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 Ten DaysChapter 280 Ten Days

Audrey found that things around her were becoming increasingly strange. People around her had completely forgotten about the war, but this was limited to those who did not like war.

In Backlund, even ordinary people were discussing the war and praising the emperor's reputation, but many conservative nobles, including his father, Earl Hall, seemed to be blinded by something, as if the war had never happened.

Duke Abraham, who had appeared at some point, stood behind the emperor with a faint smile on his face.

Audrey knew that Duke Abraham was Mr. White Tower of the Tarot Club, so she was not too worried about any hidden conspiracy of this Duke of ancient heritage. But she was very worried about the change that had taken place in His Majesty the Emperor.

——George III was crowned Supreme Emperor some time ago.

The war-loving ministers praised the emperor for the benefits they gained from the war, and the conservatives also approved of the emperor's behavior because of this - they did not know what the empire had done, they only felt that the empire was still at peace and war had never approached them.

It is precisely because of this that they are not dissatisfied with the current policies, and an invisible, strange and fragile balance has been formed in the royal capital.

Audrey knew that the current situation was most likely caused by a high-sequence "audience" path extraordinary person, but with the presence of the Church of Night and the Church of Storm here, how long could such a fragile balance last?

Once this balance is broken, the nobles who do not support George III's war will be suppressed forever. In the end, they will either choose to join the nobles who support the war or withdraw from Backlund in disgrace.

But Audrey was not worried about this. She was also an Extraordinary person from the "Audience" path. What she was worried about was what the high-sequence Extraordinary people from the "Audience" path would eventually do.

If she was not a member of Mr. Fool's party, she would also have her memory erased without the victim's knowledge.

When the consciousness of others can be changed at will by others, if that unidentified Beyonder detonates the unknown "foreshadowing" he planted in Backlund before his failure, then Audrey can't even imagine what kind of unbearable disaster will be caused under the guidance of the "audience".

You know, before, a Sequence 4 demigod, a "Witch of Despair", with the backstab of the Aurora Society, was able to create a disaster that almost destroyed the entire Backlund. Now, what kind of disaster will this high-sequence "audience" who can accurately erase part of the memory of all nobles who do not support the war create?

Audrey took a deep breath, and after confirming that her parents had gone to the party again, she carefully closed her door and curtains, and lay quietly on her bed.

…

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

Klein sat on his throne. He heard the voice of Miss Justice in front of him and frowned slightly.

Miss Justice doesn't seem to be in a good mood. Is it because of Backlund's matter?

But according to the current situation, the person who controls everything in Backlund is very likely Adam himself, the angel king who returned from ancient times. Even if it is not him, he will be a member of the "Twilight Hermits". With the current power of the Tarot Club, there is no way to deal with the "Twilight Hermits"...

Klein thought for a moment and quickly found a way to deal with it. He gently knocked on the armrest in front of him. The sound was not loud, but it attracted everyone's attention.

He chuckled: "My follower reported an interesting thing to me."

"A medium-scale war has broken out between the Loen Empire and the Intis Republic in the southern continent, which seems to involve a ritual of a certain god."

Neither Adam nor George III had completed their rituals. Now "0-08" was in the hands of Ince Zangwill in the southern continent. If Adam had the conditions to complete the "Dreamer" ritual, he could have ignored the exposure of his own identity and forcibly snatched the last "Writer" attribute from Ince Zangwill.

Following the strange visions that had come from Trier, the capital of the Republic of Intis, George III had proclaimed himself emperor in a hurry. He even had to rely on the Twilight Hermits to create some unusual events in Backlund before he could steadily spread his image as an emperor to the people of other Loen Kingdoms and turn the Loen Kingdom into the Loen Empire.

This most likely means that Gao Wei and the Fallen Mother Goddess have reached some kind of agreement to allow Roselle Gustav to wake up early. Now the Fallen Mother Goddess has no abnormal movements, and it does not look like the cooperation with Gao Wei has broken down.

Klein glanced around, and sure enough, he could tell from the actions of the many members that some still looked confused, while some showed signs of nervousness or excitement.

Among them were Mr. "The Hanged Man" Alger Wilson, who had dark blue hair, and Miss "Justice" Audrey Hall, who was very restrained but her body was still shaking slightly.

The remaining person who was with him, Sharon on the Lost Homeland, did not react at all and remained in the state of a "puppet". And Derrick Berg, the "Sun", subconsciously believed that the outside world had nothing to do with him and that he was currently just a loyal messenger of Mr. Fool.

Fors... let's not talk about it.

Emlyn White was caught in between the two. What he was proud of now was that his ancestor seemed to have fully awakened and "individually" passed on one or two oracles to him to guide him in the direction of progress.

——The First Ancestor asked him to follow The Fool.

Although he didn't know what the ancestor meant, this still made him feel that he was superior to other ordinary vampires. However, what happened in Backlund recently still made Emlyn White a little flustered.

The three people who felt panic and excitement because of Mr. Fool's words had different reasons for their abnormal emotional fluctuations.

For example, Audrey and Emlyn had access to Backlund's upper echelons and were able to establish relationships with some conservative nobles and Beyonders. That was how they knew that these nobles seemed to have completely forgotten about the war, and that was how they discovered Backlund's abnormal situation.

Emlyn White and Audrey were also not cleared of their memories of the war.

The "Hanged Man" Alger had been at sea the entire time, and he was more informed of the news at sea. After all, apart from Backlund's group of conservative nobles, the news of the war between Intis and Loen was not a secret.

Even some pirates secretly served the military of these two countries to intercept each other's material transportation lines. As the captain of the "Deep Blue Avenger", Alger naturally received an invitation - but Alger refused.

But when it comes to the godhood ceremony, Alger, who wanted to become an angel, became even more excited. He had never imagined that this war, which seemed to be a war between countries, would actually involve gods.

Alger pulled the corner of his mouth and suddenly laughed at himself. He reflected that his sensitivity to certain things had decreased a little, and he failed to think that in such a country with the support of gods, the major events behind them should have the support of gods.

All wars between countries should come from the struggle between gods!

Alger thought with a bit of enthusiasm: So what role did Mr. Fool play in this? Which country did he support?

The political commissar started to attack himself again... The high-dimensional overlooker looked at Alger, whose face changed several times in front of him. After Klein the Fool kept silent, he smiled slightly and said to everyone:

"In fact, I also got a piece of news."

What news did Mr. White Tower get? Audrey, who had just learned from her own investigation what happened in Backlund—that is, what happened to the nobles who were deceived about the war incident, looked up at Mr. White Tower's Gorvi Abraham, who was sitting opposite her in a formal dress and seemed to have just finished a banquet. A hint of expectation flashed in her eyes.

In Audrey's opinion, Mr. Baita was the Duke of the Loen Empire, and he should have been able to investigate more information than ordinary people like them!

However, the High-Dimensional Overlooker kept it a secret. He glanced around and smiled at the people around him, confirming:

"Among you, there must be no one who believes in, or has ever believed in, the Eternal Blazing Sun, right?"

Belief in the "Eternal Blazing Sun"? Then there must be no belief in anything else at Mr. Fool's meeting... Audrey thought so, feeling a little impatient because of the results of her previous investigation, but then she remembered that she actually believed in the Goddess of Night.

Audrey lowered her head somewhat guiltily.

The High-Dimensional Overlooker on the other side didn't care about the reactions of the people in front of him. After getting no feedback, he smiled slightly, showing a subtle smile, and began to show some hostility to the Pure White Angel:

"It's good that no one believes in the Eternal Blazing Sun. I don't want you to lose control because of a piece of news. Of course, even if you do believe in the false god of the Eternal Blazing Sun, Mr. Fool will not let you lose control at Mr. Fool's party."

Mr. "White Tower" talked a lot today... It always gave me the feeling that he was performing, and deliberately letting others know that he was performing... Such a thought suddenly emerged in Audrey's mind.

Wait, a false god? Audrey was shocked, but Alger, who already believed that the "White Tower" was a believer of the true Creator, did not have any other extra thoughts, but thought it was normal.

In fact, after being promoted to Sequence 3, the High-Dimensional Overlooker also began to try to accommodate his own Sequence 3 Beyonder characteristics. The aura of grace at this stage was already quite obvious and could not be simply covered up by a Sequence 3 from other sources. After all, Sequence 3 was already a sequence close to a complete mythical creature.

Even the high-dimensional overlooker who is good at "replacement" needs to swallow his "closing" path sequence three "illusion eye" bit by bit under Adam's sight. And it is precisely because of this that the high-dimensional overlooker will have an overflowing "performance sense" because of the "illusion eye".

This "sense of performance" is different from Sequence Seven of the "Miser" path of the Mother Tree of Desire. This sense of performance is not an uncontrollable desire, but a deliberate creation of a sense of "optical illusion" to make others feel that they are different from before.

Of course, the source of this performance feeling probably comes from the high-dimensional onlooker lying at the center of the source matter. That is why the high-dimensional onlooker on duty on Earth now launched a strong protest against the main body.

——Of course, if Adam wasn't in Backlund right now, then the High-Dimensional Overlooker would only need to swallow and lie down, and after a few days he would be able to control the aura of his extraordinary characteristics.

For Him, swallowing the Beyonder characteristics with his spiritual imprint was literally just digestion, and the spiritual imprint could also stabilize His mental state. At most, His breath would be revealed when His stomach was a little full.

However, the High-Dimensional Overlooker cannot let his aura reveal itself, because he cannot miss the subsequent war of gods. After all, the "trend of the times" he has derived is closely related to this war of gods.

In this war of gods, those who look down from higher dimensions also have the opportunity to complete a simplified deification ceremony via the "White Tower" pathway.

According to the speculation of the high-dimensional observer, the deification ceremony of the "White Tower" may be related to the authority of analysis and omniscience. Based on the seven deification ceremonies that he currently knows, he made a simple speculation:

The deification ritual of the "White Tower" path may require a complete analysis of the authority of other true gods or the initiation of a disaster involving and causing a true god, and playing an important role in it.

The possibility of the former ritual comes from the analysis of the authority of the "omniscient and omnipotent" by the higher-dimensional observer, and the latter speculation comes directly from the "Feast of Betrayal". If the "White Tower"'s apotheosis ritual is the latter, then He has a chance to complete this ritual during this war of gods.

After a long drag, the High-Dimensional Overlooker turned to look at the people in front of him, and slowly uttered the information that only a few of the highest-level true gods and angels knew:

"The Eternal Blazing Sun betrayed mankind and turned to the 'Mother Tree of Desire'."

He slowly looked at the people around him and explained to them: "What we can confirm at present is that the 'Mother Tree of Desire', which is apparently an ordinary evil god, is one of the disasters in the prophecy that you all know."

"That, that doomsday prophecy?" Fors couldn't help but ask the High-Dimensional Overlooker. Under the guidance of the High-Dimensional Overlooker, Fors obviously learned more.

Klein nodded at the right time and added as The Fool,

"The prophecy of doomsday is true."

"Its source is the 'Seven Lights of the Spirit World'."

After the Fool finished speaking, everyone at the Tarot Club vaguely saw seven dim lights flashing behind the Fool.

——The

High-Dimensional Overlooker squinted his eyes and whispered,

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After seeing the almost god-like power of The Fool, the atmosphere of the Tarot Club suddenly became silent for a moment. Then, in the silence, the High-Dimensional Overlooker spoke:

"So, now I need to know the specific situation in Backlund. Although I am also in Backlund now, for some reason, the information I get is not the most authentic information. For this, I can pay you."

The high-dimensional observer tilted his head slightly and looked at Miss Justice Audrey Hall, as if he had a hint. After receiving the hint from Mr. White Tower, Audrey thought for a moment and organized her words:

"I think I can share with you the current situation in Backlund. This is the conclusion I came to personally, but I don't need any reward from you, Mr. White Tower."

Seeing Mr. White Tower's interested look, Audrey laughed helplessly,

"I know that I can't handle the abnormality in Backlund by myself. Therefore, I have to ask you for help. Moreover, Mr. White Tower, according to your status, you don't need any information from me. I am just supplementing your information."

"Compared to this, I hope that I can cooperate with you, so that the two of us will not owe each other anything." The High-Dimensional Overlooker smiled, "What Roselle said is really very philosophical."

Audrey pursed her lips slightly. After investigating Backlund's recent memory loss incident and obtaining initial results, the more she investigated, the more helpless she felt.

She had no way of telling her parents about this matter, because her parents were not Beyonders and did not know the truth of the matter; she had no way of investigating with others, because the "audience" path had the characteristic of "whatever is said must be known", and explaining the situation to others might cause her to be discovered by the High-Sequence Audience.

By the same token, Audrey had no way to report these things to the church and could not get help from the church.

Just as Mr. "The Hanged Man" said before, Audrey didn't know whether this "audience" was hiding as a member of a very high status in the church. She didn't know whether she would be discovered by this high-sequence audience if she did this, just like the choice she made just now.

Moreover, Audrey had no way of explaining how she had retained these memories when her parents had lost theirs. If the potion of the "audience" could be explained by the extraordinary gathering, then the current situation was completely inexplicable.

Judging from Miss Justice's tone, does she know Mr. White Tower's identity in reality? It seems that Mr. White Tower is still quite prestigious in Backlund, and he also disagrees with George III's current approach - is he a noble? There are only a few people above the earl in Loen...

Alger keenly perceived some information worth extracting from Miss Justice's words. He remained silent, waiting for Miss Justice to speak next.

Her status and position are higher than that of Miss Justice, who never seems to lack money and whose family is protected by a Sequence 5 Beyonder... Alger, who is still a Wind-Favored One, secretly chewed on these words, obviously still bothered by the identity that Miss Justice had inadvertently revealed before.

It's time to put the plan of advancing to Sequence Five on the agenda... Alger thought to himself. He planned to return to Backlund after this Tarot Meeting and submit an application for advancement to Sequence Six. According to the records of the Church of Storms, he had not yet been promoted to Sequence Six.

This can be considered a disadvantage for mixed-race people in the Church of Storm.

Audrey paused for a moment, then said to the people around her,

"After my investigation, I have discovered that not all of Backlund's nobles have lost their memories of this war. The only ones who have lost their memories of this war and believe that the international situation is still peaceful are the conservatives in the empire."

"What is the attitude of the rest of Backlund towards George III now?" Alger asked Audrey "Justice".

He deliberately did not ask the residents of other cities in the Loen Empire about their attitudes towards George III, because he did not think that Miss Justice could know these things.

"Although I am reluctant to admit it, because George III's actions obviously hurt the residents of Backlund to an invisible degree, they actually did not feel this harm."

Audrey took a deep breath, and after carefully examining her heart, she found that what she really didn't want to admit was that she actually had no reason to convince herself that George III and the high-sequence audience colluded to modify the memory and caused harm to the ordinary people of Backlund.

But the emperor did use this method to stabilize Backlund while laying hidden dangers, and her parents did have their memories tampered with because of their extraordinary abilities.

Audrey, you are so selfish... Audrey clenched her fists slightly, used her "psychologist" ability to calm her voice, and continued to tell the others what she had found out:

"Due to a series of laws promulgated by George III, now both Backlund's workers and those East District residents who rely on other means to earn their living all respect His Majesty the Emperor."

Including myself... Of course, that's assuming His Majesty the Emperor doesn't have any connection with the "audience." Audrey added silently.

In addition to the minimum wage and maximum working hours bills, George III also developed a comprehensive social security system. He transferred part of the pressure to foreign countries through the war. Although this social security system was still quite immature, it was enough to support a poor worker with a minor illness to find the next job.

Of course, what Audrey didn't know was that this price was transferred to the people of the Southern Continent and Intis; the benefits of colonies and wars were fully demonstrated at this moment, bringing George III praise and admiration from the people.

But what Klein was wondering about at the moment was another angle of the matter. He had seen the godhood ritual of the "Black Emperor" path, and the question now was, is this system that can provide protection for the lower classes a set of strict and complex rules that violate normal circumstances?

In this world, even the Republic of Intis, which has relatively complete laws, has never had such a strict protection system. For both the nobles whose interests were damaged by this law and the people who benefited from it, this should be considered a violation of the normal rules.

"Isn't this great?" Emlyn White said to Miss Justice in a daze. He had heard about these bills in newspaper news, but did not feel that there were any bad factors contained in them.

Alger also frowned, unable to figure out why George III would enact such a thankless bill.

He could vaguely guess where the extra money came from, which was nothing more than the local factory owners and nobles in Loen and the colonies in the southern continent, plus the property plundered in the war. He did win the respect and praise of the people, but what could he do without the support of the nobles?

No, perhaps with the help of a Beyonder with a high-sequence "audience" path, it may indeed be possible to smooth over the other thoughts of the nobles in the country!

The ability of the "audience" is so terrible... Under the ability of the "audience", you don't even know what you have forgotten! You don't even know the fact of "forgetting"!

Alger just thought with some horror, and then he heard a chuckle coming from where the "Fool" was.

"Ms. Justice, I have an interesting guess about what you said."

"Let me guess, does the Kingdom of Loen - oh, the Empire - respect its people like George III - like a god?"

Klein the Fool controlled his tone, trying to speak in an exaggerated tone with a "clown" temperament. His tone couldn't help but be a little frivolous, and there was a hint of laughter in his voice, which even caused the surrounding gray fog to vibrate.

Mr. Fool's tone seemed to have a sense of contempt for this matter... Audrey did not dare to ponder the deliberate considerations behind the gods, so she could only lower her head slightly and said softly:

"That's right, Mr. Fool."

While everyone's eyes are focused on The Fool, he gently places his left hand on the table in front of him and slowly turns over a card that was upside down on the table.

That was the "blasphemous card"? The most excited person at the moment was not Audrey, but Alger on the side.

His breathing was a little heavy for a moment, and he completely forgot to control his posture. This made Derrick Berg, the "Sun" beside him, look at him twice more. He couldn't believe why the kind-hearted and knowledgeable Mr. "Hanged Man" would show such an expression.

Klein controlled his gray fog and only exposed part of the conditions required for the Black Emperor to be promoted.

"To have one's own country, to have one's own name associated with the title of emperor become common sense to the people; and to establish a set of strict and complex rules that go against normal circumstances."

After seeing some information about the deification ceremony, members like Alger and Audrey who knew more about Backlund's situation and Intis and Loen's recent situation, as well as demigods like Sharon who had rich knowledge of mysticism, were able to guess what George III's intention was in enacting these laws in Backlund.

It was just a guess at first, but after seeing the deification ceremony of the "Black Emperor" path, their guess almost became a reality.

George III wants to become the first god since Russell Gustav at the beginning of the Fifth Epoch!

So that's how it is... Audrey clenched her fists and bit her lower lip slightly. He was speechless for a long time, and after a long time, he slowly opened his mouth and asked the "Fool" in front of him:

"Mr. Fool, what should I do?"

"Two ways." Klein said to Miss Justice in front of him in a low and somewhat ethereal voice. "First, when you are promoted to Sequence 6 and become a Hypnotist, you can plant psychological hints in your parents and let them join George III's side to avoid the danger that follows."

However, Miss Justice probably wouldn't choose this method... She wasn't the type of person who would use her extraordinary abilities on her family. Compared to other extraordinary people, Miss Justice was generally more restrained in using her extraordinary abilities.

But, this is actually a good habit...

However, Klein's heart was not as relaxed as he appeared on the surface. He couldn't help but compare the previous "Black Emperor" with George III who now wanted to become the "Black Emperor".

Phew, George III wanted to become a god, which was not wrong in itself. After all, Huang Tao did a lot of wrong and evil things in order to become the "Black Emperor"...

No, the extraordinary abilities of this world are twisted and bizarre in themselves, and many potion rituals require the "sacrifice" of others to be accomplished.

"Of course, there is a second method." Klein looked at Audrey, who had suddenly fallen silent, and whispered to her,

"That is, to destroy George III's deification ceremony."

George III is working with Adam, and Adam will pose a huge and terrifying threat to me. He was also the driving force behind the previous incident involving Ince Zangwill.

I don't support Huang Tao's actions at that time, but I can't pursue the past for the time being. Now that I have the Aurora Society as my backer, and the support of the True Creator and the Goddess of Night, I can try to destroy George III's godhood ceremony...

There is no way to stop what has already happened, but you can prevent disasters that have not yet happened.

Klein did not approve of the rituals that George III carried out by exploiting the people of the southern continent and deceiving his own people. Of course, he did not think that what Huang Tao did was right. Every time he looked back on the history of more than a hundred years ago, he would feel that what Huang Tao did was disturbing no matter how he looked at it.

A time traveler from his own country set up a colony in this world... Klein took a deep breath and secretly reminded himself not to do anything inhumane for the sake of promotion.

——Sometimes it only takes one step to fall, and once you fall into the abyss, there is no way to get out.

Klein looked at Miss Justice in front of him, and his deep voice echoed above the Tarot Club:

"I am very interested in Backlund's affairs, Miss Justice."

"As a reward for your bravery, perhaps my followers, heh, will go to Backlund to carry out my mission after a while."

Audrey's eyes widened slightly—Mr. Fool's subtext was, "He is willing to help me?"

—

No… Audrey calmed down. She looked at the unfathomable Fool in front of her, and felt a little calmer in her heart.

Perhaps Mr. Fool just doesn't want to support George III's deification…

Audrey came up with a guess that was closer to reality.

　In the original novel, Klein hated what George III did and was unwilling to let him become a god. The reason was probably because his family members Benson and Melissa were both in Backlund, and he also had a very good impression of Roselle because of Roselle's diary.

　　But in this book, Benson and Melissa have been arranged to go to the southern continent, and what Roselle did has been dug up by several time travelers. So I think Klein, as a Chinese, would not approve of what Roselle did in the later period, even though Roselle had been implicitly contaminated by the Fallen Mother Goddess since Sequence Five.

　　From this perspective, I think it is more reasonable for Crane to be in an antagonistic position towards George III in this