Alexander stood on the balcony holding a cup of tea as he looked at the garden full of visitors who came to the Ford family on this special occasion.

  He was thinking deeply about all the possibilities about these diaries he had read

  He's only seen the records used by the Order of the Black Eagle once, so he's not sure if there's anyone out there who could imitate or forge one of them.

  Therefore, he could currently assume that this notebook belonged to a member of the Order of the Black Eagle

  This person appears to be of a high rank within the organization

  From the text that was written in the notebook, the author of these notes is one of the founders of the Order of the Black Eagle, and it would not be a shocking thing if it turned out that he was the head of the organization.

  But there is still something abnormal

  The owner of the notebook mentioned that he had been building the Order of the Black Eagle for centuries

  How long did that guy live?

  The Earth was energy scarce, and there were no energy sources through which you could break through the levels naturally

  This only concerns aura and Qi, because vitae energy can be derived from pain and negative emotions from other beings.

  Therefore, it was impossible for anyone from Earth to break through to the eighth level due to the lack of Aura energy

  As your strength increases, your life span will increase, but if your strength does not increase, it is only a matter of time before your life force withers and dies. This will eliminate the possibility of that man relying on aura.

  So the only remaining possibility was that this man was using Vitae energy, especially since there were traces of evil spells on one of the pages of the diary. But it was not that easy, because the advanced levels required special rituals and huge amounts of Vitae energy. Where can he get all this energy?

  Was that man's mind unclear when he was writing that note because he had been betrayed and besieged from all sides, which made him start writing illogical things?

  This is a reasonable possibility, but Alexander still has doubts

  The next thing he was thinking about was the man called Thomas Dior

  Is he a member of the Dior family that exists in this world?

  The Dior family was one of the super families of this empire

  But there was a lot of mystery surrounding this family because of a lot of strange things

  One of these things is the closeness of the Dior family to the imperial family

  The members of the Dior family did not possess special abilities or possess distinctive combat skills. However, they were present in all the important events in the history of the Empire, from the Age of Chaos until the establishment of the Empire. The Dior family was present even though they had not achieved anything worthy of obtaining this rank or standing beside the rest of the families that made great contributions to the empire

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  It was as if the Dior family had been forcibly squeezed among other powerful families

  But everything changed because of a disaster that struck that family and killed almost all of its members

  There was one survivor of that disaster

  What happened to the Dior family has not been discovered to this day

  Because on that day all communications were cut off from the area where the Dior family lived, and all electronic devices strangely malfunctioned

  The strangest thing is that all the citizens who lived near the Dior family palace suffered from what looked like a state of severe delirium and a nervous state that prompted them to attack everything they saw.

  Returning to the main topic, a member of the Dior family stole something from the diary owner

  It's not clear what that thing is

  There were many tools that possessed supernatural powers due to their connection to powerful entities

  So it is safe to assume that this thing is one of these tools

  Where did that man get that tool?

  Alexander could not come up with any logical possibility

  Now, the second question is, how did Thomas Dior manage to steal that tool?

  Alexander had no idea how these two were even communicating

  But the Mithraists could have used sacrifice rituals in order to create contact with other worlds. So the diary owner may be able to do this as well

  He came up with two possibilities

  The first is that Thomas was able to create a temporary portal that transported him to Earth to steal the tool and then escape to this world again

  But this raises another question, which is how he created this portal

  It requires special portals built by the ancients to move between worlds, and it was unknown how these portals were built, so no one was able to imitate them in our present era. The other way is for the person to be at the Demi-Great One level to be able to move freely between worlds, but this is unlikely

  The second possibility is that Thomas Dior was from Earth and somehow moved to this world after stealing the artifact

  This was hard to believe

  Someone from Earth has arrived here?

  This would definitely be a strange thing

  In addition, there was a person who assisted Thomas Dior, and according to the diary, his name was Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

  Is that person from this world or from Earth?

  Because I had never heard of this Agrippa family name before

  The most important question is...why did these notes appear in this trial?

  I don't remember ever reading anything like this before

  Is this diary even real or is it just a fake thing created by an illusion?

  Alexander rubbed his hair. He felt a headache because of the many questions in his mind

  He looked at the empty cup in his hand

  One cup is not enough, I need a whole pot of tea, heh heh... Alexander laughed somewhat sarcastically as he threw the cup away.

  “Kyaa…” An angry woman’s scream came from below the balcony. “Where on earth did this cup come from?”

  Alexander fled into the room so that no one would see him

  He decided to leave thinking about these notes until later and explore the garden behind the palace

  But as soon as he opened the door he saw Seraphina standing there

  kuh, these cute cheeks are a deadly weapon... Alexander bit his lip

  He forced a smile onto his face. “Is there a problem, Sera?”

  Seraphina nervously avoided his eyes

  Alexander frowned. " What happened..."

  After a few moments of silence, Seraphina decided to speak with some hesitation. “I heard your father talking about your little brother...”

  Alexander's eyes narrowed

  “Do you have a younger brother?” Seraphina asked innocently

  Anger rose within Alexander, but he quickly suppressed it. He patted on her head. “Forget it, you have to go back to your father quickly.”

  Alexander pulled himself together and left

  “Wait...” Seraphina reached out to grab Alexander's sleeve

  But Alexander managed to escape her little hand and continued on his way

  “Please, Alexander, tell me everything will be okay.” Seraphina screamed miserably and tears gathered in her eyes

  Alexander's legs suddenly froze and he could no longer move them

  He tried to raise his foot, but it refused to budge

  He grinded his teeth, anger evident in his eyes

  He knew that this illusion was playing on sensitive strings that affected his emotions and psychology

  The trials were not simple at all

  Even Heaven's Gate, which was considered relatively easy, still posed some challenge

  Because during the trial, the person’s feelings will become unstable and he will be affected by the smallest things, no matter how high his physical or psychological strength is

  Alexander took a deep breath and regained control of his feet again

  He continued on his way without looking back and ignoring Seraphina's sad calls

  Hmph, just a silly illusion. Do you really think this will affect me?... Alexander snorted sarcastically

  This illusion was exploiting the sensitive part of Alexander's past to make the remnants of his soul turmoil under this pressure

  But even with these weak attempts, this illusion will not be able to overcome him, even after a hundred years

  Just see how I can overcome you faster than a drink of water

  Trumbull!

  Alexander stumbled upon a strange object lying on the ground

  When he took a closer look at this thing, his eyes froze in confusion

  This thing was a golden sculpture of a pig's head. Its left eye is made of blood ruby ??while his right eye is made of emerald. There were red and black lines overlapping with each other to form symbols that had no clear shape or meaning decorating the pig's head.

  Alexander looked at the pig's head in horror

  "Me and my big mouth." Alexander mustered all his strength and started running for his life