Chapter 5 Card Draw

When Leonard came to his senses, towering stone pillars appeared in front of him. They stood above the boundless gray-white mist, supporting a magnificent palace like a giant's residence.

His green eyes were dazed, and after a second of stupefaction, Leonard realized that he had sat on the side of a mottled ancient bronze long table at some point, with a pair of majestic high-backed chairs beside him and across from him.

And at the top of the mottled long table, a figure was shrouded in thick gray mist, leaning back leisurely on the back of the chair, as if looking down on everything in the world.

As soon as this figure came into Leonard's eyes, it was as if he had boarded a passenger ship, facing the abyss with no edge or bottom, or walked out of the city and came to the suburbs, looking up at the towering sky. mountain peak.

In an instant, one thought flashed through Leonard's mind, and he had a rough guess about his situation. As an Extraordinary of the church, a believer who believed in the real existence of gods, he couldn't resist his inner feelings, and subconsciously wanted to Get out of your seat and worship the presence in front of you.

The power of the gods is like mountains and seas!

Just as Leonard stood up, he was pushed back by an invisible force, and a low and flat voice echoed in his ears:

"Don't bother.

"You can call me Mister Fool."

The Fool... Sure enough... Leonard's original fear of the unknown calmed down. Although he was still worried about what would happen next, he was no longer so anxious, restless, and dry-mouthed.

He half stood up, put his hands on his chest, saluted and said:

"Dear Mister Fool, why did you summon me here?"

As a "Nighthawk" with many years of experience, as a "Red Glove" who has participated in many major cases, Leonard knows how dangerous it is to establish a connection with a hidden existence, and understands that he has stepped from the edge of the abyss Started to slide downwards, with no chance of being rescued.

The moment he decided to recite the name of "The Fool", he could foresee the tragic ending, but for revenge, he made a choice regardless.

However, people have the instinct to survive. Thinking that Klein Moretti, who believed in The Fool, was not only alive, but even became a demigod, Leonard couldn't help but have a little hope.

At this time, he heard the "Fool" shrouded in gray mist chuckle:

"Since you have asked me for help, then according to the principle of equivalent exchange, you must pay something."

Leonard's body trembled, and his head was buried lower:

"What do you want?"

After a short interval, the voice of "The Fool" sounded again:

"Don't worry, maybe you will do something in the future to help some people.

"Sit down."

Leonard breathed a sigh of relief slowly, sat down, looked around and said:

"He, Klein Moretti, has he been here like me?"

The "Fool" in the gray fog said without much ups and downs:

"In a different way."

A different way... Sure enough, Klein didn't enter here by reciting his honorable name. He became a follower of Mister Fool by accepting the guidance of Azik Eggers, the "Death Consul"... Renner De couldn't help but looked around again, and found that there were twenty-two high-backed chairs around the mottled long table.

Corresponding to the twenty-two extraordinary pathways, there are still twenty-two Tarot cards... "The Fool"... Leonard just had a guess in his heart, when he heard Mr. "The Fool" chuckle:

"Besides you, there are other creatures drawn here for various reasons.

"They implored me to hold gatherings regularly to exchange news, buy and sell materials, trade formulas, and help each other. This will help them improve quickly and become high-sequencers."

This is a bit different from the hidden organization code-named by tarot cards I imagined,

Relatively loose... What is the purpose of Mister Fool agreeing to such a request? After coming to this ancient palace above the gray mist, Leonard's spirit has been highly tense, which made his thinking much quicker than normal, and he thought of many problems.

After his successful revenge, he actually felt depressed and empty for a while, as if he had lost his purpose in life, but he soon cheered up, because Daly's death told him that he was not strong enough, and if he wanted to reduce his companions in future missions The number of casualties is no longer incapable of saving, and he must at least improve to Sequence 4 to become a demigod and demihuman existence.

Therefore, what the "Fool" just said made him feel moved, and he felt that this was an opportunity. At the same time, he also thought that joining the party and gaining a deeper understanding of the internal situation of this secret organization would help to avoid the establishment of "The Fool" to the greatest extent in the future. dangers associated with the connection.

After deliberating for a while, Leonard asked:

"Is Klein Moretti also a member of that regular party?

"He owns a seat here?"

The Fool casually gave an answer:

"Yes."

Leonard was silent for a second and said:

"Dear Mister Fool, can I join that regular gathering?"

The Fool shrouded in gray mist said with a smile:

"Can.

"But after you go back, remember to mention this matter to Pales Zarathustra, and don't try to hide it from him."

He... the old man is really an angel! No wonder the "Luck Stealer" charm is so miraculous... Although Leonard had already known it to a certain extent, he was still shocked after being confirmed by Mister Fool.

He hesitated and said:

"Why do you have to tell Pales Zarathustra?"

Although he and Pallez Zarathustra get along well and have established a certain amount of trust in each other, there is still a lot of vigilance hidden in his heart. The reason why he took the initiative to ask just now is to hope that he can join Mister Fool. A secret gathering to balance the potential danger posed by the ancient parasite.

He immediately heard Mister Fool laughing:

"In many cases, deterrence is more useful than combat."

Deterrence is more useful than fighting... Also, forced balance is likely to irritate the old man, no matter what, the final battlefield must be in my body, which is very unfavorable to me, and deterrence can make him see the situation clearly, even if there is malice, he will Thinking about finding another way, finding another way out... Leonard lowered his head in a daze and said:

"Dear Mr. Fool, I have no problem."

The "Fool" at the top of the long bronze table displayed a set of Tarot cards, raised his finger and said:

"They each picked a tarot card as their code name, and you can also draw one.

"The cards with owners have been removed from here."

Sure enough, the code name was Tarot cards... Leonard breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help asking another question:

"Which card did Klein Moretti draw?"

"The world." "The Fool" said lightly, "That's him, and it's not him."

What do you mean... Leonard didn't dare to ask any more questions. He stretched out his right hand and drew a card from the tarot deck.

After opening it, he saw a sky full of stars and a goddess pouring holy water.

"Star" brand!

This is not quite in line with Leonard's taste, but since the ceremony has been completed under the witness of Mister Fool, he has no choice but to accept it.

"Go back, Backlund time is every Monday at three o'clock in the afternoon, meet on time." The fool shrouded in "grey fog" raised his hand, making Leonard, who was in a hurry to salute, disappear into the ancient palace.

Klein the Fool immediately laughed lowly, and turned all the tarot cards face up.

They have the same image, the same sky full of stars.

Each one is a "star" card!

After laughing for a while, Klein turned his attention to the crimson star representing Leonard again.

When trying to pull the poet classmate into the gray fog, he made a careful observation in advance and discovered that there was a light ball hidden in Leonard Mitchell's body. The light ball seemed to be composed of countless link worms, hidden deep in the In the spiritual body.

This allowed Klein to confirm that Pales Zarathustra was only a preliminary parasite, and did not control Leonard's mental body, astral body, etheric body, and flesh and blood body, and was promoted to a demigod. With a deeper grasp of the mysterious space, he can no longer only target the soul as a whole when pulling people, but can make effective divisions and selections.

Therefore, Klein decided not to move Leonard's spiritual body, and only pulled his astral body above the gray mist. This could avoid stimulating Pallez Zoroast, or bring him here together. A mysterious space, of course, this Sequence 1 Angel of the "Thief" path must be able to detect what happened.

However, the ability of the Extraordinary of the "Dark Night" pathway to enter other people's dreams comes from the astral body, which does not affect Leonard's ability to use his expertise in this mysterious space.

"I hope he can get rid of Pales Zarathustra's parasitism step by step..." Klein suddenly sighed.

The reason why he let Leonard enter the Tarot Club was to help his teammate grow stronger and escape the shadow brought by Pallez Zarathustra.

If the angel of the "thief" path is not malicious, let Leonard help him hide Amon and help him recover, otherwise force him to find another parasitic object.

Withdrawing his gaze, Klein thought for a while, and threw the potion formula of "The Conspirator" in the "Hunter" pathway Sequence 6 into the spot of light representing Danitz, and ordered him in the tone of Gehrman Sparrow Leave the Southern Continent and return to the "Golden Dream".

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"The compound eyes of a hunting black spider, the brain of a lion..." Danis dazedly recalled what he "saw" just now, and stood up happily.

He decided to bid farewell to Anderson Hood immediately, and escaped from the dangerous southern continent.

When he came to the door of the strongest hunter in the Misty Sea, he knocked lightly, and saw the wooden door open backwards.

Anderson didn't even close the door!

Danitz was surprised for a while, and quickly cast his gaze, only to see Anderson holding a short knife and gesturing on his stomach.

PS: I went to celebrate Chinese Valentine’s Day yesterday, cough, I’ll change it later~

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