After pondering for a while, Ebner cast his gaze on the examples of Baron Lamud, the second generation Baron Lamud who had been plagiarized by Miss Ema. In other words, the ones that were deemed rather legendary by her.
From the looks of it, they were nothing special. These classic examples only made people feel that the two Barons, Lamud and Kilgor, were indeed extraordinary. Many nearly impossible missions had been successfully completed by them. It could be said that they were legends…
But on careful thought, there was a huge problem! How could the requirements for each mission be so harsh? In fact, the few times they survived could be attributed to good luck…
Such a mission was more like a designed test… Perhaps the king was training them!
Then here comes the question. What's so special about them that they're worth the effort of a country's rulers to nurture them?
I'm not sure about Kilgor, but Lamud's greatest uniqueness is that he's a descendant of Death, the son of the Death Consul.
This uniqueness likely couldn't be hidden from the Founder, Protector William I, who had observed him up close… After all, he was a Sequence 1 Hand of Order.
Therefore, a reasonable deduction would be that the king wanted to use the descendants of Death to obtain something somewhere, so he had customized those so-called missions to deliberately train him? It was just like how Queen Mystic was nurturing Jane.
However, Loen's king clearly isn't as kind as Queen Mystic. He probably plans on killing the donkey the moment it's finished, silencing it… And Lamud must've discovered something during that so-called mysterious mission. He even tried to attract the Church's attention in order to protect himself. That's why he was poisoned to death by the king with the help of his friend… Otherwise, there's no need for this.
In order to not arouse the Church's suspicion, the king didn't even take back Lamud's aristocratic title. Instead, he promoted a new baron and ordered Kilgor to continue suppressing him… He wanted to make this matter a private grudge and divert attention.
Then, what was it that was worth it for an angel family to nurture someone to obtain it, but was also afraid that the Church would learn of it?
Thinking of this, I connected it to the Augustus family's vision of being manipulated by the gods to become a chess player… Ebner suddenly had an idea.
Emperor Roselle once said to make a bold hypothesis and carefully verify it. I can first assume that Augustus had a plan to nurture his family members to become gods at the end of the Fourth Epoch and the beginning of the Fifth Epoch… Then, they had three choices.
Learn from Solomon to become the Black Emperor, learn from the Night Emperor to become a judge, and learn from the Blood Emperor to take the risk to become a Red Priest.
And at the beginning of the Fifth Epoch, apart from the three Sequence 1s and the Uniqueness that might've followed Trunsoest's Specter Empire, the other Sequences had a clear owner.
And Death had little to do with Trunsoest. The possibility of Kilgor and Lamud being used to seek out this Sequence 1 was very slim… And even if they needed to seek it, Augustus wouldn't nurture any outsiders.
There were no clear descriptions of the three Sequence 1s of the Black Emperor after Solomon's death, but some of them were lost, while others fell into the hands of some orthodox deity or evil god.
I remember that Qonas Kilgor was a demigod of the Black Emperor pathway, but that wasn't a reference. After all, I didn't know if he was a Beyonder characteristic passed down from his family's ancestors, or if it was bestowed by the kingdom later.
However, if the Kilgor family was special and had some special connection with the Black Emperor, then it would make sense that William I had nurtured the first Baron Kilgor.
They might very well have used Kilgor to find the whereabouts of a particular characteristic, but it would be difficult to obtain it for the time being. That was why they kept the family alive.
All the way until Roselle became the Black Emperor, those characteristics all had the surname "Yellow." The Kilgor family lost its value, so it was stripped of its aristocratic title due to some mistakes.
As for the final Red Priest, it should only be a contingency plan for Augustus, or a tool used to exchange for other Sequence 1s…
Back then, the Loen royal family might've used the Conqueror characteristic to exchange for the Prince of Abolition characteristic from the Demoness Sect… After all, a Sequence 1 was only exchanged for some help from the Demoness Sect. It wasn't of equal value.
And at the end of the Fourth Epoch, at the beginning of the Fifth Epoch, it was not long after the death of Death and Red Priest…
Perhaps the Augustus family nurtured Death's descendants precisely for the Red Priest's characteristic or Uniqueness left behind by the Emperor of the Underworld. Yes, from the results, the Conqueror characteristic is more likely to be the case.
Furthermore, there's a high chance that they succeeded…
Baron Lamud, the second generation, must've sensed that he might be silenced, so he left a contingency to inform the Church.
This contingency might've garnered the attention of the Church, but it wasn't taken seriously. As such, the kingdom had changed the way they executed him, reducing the possibility of the Church discovered something amiss.
…
Although this hypothesis was based on Ebner's hypothesis, it made sense logically. As long as there was concrete evidence at a few key points, it could be determined that his reasoning was valid.
As for how he could verify it? There was no need for him to complete it since he already had an idea. He could hand it over to Klein and let him rack his brains. After all, this was Mr. Azik's matter. It was only right that he put in more effort.
Of course, the reports submitted to Klein didn't include high-end knowledge like Red Priest or Black Emperor. Ebner planned on only telling him the conclusion. As for the process of reasoning for coming to a conclusion, he would save as much as he could. Anything that couldn't be omitted would be replaced with vague terms.
After organizing his thoughts, Ebner put away Emma's notebook and was about to leave.
Upon seeing this, Emma pouted in dissatisfaction before calming down.
From her observations, Ebner must've deduced some incredible secret after reading her notebook, but he wasn't willing to tell her a single thing… How petty! He was clearly very generous to her, and he even gave her the Barbarian potion formula that she had always been begging for, but had never been able to obtain… Why was he treating her differently?
However, in the end, Ema had hidden such matters from Vane before. She was rather experienced in such matters, and she quickly guessed what was on Abna's mind. She understood that he felt that it was not time for her to know those secrets.
Therefore, Emma couldn't help but ask when Ebner's figure was almost at the staircase, "Ebner, can you tell me what conditions I need to meet to be qualified to explore Amon's tomb?"
Upon hearing that, Ebner's feet wobbled, and he nearly stepped into the spell trap that Irma had set up. He thought in a speechless manner, So this lady hasn't completely given up on investigating Amon? The courage to pursue a monocle is truly worthy of praise and tears…
Despite lampooning, Ebner turned back and said in a joking tone, "When your thoughts suddenly become chaotic one day, you realize that you're doing or have already done something very stupid… After that, you can think of Amon as you wish."
With that said, he simulated his "flight" ability and "opened" the door from the roof before leaving the library.
"That tone of a charlatan… Those who don't know better will definitely think that you've already advanced to Prophet!" Emma was stunned for a moment before cursing bitterly. Following that, she knitted her beautiful eyebrows and habitually "decrypted" it. "What does' chaotic thoughts' mean? What does' foolish matters' mean?
"I don't feel like I have any clue at all. Is Ebner just fooling me?"
…
At nine o'clock on Thursday morning, at the moon, at the Raphael Cemetery.
Klein stood silently in a corner of the cemetery in his pure black formal suit and shirt, holding a silver-inlaid cane.
He listened to Rozanne's sorrowful sobbing as he watched Captain, Frye, Leonard, and Kenley carry the black coffin containing Old Neil's "corpse" to the tombstone. Then, he silently lowered it into the grave.
Finally, his gaze stopped at the epitaph engraved at the bottom of the tombstone's photograph. It came from Old Neil's recent diary entry:
"If I can't save her, then I'll accompany her."
The Hidden Sage! Klein silently engraved the name in his mind… There were some things he couldn't do right now, but he would definitely do it in the future!
At this moment, he suddenly heard resounding prayers.
Seeing that Old Neil's funeral was over, the Nighthawks were making their final farewell and were about to return to the company.
Klein walked in front of the silent Captain and said in a heavy tone, "I'll get a public carriage."
The company's carriage couldn't accommodate that many people.
"Go ahead… There's no rush. They should still have something to say to Old Neil…" Dunn said after a moment of silence.
"Alright!" Klein nodded and quickly left the cemetery. He followed the Captain's instructions and was in no hurry to get a carriage. Instead, he turned into the public bathroom of the cemetery.
A wall of spirituality sealed off the space and took four steps counterclockwise to the gray fog palace. Klein sat in the seat belonging to The Fool and emanated his spirituality to touch a constantly expanding and contracting crimson star.
It was the crimson star representing the "Tower."
After listening to the other party's request, Klein quickly responded. He then received the information provided by the "Tower" sacrifice through the surging spirituality and rippling light.
It was a notebook and a piece of paper filled with words.
Klein flipped open the notebook and saw neat, neat handwriting. It was obviously written by a lady.
"This isn't Miss Xio's handwriting. Although I've only watched a few live streams, Miss Xio's handwriting is a little cruder.
It's also not like the Roselle diary that was handed over to the 'Tower.' It's the handwriting of the lady who copied Roselle's writing. Although it's an imitation, one can tell that the handwriting is slightly nascent…
Another lady who's helping The Tower… From the looks of it, Mr. Tower has many friends…
After Klein quipped a few times, he immediately felt a lot better as the corners of his mouth curled up.