Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 163 Just the master’s order

Looking at the petite puppet that appeared out of nowhere but was alive and speaking human language, Edessak and Triss froze in place for a moment, a great fear gripping their hearts.

"you……"

Edessak opened his mouth with difficulty, slowly lowered his usually proud head, and whispered, "Who are you?"

"You can call me Witch Reina."

Edsak's pupils shrank sharply: "Witch?"

Triss's slender body trembled slightly. She suppressed her fear and asked:
"What is your relationship with the Witch Cult?"

The petite doll glanced at her and said calmly:
"The Witch Cult believes in the original witch, whose real name is Chike. We are enemies."

To be precise, she and all the gods in this world are enemies.

"Chick!"

Looking at the petite doll in front of her that seemed to pose no threat, Triss's goose bumps rose uncontrollably, each one distinct, and she broke out in cold sweat. Her lips moved, but she could not make a sound, and her face showed an indescribable fear.

So, this is why I was renamed Triss Chick? I am His vessel of divine descent? —
Inside a quiet room in St. Samuel's Church.

Audrey slowly opened her eyes, the slightly teasing voice of Mr. Fool still echoing in her mind!
She subconsciously looked at Yu Jin beside her, her expression instantly lost control, and she said worriedly:

"Ember, what should we do now?"

Audrey believed that the other party had also received the message from Mr. Fool.

Yu Jin shook his head and continued the previous topic, asking:

"So, don't you think this is all too coincidental?"

Audrey was stunned for two seconds, and finally realized how coincidental the current situation was!
Knowing that hypnosis might be discovered, the other party still chose to take the risk of hypnotizing her father. If Mr. Fool and Ember had not participated, she would have found a way to seek help from the Church of Evernight. Even with the participation of Mr. Fool, under Hibbert's suggestion, they still came to the Church of Evernight by "chance".

This matter involved an earl, a loyal believer of the Church of Darkness, so Archbishop Saint Anthony certainly did not dare to neglect it. So he naturally chose to personally take action to resolve the crisis facing Earl Hall. But just as he left, Audrey discovered that there was a bigger crisis brewing behind the scenes.

Archbishop Saint Anthony has already set out. Although it is not difficult for a demigod to solve the troubles of Earl Hall, no one knows whether he will be entangled by some "accidents". Without Archbishop Saint Anthony, the Church of the Night will be leaderless and unable to respond in time.

All of this was too coincidental, a coincidence that didn't seem like a coincidence, but rather a necessity! It was as if an invisible hand was secretly controlling all of this, plucking the strings of fate. Audrey almost immediately remembered the organization that the Fool had mentioned - the Dusk Hermits.

This is what they often do, interfering with the progress of history, making it suit their own needs, so as to achieve their goals at a certain node. And right now, perhaps it is one of the nodes they have chosen!
"And the purpose of these 'coincidences'..."

Audrey subconsciously looked up at Yu Jin, but found that he looked extremely calm, as if he had expected all this. Of course, he knew that there was something fishy about the "coincidence" behind all this, but he wanted to know where the limit of this "coincidence" was, and what was the purpose of the other party creating these "coincidences".
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With the help of Mr. Azik, Klein could have escaped smoothly. But due to the interference of Ince Zangwill, he fell into the underground ruins where he is now.

Fortunately, he had been promoted to the Faceless Man. By passing on messages and searching for the fake Ins Zangwill, Klein, with the help of divination, overcame the interference of the Master Key and headed for the exit in the revelation.

He cautiously chose not to go through the main entrance, but used the "Master Key" to pass through the wall and came to a spacious hall. Under his feet were neat but mottled gray stone slabs, in front of him were thick pillars, and in the center were four hooded figures kneeling around something that looked like an altar.

Immediately afterwards, a soft but slow female voice reached Klein's ears:

"Mr. A, are you ready?"
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Yu Jin touched his chin and suddenly asked curiously:
"If Archbishop Anthony were here, how do you think he would handle it?"

Audrey calmed down and analyzed calmly:
"If it was Archbishop Saint Anthony... No, even Archbishop Saint Anthony is only a demigod. When it comes to an evil god that could descend at any time, even a demigod can hardly play a key role, and it would be too late to ask for help from the Holy Church. But there are still many powerful seals within the church, and Archbishop Saint Anthony might activate a '0' level seal!"

With the help of Mr. Hanged Man, she had studied this knowledge for a while. She knew that even in the major churches, 0-level sealed objects were extremely dangerous, with the highest level of importance and confidentiality. They could not be asked about, spread, described, or spied on. They were said to be terrible objects that could destroy a country or even the world, corresponding to angels and above!

It is difficult for a demigod to resist the coming of an evil god, but that is not the evil god himself after all. An 'angel-level' seal should be able to deal with it.

Unfortunately, Archbishop Saint Anthony is not in Saint Samuel Church at all! And it is foreseeable that he will be slowed down by a lot of accidents. Besides him, no one else has the authority to use a Level 0 seal, not even the follower Yu Jin.

After all, only a few people in the Church of the Night knew that he was a Favored One. If he wanted to use the '0' level seal, he would need to explain his identity to those Night Watchers first. In this process, 'coincidence' would also play a role, and the accompanying 'misunderstandings' would undoubtedly greatly slow down the process!
Therefore, the only way to solve the problem at the moment is for Yu Jin to take action himself, and this may be exactly what the person who planned all this wants to see.

"Audrey."

Ember hesitated for two seconds and asked, "Can you pray to a being on my behalf?"

Audrey nodded without hesitation, and did not even ask whether the being that Yu Jin mentioned was as friendly as the 'Fool', because she believed that Yu Jin would not harm her.

Yu Jin quickly wrote down the corresponding honorific name on the paper, and Audrey recited in a low voice in Hermetic without any hesitation:

“The Spirit who pursues knowledge;

A beacon to a mysterious world;
The eyes that peer into fate;
The king of the sea;
Saint Bernadette Gustave."

"I beg for your help..."
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"Mr. A? Mr. A from the Aurora Society?"

When Klein heard the female voice calling him, his expression changed slightly. He had the Black Emperor card, and he also knew that the royal family was digging underground ruins to secretly prepare a ceremony for George III to be promoted to the Black Emperor. And the underground ruins he was in now were probably one of them!

And now it can be confirmed that Ince Zangwill is also cooperating with the royal family, and even the Witch Cult and the Aurora Society are cooperating with the royal family!
Klein knew that Yu Jin had been gathering intelligence in this area. Although Yu Jin did not intend to wait for George III to become the Black Emperor before fighting him in a fair duel, but was preparing to strike in advance, Klein also felt that it was necessary for him to collect more intelligence for Yu Jin.

After all, since we're here, we can't just leave without doing anything, right?
Besides, the other party hadn't discovered him yet, so there was nothing for anyone to worry about.

With this in mind, Klein, who had been planning to slowly move toward the door along the wall and the shadows, retreated silently.

The soft and pleasant voice from before chuckled and said, "You don't seem to trust us very much?"

"Yes." Mr. A responded bluntly.

"Haha, then let me honestly describe our purpose and why we are looking for you to cooperate with us."

The soft female voice said without any anger, "We did something and left some traces. We must clean it up before being discovered by Night, Storm, Steam Church, and the military. And we need your help."

"You will teleport me to the East District and let me be in charge of the arson. You can use this opportunity to expand the trend and create a channel or container to allow your Lord to descend into the world. The only price you will pay is to bear all the bad reputation and gain the greatest hatred from the military and the three major churches, but I don't think you will mind."

There was silence in the hall for a few seconds. Mr. A did not respond for a long time, as if he was thinking about the feasibility of this plan.

The owner of the soft female voice was not in a hurry to urge him, because she was not worried that Mr. A would refuse. After all, no matter how you look at it, this matter is a hundred benefits to the Aurora Club. Carrying a bad name is actually a good thing for these lunatics, otherwise they would not do so many horrific things.

After a long while, Mr. A nodded slowly and replied without any emotion:
"can."

Wearing a hood, a transparent and blurry book quickly appeared in front of him, accompanied by a distant and ethereal chant:

"I come, I see, I record."

The book flipped quickly, and stopped at one page, which immediately emitted a light blue and illusory light. The light enveloped the desperate lady in a pure white robe, making her figure blurry at first, and then invisible.
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In the Red Rose Manor, Prince Edessak sat by the French window, with warm sunshine outside.

Although Backlund is shrouded in fog all year round, it is located in the suburbs of Queens, far away from the factory area and St. George area that produces the "fog". Therefore, it can enjoy sufficient sunshine here, which makes people feel very comfortable.

"Your Highness, please hurry up."

A voice sounded beside him.

Edsak turned his head to look at the man who spoke. His gray hair was combed neatly and he was wearing a butler's uniform that was so straight that there was not a single wrinkle. It was his butler Finkel.

Before this, he had always been his most outstanding, most loyal, and most respected subordinate, who had always faithfully carried out any of his orders meticulously and never asked why. But now, it was precisely this loyal old butler who was forcing him to go on the road.

Edessak laughed at himself. His most valued subordinate had never been loyal to him. He had only been carrying out the king's orders from beginning to end. On the surface, he obeyed his orders and was devoted to him, but in fact, he was just monitoring him and making him look decent at the critical moment. If he didn't want to look decent, the other party wouldn't mind helping him look decent. And Edessak had no doubt about this. A Sequence 5 Beyonder was definitely qualified.

However, the fate of the person Finkel once served, the former third prince of the Kingdom of Loen, had already been determined.

Secretly cooperating with the witch sect and finally committing suicide out of fear of punishment, how ironic does it sound?
"Finkel."

Edsak murmured in a low voice, "How many years have you been with me? More than 20 years, right? You once held me in your arms when I was a child, and I have always regarded you as my elder..."

"His Royal Highness Prince."

Finkel's expression was extremely cold, and he said calmly, "That was just an order from His Majesty."

He approached Edessak calmly and picked up the revolver on the table. He could see that Edessak, who was still trying to play the sympathy card, had obviously lost the dignity that a prince should have, and at this time, he needed him, a servant, to help him maintain his dignity.

"Ha~"

Edsak laughed at himself, his smile full of sarcasm and ridicule, both to Finkel and to himself.

The descendant of the founder and protector of the country, the grandson of the powerful, the fifth child of His Majesty the King, Count Rustin, His Royal Highness Prince Edessacus Augustus... This series of titles that once made him extremely proud now became a complete joke, as if invisible slaps hit him hard in the face, shattering all his pride.

"puff!"

Bright red blood gushed out from his body and splashed onto Edsak's face. The warm, sticky, and slightly sweet feeling made Edsak tilt his head weakly, and his eyes gradually dimmed.

"Pfft~"

Finkel spurted out a lot of blood. He lowered his head with difficulty and saw a huge sword that pierced his chest and directly split him in half. The blood had completely stained his meticulous butler uniform. His lower body fell to the ground with blood. Relying on the powerful vitality of the Beyonder, only the upper body of him who was "sitting" on the sword was still alive and breathing.

In front of him was Edessak, who had stood up from his chair, holding a strangely shaped bell in his hand.

"I gave you a chance."

Edsak stood in front of Finkel, his eyes dim, and whispered, "It's you who don't know how to cherish."

Edsak always felt that what Russell said was right: people are not plants or trees, so how can they be heartless? But reality is often so cruel. He remembered Finkel's old friendship, but he didn't appreciate it at all.

And all this...

"It's all because of my damn father!"

The corners of Edsak's mouth curled up a little, revealing a distorted smile. He opened his hands in a hug, with an obsessed look on his face, "Power! This is the feeling of having power! Finkel, do you feel it?"

Finkel said nothing, for his life was already completely gone.

But Edessak seemed not to notice, and stared at the tall figure who killed Finkel in front of him. It was a knight who was much taller than an ordinary person, wearing a solid red full body armor, holding a big sword thicker than a normal person's waist in one hand, and a huge oval shield in the other hand, with a huge curved sharp corner in the middle representing the horn of the furnace!

He still remembered the name given to him by the one who had bestowed upon him the knight:

"Forge Knight!"

(End of this chapter)