Mystery: At the start, you gain the uniqueness of the thief.

Chapter 42 The Function of the Celestial Venerable Badge

"Don't worry, I will do my best to keep you alive, I promise."

Rosen said this, his voice equally firm.

He would certainly do his best to ensure Zhou Mingrui's survival, whether out of emotion or reason.

After all, the other party was not only a rare friend in this world, but also a solid ally for the future.

……

Since Rosen wanted to pinpoint Zhou Mingrui's location in the Third Era, he needed to return to this era first, which wasn't difficult. However, since Zhou Mingrui's cotton doll cooldown hadn't expired yet, he had to wait a while longer.

Rosen didn't care about that. He simply rummaged through the surroundings and found the Celestial Badge. He thoughtfully touched the surface of the badge and said softly, "I think I know what you can use it for."

Originally, Rosen just wanted to try to see if he could make Klein the second "transmigrator" of the Source Castle, arrive in the Third Era ahead of time, and then quickly rise to become the angel of the diviner with Klein's help, and become the strongest angel king with the help of the Source Castle.

This is enough for Rosen, and arriving ahead of schedule will give Klein more time to stabilize his humanity, so that he won't be promoted to Fool or even Lord of Mysteries too hastily, as in the original story.

But Rosen now has some new ideas.

However, this idea is still very vague. Rosen needs to really confirm the location of the Source Castle and awaken Zhou Mingrui of this era before he can determine whether it is really effective.

Time passed in this waiting, and Rosen continued to immerse himself in the vast sea of ​​books of the Third Age, occasionally getting beaten up by Medici during practical lessons for personal reasons. He even took the time to give Urouge a lesson on fraud prevention with Medici.

Until Klein opened his eyes again in this era.

"It seems you've prepared yourself mentally for this long time." Rosen looked up at him, stood up and closed the book in his hand, then reached out to the cotton doll.

"To be honest, no." Klein shook his head honestly, jumped onto Rosen's hand, and said, "I'm scared, but I have to do this for Mom and Dad."

"Poor thing." Rosen shook his head, placed the cotton doll on his shoulder, and then raised his hand to push up his monocle. The unique power of the thief came into play at this moment.

The thief's unique power alone is not enough to pinpoint the location of the Source Castle, otherwise Amon would have succeeded long ago. But Rosen was not originally trying to pinpoint the location of the Source Castle; he was using the cotton doll to locate Zhou Mingrui's whereabouts in this era.

Of course, if Amon himself were to perform this operation, he would most likely be interfered with by the Source Castle itself, thus failing to lock on. But Amon is Amon, and Rosen is Rosen; they are not comparable.

Simply put, although the reason is unknown, Rosen is indeed unaffected by the Source Castle.

Of course, even if the lock fails, Rosen has backup plans, such as through a certain classmate Zhou's luck-changing ritual—in fact, this was Rosen's original idea. The current method of direct lock is a new method that Rosen developed after discovering that he might have an exceptionally high status after performing divination twice in the old days.

A moment later, Rosen locked onto a certain presence, which made him smirk. He turned to Klein on his shoulder and said, "Sit tight, we're off."

……

The location of the Source Castle is not in the present world, but it cannot be said to be in the spirit world either. Rather, it is in a place that cannot be reached by normal means.

Fortunately, it wasn't a big problem for Rosen, so he quickly led Klein to the Source Castle.

"Is this the gray fog you saw in your divination? Then where am I...?" Klein looked around, but all he could see was a thick fog that made him hesitate to go any further, and he couldn't see a single person.

"You're inside the real treasure; this is just the outer perimeter at best," Rosen explained, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings with equal curiosity.

"Gold ingot?" Klein looked puzzled.

"It's a nickname, you can call it that too." Rosen smirked, then took out the badge with the image of the Celestial from his pocket. The badge, which had been unresponsive until now, seemed to finally meet the conditions and became active.

As the owner of the surrounding area, Rosen understood the purpose of the Celestial Emblem the moment it was activated. Just as he had guessed, the Celestial Emblem's function was simple:

Those who wear the badge are considered to be the Celestials themselves in terms of rank, sharing rank with the Celestials.

To explain, if someone wears this badge, he or she, as an ordinary person, can instantly possess the status of a Celestial Venerable, as well as some of the associated characteristics that come with that status. Of course, it is only the status, not the power.

This might sound useless, but don't forget that the reason why Celestial Venerables are so difficult to contend with is largely because their status is too high, their innate status is higher than that of mortals. Even the acquired Lords of Mysteries cannot truly contend with them in this respect.

In other words, if the wearer possesses a status equivalent to that of the Celestial Venerable, then he is qualified to confront the Celestial Venerable.

Most importantly, sharing a position also means something else—if the will of the Celestial Venerable is immortal, then the will of the wearer is immortal.

Thinking of this, Rosen couldn't help but laugh out loud. The most disgusting thing about the Celestial Venerable in the original work was the immortality of His consciousness. Even if Klein, who became the Lord of Mysteries, could suppress Him for a while, He would eventually be destroyed by Him as time went by.

But now, this disgusting characteristic seems to be disgusting even to the Celestial Venerable himself.

"Klein, perhaps our operation this time will go even more smoothly than originally expected," Rosen said cheerfully, having already figured out how to use this thing.

The Celestial Badge is a useful but limited item for Rosen. If he uses it directly, he will at most gain some blessing from his Celestial rank, which will allow him to better utilize the power of the Thief's Uniqueness. However, its most important function will be wasted, since Rosen does not follow the path of the Three Clans. He has his own path of his father, which is no less than that of the Lord of Mysteries.

But if Rosen gives the Klein Cotton Doll version the Celestial Badge, he gets double the fun.

—Don't forget, the existence of the cotton doll allows Klein's abilities to be shared with Rosen, which naturally includes his rank.

"So what good thing happened?" Klein asked tentatively, having naturally noticed Rosen's sudden change in mood.

"It is indeed a good thing, both for you and for me," Rosen said, casually placing the Celestial Badge on the cotton doll's chest.

"What...is this?" Klein looked puzzled. He sensed that something had happened, but because he was just an ordinary person, he couldn't confirm what had happened.

"I gave you a cheat code," Rosen explained with a smile, then his eyes lit up.

He successfully exploited the bug, and the effects of the Celestial Badge were shared with him by the Cotton Doll.