No matter which corner, both parties of power want to occupy it. "
"Foreign forces are also ready to make a move. Intis, Feysac, Renburg, Ma Xi, Feynaport... with the blessing of extraordinary power, one after another, they are eyeing us covetously."
"In the extraordinary world, various secret organizations have also appeared one after another, secretly fighting in one block after another, fighting for every penny of profit, just like warlords fighting for territory..."
"What are they fighting for? What do they want? Why do they have to show up together at this time?"
"The tide of the times is sweeping in," Earl Hall looked out the window, as if he was looking at Backlund in the distance, "Backlund is known as the City of Hope and the City of Tomorrow."
"What kind of tomorrow and hope will it usher in under this wave?"
"An organization named after tarot cards..." Chonas Kilger looked at a pile of tarot cards on the floor in Vasant Sanson's home. "Anti-divination interference at the demigod level."
"Lady Georgina," he looked at the woman beside him, "please take a look."
Georgina walked forward, picked up the Tarot card on the stool, looked at the crimson moon on it, and remained silent for a long time.
"Vampire," she threw the tarot card away and stuck it deep into the wall, "The traces of fighting at the scene are very clear. It was done by a vampire."
"Is it a vampire or a man-made vampire?" Qiunas continued to ask, "If it's the latter, it's fine, it's just a wanted member of a secret organization, but if it's a vampire..."
"If it's a vampire, then there's no way to check it." She looked at the tarot card embedded in the wall.
"The Blood Clan is an extraordinary race. They have survived three eras and are still strong. They are not comparable to any secret organization."
"They have lived here long before Loen was founded, and have long been integrated into all walks of life in Loen."
"Not only that, they also behave in a low-key manner, strictly abide by the law, and only show their true colors in small circles among their own people."
"That's why investigating the vampires recklessly is just...
It will bring more trouble."
"Not only are they all Beyonders, but they all know each other. If we investigate hastily, it will be easy for them to be discovered and spread."
"The vampires have a large population in Backlund. Considering the small population of the vampires, in order to ensure the continuation of the race, the vampire leaders will definitely pay attention to any changes in Backlund.
"Once the official forces begin to investigate the vampires with all their strength, the sense of crisis will force the vampire leaders to take action."
"By then, the blood race demigods and angels will definitely descend on Backlund to protect their people, and that will cause huge trouble."
"You mean," Qiunas looked at Duchess Georgina and signaled his subordinates to leave the room, "We can't check?"
"Unless there is clear evidence pointing to the identity of the perpetrator, we cannot investigate further." Duchess Georgina nodded.
"Your Majesty's great plan has reached the most critical moment. We must not easily make enemies at this time."
"If these changes disrupt our plans, this responsibility is not something you and I can shoulder."
"But we can't just do nothing. After all, a bunch of inexplicable enemies have appeared..."
"Each one is extremely cunning, and each one has a secret..."
"In this case, we can only adopt a more conservative strategy and respond to ever-changing circumstances with the same strategy."
"Focus on protecting every mid-sequence person who knows your majesty's plan, and don't let any suspicious people encounter them."
"Reclaim the [dark box]. Although this thing is concealed, it is not safe enough..."
Soon, Lady Georgina and Chonas Kilger left, leaving only a cold room and a square box made of white iron.
But even the two demigods did not notice that there was a note in the square box.
"Georgina Augustus has recently appeared
So when he got another piece of bad news, he decided to come to the scene and inspect it himself."
دThis is reasonable, because she bears heavy responsibilities from the royal family and is under tremendous pressure. In order to avoid any mistakes, she must do it herself."
"She came to the conclusion that she had to protect everyone who knew about it, and that naturally included Stratford's son.Chapter 85 It's Monday again
A short yet long week passed, and soon it was 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon.
Above the endless gray fog, deep red stars radiated light. In the ancient hall, in front of the long bronze table, figures sat on quaint high-backed chairs.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~"
"It's your turn." Klein said as a fool.
"Mr. Fool," Emlyn spoke before Fors could speak, "Can you allow me to have psychological treatment with Miss Justice right now? I feel like I'm not feeling well."
"As long as Miss Justice agrees, there will be no problem." After saying that, Klein looked at Justice Audrey.
"I have no problem," Audrey looked at Mr. Fool, then at Mr. Moon, "I want to talk to you alone."
"What's going on?" Fowles tilted his head. "Is Mr. Moon's mental health in trouble? Is it related to the theft of the Eggers family mask?"
"I don't see how exaggerated the influence of the mask on Count Wolfe is?"
She shook her head and looked at the Hermit.
"Ms. Hermit, the Abraham family's reply regarding Mr. Door has arrived, but it has some overlap with Mr. Lover's introduction last time. The only difference is that Mr. Door disappeared during the Four Emperors' War."
"[Four Emperors' War]? I understand," Cattleya nodded, "I will pay the remaining 650 pounds today."
"Ladies, please allow me to interrupt your conversation for a moment," [Lover] Mobet suddenly interrupted the conversation, "I read about the [Four Emperors War] when I was reviewing history, but I don't know who the four emperors were."
"Could you explain it to me in detail?" he said politely, although he didn't understand whether the Solomon Empire's manners were a little outdated for this era.
"No problem," Cattleya nodded.
"The so-called Four Emperors refers to four emperors who are as powerful as gods. Of course, now it seems that they are four gods."
"[Black Emperor]Solomon, [Underworld Emperor]Death, [Night Emperor]Trunsoest, [Blood Emperor]Tudor."
"These four are the gods of the [Lawyer], [Corpse Collector], [Arbitrator], and [Hunter]
bright. "
"Hunter?" Mobet repeated doubtfully, "Tudor is the true god of the Hunter path? This is impossible? Isn't Tudor an angel of the Lawyer path?"
"I can understand that Trunsoest took an adjacent path to become a god, but... the Hunter path? This is not an adjacent path at all."
"So [Blood Emperor] Tudor is the craziest god," Klein said while controlling the [World] dummy.
"According to the information I have, Tudor was unable to stop Solomon from resurrecting, and the throne of the adjacent path was already occupied by Trunsoest. Once Solomon is resurrected, Tudor will lose his Sequence 1 status and suffer fierce revenge from Solomon."
"So in order to survive, He forcibly jumped to a non-adjacent path and became a
The God of Hunters, to be honest, rather than saying that Tudor is a true god, it would be better to say that he is closer to the eight ancient gods of the Second Age."
"After all, there is a theory that says the reason why the eight ancient gods went crazy was because they were born with non-adjacent Beyonder characteristics."
"Your Majesty the Elf King is not crazy!!" Xiata
Si immediately retorted, but then seemed to recall something and held back the rest of her words, "At least most of the time..."
"Ahem." Klein coughed, indicating that he wanted to change the subject.
"I want to purchase an item from the Thief's Path, a Sequence 9 level item will do."
"No problem, but there may be a premium."
At this time, Emlyn and Audrey's psychotherapy was also completed, and seeing that everyone was finally listening, Fores also started renting out "Lemano Travel Notes", and after her, Cattleya also
We exchanged information about the blood of mythical creatures...
Soon, the Tarot Club came to the free exchange circle
Festival.
"Mr. Moon," Fowles looked at him with concern."Mr. Moon," Fores looked at him with concern, "What's wrong with your mental health? Is it caused by the Eggers family mask?"
"No, no, I didn't even go near the mask," he shook his head, "it was because of something else."
"My mental problems are caused by a guy named Voisin Sanson, who was one of the victims of a recent demonic killing, but somehow survived."
"That guy is a scumbag. He was involved in a series of disgusting and despicable behaviors such as [DATA EXPUNGED] and [DATA EXPUNGED]. He has left me with a psychological trauma."
...." Above the entire gray fog, there was a dead
"Even [Destruction Wolf] Fregra wouldn't do this to his offspring." [Pope] Siatas spoke after a while, breaking the silence.
"The Demon King is a possibility."
"No, I don't think the Demon King can do that either," Derrick added. "The Silver City's Demonology textbook clearly states that this kind of behavior could cause the demons to lose control, because it goes against their roles...
"Forget it, let's not talk about this scumbag anymore," Fors waved his hand, "Mr. Moon, please remember to memorize which ability each page corresponds to. If you turn the wrong page and use the wrong ability during a battle, it will be very dangerous."
"Also, a serious incident involving a Beyonder occurred in the East District. The surrounding areas are on high alert. If you want to launch an operation there, you'd better be more careful."
"Do you know what the serious incident is?" Emlyn frowned and asked, "How strict will the security be?"
"Let me put it this way. A demigod-level ability from the Storm Path appeared there." Then Fors looked towards the World, "An assassination attempt from Mr. World."
In the original world line, Fowles would have developed a great fear of the [World] because he received the assembled head of Mr. X, and would not dare to say that this matter was related to the [World].
But now, because the assassination failed, she did not receive the head, so she was not too afraid of the [world].
"The assassination attempt failed." The [World] dummy added, "Mr. X's equipment was so sophisticated that it was beyond my imagination."
Emlyn didn't care about that. He was just thinking about how he could deal with the two original moon believers under such martial law.
Obviously, the discussion does not stop with his thinking.
"What does the Church of the Storm think of your participation in the hunt for Harvey Constantine?" [Hermit] Cattleya looked at [The Hanged Man], "How do they reward you? Or punish you?"
"I still can't figure out whether it's a reward or a punishment," The Hanged Man's expression did not change, "The church rewarded me with a large sum of money, two seals, and...
"Appoint me as the new Pirate General."
Chapter 86: Secrets of the Polar Regions
"You will be the new pirate general?" Cattleya was obviously very surprised by the news. "Is there something wrong with the Storm Church's brain? Don't they dominate the sea?"
"Why would they need a pirate agent in this case?"
"That's the case on the surface," Alger said, "but there are actually many details that are not on the surface, and these details are also part of the Church of the Storm's control of the sea."
"One of my new tasks is to deal with these details. I hope you can understand why I use the term [details] to refer to them," he looked at [Hermit] Cattleya.
he.
"Surely you will understand."
"Yes, I understand." Cattleya looked at
"But why do you think this is a punishment? Becoming a pirate general means you will receive investment and training from the Church of the Storm, and you can even use this opportunity to legitimately develop your own power."
"In my opinion, this is a good thing except for the bad reputation," Cattleya concluded.
"I believe that all of us are able to sit here and be summoned by Mr. Fool because we are all special," Alger said, "Of course I think so too."
"One of my special features is that I need to avoid the attention and gaze of the church for a long time and develop quietly and independently. After I became a pirate general, these two words no longer apply to me."
"No matter what, it has already happened," Audrey interrupted and said comfortingly, "Mr. [The Hanged Man], I believe that with your talents, you will definitely find opportunities in this appointment."
"Yes," Derrick agreed, "You have always helped me resolve the doubts of the six-member council with perfect solutions. I believe you can definitely do it."
"Then I'll borrow your good words," Alger's expression eased a lot. It was obvious that he was very pleased with the compliments from Justice and the Sun.
"To be honest, I have a rough draft of a plan, but it just takes more time to perfect it."
"I hope you don't mind introducing the Constantine family as a variable when thinking about the plan." Mobet said with a smile.
"We are looking for them. According to the intelligence we have received, there are only two contact points between [Admiral Deepwater] and the Constantine family."
"First, Bansy Harbor, which has been razed to the ground by the Church of Storms, is out of consideration; second, Trier, where we are heading."
"Mr. Lover, is the information you got false?" Audrey looked at Lover. "The capital of Intis, Trier, is inland.
Ah, there is still a province of Perth between us and the Sea of Fog."
For a noble like Audrey, understanding the geography of their own country and foreign countries is a compulsory course, so she can directly point out the names of the regional distribution of Intis.
"How could a pirate general possibly engage the Constantine family in the inland area?" Audrey continued.
"Qilingus should have proved to all pirates how dangerous it is for a pirate general to leave the ocean."
"That's right," the Hermit nodded.
Wei Constantine's personal strength is generally recognized as the weakest among the seven pirate generals, and is on par with Qi Lingos who holds [Creeping Hunger]. It is very dangerous for him to go deep inland."
"My first reaction is the same as yours, ladies, but my information comes from direct communication with the spirit world, so it is unlikely to be fake." Mobet said as he looked at the two of them.
"I don't think Harvey Constantine, a Sequence 5, has the value of having his memory tampered with or deep hinted at.
value. "
"That's true." Cattleya admitted.
a little.
"Everyone," Siatas suddenly interrupted, "According to my observation, the world map seems to be different from that of my time."
"The difference between the north and south continents is not that big.
The focus is on other things," Siatas glanced at everyone, "Where did the East Continent go?"
"Eastern Continent?" Alger repeated in surprise, "Does it mean the land east of the Sonia Sea?"
"Yes," she nodded, "it should be there.
There is also a large piece of land. If nothing else, the Giant King's Court is there."
"Giant King's Court?" [Sun] Derrick re-
He replied once more. "The descendants of the family are here.in the [Forsaken Land of Gods]."
"In other words, the [Forsaken Land of the Gods] is the so-called Eastern Continent?" Derrick looked at Siatas.
"I don't know what the Second Age was like, but I think that since the Lord who created everything abandoned that land, this land no longer exists in its normal form."
"Don't mention that evil god in front of me!" There is no doubt that Siatas has no good feelings towards the ancient sun god. "He is just a robber. How can He be qualified to create everything?"
"But that's what the Lord's name means," Derrick was still stubborn in some ways. "His name includes the part of creating everything!"
"If He really created everything and really wanted to take back His authority, then why didn't He take back the authority of [Alien King] Kwashitun, [Destruction Wolf] Fragra, and [Blood Clan Ancestor] Lilith?"
"If the Sun God is really taking back his authority, then the authority of the three deceased gods should have returned to the Sun God long ago. In other words, the Sun God should also possess the power of the three ancient gods."
"But His Majesty the Elf King never mentioned such a thing. In the war epic of the elves, the part about the Sun God also never mentioned that He has the abilities of the three great gods."
"It's fine if a living god can't take back the authority he holds, but if he can't even take back the authority of a long-dead god, can he still be called the Creator?"
"This…" Derrick was stumped by the question. He racked his brains to recall the part in the Silver City mythology textbook about the Creator taking back the authority of the eight ancient gods.
But how could a mere textbook record the details of the war between gods? No matter how hard Derrick tried, he couldn't remember it.
"Besides the East Continent, I have another question." Seeing that she had stumped Derrick, the Sun, Siatas was in a very good mood.
"What's above the ice caps at the North and South Poles? They seem to be quite large, but I don't see any countries there."
"It is almost certain that the ice cap in the northern polar region is controlled by the Feysac people," [The Hanged Man] Alger replied, "The Feysac people like to fish for seals there."
"As for the ice cap in the southern polar region... Alger looked at the Hermit, "I've never heard of anything there."
"I haven't heard of it either," [Hermit] also shook his head, "but the Moss Ascetic Order once explored the Antarctic ice sheet during the summer, and I have read the relevant documents."
●There will be scientific research sites and civilizations that remain from the old days…
"The literature records that the temperature above the Antarctic ice sheet is shockingly low, even in the middle of summer."
"In that operation, the Moss Ascetic Order dispatched the Level 1 Sealed Artifacts of the Sun Path and High-Sequence Powerhouses, but even so, they were almost frozen into ice sculptures."
"It's as if the place is cursed, with an everlasting horrific blizzard. It's said that the exploration team even found a [Witch] demigod and a [Prisoner] demigod who were frozen to death in the blizzard.
god. "
After saying this, the Hermit looked at the Fool, hoping to get some enlightenment from Him, but the Fool just sat there and said nothing, as if he didn't care about what happened in Antarctica at all.
"How do I know what's on the Antarctic ice sheet? Penguins? It's not Earth..." Klein complained inwardly.
'Rossell had no interest in the Antarctic ice cap; his diary makes no mention of it.'
"But the Antarctic ice sheet can actually freeze to death
The demigods of [Witch] and [Prisoner], this is really unexpected, these two paths are very good at using ice and snow. "
After a while of discussion, the Tarot Club ended again, and everyone's figures disappeared into the gray fog.Chapter 87: Nightwatchman
Late at night, somewhere in the dock area.
Several people were sitting at a table, playing cards, bored. Since their luck was sometimes good and sometimes bad and no one was cheating, the bet of less than one pound was passing back and forth among them.
"It's so boring," a man successfully won the game.
He laid the cards on the table. "I'm almost tired of playing. When is my shift? It's too boring to be a doorman here."
"Yeah," the other guy pushed his losing money to him, "it's boring."
"I really want to take a nap." As he said this, the man yawned and really fell asleep.
Others also had droopy eyelids, unable to resist the temptation to doze off.
After they all fell asleep, a person emerged from the darkness.
Leonard waved his hand, and several night watchmen rushed forward, tied up the sleeping guards, and gagged them.
Leonard walked directly into the building, holding a pistol, with his back against the wall, looking alert, and slowly walked upstairs.
Quietly and silently, he reached the second floor without any obstruction, the floor where the members of the Spiritual Cult gathered.
Just when Leonard was about to continue hiding, a person suddenly came out from the corner.
"Help!" Leonard shouted as he saw him. "There's an intruder!"
"Tsk."
Leonard curled his lips, raised his hand, quickly pointed the gun at him, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang bang bang bang bang!!"
The man quickly shrank back behind the wall, avoiding a series of bullets. At the same time, a dim pale flame ignited in his eyes, and the spirits around him immediately gathered in his hands, forming a ball of thunder.
He spun around, dodged behind the wall, swung his right hand, and the thunder ball suddenly hit out and went straight towards Leonard.
Leonard dodged the lightning ball by leaning sideways. His hair was attracted by the electric charge of the lightning ball and was sucked away one by one. He was also unharmed and let the lightning ball blow up the wall behind him.
Thunderballs, fireballs... various but weak extraordinary abilities came one after another, bombarding Leonard directly, and Leonard dodged left and right in front of these extraordinary attacks, raising his gun to fight back in the intervals.
"call out
He leaned back and let a fireball fall from above
Fang whizzed past, and when the fireball flew away, he did a backflip and faced the enemy again.
At this time, more members of the Spiritual Cult arrived, and they all raised their guns and were about to open fire.
At this moment, a huge scream filled the whole
floors.
A terrible scream erupted from Leonard's body.
The devilish sound instantly surrounded the entire second floor. Hearing this terrible scream, everyone tried their best to cover their ears, but even so, blood still flowed from their seven orifices.
"Fire!!"
Leonard gave an order and the stairs below suddenly
At this moment, several Night Watchmen rushed up, all of them raised their guns and spit flames at the enemies in the corridor.
The pale golden bullet cut through the darkness and hit
Blood splattered from the bodies of these spiritual cult members under the power of the bullets, staining the wooden floor red.
Seeing that things were not going well, the man who had previously interacted with Leonard
The Beyonder was about to jump out of the window to escape, but for some reason his emotions began to dull, as if his soul was telling him that he should accept defeat and accept death.
He gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and punched himself. He immediately sobered up, came out of his depressed mood, jumped up, broke the window, and landed on the first floor.
He fled frantically, not daring to look back to see if the enemy had caught up with him, until a door appeared in front of him.
Door.
He pushed the door open without hesitation,
He slammed the door shut and quickly locked it, still in shock and gasping for breath.
But at this moment, he suddenly discovered that
He returned to the room that was attacked and the corridor that was defeated, and in front of him was still the group of night watchmen.
The three Buddhas of the past dynasties have left the forest
د"We got you," Leonard walked up to him, pointing the gun at his head, "We've captured the members of the Spiritual Cult."
"Answer my question. What mission did you give to the Black Skull Party? If you don't tell us, we will consider psychic communication. You should be a Sequence 7 [Psychic], you should know what this means. 40"
"I won't tell you!!" the spiritual cult member roared, "May the god of death curse you!!"
"Looks like we have to try another approach," Leonard said, knocking the man unconscious with a knife. "No matter what, you will confess..."
Half an hour later.
"Wasn't the mask of Count Wolfe's family stolen by the Spiritual Cult?" Sost looked at Leonard and Daly, "But who would be interested in the mask of the Eggers family?"
"Who knows," Daly said while trimming her nails, "My investigation at Count Wolfe's house showed that the thief used [Interference with Spiritual Intuition], [Psychological Invisibility], [Opening the Door], and [Shadow Incarnation]."
"What kind of miscellaneous extraordinary abilities are these?" Leonard frowned. "I don't remember any path that has these abilities, unless it's [Shepherd] or [Recordant]."
"There is also the Scholar," Daly added, "Count Wolfe's family has the Sheriff, who can detect corruption and evil. If it is a Shepherd, it will be easy to detect."
"Besides, even if Backlund has a Shepherd, he is busy investigating Mr. X's assassination case and has no time to steal things."
"So, the scope of the investigation can be narrowed down to the two paths of [Apprentice] and [Reader], but we cannot rule out the possibility that other Beyonders used magical items to infiltrate them." Leonard said, "And I actually thought of someone who is interested in the mask."
"Who?" Daly and Soster looked at Leonard and asked.
"Azik Eggers," Leonard said in a strange tone, "This guy is a strong man from the Eggers family. He must be very interested in the burial objects in our family's mausoleum."
"In other words, we have gone around and around
Back to the matter of Azik," Soster covered his head, "We still have to investigate the Spiritual Cult.
"By the way, Captain Soest," Leonard looked at him, "there is another insignificant detail about the Black Skull Party explosion."
"On the night of the explosion at the Black Skull Party headquarters, its members were planning on the mask, and their plan seemed to be related to 160 Böklund Street."
"160 Böklund Street?" Daly wondered.
"Whose house is that?"
Hearing this, Leonard was silent for a moment, his eyes
A gleam of vigilance flashed across his face.
"Dwayne Dantès."
Klein lay on his bed and fell into a deep sleep. While he was drowsy, he recalled his recent exploration.
He had just dealt with his own negative personality and had intended to use the [Inner Devil Candle] to dive into the collective subconscious ocean of Groselle's Travels, but things did not go as he wished, as the candle did not have the corresponding ability.
"Sure enough, there is no such good thing." Klein sighed, "Do we have to wait until Miss Justice reaches Sequence 5 before we can explore this ocean of collective subconsciousness?"
Township.
Then he fell into a deep sleep and entered a dream.
In a daze, Klein suddenly woke up and realized that someone had entered his dream.
He saw the scene changing before his eyes. The sky suddenly became dark and deep, then dotted with sparkling diamonds, making people feel awe and peace from the bottom of their hearts.
From afar, the sound of chanting psalms came, ethereal and orderly, going straight into the heart.
At the same time, the clouds moved, and the red moon appeared half-hidden, casting a soft light.
All of this made Klein feel as if he had arrived at the kingdom of the Goddess of Night. Even in his dreams, he could feel his whole body relaxed and extremely comfortable.
"This... This is the Beyonder from the Church of Darkness who came to comfort me in the middle of the night through dreams to heal the psychological trauma I suffered in the afternoon."
"That's right. If the internal guards hadn't been almost out of control, I wouldn't have developed a negative personality, and the church's approach would be fine."
But with you guys like this, I can't sleep well!' Klein sighed helplessly in his heart.
At this moment, his spiritual intuition suddenly triggered him to stand up abruptly.
He turned his head and looked towards the window. The gorgeously decorated glass window opened silently and a person walked in.
"Leonard... Klein used all of the Faceless Man's abilities to calm his expression.