Chapter 1262: No One Will Be an Exception

After a moment, Klein asked:

"Does 'the Original' refer to the one who created this world and incarnated into everything?"

To be honest, Klein almost asked if it was the "Primordial Witch", but dismissed the thought. First, the "Primordial Witch" didn't have the stature to make the Ancient Sun God and the Creator of the City of Silver so fearful — not even the "Goddess of the Night" could do that. Second, after the "Dark Angel" fell asleep, influenced by the second "Blasphemy Slate" in the Fourth Epoch, this evil god was born; Sasrir likely didn't know about Him, and even if he learned something through the power of "Omniscience", he wouldn't specifically mention a Sequence 0 that didn't participate in the history of the Third Epoch.

Behind the increasingly dense and gloomy shadow, the many brass-colored eyes flickered simultaneously:

"The universe."

What does that mean? Upon hearing that ethereal voice, Klein was momentarily confused, thinking that the "Dark Angel" Sasrir had given an irrelevant answer.

But soon, he roughly understood what he meant:

The "Original" didn't create this world — it created the entire universe!

So, the "Original" refers to the very first Creator? Klein turned his body and glanced at Colin Iliad, Derrick, and Lovia, three demigods of the City of Silver. He noticed confusion and bewilderment on their faces as they frowned, contemplating the previous conversation.

In the history of the City of Silver, the Ancient Sun God, this Creator, was equated with the first Creator — the supreme existence who, after creating the world, slept for many years, then awakened and reclaimed the authority of the ancient gods.

Of course, in a sense, that was not wrong, but the way the first Creator "awakened" was different from what the residents of the City of Silver imagined.

The universe... Klein pondered for a moment and asked:

"So, because you mastered the 'Chaos Sea', the 'Original' awakened within you?"

And what would happen to me, who initially mastered the "Source Castle"?

The many brass-colored eyes stared at Klein for a few seconds before replying:

"It's not just that. The higher the Sequence, the closer to the Original..."

So, is it possible for the very first Creator to awaken within every Angel King and Sequence 0 of every Pathway? Klein's mind tightened, his heart sinking.

He then thought of another thing:

The higher the Sequence, the easier it is to be contaminated by the underground!

Combining this with the fact that the "Chaos Sea" is located underground, could it be concluded that the higher the Sequence, the more easily one is influenced by the "Chaos Sea", leading to the awakening of the first Creator within? The "Dragon of Imagination" Ankeweld was sealed in "Grösser's Travels" and in the "Miracle City" Levishiderri not because of contamination from the underground, but because of the awakening of a part of the Original's will? Of course, that itself is the most powerful and terrifying contamination... And the root of all this is that the source of all or most Beyonder characteristics is the first Creator, part of His body? Klein entertained various possibilities and made various guesses.

Finally, he recalled the warning given to him by Captain Dunn Smith when he stepped onto the path of the extraordinary:

"We are guardians, but also wretched creatures constantly resisting danger and madness."

At that moment, Klein understood this sentence from a different perspective.

He let out a sigh and mentally lamented:

"The Beyonder characteristic is both a gift and a curse..."

Collecting his thoughts, he smiled and asked:

"Does merely learning these things cause contamination?"

"No." The many brass-colored eyes glanced at Colin Iliad and the others. "It just means the possibility of the 'Original' awakening within you is higher."

Klein shuddered inwardly. On one hand, he was glad that the Chief of the City of Silver and little "Sun" knew very little about these things and didn't make connections — just the words "the higher the Sequence, the closer to the Original" wouldn't cause contamination. On the other hand, he felt sorry for himself because he possessed too much mystical knowledge, and now it all connected. Once he left the "Giant King's Court", the divine kingdom of the ancient god, something bad might happen inside him.

And this didn't seem like something that could be solved by sealing memories, since the Beyonder characteristic had already merged with his body and spirit.

Consider the method of the "Dragon of Imagination"? Actually, he didn't need to worry too much. Amon and his brother surely knew all this and were still fine... As long as he didn't approach the "Chaos Sea", he, a Sequence 3, didn't need to worry about this aspect, even if he advanced to Sequence 2... Klein decided not to delve deeper, curled his lips, and turned the question back to the mystery of the Ancient Sun God's fall:

"So, with your own permission, you cooperated with the 'Goddess of the Night' to establish the 'Redemption Rose', planning to assassinate yourself, and through resurrection, get rid of the 'Original' and truly master the 'Chaos Sea' and the corresponding five Beyonder Pathways?"

On the eerily grim curtain of shadows, the many brass-colored eyes seemed to hold a hint of human emotion:

"Yes. "Not long after I emerged from the 'Chaos Sea', I noticed this problem. I deliberately split off a part of my personality, merged it with the 'Authority of Fall' and the Beyonder characteristic of the 'Hanged Man' Pathway, creating another self, in order to control the 'Chaos Sea' and isolate it from myself, preventing contamination and erosion."