Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 147 The Truth Behind the Mist

The Sun looked at the Ember with anticipation, obviously hoping to get an accurate and affirmative answer from the Ember. After all, for the Silver City, which is located in the God-forsaken Land and never sees the sun all year round, a piece of sky with sunshine is more precious than anything else!

If the space where the ember was located really existed in the God-Forsaken Land, then Derrick would do everything he could to find it! Even though he was only a Sequence 8 Prayer of Light, even though he was just qualified to join the Silver City's exploration team, this at least brought a glimmer of hope to the dark Silver City, didn't it?

Even though they couldn't see the appearance clearly, anyone could see the desire of 'Sun' that was almost beyond words. This made Audrey think of a famous saying of Emperor Roselle: I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the sun.

This sentence is probably the most appropriate to describe Mr. Sun, right?
Yu Jin looked at the figure of the Sun and said in a calm tone with a hint of sigh:

"I'm sorry, it's indeed in the God-forsaken Land, but that's probably a utopia that you can never reach and only exists in your imagination."

After hearing what Yu Jin said, 'Sun' said nothing, but just froze in place. Even though there was gray fog, others could still see his eyes, which were filled with loneliness and desolation, as he went from full of expectations to disappointment.

"What is Gensokyo?"

Except for Klein who knew the inside story, the other members of the Tarot Club were all stunned, and then fell into deep thought.

Mr. Fool said in person that the place where Ember went was the God-forsaken Land, and Ember also admitted it in person.

Since it is a place abandoned by the gods, why can't the 'Sun' ever reach it? Is it because of the special nature of the Giant King's Court? It is not impossible, because it is the residence of the former Giant King after all, not just anyone can reach it, one must have sufficient strength to reach it.

But there are demigods in Silver City! There are even more than one! In Yu Jin's eyes, such strength is not qualified to reach the Giant King's Court? Does that mean that to go there, you must be an angel of at least Sequence 2?
"Angel!"

The Hanged Man's face slightly changed color. This guess shocked even him. He had thought that Yu Jin might be a Sequence 3 Saint, but he had never thought that he could be an angel!
Because in the Storm Church, only the Pope has the strength of Sequence 2. No! Perhaps it is far more than that!
The Hanged Man's heart trembled, and he thought of another possibility -

All along, his attitude towards Mr. Fool was mostly guard. Although he was a little skeptical at first, Mr. Fool's great power had convinced him that he was a resurrected god. As a member of the Tarot Club, The Hanged Man always felt that Yu Jin was different from himself.

First of all, it was strength. Including him, everyone else was a low-sequence Beyonder when they joined the Tarot Club. Even Miss Justice and Mr. Sun were not Beyonders, but they were able to join the Tarot Club because they each represented a faction, either the Loen nobles or the God-Forsaken Land.

Only 'lovers' are different!
As soon as he joined the Tarot Club, he had the strength to easily kill a demigod, but at first he just called himself an 'apprentice'! Alger thought it was just a disguise, but now it seems that this may be a hint and metaphor -

Lover is indeed an apprentice, but not a Sequence 9 apprentice. He is an apprentice on the path to godhood, an apprentice of The Fool! Mr. Lover is very likely already on the path to godhood!
The Hanged Man almost subconsciously denied this possibility, because it was a little hard for him to believe. But combined with the details he had discovered before, such as the fact that the Fool and the Lover were obviously more closely related than the other members of the Tarot Club, that even the Fool would occasionally ask the Lover for help, that the Lover could freely take out magical items in the Kingdom of the Fool without restrictions, and that the Lover had been pursuing the Black Emperor who represented another god...

All of this shows that the 'lover' who aims to kill the Black Emperor has always been on equal footing with Mr. 'Fool'! A resurrected god, and an angel who is about to become a god. The more the 'Hanged Man' thinks about it, the more excited he becomes, because this means that the Tarot Club has at least two gods! This is something that no other force can do!

What an honor it is to be able to join in.

Alger was extremely excited, but his deep scheming made him suppress all his emotions. He glanced at the others and found that except for Miss Justice who seemed to have realized something, everyone else looked confused. This further strengthened his determination to keep the secret.

Some things are better to be kept to yourself, there is no need to tell others.

The Sun obviously didn't notice this. He just lowered his head in a depressed mood and said in a low voice:

"I see. Thank you for the information, Mr. Lover."

Yu Jin looked at the distraught appearance of 'Sun', thought for a moment and then said:

"If you just want to see the sun, I can give you a suggestion..."

Derrick raised his head, and his eyes, which had lost their luster, once again shone with hope.

"west."

Ember slowly spoke, "Go west to the sea, cross the Sonia Sea, and you will come to our world. Well, if you can't tell the direction, you can go in the direction of the Giant King's Court, which is directly west of the Silver City."

Derrick was stunned for a moment, seemingly still not reacting, while the others were so shocked that they were speechless. Although Yu Jin's words were not meant for them, the information contained in them overturned the others' cognition!
"Mr. Lover."

The Hanged Man couldn't help but ask, "You mean, the God-Forsaken Land is at the end of the Sonia Sea?"

Yu Jin nodded slightly.

"really!"

While others were still pondering the meaning of these words, Klein already had a clear answer in his mind. He had seen in Emperor Roselle's diary that Roselle suspected that the Forsaken Land of the Gods was in the legendary Eastern Continent, at the end of the Sonia Sea. And what Ember said could be considered a direct proof of Emperor Roselle's speculation.

The Land Forsaken by God is the legendary East Continent! If we follow this inference, is there really a West Continent at the end of the Misty Sea? It is said to be the homeland of the elves, but what happened that prevented the elves from returning to their homeland and left them trapped on Sonia Island?

and--

"Southern Continent, Northern Continent, Western Continent, Eastern Continent, all four continents are across the sea from each other..."

Klein frowned slightly. He pieced together the outlines of the four continents in his mind according to the existing maps. The resulting map always gave him an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.

After receiving a positive response, Derrick, the Sun, regained hope and said excitedly:

"Thank you for your help, Mr. 'Lover'. What kind of reward would you like for this advice?"

The Tarot Club members almost subconsciously came up with an idea at the same time:
"What an honest child."

Yu Jin hesitated for two seconds, thought for a moment, and then spoke:

"I hope to learn more about the creation myth of the City of Silver."

Sun Derrick seemed relieved when he heard Yu Jin's request, because it was not a request that was too difficult for him. His tense body relaxed, and he organized his words before speaking:

"The omniscient and omnipotent God created everything and fell into deep sleep."

"The eight ancient gods divided up the authority left by the Lord and became the gods who dominated the sky, the earth and the ocean, the reality, the spiritual world and the astral world, and all races. They were real gods, ancient gods. Some of them fell in the fights with each other, and some were deprived of their authority after the Lord of Creation, the omniscient and omnipotent God, awakened..."

"..."

"When the Lord who created everything, the omniscient and almighty God, looked at this world, He was surrounded by many angels. Among them, there were eight angel kings who were the leaders of all angels and closest to the throne of God. Some of their names have disappeared in the long history, while some still have certain records, some brief, some detailed. According to legend, there are even descendants of gods among these eight angel kings..."

Derrick recounted the history he had learned from reading ancient books during this period, and added honestly at the end:

"Mr. Lover, that's all I know. But after I go back, I can find time to continue reading the classics. There should be quite a few that I have missed."

Yu Jin nodded slightly, and after two seconds of silence, he ordered:

"When you read the books, you can focus on the records about the giant queen Omybella, and where the 'Creator' awakened from."

"Giant Queen?"

Derrick was stunned for a while, and couldn't help asking, "How do you know the giant queen is called Omibella?"

Yu Jin looked at Derrick's innocent look and explained casually:
"That should be the god that you, Silver City, once believed in. If you go back and look carefully in the classics, there should be a corresponding record."

Derrick the Sun was stunned, and blurted out almost subconsciously:

"We have no records of this in Silver City."

The Hanged Man looked thoughtful. Although the Sun claimed that the Silver City worshipped the Lord who created everything, it never concealed that they once believed in the Giant King Olmir, and that the Giant King Olmir had a profound influence on them. But as for the Giant Queen Omibella mentioned by Mr. Lover, he did not mention a word. Perhaps this also involved some secrets or taboos?

It was not surprising that Silver City had some unknown secrets. For example, for the Storm Church, Pasu Island was a taboo because it was the headquarters of their Storm Church and also the kingdom of the Storm Lord, the god they believed in.

But the problem is, if what the 'lover' said was true, and the Silver City had indeed believed in the Giant Queen Omibella, then why did they hide this fact and instead claim to the outside world that they had believed in the Giant King Ormir?

"Sorry, I lost my temper."

Derrick finally calmed down and took a deep breath. "I will look up the history books of Silver City, but Silver City may not have many records on this."

"No problem, just do your best."

Yu Jin nodded slightly. He had only asked casually with the mentality of giving it a try, and he did not force it. After all, he already had the answer in his heart, but just wanted to find some confirmation from the records. "One more thing."

Derrick the Sun paused for a moment and continued, "I would like to purchase the potion formula from the Sun Priest."

He has become a Prayer of Light, and the potion is being digested step by step. It will be completely digested in about a month. Therefore, he hopes to obtain the potion formula in advance so that he can collect the corresponding extraordinary materials in advance and complete the promotion seamlessly after digesting the potion.

As Derrick said this, his eyes were fixed on Yu Jin. After all, Yu Jin had always provided the potion formulas for most members of the Tarot Club, so in Derrick's eyes, Yu Jin was the most likely person to help him obtain the potion formulas.

"pity."

Klein sighed in his heart. It was a pity that he didn't have the potion formula of the Sun Priest, otherwise he would also like to do this business.

"I have!"

The Hanged Man said without hesitation, "The price of a Sequence 7 potion formula is around 800 pounds, and it can even be sold for more than 850 pounds at a premium. Give me pounds, and I can show you the Sun Priest's potion formula."

Derrick showed surprise, then said with some embarrassment:

"But I have no pounds..."

Not only did he have no gold pounds, but he even owed Miss Justice some gold pounds. Fortunately, Miss Justice was looking for extraordinary materials for her family at the time, so he was able to pay off his debt.

"It's ok."

The Hanged Man had obviously expected this. He hummed and said, "You can repay with materials of equal value, but I don't know what I can get from you. First, make a list of the common monsters in the area around the City of Silver and the corresponding materials, and I will choose from them. Well, I can show you the formula of the Sun Priest's potion first."

He had found the potion formula of the "Sun Priest" in the secret treasure house of the Rhoside Archipelago Diocese before, but it was not until recently that he found a good opportunity to check it with a sufficiently legitimate reason and sufficient authority.

With Mr. Fool as guarantor, and Little Sun's noble character, Alger was not afraid that Derrick would take the potion formula without paying, so he decided to do him a favor.

"No problem, I'll do it as soon as possible, but it may have to wait until the exploration is over."

Derrick was obviously relieved, and his tone was filled with a hint of joy, as if he had gotten some great bargain.

The Tarot Club members nearby wanted to cover their faces when they heard this. Little Sun was too naive. Didn't he realize that this list itself was extremely valuable? Although they had realized this, no one took the initiative to expose the Hanged Man's plan, because they actually wanted to know what common monsters and corresponding extraordinary materials were in the area around Silver City.

As for the little 'Sun', well, every failure is a learning experience, and this is for his own good!
"explore?"

The Hanged Man asked thoughtfully, "You have been assigned another exploration mission?"

Derrick adjusted his sitting position and said nervously:
"Correct."

"Where are you exploring?" Alger, the 'Hanged Man', noticed his abnormality and asked with his head tilted.

"It's still the half-destroyed temple of the fallen Creator."

Derrick replied with a somewhat nervous and solemn expression, "But Elder Lovia is still in the dungeon, and this exploration is led by the Chief himself."

The last time the team explored the temple, almost all of them were wiped out, and only the leader, Elder Lovia, was lucky enough to be safe. But no one can guarantee that she is really normal, not even the six-member council, otherwise they would not have kept Elder Lovia locked up in the dungeon.

The Hanged Man thought for a moment and suggested:

"This should be the last test before the surveillance is completely lifted. The message you conveyed before was that Amon and the Fallen Creator are mortal enemies, and they are willing to expose themselves in order to destroy the other's plan."

"During this exploration of the Temple of the Fallen Creator, as long as you do not show any abnormality, the six-member council can basically determine that you are no longer under the influence of Amon."

This happened after Yu Jin's 'disappearance'. The Hanged Man was afraid that Yu Jin wouldn't understand, so he explained:
"The time when the 'Sun' was possessed by Amon, it was disguised as dying together with the fallen Creator."

"Mr. Sun."

Yu Jin tapped the tabletop with his fingers thoughtfully, and slowly said, "Regarding your exploration this time, I have a commission."

"What commission?"

Derrick the Sun immediately sat up straight and said seriously, "As long as it does not exceed my ability, I will do my best to complete it."

Yu Jin shook his head and explained:
"It's just a matter of convenience. I hope that when you explore the temple, you can try to find the connection or similarity between the Fallen Creator and the 'Lord who created everything' that you believe in."

Derrick was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly after hesitating:

"it is good."

"What do you mean, Mr. 'lover'?"

The Hanged Man was shocked, and his heart was in turmoil. A taboo speculation that made his scalp tingle began to sprout in his heart.

The Silver City believes in the 'Lord who created everything', that is, the Creator. The reason why the 'Eastern Continent' where the Silver City is located has become a land abandoned by God is because the 'Creator' has abandoned them. However, combined with the creation myth of the Northern Continent, it can be known that the Creator has already fallen!
However, in mysterious organizations and secret sects headed by the Aurora Society, they believe that the Creator is not completely dead, and His remaining core is the real Creator.

There are even followers of the Aurora Society who try to cross the Sonia Sea to the so-called "Sanctuary". This has also been confirmed by Mr. "Lover" - the so-called sanctuary is the East Continent, the God-forsaken Land where the "Sun" and Silver City are located!

The traces of the seven existing gods are all over the southern and northern continents, but there is not a single word left in the records of the Silver City. But only the True Creator has believers and preachers in the southern and northern continents, and even has temples left in the God-forsaken Land!

When Mr. Fool first heard the name of the True Creator, he directly stated that it was the Fallen Creator! At first, Alger only heard Mr. Fool's level and equal attitude from this title, and thus confirmed that Mr. Fool was a true god-level existence.

But he overlooked the most obvious problem - whether it was the 'real Creator' or the 'corrupted Creator', the three words 'Creator' have always been the symbol of that ancient existence! This means that even Mr. 'Fool' did not deny the other party's identity as the 'Creator', he only denied the 'reality' and believed that the other party was a symbol of 'corruption'!

And now, the Lover asked the Sun Derrick to find the similarities between the Fallen Creator and the Creator...

When Alger combined all these scattered clues, he found that they all revealed a horrible truth...

"The Fallen Creator is the former 'Creator'! At least part of the 'Creator'!"

Such a bold guess suddenly popped up in Audrey's mind, which scared her and she didn't dare to think about it any further.

But Alger was bolder than her. He had even deduced a self-consistent logic: If the 'Fallen Creator' was the former Creator, then the East Continent, which was once blessed by the Creator, was not the sanctuary of the current 'Fallen Creator'?
The Hanged Man Alger almost subconsciously looked up at The Fool, but was unable to read any meaning from his blurred eyes. But in a sense, the absence of expression itself was the biggest clue - it meant that Mr. Fool was very likely to have tacitly agreed with his lover's guess!

"What do you see me doing?"

Klein felt helpless as he was being watched by the Hanged Man. He could probably guess what Alger was thinking, because he was thinking the same thing now—there might really be some kind of connection between the Creator and the Fallen Creator, and it might even be a hereditary relationship.

This is exactly connected with the previous intelligence:

The Church of the Storm and the Church of the Blazing Sun are hostile to each other, and the three major churches are also hostile to the Aurora Society, and the Aurora Society is also hostile to the three major churches. If we substitute the gods they represent, it will be easy to understand:
The gods of the three major churches betrayed the Creator, and the Fallen Creator is the remnant of the Creator, which created the hostile relationship between them!

Klein knew very well that Yu Jin's guess was not groundless. He must have obtained some solid evidence in the God-forsaken Land in the past - he might even have met the "Creator"!

As for the meaning of his pursuit of the truth of all this...

Klein's eyes twitched. He felt that Yu Jin was probably thinking about how to drag him over and burn him. Although he was madly complaining in his heart, he still maintained an unfathomable appearance on the surface, so that the Hanged Man did not dare to ask directly.

Firstly, he didn't think he could pay enough, and secondly, the secrets involved were definitely not something he could interfere with. Knowing more would not be a good thing for him.

Alger took a deep breath and forcibly changed the subject:

"I'll give you the potion formula first."

Klein was also eager for Alger to change the subject. Upon hearing this, he immediately materialized a pen and paper and asked the Hanged Man Alger to write down the potion formula and give it to the Sun Derrick.

So far, this Tarot Club has ended successfully.

(End of this chapter)