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Red of War

Chapter 307: Red of War

"The country of traitors really makes me feel uncomfortable... Hoo, Orochi, how are you doing?"

Medici walked forward while strolling on the streets of Intis. Alongside him, Aurora believers in uniform followed him, walking toward the White Maple Palace.

Even after Roselle Gustav's death, Intis did not destroy the historic White Maple Palace, but preserved it as part of the parliamentary building.

And now, under the massacre of the Super Star Overlord, the Congress of the Republic of Intis is almost paralyzed, and the High-Dimensional Overlooker and Huang Tao have grasped the fundamental power of Intis and become the two emperors and dual "consulists" of Intis who are in power at the same time.

As for where the Super Star Lord went, in fact, He was ready to leave this country after discovering that the High-Dimensional Overlooker had first settled in Intis - He had his own country on the sea and lived very comfortably. He did not want to plot against the "Most Beautiful Freshman (Note 1)" who was as famous as Tianzun.

The "Mother Tree of Desire" is a good example. After He became hostile to the High-Dimensional Overlooker and was plotted against by the High-Dimensional Overlooker, He began to gradually experience some changes in mentality. He seemed to win every time, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that he lost everything every time.

Let's start from the beginning in Trier. The "Mother Tree of Desire" seemed to take this opportunity to pollute the "Eternal Sun", but in fact it lost the "Shadow Tree" it planted in Trier.

All the desires in it were burned to ashes by the higher-dimensional overlord, leaving nothing behind. Along with the "Eternal Sun", it was also regarded as a thorn in the eye by the true God on Earth.

This is even more true later on. Not to mention some of the detailed plans and divine descent rituals in the middle - the Mother Tree of Desire seems to have collected a lot of desires and souls, and even caused the abyss to descend, but none of the plans were truly successful.

Just talking about the last war of gods of the "Mother Tree of Desire", He did not gain any benefit at all, but lost a large number of believers of His own "Rose School".

"So many things have happened... in these few hundred years, ah." Huang Tao stretched out his arms and stood up from the library of Baifeng Palace - he actually hadn't read many books here. He had finally mustered the energy he had prepared for the college entrance examination these two days and had managed to catch up on the hundreds of years of history that had just been added to the library.

Even though he possessed the status of the "Black Emperor", Huang Tao, who had not yet absorbed the remaining three extraordinary characteristics and become the true "Black Emperor", had dull eyes due to his fear of knowledge - he pretended to have this expression, as he felt that this was what he should do according to his personality.

"Your Majesty, the envoys from the Balam Empire have arrived."

A young man dressed in Intis court formal attire knocked gently on the door and greeted Emperor Roselle in the study.

Under the Black Emperor's keen perception, Huang Tao sat up straight before the door opened and said in a majestic voice:

"I see."

"Let them go to the banquet hall."

"Understood." The young man turned back with a little excitement, bent down and closed the door. He was a minor noble who took over temporarily after the existing nobles and big entrepreneurs were dragged out and killed one by one by the Super Star Overlord. He was selected by the High Dimension Overlord.

None of these people were followers of the Eternal Sun, so their backgrounds were relatively clean. The Super Star Lord went to the Western Continent, seemingly wanting to communicate with his source in some way.

Huang Tao breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could stand up, a laugh came from behind him. Huang Tao, who had a tense face, immediately broke down and glared at the high-dimensional person in front of him who was looking down on him.

"Do you feel complicated when you see people from the South Continent come to you to discuss politics?" The high-dimensional overlord asked Huang Tao. He was wearing modern clothes, which gave a strong sense of disconnection in this classical environment.

"I guess so." Huang Tao let out a breath and said to the high-dimensional person in front of him, with a tired look on his face: "You know, Lao Gao."

"I have caused great harm to the people of the Southern Continent. I feel guilty towards them only now. Haha, although I have been saying things like 'dreaming of the plantation' and 'my whip was swung too fast' on the forums since the Old Era, I never expected that I would make all of this a reality."

Huang Tao laughed and said self-deprecatingly: "Tell me, am I a bastard?"

He knew that if he came into conflict with the people of the Southern Continent again politically, he would not give in an inch - the foundation of politics was economics, and Intis was an economic country.

Under the influence of "Eternal Blazing Sun", the "patron saint of commerce", this country is extremely dependent on commerce. If the economy collapses and there are not enough profits, then this country will collapse in an instant, and by then the number of deaths in Intis may not be less than that of the southern continent.

Huang Tao has the ability to change all this, but he needs a lot of time. Even if it is the "Black Emperor", it will take Huang Tao a year to completely withdraw from the colonies in the southern continent without considering the war factor, and there will inevitably be bloodshed in the process of change.

After all, even extraordinary people cannot guarantee that they will always be rational, let alone other people.

If Huang Tao wants to compensate the people of the Southern Continent, he can only rely on himself. Even if the people of Intis sympathize with the residents of the Southern Continent, they will not let the residents of the Southern Continent take away a single Felgin from them.

Being able to give a little cope (1 fel gold = 100 cope) is a sign of their great kindness - they have already brought civilization, job opportunities and prosperous trade to the residents of the Southern Continent - so what reason is there for them to feel guilty towards the people of the Southern Continent?

Unlike the Loen Empire, the nobles and merchants of Intis did not pay much attention to "respect". They valued "profit" more.

Under the influence of this money-oriented atmosphere, Huang Tao found this particularly troublesome - and under the historical reversal of "Eternal Sun", the free schools that Huang Tao once opened were also closed one after another, making it even more difficult to govern this country.

It takes time to train a generation, and it takes even longer to train talents - even if this world has extraordinary factors. Huang Tao conservatively estimated that it would take at least ten years for him to change the atmosphere of this country and influence the next generation.

"It seems that you have a clear self-awareness."

The High-Dimensional Overlord spoke, which made Huang Tao furious. Seeing this, He casually spread his hands and said to Huang Tao:

"However, the leader of the delegation from the Southern Continent this time is the Red Angel under the True Creator, so there won't be a scene where the Southern Continent envoy gets angry and the Black Emperor's blood splatters all over the place."

"Hey..." Huang Tao laughed instead of getting angry: "Gao Wei, did you deliberately make me say what I just said?"

"That's not the case." The High-Dimensional Overlooker replied calmly, "It just makes you understand what you have done, what damn things you have done. It's not important to me, but these seem to constitute part of your humanity. You regret what you have done, which is also a manifestation of your abundant humanity."

"If you want to become a god and control your own destiny, shouldn't you give up something? Alistair Tudor and George Augustus gave up much more than you did. In comparison, you can indeed be considered the protagonist of the era."

"On this road to promotion, it has always been a cruel exchange of one thing for another."

Huang Tao was silent for a moment, then stood up and walked outside. The High-Dimensional Overlooker behind him also smiled, and his clothes began to change, as if they were reconstructed in an instant, turning into the uniform of the Archon of Intis - He was the Second Archon of Intis.

"By the way, don't be angry later."

He spoke up to remind them.

"Um?"

…

"I wonder what the gentlemen are talking about in secret." A guard standing at the door of the White Maple Palace muttered to himself; another guard beside him laughed:

"Maybe it's about those bitch-raised Sun believers, who claim to be righteous but want to protect those big entrepreneurs. Maybe His Majesty the Emperor is talking about replacing the Sun Church. I think what the Aurora Society did before was all a smear campaign by the Sun Church. You see, there are not many rumors in the 'Steam Church' about the Aurora Society's belief in the image of gods."

One of the guards said proudly.

Another guard frowned and said, "You seem to be a little too extreme... Never mind. Anyway, it's always a good thing to defeat those guys who suck the blood of the people."

"See, I was right... You still agree with my point of view. These guys deserve to die..."

While the two guards were talking, the Red Angel Medici followed the leading attendant and strode forward. As he walked, he commented on the White Maple Palace:

"It looks much cleaner than the Temple of the Eternal Sun, but there are still too few decorations here. It would be better to have more murals. Hmm, the colors are too plain. It doesn't look as good as the Lord's Temple."

"Of course, my place cannot be compared with the temple of the real creator." Huang Tao's forehead twitched slightly. He seemed to know why the high-dimensional overlord had just reminded him not to be angry.

"Of course."

This war angel is really rude... I have decided that I will fight a Hunter when I see one, and fight him together with the Seer! (Note 2)

Huang Tao made up his mind secretly. He looked warm and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Medici. Medici did not treat Huang Tao badly on this matter. After all, he came to cooperate.

Of course, after He walked into the banquet hall, He turned His attention to Gao Wei: "Who are you?"

"Gorwei Cecil (Note 3)." The Gorwei Overlooker made up a pseudonym at random, without disguising his appearance at all: "Have you forgotten what I look like, Medici?"

Medici exclaimed, "Of course I remember that. But, hey, I also remember that you lied to me and said you were Mr. Door. This is just a small revenge."

The South Continent Secretary of the "Creator Savior Society" on the side was already sweating coldly - he suspected that it was not he who had a grudge against Roselle, the invader, but the Red Angel who had a grudge against Roselle.

However, Medici was indeed dissatisfied with the fact that the High-Dimensional Overlooker used the real Creator to kill the "Eternal Blazing Sun".

"Okay, let's get down to business." The High Dimension Overlooker shrugged and said to Medici, "I'll help you make some connections. As for political matters, it's better to leave it to Archon Gustav."

Huang Tao nodded, looking dignifiedly at the long-famous "War Angel" in front of him. Even though his strength had not fully recovered, he still did not dodge.

"Let's talk about our cooperation. I can represent Governor Cecil with full authority."

Medici's expression also became serious: "We came here to take over the original 'Eternal Sun Church' and let the Lord's Church enter Intis."

"Of course, my dear friend." Roselle Gustav smiled and said to Medici in front of him nonchalantly, "But for us, it is not only the support of the real Creator, but also the division of our control over Intis. The Creator will also have many more important anchor points."

"For you, it can also be used to check and balance the God of Steam and Machinery." Medici said: "And for Intis, the Lord's Church is not the main church; the Lord's Church is headquartered in the southern continent..."

"Of course." Huang Tao responded:

"Therefore, we must grasp the scale of cooperation and not let the previous state of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun Church' return..."

…

"…May the Lord come, may the Lord be present."

"…It has been seven days since the angel of the Lord came to the City of Silver. Has he not awakened yet?"

Derrick Berg stood in front of the Church of the Fool, listening to the whispers of the residents of the City of Silver. The Lord had left an oracle in the temple seven days ago: "After seven days, His messenger will be resurrected in this land."

But for Derrick Berg, the Tarot Club seven days ago was not held on time, which was a panic for Derrick Berg.

Although many new residents have emerged in this land, and there are three other gods who are looking after them, for Derrick, all of this could disappear at any time. If even the "Fool" who first brought them salvation has left here, then what will the other gods do next?

But the next moment, Derrick Berg saw dense gray fog emerging in front of him, and layers of laughter rang in his ears.

The gray mist gathered into a beam and projected down from the dome of the Fool's Church.

——

"One more thing." Medici said to Roselle:

"The Lord intends for me to reorganize 'War Red'."

"Perhaps, we can cooperate deeply in these aspects

Seven Days

Chapter 308 Seven Days

Klein felt his body being reconstructed in the chaos. Layer upon layer of gray fog seemed to form a cocoon that tightly wrapped him up.

He felt like a caterpillar in a cocoon, wrapped in thick gray fog and unable to move at all.

As time slowly passed, Klein felt that his originally numb body had regained consciousness.

It seems that he has been resurrected, but I don't know how long it has been... Klein coughed heavily, and he used his hand to push away the gray fog on his side. The sticky fog was immediately dispelled as Klein wished.

He stood up and sat in the "cocoon" made of mist.

"What happened in the end?"

Klein said to himself. He didn't know the details of how he escaped from Amon's pursuit during the confrontation with Amon.

He called out the honorific names or real names of several gods at that time. Thinking about it now, it is very likely that one of them killed him.

But no matter what the person who took action had in mind to eliminate himself and Amon together, objectively speaking, "He" helped Klein achieve his goal.

"Another chance to revive has been used up. I wonder how many times the Miracle Master can be resurrected. Perhaps, there is only one chance left..." Klein muttered to himself and couldn't help but sigh:

"This is Sefirah Castle, but I have never been here - what is this place?"

The gray mist twisted around Klein like a dense stack of squirming insects. But this scene, which should have made him feel uncomfortable, now made him feel very familiar - just like a young swallow returning to its nest, Klein felt like he had returned home.

"Anyway, it's good that he can be resurrected. Phew, I didn't expect Amon to kill me directly. I thought it would take him some time to break through Ouroboros' blockade."

"Also, I had overlooked the factor of Adam before. Before, not only I, Gao Wei, but also the real Creator and the Goddess all believed that Adam would not take action at this time. But it turned out that in this incident, Adam may have influenced my own consciousness, causing me to ignore the possibility that Amon might take action when I was promoted."

"Amon doesn't want to kill me directly or 'parasite' me directly. I'm afraid he wants to use me to find the existence behind me. But 'The Fool', or Mr. 'The Door' in Amon's eyes, doesn't exist. Haha, this time the advantage of my 'trinity' of gods, followers, and believers is reflected."

Klein smiled slightly at himself, turned over and completely broke free from the "cocoon" outside his body, and poked his upper body completely out of the gray mist.

The losses this time were heavy. Most of the extraordinary items were broken into pieces or destroyed. I wonder if any of them survived.

But there shouldn't be anything that can survive Leodero's "divine punishment", right?

Klein was indeed reborn, but the items on him would not reappear. Under the thunder of the Lord of Storms, the large area centered on Klein and Amon had been turned into pure matter. In this case, even demigod-level items could not survive.

If only I had been more cautious... Klein couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken when he thought of the Lost Homeland, which had already developed some self-awareness.

After a brief moment of sadness, he straightened up and looked at the cocoon in the distance.

"really..."

Klein muttered to himself as people dressed in modern clothes curled up in cocoons, which moved quietly in the air without any wind.

"Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun really brought a group of people from Earth." Klein said to himself, as if he was deceiving himself. He stepped on the cloud-like gray mist and walked towards the direction of the light door:

"If I fail, He should send another person, until someone becomes a true Tianzun. I just don't know if Earth..."

Klein closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if warning himself:

"I hope so."

But at this moment, a light laugh was heard.

"Is that what you think?"

Klein turned around suddenly, trying to find the source of the voice, but suddenly realized that there was no one around him.

"Tianzun?"

Klein's face was uncertain. No matter how many methods he tried, even chanting the name of Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun, the voice did not appear again.

After not receiving a response for a long time, Klein could only leave the gray fog helplessly. He sensed the position around him and found that his body was already in the Church of Fools.

"When I was resurrected, I was automatically resurrected in the God-Forsaken Land?" Klein said with some doubt:

"Well, could it be that I wanted to choose this as my resurrection location before? And when I was resurrected, Sefirah Castle naturally transferred my spiritual world coordinates to this place?"

Klein shook his head. Without an answer, he didn't want to continue to cause himself more trouble. Perhaps this kind of thing could only be figured out after he became a "miracle master".

He nodded gently:

"However, according to my current condition, I will most likely have another chance to revive. If there is a next time, I can also try to revive in this way - my extraordinary characteristics have not been picked up by anyone, but automatically returned to Sefirah Castle with my death."

In other words, I am now a true "trickster" - when I return to the real world and complete the steps of resurrection, I will be able to experience the power of a demigod... This is a small step for me, a big step for the Tarot Society...

Klein smiled and snapped his fingers. The scene around him changed rapidly, transforming into the palace where the Tarot Club held its meetings. He sat upright in the seat that belonged to the Fool, touching the crimson star with his hand.

He used the voice of the Fool to warn Derrick Berg, the Sun:

"You guys step back."

Klein didn't know whether he would repeat the ritual he hadn't completed during his resurrection. He was worried that he would accidentally manipulate the residents of Silver City as his puppets. Klein was unwilling to take the risk, as the consequences would be irreversible.

"Fortunately, those 'blasphemous cards' were all placed on Sefirah Castle and were not destroyed. Phew, that can be considered as recovering some of my losses... huh?"

Klein looked at a place a little further away. The crystal ball that was originally placed there was on the verge of breaking, and it was covered with cracks. The gray mist was corroding the inside of the crystal ball bit by bit, and it seemed that it would completely collapse in the next moment.

"Is Lao Gao's crystal ball broken?" Klein blurted out subconsciously. He looked at Mr. "Sun" who was evacuating the residents in the church below him, and sat in a chair in deep thought.

"I think we need to talk to Gao Wei about this situation. Does it represent some kind of omen, or is there something unexpected going on?"

"Well, calm down. This crystal ball has a texture that feels like it has been corroded by Sefirah Castle. Is it because I have used too much power from Sefirah Castle that this extraordinary item has reached its limit?"

"No, no matter what, I can't use it to mobilize the gray fog for the time being. Speaking of which, after I became a demigod, I feel that the connection between me and this gray fog seems to have become deeper?"

"What's going on?" Klein said to himself in confusion. He looked at the hounds that flashed and disappeared in the depths of the gray fog in the distance, feeling inexplicably puzzled.

He felt that his control over Sefirah Castle was no less than his previous control with the help of the crystal ball without using this extraordinary item.

It was even slightly higher than before. Klein pondered over it but could not find an answer. He could only attribute the problem to his promotion to demigod, which gave him a closer connection with the gray fog.

"But if we calculate the time, it's almost time for the Tarot Club…" Klein stroked his chin and said to himself after a brief thought:

"There are many followers of the Fool in the City of Silver, including some demigods. Although I am confident that others will not see that I am the Fool, it is better to have less trouble than more. I will wait until the Tarot Club is over before resurrecting."

Klein thought, "Besides, I also want to see if I can control my body as a puppet if my spirit body does not return to its original form and moves above the gray fog?"

"My extraordinary characteristics have not yet returned to my body. To a certain extent, I can now be considered a unique spiritual creature, of course, one that is supported by extraordinary characteristics."

Klein immediately rejected his idea.

"But there is no trace of the spirit thread on my body now - that is, I have not returned to my body, and my body will not create a new spirit out of thin air."

"Well, it seems that my idea is unlikely to be realized. But if there is a chance in the future, I can find another 'ghost' to be my secret puppet. In this way, I can control the spirit thread of the 'ghost' and use the method of 'ghost possession' to control my own body."

"Of course, this only works when my Beyonder characteristics are separated from my body. It doesn't have much use value in actual combat. Phew, I wonder if the gray fog can give me the ability to control the 'Spirit Thread' without Beyonder characteristics."

Klein knocked on the table in front of him. Crimson stars circled around him, rising along with the gray mist.

"——I have returned."

His voice rang in the ears of every member who participated in the Tarot Club.

The sound was layered and majestic, and contained the unique ease of Mr. Fool.

"I will allow you into my party again this afternoon at normal time."

…

Klein's voice came to the High-Dimensional Overlooker's ears, causing Him to pause in his actions.

In front of Him was a burnt finger, placed in the center of the stacked ritual formations. Beside it were many extremely precious spiritual materials placed in a prescribed, almost strict and complicated manner.

And there is an extraordinary characteristic of "Planeswalker" in it. This extraordinary characteristic is embedded in the center of the ritual magic. The spirituality contained in the surrounding materials seems to flow into this extraordinary characteristic through the mutual connection.

Standing next to the High-Dimensional Overlooker was the plump "Mother Earth Goddess". Her eyes were dull and dark, as if reflecting all the darkness and evil in the world.

"Is this what you prepared, the backup plan you mentioned?"

The Fallen Mother Goddess spoke, asking the High-Dimensional Overlooker. The High-Dimensional Overlooker took a deep breath, and his body, as if made of light, moved without pause.

"You don't need this preparation, but I can't do without it." The High-Dimensional Overlooker responded after a moment:

"The early resurrection of Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun was beyond my expectation. Before I got the status of a pillar, I had no way of predicting the completely correct behavior of a pillar."

After slightly modifying the scene he saw about the Heavenly Lord, the High-Dimensional Overlooker's expression did not change. He just continued to speak calmly:

"I just used the authority of 'The Hermit' and 'White Pagoda', plus some of my own power, to observe the possibility that Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun might be resurrected in various world lines, and He was indeed resurrected according to this law."

"Although the time for Tianzun to revive is quite short, since this possibility has occurred, I will arrange for the worse things that He might do in the future according to the method I prepared in advance, so as to prevent Him from reviving again before Klein reaches the level of an angel."

"Also, I need to prepare a backup plan in advance. The worst-case scenario is that this backup plan is not used. This is better than Klein's consciousness being corrupted by the Heavenly Lord."

The Fallen Mother Goddess' expression remained unchanged. She raised her hand, and the ears of wheat in her hand emitted a faint light.

Under the light, the burnt finger continued to grow new flesh and blood.

The flesh, blood, bones, and burnt marks on the fingers gradually decreased, and they became like the fingers of a normal person.

A naked young man with black hair and a scholarly look on his face lay quietly in the center of the ceremony. The light spots decomposed by the "Planeswalker" penetrated into the young man's body.

After a moment, the young man opened his eyes. His consciousness seemed a little confused, and there was a strong divinity in his eyes.

"Where am I?"

"What's wrong with me..." The young man looked at the figure in front of him that seemed to be cast by light in confusion. He was not panicked despite his confusion.

He only felt great peace and stability.

"Hello, my beloved." The High-Dimensional Overlooker said with a calm expression:

"Do you remember the note you saw?"

"You are...?" the young man asked tentatively. He looked at his body and seemed to remember something.

"You can call me God." The High-Dimensional Overlooker said gently, "You are lucky, but also unlucky. You died because of the book you read, but you accidentally summoned me."

"It was I who saved you and gave you divinity."

"Klein Moretti."

-

"You will be my messenger and stay here with me until the world is destroyed

I'm Back"

Chapter 309 "I'm Back"

Above the gray fog, Klein Moretti watched the crimson stars in front of him light up one by one, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled up.

He waved his hand, and the dummy "world" appeared at the end of the Tarot Club under his control. Klein controlled the spirit thread and felt a sense of ease when he was controlling the secret puppet.

Well, my ability to control the secret puppets has become much stronger, and it is countless times easier than before; and compared to the pitiful three secret puppets before, I can now control a total of fifty secret puppets, and the number can be increased after further digestion.

No wonder the door to demigod is so hard to open...

Klein clearly felt that he was fundamentally different from before. This was the fundamental difference in the life levels between humans and gods.

The promotion from demigod to angel and sequence is exactly the process of transformation from "human" to "god".

"Miss Xio has done a lot, and it's time to bring her to the Tarot Club. The Lamp God is currently sealed, and I wonder if He is able to come up with Xio's spirit?" Klein changed his mind and smiled,

"No, it doesn't matter even if the Lamp God comes up. I am now very compatible with Sefirah Castle. Knowing the 'basic personality' of the Lamp God and the Celestial Lord who act on instinct, I only need to pretend to be half, no, a quarter of the Celestial Lord, and it will be enough to make the Lamp God scare himself."

"He is sealed, and has no way to infiltrate power to the outside world. We can also take this opportunity to strike Him in the name of the Heavenly Venerable."

"I'm sure Tianzun won't mind if I do this, right?"

Klein suppressed his previous urge to allow other members of the Tarot Club to enter the club directly, and instead reached out to light up the slightly dim crimson star in front of him.

He looked at the image reflected by the star. Xio and others were sitting in a room, seemingly discussing something anxiously.

Sharon, Maric, and the others are here... I wonder what my crew members want to say? Klein raised the corners of his mouth, and said in a relaxed and low voice in Xio's ear with a bit of evil humor:

"Your mission is accomplished."

"I will allow you to join my party."

Xio, who was originally talking to someone else, was suddenly speechless after hearing this sudden voice. She was stunned for several seconds because the voice did not move at all.

The "Wishing Lamp" tied to her belt swayed slightly, and there seemed to be a layer of golden light flickering on it, like beautiful water waves.

Sharon turned her head quietly and looked at Xio in front of her. She seemed to have guessed something, and stood up slightly, and said to the others around her in a calm and monotonous voice:

"I'm going to go out for a while. Excuse me."

…

Xio walked into the bathroom a little nervously. Thanks to Sharon's temporary departure, she also found an excuse to go to the bathroom. She sat on the toilet in the bathroom, anxiously waiting for the summons from the great being.

"You need to be careful of the existence called 'The Fool'." A slightly sarcastic voice came from the wishing lamp that Xio placed beside him: "Guess, why did He summon weak humans like you?"

Xio glanced at the lamp spirit, completely ignoring the demon sealed in the lamp. She closed her eyes, but the lamp spirit's voice continued to drill into Xio's ears:

"You don't really think that what you are doing can help His resurrection?"

"Look at me - huh, He and I are old rivals in destiny. I don't want my current host to be controlled by Him as well, otherwise I will never be able to turn things around."

"Compared to my friends, I know more about the being you believe in called 'The Fool'. He is not a fool. He is not even willing to tell you His real name - His real name is Fu Sheng -"

A distorted crimson light appeared in front of Xio. The air suddenly became quiet, followed by a light laugh.

Hearing the chuckle, the lamp god froze in place for two seconds, and the light on the golden lamp pot rippled like water waves.

The lamp spirit thought for a moment,

"It seems that he - does have his own plans."

"No matter whether this 'Fool' has any relationship with Him now, He should not wake up. Hey, this may be my chance to escape…"

The Lamp Spirit sensed a young man walking into the bathroom from the closed door. He was stunned for two seconds:

"... A high-dimensional observer, walking into a lady's bathroom is not a gentleman's behavior."

The High Dimension Overlooker glanced at the well-dressed Xio and spoke to the Genie:

"She is sitting on a toilet seat at best, Child of Chaos."

"Or do you actually want to have a dream of becoming a lady? I can satisfy you, do you want me to throw you directly to the Mother Goddess?"

…

"Welcome, Miss Judgment."

The "Fool" with a blurred face drew a card from the tarot deck in front of him. Xio watched as He turned it over. In front of her appeared a tarot card "Judgment" with a hand holding a sword drawn on it.

The Fool gave a gentle push, and the card slid across the rough stone table as if there was no resistance, until the card reached Xio's front.

His tone was mysterious and his gesture was relaxed:

"Welcome to join the Tarot Club."

As The Fool spoke, figures appeared one after another in front of Xio. A clear and pleasant voice that Xio found somewhat familiar rang out:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool..."

Is this Miss Audrey's voice? Xio was startled, and involuntarily leaned forward to see the voice of the person who was speaking. Fors, who was slacking off, was stunned when he saw Xio leaning half of his body forward.

Hugh? Fors looked at the familiar figure and immediately made up her mind to ask for a private conversation with Hugh later.

"This is Miss 'Judgment'."

Klein extended his hand, meeting the inquiring gazes of the others, and spoke calmly to the people around him.

After hearing what Klein said, Fors was certain in her heart that she could figure out the identity of this new member of the Tarot Club through this code name and the characteristics of the blurry figure.

After all, there weren't many women who were 1.52 meters tall that Fors knew, and the only one who could become the "Judge" of the Tarot Club was probably his good friend Xio.

It seems that Xio has also passed Mr. Fool's review... Fors nodded slightly, straightened her sitting posture, and waited for the topic that was about to begin at the Tarot Club.

"We were concerned when you did not hold your Tarot session at your usual time last week."

Audrey Justice said this to Mr. Fool. She hesitated for a moment and spoke first:

"I wonder what happened during this time?"

"Haha." Klein smiled deeply and said casually, "I played a game with the gods in the southern continent."

"I didn't expect that the mother tree couldn't suppress her desire and attempted divine descent."

The Mother Tree... The Mother Tree of Desire? That evil god?

Alger's pupils suddenly shrank. As a member of the Church of Storms, he naturally knew about the unusual movements from the church. However, he did not expect that the evil god Desire Mother Tree would actually try to descend in the midst of this disaster.

Or was it that this disaster was caused by the Mother Tree of Desire's attempt to descend to the heavens?

Moreover, at the Tarot meeting two weeks ago, Mr. "White Tower" also seemed to have said that "the Eternal Sun betrayed mankind and turned to the Mother Tree of Desire."

Now it seems that the Eternal Blazing Sun may have really been killed by the true Creator. Otherwise, according to the information from the church's intelligence personnel in Intis, the Aurora Society would not have been able to openly establish a church in Intis.

You know, the Eternal Sun Church is just like the Storm Church, extremely hostile to the Aurora Cult, which believes in the "True Creator"!

Moreover, from Mr. Fool's tone, Mr. Fool seems to have participated in this war of gods?

To what extent has his power recovered now?

Alger's heart moved, he lowered his head slightly, and asked tentatively:

"Mr. Fool, you, you also participated in the war between the gods?"

"Not really." He heard The Fool, who was sitting on the throne, say to him in a relaxed tone:

"My strength has not yet fully recovered. At best, I only participated in a part of the work with the help of my followers and solved a few hidden dangers that threatened reality."

Sure enough... Mr. Fool also participated in that war! Alger did not believe Mr. Fool's words that were almost self-deprecating. He just felt that Mr. Fool did not want to directly reveal that he participated in the war, or that this god did not care about this "small" war at all.

Perhaps, Mr. Fool is a god who has existed since ancient times. In his eyes, only the great battles between gods in the First and Second Ages can be considered a complete war...

Alger thought, and his fear grew even stronger.

Mr. Fool didn't know what Alger was thinking at the moment. He just calmly glanced at the people in front of him. When his eyes swept over Miss Justice, he paused for a moment.

The feeling Miss Justice gave me was different from before... Klein couldn't help but think in his heart.

He made a deep gesture and said to Audrey in a delicate tone:

"You seem to have made your own choice."

Almost at the same time, everyone at the Tarot Club focused their attention on Miss Justice, and the Magician Fors, who was sitting on the side, twitched her lips slightly: She knew what Mr. Fool was referring to.

That day, when she went to Miss Justice's house, Fors stepped into the trap that Audrey had set with her own flesh and blood. Fors had never imagined why Miss Justice would switch from the "audience" route to the relatively terrifying and bizarre "Hanged Man" route.

At that time, Fors even thought that Audrey was contaminated by an evil god.

After receiving Audrey's reply, Fors agreed with Audrey's choice. For her, the greatest wish of obtaining extraordinary power should be to be able to protect her family in the current crisis situation.

The "Hanged Man" approach is obviously a better choice to achieve this goal.

It's just that a noble lady like Miss Justice who turns to the "Hanged Man" path, well, it inexplicably gives me a feeling of a dark fairy tale...

Fors thought subconsciously, her body trembling slightly. Even now, she still has a deep psychological shadow of the scene when Miss Justice emerged from the sticky flesh and blood.

After hearing what Mr. Fool said, Audrey was obviously stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly:

"Yes, Mr. Fool."

"War may happen at any time now, and there are more and more Beyonders in Backlund. My previous sequence before becoming a demigod could not give me enough power to protect my family. So, this is a choice I made myself, and I don't regret it."

"Even though I gave up my favorite path, I also gained the power to protect my family, which makes me feel more fulfilled."

"Everyone, my previous commission remains unchanged. I still need the 'Audience' pathway sequence 6 potion, but I also hope that you can help me collect information about the 'Shepherd' potion formula."

She nodded: "I am now a Sequence 6 'Rose Bishop'."

Rose Bishop? You are really brave, Miss Justice. You are changing your path right away? It will increase the probability of losing control...

Klein suddenly felt a little dazed - in his opinion, the potion of Miss Justice and Bishop Rose was too different, and he felt at a loss for a moment.

But now the "True Creator" at the top of the "Hanged Man" path and I also have a good relationship, and perhaps I can use other methods...

Klein thought and controlled the dummy "World" who was the end to speak in a hoarse voice. Because Klein had deliberately revealed part of the identity of "World" before, he did not hide much:

"If Miss Justice needs it, I can introduce you to a position as a bishop in the Church of Darkness."

"Of course, this position will not be in Backlund, but at least I can find a chance to help you digest this potion."

After hearing what The World said, Audrey was silent for a moment, then asked him:

"Mr. World, what kind of compensation do I need to pay you?"

"I don't need any reward now." Klein controlled the dummy "world" and said, "For me, this is just a piece of cake, and I relied on Mr. Fool's relationship. I only contributed a small part."

Audrey hesitated, then responded with impeccable etiquette:

"Mr. 'World'."

"I know you are Mr. Fool's favored one. You may not need the extraordinary materials and items I have."

"But whether it's to thank you or Mr. Fool for providing me with this opportunity, I cannot accept this gift without paying for it."

"I don't have anything else important on me. I can only donate 20,000 gold pounds to Mr. Fool as the activity fund for Mr. Fool's followers. This will make me feel more at ease."

Audrey calculated her own small treasury and spoke pertinently, then stood up and bowed slightly to The Fool.

"After all, I respect Mr. Fool very much, and I also believe in the Goddess devoutly."

"Praise Mr. Fool."

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 Gift, a PriceChapter 310 A Gift, a Price

You really are rich, Miss Justice... Klein suppressed the extra thoughts in his mind and nodded calmly:

"I see."

As expected, Mr. Fool doesn't care about worldly money. It's better not to repay Mr. Fool in this way in the future... It will make me embarrassed. It's best, um, it's better to exchange with Mr. Fool through barter.

Audrey pursed her lips and nodded slightly:

"Thank you, Mr. Fool."

Klein nodded slightly. He knew that in Audrey's eyes, the words of The World carried its own will. Otherwise, as The Fool's follower, The World would not dare to use The Fool's connections to arrange a bishop position in the Church of Night for Audrey.

Moreover, even with Audrey's connections, there was no way to arrange for a symbolic bishop to be responsible for missionary work. Even if the Hall family and Audrey herself had a devout faith in the goddess, they could not achieve their goal in one step.

With the help of her money, Audrey herself also needs to be promoted step by step, but the speed will be quite fast.

Could it be that Mr. Fool has some kind of cooperation with the Goddess's church? Audrey thought about it for a moment, nodded, and said nothing more.

Before the atmosphere calmed down again, Alger spoke to everyone in time:

"I got some news recently."

"In the past few days, the Intis Republic has restored the title of the Intis Empire. The former 'Black Emperor' Roselle Gustav has been resurrected and serves as the 'Dual Consuls' of the Empire together with another emperor."

"The Eternal Blazing Sun Church has been labeled a cult by several major churches. This is not considered unusual news for the Church of Knowledge and the Church of Storms, but it is undoubtedly quite abnormal for other churches that once cooperated with the Eternal Blazing Sun Church and had a less bad relationship with it, such as the Church of the Goddess of Night and the Church of the God of War."

"Dear Mr. Fool, I would like to know if this matter is related to our Tarot Club?"

"…" Klein paused for a moment. He looked at the high-dimensional being in front of him and raised the corners of his mouth.

He said to the other people at the Tarot Club in a relaxed tone:

"The Tarot Club is acting as a shadow, secretly participating in some things."

As expected... Alger bowed slightly, with an even stronger look of respect on his face:

"In that case, dear Mr. Fool, I have no problem with that."

After Alger sat down, Derrick Berg, the Sun, stood up and asked Klein:

"Mr. Fool, something unusual happened in the Fool's Church in the City of Silver this morning. The gray mist that belongs to you is gathering in the church."

"Excuse me, is this the oracle you conveyed to us? Will your followers be resurrected in the Church of Fools?"

Little Sun's question is really... Let me explain myself whether I will be resurrected? Klein looked at "Sun" Derrick Berg with interest, who was already quite familiar with this kind of thing, and said to him:

"After the Tarot Club is over."

"So, do you want us to prepare a ceremony for your messenger?"

Derrick hesitated for a moment before he asked Klein in front of him with some embarrassment, "You know, although your power itself is a miracle, it still seems to be worthy of a grand ceremony for the Fool believers in the City of Silver."

Derrick Berg paused,

"This is what the elders taught me. I don't know if I should do this in Silver City, and I can't ask too many questions about this outside. So, um... I think it's necessary to ask for your opinion."

"Of course." Klein responded immediately: "For you, this is a way to increase your faith. But for me, this is not necessary."

"Don't worry about offending me, just do it if you want to."

Klein encouraged Derrick Berg. He straightened his body and glanced majestically at all the members of the Tarot Club.

"Everyone."

Klein stood up and said solemnly to everyone at the Tarot Club,

"'The World' will go to Backlund with my will. There is a tacit understanding between me and the Goddess of Night. In order to find out something that I am very interested in, I hope that my followers can get your assistance in this matter."

"Of course, this still follows the principle of equal exchange. One gift, one price. Whether my followers ask you for help or you ask me for help, I will follow this principle equally."

Is this the first time Mr. Fool has openly asked us for help?

Even if you are his followers, such behavior is worth considering... Alger hesitated for a moment and nodded:

"I will obey your will, Mr. Fool. After that, I will explore the island I mentioned in the Tarot Club with Ms. Priestess. After that, I will go to Backlund and return to the local Storm Church."

"Perhaps after the exploration is over, I will come here with Mr. 'The Hanged Man', or maybe not." The Fallen Mother Goddess said so, her tone full of uncertainty and considerable casualness.

"I'm always here - if your followers need help, I'm always here." Emlyn White was silent for a moment. Seeing that the most experienced "Hanged Man" and the seemingly powerful "Priestess" responded to Mr. Fool's words, he couldn't wait to speak.

Emlyn had learned his lesson before, but at this moment he couldn't wait to show off his power in front of others.

"I will be in Backlund with my students for some time." The High-Dimensional Overlooker said calmly to everyone.

Other than that, Sharon and Hugh did not answer Klein's question. Sharon had to stay in the southern continent to do something important, and Hugh would follow Klein, that is, the "world", to carry out Mr. Fool's mission.

"In that case, the 'World' will coordinate with you on future matters." There are quite a few members in Backlund during this period... Klein raised his hand:

"Let's start a free discussion."

…

Klein stepped out of the gray mist, wearing a black suit. His appearance slowly changed under the cover of the mist. The gray mist that looked like a spinning cocoon gradually peeled away, revealing a face that had experienced many hardships.

This is what Dwayne Dantes looks like.

"Hello, Mr. 'Sun'." The gray mist that remained around Klein slowly disappeared. The jumping hounds that seemed to be hidden in the mist also seemed to melt into the depths of the mist and turned transparent along with the mist.

He walked forward step by step, with a cane in his hand. The cane was completely black, and the handle was unexpectedly long.

At the end of the handle, away from the top of the cane, there is a burning oil lamp hanging.

This was the "granting ceremony" that Klein had arranged on himself with the help of the Fool's status.

Although he said he didn't care about this ceremony as a "Fool", he actually knew how important the aura and attitude of his followers during this ceremony were to his faith!

He walked forward step by step, and a door made of gray fog appeared in front of Klein. Under the gaze of many believers, his body merged into the door and disappeared into the church.

Hidden behind the door and the gray fog, Klein's body disappeared as if being erased by an eraser.

The next moment, his body appeared in a sky dotted with stars. Enshrouded in darkness, Klein opened his eyes again.

"Good day, Ms. Amanesis, the true creator." Klein nodded slightly and saluted the two. Although it was eternal night here, it was afternoon in the outside world. He looked around and did not see the figure of the high-dimensional overlord.

"Zhou Mingrui."

The goddess of night, Amanesis, spoke, her eyelids drooping, as if her entire face was shrouded in stars.

His sight seemed to shine through the veil of stars and directly onto Klein:

"I hope you can assist us in doing something."

"High Dimension - High Dimension Overlooker. He inherited the essence of the Outer Gods. For me and the True Creator, due to the existence of the "barrier", we have no way to spy on His true identity."

"Among us, you are the only one who has the closest relationship with Him. I hope that you can pay more attention to this aspect during your trip back to Backlund."

The Night Goddess paused for a moment

and said, "At the same time, the True Creator and I will grant you a gift each. Whether it is to guard against Amon or Adam, or against higher-dimensional observers who may have problems, our gifts are necessary for you."

The true Creator sat aside, keeping silent.

"The gift I bestow upon you is 'secret'."

Seeing that Klein did not respond, the Goddess of Night continued calmly, "Your existence will be hidden from everyone's eyes, and your connection with those people you once knew who were not so close to you will be cut off by the power of secrecy."

"The True Creator will also give you a breath of His will. In times of crisis, His grace can give you a chance to breathe. Of course, it has limited effect on angel kings like Amon and Adam."

Night Goddess added:

"Under the condition that secrecy can be used to the maximum extent, this is the greatest help we can give you. We will do our best to restrain Adam and Amon so that you will not directly encounter their real bodies in Backlund."

So, what is the price? Klein thought to himself.

The True Creator's gaze seemed to penetrate Klein's heart. He spoke calmly, his tone as warm as the sun:

"The former 'Lord of Mysteries' was also known as the 'King of Time and Space' and the 'Beacon of Destiny'. The gifts we give you now will become the 'Beacon' of Destiny because of the Lord of Mysteries' characteristics, and will generate feedback when you become a high-ranking Beyonder in the future."

"As for the feedback, without the detection of another pillar, even we have no way of knowing."

Klein was silent for a moment, as if he was hesitating. But soon, he said to the two gods in front of him:

"There is nothing without a price in this world. The only difference is the amount of the price."

"You two, when I was promoted to a demigod, I saw countless light cocoons hanging in Sefirah Castle. What I am pursuing now may fail, but the threat from the outside world is still hanging over our heads at all times."

"I don't know whether Gao Wei has good intentions or bad intentions towards us - even if we are both time travelers, we cannot have absolute trust in each other."

The True Creator nodded slightly, seeming to be very satisfied with Klein's performance.

Klein paused for a moment and said to the two gods, "Even if my fate changes in the future under the control of Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun because of your help, I will not regret what I am doing now."

"...Tell me what you are going to do next, Zhou Mingrui."

The True Creator spoke to Klein in a gentle tone, his eyes were gentle, like a kind father. The goddess of night, Amanesis, just stood quietly by, waiting for Klein to speak.

"Perhaps we can provide you with some advice on your future promotion direction."

The Goddess of Night added: "Although Antigonus is still under my surveillance, Adam and Amon still covet his uniqueness as the Fool."

"I - I will try to complete the Gate path's promotion ceremony when I advance to Sequence 2 and become a Sequence 2 Planeswalker."

"Don't worry - Zhou Mingrui. I can tell you right now what the promotion ceremony of the Planeswalker is. For you, this is a very difficult thing." The Goddess of Night looked at Klein:

"You need to cross the barrier."

"You need to leave a legend in nine places outside this planet. Only in this way can you leave your human form and become a true angel."

"And I shouldn't need to say much about the dangers that roam outside our world."

After hearing the words of the Goddess of Night, Klein pondered for a long time before speaking again:

"With Sefirah Castle by my side, if I can jump long enough during my promotion, and if I can travel far enough through the astral realm, and Sefirah Castle is strengthening my spirit, I may be able to successfully complete the ceremony of promotion to an angel."

"I don't know if this is Earth, and I don't know if my family will still exist after such a long time. But if I don't take this opportunity, I will regret it for the rest of my life."

"I know that on the road to becoming an angel, I will eventually lose a lot of things, but I am unwilling to give up the love in my heart."

"I know that some things are not precious until you lose them, but they are especially precious among all the things you have lost. (Note 1)"

"Like faith, like memories, like hometown."

"Even if my choice means I can no longer see fluttering leaves and butterflies, and can no longer feel happiness or sadness, I still don't want to lose my desire to explore my hometown."

"I—don't want to lose my love for my hometown."

"I don't want to lose the memory of being born as a human being."

—

"Even if I lose flowers and trees, even if I lose clouds and wind."

"I also don't want to lose the courage to pursue them."

(Volume 2: The Narrow Gate, finished.)

　(Note 1: Adapted from the video introduction of the B station UP host Yuli, "The Important Things She Lost", "It's not that you realize the preciousness after losing it, but among all the losses, those things are particularly precious.")

　　Volume 2, 170 chapters, about 680,000 words. If the free chapters are included, it should be the third volume.

　　It's finished. I may post my final remarks in the evening because I have to catch a train today, and I need to think carefully about the problems in this paper before posting the final remarks.

　　Therefore, the thank you remarks may be delayed

　　. I will start the third volume tomorrow