Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 177: Sonia Sea (, thanks to Miaobishenghua for the reward of Qidian coins)
In his previous life, Roger had attended many live and online concerts. Among the famous piano composers, Mozart was his favorite.

Mozart composed dozens of piano concertos throughout his life, including more than a hundred movements, many of which are famous works.

Roger's personal favorite is Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27, which was composed in his later years. However, the second half of the score is filled with heavy emotions and Mozart's thoughts on the philosophy of life during his dark time when he was frail and sick.

Roger believed that at his current age, he was unable to truly understand the essence of the Piano Concerto No. 27, and the inscribed rules he currently understood were not deep and strong enough to suit this concerto, so he thought about it and finally decided not to touch this movement.

"Is there any early Mozart piano concerto that would suit my current mood?"

"By the way, how about the Ninth Piano Concerto?"

Roger suddenly thought of this concerto composed by Mozart in his youth.

At that time, Mozart had just studied music for a long time in Mönheim, Germany, and liked to incorporate musical elements of Mönheim's style into his music. This was a transitional stage that connected the past and the future, achieving a balance between tradition and innovation.

The Ninth Piano Concerto is divided into three movements, using the classic technique of first rising, then falling, and then rising again, as well as multi-layered emotional expression. It is very consistent with the changes in mood and emotional cycles of young people during their growth process. It contains mixed insights into life, but overall it is dominated by positive and hopeful emotions.

So overall, this is a good choice, but there are also three problems facing Roger.

First, the Ninth Piano Concerto is divided into three movements, and the emotional tone of each movement is different, so Roger had to create at least three corresponding rules.

Second, unlike the previous two violin pieces "The Four Seasons" and "The Sorrow of Love", although the Ninth Piano Concerto can also be played solo on the piano, its expressiveness is much worse than in the concerto state. Therefore, if Roger needs to complete the corresponding record burning, he must invite at least five musicians including Alex to record.

Third, the three movements of the Ninth Piano Concerto would take about half an hour to perform, and composing them on paper would be even more laborious.

The second problem is easy to solve. Roger can directly ask for help from his partners, Baron Dwork and Viscount Birkbeck, to see if they can borrow a few more outstanding musicians from Dwork Music Company and the Royal Orchestra to help with the burning. Roger can pay a certain amount of compensation for this.

Regarding the third question, considering that Roger had just successfully experimented with combining the abilities of "Rose Bishop" and "Puppet" to write large quantities of text yesterday, it is not impossible to use this ability to compose three movements at the same time.

However, writing music is different from simple mechanical labor like signing. It requires Roger to mobilize his memory, spirituality and extraordinary "composing" ability at the same time. Therefore, even if only three lines of work are carried out at a time, the time that can be sustained at a time will be greatly reduced.

So after much thought, Rogers decided not to take any risks and decided to compose one movement at a time.

But he can still use the ability of multi-threaded work to double his efficiency. As for a single movement, there is a strong consistency in the content, so Roger does not need to worry that this will consume too much of his spirituality and mental strength.

Even so, it takes about an hour to compose a piece of music.

Taking into account the side effects of his "puppet" ability, Roger had to spend two to three days to complete the composition of all three movements.

"Okay, now we can think about engraving the rules..."

Although the first movement of the Ninth Piano Concerto contains hidden crises and conflicts, its overall tone is bright, joyful, and courageous to break the established order and seek freedom. Therefore, Roger considered engraving positive rules like "positive energy" in it.

But because he now has a deeper grasp of rule engraving, he can engrave a positive rule that is higher in rank and more specific than "positive energy".

Thinking of this, Roger couldn't help but start to think about his current strengths and weaknesses.

Roger's advantages are very prominent: powerful mental power, destiny and sound abilities, the compound ability formed by the dual paths of "Rose Bishop" and "Composer", and the two demigod-level seals of "Parasite Gloves" and "Little Duck".

But Roger's shortcomings are also very obvious, mainly in two aspects:
First, Roger's fighting ability is relatively weak. Even if he has the "Dawn Armguard", an extraordinary item that can enhance physical ability, he cannot defeat an extraordinary person who is truly good at fighting in close combat.

Although Roger's fighting style has always been to use sound or the "troublemaker" ability to control the opponent in advance and then launch a direct attack, it is not ruled out that some opponents will collect intelligence in this regard in advance to target him, forcing him into a tough battle when he lacks sufficient intelligence.

Of course, Roger can use the ability of "Rose Bishop" to heal most of the flesh and blood damage, but this requires a lot of spiritual energy, and if the opponent uses extraordinary weapons that can directly attack the spirit body, Roger will inevitably face greater trouble.

So he thought about it and decided on the first rule to be engraved.

"Spiritual Healing"!
When the first movement of the Ninth Piano Concerto is played or hummed, all individuals within range who do not harbor ill will toward Roger, including Roger himself, can enjoy spiritual healing and restoration effects, and this effect will become more and more obvious as the first movement progresses.

The advantage of doing this is that Roger can recover a lot of spirituality in a short period of time, which will be of great help in repairing the injuries of his flesh and blood and purifying the effects of his spiritual body.

In this way, he has a certain resistance to spiritual attacks and self-recovery ability, and can also improve the recovery ability of the "Rose Bishop" to a new level.

Simply put, since he could not surpass those extraordinary people who were good at close combat, he found another way and made full use of his own strengths, maximizing his physical recovery ability and increasing his tolerance to spiritual attacks.

In battle, as long as his first movement BGM sounded, Roger would have the recovery ability of a mad dog. If he were to absorb the opponent's flesh and blood simultaneously in battle, hitting and absorbing at the same time, Roger could not think of any extraordinary person below the demigod level who could achieve such a quick kill on him.

Not to mention that if he used "Fate Leap" to break a record with the first movement on it, he would immediately have an almost bottomless supply of spiritual power, and even a spiritual attack close to the demigod level might not be able to break his defense.

Roger even suspected that once he completely integrated the "Shepherd's Evil Heart" and obtained the Sequence 5 "Shepherd" ability, he could also use the effects of the first movement of the Ninth Piano Concerto to strengthen his soul ability to shepherd.

After confirming this, he quickly opened two composition books, and at the same time, he used an extra hand to start composing the first movement in a dual-threaded manner.

After a break, Roger finally completed the composition of the first movement of the Ninth Piano Concerto.

Roger hummed the high part according to the music score, and the melodious music echoed in his office.

Roger clearly felt that the spiritual energy that was left after using the abilities of "Little Duck" and "Rose Bishop" began to recover, and the speed of recovery was much faster than the loss when he used "High Part Singing".

He was generally satisfied with the result, and then, just like when he composed "Four Seasons·Winter" before, he made some optimizations and fine-tuning to the rule engraving that did not affect the overall situation, and then put down the composition book.

Roger glanced at the wall clock and found that it was past noon. He decided to go have a meal first and then come back to write the second movement.

"By the way, when I came to the Royal Art Troupe this morning, I saw that the restaurant seemed to be serving haddock and Sonia shrimp. I can go and try it to see how it tastes.

"You can think about the second movement while you eat..."

He cut up the first movement he had already written and put it into his inside pocket. Then he touched his hungry stomach, locked the door of his studio and walked towards the restaurant while looking forward to it.

Although Roger had a meal card for the Royal Art Troupe, he had only eaten here a few times. The only time was when he first met Prince Edessak. However, it was not the restaurant's regular meal serving time at that time, so strictly speaking, this was Roger's first time eating here.

As luck would have it, he had just walked into the restaurant when he ran into Alex Ford and his mentor, Viscount Birkbeck.

The master and the apprentice seemed to have a good relationship today. Viscount Birkbeck was not as serious as usual. Instead, he was chatting and laughing with Alex while waiting in line for the haddock to be baked.

Because these dishes are in limited supply and cannot be ordered a la carte, even the chief art consultant has to queue up and compete fairly.

"Good afternoon, Lord Birkbeck, Alex."

Roger bowed politely to Viscount Birkbeck, who nodded slightly, and Alex came up and bumped fists with Roger.

"Jones, today the restaurant has haddock and Sonia shrimp, both freshly caught. Are you interested in trying them?"

The violinist winked at Roger.

"That's exactly why I came here." Roger also smiled.

At this moment, the queue had reached Viscount Birkbeck, and the middle-aged gentleman spoke:

"Three baked haddock and shrimp... What sauce would you like, Jones?"

Roger was slightly stunned, feeling a little flattered:
"Regular sauce will be fine, thank you."

Seeing Viscount Birkbeck turning around to explain, Roger looked at Alex suspiciously.

"After the instructor found out that you and I had collaborated on the recording of the portable phonograph bonus album, he broke his usual habit and offered to treat me to a meal..."

Alex explained in a low voice.

Roger then realized that Viscount Burbeck had always been a man who appeared serious on the surface, but actually cared about his disciples and outstanding young artists in his heart. So it was impossible for him not to be happy to see Alex being able to participate in a major event that would be recorded in the history of art in the Northern Continent.

So, he also showed the same kindness to Roger.

Seeing that the food was ready, Roger and Alex immediately took the initiative to help Viscount Burbeck carry the dishes to the table. The three of them then started chatting while eating.

Roger emphasized his gratitude to Viscount Birkbeck for his care in the release of the portable wind-up phonograph, and then took the initiative to synchronize him with the current production progress of the bonus record.

Although Viscount Birkbeck knew all these things, Roger still explained them in detail out of courtesy and respect.

"Jones, you are indeed an outstanding and serious young man." Viscount Birkbeck once again gave Roger high praise:

"I'm looking forward to seeing how your phonograph will inject vitality into the kingdom's artistic development once it hits the market."

"Thank you, Lord Birkbeck."

Roger nodded slightly, then looked at Alex:

"Alex, are you free next week?"

"What?" Alex's body trembled, and he once again remembered how he was so sad and confused by "The Sorrow of Love" in the airtight recording studio.

"I'm composing a new piano concerto in three movements... It's almost finished now, so I wanted to ask if you know any good pianists... or other musicians.

"I'd like to invite you to help me record an album... But don't worry, I can pay a considerable fee."

"Oh?"

Roger's words immediately aroused the interest of Viscount Birkbeck, the chief artistic advisor of the Royal Orchestra, and asked:
"What kind of music is it?"

Seeing Viscount Birkbeck's reaction, Roger immediately straightened his back and introduced the Ninth Piano Concerto to the middle-aged man.

At the same time, he took out the music score of the first movement he carried with him and handed it to Viscount Birkbeck.

Viscount Birkbeck spent much longer looking at the music score this time than he did last time when he was looking at "The Sorrow of Love". After a while, he raised his head.
“The Allegro in E-flat major… has an unconventional piano solo at the beginning, which puts the soloist and the orchestra on a completely equal footing. It’s a great innovation.

"Overall, it's very positive, but it also seems to explore the relationship between fate and freedom, and contains the individual's desire to seek breakthroughs within the established order."

Roger nodded immediately:

"As expected of you, this is exactly the core idea of this song."

"What about the second and third movements?" asked Viscount Birkbeck again.

"The second movement is an Andante in C minor, and the third movement returns to E-flat major, a rondo allegro..."

Roger introduced the themes of the second and third movements in detail, and summarized them into two themes: "the tragedy of death, eternal loneliness" and "the ultimate freedom of fighting against nothingness with laughter".

Viscount Birkbeck listened attentively and expressed his own views. Finally, he gave a high evaluation:

"The emotions and thoughts are consistent with the mental state of your age, and should resonate with young people from new middle-class families... The times have reached a crossroads, and there is indeed a nihilistic trend in society. Your three movements can be regarded as a shot in the arm.

"I think if you want to complete the recording of an album, you need at least a pianist, two violinists, a violist, a cellist, and three wind players to achieve a better effect."

Roger was stunned when he heard this assessment. He had originally thought that five or six people would be enough, but he did not expect that Viscount Burbeck would give an assessment of as many as eight people.

But soon, he heard the chief art consultant say:
"If you don't mind, I'll let my three disciples take on the roles of violinist and pianist. I'll let Ford contact the rest for you... But I guess you'll have to pay them some kind of appearance fee. You can discuss the overall situation with Ford...

"Is everything all right, Ford?"

"Make sure to complete the mission."

Ford patted his chest and replied.

Viscount Birkbeck had a very sharp vision. He realized early on that the portable phonograph would be the general direction of music development for at least the next ten to twenty years. Therefore, this chief art consultant also hoped that his three disciples would catch this early train and open up a bigger prospect in their art career.

Roger and Ford were both aware of this. The former was happy to do it, and the latter now truly understood his mentor's intention to pave the way for him.

One of them needs to be a communication anchor, and the other, although seemingly nonchalant, has his own unique ambitions in his heart.

On the other hand, Alex didn't want to lose to his seniors and hoped to perform well in front of them, so the three of them finally hit it off.

Roger did not tell Alex that he had finished composing "Four Seasons·Winter" for the time being, because the master recording of this piece could be in the form of a violin solo, and he could come down and discuss it with Alex alone.

After dinner, Roger thanked Viscount Birkbeck again and returned to his studio.

After discussing with the Royal Orchestra's chief artistic advisor in the restaurant just now, Roger has now figured out the rules for engraving the second movement.

The theme of this movement is "the elegy of death and eternal loneliness", so the rules Roger intends to engrave are also very simple.

That is the "loneliness of being human"!
In one’s life, one will have family, friends and loved ones, but there will always be times when one is not understood, ideals that cannot be shared with others, and countless long, lonely nights that one has to endure alone.

Before Roger traveled through time, he had read a sentence on the Internet that perfectly fit the spirit of this second movement:

"Warmth is only a moment, loneliness is forever."

The main effects of this rule called "Eternal Solitude" are mainly manifested in two aspects.

The first is that it can temporarily cause malicious opponents to suffer visual impairment and temporarily disable the means and extraordinary abilities that do not exceed the Sequence 6 level that can be used to communicate with allies.

This is literal loneliness, which means temporarily cutting off communication between opponents, dividing the battlefield, and making opponents isolated units.

Although this is currently only a Sequence 6 level rule, its potential for utilization is enormous.

As this rule deepens and the Roger Sequence improves, it can effectively target extraordinary people who are good at team combat. The most typical of these are the high-ranking people in the "Red Priest" path who are good at legionary combat.

The second effect of the "Eternal Loneliness" rule is that it allows the opponent to concentrate on recalling all the cold eyes, exclusion, misunderstanding and desperate loneliness they have experienced in the process of growing up and life experiences. This suggestion will greatly intensify the opponent's negative emotions, making them selfish, suspicious, narrow-minded and short-sighted in a short period of time, and thus make wrong judgments and decisions about the situation.

If the loneliness is triggered by just playing or performing ordinary music, the opponent will not notice it, but will subtly affect his thinking when listening to this music. If he listens to this second movement many times, his thinking will be affected for a considerable period of time, and he will become suspicious and overly cautious.

But if Roger uses the "singer" ability to hum the second movement by strengthening his mental power, he will be controlled by a strong sense of loneliness in an instant and even fall into intense fear.

For ordinary listeners who do not have any clear malice towards Roger, they will only deeply feel the loneliness contained in the second movement and empathize with it, but their personality and thinking will not be affected. Once the music stops, the empathy will quickly end.

"That's it for today. We'll work on the third movement when we have time... Go back and get some rest. I have a date with Adam tomorrow night."

After finally finishing the composition of the second movement, a tired Roger stretched and stood up.

Although he still didn't know what the "fantasy angel" was up to at this stage, he was not someone who liked to play pranks like Amon.

After verifying Roger's attitude and humanity many times, He should have formed a preliminary judgment on the patriarch of the family of Abraham.

In particular, the test that Amon performed before informing Roger of the meeting request, in which he pretended to use the "Traveler's Dice" to go to No. 15 Minsk Street, successfully revealed that Roger still had things that he cherished and valued in this world. This meant that there was room for negotiation between the two sides, and Adam should have let go of a lot of his suspicions and vigilance.

As for what Amon said, "This doesn't count" as a test, Roger didn't believe it at all.

Roger turned off the gas valve in his studio, then took a cab back to No. 15 Minsk Street, washed up early and went to bed.

The next day, Saturday.

Roger did not leave No. 15 Minsk Street the entire day, but instead checked his various seals and made adequate preparations.

Just as Amon said, no one came to visit him for the whole day. Even the grammar teacher who was scheduled to tutor the twins asked for leave at the last minute, claiming that he had vomiting and diarrhea and needed to see a doctor.

This made Roger very helpless. When night fell and the time came to eight o'clock, Roger, who was fully armed, checked his luggage and then tossed the "traveler's dice".

The dice landed on the "4" side without any suspense.

A moment later, Roger arrived at a dark island with strong sea winds and rugged rocks.

At this moment, he heard an unusually calm and steady male voice:
"Welcome to the Sonia Sea...

"Roger Abraham."

(End of this chapter)