Chapter 217 Tarot Society

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"At present, I am not sure about repairing the copper whistle."

"But the loss of spirituality can be slowed down by building seals and spiritual walls, and it can be maintained for a long time. Klein, I have already made a seal. I will leave it with you for now while I make some preparations."

"…………"

In the Source Castle, above the gray fog, Klein stared at the dim copper whistle at his hand. After confirming that the copper whistle's spirituality was losing more slowly in the Source Castle, he finally felt relieved.

The bronze whistle was damaged because of him, so he should have put more thought into repairing it.

Before the Tarot meeting, Azik, who had already learned the inside story, thoughtfully left first so as not to disturb Klein's secret gathering.

Klein didn't do much to persuade him, because he really didn't have the ability to let an angel-level being join the meeting. What's more, many of the secret knowledge and secret rituals circulating in the Tarot Club were obtained from Azik.

Looking back on my past month, I have had a really wonderful time. The matter between Cynthia and the Mother Tree of Desire has been basically sorted out, but the only thing that puzzled him was the strange figure that appeared.

He had white hair, green eyes, and an indifferent expression. He looked like he was thirty to forty years old. He was a strange and powerful man who almost killed him as soon as he got close.

In the real world, Klein recounted this appearance and extraordinary abilities to Azik, but Azik pondered for a long time and could not find the corresponding person in his memory.

"Mr. Azik said that the extraordinary ability I described is not the power of the 'Death' path..."

"And he doesn't know what such power is."

However, those who dare to take the initiative to contact the evil god's "Mother Tree of Desire" must have the strength corresponding to their courage, and must be able to hide themselves behind the scenes. It is not surprising that Klein knows nothing about it with his current connections.

He quickly put the matter behind him and began to think about his preparations to trade the extraordinary characteristics of the "psychiatrist" with Miss Justice at the Tarot meeting, and asking the two pirates how to get to the ruins of the War of Gods.

In the past few days, he had enough time to select targets and replace the souls grazing in "Creeping Hunger".

Above the boundless gray mist, the magnificent palace was silent.

Soon, the time is up.

"The Fool" issued an invitation, and figures appeared in corresponding positions. As always, Miss Justice looked at the top of the mottled long table and said hello in a brisk tone:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool!"

"Justice" Audrey said hello in sequence, starting with "The Fool" and ending with "The World".

Faced with Miss Justice's pleasant greeting, Klein's lips curled up slightly and he nodded gently in response. Then, he manipulated "The World" to respond deeply, and then scanned the people in the Tarot meeting clockwise.

The "Hanged Man" looked normal and showed no particular emotions, while the "Hermit" was still very reserved, making it difficult for people to see what she was thinking. In the future, Klein will go to the God War Ruins to look for mermaids, and there is a high probability that he will choose one of their two experienced captains to entrust him.

In addition, the spiritual brilliance displayed in the astral bodies of "Magician" and "Justice" has been very stable, proving that they are digesting the magic potion in an orderly manner and performing their performances. "The Moon" was still a little arrogant as always, and the only one who showed some slight mood swings was "The Sun" Derrick.

Are there any new changes in Silver City? Klein guessed.

Everyone took their seats and the customary process of the Tarot Club began.

"Justice" Audrey first looked at the figure in the thick fog and said in a rising voice:

"Dear Mr. Fool, I have obtained three more pages of Russell's diary."

Then, "The Hermit" followed closely and whispered: "Dear Mr. Fool, I got ten pages of Russell's diary."

Uh-huh. Several people looked at her, showing surprise with vague expressions and body movements.

Derrick "The Sun" quickly followed up: "Mr. Fool, I copied some more legends from the ancient gods."

Everyone showed the Roselle's diary in their hands one after another. "The Fool" Klein nodded slightly, suppressed his curiosity, and let a stack of Roselle's diary and the legend of the ancient gods of Silver City appear in front of him, and read it carefully. stand up.

His eyes turned to the first page of Russell's diary.

"Why do I feel like this kid from the Edward family hates me?"

Seeing these words, Klein's pupils suddenly trembled.

After a long time, he actually saw something related to Edward Vaughn in Russell's diary again!

"He is always reluctant to greet me. If he finds that Charles is not here, he will run back to the house. I can understand that the hunter is competitive and can't beat Bernadette, but why does he hate me? He hates me, a handsome man like me. , the enthusiastic, cheerful and generous neighbor uncle?”

"I know, it must be that bastard Florent who said bad things about me in front of that kid!"

"They went on a trip again and couldn't find anyone. Ha, but it's really refreshing to see this idiot Florent raising a child with a stinking face. While I'm in a good mood, if he chooses to kneel down and apologize to me now, I will I don’t know him anymore.”

Klein's pupils continued to tremble.

...This should be the diary written by Russell in the early stage, right? Florent of the Sauron family actually has a chance to appear? Edward Vaughan seems to have a son, and judging from Florent taking the child and the hunter, this child is very likely to be related to Florent and a member of the Sauron family? It seems that at that time, before Russell chose to overthrow the Sauron royal family, they had a relatively close relationship...

This "child" should be a little younger than Bernadette? According to the records in the diary, he should be about the same age as Russell's first son, Charles.

If the other person had lived from that era to now, he should be a saint.

Speaking of the Sauron family, Klein's mind immediately popped into mind the red-haired Elaine and the powerful Sauron family he had met before.

It is known that the evil spirit in the basement is most likely the "Red Angel" in the myth of Silver City, and there is a high probability that the person traveling with him is a saint.

Klein turned to the next page out of curiosity, only to find that they were not connected together, and were also the same as the previous page.

The third diary finally has new content.

"On April 9th, I just came back from Countess Valian's masquerade, and suddenly I felt a little empty.

“One woman, another woman, and another woman, just endless boredom, disgust, emptiness and numbness.

"What fun is there in living like this? Is this the purpose of living every day?

“I can’t go on like this, I have to get out of this depraved state.

“Also, a word of caution to myself, don’t habitually write Arabic numerals in everyday places.”

...Great Emperor, do you also have time to reflect on your youth? This does not fit with your image in my mind! Klein almost raised his eyebrows.

His eyes moved down and fell on the following diary:

“On April 11th, Countess Valian invited me to a private salon, where she informed me that Lady Julia would also attend.

"Ha, this conservative blonde beauty who married from Loen will also participate?

“I’m really looking forward to it!

"I have fantasized about her appearance in bed for a long time. I hope her husband, Mr. Viscount Delion, will not mind."

Great Emperor, have you forgotten the diary you wrote the day before yesterday? Gee, it smells so good, right? Also, you made a typo, please mind me! Klein couldn't help but rant.

To him, Emperor Russell's diary was both a book of knowledge and a collection of jokes.

With a thought, Klein turned to the next page of his diary:

“On October 2, Zaratul came to visit me again.

"He hopes that I, who has entered the realm of demigods and demigods, can fulfill my promise and help him steal the dangerous sealed artifact from the church.

"That's a notebook from the Antigonus family of the Fourth Age, a '1' level sealed artifact!"

Seeing this, Klein's pupils shrank uncontrollably:

This should be the notebook that was later lost by the Secret Order - the notebook that led to the death of Klein Moretti and allowed him to successfully awaken in this world with the help of his body!

This is where it all starts!

"It turns out that it did not fall into the hands of the Secret Order from the beginning. Instead, it was sealed within the then Artisan Church and later the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery. Zaratul successfully stole it through Emperor Russell... …”

By the way, the member of the Secret Order in 'Creeping Hunger' was afraid of Zaratul and thought he was an immortal and abnormal monster. Does this mean that Zaratul gained certain benefits with the help of the notes? But it happened again Unexpectedly, a 'human' who could communicate normally with Russell turned into a monster. So, why would the Antigonus family notes be lost later?

"Of course, we can't rule out that Zaratul deliberately let it go missing..."

Hmm... Because Zaratul turned into a monster, the Secret Order lost all its mermaids, so all subsequent 'faceless men' had to risk going to sea? Did Rosago succeed because he tried to enter the ocean where the ruins of the God War evolved? "

Thoughts flashed through Klein's mind, making him feel extremely solemn.

He did not believe that the Antigonus note he encountered was closely related to Russell, because the direction he had been guessing was the law of extraordinary characteristic aggregation, and some of the details that followed followed similar logic.

Do they all involve the higher levels of the "Soothsayer" path? Klein glanced slightly out of the corner of his eye, extending the silence and taking in the boundless gray fog.

Could it be causing it? He asked himself again in his heart.

Calming his emotions, Klein continued to browse the rest of the diary:

"Oh, I have to depend on the situation. If it is easy to steal and there is no risk of exposure, I will try to do it. Otherwise, I will just pretend that it is not the case. Even if Zaratul exposes me, it doesn't matter. With my current identity, Regardless of status, rank, or influence, as long as I am willing to look back and repent, the church will not do anything to me."

The other two diaries on this page recorded Russell's mental process of conceiving the theft plan, but they seemed to have little chance of success. However, Klein knew that he finally got the notebook and gave it to the Secret Order. Leader Zaratul.

The next part of the diary surprised Klein.

Russell once again participated in the party sponsored by the "Twilight Hermitage" and found that all members were very hostile to the Solomon Empire in the Fourth Age. With this, Russell asked the ancient Hermes a question and received an answer from the other party.

“In the Fourth Age, the ally and supporter of the Solomonic Empire was the ‘True Creator’.”

In other words, it is not Emperor Solomon who is truly hated, but the True Creator. Klein frowned slightly, but why does the Twilight Hermitage hate the True Creator? Is it because of the name "Creator"?

He found that he and Russell had the same doubts, and Hermes's answer was also recorded in the diary:

"We are not such superficial creatures."

Hermes asked again meaningfully:

"You know the ability of the 'Shepherd', right? If you were to pick one of the current gods to develop into an omniscient and omnipotent Lord, who do you think is the most likely?"

"This... the first thought that flashed through my mind was the 'Shepherd' path that can devour, herd, and drive the souls and characteristics of other Sequencers, and the end of this path is the 'True Creator'."

"So that's it..."

It turned out to be like this...

Klein was slightly shaken. He suddenly remembered what happened a long time ago. When he asked Mr. A through Miss Magician about the reward for assassinating the ambassador, Mr. A asked for another thing besides gold pounds.

"The first option is part of the magic potion formula of the 'Darkless One', 'Disaster Priest', 'Prophet' or 'Manipulator'."

At that time, Klein, who did not have much knowledge, had already boldly guessed that these four unknown paths were all adjacent paths of the "Shepherd". Looking at this diary now, the possibility is quite high.

It has been confirmed that the "Undark One" belongs to Sequence 4 of the "Sun" pathway, leading directly to the "Eternal Fierce Sun" at the top. In other words, the true Creator is likely to directly swallow and herd the "Eternal Fierce Sun". This explains Why are the Seven Gods extremely hostile to the True Creator... However, during the Solomon period, there were still Six Gods, and the God of Steam and Machinery did not yet exist. In other words, it was mainly the Six Gods who were hostile to the True Creator, and the God of Steam and Machinery might just be incidental.

So what paths will the other three Sequence 4 names lead to?

etc! Mr. "The Hanged Man" said that the Church of the Eternal Burning Sun, the Lord of Storms and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom are all extremely hostile to each other. When I was divining the "Mutated Sun Holy Emblem", I also learned from the "Eternal Burning Sun" I feel the hatred...

Could this be the same reason why they are hostile to the true Creator?

Although it is unclear who these Sequence 4 names belong to, there have been three ways to confirm it, so who does the remaining one belong to?

Klein read through all these diaries and did not get any more answers, so he had to put them down with regret.

"It's time to start." "The Fool" said calmly.

463

The third weekend in February, 7:30 pm.

Amon, who works the evening shift this week, is putting returned and moved books back into place after the Storn City Library has closed.

At this moment, a figure approached quickly, and the sound of footsteps echoed in the silent library.

"Grimm!"

Amon was slightly startled. He stood on tiptoes and returned the dictionary in his hand to its original place. He then looked at the running person in confusion:

"What's the matter?"

A colleague in formal attire approached mysteriously and whispered:

"You weren't on duty last week. Did you know that a big noble returned to his family castle here? I went to the outskirts of the city to see it. The battle was really big. There were dozens of servants and guards. Mi, even the maids are all beauties!"

"I heard that this young lady from the Earl's family is the 'most precious gem of Backlund'. Aren't you curious?"

"I'm not curious." Amon hugged a pile of books and showed some soreness in his arms appropriately. "There are also nobles in Eastchester County itself. This is not the first time you have seen it, and it has something to do with you. what relationship?"

The colleague then said:

"The Hall family needs some temporary manpower to do classification management for their family's expanded library. They are recruiting openly from our municipal library. It will take about a week. They are a bit busy but the salary is very high. Are you willing to take a look?"

Amon shook his head and continued to stuff the books in his hands back on the bookshelf:

"No, thank you for telling me."

"The weekly salary is 10 pounds. You really don't want to go?" My colleague's eyes widened in disbelief, "Then I'll apply myself."

After saying that, the colleague couldn't help but ask: "Green, you seem a little absent-minded recently. Have you encountered any difficulties?"

Hearing these words, Amon couldn't help turning his head to look at his colleague, frowning slightly, and reached out to pinch his monocle, but gave up because he was holding a book in his hand.

"Really?" he asked doubtfully, and then made a clear expression, "Do I seem absent-minded recently? Maybe it's because I haven't slept well these past few days, so I don't have much energy."

The colleague nodded uneasily and said with a smile:

"That's good. I'll leave first, and you should go back early."

"OK."

Amon smiled and said goodbye to him, watching his colleague leave the library and disappear into the crowd of people getting off work in the evening. His expression became a little serious, and he whispered to himself:

"who is he?"

"No, I should say...Whose identity did he use to appear in front of me today?"

This colleague who suddenly came to talk to him was not someone he was familiar with, but he acted like he was familiar with it. Amon is very familiar with this situation, because they are best at stealing other people's identities like this, and then using Amon's face to become that person.

If it was just like this, he wouldn't be too surprised, but there is something wrong with the situation now... It's like many people's identities and memories have been disrupted. He was clearly not even wearing library uniforms and was not a staff member, yet he assumed the identity of someone he knew and communicated with him in the tone of a staff member.

This situation has been going on for three days, with outrageous "mistakes" appearing everywhere in Storenley.

More than once, Amon saw with his own eyes that someone came to borrow books with an ID card that looked completely different from his own, but none of his colleagues around him noticed anything was wrong.

"This historical legacy is really troublesome."

"I accidentally let it escape before. I am also Amon. Why don't you just be me?"

"It's really tenacious, and the scope of disruption is getting bigger and bigger."

"So I have to find it myself before it becomes a big deal, defeat it completely, and then fuse it. Otherwise, it is likely to be discovered by the church first and then involve me."

The spirit of Amon who was killed by him refused to give in, so he chose to take out this part of the spirit and seal it separately. As a result, the other party still refused to repent and escaped by attracting a thief who broke into the house, thus causing these problems. An extraordinary incident of confused identity.

Amon sighed and twisted his expression in a very personal way: "Medici doesn't want to help either, haha."

He sighed a few times and continued pushing the cart forward.

Now that the library is empty, he no longer restores it himself. Under the influence of the extraordinary ability, the books in the bookshelf and the car continue to fly up and return to where they belong.

Two minutes later, Amon left work in a happy mood.

TBC

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There are also small plot points about Amon, Ouroleus and Klein (the ruins of the God War), and the sea volume is over.