Secret: The years I served as a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 145 is about to begin

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In a room with thick soft carpet.

The quill that was being held stopped writing.

The notebook spread out below it had lines of words and many traces of smudges:

(smear)
"The target attempted to break free, but unfortunately Detective Sherlock Moriarty left before she could get downstairs."

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"The target affected the maids around, but Prince Edessak's steward Finkel accidentally discovered the problem and took action."

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(smear)
"The target once again went off track and attended Talim's funeral in place of Prince Edessak. However, she soon returned to her normal state and found that she could not recognize who Sherlock Moriarty was, so she could only miss him pitifully."

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"Sherlock Moriarty went to Redbrier Manor to investigate, but the timing was wrong. The target happened to be riding a horse at the golf course."

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(smear)
"The goal once again triumphed over the arrangement, and Prince Edsak was persuaded to visit Detective Sherlock Moriarty. Unfortunately, Sherlock Moriarty had a stomachache and stayed in the bathroom for 7 minutes and 45 seconds, and the prince could not wait."

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The middle-aged man, whose facial features were like sculptures but one eye was blind, put down his feather pen, looked at the woman on the side and said:

"What exactly did you put in her? Breaking the limits again and again will cause big problems."

The woman chuckled and said, "It was just an accident. Don't worry too much. There won't be any problem."

"The arrival of the angel earlier was the real ..."

She sighed softly, feeling a little scared.

Ince Zangwill remained silent. Even though the records clearly stated that 0-08's extraordinary performance caused the death of an angel, without more information, one could only guess that the angel who died was the writer, and what 0-08 had done was to make the angel who wrote the story destroy himself in the process of weaving his fate.

It has the ability to influence the fate of angels, but it must be achieved through extremely difficult coincidences and a long time. It is not something that can be solved by just moving a pen like arranging a low sequence.

When the Angel of Temperance suddenly appeared in Backlund, the planners of the whole thing fell into a short panic, and Panatia, who was directly involved in it, showed fear.

This made Ince Zangwill not dare to act rashly. 0-08 could only affect the fate of angel-level beings, but it was also easy for the other party to notice the inconsistency of his own fate and trace it back to the source. Moreover, "Prisoner" was a way that was good at cursing and sealing. If he rashly wrote to an "ancient evil creature", Ince Zangwill felt that the other party would blow him to pieces with just a glance, leaving only 0-08.

However, it was already December 12th, which was very close to the target date of the 24th.

Of course, the entire plan could be postponed until the Angel of Temperance left Backlund, but this would inevitably cause more chain reactions, not to mention that there was no way to determine when the Angel of Temperance would leave.

So after discussing countermeasures, the royal family decided to slightly influence the newspaper industry, using some recent conflicts that happened in the southern continent to show their attitude and position and drive away the angel of temperance. This is much more effective than personally going to the door to advise or put pressure on them, and it can make the other party retreat without losing their status.

As expected, they successfully forced the Angel of Temperance out of Backlund three days later. MI9 had already obtained the other party's itinerary information - Richard Ernst had boarded a ship bound for Bayam at 3:30 pm on Monday, departed from the Tussock River inland channel, headed for Pritz Harbor, and had now left Backlund.

"Did the Angel of Temperance really come here because he sensed the disaster?" The witch asked uncertainly, tapping her lips with her finger. "The Prisoner is not good at sensing. This plan has been prepared for so long, it should be flawless."

"... Maybe. After all, there is a "Master of Prophecy" in the Pilgrimage Sect."

Although he was already a demigod, Ince Zangwill still didn't want to talk about high-sequence topics. He thought that the shadow and stain of his failed promotion would be completely washed away after he became a demigod, but he didn't expect that after reaching this level, his inferiority complex would become even worse.

The witch laughed cheerfully, combed her hair gracefully, and put on her jewelry. Panatia put on her robe, tightened her belt, made her figure more graceful, and smiled at Ince Zangwill:
"Tomorrow is the time to take action."

"You must not make any more mistakes."

0-08's pen holder snorted and gripped the quill tighter.

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Time passed quickly, and after a period of bustle, the gray fog returned to silence again.

Klein sat in the Fool's seat, reviewing the meeting that had just ended. The amount of information exchanged in this Tarot meeting was beyond imagination. Just comparing the statues of the six gods he saw in the underground ruins of the Fourth Epoch with the portraits of the six gods that the Sun saw in the Temple of the Real Creator in the Forsaken Land, which distorted the six gods into monsters, made Mr. Fool's palms sweat, and his eyes kept drifting to the chair covered with black gauze a little further away from the long table.

He was somewhat worried that a red moon would suddenly appear above the black veil, or that the goddess would come to punish him after the gray fog descended.

...It was really hard to look directly at them, especially the Mother Goddess of Earth, the Lord of Storms, and the Eternal Sun, who had been slandered not only as evil gods but also as ugly monsters... Klein did not feel a sudden realization of the truth, but instead had some inexplicable feelings. He had expected the "True Creator" to slander the six gods and distort their image.

The cyclical memories and adventures described by "The Sun" are very suitable for being made into a movie, and the fact that outsiders can enter the God-forsaken Land also makes "The Sun" quite excited.

Based on his own personal experience, he deduced that there were indeed unstable factors in Backlund, so when "Justice" asked the question, Klein reported the name of Prince Edessak without any psychological burden.

Apart from that, the only organization that Klein was slightly interested in was the Redemption Rose. However, he knew very little about it. In order to avoid being questioned by the Tarot Club, Mr. Fool pretended to be profound and kept silent.

What does it mean when Zaratul says that "resurrection from the dead" is a miracle mentioned in Emperor Roselle's diary?
The name of Sequence 2 of the Fortune Teller Path is "Miracle Master". Could it be that the disappeared Zaratul is not dead, or can be resurrected? "Miracle Master" is so powerful, why didn't Roselle mention Zaratul when he was surrounded by enemies in his later years?
This also reminded Klein of what had happened to him.

The head wound of a person who shot himself miraculously healed, and the Beyonder who died of a shattered heart crawled out of his grave in the middle of the night. Isn't this resurrection from the dead? Isn't this the "miracle" mentioned by the leader of the Secret Society, Zaratul? And the name of the Sequence 2 potion of the "Fortune Teller" path is "Miracle Master"! At this moment, Klein vaguely felt that he had grasped something crucial, but he couldn't piece together the fragmented and incomplete clues into the truth he wanted.

As I guessed before, there are other factors that played a role in my choice of "Fortune Teller" as the starting point of the sequence... My greatest reliance is that this mysterious space above the gray fog can eliminate interference and provide the "Fortune Teller" with the most coveted environment... My "resurrection" feature seems to also come from the gray fog...

When I came to Backlund, the things that "Master of Secret Puppet" Rosago was involved in were naturally attracted to me. It was in line with the Beyonder characteristic aggregation effect within the same path. The greater the "mass", the stronger the suction force, and it works intermittently... The Antigonus family notes suddenly changed their style, and passed on the key information about the hidden treasure on the main peak of the Hornachis Mountains to me through the Doom Puppet. Perhaps this factor was also involved...

Combined with other fragmentary phenomena, does it mean that this mysterious space has a very close relationship with the extraordinary path of "Fortune Teller" and the "0" level seal left behind by the corresponding sequence? Or, or the kingdom of God left behind by the sequence 0 of this path?
There is another possibility, the so-called "uniqueness" of the "Fortune Teller" path...

Klein turned his gaze away from Roselle's diary, looking forward to what he would discover in that obscured place after he became a High-Sequence Expert and completed the Stairway of Glory deep in the gray fog.

Maybe the reason why I traveled through time and the way home can be found there... He suppressed his inner excitement and made Roselle's diary disappear from his hands.

At the same time, he became increasingly wary of Zaratul, the leader of the secret order.

This is a powerful being who was already a "miracle worker" and a "fortune teller" many years ago!

Sometimes, there might be something behind which his shadow might be hidden! High-Sequence was not something he should consider guarding against for the time being. Right now, Klein had other plans, which was to make himself, the supporting character among supporting characters, fade out of the stage, "leave" Backlund, change his appearance without anyone noticing, return quietly, and contact the "Mechanical Heart" outside the sight of the "0" level seal!
I hope it will be successful, and I hope there is a chance to catch Ince Zangwill! Well, the premise is that if he is indeed involved in this matter... Wait, in the process of tracking down Ince Zangwill, Mr. Azik had a conflict with MI0 and was secretly wanted, and MI08 has always been considered to be the pro-royal faction in the military... There are a series of coincidences around Prince Edessak, which is similar to the characteristics shown by the sealed object "-" before... This seems to confirm the existence of Ince Zangwill from the side...

Klein stayed in the gray fog for a while longer. After sorting out the high-level intelligence, he simulated the feeling of falling and left the gray fog.

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Edward tilted his head and cupped his hands behind his ears, as if he was listening carefully to something.

Although He knew that this would not bring any help to the spiritual level monitoring, He still maintained this action for a while with great interest.

"I can't hear anything... The defense of the Goddess of Night is very tight, I can hardly hear anything..."

"But I also responded to Him, so He probably couldn't hear me."

Apart from the blankness and noise that occurred 99% of the time, Edward could only hear a few words intermittently, a "loop" that appeared frequently, and the occasional "blasphemy". In general, there was no valuable intelligence.

There was only one thing that aroused his interest, and that was the word "cycle", which was spoken in the ancient giant language.

After hearing this word, Edward's first reaction was to recall whether the word "cycle" had other meanings in the ancient giant language. After confirming that there was no code word, no homonym, and no hint, he changed the direction of his thinking and thought about where else this language was used now.

In fact, even the Feysac people rarely use the ancient giant language. After all, there is a 1.0 version of the ancient Feysac language between the 2.0 ancient giant language and the 1.5 ancient Feysac language. Moreover, in terms of inducing spirituality and fitting consciousness, the ancient giant language is far inferior to the ancient Hermes language, which was created specifically for this purpose. It is just a language spontaneously formed by the ancient giants.

It is now the 1348th year of the Fifth Epoch. Giants in the physiological sense no longer exist. The ancient language has been simplified and optimized countless times before it evolved into the current Feysac language. With simplified Chinese characters, how could anyone communicate using oracle bone script? In this era, how could anyone still use the ancient giant language as an everyday language?
Even if the person can speak it himself, he has to consider whether other people can understand it.

This is interesting information. Who on Sefirah Castle said these words?

The noise disappeared, and after waiting for a while without hearing any unclear voices, Edward felt that the Sefirah Castle meeting was over.

He withdrew his hand, sat down in the recliner in a more relaxed posture, and casually watched the sea level and the fishing boats in the distance.

He was on the balcony of a suite near the seaside, and could easily look out over the sea in the distance. A few hundred meters below was the seaside. It was deep winter in the northern continent, but the temperature on the sea was still around 15 degrees. Although there were no tourists on vacation or swimming on the beach, there were many fishermen and children turning over stones, picking up shells, and catching small crabs on the beach.

If you don't catch them and eat them, the catch will appear in the surrounding restaurants at dinner time, and the hotel you are staying in will go directly to the beach to purchase the freshest and juicy seafood.

Edward rang the bell to summon the waiter waiting outside the door and ordered an afternoon tea.

During this time, He sat quietly for more than ten seconds, then set up a spiritual wall around Him, and the warm smile on His face suddenly disappeared without a trace.

The decadent king strengthened his spiritual walls and used his little power very cautiously.

After leaving the secret town, his perception became stronger. Since the container across the demonic path could sense that the disaster was approaching, it proved that the "man-made disaster" he had been waiting for was already at hand.

It was similar to "divination", but much more advanced and accurate. It used its own authority to directly perceive the overall fate of the specific city of "Backlund" - just one second later, the Decayed King muttered to himself:

"tomorrow."

"Tomorrow afternoon."

"Less than twenty-four hours from now."

His thumb rubbed the side of his index finger, finalizing the timing:
"Twenty-two hours and fourteen minutes later."

The spirit nodded slightly: "Very good."

"He appeared in Backlund at this critical juncture, issued a curse and judgment, and thereby established a close mystical connection with the fate of the earth."

"After this incident, the fall of humanity will become inevitable. I no longer have to worry about being discovered. I can directly control the awake half of the True Creator and ask for a way to get to the God-Forsaken Land, or simply sacrifice Him as the key to open the door."

"Even if my essence is not there, I can turn the God-forsaken Land into my kingdom of God and secretly control the True Creator."

In the absence of source essence, it is rather dangerous to hastily seize the uniqueness of demons and prisoners. The purpose of the decadent king is to complete himself, perfect the symbol and authority, not to explode on the spot after a meal.

After confirming the plan and the time to act, He disappeared again, dismantling the spiritual wall that had only been opened for a dozen seconds, and pushed the surface consciousness to the front of the stage to continue the performance.

Just at this moment, the waiter brought snacks and tea. Edward smiled, nodded, and gave him a tip of one pound.

"That's it. Leave a substitute here and secretly go to Backlund tomorrow morning to make preparations."

"Let's think about the matter of the heir to Sefirah Castle and the meeting after it's over. Maybe it's time to visit Miss Fors."

As Edward was enjoying his pastries, he suddenly heard bursts of prayers in his ears.

These prayers came from the direction of the southern continent, and two of the seven people who left with candles had received His blessings.

A girl bit to death the human trafficker who wanted to kidnap her and became a "madman" on the prisoner route. She quickly became a devout believer after realizing the beauty of power and killed dozens of people within two days. This made a young man who was already full of resentment and mentally ill after a huge blow, pray for power for the purpose of cruelly taking revenge on his enemies - the devil is kind and equal. Driven by hatred, the young man lit a candle and took the lives of his enemy's family at night. So Edward generously made him a "serial killer", helping him to learn multiple ways of killing without a teacher at one time, and regain his rationality and calmness.

In the "serial killer" stage, he has completely lost the conscience that humans should have. Morality and law have no binding force on him as a Sequence 7. However, he has more important beliefs than killing innocent people.

At this moment, these two lucky men who were blessed by God have met each other. Although their hands are stained with blood, their blood is also hot, and they are still doing brutal things such as killing the rich to help the poor and taking revenge on the evil.

Edward then took the opportunity to issue an "oracle", asking them to let go as much as possible, do whatever they wanted, and then save their lives, so as to stir up a bigger commotion.

Although the abilities of an 8 and a 7 are limited, with the help of the Angel of the Abyss, they are enough to become the latest news topic in the southern continent and attract the attention of the Goddess of Night.

After what happens tomorrow, let the demon family enter...

Edward took a sip of tea and admired the cascading waves in the distance in a good mood.

TBC
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Major Event: The Backlund Great Smog begins.

According to the original text, the progress has reached halfway at this point, and for me, it is one third.

(End of this chapter)