Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 178: The Deal with Adam
Roger looked up and saw a man who was very familiar to him, yet a stranger to him, standing on a flat black reef not far from him.

The other person was dressed in a simple white robe, and his whole body exuded a warm and peaceful temperament. His thick light golden beard hung down to his chest, almost covering the lower half of his face. He looked very much like the saint who took on all the sins of the world that Roger had read about in the book.

But what impressed Roger the most were his pair of golden eyes, as pure as a baby's, which seemed to be flowing with holy light that was ignorant of the world. But the ancient silver cross pendant hanging on his lapel seemed to tell that it came from an extremely distant ancient time.

This is the eldest son of the ancient sun god, the embodiment of his divine side.

"Angel of Fantasy", Adam!

"You and I think a little differently, but it's pretty much the same."

Roger nodded slightly to Adam as a greeting.

"I've been looking forward to meeting you, too."

Adam smiled and slowly walked down the reef and approached Roger.

During this process, His sleeves swept across the sea water that was occasionally pushed ashore by the tide, but He was not wet at all.

"I want to ask you, what are your plans for the future and how do you view the world?"

Facing questions like Adam's, Roger was well prepared:

"Our ultimate goal is the same, but I care about more things than you do."

What he meant was that he also wanted to solve the problem of doomsday in the end, but he was still dominated by human nature.

"You and Russell are somewhat similar..."

Adam was speaking when he heard Roger laugh:
"I'm not like him."

“Just because it’s different now doesn’t mean it will be different in the future.”

Adam pointed at himself and then at Roger:

"In a sense, Russell, you, and I are all the same. We are all just a medium, a carrier, struggling to survive under a constant threat.

"Over the countless years that have passed, I have pondered the meaning of my existence. Ultimately, all meaning has been reduced to nothingness, leaving only pure persistence."

Roger knew Adam's position long ago, and he shook his head:

"I say the same thing to you. Just because you are like this now doesn't mean you will be like this in the future.

"Everything changes, and you want to see change in yourself, so you need me."

Adam paused when he heard Roger's words, then smiled:
"interesting."

"Just tell me, what did you ask me to do today?"

Roger was too lazy to play guessing games with Adam and asked directly.

“This is an island reef at the confluence of the Sonia Sea and the White Whale Sea, and it belongs to the Gargas Islands in a broad sense.

"But it has remained undiscovered for hundreds of years because it holds a secret."

Adam pointed deeper into the island and spoke slowly.

"What secret?"

Roger raised an eyebrow.

“I know you are looking for the resurrection trick left by Bethel Abraham.

"And deep within this island lies a Planeswalker buried."

Roger was slightly stunned, then he understood what Adam meant.

According to the results obtained by Roger after conducting a deep understanding on Fors's bracelet, Mr. "Gate" Bethel Abraham once reserved a Sequence 2 body for himself as a backup for resurrection, but in the end, this backup was scattered into many extraordinary characteristics and was devoured by other members of the Abraham family, eventually losing control and dying.

Taking into account the fact that the same person possessed multiple extraordinary characteristics from Mr. "Men"'s clones, the eight extraordinary characteristics were finally condensed into five seals.

The highest-level item among them is the "Planeswalker" seal corresponding to Sequence 2.

Previously, Roger only vaguely felt that it was near the Ross Islands, but he did not expect that its actual location was still some distance away from the Ross Islands, between the Gargas Islands and the Ross Islands.

"Is this a gift from you to me? What is your purpose?"

Roger stared at Adam across from him again with a questioning look.

"Yes and no."

Adam nodded, then shook his head:

"You should have guessed it. When the extraordinary properties of the five sealed artifacts are combined, Bethel Abraham's clone will be resurrected.

"But this kind of resurrection isn't a true resurrection... Although these Beyonder characteristics bear the imprint of his spirit, he is still contaminated by the great being that controls 'reality.' Therefore, even if this backup plan is activated, he cannot truly achieve resurrection."

Roger laughed:
“Who told you I wanted to resurrect Bethel Abraham?
“Although I am a member of the Abraham family, I am not one of those extreme retro-style people in the family who always want to see their ancestors return.

"Whether He returns or not, it doesn't really matter to me."

On the one hand, this was indeed the truth, but on the other hand, he believed that Adam should not have misjudged his own way of thinking, so this "fantasy angel" must have something else in his words, something that contained other hidden meanings.

As expected, Adam spoke again and added:

"The resurrection of Bethel Abraham means much more to you than you can imagine."

"What do you mean?" Roger demanded.

"Although I don't fully understand the power you possess, it seems you at least possess the dual authority over the starry sky and destiny."

Adam paced gently again and continued:

“So I guess that in your future promotion to demigod, there is a high probability that you will need to travel to the starry sky and complete certain rituals.

"But you should be aware of the current situation outside the planet. Even if you possess the blessing of the Source Essence, it would be very dangerous to directly pass through the blockade of those beings. Not to mention that, as far as I know, your ability seems to be time-limited.

"But Bethel Abraham's clone has stored the coordinates of a series of distant celestial bodies... If we use the direct teleportation function of the Planeswalker in conjunction with your spatial authority, there should be hope that we can bypass those entities and directly reach the corresponding deep space areas.

"This is essential for you. It's not just Bethel Abraham who needs the resurrection, but you actually need Him too."

After hearing what Adam said, Roger frowned slightly.

Although he currently did not know what the high-sequence promotion ceremony for the "Star of Judgment" path would be like, considering that Ghroth's true form was a planetary being, constantly traveling through interstellar space and spreading the "Sound of the Celestial Bodies", there was indeed a high probability that this path's high-sequence promotion would require traveling to the starry sky, or even spreading the musical rules of his own creation within the starry sky.

On the other hand, Adam clearly mistook the power of "Oneness of All Things" for the power of Ghroth's Essence, without distinguishing the difference between the two.

But it must be said that Adam's insight was indeed very sharp. He was able to deduce this series of results based on only limited information.

After a quick thought, Roger asked:

"But you just said that resurrection using that body isn't a true resurrection.

Adam nodded slightly:

"Yes, so you must remove the contamination from the five seals and then let Bethel Abraham die once before you can resurrect him by combining the extraordinary properties of the five seals.

"I know this isn't difficult for you. You've done similar things before... Once you attain divinity, there's hope you'll be able to remove this level of contamination."

Roger knew that Adam knew that he had stripped the Sequence 9 "Corpse Collector" Beyonder characteristic from Dunn Smith, and he should also know that he had given the "Descendant of Death" skull, which had been cleared of the "True Creator" contamination, to Mr. Azik.

Although the result of the inference was basically correct, Adam confused the power of Yog-Sothoth, the "One of All Things", and the power of Ghroth, the "Star of Judgment".

But this is also reasonable, after all, Adam knows very little about the true ruler of the entire universe.

In the state of "ring", Roger is indeed confident that he can extract the spiritual pollution mixed with the influence of the "Fallen Mother Goddess" from the five sealed objects, but this will also greatly erode Bethel Abraham's spiritual imprint.

After all, the current relationship between the two sides is one of you in me and me in you. The pollution of the "Fallen Mother Goddess" and the spiritual imprint of Mr. "Men" coexist. Eliminating one side means that there will be little left of the other side.

"If that were the case, the spirit of the ancestors would have largely disappeared, and it wouldn't be considered a true resurrection."

Roger shook his head. He knew that Adam had probably thought of this as well, so he wanted to know what he thought about it.

"Yes, although that spirit hasn't completely disappeared, it's no longer Him in the true sense.

"To be precise, He will lose most of His memories and accumulated experiences, returning to childhood, but He will still possess the status and abilities of an angel, similar to a natural mythical creature.

"How He develops by then will depend entirely on your ability and guidance... But this also presents a golden opportunity for the Abraham family to successfully resolve the 'Blood Moon Curse' and revive once again."

It has to be said that what Adam said made sense, and Roger believed that he was not lying to him.

Not only can it completely eliminate the blood moon curse, it can also transform the Abraham family into an angel family again, and it can also help him complete the ritual of going to the starry sky. It is simply a deal that kills three birds with one stone and is a sure win.

"Of course, even if you possess the power of Essence, it will still be difficult to obtain the Sequence 2 Seal buried here.

"Before his death, that Planeswalker used his last moments of consciousness to create a restriction... This restriction will randomly teleport anyone who attempts to enter his tomb to different coordinates in the spirit or astral realms. Even if you forcibly break this restriction through external force, there's no guarantee that you'll be able to find the exact location of the seal formed by his Beyonder characteristics in a short period of time.

"So my suggestion is to wait until you possess divinity and become at least a Sequence 4 demigod, and your compatibility with the Essence is further improved, then come and retrieve that item."

Roger listened to Adam's words quietly, without explaining anything, but asked again:

"So the people on the surrounding islands and the mainland haven't discovered this island for hundreds of years, is it also because of the space distortion caused by this ban?" "Correct." Adam nodded.

Roger now understood that his previous inability to accurately locate this "planeswalker" level seal was not only due to the distance being too far, but the angel-level spatial distortion also reduced the effect of the "reverse covenant".

"So, what do you need?"

Because Adam had shown enough sincerity and stated an attractive condition in advance, Roger also paid attention to His request at this moment.

"I don't know if you understand what happened on this planet in the past, but as I just said, I also have a strong will hidden within me."

It should be "God"...

Roger didn't say anything, but nodded slightly, indicating that the other party should continue.

"Remember Samuel Schmidt?"

Adam smiled.
"When you used your special ability to exile him, the True Creator was also frightened. This not only affected Him, but also the latent will within His body.

"You should already know that the 'Dreamer' path I'm on and the 'Hanged Man' path He's on are adjacent paths... In a sense, He and I must reunite as one.

"So I hope you can take action to contain that power and help me complete the fusion with the 'True Creator'."

My goodness, are you trying to use me to nail the lid of God's coffin?
Roger remained calm, "But you also saw that the impact on the True Creator was indeed significant, and He Himself suffered considerable trauma."

"Yeah, so guess why I'm laughing?"

Adam's words made Roger slightly stunned, and he couldn't help but complain in his heart.

I don't know why you are laughing...

In a sense, Adam's smile was even more terrifying than Amon's, so Roger still asked politely:

"why?"

"Have you ever thought about why you can tolerate the 'evil heart of a pastor'?"

Adam asked.

"Why, isn't it because of Amon's 'fraud'? ...Wait,"

When Roger asked this question, he suddenly realized something.

"It seems you've already guessed something."

Adam turned around and walked towards a reef not far away again, stood on it, and then pointed his right index finger at the starry sky.

"The Visionary Path where I am, the Hanged Man Path where the True Creator is, the Tyrant Path where the Storm Lord is, the Sun Path where the Eternal Blazing Sun is, and the White Tower Path where the God of Knowledge and Wisdom is. These are the five adjacent paths known as the Five Paths of Omniscience and Omnipotence.

"Among them, the 'Tyrant' path represents the omnipotence of the material world.

"The Visionary Path represents the omnipotence of all things immaterial.

"'Sun' represents the light from the astral plane.

"The Hanged Man represents the darkness that corresponds to it.

"The 'White Tower' is the Tower of Knowledge, representing omniscience itself.

"When these five paths become one, the pillar representing the astral realm will be born.

"Of course, this is symbolic. Before I met you, I also thought this was the end... or rather, the end that can be reached by human power."

At this moment, Adam actually showed a somewhat self-deprecating smile.

After a while, he continued:

"The power you possess involves both fate and the astral realm. In other words, you and the five paths collectively known as the Three Mysterious Paths—The Fool, The Gate, Error, and Omniscience—are adjacent to each other. This is the fundamental reason you can accommodate the Shepherd's Evil Heart.

"Amon's success perfectly illustrates this point... Of course, this kind of accommodation isn't conventional. The deception of a high-level person on the 'wrong' path also played a very important role... However, if you didn't possess that essence yourself, this deception would be almost impossible to succeed. The loophole in the rules is so small that even "He" couldn't pull it off."

Adam's words left Roger in surprise and deep thought.

At this moment, he suddenly figured out a lot of things!

This included but was not limited to why he was invited by Klein to join the "Tarot Club" without being fully prepared, and why he introduced the gray fog into the "spiritual wall" between reality and the spiritual world during the prayer ritual magic for Mr. "Fool". He also understood why he was able to trigger the defense mechanism of "Tianzun" and was eventually forced to fight with Him!
The essence of all this is that he is connected to "Source Castle" because of Ghroth himself!
Because of this connection, he was discovered by Klein in advance and received an invitation from the Lord of Sefirah Castle.

His joining the Tarot Club directly allowed a portion of Heros's source power to enter the "Source Castle".

After all, no one knows what chemical reaction will occur when one source substance is brought into another, let alone two source substances that are similar in symbolic terms!

But this brings us to another issue.

That is, there is a clear difference between the personalities of Klein and Adam!

Klein was only Sequence 9 at the beginning, but Adam is now the King of Angels!

The former's fateful connection with "Source Castle" was very weak, but Adam had a strong mystical connection with the "Chaos Sea".

Even though his predecessor, the "Ancient Sun God", had used the "Dark Angel" and "Deputy Lord of Heaven" Sasriel, who split from his body, as a firewall to invoke the authority of the "Chaos Sea", but because Sasriel was also a personality split from the "Ancient Sun God", even though part of the pollution was isolated, the connection between the two sides at the mystical level did not weaken much.

Not to mention that Adam is now the King of Angels and a half-step true god. This means that if Roger directly does the same thing to the "Chaos Sea" as he did to the "Source Castle", then in addition to the will of "God" who will be the first to suffer a serious blow, Adam and the "True Creator" will also be affected!
But when Roger thought about it carefully, he realized that Adam didn't know that he had hit "Tianzun" in the face, so he must have meant something else.

Sure enough, the "angel of fantasy" continued:
"Having you merge with the 'Shepherd's Evil Heart' was an experiment of mine... Fortunately, it was a success.

"Since then, both the True Creator and the vague will within me have been slowly weakened and suppressed... But this force is not enough, so I want to go further."

Upon hearing this, Roger asked directly:

"If the experiment doesn't succeed, then my death would be in vain."

"That's not true."

Adam shook his head. "After all, if that were the case, you should have lost control when you first met Amon and took the Apprentice Beyonder in front of Him."

"...You continue."

Roger sighed softly. If he didn't understand the character of the guy in front of him, he would have been unable to resist and beat him up.

"Because the power of that great being was suppressed, the mental state of the originally unconscious 'True Creator' has gradually improved.

"That's why He is interested in you.

"But his sanity still couldn't compare to that of a normal god, so based on his compulsion to merge, he came to a wrong conclusion—that if he merged with you, he would gain even greater power.

"He passed this oracle to the saints of the Aurora Society, and this oracle was further distorted by those demigods.

"And after that, Aurora will begin to regard you as the 'Son of God' and appoint you as the 'Special Messenger of God'."

Roger suddenly realized.

At this moment, he finally understood the change in attitude of the Aurora Society, and also knew what was going on with the "True Creator".

"So what are you going to do?"

Roger asked.

"It's simple. Once you become a Shepherd, I'll help you take the next step—becoming a Sequence 4 Black Knight.

"This will further accelerate the rate at which you will erode that latent will... Your connection to the fate of the Hanged Man Path in the mid-sequence isn't strong enough, but if you possess divinity, the situation will be different.

"But on the other hand, due to the limitations of Sequence 4 itself, the negative impact of the power you possess will be controlled to a reasonable level, so as not to completely contaminate me and the True Creator.

"Of course, after everything is done, you'll still need to find a way to remove the excess pollution... Once you become a god, I imagine this won't be difficult to accomplish, right?"

Adam was basing this on Roger's previous reverse secret agreement with the skull of the descendant of the god of death, and at the same time he was observing Roger's expression.

Although He didn't dare to spy on Roger directly, He could still tell a lot from his external micro-expressions.

Unlike Audrey, the "Justice" who was only at Sequence 8, even Roger couldn't hide from the "audience" at the Angel King level even with his "Troublemaker" ability.

“It should be possible, but what if it doesn’t work?”

Roger asked, somewhat uncertainly himself.

"There are risks on both sides, and for me it's always the lesser of two evils."

Adam seemed to have thought about this already, and he answered without any hesitation.

Roger lowered his head. He knew that Adam was taking a gamble, a gamble that Roger would not lose control in the process, and that Roger would eventually help Him remove the pollution.

But rather than fight against the huge will of "God", He, who had already failed, would rather believe in Roger.

After Roger thought it through, he let out a long sigh and looked at Adam with a flickering look in his eyes:
“I can promise.

"But there are more important things we need to make clear right now."

(End of this chapter)