Part 4 The Undead Chapter 199 – A New Method of Obtaining Information
Glancing at Daniz’s expression, Anderson continued as if he hadn’t noticed anything:
”However, it seems that all their brains have been eaten by the walkers, fanatic to the point of near stupidity, not quite in line with my aesthetics, I cheated a bit and quit.
”Hey, why are you a little pale and have a lot of sweat on your face, have you gotten sunstroke? As a hunter, shouldn’t adapting to the environment be instinctive?”
Daniz raised his right hand, wiped the sweat, cursed twice in his mind and forced out a smile:
”I once heard someone say that once you believe in an evil god, it’s almost impossible to get rid of it again.”
As he said this, his chin lifted up, and he looked like I’ll see how you die, completely ignoring the fact that Germaine Sparrow had just offended the Aurora Society, and that he was wanted by the followers of the “Real Creator”, and he also didn’t remember that he was believing in a certain “Fool” who was suspected to be an evil god. “.
”Quite right.” Anderson responded without a hint of gloom in his smile, “It’s not like I really believe in it, all I was chanting were sentences I changed from the honorable name of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, they don’t really like to use their brains anyway, no they don’t have them at all, as long as they pretend to be a bit more pious on the surface and find a reason to fool them.”
Not waiting for Danez to start a discussion on this, he turned to the question:
”Why are you talking about the Aurora Society all of a sudden?”
Daniz took a hard bite of the roasted meat, slowly chewed and swallowed it, and purposely took an interval of twenty to thirty seconds before saying:
”Because I remembered something, Germaine Sparrow has done something unknown, and has been listed by the Aurora Council as a highly valued main target that must be removed, and by the way, there’s also the Spirit Order, and you and I are both recognized as having a connection with him.”
”Telling me to watch out for the Aurora Council, the Spirit Order?” Anderson nodded indistinctly and laughed, “Similar words, you seem to have said once recently, the Rose School, the Storm Church, the Lune military …… hiss, there are times when I think Germaine Sparrow is a better hunter than I am.”
Daniz, in a rare moment, didn’t bother to retort, and heaved his head in deep sympathy.
Anderson thought for a moment and suddenly changed the subject without warning:
”What exactly do you want to do on this trip to West Byron? Do a favor for Germaine Sparrow?”
Hearing this question, Daniz was silent for a second, put away the things in his hands, and not quickly or slowly straightened his clothes and said:
”A survey of the beliefs of the various classes of people in West Byron.”
This was the purpose of his trip, which he confirmed after discussing with “Iceberg Lieutenant General” Edwina, and to put it in a more colloquial way: to investigate the development and sphere of influence of the major hidden organizations in Sibiran.
Of course, this would be accompanied by initial contact with the local ruling forces to find out if they had any need to purchase guns and ammunition.
”Survey of the beliefs of the various segments of the population of Sibailang ……” Anderson repeated Danez’s words, reflexively raising his right hand and rubbing the corner of his forehead as if he had quite a headache.
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After finishing the tarot meeting and reminding the “General above the stars” to pay attention to the “investigation” of the Aurora Society and the Spirit Order, and to seek the help of the Moslem Ascetic Order, Klein was busy completing the “world” again, “Moon” and “Sun” three-way transaction, harvested 5000 pounds of cash.
Waiting for dinner, he read the paper with his unlit ornamental pipe in his mouth, and then saw his own messenger lady step out of the void to deliver a letter.
”Leonard’s ……” Crane reached out to take it while keeping an eye out for Renette Tignicole to stop by and realized that the messenger lady had quickly returned to the spirit world.
This allowed him to confirm that Leonard Mitchell had paid the postage and pulled his other hand out of his coat pocket and unfolded the letterhead:
”Ince Zangwill has appeared in East Byron, suspected to have met with Palenque Tassib of the Artificial Death faction of the Spirit Order ……”
Ince Zangwill …… Klein chewed on the name and slowly leaned back against the back of his easy chair.
In the letter, Leonard hoped that he could do some investigation in the dark as well to figure out Ince Zangwill’s purpose.
”But the problem is, only last time I mentioned that ‘0-08’ has a characteristic similar to ‘wherever words are spoken they will be known’, knowing it, one is also known by it at the same time, moreover, it excels at arranging coincidences, so that people will unknowingly follow its Command Baton …… Under such circumstances, it would be difficult to launch an investigation into Ince Zangwill without being detected by ‘0-08’, and not only would there be little chance of success, but it would also be easy to expose itself… … “Klein thought as he let Enzo “The Winner” come up behind him and squeeze his shoulders.
He read Leonard Mitchell’s letter from the beginning again, hoping to find more clues and possible entry points for his investigation in those few sentences:
”East Byron …… Spirit Order …… Artificial Death Faction …… Palenque Tassieb… …What does Innes Zangwill want with them? Seeking allies for that royal faction behind the scenes for the real killers of the Great Haze of Berkland?
”Artificial Death Faction …… Artificial Death Faction ……”
Klein thought to himself, suddenly remembering something that hardly anyone but himself and Mr. Aztec knew about:
The “Goddess of the Night” has taken initial control of the “uniqueness” of the “Death” pathway, the “Artificial Death”, and is now in the process of usurping, digesting, and transforming it into the “Artificial Death”. She is now in the process of usurping, digesting and mastering the corresponding authority!
In other words, the “Artificial God of Death” faction of the Spirit Order already believes in the “Goddess of Darkness” to a certain extent, and when the transfer and mastery of authority is over, they will definitely encounter a certain amount of cleansing, and gradually integrate into the Church of Darkness, or continue to operate in their current capacity! They will either continue to operate in their current capacity, or they will be in contact with other factions of the Spirit Order, and various hidden forces, and will cooperate with the actions of the “Night Watchers” without revealing their identity.
To Klein, this was not the point, the point was that he remembered that there was something mentioned in the ancient literature he had collected earlier:
In order to artificially create the Grim Reaper, that part of the Spirit Order would pray to the Uniqueness every day, as if the other party was a real deity, trying to arouse its spirit little by little, so that it would be revitalized step by step.
Of course, this is only one part of the plan, and not the key.
”Does the possibility exist, then, that Palenque Tassib, in praying to the ‘Artificial Death,’ mentioned the purpose of Ince Zangwill for blessing?
”But what he could not have imagined was that the ‘Artificial God of Death’ on the opposite side had already been controlled by the ‘Goddess of Darkness’, and although he had not yet become the incarnation of the other side, he had lost his ‘freedom ‘
”From this perspective this logic, directly arranging the ritual and praying to the goddess, it might be possible to get what Ince Zangwill was aiming for …… This, might not be impossible!” The more Klein thought about it, the more he felt that there was a possibility of success for this seemingly absurd program of his.
And the basis for this possibility to become reality was:
The enemy’s “leader” is our “undercover”!
Making Enzo stop squeezing, Klein slowly got up and paced back and forth, considering whether and how to try it.
”Ince Zangwill is a traitor to the Church and a disgrace to all the ‘Night Watchers’, and given the chance to remove him, the Goddess should be happy to, and wouldn’t mind a little help ……
”But now is the critical period for the goddess to digest the power of mastering the ‘Artificial Death’, k may not be able to give a response for a very long time, and can only maintain the feedback of the normal ritual magic, moreover, I also lack the appropriate materials… …
”Also, I have been cautioning myself to have the necessary vigilance, not to completely trust and rely on the goddess …… Praying directly to k and obtaining ‘oracles’ always feels not too good, I hope to maintain a safe distance …… “In the midst of his thoughts, Klein hesitated for a moment.
He fanned his thoughts out, trying to find a more acceptable solution.
Suddenly, an even more absurd idea came to him:
Pray directly to the “Artificial Death”!
On the one hand, this was actually not dangerous, because the Artificial Death itself would not respond to prayers and rituals, and if it received feedback, it would mean that it was essentially the “Goddess of the Night” who was “operating” the ritual. “On the other hand, Klein has the feathers left over from the “Artificial Reaper Program” and the Aztec Copper Whistle, so he doesn’t need to spend a long time collecting materials to set up the ritual of praying for the “oracle”!
”In addition, there is also a layer of separation, not directly with the goddess ‘contact’, maybe this can help k further grasp the authority of the ‘artificial god of death’.” Klein relieved himself and began to busy himself in the room.
First, he utilized the “Sacrifice and Giving Ritual” to bring one of the two remaining feathers, the long-unused “Full Moon” Essential Oil, Night Vanilla Powder, and other items back to the real world, and then, he remodeled the altar and completed the preparations for the ritual! –Anyway, the essence of the ritual was to pray to the “Goddess of the Night”, so he didn’t bother to buy additional ritual materials for the “God of Death” realm.
It was no different from normal ritual magic. Klein skillfully lit a candle, dripped essential oils, and drew occult symbols such as “man” and “hidden” on the imitation parchment, then pressed the Aztec copper whistle onto it in the light mist that filled the room.
He then placed the white feather, stained with yellowish oil, into the silver bowl of burning powdered herbs, and saw that it did not curl at all, and showed no sign of scorching.
Exhaling silently, Krynn stepped back and chanted in Hermetic:
”You are the essence of death;
”You are the monarch of the dead;
”You are the last of all living things.
”I pray for Your help, and pray to know the purpose of Inns Zangwill’s liaison with the Order of the Spirit.
”……”
As soon as he spoke, the three candle flames swelled steeply, seemingly becoming much brighter, but tinted with an eerie green color, and the surroundings became eerily cold for a moment.
Klein slightly apprehensively closed his eyes and meditated for thirty seconds, walked to the front of the altar, picked up the “full moon” oil, and added a drop to each of the three candles.
When he was done, he retrieved the Aztec brass whistle, grabbed the imitation parchment, brought it up to the flame of the candle that symbolized “I”, lit it and threw it into the silver bowl.
The white feather, which had been undamaged, burst into flames, completely covering the bowl and obscuring Kraven’s vision.
Two to three seconds later, the flames completely receded, and only a pile of powder remained inside the silver bowl.
Those powders were windless and formed one word after another:
”Evil Spirit Possession, needs to be exorcized.”