Lex looked at the words 'War' and his thoughts began to wander.
"A Watcher has already said that the Hunter Pathway is a pathway of war. If one continues down this pathway, war is definitely a crucial issue that cannot be avoided."
"And I don't believe this problem can be circumvented. If I want to continue down this pathway, I should be prepared to participate in war now."
"No evasion, no shortcuts."
"The only question is, what kind of war am I to participate in?"
"I am Lex. The 'past life' emotions I possess prevent me from condoning aggressive wars."
"Therefore, the war I should participate in should be similar to a defensive war. That's right, if I must participate in war, then I should fight for 'protection'!"
Lex continued to read.
'No. 1185161963109765120: Interact less with supporting female characters, your skills are too poor.'
Cough, cough.
This Watcher, if your skills are good, why don't you teach me a few tricks?
'No. 20180206215525844: At this stage, you can organize mercenaries to Eliminate pirates, or you can become a pirate and rob merchant ships; you can organize colonization, or you can infiltrate the South Continent and resist colonization. These things do not affect the Foundation of the ruling power, so you can do them with confidence.
But don't think about rebelling. Things that affect the Foundation of the ruling power will incur the resolute suppression of high-Sequence Beyonder.
In fact, even agitating for strikes is very dangerous at low Sequences.
So don't raise the banner of rebellion before Sequence 4, and don't expand the territory of rebellion by relocating states and connecting counties before Sequence 2. Staying low is the best strategy. Anyway, you have Fool backing you, so upgrading is not a very difficult thing.'
This Watcher's message can be summarized in one word: 'HIDE!'
I know about the resistance organizations in the South Continent, this is from the original owner's memory. Speaking of which, many aspects of the Loen Kingdom are very similar to a country I knew in my previous life.
From history to developmental path, it is all the same.
That 'Creator' must have created Loen based on that country.
The issue of colonization is too far from me, but the issue of pirates, I should be involved with very soon.
After becoming a navy, I will inevitably deal with those Sea thieves. This reminds me of "One Piece". Speaking of the Four Emperors and Seven Warlords, could they be based on the 'Four Emperors and Seven Warlords of the Sea'?
'Mountains and seas: Lex, let me give you some information on secret organizations~
First, organizations born within the last one or two hundred years:
1. Element Dawn
Established by Bernadette Gustav. Controls the Hermit Pathway and the Wheel of Fortune Pathway. Has been fighting against the Moses Secret Order. It incorporates elements from various schools of mysticism and has its own set of theories. Its members are skilled in spellcasting and master many ancient sorceries.
2. Celestial Faction'
After reading this information, Lex's breathing became heavy.
This Watcher provided a lot of information about secret organizations: Element Dawn, Celestial Faction, Sea God Church, Psychological Alchemists, Iron Blood Cross Society, Aurora Order!
Although it was just a simple introduction to these organizations, Lex felt like he had suddenly grasped many secrets and instantly became more sophisticated.
Many of these organizations seemed to possess a certain degree of danger, especially the latter two. The Iron Blood Cross Society wanted to make the Beyonder public, while every member of the Aurora Order was a lunatic. Unfortunately, the deities they worshipped were censored.
But given the strangeness of this world, knowing the identity of a deity might not be a good thing.
Reading to this point, Lex felt a certain consumption of his spirituality, but compared to the previous Sequences, his current spirituality was clearly more abundant.
"I should be able to continue reading, but for now, let's leave it at that."
Lex picked up the quill pen tucked between the pages, crossed out the previous questions on the message board, and wrote down his request.
'Dear Watchers, I would like to ask for your help. Please help me collect information on 'modern individual thermal weapons', such as 'individual anti-tank missiles', the more detailed the better. I want to make some attempts, I beg you all!'
End of summoning.
Lex closed his eyes and recalled the information he had just read. At this moment, he heard footsteps outside the door.
It was probably his sister.
Sure enough, Harribel walked in with the book of eternal life and placed it on the table: "Here you go. Also, Dad wants you to go to his study in a bit."
"Okay."
Lex noticed that his sister was dressed like a tomboy again, so he asked, "Are you going out?"
"Hmm, I'm going to see Erica, and I also need to meet Denise and the others. I have to emphasize to them not to tell the adults what happened last night."
Lex nodded, but thought to himself, actually, the best way would be to make them forget about it, but unfortunately, I am not a Spectator.
After his sister left, Lex opened the book of eternal life, and this time he read it carefully.
It took Lex a little over an hour to finish the book.
the book of eternal life was written by Yarlin Terrance. This ancestor of Terrance was from the South Continent. In his self-narration, he admitted that he had been particularly curious about death since childhood. He wanted to know why life fades and what happens after death.
Gradually, his curiosity turned into obsession, and eventually, he became a Beyonder of the Corpse Collector Pathway and joined an organization called the Eternal Life Society.
This organization worshipped the God of death, believing that after people die and leave this painful real world, they will attain eternal life in the Underworld.
Through many years of operation, Yarlin gradually gained a certain status within the Eternal Life Society and became a 'medium Mentor'.
Soon after, he served an 'Aegus'. Yarlin did not explicitly state the name and identity of this 'Aegus' in the book, only vaguely referring to him as 'the noble gentleman'.
With the help of this 'noble gentleman', several years later, Yarlin was promoted to Gatekeeper. But in a war, he was severely wounded. The subsequent deeds were continued and supplemented by his son, 'Edgar Terrance'.
Yarlin was gravely wounded and on the verge of death, but he somehow obtained a ritual. He claimed this ritual would allow him to return from the Underworld.
However, this ritual had some limitations. For example, it could only be performed one hundred years after Yarlin's death; for example, the ritual required Yarlin's complete remains; for example, only Yarlin's descendants could preside over this ritual.
So Yarlin asked his son to have many children and expand the Family, and Edgar indeed did so. But with the changes of the times, the Terrance Family gradually declined from its prosperity, and a part of the ancestor's remains was permanently lost in the turmoil.
Thereafter, the Terrance Family intermarried with other families, gradually giving rise to several collateral families with surnames such as 'Bolin', 'Fedgar', and 'Rien'.
Yarlin's already incomplete remains, with the emergence of these collateral families, became even more scattered and could no longer be completely gathered.
"This means that after Yarlin's death, he must have used some method to combine his beyonder characteristics with his remains."
"Hmm, the mysterious symbols on that humerus should be the key. So, the characteristics preserved on this humerus of Erica's Family are not complete, which caused Yarlin to return in a fragmented state..."
Lex closed the book of eternal life and sighed, "Even a Sequence 5 Beyonder who controls the power of death can still die."
"But Yarlin was able to revive and return through a ritual, using the Bloodline of his descendants. It was only because the conditions could not be met that the situation last night occurred."
"But looking at it this way, since even a Sequence 5 has a way to revive, then the deities of this world probably don't truly die."
"Even those who have already died have means and methods to quietly return at some point!"
"This is another form of eternal life!"
After changing into a shirt and vest, Lex went to Bison's study and knocked on the door.
"Come in."
Bison's voice came from inside. Lex pushed open the door and saw the baron examining some documents.
He heard footsteps and looked up, a smile blooming on his face. He pulled open a drawer and took out an envelope.
"The Navy's recruit admission notice has arrived. I've already seen it. In a week, a warship will arrive at Vera Harbor, and it will take you new recruits to a secret base for training."
"You can read the specifics yourself, just remember not to be late."
With that, Bison pushed the envelope, which bore the Navy's emblem, towards Lex.