Rene was revived. In his eyes, everything became incredibly clear.
He knew he had succeeded.
However, what puzzled him was that during this process he seemed to have lost a period of time.
There was also a segment of experimental experience.
There seemed to be a slight sense of discord between his memories and the records…
Rene realized something, but he did not pursue it.
Because the current him possessed all the time in the universe.
He had become Narzissenkreuz.
At this time, everything in the Gestalt had been completed.
The base of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo had also been transferred here.
For internal management, the Narzissenkreuz Ordo had its own set of rules.
They distinguished members' abilities and permissions by ranks.
The first rank was the most elementary rank.
One needed to thoroughly read the bibliography listed by the Narzissenkreuz Ordo to understand the ideals of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo.
Afterward, the ranks increased step by step.
Rene was naturally the highest rank here. Everyone no longer called him by his name directly,
whether the new name or the old one.
Now he was generally referred to as — Master.
The revived Rene, now the Master, did not rush to begin his plan.
The current him could already do many things.
He separated Carter's consciousness from within his own body and placed it into a Hilichurl's body.
[So that's how it was. However, judging from his later performance, this Carter is no longer that Carter]
[So he can separate it at will?]
[He can, but just like Caterpillar — is he still the pure Carter?]
Saving Carter had always been the obsession of both Jakob and Rene.
However, when Jakob implanted Rene's memories, he had removed the memories of the two failures.
So whether Rene truly had an obsession with Carter was a bit difficult to interpret here.
But in any case, Carter was also revived.
Rene named him Caterpillar — the pupa of the illusory light moth butterfly.
He hoped Carter could break out of the cocoon and become a true human.
Not only that.
This action by Rene was also to prove his methods to the members of the society.
In this way, he could obtain more resources and followers.
Judging from the commendation certificates scattered everywhere, the Narzissenkreuz Ordo's development at that time had already reached its peak.
It possessed abundant resources and devout followers.
There was a ritual within the Narzissenkreuz Ordo that Rene called Self-Severance.
It was generally performed by him holding the holy sword.
Director Lyris would separate a person's self-will and hand it over to Rene to control.
Among the investors of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo, some had experienced this ritual.
This could be found in the sky above the Gestalt.
[This is real, I'm not lying to you]
[Already done, thanks]
[Can you still see it after sinking?]
[Just watch the video. Are you really planning to go look for it?]
[For Primogems! What if it really exists?]
Simple Self-Severance did not mean the destruction of the body. It only meant one could not obtain a Vision.
In Rene's view, this was undoubtedly an advantage.
Because one could escape the shackles of fate and so on.
The power of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo grew stronger and stronger.
This attracted the attention of Fontaine's official authorities.
The investigation into the Narzissenkreuz Ordo thus began.
Rene did not care. He simply dissolved the dispatched investigators and sent them to the new world ahead of time.
Among the batches of investigators sent, a rather special existence arrived — Emmanuel Guillotin.
That is, the foster father of Alain and Mary-Ann.
The purpose of his investigation into the Narzissenkreuz Ordo was very simple.
He wanted to clear away some things that obstructed the peaceful life of Alain and Mary-Ann.
To create a world without deep dark shadows for his children.
However, what greeted him was precisely the vortex of Rene's dissolution…
In the final moments of his life, memories surfaced like air bubbles from a broken diving apparatus.
He recalled the life at the Narzissenkreuz Institute in his childhood, the director's embrace.
He also recalled how he had once sent innocent children into the Narzissenkreuz Institute.
And the night Poisson Town was burned, the countless faces twisted by hatred…
Rene completed his "revenge." It was unknown whether he still had such a need at this time.
Through this Guillotin's memories,
Rene learned about Alain's recent life.
He had created a publication mechanism with self-awareness. That is, Seymour.
If research continued, perhaps he could create a mechanism capable of carrying human consciousness.
After seeing all this, Rene expressed regret toward the path Alain had chosen.
In his eyes, this was not a path that could save the world.
And after absorbing Emmanuel's memories, Rene finally learned how highly the Fontaine authorities regarded the Narzissenkreuz Ordo.
At this point, continuing to carry out the plan with great fanfare was no longer possible.
However, the reversal of the Covenant of the Compact Seal had not yet been completed.
Rene needed to think of a way out.
At this moment, Alain came to find him.
The two who had long broken off their relationship conversed once again.
Alain advised Rene to stop.
Rene naturally refused.
There was no conflict between the two, not even an argument.
Alain came to the Gestalt merely to offer a piece of advice.
After being rejected, he left.
When leaving, Alain said, "It seems there is no turning back."
Alain's trip could be considered the last time he pleaded on Rene's behalf.
Rene did not agree.
Thus, the Narzissenkreuz Ordo was recognized by Fontaine as an illegal radical organization.
It was a criminal group and was to be permanently closed from that day onward.
The liquidation of the Narzissenkreuz Ordo also began at this moment.
[In the end, it still came to the step of brave versus evil dragon]
[From Rene's perspective, who is the brave and who is the evil dragon?]
Regarding the liquidation by Fontaine's upper echelons, Rene had long prepared countermeasures.
He sent members including the director and Jakob to engage in a decisive battle against Alain, who represented Fontaine, at Elynas.
This action was not to defeat the gears, but to buy time.
He himself remained in the Gestalt.
He sank himself into the Primordial Sea water, waiting for the opportunity to revive once more.
On the Elynas side, a brave-versus-evil-dragon decisive battle began.
The process of the battle was tragic.
Seymour's core module was damaged and could no longer move.
Director Lyris saw that the children she once had were about to die.
Even though she could not understand the overly complicated present and future, she still rushed forward and embraced the barely breathing Mary-Ann in one go.
She could not understand the overly complex present and future.
But she still remembered the past.
She wanted to preserve the past.
Thus, out of instinct, she merged Mary-Ann's consciousness with her own…
[So this is the 'Mary-Ann' from the Land of the Sleeping, right]
[So that's how it came about]
[Director, I'm really crying to death]
Many people died in this battle.
The impact of the explosion drove fragments into Elynas's body.
And these fragments were precisely the origin from which the Melusines were born…