Odis, of course, would not miss this opportunity to ask the "Demon King" some questions.
After all, this evil god was the "longest-lived" ancient god, having survived from the second to the fifth era, so he should know a lot of hidden history.
Seeing that the "Demon King" did not object, Odis asked, "Was the 'Giant King' really killed by the current 'God of War' and had his authority over the 'Twilight Giants' taken away?"
"Yes."
Odis took a deep breath. This was a conjecture he had previously made, and now it had finally been confirmed. So he asked again, "Was the divine war about the 'Progenitor of the Vampires' during the Second Era part of the 'Progenitor of the Vampires' plan?"
"Yes." Dylan didn't know what they were talking about either, but he faithfully conveyed the "Demon King's" meaning: "It was Lilith who used Omibella, but Lilith made a serious misjudgment and did not complete the resurrection according to His plan."
This was also one of Odis's conjectures, and once this conjecture was confirmed, the history of the Second Age suddenly became much clearer.
"In exchange, it's my turn to ask a question."
Odis was taken aback: "What question can I answer?"
"what do you?"
"I..." Odis didn't know how to answer for a moment.
Am I an extraordinary one?
Am I a time traveler?
How should I describe myself?
Before Odis could answer, Dylan conveyed the words of the "Demon King": "I understand."
Odis was taken aback: What the hell do you understand?
So he asked, "You said before that I was special, so what makes me special?"
"You are not a physical entity."
Odis was taken aback: "Not a physical entity?"
"It seems you haven't realized this yet. Perhaps you're not at a high enough level to retrieve some of your memories."
Odis paused for a moment, recalling his previous association with the "wilderness of knowledge," and suddenly realized that things might be more complicated than he had guessed.
But now he's more worried: "Can every deity see the special qualities in me?"
"No, I have authority over 'body fluids,' so I can perceive that your essence is fabricated, or rather, simulated."
Odis opened his mouth, then suddenly had a bold idea: Could I be a consciousness generated from the "wilderness of knowledge"?
He then dismissed the idea, because he had memories of his time travel and was undoubtedly a time traveler.
Then the "Demon King" asked again, "Are you going to stay in Backlund forever?"
"No, that's not it," Odis laughed. "It's just that I have no way to escape."
"There will be a way."
Odis then asked, "Is my fate influenced by some force?"
Lately, he has been encountering some high-level events. First, there was Triss's attempt to escape "0-08", then the "Unending Whisper" tried to descend into the real world, and now he has encountered the "Demon King".
"Yes."
Odis took a deep breath: "Just as I expected."
Then he asked, "Who influenced me?"
"have no idea."
Odis was stunned: "You don't know either?"
"I am not 'omniscient and omnipotent'," said the "Demon King." "Alright, let's end our conversation here. If we continue, I risk being exposed."
"We'll have another chance to talk later."
He paused and then said, "You are the most knowledgeable and the most outstanding wizard I have ever seen."
In that instant, Odis's spirituality seemed to churn within her body like boiling water.
Then his spirit felt an unprecedented comfort, the sensation of the potion being rapidly digested!
The next second, Odis immediately realized that the potion in her body was almost completely digested!
This is the power of the gods; a single word from them is more effective than all of Odysseus's performances!
Somewhat agitated, Odis tried to calm himself down: "One last question, why did you answer all those questions I asked? Why did you help me?"
This "demon king," a symbol of "fall," actually answered so many questions, and even seemed harmless. Crucially, he even proactively helped Odis digest the potion.
That sounds really weird.
"We've met before, you just haven't remembered. And now, to answer your question, it's simply about trading and investing."
Odis was taken aback: "Investing in a Sequence 7?"
Dylan paused for a few seconds before saying, "He just chuckled twice."
Odis took a deep breath: "I understand."
He rubbed his forehead in frustration. He had been wondering what had affected him, which was why he had encountered three high-level events in a row.
Odis recalled his previous exploration of the Trensost ruins with Bernadette, which made him wonder: Could it be that the magic circle failed to block the power of the "Starry Sky Evil God" and allowed the "Starry Sky Evil God" to affect me?
Then he thought it was unlikely, because at that time the "Starry Sky Evil God" had not yet established a connection with the real world.
Odis suddenly thought of the narrow-necked glass bottle on the stone platform, and he now suspected that it might be that narrow-necked glass bottle that was influencing him.
He decided to find an opportunity to talk to Bernadette about this issue and then return to the Quaternary ruins to confirm his conjecture.
"Mr. Wizard, may I wear the top hat?" Dylan asked, sitting opposite him.
Odis snapped out of her reverie: "Sorry, I was daydreaming. Here, put your hat on."
He then said, "You must keep my conversation with that being today a secret."
Dylan and Pine both said it was no problem, and then Dylan paid the £200 note, thus completing the commission.
Odis handed Dylan an envelope: "You will definitely have to take off your top hat when you get a haircut, but as long as it doesn't move more than a meter above your head and three meters around you, it's fine."
"Even when you're sleeping, you should find something to hang it up so that it's always above you."
"Also, this hat needs maintenance every year. If I'm still in Backlund then, you can come to me for maintenance."
"If I'm not in Backlund, go to Garr's Herbal Shop at 51 Henry Street and find Manager Kenner to help with the maintenance."
The envelope contained the design sketches for the top hat, as well as instructions on how to care for it.
Kaina once helped Odis complete the creation of the "Flaming Arrow," so a little maintenance shouldn't be a problem.
Dylan had some concerns: "When I'm getting my hat serviced, won't I be able to get the protection I need from the hat?"
"Actually, it's alright if you occasionally stay away from this top hat," Odis smiled. "Because you still have more than two years until your death. As long as the total time you spend without the protection of this top hat within the next twenty years does not exceed this time, you will be safe."
Dylan died because of the corruption of the "Demon King".
This top hat can effectively block this erosion, so Dylan's total exposure time should not exceed three years.
After seeing Dylan and Payne off, Odis fell into deep thought once again.
It is very dangerous to always encounter high-level events like this. Events related to "0-08" and "Demon King" seem to be without any danger.
But who can say for sure whether Odis will be so lucky next time?
Odis thought for a moment and realized that there was a "Serpent of Fate" in Backlund. Should he go and try to change his luck?
But then he thought about it again. It seemed that the "Serpent of Fate" had just been "rebooted" and its power was very limited. He wondered if it could be of any help to him.
At this moment, Odis suddenly thought of the "King of Yellow and Black who holds good fortune" and wondered if the "Fool" had any ideas.
Tomorrow is the Tarot Meeting, and Odis decided to ask "The World" about it first at the meeting.
Taking a deep breath, Odis thought to herself: What needs to be done still needs to be done.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
He locked the door from the inside, then took out the high-grade spiritual materials he had previously purchased from the "wilderness of knowledge" and began to make the materials for the advanced magic array he was about to draw.
I was busy until late at night before I finally finished making the spiritual materials needed to draw the magic circle.
The following Monday morning, no customers came in, so Odis read a novel for a while to pass the time.
Around 2 p.m., he returned to the second floor, lay down in the armchair, and prepared to attend the week's gathering.
At exactly three o'clock, Odis's vision was covered by gray mist, and almost instantly, he appeared in a giant's hall and sat down on one side of a long bronze table.
Just as "Justice" Audrey was about to greet him as usual, she immediately noticed that "Little Sun" was in a bad mood and asked, "Mr. Sun, what happened? Is your exploration not going well?"
"The Sun" Derrick, as if grasping at a glimmer of hope, quickly said, "We...we encountered a strange force in the ruins."
"Without our knowledge, we have already explored that ruin five times!"
"The first time, outside the temple of the Fallen Creator, all the animal-hide lanterns went out, nearly causing a tragedy."
"The second time, someone couldn't control himself and almost swallowed the 'mushroom,' but fortunately Chief Colin stopped him in time."
"The third time, the little boy..."
"Wait a minute," said Alger the Hanged Man. "You mean you explored that temple five times in a row, with only minor differences?"
Derrick nodded immediately: "Yes, that's right."
He realized he hadn't explained it clearly: "Each exploration process is pretty much the same. We followed the exploration route of the previous team and arrived at the temple, where we saw some exquisite murals."
"Then we came to the altar behind the temple, where we met a little boy. Each of our five explorations ended with the death of the little boy. Then we returned to the camp outside the city and had no memory of the previous explorations."
After this re-examination, everyone understood the meaning of "sun".
Odis thought to himself: I remember now, there are murals of Ouroboros there.
Before everyone could even begin to make connections, Derrick, having calmed down a bit, added, "This process was repeated five times, with only slight differences in the details."
"If it weren't for Mr. Fool's reminder, I wouldn't even have known that I've been living the same life all this time."
"The Fool" Klein maintained his superior posture, nodding slightly as if he knew everything.
But he was still a little confused from the beginning until now. Only after hearing "Little Sun's" description did he understand what had happened.
Seeing Mr. Fool's calm and composed reaction, Derrick felt much more at ease. He looked at the members, including "The Hermit" and "The Hanged Man," and asked, "Do you know the root of the problem? How do you solve it?"
The enthusiastic Audrey instinctively wanted to answer, but found herself completely clueless, not even knowing which direction to guess.
"The Magician" Fors was in a similar situation to Audrey; she did use her writing imagination to come up with some conjectures, but those conjectures obviously couldn't help "Little Sun".
Klein wouldn't speak easily until he was certain, and Alger had some guesses about it, but he didn't say it directly. Instead, he looked at the "Hermit".
The Hermit Odis pretended to ponder for a moment before saying, "I should know what's going on. There should be the residual power of the 'Angel of Fate,' Urolius, in this temple."
Derrick immediately recalled: "One of the 'Kings of Angels' we traded last week?"
"Yes, it is Him," Odis said. "I read in some ancient documents that this 'Angel of Fate' loved to paint murals."
"It is estimated that the murals in the temple are his work. It is said that wherever he left murals, they are accompanied by some high-level strange powers of 'path of destiny'."
He paused for a moment and then said, "As for how to end the loop, the clue should be with that little boy?"
Then everyone remembered that "Little Sun" had indeed mentioned a little boy.
In a dark and gloomy temple where monsters could appear at any moment, there was a little boy!
It sounds very strange.
Alger seemed to have made a connection: "What's that little boy's name?"
Derrick replied, "He said his name was Jack."
Alger turned to Justice and said, "Didn't I mention that I once chased an Aurora Society 'Listener' at sea? His purpose in going to sea was to find the sanctuary of the 'True Creator'?"
Audrey thought about it carefully: "It seems like that happened."
That was a long time ago, before "Little Sun" joined the Tarot Club.
Alger added, "That 'Listener' also took his child out to sea; the child's name is Jack!"
Derrick was somewhat taken aback: "You mean, that Jack came from your world to the vicinity of Silver City?"
Immediately afterwards, his heart was filled with joy, because this meant that the area where Silver City was located had not been completely sealed off, and there was still a chance to connect with the world where the "Hanged Man" and his people lived.
"I can't give you a definite answer." Alger thought for a moment and then said, "You could try to mention places like the Sunia Sea and the Kingdom of Rune to the little boy. Maybe that could help you get out of your current situation."
At this moment, Odis said again, "Things are becoming clearer. It was the appearance of this little boy named Jack that triggered the power in the mural, causing you to fall into a cycle."
He smiled slightly and said, "Of course, this is just my guess, but it should be close to the truth. After all, the previous exploration team also entered the temple and saw the murals, but they did not encounter the little boy or get caught in the loop."