Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 181 Tarot Club

Monday, January 1350, 1, afternoon.

The sky outside the window was dark, but there was no fog that Klein was familiar with. Waves came in waves, blowing away all the haze, causing the clouds in the sky to roll and form various shapes, reflecting the golden red sunlight.

This is Pritz Port, the largest and busiest port in the Kingdom of Loen.

Klein, wearing a light-colored vest and a white shirt, stood by the window and stared at the outside world for a while. He returned to the mahogany table only when his pocket watch urged him to. Facing the warm fireplace, he picked up a dark round-bellied fountain pen, unfolded the letter paper, and slowly wrote a letter to Mr. Azik.

On the table was a light yellow ID card, which was a necessary item for purchasing ocean-going ship tickets through formal channels.

For this purpose, he went to find Sharon and got a new identity through her circle. This identity belonged to a bounty hunter, a madman who wanted to go to the sea to adventure and get rich. According to Klein, his name was Gehrman Sparrow.

After writing the letter, Klein immediately drew the curtains, took four steps backwards, and entered the gray fog.

There was still some time before the Tarot gathering, so Klein quickly took out the Creeping Hunger and tried to release the Faceless Man who was imprisoned by it.

It was both to fulfill the promise he made to these innocent imprisoned souls and to obtain some intelligence, such as the mermaid.

But unfortunately, the answer given by the Faceless Man was the same as the information he got from other channels - except for those raised by the Church of the Goddess of Evernight, which only took at least a week to sail from the Gargas Islands to the depths of the Sonia Sea.

This unfortunate 'Faceless Man' ventured out to sea just to chase the mermaid, but unfortunately he died at the hands of 'Vice Admiral Hurricane' Qilingos.

"The Church of Night."

Klein tapped the table lightly with his fingers, and after a long while he finally gave up this tempting choice.

Although he didn't have to go out to sea to find the Church of Evernight, and with Ember as the matchmaker, the Church of Evernight would not refuse. But firstly, he didn't want to owe Ember any more favors, and secondly, there was one thing Klein had never figured out, which was what role the Church of Evernight played in the "Black Emperor" incident.

On the other hand, judging from the attitude expressed by Ember, he himself did not trust the Church of Evernight that much. And Klein, you personally experienced the invasion of the Goddess above the gray fog, which led to Klein actually always being wary of the Church of Evernight.

The Tranquility Church is the headquarters of the Church of Night! If a 'cult leader' like him runs over there, wouldn't that be a trap for him?
Although you have to find mermaids overseas by yourself, at least you have a relatively precise target and location, so it may not be difficult.

The only problem is that this "fool" seems to have been exposed to many beings. Who knows if they will suddenly come to the door?

"Let's take one step at a time."

Klein's eye twitched, and he sighed. He took out his pocket watch, opened it, and took a look.

Seeing that the time was almost up, he first sent the message of preparing for the party to the little 'sun' who was in the God-forsaken Land and could not accurately tell the time.

However, at this moment, his eyes caught sight of a deep red star that was shrinking and expanding continuously, not much, but persistently.

Klein hesitated for a moment, somewhat hesitant.

As a newborn 'god', his 'existence' is actually quite secretive.

The original members, 'Justice', 'The Hanged Man' and 'Sun' were all pulled into the grey fog by him accidentally. Only Ember was contacted by him on his own initiative. The remaining members, 'Judgment' and 'Magician', were introduced by Ember, which also led to his name being spread only in a small range.

Klein himself also tried to keep a low profile and didn't want this "cult" to be exposed to the eyes of the major churches. Therefore, he never took the initiative to ask the members of the Tarot Club to spread his faith for him.

However, when Little Sun came into contact with the members of the exploration team that were contaminated by the True Creator, he held a sacrificial ceremony and recited the honorable name of The Fool, which resulted in this honorable name being exposed to Amon and the True Creator.

Up to this point, everything is still normal and the spread is still not widespread.

However, for some unknown reason, the lunatics of the Aurora Society used the name of The Fool as a clue to search for the whereabouts of The Fool. As a result, the name Backlund was no longer a secret in the secret circle. Almost everyone knew about it, and the Beyonders of the three major churches were no exception.

Although most people know that they cannot pray to a strange god, there are some people who are not afraid of death and insist on praying to him. This has caused Klein to hear prayers quite frequently recently. In order to avoid missing their prayers for "justice", Klein has to go to the gray fog to listen every time. As a result, most of the time they are trivial matters, which undoubtedly makes Klein a little annoyed.

Klein sighed and carefully spread his spiritual power toward the crimson. As soon as the two came into contact, his mind suddenly buzzed and he saw a blurry and distorted picture -

It was a young man with brown hair, kneeling on the ground, wearing black tight clothes, which was completely different from the fashion trend in the Kingdom of Loen, and also quite different from the traditional clothes of foreign countries such as the Feysac Empire and the Republic of Intis that Klein had seen in magazines.

The environment around him was dim, and the tables and chairs were old, occasionally illuminated by flashes of light, but Klein could not hear the roar of thunder or the sound of raindrops.

In the picture, the young man clasped his hands against his forehead, bent his body forward, and kept praying. His deep voice buzzed in Klein's ears:

"You are a fool who does not belong to this age;"

"You are the mysterious master above the gray fog;"

"You are the yellow and black king of good luck."

"I am your loyal servant. I beg you to listen. There is a traitor who wants to murder you beside you!"
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In a quiet room in Saint Samuel Church, in the northern district of Backlund.

Saint Anthony Stevenson, one of the thirteen archbishops of the Church of the Evernight Goddess and the head of the Backlund Diocese, looked at the figure that suddenly appeared before him and gradually smiled, as if he was not surprised by his appearance.

Yu Jin looked at the old man in front of him who had no beard, deep eyes and a gentle smile, and asked in a calm tone:
"The Black Emperor is dead. Does the Goddess have any new instructions?"

Archbishop Anthony shook his head slightly:

"Your Excellency, in fact, I haven't received any oracles from the goddess for a long time. All oracles were conveyed by Her Highness Arianna. As for the Black Emperor, that was never an instruction to Your Excellency, but only a hint. If Your Excellency is confused about the direction to go next, I might be able to give you a suggestion."

Anthony paused for a moment, then slowly said, "If Your Excellency has chosen a path, then no matter whether it is right or wrong, the best choice is to keep going and see what lies at the end of the road."
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"Traitor..."

A famous quote subconsciously popped up in Klein's mind:

There are always unscrupulous people who want to harm me!
The corner of Klein's eye twitched slightly, and he found it quite outrageous, because Klein was quite familiar with the scene of prayer in front of him!

Isn't this the scene when the little 'sun' prayed to itself?
Whether it was the other person's clothes or the environment he was in, it could be proven that he was in Silver City. Even the boy's age and hair color were almost exactly the same as Little Sun!
But the problem is, the deep red star represented by the little sun is not this one at all!

He just communicated with Xiao Yang, there was no way he was wrong.

But the problem is, even Little Sun’s prayer was just an accident, so how did this young man in front of him find him?
Although Little Sun is naive, it does not mean that he has a low IQ. With his honest character, he will never reveal his own name casually!
Even if the boy in front of him was Little Sun's twin brother, Little Sun would definitely ask The Fool for his opinion first. What's more, Little Sun doesn't have a twin brother at all, and his parents have long passed away.

So the question is, how did the boy who was praying to him know the name of The Fool?
This is not a difficult question to deduce. Since Little Sun is unlikely to reveal it on his own initiative, there are only two people in the God-Forsaken Land who know this honorable name - one is Amon, and the other is the real Creator.

The True Creator has spread his honorable name widely in Backlund, but no True Creator's followers have ever prayed to him. This shows that this evil god is quite particular, and what is happening now is obviously not his doing.

Then, there is only one possibility left:
Amon.

"In other words, Amon found someone who looked exactly like Little Sun in terms of hair color, hairstyle, body shape, and age to pray to me? Did he think that I would mistake him for Little Sun and drag him into the gray fog?"

"If I really do this, then Amon can use this boy as a springboard to invade the gray fog again."

Klein's expression twitched slightly. He was the Fool, but was he such a fool in Amon's eyes?

If he could even admit his mistake to Little Sun, then he deserved to be invaded by Amon.

Klein decisively withdrew his spiritual power and cut off the prayer scene without hesitation.

No matter what Amon wants to do, he must not let him succeed.

As for the person who was labeled as a 'traitor' by Amon, it is not difficult to guess. It is undoubtedly Yu Jin.

Of course, Klein ignored this unfounded slander. Because in Klein's mind, Amon was the biggest traitor who wanted to invade the gray fog all the time. The purpose of this prayer was obvious - Amon wanted to sow discord between him and Ember.

Even though the embers have been wanting to burn themselves for a while, they haven't burned yet, have they?

Klein felt that he was still very open-minded. As long as the embers didn't actually burn him, they would still be good friends.

Well, although Ember may not recognize The Fool as a friend...

Shaking his head, Klein put all these thoughts behind him and officially began to gather members to start this Tarot Club.

The figures of the Tarot Club members appeared one after another, and the girl's crisp greetings rang in their ears:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

Neither the Hanged Man nor Fors was surprised by this. It had become their custom to have Miss Justice greet people like naming dishes at the Tarot Club. The first person must be Mr. Fool, the owner of the Tarot Club, and the second person must be Mr. Lover.

But unexpectedly, something unexpected happened this time.

Audrey did not rush to greet her 'lover', but bowed solemnly to 'the world':
"Good afternoon, Mr. World, thank you for your help. If it weren't for your intelligence, we might not have been able to stop this disaster in time, which would have resulted in the deaths of at least hundreds of thousands of people in Backlund! Of course, thank you for your help, Mr. Fool."

“In fact, this also saved me.” Klein manipulated The World and laughed hoarsely.

Except for the person involved, everyone else in the Tarot Club was confused and had many questions in their minds:

"Who am I? Where am I? What happened in Backlund? What are they talking about?"

"This lady."

Emlyn White, who had just joined the Tarot Club, couldn't help but ask, "What are you talking about? What disaster? Why would hundreds of thousands of people die?"

He had always lived in Backlund, but he had never noticed anything major happening in Backlund!
The Fool smiled and introduced:
"This is the new member, Mr. Moon."

"This is Miss Justice."

I thought the one who chose the Moon card would be a lady... Audrey was thinking with a relieved mood, and she greeted politely:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Moon. Please ask your questions later. Now is Mr. Fool's time."

She turned to look at The Fool and added:
“Mr. Fool, I’m sorry. Because the three major churches and the military are cleaning up Backlund, I haven’t been able to get the subsequent Roselle diary. Please wait another week.”

Hearing the conversation between the two, Fors woke up suddenly and looked towards the top of the bronze table and said:
"Dear Mr. Fool, I have received three pages of Russell's diary."

There is no doubt that Miss Magician, who is backed by the Abraham family, has surpassed her teacher and replaced Miss Justice as his most stable provider of Roselle's diaries. This is great! Klein was in a very good mood and nodded slightly.

"very good."

Roselle's diary? Emlyn 'Moon' felt as if he had heard something extraordinary again.

Under his puzzled gaze, Fors materialized three pages of the diary and passed them to Mr. Fool.

The first page did not contain much information, but it also let Klein know that at Sequence 4, the Hunter pathway would cause women to change their genders to become men. This was exactly the opposite of the Witch Sequence, with the difference being that one changed their genders at Sequence 7 and the other at Sequence 4.

Klein pondered for a moment and turned to the second page of his diary:

"On May 5, the unspeakable organization once again called a meeting of its members.

“I am always struck by the way they gather their members, it is nothing short of a miracle, no, a miracle.

"After my previous observations, I raised some questions at this gathering. For example, all the Sequence 0 names on the blasphemous slabs are of sufficient status, but the Red Priest seems unique and not high-end enough. The old man sitting next to me told me that red refers to the red of war, and the priest can be understood as a priest of the essence of power.

"Some objected to him, believing that the priests of the Red Priests were priests of the original Creator.

"I tend to think the former, so I quietly asked the old gentleman's name. I don't know the identity of every member here. To be extreme, I only know some of them.

“The old gentleman answered me with a smile. He said his name was Hermes.”

Happy New Year

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