Part 5 The Red Priests Chapter 5 Drawing Cards
By the time Leonard reacted, a towering pillar of stone had appeared in front of him, standing above the infinite gray mist that held up the magnificent palace that was the residence of giants.
Green eyes bewildered, froze for a second, Leonard realized that he somehow sat on the side of a mottled ancient bronze table, beside and across the high-backed chairs that gave people a sense of majesty and solemnity.
At the top of the mottled table, a silhouette was shrouded by a thick gray fog, leaning back leisurely, seemingly looking down on everything in the world.
As soon as this figure was reflected in Leonard’s eyes, it was as if he had boarded a passenger ship and was facing the abyssal sea where he couldn’t see the edge or the bottom, or he had walked out of the city and came to the suburbs, looking up at the lofty mountain peaks into the clouds.
In an instant, Leonard’s mind flashed through one thought after another, and he had a rough guess about his own situation, and as an extraordinary person of the church, a believer who was sure of the true existence of the gods, he couldn’t resist the feeling in his heart, and subconsciously had to leave his seat to worship the existence in front of him.
The might of the gods was like a mountain or an ocean!
Leonard just had to stand up, but was pressed back by an invisible force, and then a low, flat voice echoed in his ears:
”No need to be so troublesome.
”You can call me Mr. ‘The Fool’.”
The Fool …… Sure enough …… Leonard’s heart, which had been fearful of the unknown, settled down, and though still worried about what would befall him next, he was no longer so apprehensive, no longer so fidgety and dry-mouthed.
He half rose, pressed his hand to his chest, and saluted, saying:
”Dear Mr. ‘Fool’, why have you summoned me here?”
As a “Night Watchman” with many years of experience, and as a “Red Glove” who had already participated in many large-scale cases, Leonard knew how dangerous it was to establish contact with a hidden existence, and realized that he had already begun to slide down from the edge of the abyss, with no chance of being saved. He realized that he had begun to slide down from the edge of the abyss, with no chance of salvation.
The moment he decided to chant the Fool’s name, he was able to foresee a tragic end, but he chose to do so regardless for the sake of revenge.
However, all human beings have the instinct to survive, thinking about the belief in the “Fool” Klein Moretti is not only still alive, and even became a demigod, Leonard inevitably have a little bit of hope a little bit of expectation.
At this time, he heard the “Fool” shrouded in gray mist gave a low laugh:
”Since you prayed to me for help, then according to the principle of equal exchange, you must pay something.”
Leonard’s body trembled a little, and his head was buried even lower:
”What do you wish to receive?”
After a short interval, the Fool’s voice sounded again:
”There is no need to rush, perhaps you will be asked to do something later, to provide some assistance to certain people.
”Sit down.”
Leonard breathed a slow sigh of relief and sat down, glancing from side to side as he said:
”Did he, Klein Moretti, come here like I did?”
The Fool in the gray mist said in a tone that didn’t rise or fall much:
”Not in the same way.”
Different way …… Sure enough, Klein didn’t enter this place by chanting his honorary name, he became a “Fool” by being guided by Azk Aegis, the “Consul of Death”! “Mr. Believer …… Leonard couldn’t help but look around again and found that there were twenty two high back chairs around the mottled table.
Corresponding to the twenty-two extraordinary paths, or twenty-two tarot cards …… “The Fool” …… Leonard’s mind just had a guess, and heard “The Fool “Mr. laughed softly:
”In addition to you, there are other beings who have been drawn here for a variety of reasons.
”They implore me to convene regular gatherings for the exchange of news, the buying and selling of materials, the trading of formulas, and mutual assistance with each other, which can help them to quickly ascend and become High Sequencers.”
This is a bit different from the hidden organization I imagined with tarot cards as the code name, more loose …… What is the purpose of Mr. “Fool” agreeing to such a request? After arriving at this ancient palace above the gray fog, Leonard’s spirit has been highly tense, so that his thinking is much more agile than normal, thinking of many problems.
After he succeeded in taking revenge, he was actually depressed and empty for a while, and seemed to have lost his purpose in life, but he soon pulled himself together, because Daley’s death told him that he was not strong enough, and in order to reduce the number of casualties among his companions and to no longer have no salvation in future missions, he himself had to be raised to at least Sequence 4, and to become a demi-god and a half-human existence.
Therefore, the “Fool’s” words just now made his heart stir, and he felt that this was an opportunity, and at the same time, he also thought that joining the party and getting to know the internal situation of this hidden organization would help him avoid the danger arising from the connection with the “Fool” to the greatest extent possible in the future. Danger.
After a moment’s deliberation, Leonard asked:
”Is Klein Moretti a member of that regular gathering?
”Does he own a seat here?”
”The Fool” gave a careless reply:
”Yes.”
Leonard said after a second of silence:
”Dear Mr. ‘Fool’, may I join that regular gathering?”
The Fool, shrouded in gray mist, smiled and said:
”Yes.
”But when you go back, remember to mention this matter to Palles Zoroaster and don’t try to hide k.”
k…… old man really is an angel! No wonder the “Luck Stealer” charm is so magical …… Leonard, although he already had a certain knowledge, but after receiving confirmation from Mr. “Fool”, he was still inevitably shocked.
He hesitated for a moment and said:
”Why must I tell Palles Zoroaster?”
Although he and Palles Zoroaster got along well and built up a certain level of trust with each other, he still hid a lot of caution in his heart, and the reason why he took the initiative to request this was because he hoped that by joining Mr. Fool’s secret party, he could balance out the potential dangers posed by the Ancient Parasite.
He then heard Mr. Fool laugh:
”Often times, deterrence is more useful than combat.”
Deterrence is more useful than fighting …… Also, forcing the balance is likely to irritate the old man, no matter what, the final battlefield will definitely be inside me, which is very unfavorable to me, whereas deterrence can make k recognize the situation, and even if there is malice, he will still be thinking of finding another way, another way out… …Leonard bowed his head with some realization:
”Dear Mr. ‘Fool’, I have no further questions.”
The ‘Fool’ at the top of the long bronze table materialized a deck of tarot cards and raised his hand to point:
”They each picked a tarot card for their code name, and you may draw one as well.
”The cards that have masters have been eliminated.”
Sure enough with a tarot card as a code name …… Leonard exhaled and couldn’t help but ask another question:
”Which card did Klein Moretti draw?”
”The World.” “The Fool” said gently, “That’s him and that’s not him.”
What does that mean …… Leonard didn’t dare ask more questions, reached out his right hand, and drew a card from the deck of tarot cards.
After turning it over, he saw a sky full of stars and a goddess pouring holy water.
”Star” card!
It wasn’t quite to Leonard’s taste, but since the ceremony had been completed in the presence of Mr. Fool, he had to accept it.
”Go back to the meeting, which takes place every Monday at three o’clock in the afternoon, Birkeland time, on time.” The “gray mist” shrouded Fool lifted his hand, letting the hurriedly saluting Leonard disappear inside the ancient palace.
”The Fool” Klein then laughed lowly and turned all those tarot cards face up.
They had the same image, the same starry sky.
Each one was a “star” card!
After laughing for a while, Klein returned his gaze to the crimson star representing Leonard.
While trying to pull the poet’s classmate into the gray mist, he had taken a closer look and found that Leonard Mitchell was hiding a light cluster that seemed to be made up of countless link worms, hidden deep within his mental body.
This allowed Klein to confirm that Palles Zoroaster was only a preliminary parasite, and did not control Leonard’s mind body, astral spirit body, etheric body, and flesh and blood body, and that he who had been promoted to demigod, and had a deeper mastery of the mysterious space above the gray mist was already able to no longer target only the soul as a whole when pulling people in, and could make effective divisions and selections.
Therefore, Klein decided not to move Leonard’s spiritual body, only pull his astral body to the gray fog, which can avoid stimulating Palles Zoroaster, or k together to this mysterious space, of course, the “stealer” path of the sequence 1 angel will certainly be able to detect what happened.
The “night” pathway extraordinary people into the dreams of others from the astral body, does not affect Leonard in this mysterious space to play their own good.
”Hopefully, he can step by step get rid of Palles Zoroaster’s parasitism ……” Klein suddenly sighed.
The reason why he let Leonard enter the Tarot Club was to help this teammate gradually become stronger, escaping the shadow brought by Palles Zoroaster a little bit.
If the “Stealer” pathway angel was harmless, Leonard would help K to hide it from Amon and help K to recover, otherwise, he would force K to find another parasite.
Recovering his sight, Klein thought for a moment, and threw the magic potion formula for the “Hunter” pathway sequence 6 “conspirator” into the point of light representing Danez, and instructed him to leave the southern continent and return to the “Golden Dream”, in the tone of Germaine Sparrow’s voice. “Golden Dream”.
……
”The compound eye of a hunting black spider, the brain of a lion ……” Danez recalled in a daze what he had just “seen”, and stood up happily.
He decided to say goodbye to Anderson Hood and escape from the dangerous southern continent.
He came to the door of the strongest hunter in the Misty Sea, he gently knocked, and saw the wooden door open to the back.
Surprisingly, Anderson hadn’t closed the door!
Danez was surprised for a moment, and busily devoted his eyes to it, only to see that Anderson was holding a short blade and gesticulating on his stomach.