Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 160 You are raising rats outside
Roger's idea for designing this magical ritual is based on two basic propositions.

The first proposition is that the authority of the "Key of the Gate" of Yog-Sothoth, the "One of All Things", is the superior symbol of the "Apprentice" path, so the reverse secret magic ritual derived from the "One of All Things" should also be used for the magical items of the "Apprentice" path.

The second is that Roger suspected that with his arrival, the pollution that Mr. "Gate" Bethel Abraham was currently suffering from had become more complicated on the original basis, with the addition of the pollution of "Star of Judgment" and "Forerunner of Destruction" Ghros.

Based on the above two points, Roger can directly call upon the essence of the symbol of "Gate of Ten Thousand Doors" through a special secret ceremony, and at the same time, use the extraordinary items of the "Apprentice" path to allow himself to exhibit a certain degree of superior characteristics and question them!

As expected, Roger saw red and rust-colored stars bursting out from the bracelet, and he was instantly immersed in a flood of information.

If it were an ordinary person or even an ordinary extraordinary person, even if they had reached the demigod level, they would probably be turned into a fool or directly lose control by this powerful torrent of information full of various evil and contaminated information.

But with the help of the pollution blessing of Yog-Sothoth, the "One of All Things", and G'hroth, the "Star of Judgment", Roger not only completely retained his own self-awareness, but also began to realize a lot of information that he had never understood before.

This mechanism is related to the nature of the "gate" pathway.

From the perspective of the "Gate of Ten Thousand Doors", any space and existence in the world, whether subjective or objective, has its own unique concept of "gate".

For example, if a valuable artifact is placed in a vault, then this place has at least two levels of the concept of "doors".

The first level is the "door to the vault", which is the most obvious expression of the symbolism of the "door" path.

A Sequence 9 apprentice could easily pass through the vault door, provided it wasn't too heavy and wasn't affected by Beyonder factors.

The second level is that after a person breaks into the vault, he can see the artifact, but to fully understand its value, meaning or secret, he needs to open the "inner door" of the artifact.

This corresponds to "secret" and "knowledge", and is manifested in the "door" path as various forces such as "recorder", "secret keeper", and "conceptualization".

This is why Bethel Abraham is also known as the "Key of All Mysteries" in addition to the "Gate of All Doors," because the mysteries can be both external and internal.

Going deeper, the "door" path, and the spiritual and astral forces it relies on, are actually the "inner manifestations" of the two polarities of "reality."

The rules of the astral world dominate the construction of macroscopic physical rules, while the spiritual world is closely related to the mind and mystery, so in theory the "gate" approach can use these two inner levels to control space and information separately.

But in fact, the "door" path itself cannot fully reflect these powers, but rather emphasizes the control of spatial authority and to a certain extent the control of secrets.

In comparison, paths such as "Hermit" and "Perfector" are better at information and knowledge, while "Audience" is better at spiritual power.

No matter which path is taken, there is a huge gap between it and Yog-Sothoth, the "Key of the Gate", because the latter controls almost all rules and authority except fertility and primordial chaos.

Roger vaguely realized that this division of authority was most likely related to the split of the "Prime Creator".

With this deep insight into the "Gate" pathway, Roger vaguely felt the approximate number and location of all the existing "Gate" pathway extraordinary objects in the world, as well as some of the information about them.

This also included Klein's "master key" not far away.

It was the product of a member of the House of Abraham attempting to become an "apprentice" during a "blood moon."

As he was promoted, he fell out of control due to the contamination of Mr. "Gate", and eventually turned into a key that could open all doors that did not involve extraordinary powers.

The "apprentice"'s mental breakdown caused by the shock when he lost control also led to the side effects of the "Master Key".

That is, the holder will get lost without realizing it and will not be able to find the way back.

It was under the influence of this power that the young vampire Emlyn White lost his way in the dungeon of Bishop Utravsky of the Harvest Church and unfortunately became a part of Play...

Roger tried hard to focus his scattered attention on the bracelet in front of him and began to interpret the information contained in it.

Consistent with his previous speculation, the "Fors's Bracelet" was indeed a remarkable item transformed from the fragments of the "Traveler" ability recorded by a Sequence 6 "Recorder" of the Abraham family's direct line.

But the strange thing is that when the "recorder" wrote this record, he did not seem to be affected by the "Blood Moon Curse".

No, it should be said that the age of the "recorder" was much earlier than Roger had previously imagined. It should have been before Mr. "Door" was contaminated!
Roger confirmed it several times and it was always true.

“Strange… If that’s the case, this extraordinary item shouldn’t be contaminated.

"So there must be some other reason why this thing is contaminated. There must be something I've overlooked..."

Roger focused his attention again and began to go deeper into the "secret", trying to open the "secret door" belonging to the deeper part of the bracelet.

It didn't take long for Roger to understand what was going on.

There is a big problem with the extraordinary characteristics possessed by the "Recorder"!

"This seems to be the Beyonder characteristic that Mr. Men has digested..."

His pupils constricted, he was a little bit disbelieving!
Roger continued to follow this line to obtain deep secrets and soon discovered an even more shocking fact.

Before being exiled to the starry sky, Mr. "Gate" Bethel Abraham seemed to have used some means like "grafting" or "fraud" to create another clone, allowing it to fully digest the Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 9 to Sequence 2.

Later, for unknown reasons, this clone was destroyed, and the digested Beyonder characteristics were scattered again and flowed into the "market".

And those extraordinary people who took the corresponding extraordinary characteristics had a strong mystical connection with Mr. "Door" at the mystical level, and eventually died from the "Blood Moon Curse" one after another and turned into extraordinary objects.

And considering that the same extraordinary person has consumed the extraordinary properties extracted from multiple clones of Mr. "Men", there are not eight such items, but five!
"Could this be Mr. Gate's backup plan for resurrection? Similar to the clone Amon created before the 'Final Battle of Sefirah Castle'?"

Roger rubbed his chin gently.

A rather interesting idea came into his mind.

"What would happen if I collected those five extraordinary items?"

Unfortunately, the bracelet in front of him was just a product of the Beyonder ability that was affected by the power of Mr. "Men"'s clone and was contaminated after it was created. It is not one of the five Beyonder items directly formed by Beyonder characteristics.

And Klein's "master key" is not one of them.

But with the help of the connection between the "Key to the Door" and the "Door" path, Roger quickly sensed the history and location of the five sealed objects.

"Aside from the one Christopher Yeaman left on Kosk Island, we can confirm that the Bartley family also possessed one, and Marcus Mayer also possessed one."

The latter two were on the list provided by "The Hanged Man" Alger Wilson at the Tarot Club.

"One of the other two is held by another group of Abraham family members in Jianhai County, and the other has been lost abroad, in the Rossde Islands..."

Compared with these five extraordinary items directly related to Mr. "The Door", there is also another normal "Apprentice" path seal.

However, his perception of these normal seals would weaken with distance, so he could not confirm the specific details for the time being.

After confirming this information and exiting the deep trance state, Roger couldn't help but get excited.

With these seals and extraordinary characteristics, he has full confidence that he can revive the Abraham family!

"The Sequence 4 Seal Christopher left on Kosk Island can be temporarily suspended... The same goes for the one on the Rossde Archipelago.

“I can go recycle the other three first.

"Considering that Angelina Bartley should be protected by the Church of Steam, we can first look for the extraordinary item related to Mr. 'Gate' hidden by Marcus Mayer, and then look for the one held by the Abraham family."

In Roger's opinion, most of the people from another branch of Abraham's family should have died in the "Blood Moon of Ghros" in early July, but it is not ruled out that there are some survivors there.

"Alice happens to be on vacation tomorrow, so we can take her to Cornflower Road in the East District... There's a high probability that a battle will be taking place there, so we can familiarize her with the Beyonders' fighting style first.

"As for the Abraham family, we can leave this weekend. We can bring Klein and Bandit along..."

Roger thought about it for a moment and then made a plan.

He set up the altar and summoned the "De La Hoya Rat", having it deliver a letter to Alice, outlining the situation and asking if she was free tomorrow.

Just as Roger was waiting for Alice's reply, the sound of a door opening was heard downstairs.

"Klein is back..."

Roger sensed this intuitively, opened the door to the workshop, and walked down the stairs.

Today, Klein was unusually not looking shabby. Instead, he was dressed in formal attire, seemingly having gone out to a party.

"Going out on a date?"

Roger raised his eyebrows and joked about Klein.

"Yes, I went on a date with a wealthy divorced woman."

Klein spread his hands and said:

"Coim Company was holding a cocktail party. Ms. Mary invited me over to chat for a while and even introduced me to a client."

"I see."

Roger nodded and said:

"Are you free this weekend? Come with me on a steam train to Jianhai County.

"I'll take care of the tickets, and Bandit will come with me."

Roger said this, poking the belly of the tabby cat sleeping sprawled out by the fireplace with his toes.

The tabby cat suddenly turned over and sat up, looking at Roger with resentment.

"Jianhai County? What are you doing there?"

Speaking of Jianhai County, Klein couldn't help but think of his classmate Welch McGowan, who died unexpectedly in the Antigonus family notes incident in Tingen City.

"I'm going to look for the survivors of the Abraham family over there and visit Mr. Willis."

Roger said briefly.

He hadn't seen Mr. Willis since he left Tingen City.

This coal and steel consortium entrepreneur who lived in Constantin, Hay County, was his first client and biggest sponsor, so out of courtesy, Roger thought he should pay him a visit.

"Have you found any clues about the survivors of Abraham's family?"

Klein was slightly startled.

Roger had told him about this matter before, saying that he wanted to restore the glory of Abraham's family and find survivors.

However, he had been busy with business in Loen before and had not had time to do this matter. Now that it was suddenly brought up again, Klein subconsciously felt that Roger must have a clue.

"Correct."

Roger nodded.

He didn't mention the seal related to Mr. Door for the time being.

"No problem, I don't have anything to do this weekend."

Klein nodded and looked at Bandit again.

The tabby cat felt a little scared by the gazes of the two people. It paused and said:

"Okay, okay, it's okay if we take a steam train." Roger knew that this guy was afraid of the cold, so he squatted down and rubbed him for a while with a mixture of anger and amusement before letting go.

"Then it's settled."

At this moment, Roger's spiritual premonition moved slightly.

He looked at the darkness beside him and stared for two seconds. Suddenly, a half-rat, half-rabbit creature with red eyes and a silk bag on its back jumped out.

"Your letter has been delivered. This fee is extra."

The Rat of De La Hoya spoke up.

Who knew that when Bandit saw De La Hoya's rat, he would show airplane ears, stand up straight, hunch back, make strange noises, and look at the other party with ill intentions as if in response to stress.

“Roger Abraham!
"You really are raising rats outside!"

Bandit said angrily, narrowing his eyes.

"I advise you not to clash with it... I might not even be able to defeat it."

Roger, who was reading Alice's affirmative answer, curled his lips. He remembered the terrifying sonic attack of the De La Hoya Rat and tried to dissuade Bandit in time.

The De La Hoya Rat glanced at Bandit as if he was a fool, and very calmly took the five nuts from Roger.

Then it turned and leaped into the darkness.

Before leaving, De La Hoya's Rat looked back at Bandit and sneered.

As expected, Bandit was enraged again.

It rushed towards De La Hoya's Rat frantically, but it didn't expect that the other party had already disappeared, and it crashed into a dark corner.

Roger and Klein both held their foreheads slightly, revealing a look of uncertainty...

The next morning, Roger got up early.

He did not go to the Royal Art Company, but to De Walker Music Company, as Viscount Birkbeck had said the day before.

As soon as he entered the door, Roger ran into Mr. Jack Jeffrey.

The latter is much thinner than before, and looks much better, and seems to be losing weight.

When he saw Roger, he showed a very surprised expression:

"Benelu? Why are you back?"

"Why, you don't welcome me back?"

Roger smiled.

"Of course not. You're an important contact at Dwork Music. I just didn't expect you to still remember us."

Mr. Jeffrey scratched his head and said with an awkward smile.

"Don't be so formal. I'm more than just a connection."

Roger patted Mr. Jeffrey on the shoulder.

"Is the boss here? I have something to talk to him about."

The boss Roger was referring to was naturally Baron Dwork.

"Yes, I saw him just now."

Mr. Jeffrey nodded, then asked suspiciously:

"What do you want with the Baron?"

In his opinion, the two had no intersection, and their only meeting was at the banquet after the Royal Variety Show.

"Nothing, I want to talk to him about cooperation."

Roger laughed and said that he did not tell anyone about his relationship with Viscount Birkbeck.

After all, according to Viscount Birkbeck's personality, he probably wouldn't like anyone to publicize their relationship with him.

Although Viscount Birkbeck was a musician, he was also a high-ranking noble in Loen, and had the common problem of all nobles of being careful about their reputation.

Not to mention, I have only met the other person once, so it is too early to say how close our relationship is.

Mr. Jeffrey was a little suspicious when he heard this, but he still took Roger to Baron De Walker's office on the second floor.

In his opinion, Roger must have had some interactions with Baron Dwork when he was in the Royal Art Troupe, but he just didn't want to tell him.

He knocked on the door gently and a voice came from inside: "Come in."

Mr. Jeffrey pushed open the door, revealing a middle-aged man wearing glasses and reading documents while sitting at his desk.

"Your Excellency, Baron, Baleno Jones is looking for you."

He said respectfully.

Baron Dwork raised his head and nodded to Roger:

"Hello, Jones.

"Come in and sit down. I have a general understanding of the situation."

Roger thanked Mr. Jeffrey softly, then entered the office and closed the door.

"Lord Birkbeck said that you have modified the phonograph and it has been approved by the Patent Office?"

Baron Dwork asked as if to confirm.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Baron, the order has been sent to the factory and the finished product should be available soon."

As Roger spoke, he took out a document from his briefcase that he had obtained when he and Lawyer Jurgen went to Mr. Leppard to sign the agreement.

It contained the technical parameters and structural diagrams of the improved phonograph, and looked very professional.

"Please take a look."

Roger handed the document to Baron De Work.

The latter took it curiously and read for a while before looking up with his eyes flashing slightly.

“This is a really good invention and I think it will be a big hit.

“Especially since you’re selling it for only 20 pounds…it’s affordable enough for almost any middle-class family.

"After all, in this era, apart from reading newspapers and periodicals, they have almost no entertainment activities that can be done at home."

Baron de Walker, like Viscount Birkbeck, had a high opinion of the phonograph.

Or it should be said that successful people in the art world all have good vision and can see the commercial prospects of the improved phonograph, which is basic operation.

"I can help you with this promotion, no problem."

Baron Dwork pondered for a moment and spoke again:
"I can sign an agreement with you to help you sell at least 10000 phonographs, but I need to take a % commission from the total sales to cover promotional expenses. Is that okay?"

If a phonograph is sold for 20 pounds, then a 12% commission is soli...

The conditions offered by Baron De Walker were also very favorable, with sales of at least 10000 phonographs!

If we deduct the commission based on the gross profit of about 3 gold pounds per phonograph, we can earn more than 2 gold pounds per phonograph.

The sales of 10000 phonographs means a net profit of at least 20000 gold pounds!

Roger quickly estimated in his mind and thought that this condition was acceptable.

It is more than acceptable, it is a timely help!

"No problem, Your Excellency the Baron."

Roger immediately nodded in agreement.

“As for recording records, if you can provide someone, I can let you use the company’s recording studio for free.

"After the record is released, the company will take 30% of the derivative copyright income. What do you think?"

Baron Dwork smiled and added, "Actually, I was going to offer a 50% commission, but after all, you're an outstanding employee of the company with a promising future. You deserve this benefit."

"Thank you very much, Your Excellency the Baron."

Roger placed his hand on his chest in gratitude and bowed slightly.

As an extraordinary person, he could sense Baron Dwork's sincerity.

Although he didn't know what Viscount Burbeck said to Baron Dework, the other party obviously offered the most favorable terms.

However, he guessed that Baron Dwork might want to take this opportunity to expand Dwork Music Company's phonograph business, and that's why he planned to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with him.

After all, Roger's own music records were only a very insignificant aspect of the application of the new phonograph, and this device had a bright future in the wider dissemination of music!
For example, releasing a set of classical music and musical records, and also... the pop music that Emperor Roselle has always wanted to make but has never succeeded in!

He quickly figured out the key.

He had no objection to Baron Dwork's plans in this regard.

After all, they make money by accumulating strength and resources, and releasing other records will also help further expand the sales of phonographs.

This is a real win-win situation!

"Then it's settled. I'll give you a draft contract and you can discuss it with your lawyer.

"If there are no problems, you can come to me to sign the contract this week. I will not leave."

Baron Dwork smiled and nodded.

"sure no problem."

Roger let out a long sigh. He glanced at the contract with "Dwalker Business Agency" on it and put it into his briefcase.

He stood up and bowed slightly to Baron Dwork again, then left his office and drove to Cornflower Road in the East District.

　End of today.

　　On the occasion of the Spring Festival, the author would like to wish all readers and friends a happy new year, happiness to your family, and all the best!
　　
　
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