"By the way, help me keep an eye out for the Apprentice pathway's demigod-level Extraordinary characteristics."
Tang indicated that he wanted the System to first separate and appraise the Extraordinary characteristics of the Apprentice pathway.
This was because this Meatball wasn't just an aggregation of Extraordinary characteristics. Its state, which included a mixture of corpses and various mystical items, allowed the System to barely determine the ownership of the Extraordinary characteristics and the identities of the deceased.
"If there are any Extraordinary characteristics and corpses of Abraham family seniors, return them to Olson and the Abraham family behind him."
As for the corresponding Sequence Five and Sequence Six... Tang scrolled through the table provided by the System. After confirming that there weren't many Apprentices among them, he asked the System to appraise them one by one as well.
After all, his friend was a member of the Abraham family, and the other party had helped him a lot.
As for the others, such as those with most of their corpses destroyed, leaving only Extraordinary characteristics, there was nothing he could do.
Clapping his hands, Tang stood up. After burning the parchment and disposing of the remaining ashes, he walked out of the room.
Servants in the castle had already gotten up and started preparing breakfast. Tang thought for a moment, walked to the garden carefully tended by Madam Boyanka, found the wicker chair his father had once woven with vines, sat down there quietly watching the distant red moon set. As the stars dimmed, the sun gradually rose.
"System."
'Host, I'm here.'
"Can the Never-Ending Theater still be optimized?" he suddenly thought of this question.
Sealed Artifacts were mystical items formed by the spontaneous aggregation and condensation of Extraordinary characteristics. Without the craftsman's handling, their negative effects were relatively high, far less stable than those processed by a craftsman.
The similar things he had obtained in the past were generally directly crushed and re-aggregated by the System, and then processed by the craftsman. However, those items didn't involve divinity at all. The System would show varying degrees of mutation when dealing with the Extraordinary characteristics of the undead, and dealing with the Sealed Artifact of a Sequence Two Miracle Invoker would be even more difficult.
'It can be optimized.'
The System replied.
Tang was somewhat surprised. "Didn't you have some problems even dealing with Sequence Four Extraordinary characteristics?"
He had just asked casually and didn't expect the 'Craftsman' to be able to handle it.
Even if it was forced, it would probably mutate.
'It can be handled as long as one condition is met.'
'There are Extraordinary characteristics of the 'Alchemist' in that Meatball.'
The System looked like it was saying, 'You finally brought it up, so I won't hide it anymore.' 'After recycling, the sequence of the 'Craftsman' module will also increase accordingly. Although dealing with a Sequence Two Sealed Artifact will still be somewhat difficult, it will be much easier than it is now.'
Tang: "Ah."
So it was waiting for him here.
But speaking of which, whether it was the Seer or the Knowledge pathway, as long as it was potions, mystical items, or corresponding Extraordinary creatures of these two pathways, the System would accept them all.
'Confirm submission of Extraordinary characteristics of Sequence Four of the Knowledge pathway: Alchemist after separating the Extraordinary characteristics of Marionette: Meatball?'
'Yes/YES.'
Tang: "..."
"What if I say no?"
'Cannot process, oh cannot process~ There's a high probability of more negative effects, oh~'
Scheming System, open conspiracy.
He gave the System the international friendly gesture and clicked confirm.
"Do you want the remaining low and mid-sequence Extraordinary characteristics?"
'Sequence Four is a qualitative change.'
Simply put, it was good to have, but it didn't matter if they didn't.
"Then keep them." He might also be able to cultivate a few craftsmen in the real world with them.
Always relying on the System, he always felt that his craftsman次数 wasn't enough.
The System was stingy.
The remaining items were:
Twelve demigod-level Extraordinary characteristics, several low and mid-sequence Extraordinary characteristics, one Trick Sorcerer's Extraordinary characteristics, one Sequence Four demon, one Sequence Three War Bishop marionette, multiple low and mid-sequence marionettes, a group of ordinary human marionettes, one Miracle Invoker's Sealed Artifact, plus various mystical items still on the marionettes in the theater.
Oh, and one Black Knight's Extraordinary characteristics. His father probably wouldn't care about this, so he should be able to get it by pretending to be poor for a bit.
Apart from the Extraordinary characteristics given to the System, if he didn't need the two marionettes later, he could also use them as Extraordinary characteristics.
Fifteen demigod-level Extraordinary characteristics plus one Angel-level Sealed Artifact.
This was all his gains this time.
Honestly, it was very rich, and correspondingly, the risk was also very high.
If it weren't for the System, he wouldn't have taken such a big risk.
"At the end, if the theater didn't plan to control us but instead planned to have the marionettes swarm us, I would have activated the knowledge provided by me and Olson."
He had planted a bomb for the theater early on but hadn't detonated it.
However, for Roselle, who proposed the principle of the steam engine in later generations, it probably wouldn't be a good experience.
Being beaten up by activated knowledge? Tang couldn't help but laugh at the thought of that scene.
There was still some luck involved.
He sighed, giving a thumbs-up in his heart to the 'Yellow and Black King Who Holds Good Fortune.'
The Seer pathway was somewhat related to fate.
Facing the sun, Tang stood up from the wicker chair and looked at Owen walking over.
"It's rare." Owen seemed somewhat relieved, "You actually got out of bed so early."
Tang: "...Does your leg not hurt anymore?"
Who was the person who was hung up like cured meat yesterday?
Oh, it was you.
Owen slapped Tang hard on the back, making the latter stagger.
Before Tang could get angry, he said, "I always feel like Father looks a bit off."
"It's normal for him to be off." Tang sat back in the wicker chair. "My suggestion is, don't ask, don't think."
Thinking was useless. The trump card left by the God of Death wasn't something they at their level could solve.
Owen sat down as well. "His... emotions seem to have become colder, almost indifferent. Although it hasn't been long since I last saw him, after Father returned, this feeling is even stronger than before."
An abnormal feeling, beyond the scope of humanity, more inclined towards a god-like perspective, looking down at the earth.
He looked at Tang, knowing that his younger brother had many secrets, and finally called his name in a low voice, "Tang."
"We can't solve it." Tang looked in the direction of the sun, his expression becoming almost indifferent. "Owen, what's the Sequence Four of the Death pathway called?"
Sequence Four of the Death pathway, the Undying, dying again and again, being reborn again and again, memories lost and then found again, this process repeated endlessly, like seeing no end.
Death was not the end of everything.
The Death Magistrate, who had half of his soul taken away, was in this state now.
And...
He was about to 'die.'
Tang noticed this earlier than Owen. The warmth in the other's eyes had dissipated by more than half.
Although he was still gentle and still looked at him with the affection a father should have.
The divinity belonging to the Death Magistrate was constantly ing his humanity. Tang couldn't be sure how long his father could maintain this state, but it wouldn't be too long.
"So, grow up quickly."
Perhaps, only by growing up to become the God of Death could it be resolved.
(End of this chapter)