ancient gods.

"The remaining two ancient gods, 'Demon King' Fabuti and 'Destruction Wolf' Flegra, did not join any faction."

Klein, the "Fool" behind the gray fog, sighed inwardly: "The Hermit" actually announced the true names of the eight ancient gods at the very beginning!

This is extremely important information. Klein has read so many diaries and has had many experiences exploring extraordinary ruins, but he still doesn't know the true names of all the ancient gods.

The other members also sat up straight and listened carefully to the "Hermit's" narration. They only learned the true names of all the ancient gods today, and they did not expect that they had actually established two alliances to fight against each other.

This made them immediately feel the human side, or the rational side, of the ancient god.

Before this, the ancient gods in their impression seemed to be twisted beings who only knew how to carry out bloody killings.

Cattleya was looking forward to the Hermit's description of the Second Age's history being as detailed as when he traded information about the Fourth Age.

Odysseus continued, "Most of the ancient gods are not in good condition. We have talked about this before. They have more than one path of characteristics in their bodies.

“Those who are luckier and have devoured the characteristics of adjacent pathways can remain sane most of the time. However, those who have devoured ancient gods with characteristics of non-adjacent pathways will be extremely brutal and cruel. It is said that they will even brutally kill their own children.

"For example, the 'Destruction Wolf' and the 'Phoenix Ancestor', the characteristics of these two ancient gods are the characteristics of non-adjacent paths, so their conditions are relatively worse."

Emlyn quickly asked, "What about our 'Ancestor'? His condition must be relatively good among the Ancient Gods, right?"

Odysseus said, "I'm not sure about the specific situation. I can only make corresponding guesses based on what I know."

He paused briefly before continuing, "Later evidence indicates that the primary characteristic of the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' is that of the adjacent pathways. It's said that by the middle of the Second Epoch, his state was the best among the Ancient Gods, and the most rational."

Emlyn first breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the other members, as if to say: See, we vampires are different.

"I'm not very clear about the course of that war between gods," Odysseus continued, "but we can infer the cause and process of the war between gods through its outcome.

"Let me first talk about the results, and then I'll talk about some of the processes of the divine war that I've speculated about."

He paused briefly before continuing, "The result was that the 'Blood Clan Ancestor', the 'Alien King', and the 'Destruction Wolf' perished together..."

Everyone was stunned for a moment. Alger, the "Hanged Man," thought to himself: From the "Hermit's" previous descriptions, it's not difficult to guess that the "Ancestor of the Blood Clan" was severely damaged in this war of gods. But unexpectedly, he also perished together with the other two ancient gods.

Cattleya thought to herself: No wonder the course of history of the Second Age was changed. Three of the eight ancient gods were gone all of a sudden. The original balance between the ancient gods must have been broken.

Upon hearing this, Emlyn the Moon clenched his fists tightly, his eyes almost popping out, as if he could explode at any moment.

"...If you don't think about it too closely, this seems like a brutal war between gods." Odysseus said, "But if you think about it carefully, the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' and the 'Alien King' belong to different camps of ancient gods. It's not surprising that they died together in the battle.

"But why did the 'Destruction Wolf' also perish?
"Or, I can put it another way. Why did the 'Destruction Wolf' participate in the battle between the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' and the 'Alien King'?"

The "hermit's" question made everyone immediately understand that this question was the key to understanding the war between gods.

Cattleya couldn't help but sigh again: "The Hermit" not only knows a lot, but also has very clear thinking logic. When I heard him talk about the result of the war of gods just now, I didn't notice this at all.

The other members had similar thoughts. When they heard the description just now, they did not notice anything wrong.

At the same time, because everyone doesn't know much about the ancient gods and doesn't know what the difference is between them and modern gods, when the "hermit" said this, they instinctively wanted to make related associations, but they found that because of the limited information they knew, they didn't know where to start.

So in the end, the other members looked at the "Hermit" again, waiting for his further explanation.

Odysseus paused before continuing, "Before explaining this matter, I need to state another premise. In the Second Age, the ancient gods had basically no concept of extraordinary paths.

"The battles at that time were generally not fought for Beyonder traits, because the Ancient Gods were generally quite tyrannical. They would probably fight without any special reason, simply upon meeting.

"Then the Destruction Wolf's participation in the battle likely didn't have a clear purpose. It was likely that it encountered the battle between the Blood Clan Ancestor and the Alien King, and thus joined the battle."

He paused and continued, "I also learned from other channels that after this battle, the Giant King and the Elf King both accused each other of betraying the Blood Clan Ancestor.

"So there is a high possibility that a betrayal really happened here..."

Emlyn stood up suddenly and said, "Who is it? Who betrayed the 'Ancestor'?"

The other members all frowned slightly. They did not find any connection between the two descriptions just given by the "Hermit".

Odysseus did not answer immediately, but after a second or two he said, "I have not received any accurate information."

You can't say that Omibella betrayed Lilith, right?

In the previous two transactions, everyone already knew that the "Harvest Goddess" was called Omibella, who is now the "Mother Goddess of the Earth".

If everyone understands that it was the "Mother Goddess of the Earth" who betrayed the "Ancestor of the Blood Clan", this misunderstanding will be even more difficult to explain.

Emlyn the Moon was dissatisfied with the Hermit's answer: "Such important information, and you don't know it?"

Odysseus didn't care much about Emlyn's bad tone. He still smiled and said, "But I can help you determine the approximate location."

The "Moon" then sat down and continued to listen carefully to the "Hermit's" story.

"After the death of the 'Ancestor of the Blood Clan,'" Odysseus said, "Lilith's subordinate goddess, the 'Goddess of Beauty,' Ornia, who later became the 'Blood Moon Queen,' led the Blood Clan to join the 'Elf King.'"

Klein, Cattleya, and Alger immediately understood the meaning of "Hermit," but the other members, including Emlyn the Moon, seemed to have not yet understood what it meant.
Odysseus continued to explain, "It is said that the 'Goddess of Beauty' Ornia was already a Sequence 1 Archangel at that time. She should know many of the inside stories of this war between gods.

"Since he has surrendered to the Elf King, it almost proves that it wasn't the Elf King who betrayed the Blood Clan Ancestor."

Emlyn understood: "That's the Giant King!"

Having said that, he suddenly turned his head and looked at "The Sun" Derrick.

Odysseus waved his hand helplessly and said, "Although the 'Silver Kingdom' was once loyal to the 'Giant King's Court', that was in the Second Age.

"Mr. 'Sun' is a human being. He has nothing to do with me."

Emlyn took a deep breath and barely suppressed the anger in his heart: No wonder I felt that this guy was so hateful when I first met him. It turns out that he was once loyal to the enemy of the vampires!

Justice Audrey then asked, "Mr. Hermit, why did the Giant King betray the Bloodline Ancestor?"

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "I'm not sure about the specific reason, but it might not be that the Giant King betrayed Lilith.

"Because the Ancient Gods had virtually no morals, or rather, at that time, pure power determined everything. If it was the Giant King who betrayed the Blood Clan Ancestor, He would most likely not deny it, nor would He accuse the Elf King of betraying Lilith."

Audrey was slightly stunned: "No... not the 'Giant King', just now you..."

Suddenly, she seemed to understand something: The "Hermit" never said from the beginning to the end that it was the "Giant King" who betrayed the "Ancestor of the Blood Clan", but only said that the "Giant King" and the "Elf King" accused each other.

Audrey realized that there must be a deeper meaning behind what the "Hermit" said. Could it be that someone had betrayed the "Ancestor of the Blood Clan" in the name of the "Giant King"?
Klein the Fool had a sudden realization: The Hermit had actually made it very clear. It wasn't the Giant King, but it was most likely one of the Giant King's subordinate gods.

At this moment, he suddenly thought: In a previous transaction, the "Hermit" said that the "Mother Goddess of the Earth" is actually the queen of the "Giant King", Omibella, and this subordinate god is the "tiller"... Could it be Him?

Just as he thought of this, Klein recalled what the Hermit had said before: before the Third Epoch, there was no concept of adjacent pathways. If he only considered the problem using adjacent pathways, it would seem like he was using modern concepts to consider ancient problems.

Cattleya had also thought of this, but she knew more about the "blasphemous slate" than Klein, so she immediately thought: Could it be that the "Harvest Goddess" had seen the "blasphemous slate" and had the concept of adjacent pathways, which led to her betrayal...

But she immediately thought: No!

Because the "Harvest Goddess" at that time, now the "Mother Earth Goddess", has always maintained the same path and did not jump to the adjacent "Moon" path, so what did He gain from this plot?
Of course, it is not ruled out that His plan failed.

Cattleya took a deep breath, feeling that it was difficult to make an accurate guess about such a thing.

The other members, except for the "Hanged Man" Alger who had some guesses, were still in a confused state and did not quite understand what Odysseus meant.

Emlyn, in particular, thought for a moment before asking, "Mr. Hermit, why... why did you just say it was the Giant King, but now you're saying it's not Him?"

"It's mainly because I haven't received accurate intelligence, and the existing clues don't support a logical guess." Odysseus smiled and said, "How about this, if I have enough understanding of this matter, I will let you know as soon as possible."

For example, after the war between the three gods including the "Mother Earth Goddess" ended.

Emlyn had no choice but to say, "Okay then."

Odysseus continued, "With the concept of 'betrayal', the course of the God War became clear. The God War that took place in the Second Age should have been a fierce battle between the two camps of the Ancient Gods.

"The reason for this speculation is that after the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' encountered the 'Alien King' and the 'Destruction Wolf', the 'Giant King' and the 'Elf King' did not immediately come to support them.

"It's very likely that they were fighting the 'Imagination Dragon' and the 'Phoenix Ancestor' at the time and couldn't get away.

"So I guess the situation at the time was probably like this: a fierce conflict broke out between the two camps of the Ancient Gods, with the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' fighting the 'Alien King' from the opposing camp.

"At this moment, the 'Destruction Wolf' suddenly appeared, preparing to besiege the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' with the 'Alien King'.

"So, after a fierce battle, the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' perished along with the other two Ancient Gods."

The other members nodded slowly, thinking that this guess was reasonable.

"The key question now is why did the 'Destruction Wolf' suddenly appear on the battlefield?" Odysseus continued, "Although someone betrayed the 'Blood Clan Ancestor', this can explain the sudden appearance of the 'Destruction Wolf' to a certain extent.

"But why did the 'Destruction Wolf' appear? And not another non-aligned ancient god, the 'Demon King'?"

Magician Fors thought: Perhaps the traitor informed the Destruction Wolf, but not the Demon King?
But she also felt that the "hermit" must have a deeper meaning behind what he said.

Alger thought the same thing: Could it be that the Hermit discovered some clues through this detail?
Odysseus paused and continued, "To answer this question, we must first look at the final outcome of this war of gods." This war of gods had the greatest impact on future generations in four aspects. The first aspect was that the 'Goddess of Misfortune' gained enough benefits and became the 'Goddess of Night' after disappearing for a while.

"The second is the fall of the 'Destruction Wolf', which caused the 'God of the Dead' to surrender to the 'Phoenix Ancestor' and later be promoted to the 'Emperor of the Underworld'.

"Third, the 'Alien King' received enough benefits from the 'God of Spiritual Creatures', his subordinate, to become the 'Bound God'.

"Fourth, the 'Demon King' is the only Ancient God who has not fallen."

Klein, trapped in the gray fog, was stunned for a moment. The first three points were the consequences of the fall of the Ancient Gods. What about the fourth point? Didn't the Hermit just say that the Demon King didn't participate in the war?
Everyone also realized the rather abrupt fourth point, and for a moment they all had some guesses, but because the information they learned was so little, their guesses were not of much value.

Odysseus continued, "Let's talk about the first aspect first. We probably talked about this matter when we were trading intelligence on the Antigonus family.

"At that time, not only did the 'Destruction Wolf' join the battle, but his subordinate gods also joined in.

"After the fall of the 'Destruction Wolf', the 'Goddess of Doom' picked up the uniqueness of the 'Darkness' path and at least two copies of the Sequence 1 characteristics.

"At that time, the 'Goddess of Misfortune' was likely already a Sequence 1. Only after obtaining these characteristics and uniqueness did she have the opportunity to ascend to a god."

Klein frowned. "Although the Hermit didn't say it explicitly, he seemed to suspect the Evernight Goddess played a role in this matter." Hey, it's no wonder he's suspicious. After all, the Evernight Goddess benefited greatly from this divine war, so she might have a motive.

But he had no idea what the "Goddess of Night" had done.

Priestess Cattleya, based on previously acquired intelligence, concluded: This meant that the Destruction Wolf contained both the Insomniac and the Diviner within it. Given the unique nature of both pathways and their corresponding high-sequence characteristics, it was no wonder the Ancient Gods were so brutal and mad.

Alger felt a little regretful because he had not participated in the previous transaction of information about the Antigonus family. He had never expected that an angel family would have a connection with the "Goddess of Night".

"The second aspect was already discussed in detail when we traded information about the 'Underworld Emperor', so I won't repeat it here." Odysseus said, "The third aspect is actually quite crucial as well.

"It's just that the presence of the 'God of Spiritual Creatures' is not very strong, so it's easy for people to overlook its impact.

"Not long ago, I learned from another source that during the Second and Fourth Epochs, the Outer Gods had an exceptionally strong influence on the real world.

"The 'God of Spiritual Creatures' seemed to have been influenced by the 'Mother Tree of Desire' during the Second Age."

Klein took advantage of the Hermit's brief pause and immediately asked, "Is it the 'Mother Tree of Desire' that the 'Rose School' believes in?"

Odysseus nodded: "Yes."

This was something no one had expected, and it suddenly felt like the problem of the Outer Gods seemed more complicated than imagined.

Odysseus continued, "The 'God of Spiritual Creatures,' later known as the 'Bound God,' was only at the level of the 'Angel King.' In the several epochs that followed, he never obtained the remaining Sequence 1 characteristic.

"Because that characteristic is in the Demon King..."

At this point, Odysseus smiled slightly and said: "This is why I mentioned the 'Demon King'.

"The primary characteristics of the Alien King come from the Prisoner pathway, which is adjacent to the primary characteristics of the Demon King.

"I learned from another source that the characteristics within the Demon King should be two copies of the Sequence 1 characteristic from the Criminal pathway, and one copy of the Sequence 1 characteristic from the Prisoner pathway.

“Because of the characteristics of the adjacent pathways, the Demon King’s condition was relatively good during the Second Epoch.

“Although there was no concept of ‘adjacent pathways’ at the time, due to the existence of the ‘Law of Beyonder Characteristic Aggregation’, the Ancient Gods would also be attracted to the characteristics of adjacent pathways.

"So, if the 'Demon King' was present during that divine war, he would most likely attack the 'Alien King' instead of besieging the 'Blood Clan Ancestor'."

Emlyn the Moon seemed to understand. "So that's why the 'betrayer' betrayed our 'ancestor's' whereabouts to the 'Destroyer Wolf', not the 'Demon King'?"

"You could say that," Odysseus replied, "but the reason I mentioned the 'Demon King' is mainly because He must have gained certain benefits in this battle.

"Also, He is more rational. Unlike the Destruction Wolf, He doesn't have any important purpose. He just joins the battle when he sees other Ancient Gods fighting.

"Perhaps the 'Demon King' secretly observed the course of this battle and, at the opportune moment, gained certain benefits, such as the Sequence 1 properties of the third 'Criminal' pathway."

At this point, Odysseus spread his hands and said, "Of course, this is just my guess, and there is no evidence to prove it.

“I just think that this war of gods has such far-reaching consequences, and every ancient god should have participated in it in his or her own way.

"And the 'Demon King' is the only Ancient God who has not experienced the fall. However, after the Third Age, he seems to have disappeared and rarely appears in people's sight."

Audrey noticed: This was the second time the "Hermit" mentioned "the ancient gods who had never experienced the fall"!

She recalled the "hermit's" body movements when he said similar words twice. He was generally relaxed, and his hands seemed to be waving casually, so she made a judgment: this should be an important clue that the "hermit" inadvertently revealed.

But Audrey didn't quite understand what this clue meant.
"After understanding the movements of the other ancient gods at that time, the full picture of this divine war gradually became clear." Odysseus said: "This was a premeditated battle!
"In fact, this can be seen from the fact that the subordinate gods of the ancient gods also participated in the battle. If it was an encounter battle, the subordinate gods of the ancient gods would not be able to participate so calmly."

He paused briefly before continuing, "We don't know who the mastermind is right now, but the outcome of the battle shows that one of the 'Blood Clan Ancestor', the 'Alien King', and the 'Destruction Wolf' must be the mastermind's target."

The magnificent hall fell into silence, the kind of silence that comes when one is savoring the secret after hearing it.

No one expected that this war between gods would involve such a wide range of people, and that all eight ancient gods might have participated in the war directly or indirectly.

After about four or five seconds of silence, Alger, the Hanged Man, suddenly said, "Judging from the impact of the God War on future generations, the 'Goddess of Doom' benefited the most."

He didn't dare say "Goddess of Night", but used "Goddess of Doom" instead.

The other members first looked at the "Hanged Man" and then looked at the "Hermit" together.

Of course they understood the meaning of "The Hanged Man". Generally speaking, in a plan, or a conspiracy, whoever gets the greatest benefit is basically the planner of the conspiracy.

Among the several beneficiaries of this war of gods, the "Goddess of Night" undoubtedly gained the greatest benefit!

After the War of Gods, before the Third Age, the "Goddess of Night" was promoted to a true god, while the "God of the Dead" did not become the "Emperor of the Underworld" until the Fourth Age.

The "God of Spiritual Creatures" became the "Bound God" only in the Fourth Epoch, and never became a true God.

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "At present, I have not obtained any accurate clues to prove that the 'Goddess of Misfortune' is one of the planners of the war between gods.

"Even if there is, I won't be able to find it, because..."

He looked around at everyone and said, "Because it's 'secret'!"

In Odysseus's opinion, the "Goddess of Night" should have made some plans or preparations in advance for this war of gods, otherwise it would be unlikely that she could have picked up so many advanced characteristics and uniqueness relatively calmly.

The uniqueness of the "Darkness" path and the Sequence 1 characteristics may have been attracted by the characteristics within his body. After the fall of the "Destruction Wolf", he suffered a certain impact, but he was still able to pick up the uniqueness of the "Moon" path, which is enough to show that he was prepared.

So Odysseus seriously suspected that the "Goddess of Night" must have played some role in this.

However, these "effects" have most likely become "secrets", making it impossible for anyone to understand them.

Everyone was slightly stunned, especially Cattleya, Klein and the other three. They immediately thought of one of the core powers of the "Goddess of Night", which seemed to be "secrecy".

They immediately realized that what the "Hermit" meant was that he also suspected that the "Goddess of Night" was involved in the planning of this war between gods, but he had not found any concrete evidence.

Klein frowned slightly at this, but then he accepted it calmly. After all, the "Goddess of Doom" was just an angel at that time, at most an archangel.

At that time, the adjacent paths of "Darkness" were occupied by the "Phoenix Ancestor" and the "Giant King" respectively. If he wanted to become a god, he could only kill one of the gods to have a chance.

It seems that the "Goddess of Night" has enough motivation to do something in secret.

After a few seconds of silence in the hall, Odysseus continued, "I also received crucial information from another source. The 'Blood Clan Ancestor' was also influenced by the Outer Gods. That's why, after being besieged, he didn't flee, but chose to perish together with the others."

The other members were stunned at first, and then they thought of a question: Yes, why didn’t the "ancestor of the blood clan" escape at that time?

As extraordinary people, they knew very well that under normal circumstances, if they encountered two extraordinary people of the same level, even if they could not defeat them, they would definitely be able to escape.

Of course, this does not apply to Beyonders like Odysseus and Klein. Once they encounter a Sequence 5 Beyonder, they will most likely not let the other party escape.

However, there are not many extraordinary people like them, and few people are so unlucky as to encounter such opponents.

At the level of gods, their means of escape should be more advanced and diverse.

Even if the opponent is a god, it is difficult to prevent the "Ancestor of the Blood Clan" from escaping.

However, the "Ancestor of the Blood Clan" did not escape, but died together with the two ancient gods. This seems a bit strange.

Emlyn reacted and immediately asked, "Mr. Hermit, who has influenced the First Ancestor? Aren't Outer Gods also gods? Why can they influence our First Ancestor?"

Odysseus did not hide it: "It's the 'Fallen Mother Goddess'."

Everyone recalled the intelligence transaction last week. The "Fallen Mother Goddess" was the Outer God who incarnated as the "Primal Moon".

Then, Klein and Cattleya basically had an answer to the last question raised by "Moon".

Odysseus continued to say to Emlyn, "You should remember what we discussed before, about the concept of 'above the gods'. Many Outer Gods are at that level.

"And the 'Fallen Mother Goddess' is one of the stronger Outer Gods.

"As for why he was able to influence the 'Blood Clan Ancestor', combined with the intelligence we exchanged last week, the 'Fallen Mother Goddess' seems to have similar authority to the 'Blood Clan Ancestor'. He must have used this as a connection to influence the 'Blood Clan Ancestor'.

"Besides, as I just said, during the Second Age, the Outer Gods' influence on the real world was even more severe than it is now."

Emlyn then asked, "To what extent has it affected you?"

"It is said that it has been contaminated to a certain extent."

Emlyn took a deep breath and seemed stunned.

The other members were also stunned. They didn’t expect such a thing to happen!
The "Ancestor of the Blood Clan" was actually also influenced by the Foreign Gods!

In the past, Klein and other members felt that the Outer Gods' influence on the real world didn't seem that serious.

However, as they obtained more and more secret intelligence, it seemed that the Outer Gods could be seen in every major event in every era before.

After a few seconds, Emlyn asked again, "Is this news reliable?"

Odysseus didn't think twice: "Absolutely reliable!"

Emlyn took another deep breath, his hands trembling uncontrollably. "How could this happen? How could this happen?..."

Then he looked at the Hermit in panic: "Is there any way to solve the pollution of the 'Fallen Mother Goddess'?"

Before the Hermit could respond, Cattleya gave a wry smile.

Odysseus said: "Perhaps the gods have a solution to this problem."

What he meant was: I am not a god, there is no such method.

Odysseus continued, "This might be the reason why the 'Blood Clan Ancestor' didn't escape, but chose to perish alongside the other Ancient Gods."

(End of this chapter)