Deity Investigation Report

Chapter 338 The Emperor's Anchor Point, the Ancient Castle Collapses

'At this rate, it seems he's going to name the twelve anomalies one by one…'

'What would happen if all anomalies were identified?'

At this moment, Han Su, who was sitting behind that door, or rather, simply sitting in that secret room, allowing the mysterious power to envelop him and letting the mysterious ritual run, couldn't help but straighten up slightly, his cold gaze sweeping over the abnormalities.

They're all monsters.

These were all monsters that had given him nightmares and chased him relentlessly every day, but now, with the old butler's repeated "records," the fog in Han Su's heart was suddenly lifted.

Countless fragmented yet exceptionally clear memories surfaced in Han Su's mind...

Or perhaps, it wasn't in Han Su's mind.

Rather, it is the mysterious power within this ancient castle that is entering Han Su's mental model, reviving those long-forgotten memories, and thus bringing them to Han Su.

Han Su witnessed countless natural and man-made disasters on this land: the Mother Tree, the River of Corpses, and the Lost Rain swept across the land, leaving it desolate and terrifying.

I witnessed this world become a mixture of reality and abyss, shattered and broken.

Seeing that deformed creature running across the land, the spark of human civilization was almost extinguished.

But ironically, "oneself" had once mended and patched things up, and had once joined forces with these monsters, or rather, the "abnormalities" sealed within these monsters, to resolve those disasters and establish ancient covenants.

These contracts have long been lost.

There is absolutely no historical record left, and nothing to prove that these things existed.

Until this moment, in this ancient castle, the "Emperor" met the twelve strange monsters that were sealed away. At this banquet, with the old butler as the guide, the two sides talked about these past events and confirmed their existence.

Thus, from "nothing" to "something"!
These records began to appear in the old butler's notebook, as if making that period of history clearer.

Han Su had no idea how these things happened, what the causes were, or what the consequences were.

He didn't even know what the so-called divine calendar, those centuries that the old butler mentioned, represented.

But he had already remembered that during that fragmented experience, "he" had indeed done these things and witnessed these abnormalities...

Some anomalies were even brought into reality by my own hands.

Thinking about everything he would experience in the future, Han Su even had a vague feeling that his doubts were becoming clearer.

In the future, Ms. Shen from Abyss Studio continues to investigate the reasons for the failure of the Divine Descent Project. However, she has made countless guesses and conducted numerous investigations, but ultimately to no avail.

But now, in Han Su's mind, all of this seems to be becoming clearer.

Was the failure of the Divine Descent Plan predetermined from the very beginning?
All their work and attention were focused on the twelve anomalies. They built twelve altars and prepared to select twelve successors from among the kidnapped children, but in reality, this was a mistake from the very beginning.

Inside the castle, there were clearly thirteen monsters, but the thirteenth monster was overlooked by Abyss Studio... That was the Emperor!

The emperor is the thirteenth anomaly!

The Abyss Studio didn't even know the Emperor was in the castle, so how could she possibly succeed?

Only now has the entire castle project begun to move in the right direction, just like this mysterious ritual that is currently underway!

By using the twelve anomalies, the emperor could form his own anchor point!
The emperor has been artificially erased from history, leaving only a name, almost unrelated to the world and reality. Therefore, everything can only be reconstructed: anchor point, image, and finally, reality!

This is the real divine intervention plan!

But here's the most interesting part: everything is clearly moving in the right direction, but those hiding in the shadows are unhappy...

At this moment, all I wanted to see was what would happen after the old butler called out the twelve anomalies and completed the twelve records.

These mysterious powers, hidden throughout the castle and left behind by the emperor, will undergo a qualitative change within themselves after all twelve monsters have shown their approval, and what impact will this have on the Divine Descent Plan?

But the person who called was terrified of this change.

reason……

...He did want to establish an anchor point for the emperor, but he didn't want the emperor to truly awaken; instead, he wanted to keep the emperor under his control.
With his mind racing, Han Su had gotten closer than ever before to the truth of the castle and had figured out what those people were thinking.

But at that moment, as the old butler recited the incantations one by one, an invisible force was rapidly accumulating within the castle, and the continuously ringing telephone suddenly disappeared.

Just as jarringly it appeared, it vanished just as suddenly and clearly.

What is he thinking?

Han Su lowered his gaze slightly, as if looking down to the first floor, trying to guess what the eccentric doctor was thinking. If he really only wanted to invite the emperor to descend into reality, then even though he had changed his body, his goal was still what the doctor was pursuing, wasn't it?

What is he anxious about?
Now that he's stopped trying to make phone calls, has he resigned himself to his fate?
wrong!

After the phone rang and then fell silent, a long, deathly silence followed. Yet, within that silence, a faint sound seemed to echo through the castle.

Han Su immediately realized that the call hadn't been hung up, but rather answered.

But now, all the living things in the castle have gathered in the banquet hall, so who can answer that phone on the first floor?
Is there a backup plan left behind by that person in this ancient castle, or perhaps an undercover agent?

The instant Han Su realized the problem, he only heard the indistinct voice growing louder and louder. It was the person making the call, chanting some strange and somber incantation over the phone.

As the incantation echoed through the castle, a sudden, massive tremor shook the castle.

It was as if a blurry veil had been forcibly squeezed in from the cracks of the ancient castle by some incredibly powerful force.

The commotion was so immense and the force so powerful that even the vines that the old steward had previously scattered throughout the castle fell down.

This power, like flowing water, quickly converged, forming a unified field. Han Su suddenly looked up and saw that the curtains hanging around the banquet hall of the castle were becoming worn and the candlelight was going out one by one.

"That's... a mysterious will?"

Han Su immediately sensed the source of this power.

It is the mysterious will that has repeatedly repaired the vulnerabilities in various parts of this ancient castle, making its escape increasingly difficult.

That will is omnipresent, and it repeatedly leaves me frustrated, but it never appears on its own initiative. There has never been a concrete manifestation to prove that it truly exists around me.

Until now!

The person making the call realized he couldn't stop himself, so he chanted some kind of incantation over the phone, removing the mysterious protective force within the castle and releasing some dangerous power inside.

Thus, the mysterious will that had repeatedly stopped Han Su invaded the castle even more intensely at this moment, forming a tangible force. Amidst the intertwining of layers of spiritual power, a golden light began to appear.

It was a golden spear.

At first, it was just like a shadow cast into the ancient castle, but it quickly became solid and sharp.

"Is it the exclusive weapon of the Gold Knight, one of the Twelve Knights?"

Han Su saw the spear and his gaze sharpened slightly.

He knew nothing about the twelve knights who had once followed the emperor. It was only after meeting Xu Ji's father and hearing those fragmented memories from the "records" recited by the old steward that he came to know them.

Only then did they realize that this golden spear was once the weapon used by a knight, and that this weapon had somehow entered the castle at this moment.

Moreover, the moment the weapon took shape, it did not hesitate at all. In an instant, it trembled violently in the air, then changed direction and, accompanied by an unimaginable surge of spiritual power, it swept across the entire banquet hall with a whoosh and stabbed straight towards Han Su.

"How could this be?"

The old butler was suddenly shocked by this scene and looked up abruptly.

He seemed to have a kind of obsessive instinct to shield the "emperor" behind him from this stab.

However, the power contained within the golden spear actually suppressed him on the spot.

Because the will of this golden spear was directed at Han Su, aiming to pierce him, the spreading spiritual energy field also carried this will, and this will affected the old steward.

The old steward's will was insufficient to break through the intimidation of this golden spear.

The monsters around them, upon discovering the existence of the golden spear, merely chuckled and revealed a crazed and twisted smile.

Although they nodded in agreement when the old steward called their names, now that they saw Han Su threatened by the golden spear, they showed no intention of helping him, only a sense of smug satisfaction at ignoring everything that was happening...

But at that very moment, a small figure suddenly flashed over.

It's a tuxedo.

No matter what happened, he remained calmly watching, as if it were none of his business, yet he could accurately judge everything. So, when the golden spear began to take shape in the ancient castle, he stood up and walked towards Han Su.

Because he arrived early, he managed to block Han Su's path before the golden spear was pointed at him.

Because he controlled his emotions well and did not have the idea of ​​stopping the golden spear, he was not affected by the will on the golden spear.

He simply happened to walk between the golden spear and Han Su at that moment. In terms of ability, he certainly had no chance of blocking the golden spear. However, his actions affected another person.

Pig-headed butcher!

He, who had been standing in front of his door, coldly observing everything, suddenly appeared in front of the man in the tuxedo after seeing his actions. Then, he raised his huge butcher knife and slashed at the golden spear.

However, as the pig-headed butcher approached, the man in the tuxedo quietly slipped away again.

After all, he was only keeping his promise to help Han Su once, but he didn't say he had to risk his life.

"Hey!"

As the pig-headed butcher's knife slammed into the golden spear, a series of sparks exploded.

The immense force pressed straight forward, instantly piercing the pig-headed butcher's chest, passing through his left side. However, endless blood vessels surged and spread across his body, instantly engulfing and binding the golden spear.

As the golden spear pierced its body, the spiritual power within it was rapidly devoured and dissolved by the endless blood vessels until it vanished completely.

It remained fixed on its body, neither moving forward nor backward, as if it had become part of the pig-headed butcher's body.

Han Su dodged the fatal blow, but seemed to show no particular emotion.

He was completely oblivious to the appearance of the golden spear and the danger it posed to him. Only when the golden spear interrupted the old butler's ceremony, and the entire castle teetered on the brink of collapse with countless cracks appearing, did he grit his teeth and raise his head:

"I finally understand..."

"The kind of game you play..."

"But you can't fool everyone. Your lies will require the sacrifice of your own blood..."

"You will all pay the price..."

"..."

His gaze was so intense that it seemed to pierce through the endless vortex of consciousness, revealing several tall and mysterious figures standing on the edge of history, staring menacingly at the ancient castle.

The next moment, crackling sounds rang out all around the castle. The vines that the old butler had laid down were breaking apart piece by piece, and the entire castle was on the verge of collapse.

Immediately afterwards, the castle itself collapsed, and huge cracks appeared from left to right, as if to tear the massive castle in two completely.

The most crucial element was the old butler. The cracks in his porcelain body suddenly spread out to an extreme, and then collapsed with a bang. He truly resembled a pile of porcelain, instantly crumbling into a pile of fragments.

The mouth was still full of resentment, and it kept muttering something.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Suddenly, countless loud laughs rang in Han Su's ears. It was the monsters. They sensed the fragility of the castle and charged outwards like madmen. Their shadows twisted and grew larger, crashing into the castle from the inside and squeezing outwards through the cracks in various places.

"Ugh……"

The low sigh came from the microphone hanging down on the first floor. The person on the other end of the line seemed to feel a deep sense of regret because of the scene.

He couldn't understand how such a smooth plan could suddenly collapse into such a mess.
(End of this chapter)