Part 4 The Undead Chapter 187 – “Perfect” Reasoning
BECKLAND, JORWOOD.
Forsyth, who was taking a nap, suddenly woke up from his dream, saw the boundless gray mist and Mr. Moon, who was bowing his head and praying, and heard the clear words from the other side:
”…… Southeastern suburb of Berkland, in the center of the Drell Forest, there is an abandoned old castle, which is infested with at least two ancient spirits, and there are other dead souls as well, so we can’t rule out the possibility that there is an extraordinary person living there, the coordinates of the location are… …”
Finally there is the “Records Officer” main material news, worth 300 pounds of news …… Forsyth a burst of joy, immediately thanked Mr. “Fool”, and asked k to tell “Moon” that the payment would be made later.
Putting an end to the matter, she rolled over and got up, and went down to the first floor, intending to pour a glass of wine, and in the meantime to think over when she was going to explore the old, abandoned castle, and what preparations she would need to make.
”‘Lemanor’s Traveling Notes’ can’t be rented out these days …… Hugh will have to take it with him as well …… There are quite a few undead in that old abandoned castle and it’s quite dangerous, will have to Consider the matching of ‘magic’, if it’s flawed, or not targeted enough, pay Mr. ‘World’, Mr. ‘Inverted Hangman’, and ‘ Sun’ and they record the corresponding extraordinary abilities …… “Although Voorhees has little practical combat experience, he has also been hanging out in several circles of extraordinary people for some years, and later joined the Tarot Society, so he has heard and seen a lot, and naturally knows how to make preparations before adventuring I’ve heard and seen a lot, so naturally I know how to prepare myself before venturing out.
As for the option of asking Mr. World to do the work for her, she had long since dismissed it, believing that giving the other party all of her earnings plus her own savings would not match the reward.
Of course, if her attempted exploration proved that the abandoned castle was indeed very dangerous, and not a place where an extraordinary person of her level could penetrate, then she would be brave enough to take on the debt, after all, there is only hope when you are alive, and there is only a future when you are alive.
Theoretically, it should not come to this point, “Lemanor’s travel notes” on the “world” Mr. left two demigod level extraordinary ability, at most, first use, and then find a way to make up for it … … …The only problem is that those two demigod-level extraordinary abilities may not be suitable for dealing with the spirits and the undead……… Forsyth took a sip of her Winter Black Rand, and various ideas gradually took shape.
It was at this time that she heard the sound of a key being inserted into the lock hole, and instinctively cast her gaze toward the door.
The door slammed open backward and Hugh walked in carrying two richly scented paper bags.
”Dixie pies?” Forsyth first inquired offhandedly, then frowned in confusion, “Don’t you have a lot of commissions lately, why are you back so early?”
Hugh threw one of the bags of Dixie Pies over, and said with a hard-to-conceal smile:
”I just happened to pass by and didn’t have any lunch, so I planned to take a break.”
Not waiting for Voorhees to ask again, she volunteered:
”I’ve saved up enough merit honors! Soon I’ll be able to exchange it for the ‘Inquisitor’ magic potion formula!”
Although she had yet to make any substantial progress in her task of monitoring Viscount Stephod, it was a type of task that could also accumulate merits on a daily basis, and as long as she submitted a qualified report every week, she could obtain the corresponding “bounty”, so with the other commissions completed to varying degrees, Hugh was already able to obtain the “Inquisitor” magic potion formula. The “Inquisitor” magic potion formula.
”Finally ……” Forsyth was sincerely happy for her friend, and then shook the wine glass in her hand, “Do you want to drink a little bit to celebrate?”
At the same time, she associated herself:
This is really great, after becoming Sequence 7, Hugh should be able to experience a certain qualitative change, and explore that ancient castle with more certainty!
Hugh looked at the clear liquid in the wine glass and shook his head continuously:
”Drinking is not good!”
Saying that, she frowned:
”Besides, I hate the taste of it.”
Grabbing Foerth’s mouth before he could say anything, she suddenly remembered something and directly stood up, walking towards the door:
”I just saw the letterbox stuffed with stuff, haven’t you even opened it today?”
”Not yet.” Forsyth put on an I’m-busy-I-have-to-catch-up look.
Hugh, being very much a man of action, didn’t even listen to her explanation and had already opened the door and gone out, fiddling with the letterbox.
After ten seconds or so she returned with a pile of newspapers and a couple of letters, looking at the recipients as she did so:
”All for you! Two from publishers, an invitation to a surgical exchange, and one from Port Pritzker.”
Pritzport …… Forsyth’s heart fluttered as she put down her glass of wine and caught the letter that Hugh threw at her.
She opened all the letters in front of her best friend, seemingly frankly, and found that one of them was indeed from her own teacher, Dorian Gray Abraham:
”…… Calderon City is a rather special place in the depths of the Spirit World, I am not able to confirm its origin, I only know that it is very dangerous, there was once a demigod who entered and never managed to come out again …… When you sell the specific Spirit World coordinates When you sell the specific Spirit World coordinates to that party member, it is necessary to remind him of them ……”
Mr. “World” was targeting such a dangerous city in the spirit world? Voorhees gazed at the letterhead in his hand, his eyes widening slightly.
……
The “Red Glove” team, which had already arrived at the next East Byron city, met up with the local night watchman and occupied one of the other offices.
”Everyone take half a day to rest and recuperate, we’ll start moving in the early hours of the morning.” Solstice pulled out his pocket watch and pressed it open to look at it.
They were going to strike a hidden stronghold of the Spirit Order this time, find more information on the Artificial Reaper Program, and dig out another group of enemies hiding in Beckland.
As for the information obtained from Ulrika, it had already been sent back to Birkeland through telegrams, so there was no need for them to worry about the follow-up, after all, they were not the only “Red Glove” team, but Birkeland’s local night watchmen were even more numerous and powerful.
Leonard and Daley were about to find a place to rest, when a night watchman with partial East Baylon ancestry came in with a piece of paper and said:
”There’s a new telegram from Bekrand.”
Thorst reached out and took the piece of paper, unfolding it and reading it for a few seconds with a grave expression:
”Germaine Sparrow has reappeared, and using the means of divination it is confirmed that it is the man himself.”
Germaine Sparrow …… Leonard was not surprised by the result, because he had long known from Dawn Dantes that his former colleague Klein Moretti was still alive.
Curious, he asked:
”And what has Germaine Sparrow done?”
Thorst looked round and said gravely:
”He boarded the ‘Black Tulip’ and transformed Hell Admiral ‘Ludwell’ into his secret puppet.”
”Hell Admiral?”
”Ludwell?”
”Secret Puppet?”
The “Red Gloves” could not hide their astonishment as they spoke out, and even Leonard Mitchell was extremely surprised.
To know, wearing the God of Death’s legacy ring “Hell Admiral” Ludwig in the seven pirate generals in the highest bounty, the strongest strength, is recognized as the “four kings” under the first person, is not ordinary sequence 5 can be compared to, and Germaine Sparrow can be in his On his ship, surrounded by his army of undead and many subordinates, he was turned into a secret puppet!
–Although they didn’t know much about “Faceless Man” and “Master of Secret Puppets”, the term “Secret Puppet” alone could be visualized. Although they didn’t know much about “Faceless Man” or “Master of Secret Puppets”, just the term “Secret Puppet” made people realize that “Admiral of Hell” Ludwig’s end might be more tragic than death.
How powerful was he? Did he sneak behind the door of St. Samuel’s Church in order to perform a demigod ritual? Leonard gradually fell silent and didn’t ask any more questions.
At that moment, Solstice took the initiative and said:
”According to the crew members who escaped from the ‘Black Tulip’, there was no battle at that time; Germaine Sparrow boarded the ship with another man, and as soon as ‘Admiral Hell’ Ludwell saw the other man, he abandoned the resistance and prostrated himself on the deck, mouthing the name ‘Consul of Death,’ after which he allowed Germaine Sparrow to turn himself into a secret puppet.”
”The Consul of Death ……” Leonard subconsciously turned his head sideways and looked at Daley Simone.
He thought that this Sequence 5 of the “Corpse Collector” pathway should know what “Death Consul” stood for.
Daley let out a “heh” and shook her head:
”I only know that in the past, in the Byron Empire, the one who ruled the real world was the blood descendant of the ‘God of Death’, known as the ‘Death Consul’.”
”But the leader of the Spirit Order’s royal faction never called himself ‘Death Consul’.” Another “Red Glove”, Cindy, spoke up in confusion.
This was the more public information within the Night Watch, and those who had reached Sequence 7 or above, or had joined the “Red Gloves”, were all qualified to look through it.
As for the Artificial Death Faction, no one would call themselves “Death Consul”.
”Who knows? Maybe the Spirit Order has split and multiplied again, and there’s an additional ‘Death Consul’ faction.” Daley first responded casually, then said thoughtfully, “Germaine Sparrow’s origins are mysterious, and his purpose for sneaking behind the Channis Gate is unknown, so perhaps it really is related to the Spirit Order.”
The Spirit Order had always been the main target of the Black Night Church’s strikes, and the conflict between the two sides was extremely deep.
This sentence immediately reminded Leonard Mitchell, because he knew that Germaine Sparrow was Klein Moretti, and joined a hidden organization that worshipped the “Fool” using tarot cards as a symbol, and had a cooperative relationship with the Spirit Order at best.
”Several of the current factions of the Spirit Order do not have a ‘Consul of Death’ …… ‘Admiral of Hell’ Ludwell is almost certainly the Spirit Order’s ‘arm’, and dealing with him is the same as dealing with the Spirit Order ……
”Dawn Dantes once said that the members of that hidden organization came from different places and had different purposes …… Klein’s purpose is revenge, so could there be one whose purpose is to combat the Spirit Order, gradually incorporate them, and resurrect or recreate the Grim Reaper with his ego as the main focus?
”Since there exists Dawn Dantes, an undead monster that survived the Fourth Age, it’s normal for that hidden organization to have another ancient ‘Consul of Death’, perhaps his corresponding tarot card is the ‘God of Death’! ” In an electric whirl of thoughts, Leonard felt that he had grasped the truth.
Then, he associated a few more details:
Dawn Dantes was an undead monster that had survived the Fourth Age;
He knew the Southern Continent well;
He had recently left Berkland and his current whereabouts were unknown!
Leonard was creeped out and took the opportunity of his teammates’ discussion to pick up his teacup, cover his mouth, and whisper to himself:
”Old man, could Dawn Dantes be the ‘Consul of Death’?”
Palles Zoroaster’s slightly aged voice said with a slight chuckle:
”No.
”The ‘Consul of Death’ of the Byron Empire was both a status title and the name of Sequence 2 of the ‘Death’ pathway at the time.”
Sequence 2 …… that hidden organization also has a bit of Sequence 2 angel …… Leonard eyes narrowed and whispered again:
”Why are you certain that Dawn Dantes is not the ‘Consul of Death’? Because he is not an angel?”
Palleson chuckled:
”No, the reason is simple, you’ve seen the portrait of the real ‘Death Consul’ and may have even had contact with him when you Night Watchers were investigating the ‘Welch Suicide’.
”He’s a faculty member in the history department at Hoy University, Azik Eggers.”
Azick Eggers …… Leonard was stunned at first, and then it dawned on him.
He finally understood why Klein Moretti was able to come back from the dead, why being cursed was not a problem, and why he was able to join that hidden organization that used tarot cards as a symbol, while usually not seeing anything too peculiar!
The reason is that there exists a member of the hidden organization behind Klein, corresponding to the tarot card as:
”Death”!