Super Righteous Player
Chapter 611 - 152 Solomonik’s Intelligence_1

Chapter 611: Chapter 152 Solomonik’s Intelligence_1

——Great Calamity Curios.

Annan seemed to fall into a trance, as if he was back in front of his senior once again.

The first time he learned of the existence of Great Calamity Curios was when Salvatore told him about them.

Great Calamity Curios, even more powerful and rare than God’s Name Curios.

Incredible "miracles" such as resurrection from the dead and creation from nothing could be performed with them.

According to the Paper Princess... The power of a Great Calamity Curio was roughly equivalent to the complete secret of Genesis. Although the wielder might not be as powerful as the owner of the complete Book of Truth, or as mighty as a saint who has fully merged with the Holy Bones... the uniqueness of a Great Calamity Curio lay in its "mystery".

Just how powerful were Great Calamity Curios?

No one knew.

This mystery was the embodiment of deterrence.

It could even be said that the rulers of the five great nations were able to keep control of their countries amidst threats from Transcendents, clergy, and the Fallen... primarily because they possessed Great Calamity Curios.

The Aesirland Empire had a total of six Great Calamity Curios. Three inside the imperial capital and three outside, forming a pattern of two triangles both internally and externally.

When the empire collapsed and the imperial capital sank into the sea, three of the six Great Calamity Curios originally controlled by the Aesirland Empire fell under the control of the nearest and most responsive First Noah King, the Duke of Winter of that generation, and the King of Dennisiowa, who had the Curse Binding to operate them implanted into their bloodlines almost immediately.

With the power of this Curio, the Noah family went with the tide and built the Kingdom of Noah; the Dennisiowa royal family, with the Curio’s power, conquered the entire archipelago; the Winter family, on the other hand, had no reaction, because the Curio was supposed to be guarded by their family for generations.

As for two of the remaining three, they were immediately controlled by the Pope of the Old Bone Granny and the Pope of Mr. Radiance— they were in the imperial capital when the Great Barrier collapsed. But such was their strength that the disaster that completely destroyed the capital and killed almost all the elves couldn’t kill them.

They were the ones who saved two of the three Great Calamity Curios that went down with the sinking capital.

For Great Calamity Curios, even a great person of the Pope’s level could only bear one. So the last one could only be watched as it fell into the sea, buried with the old empire by the waters.

But the two Popes were old friends for many years.

They were unwilling to kill each other.

Instead, they decided to join forces with the Popes of other True Gods to find a piece of land to rekindle the flame and jointly protect these two Great Calamity Curios — depending on the Popes of the seven gods to take turns as Pope, they formed the united supreme governing body "Hall of Purity".

As for the Underworld...

They were the only country that did not possess a Great Calamity Curio. Because in the beginning, they were a gathering place of losers — without royalty or rulers, the city-states fought each other independently, and there was no need to rely on a Great Calamity Curio to maintain rule.

Other nations didn’t even need to invade them.

Just by bribing, threatening, or controlling a Digge or sage in a city, it was as if controlling a slice of territory in the Underworld... and controlling the Diggers and sages of a city was much easier than controlling the rulers of a kingdom.

It was completely normal for different cities to be close to different surface nations — just as the Sporogenesis Mill was very close to the people of Winter.

After all, they were really too close to each other.

It was normal for them to become pro-Winter factions as they often traded without any conflicts of interest.

This was actually the reason why the Underworld didn’t have any Great Calamity Curios, yet was never attacked or antagonized by any country.

Because it was completely pointless.

Anything that could be bought with money wasn’t an issue.

If Philip truly aged once before.

Then his obsession with a young and healthy body, and his unbridled indulgence in pleasures, would be explainable.

Just as someone who survives the desert can’t help but drink eagerly from sweet water when they see it—

Philip’s unrestrained enjoyment of life seemed to indirectly prove that he had endured the pain of aging once before.

But...

Was it because of the power of a Great Calamity Curio that he changed from young to old and back to young again?

Or did he age due to some curse and then return to youth with the power of a Great Calamity Curio?

"May I know what this Great Calamity Curio is? Where does it come from, what are its effects, or what is its name..."

After a long silence, Annan couldn’t help but ask the Tragedy Writer.

The Tragedy Writer just responded with a chuckle, "If I answer this question, I will charge forty seals.

"But are you really sure you want to ask me this question?"

"..."

Annan frowned deeply.

There were indeed other matters he was more eager to ask about.

But this matter was important, too...

He took a deep breath and asked in a heavy tone, "Then what do you think it is I originally wanted to ask you about?"

"Solomonik... right?"

The tragedy playwright smiled faintly, openly stating this without any concealment.

...He was right.

Annan fell silent for a moment.

The traitor of Winter’s Hand, the leader of the Icebreaker Army, Solomonik, likely still had information on his teacher "Vladimir," but was much easier to deal with than Vladimir.

Solomonik’s and Vladimir’s plans against the Duchy of Winter were undoubtedly plots, which meant the tragedy playwright would have a clear understanding of them.

If they could get accurate information on Solomonik, Winter’s Hand could establish a temporary special operations team to quickly arrest him—afterward, they could naturally extract information on Vladimir. This would allow them to thwart the conspiracy of the two.

Once this chance slipped by, finding these two people would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, which would be too difficult.

The expanse of the Underworld was simply too vast.

Relying on the players to search bit by bit was not guaranteed to succeed, and whether he was still in the Underworld at all was an unknown.

So, was the information related to Philip’s Great Calamity Curio more important... or was the information related to Solomonik, relevant to the Duchy of Winter, more important?

"...I understand"

Just then, Annan suddenly realized... although this was a choice between two benefits—where either choice was simply a boon—it was also a dilemma, a choice of "which would be better."

It was a trap.

The reason the tragedy playwright gazed at him with a smile was to relish seeing Annan making a painful decision.

But Annan wouldn’t be fooled.

If he let these two issues confuse him, positioning himself as having already obtained these two things and seeing the choice as "which loss would be more annoying," it would indeed be hard to choose... and he would likely choose the wrong answer.

However, in reality, both were freebies and immediate ones at that.

That is to say, Annan needed to choose information that was "immediately beneficial to Annan."

There was then only one, the sole correct answer.

Because Annan was about to succeed as Grand Duke, he would soon inherit a secret about a Great Calamity Curio; and if it was the information related to Noah’s Great Calamity Curio, Annan believed Kafney would tell him once she succeeded the throne.

Moreover, both Annan and the players were in the Underworld, and the teleportation circle had already been established. As soon as they received information about Solomonik, they could act immediately, regardless of his whereabouts; but even if they obtained information about the Great Calamity Curio, it would not benefit Annan.

Indeed, there was only one answer.

...But then.

Could He have guessed this as well?

"As you said."

Annan tried to control his calm emotions and said slowly, "I’ll choose Solomonik."

"You must wonder why Solomonik suddenly disappeared back in the day?"

The tragedy playwright replied with a grin, "The answer is simple. Because he got in touch with Professor Wolf, who had just been reborn at that time.

"And Professor Wolf gave him a new name, a new body, a new identity. Of course, ’Solomonik’ had completely died.

"He... or rather, she now goes by the name ’Selicia’."

The tragedy playwright revealed a pleased expression akin to a magician unveiling a red cloth.

"—Yes, this is the answer you wanted! An answer you would never have expected!

"She may not be the strongest, but she is undoubtedly the most famous Gold rank Transcendent in the Underworld, a legendary adventurer who appeared in countless legends and plays, ’Captain of the Ship in Stone,’ Selicia—who sails through the rock layers in the miraculous Ship in Stone, the Digger among Diggers, the poppy deep within the rocks, is the former Winter’s fugitive, the leader of the Icebreaker Army, Solomonik!"

After giving Annan an astonishing answer, He laughed heartily and cut off the video call on His own initiative.