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Chapter 893 Where is he?
Sue recounted how her traveler team helped the little pure water sprite An rescue the "princess" who had isolated herself in her sleeping place.
The "princess," unwilling to wake up and face the cruel reality, drove everyone out of her sleeping quarters.
Su complained, "In the end, it took a lot of time and effort to get a broken wooden sword."
"That sword seems to be upgradable, but it'll probably just involve painting it with paint or stickers or something."
“The Holy Sword…” Kong took out a sword that shone with golden light. “It is indeed the genuine Holy Sword.”
Sue: ???
The longsword in his empty hand emitted a soft yet dazzling golden light, and both its appearance and the power it contained were worthy of the name of a holy sword.
Su's eyes widened. "Is this really the same broken sword from before? It's so different!"
Paimon: "Yeah, yeah, it looked like a broken old stick before!"
Kong nodded. "Caterpila led us to collect the necessary materials, and together with Ann, they used a ritual to unleash its hidden power."
The wooden sword that the children loved to use when playing knights fighting dragons was actually transformed by René into a real holy sword.
"The Narcissus Cross Holy Sword can not only amplify willpower, but also bring the sword of willpower, which originally existed only in the space of consciousness, down to the material world."
Kong handed the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword to Sue, instructing her to imbue it with her own sword of will.
In an instant, the Narcissus Cross Holy Sword, which had been shining with a gentle golden light in his empty hand, transformed into a deep, mysterious blue-purple in Su's hands.
As Su was amazed as he tried out the holy sword that changed form depending on the sword of will, Sora continued to recount his experiences from the previous night.
Katpira and Anne secretly found Kong with the Holy Sword and asked him to go to Gestalt as soon as possible to stop Jacob.
Navelette paused slightly, "You left in such a hurry last night because..."
He wanted to ask Sora why he went alone instead of asking for his help, but then he realized what Sora was planning.
On the one hand, Kong wanted to "make up" for Su as much as possible; on the other hand, Kong believed that Fontaine needed him at that time.
Navelette fell silent, and Sora continued to recount what happened next.
The group arrived at the Gestalt Tower, which was submerged in the sea. Katepira led Kong and Ann into the sealed tower.
This once magnificent tower was built with special materials, and hundreds of years of seawater erosion did not damage it. Its interior remains intact, and Jacob sat at the huge round table waiting for them.
The walls and dome near the round table are inlaid with huge and ornate clocks.
Three bright moons of different phases overlapped each other, and the clock was approaching twelve o'clock.
That was the Doomsday Clock that Caterpillar had shown to Kong on the way here.
Is this the end of the world that René deduced based on the World Law, and it hasn't passed yet?
Kong's heart tightened again.
——*——*——
Jacob closed his notebook and looked up at Katpira, who was in the form of a human child beside him. "Still no sign of hatching, pupa."
Unlike his previous gaze, which was filled with a mix of madness, Jacob now possessed an eerie calm.
A madman who has regained his senses is more troublesome than usual, and Kong's vigilance becomes even higher.
Jacob, seemingly oblivious to the wary Kong, continued talking to Katpira.
“You are a demon who should have neither memory nor wisdom. It was the master and I who gave you wisdom, but that flame of wisdom is now just a candle flickering in the wind.”
Jacob warned, "If you don't put more effort into 'incubating' yourself, you'll rot inside your cocoon."
Kong suddenly looked at Caterpillar.
The ominous blackness on his body was darker and more extensive than when they last met.
Has Katarina's physical condition... no, her sanity, become critically unstable?
Katarina's expression remained as calm as ever. "Thank you for your unnecessary concern. We're here to deal with you. And where is the Master?"
"Hmph hmph hmph hahahahahahaha!" Jacob let out a strange and twisted laugh, his human form suddenly bursting open to reveal the abyssal creature within.
Jacob's towering figure exuded the chilling abyss, his black shadow looming over Kong, who held the holy sword. "Want to see the master? Then defeat me completely first!"
Jacob, who had been severely injured by Su before and was still recovering, was defeated by Kong at the speed of light.
Katarina, who didn't even have time to lend a hand, silently put away her weapon.
The holy sword in his empty hand was pointed at Jacob's vitals as he returned to human form. "Don't waste time struggling. Tell us where he is."
Jacob, slumped on the ground, coughed up a mouthful of dark purple blood. "Where is he? Many people have asked me that question."
Jacob closed his eyes as if recalling the past.
"After Marianne's death, Giordan left his research lab and joined the Shadow Chaser. He was too smart and knew Rene too well, and because of his relentless pursuit, the society became precarious."
"Under the threat of Giyodan's pursuit, some members tried to escape to protect themselves, and Rene's research was also severely affected."
“Rene said we were running out of time. Even though the ceremony wasn’t perfect, he still carried out the plan ahead of schedule.”
Jacob smiled proudly and introduced Rene's grand plan for saving the world to Kong—
René will become the Transcendent One, using the power of the Holy Sword to guide the waters of the Primordial Sea of Fetal Water to dissolve all the people of Fontaine when the primordial sea overflows. Once all the wills that have lost their forms have merged into him, he will lead everyone to a new dawn.
"The secrets that the glorious pre-civilization tried so hard to protect are nothing more than this. René has already figured out the true nature of the Fontaine people! Since we are all beings born from the waters of the primordial womb, why not simply get to know ourselves through water, and then be reborn into the world through water again?"
"The Master will unite all our souls and achieve a transcendence of world-level significance. Ultimately, he will stand in our place against the impact of the apocalypse and rebirth all of us in a new world!"
Kong was not swayed by Jacob's fanaticism and calmly questioned, "What's the difference between your so-called salvation plan and killing all the Fontaines in advance?!"
To save all the Fontaines, why not just kill them all?
If the flood on the day of the trial of the water god was a natural disaster, then Rene's plan was a complete man-made disaster!
"Going against the will of the vast majority, forcibly taking their souls. After mixing with numerous other consciousnesses within Rene's body, even if they are eventually reborn into the world, how many of them can retain their original selves?"
"Will those who are resurrected be the same people they were before?"
"Can such a resurrection truly be called a real resurrection?"
After a few seconds of silence, Jacob retorted loudly, "All life was originally one! Within the Master's sacred body, there will be no more barriers between consciousnesses. People will continuously improve themselves in each cycle of reincarnation, and all those reborn will be their purest selves!"
Kong had no desire to continue this pointless philosophical debate with Jacob, this fanatical believer. He thrust his longsword forward an inch. "Tell me, where is he?"
“Where is he?” Jacob’s eyes clouded over. “Where is René?”
"Rene... Rene is scattered all over the ground!"
Jacob seemed to recall an extremely painful memory; his voice became very sharp, and he murmured rapidly.
"Because Giyodan was pressing him relentlessly, Rene risked starting the ritual ahead of schedule! He told me that cutting off one's self does not mean dying, but dying before dying. One can die without death, and attain eternity! Obtaining the Eye of God means selling oneself to the world's 'fate,' and if one is anchored by the world's fate, one can never walk the right path again! So he had to sever himself as soon as possible to become the original material of the transcendent."
"He told me that as long as the ritual succeeds, everything will be alright! Even if Giordan doesn't understand, time will prove him right!"
"But Rene failed!!!!!"
Jacob clutched his head, tearing at his hair and letting out a bloodcurdling scream, "No! He didn't fail! He won't fail! He's René!"
“He is René…” Jacob, who was seriously injured and on the verge of death, collapsed to the ground after the sudden outburst, with a gentle yet eerie smile on his lips.
“Rene is sick and can’t continue working, so I have to help him keep things running. Even though I’m a weak idiot, I do have things I’m good at.”
“I scooped Rene up and put him in a silver basin. I learned from and imitated what he had done to Carter, and preserved him well.”
"Those troublesome and cowardly fellows in the society were so terrified by the hounds that they dared to band together and interrogate me—where did René go?"
"They don't believe Rene is just sick and resting; they insist that Rene abandoned everything and ran away. Foolish! How dare they slander Rene like that!"
“I granted them a glorious death, so that they might become nourishment for René.”
Jacob recounted to Kong, whose expression had suddenly changed, how he managed to keep the Narcissus Cross from collapsing while simultaneously re-cultivating "Rene" in the silver basin.
During this process, the regenerated "Rene" dissolved and disintegrated more than once, but Jacob forcibly kept him in place time and time again.
Jacob ultimately determined that it was personality that influenced the ritual.
Therefore, it was decided to use the Holy Sword to sever Rene's personality, so that he would forget the memory of the failed ritual.
They used the pocket watch that Alan had given them, which had always been with them, and the remaining material after Carter extracted his personality and memories to stabilize his body.
"Finally, the Narcissus Cross that we all dreamed of—Nazisen Cruz—was born!"
"He took over everything again, leading the Society to complete the reversal of the four quadrants, but the complete map of the Flowing Tree could not be fully completed!"
“He should have been perfect!” Jacob’s fanatical eyes were bloodshot as he accused Giordan with a vengeance, “It was Giordan! He’s the one who caused René to suffer so much! Because of him, our dream of salvation has been delayed for centuries!”
"He came! He brought his mechanical army and utterly destroyed the Narcissistic Cross! Then, he asked me—" Jacob's lips curled into a hateful smile, "—where is he?"