Part 5 THE RED PRIESTS Chapter 143 A Difficult Choice
After sitting for a while, Klein raised his hand and rubbed the corner of his forehead, stood up and took four steps backwards into the gray mist.
He then manifested Gelman Sparrow, and by praying to Mr. Fool, he sent two messages to Daniz and Gadelia the Hidden, respectively.
For the former, it was to remind him to be careful of the Secret Society. Although Klein didn’t think that Charatu would go directly to Daniz, who was obviously involved with Gelman Sparrow, but in any case, it’s never wrong to remind him – as a “Trickster”, Klein had a good understanding of the “Trickster”, but he didn’t know much about it. As a “Trickster”, Klein has a certain understanding of the “Diviner” path of extraordinary people, I believe that those who can really grow up are cautious and careful enough, which does not exclude the exceptions and oddballs, but certainly does not include Sequence 1 Chalatu.
In the current situation, in the eyes of the angels who have grasped enough hidden secrets, Daniz is more like a fish bait deliberately thrown out, specifically used to fish for certain targets, so the probability is that Chalatu will be very prudent and careful to avoid, at most, send members of the Secret Cult to do some roundabout and sideways investigation.
By the same token, Klein’s words to the “Hidden One” Gadelia also had this aspect, but this was not the main point, the main point was to ask her to immediately contact the “Queen of Mysteries” Bernadette, saying that Germaine Sparrow would like to meet with her as soon as possible. In addition, Klein also told the “General of the Stars” in advance that he wanted to delay the matter until the next Tarot meeting, so that she could decide whether or not to buy the “cultivator” pathway Sequence 5 “Druid” and Sequence 4 “Classical Alchemist” and “Druid” and “Classical Alchemist”. “Classical Alchemist” magic potion formula.
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West of the Berserk Sea, Selos Island.
Daniz, who was collecting clues about the whereabouts of the “Disease Lieutenant General”, was holding a glass filled with golden beer, and his expression suddenly became extremely complicated.
”What’s the matter? Seeing someone and recalling an indescribable encounter?” Anderson shook the “Lie Lanzi” malt distillate in his hand and smiled as he teased Daniz, whose state appeared abnormal.
Daniz took a gulp of his beer, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and said with a rather depressed expression:
”We’ll have to watch out for the Mithraists next ……”
Ever since he had met Germaine Sparrow, he had heard similar words often, and the reaction had gone from the initial panic and dismay to nothing more than numbness and depression.
He suspected that one day he would be wanted by every organization, large and small, named and unnamed, except for Mr. Fool.
Anderson sniffed and looked Danitz up and down a few times and tsked and laughed:
”There are times when I think Germaine Sparrow is more of a hunter than I am.
”Heh, so you have a special method of contact, you don’t even need to summon a messenger.”
Daniz was about to make a casual remark when, at the door of the tavern, an Intisian rushed in, holding a telegraph report:
”Fusak air raid on Bekrand, Rune officially declares war!”
A declaration of war? Anderson and Daniz exchanged a glance, relying on the pathway characteristic to keenly smell the scent of a large-scale war.
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”Forsak attacked the ports of Beckland and Pritz, Ruen officially declared war …… The three fleets of ironclads are not in the ports, have no losses, and are rushing back to the coast of Ruen one after the other ……” “Admiral on the Stars” Gadelia’s flotilla happened to pass by Oravi Island and gathered all kinds of information from the telegrams that came and went.
She was about to ponder how a pirate group could handle itself in this situation when she suddenly saw the boundless gray mist and heard the words of Germaine “The World” Sparrow.
”Beware of the Mithraeum, beware of the Chaletu ……” In a way, the first thing that Gadelia, who was a native of Intis, paid attention to was the least important thing.
Because of this, she had no doubts about the request of Germaine Sparrow, “The World”, to meet with the Queen as soon as possible, seeing it as an extension of the Mithraic Order’s relevance to Chalatu.
Finally, her lips parted and she whispered the names of the two magical potions:
”Druid …… Classical Alchemist ……
”The modern name for this Sequence 4 would be ‘Ancient Alchemist’, which was also previously known as ‘Human Alchemist’ …… ”
Gadelia unconsciously paced to the window, cast his eyes down below, at this time, and Bakerland time difference between the sea, Frank Lee and “artisan” Sharf is leaning against the side of the gangway, basking in the sunset, the former face is relaxed, very comfortable, but the eyes of the slight puzzlement, as if there are still some questions that have not been able to be solved, the latter pale face , lips slightly trembling, clothes scattered with one mushroom after another.
Druid …… Ancient Alchemist …… “Star Above General” Gadelia repeated those two special terms again, only to feel something heavy pressing down on her.
After ten or so seconds, Gadelia pushed up the heavy glasses resting on the bridge of her nose and mentally relieved herself:
”Mr. ‘Fool’ didn’t even hint at anything, so that means it’s not a big deal ……”
As such thoughts arose, points of bright starbursts drifted down, condensing a ladder of light between the captain’s cabin window and the deck.
Gadelia descended along the ladder and walked over to Frank Lee and Sharf.
After a few seconds of silence, Gadelia spoke up and asked:
”Frank, what are your ideals?”
It was only then that Frank Lee realized that the Captain had come over, and with a brace of his palms, he rolled over and stood up:
”Ideas?”
The “biologist” said, after a moment’s serious reflection:
”To be able to study the soil, crops and hybridization techniques without restriction, as well as, so that there will be no more famines in the human race, so that there will be equality between people, what you can do, I can do, what you can grow, I can grow …….”
Hearing this, next to the “craftsman” Sharf slowly rolled over and squatted silently to the side, opened his mouth and vomited.
Frank Lee was not affected at all and continued:
”And to have such a world, we must have enough food and resources, so I hope to create a variety of creatures that can cope with different environments and different conditions, oh, everyone will have their own tendencies, I prefer fish, cattle, spores …… ”
”The General above the stars”, Gadelia listened to Frank’s statement without much expression, only pushing the thick glasses on the bridge of her nose three times in a row in the process.
After a moment of silence, Gadelia turned to the question:
”Your current research is just short of the final step?”
”Yes, it’s just short of some catalyzing of the ‘Druid’ ability, if I can’t get the recipe again, I’d like to ask Sharf to help me make magical items out of the extraordinary properties of the ‘Druids’ I have in my hands.” Frank replied matter-of-factly.
”No, I won’t help you! You demon!” The silently vomiting ‘artisan’ Sharf raised his head and cried out sharply.
Gadelia quietly watched this scene, and with a flip of her palm, she produced a gold coin from somewhere.
Clang!
The gold coin first tumbled up, then landed in the palm of Gadelia’s hand, the human head side up.
”There’s the ‘Druid’ magic potion formula, from Germaine Sparrow, 5000 gold pounds.” Gadelia spoke in great detail, as if she was deliberately speaking to the “artisan” Scharf, so that he would know who the real “murderer” was.
Sheer joy came into Frank Lee’s eyes:
”What a good man he is!
”Uh, Captain, I’ve only saved up to £3,000 so far, could you lend me £2,000?”
He had spent most of his savings on the Druidic Extraordinary trait, and had even sold some of his belongings to do so.
Once again, Gadelia was silent, and after a few seconds, she nodded at Frank Lee’s eager eyes:
”Yes.”
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North District, Birkeland Medical College Hospital.
Eudora was lying on the hospital bed with a wooden expression, without a bit of vigor that belonged to a young girl.
She woke up early from her coma, but did not open her eyes, so she heard the doctor tell her parents that her right leg, which had been injured in the air raid, would probably not be saved, and that she had to be prepared to have it amputated.
Afterwards, she lay in a daze, feeling that many people came over one after another, among them, Audrey, the trustee of the “Ruane Charitable Scholarship Fund”, who originally only visited the student next door, heard about her and expressed her willingness to pay for the subsequent treatment costs, and the school principal, Mr. Portland Moment, promised to make the most advanced and most convenient mechanical prosthetic limb to enable her to live like a normal person. Mr. Portland Mormont, the principal of the school, promised to create a state-of-the-art and most convenient mechanical prosthetic limb so that she could walk like a normal person.
But all these did not dispel the grayness, heaviness, sadness and despair in Eudora’s heart.
She was not yet 18 years old and had not yet had time to savor the beauty of life, but she was about to lose her leg and her ideals.
Her family was not rich, her father was a grocery store owner who believed in the “Lord of Storms”, rough, savage, unwilling to reason with women, her mother was timid and cowardly, dependent on her father to survive, subsidizing the family with hard work, if it were not for the lack of a second child in the family, Eudora would not have been able to go to school, but even so, her father chose a technical school such as the Bakerland Technical School, which would yield quick results. But even so, her father had chosen a place like Bakerland Technical School, where he could see results quickly.
She had previously lamented her good fortune that the Bakeland Technical School had been reorganized into the Bakeland Technical University, and that she had passed the exams and become a real university student, which filled her with smiles every day, spreading happiness to those around her and giving her free time to pursue poetry.
Eudora’s ambition is to stay in school in the future, to be a university teacher, to find a husband who likes her and herself, without interrupting her poetry, which she hopes to publish in magazines and newspapers.
Now, all this was destroyed by a bomb that fell from the sky, unmercifully and with extraordinary coldness.
I don’t know how long it was, but Eudora silently pulled the covers up over her face and let out a low, thin cry like the lowing of a young animal.
The cry did not cease, and continued for some time, when Eudora suddenly lifted the covers with some feeling, and saw a dark shadow standing at some time by the side of the bed.
The dark figure had a face, half entirely covered with mushrooms, half overgrown with weeds, and held a log-colored cane in its palm.
”……” Eudora couldn’t even manage to scream, only feeling that her heart was about to explode.
And the dark shadow touched her with the tip of the cane.
Eudora instantly felt her heart return to normal, while her right leg was cool and she seemed to feel something.
She looked again at the side of the bed, where there was no dark shadow.
In her bewilderment, Eudora moved her right leg and realized that there was no pain at all, as if she had never been hurt at all.
She pulled the covers up again and covered her face hole.
A few dozen seconds later, a cry of disbelief, horror, and a few moments of joy came from under the covers.