Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Xio looked at his family in front of him, his eyes gradually softened, and he murmured in a low voice:

“Only a year has passed…”

In one year, she went from a wild Beyonder to the leader of the official Beyonders, Earl Dill of the Kingdom of Loen, and the admiral director of the national intelligence agency MI9! Unless she could further become an angel, this was the limit of what an ordinary Beyonder could do. But Xio was not greedy, she was already very satisfied with this.

After all, the gap between the two was so huge that it was beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Even when Xia recalled it, she would still feel a little unbelievable.

How exactly did she do it?
Ultimately, it’s all because of two beings—The Embers, and The Fool.

The embers laid the foundation for her, giving her the opportunity to seek revenge and clear her family's wrongs.

Mr. Fool's Tarot Club also broadened her horizons in the extraordinary world. But wasn't it because of Ember's introduction that she was able to join the Tarot Club?

She was undoubtedly grateful in her heart, and even had some other emotions because of her past experiences.

The members of the Tarot Club now understand that no matter whether it is the Embers or the Fool, they, or they, were all the survivors of a bygone era - perhaps it was from the Age of Fire that had disappeared in the long river of history and without even the slightest record that they were already gods tens of thousands of years ago.

But with the arrival of the deep sea era, they were forced into a deep sleep.

These two beings did not awaken until the Fifth Epoch, and as they gradually regained their lost power, they began to plan to return past history to reality. Judging from the attitudes of the Goddess of Night and other beings, they did not seem to object to this. Perhaps some of them knew the secrets of the "Age of Fire" and the "Age of the Deep Sea", or perhaps some of them were like Embers and the Fool, coming from the glorious "Age of Fire" in the dream!
And she, or rather they, are the agents chosen by these gods.

They gained huge benefits from this, and jumped from a low-sequence Beyonder to a Sequence 3 Saint.

In fact, there might be a chance to become a Sequence 2 angel in the future.

But the world is fair, you lose as much as you gain.

As Emperor Roselle once said, there is no free lunch in the world.

Now that she had received gifts from those two beings, she must be prepared to serve them and even sacrifice for them.

And Xiu had already prepared herself mentally for this. The only thing she was worried about was her family.

But there is no need to worry about that now.

The merits she accumulated during the war made her Earl of Dill and the Admiral Director of MI9. It also helped her accumulate a huge fortune of millions of pounds - of course, this money was not earned from the war, but from confiscated property.

Hugh showed no mercy to the corrupt nobles who attempted treason, and the king was the same.

Their titles and fiefs were stripped away, and their property and wealth were confiscated.

But during the confiscation process, it is normal for Xiu, as the person in charge, to take a little.

In this way, even if Hugh died accidentally during the mission, the Dill family could be guaranteed to continue. First of all, the earl's title would automatically be inherited by her brother, and the wealth she accumulated could also ensure that her mother and brother lived a life of luxury.

Xio was already very satisfied with this. After all, wasn't this the reason why she came to Backlund in the first place?
As a member of the Tarot Club, Xio knew very well what he would face next - certain beings from the starry sky that were at the same level as the true gods, or even higher, were coveting their world, and once these beings arrived, what would be waiting for them would be an unprecedented doomsday!

Although the true gods will protect the world, even gods have limitations, and they cannot protect everyone.

If she does nothing, doesn't take a certain degree of risk, and just enjoys the beauty of her family, she will eventually be like most unprepared people facing a flood, and will be completely submerged in a few seconds.

And now, there is at least a thorny road, and at least there is a ray of light on the road.

That requires a sense of sacrifice and the courage to grasp it.

"What are you thinking about?" Fors looked at her friend suspiciously.

"nothing."

Xio smiled and shook his head, then asked:

"What are you going to do next?"

"same as before."

Fors spread her hands and said helplessly:
“I need to write a new book.”

Xio immediately understood that as a writer and the main compiler of the "Words of Fools", Fors would of course continue to be responsible for this aspect of things, such as writing biographies of the stories of the heroes of the old "Age of Fire" for passing on.

The purpose of doing this, of course, is to deepen people's impression and understanding of the 'Age of Fire'.

After all, people now only know about the "Age of Fire" and some major events that happened during this era. But when it comes to specific characters, dreams usually just gloss over them or don't even mention them.

To use a phrase that Fors often uses: the story framework is complete, but the characters are far from full. The "Age of Fire" that people dream of is the framework, and what Fors has to do is to fill in the details and enrich the images of those old heroes.

Xio sat down beside her and asked with interest:
"Whose story are you going to start with?"

"Solar!" Fors said without hesitation.

In fact, she wanted to write about the old witch, but she was a god after all, even if she had long since fallen, she was still a god after all. Even if she dared to write about it, others might not dare to read it, so it was better not to write about it.

Excluding those gods who cannot be touched, there are many people left who can be written about, but Fors still chose Solar because Fors likes his stories more.

Although she knew many other stories in her dreams, such as Igor of Kalim, Hawkwood the Escaper, Orbeck of Bheim, the Sorcerer Komikus, Emma the High Priest of Lothric, Rhodos of Kurland, Paladin Fodorink, Jakbaldo of Catalina and many other wonderful legends, her favorite was Solar.

Solar's story is actually not that magnificent and full of ups and downs, but he always appears when the undead are most desperate, fighting alongside them and overcoming difficulties together.

Fors is very self-aware. She knows that she can't be like Solar, but that doesn't stop her from admiring him.

Fors took a bite of sausage and muttered:

"Once I finish these stories, the Abraham family will be responsible for spreading them around the world. This will make it a lot easier for me, but I don't know how the sales will be."

Xio rolled his eyes. The Age of Fire had just reappeared and was now in great demand. Once the corresponding story was published and endorsed by the Church of Fools, why would he need to worry about sales?
It is no exaggeration to say that no matter how badly Fors writes, there will always be people who buy it, and they will buy it like crazy!
What's more, what Fors wrote was not bad.

She is already a well-known writer, and her previous work "Storm Heights" has been well received. Moreover, she is not creating out of thin air now, but restoring the original story to make the characters more full, which is not difficult, and it can even be said that it only takes hands to do it.

Of course, this is a good thing.

Everyone is making progress and things are moving in a better direction step by step.
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In a luxurious manor on the outskirts of Backlund Queens District.

Audrey sat in front of the dressing table, patted her face, and whispered to herself:
"This is my trial!"

She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, looking quite nervous.

Because next, she was going to hunt a demigod, a Sequence 3 demigod.

Although she had done this a lot in the past few months, she was assisted by other members every time. This allowed her to display her strength without interference and crush other demigods - in layman's terms, it was hard not to win when she had more people against fewer.

And now, she needs to fight against the majority with the minority.

The destination is the headquarters of the Psychological Alchemy Society, the Garden of Eden.

Audrey calmed down and looked at the mask on the table. On the cold gray mask, the two eyes moved upwards and fixed on the forehead, as if they were only looking up and not caring about other things, giving people a funny, weird and creepy feeling.

This is 'Pride', one of the seven deadly sins, and also the credentials of a member of the Psychological Alchemist Council.

The former royal advisor Hvin Rambis was "Arrogant", and when he died, the mask had already fallen into the hands of Ember. But Ember himself did not need the mask, so it was passed to Audrey.

In fact, this mask is not only a powerful magical item, but also a certificate.

Audrey put 'arrogance' on her face, and the world in front of her eyes changed immediately.

The originally gorgeously decorated room disappeared, replaced by a strange city, a city shrouded in night.

In the city stood many magnificent buildings with a mysterious and dark feel, and walking there were gentlemen wearing top hats and windbreakers and women wearing complicated and gloomy dresses... everything looked very harmonious, except that these people were not human.

Among these "pedestrians", there are werewolves with sharp fangs in their mouths, bears walking upright, cats with lazy expressions, strange people with a colorful spider on their faces, giant rats with red eyes, pythons spitting out their cores, and some kind of canine creatures that look at every passerby with eyes full of mating desire... There are all kinds of animals, except people.

They either wear top hats and windbreakers or wear exquisite and intricate dark long skirts, trying their best to imitate humans in every detail, but they cannot make themselves truly like humans.

This is the Garden of Eden, a city of the mind.

The animals that walk upright and dress like humans are manifestations of different aspects of "animal desires". They are more conscious, conceptual and abstract rather than physical entities.

Audrey looked into the distance and saw a church standing in the center of the city.

The church is over eighty meters high, supported by huge black pillars. Each pillar is inlaid with a certain number of skulls. Some of them are from humans, and some come from different creatures, but all of them have their empty eyes facing downwards, as if watching every living creature that enters the church.

Like most of the buildings here, this church is exquisite in every detail, but the elements that make them up are nightmare, thriller, horror, and mysterious.

As soon as they sensed the intrusion of a stranger, the animals, who were wearing either top hats and windbreakers or exquisite and complicated long skirts, became agitated at the same time and looked at Audrey with eyes full of aggressive desire.

At this moment, Audrey, wearing the mask of arrogance, felt as if everyone in the city was her enemy.

The next second, led by the bear whose formal attire was about to burst, the animals in the Garden of Eden bared their fangs or growled softly. Once hugged or bitten by them, one would be contaminated by the corresponding "animal desires" and could only rely on one's own will or various extraordinary abilities of a few channels such as the "audience" to resist.

This is also the self-defense mechanism of the Garden of Eden. If an ordinary demigod came here, he would probably be at a loss.

But Audrey is not an ordinary demigod, not to mention she is also an 'audience' channel.

She did not do anything unnecessary. She did not use the mental storm to reversely pollute these "animal desires", nor did she detonate these "animal desires" and set off a huge firework in the city. She just walked through these "animal desires" like strolling in a garden.

And those 'animal desire' expressions quickly became confused because they lost their target.

Even though Audrey was standing right before their eyes, they couldn't see her.

Audrey walked step by step to the center of the city, to the black church inlaid with skulls, and walked up the steps into the church.

She immediately saw a grand and spacious hall, a huge cross and a gray-white dragon statue entwined around the cross.

In front of the cross, there is a small long table with five chairs on each side of the table.

At this moment, at the top of the long table, there was a man sitting in a black wheelchair. His face was abnormally pale, his light yellow eyebrows were very long, his hair was neatly combed back, and there were some wrinkles on his forehead.

This is Paulie Dellaud, the leader of the Psychic Alchemy Society.

He is also the famous hermit Eric Derrick and the 'King of the Black Seat' Burrows Hopkins.

Of course, no one knows whether he is his true self or just one of his identities.

Facing Audrey who suddenly invaded the Garden of Eden, Paulie Dellau pointed to the chairs beside the long table and said calmly:

"Please take a seat, Miss Pride."

"You knew I was coming?"

Audrey stopped in front of the long table but did not sit down. She just asked.

Paulie Dellau smiled and said:

"I just found out, but I've always wondered who could kill Hvin Rambis?"

"I didn't kill him."

Audrey shook her head slightly. Hvin Rambis was killed by Ash, and she was just a low-sequence Beyonder at that time. He could kill her with just a glance.

She said softly:
"I killed you."