Part 1 THE JOKER Chapter 191 Unknown Motives
Through the woods and across the man-made lake, Zilingus, favored by the wind, shook off his pursuers behind him.
He looked around, intending to disguise his escape by diving down the aqueduct into the Tassock River, and then turn and run into the economic center of Birkeland, the Hillsdon district.
Just then, a sudden flash of light caught his eye, and he saw the various colors of the darkness become unusually intense.
The lime green trees became even more lime green, the bright red fruits became even more bright red, the dark waters became even more dark, and everything looked like a canvas that had been splashed with oil colors.
And high in the sky, where the Crimson Moon was obscured, there were countless transparent shadows of indescribable form, and bright, clear lights of different colors that held mysterious knowledge.
Zylingus found himself paused, floating in mid-air, with the ghostly black water that was rising beneath his feet, and a pale-skinned palm clawing outward beneath the surface to ingest it.
Oops! Qi Lingus understood that he had encountered an ambush by someone else.
And the strength of the ambusher was definitely not low!
A huge humanoid skeleton appeared in front of his eyes, this monster was four meters tall, with dark flames burning in its eye sockets, and its white bones were illusory and hazy.
Qi Lingus gazed at his enemy without emotion, a cold smile sketching out from the corner of his mouth.
At the same time, the glove on his left palm blossomed with a brilliant light, becoming as if it was made of pure gold.
Zylingus’ body leaned back and his arms spread out as if he was embracing the sun.
A pure, fiery light suddenly descended from the sky, enveloping the huge skeleton, and the whole oil painting-like world shook violently, as the pale palms under the dark water evaporated one by one.
This is the extraordinary power of the “Priest of Light”!
This is the extraordinary power of the Sun Pathway Sequence 5!
This is the nemesis of the dead!
The pillar of brilliant light dispersed, and the huge skeleton’s dark flames in its eye sockets instantly went out, then became transparent and dissipated into the air inch by inch.
Qi Lingus did not wait to use the “Priest of Light” ability to break the oil painting world, his expression froze.
He saw that a huge skeleton appeared on his left hand side, nearly four meters tall, with black flames burning in its eye sockets, exactly the same as the monster just now.
Immediately after that, the same skeleton monster appeared one after another around Qi Lingus, one, two, three …… more than a hundred!
Those hundreds of pairs of eyes burning with pitch-black flames simultaneously cast their sights on their targets.
And below, the ghostly black water was getting higher and higher, on the verge of touching the soles of Zilingus’ feet.
A pale, illusory palm grew out again and kept waving upwards, trying to grab the straw that saved his life.
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”You guys spread out and go after them, try to surround them.” Cardinal Ace Snake of the Storm Church commanded, taking to the air in the suddenly whipping hurricane winds and flying in the direction that Zilingus had fled.
Duke Negan and others did not join the ranks of the “vicarious punishers”, self-respect, standing by the window, standing on the balcony to watch, and at this time, the ordinary nobles who panicked and ran about slowly calm down.
Because of the previous darkness, screams and shouts, they did not know exactly what had happened, but only knew that the Duke might have encountered an assassin.
Gritting his teeth, Alger Wilson ran out of Duke Negan’s mansion and rushed around the municipal park across the street towards the Hillsdon district.
He did not want to miss even the slightest hope!
Suddenly, he heard a voice being “carried” by the wind:
”There’s no need to catch up.”
No need to chase? Cardinal Snake’s voice …… Alger ran a few more steps before stopping and turning to look into the sky in confusion.
He saw Archbishop Snake, wearing black robes embroidered with storm symbols, hovering above the woods and the man-made lake, gazing diagonally down.
Alger frowned, not bothering to think about the reason, and ran at high speed towards where the cardinal was.
As the distance drew closer, he could see more and more clearly with the extraordinary ability of the Voyager.
The square face of the “God’s singer” did not have the slightest expression, but his posture showed his gravity, and his gray hair, which was drilled out from under the black floppy hat, swung gently in the wind, setting off his unusually serious silver eyes.
Alger withdrew his gaze and ran out of the woods.
The cool surface of the lake glittering with scarlet moonlight suddenly appeared within his eyes, and a tall figure close to this side of the water’s shore emerged.
The figure had a distinctive wide chin, brown hair tied in an ancient warrior’s bun at the back of his head, and dark green eyes that were cold but empty.
Zylingus!
”Hurricane Lieutenant General” Tsilingus!
Alger was stunned, then shocked and delighted, unable to believe his eyes, suspecting that the darkness was causing him to hallucinate.
Before he had time to react, he saw Zillinger’s face rotting rapidly, rotting to the point of yellow-green pus, rotting to the point where flesh and blood fell off piece by piece.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
Zilingus’s face was nothing but white bones, and his two hollow eyes detached from their depressions and smashed onto the ground by the lake in no particular order.
In the sound of clicking, Zilingus fell apart completely, clothing laying on top of it, obscuring the rotting chunks of flesh and white bones from the flickering light.
In less than twenty seconds, Tsilingus, one of the seven pirate generals, died in front of Alger in such a bizarre manner.
This frightening scene was deeply imprinted in Alger’s mind, making him suspect that he was having a horrible nightmare.
What had happened?
Didn’t Tsilingus manage to escape?
How could he die here in such a strange and simple way?
What had happened to him that he lost his life in a short period of time ……?
He was the “Wind Favored One” of Sequence 6, and he was the owner of “Creeping Hunger”!
Who did this?
Why did they kill Zillinger ……
Just when Alger could not contain the countless thoughts that flashed through his mind, he heard the magnetic voice of Ace Snake, the “Singer of the Gods”:
”Have you told anyone else about the information?”
”Is there anyone else who knows about the information itself?”
Alger regained his composure for a moment, glanced at the corpse of Zilingus, and explained in a well-prepared manner:
”I just received the intelligence and reported it to you, Archbishop.”
Speaking here, he couldn’t help but grumble in his heart: if it wasn’t for the fact that Ace Snake had gone for a walk along the Tassock River, making himself spend a not-so-short amount of time searching for him, Zilingus might not have been able to escape from Duke Negan’s mansion at all!
Of course, he wouldn’t dare to voice such a grievance in front of a High Sequence powerhouse, and could only respectfully and humbly continue his description:
”The personnel who got the intelligence directly even sacrificed their lives because of it, while those who relayed it did not open the letter, this, I can confirm.”
”But I can’t be sure if there is still a leak at the source of the intelligence, and since we can know about it, others might as well.”
As Alger spoke, he also speculated in his mind about who had taken out “Hurricane Lieutenant General” Tsilingus:
The person or organization who commissioned Tsilingus to assassinate Duke Negan? But since Tsilingus has successfully escaped, and there is no possibility of leaking anything, there is no reason to kill him ah …… If it were me, I would let Tsilingus lurk, in the case of everyone thought he had escaped from the situation of Birkeland, and then assassinate ……
And Zillingerus has always trusted only himself, he will not tell anyone about the assassination plan in advance, the Duke of Neagan has been holding a lot of parties lately for a few motions in September, there is no worry about not having the opportunity to do so, and no one but Zillingerus himself can be sure of when and on what occasion he will do it …… Unless, unless it’s a bit of a “prophet”…… probably very low ……
Another power? Impossible, Ms. Justice found out the problem on the spot and passed the information by praying to Mr. Fool, there can’t be an organization that got the information at the same time except us ……
Mr. “Fool”…… Alger was shocked and thought of a possibility:
The one who did it was Mr. Fool’s dependents!
He just happened to be in Birkeland and “just happened” to help!
The more Alger thought about it, the more he realized that it was close to the truth:
Only the members and subordinates of the “Tarot Club” could know the information first!
Only the “Fool’s” dependents can make people feel that things are strange and lack of purpose!
While he was thinking about this, Archbishop Snake was silent for a moment and said to the other “vicarious punishers” who were arriving one after another:
”Zilingus is dead, a High Sequence powerhouse killed him, or used a seal of the same rank, but that’s rather dangerous and unlikely.”
”After initial observation, I think it’s a high sequence powerhouse from the ‘Reaper’ pathway, perhaps a member of the Spirit Order, but not the one I know, and possibly a member of another hidden organization.”
”Motive unknown.”
The Spirit Teaching Corps originated in the southern continent, and it was said that it was first established as a hidden organization by certain descendants of the God of Death who tried to resurrect the God of Death, and after the invasion and colonization of the southern continent, they nearly overthrew it, but ultimately tenaciously survived, and developed to the countries of the northern continent.
High sequence powerhouse …… Yes, only a high sequence powerhouse can take out Zilingus in such a short time! One of the dependents under Mr. “Fool” is in the high sequence …… This is a “demigod” ah! Alger once again looked at the puddle of white bones, the whole person’s state is very abstract, as if losing all the emotions, is staring blankly, stupefied at everything.
If one day, I betrayed the “fool” Mr. …… He suddenly came up with such a thought.
Immediately afterward, his mind immediately came back to the horror of Zillinger’s rapidly decaying appearance.
Alger involuntarily shivered and lowered his head.
At the same time, he relaxed.
Since it was impossible to disengage and difficult to resist, he could only choose loyalty.
Phew …… Once Zilingus is dead, there’s no one to threaten me with that secret anymore! He exhaled, completely settling down.
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Inside Duke Negan’s mansion, Audrey Hall, who was accompanying her mother and the noble ladies to discuss the assassination just now, saw her father, who had two beautiful moustaches, appear at the door.
She made an excuse to leave the lounge and went outside on the balcony of the hall.
”Daddy, what’s the matter?” Audrey looked up at Count Hall with emerald eyes.
She inherited her pupil color from her mother, not her father.
Earl Hall laughed softly:
”The matter is settled, my child, you need not worry anymore.”
”Well …… did you tell anyone else about Baron Gramiel being a fake?”
”No.” Audrey shook her head firmly.
I only told a near divine being …… she added silently in her mind.
She thought about it for a moment and described it a couple more times specifically:
”After I told you, I went to the washroom and then to my mom’s, so you can ask her.”
”Hmm.” Earl Hall nodded slightly, and without further comment, turned to mention, “Zillinger is dead, killed.”
”Who?” Audrey was surprised and excited.
”I don’t know, we can’t even guess why the murderer killed Zilingus, it’s really hard to understand.” Earl Hall paused and said, “Maybe it’s a person, maybe it’s an organization, hidden and powerful organization.”
I can’t guess the purpose …… hidden, powerful organization …… could it be Mr. Fool’s dependents? Is it our “Tarot Club”! Audrey suddenly realized something.