Part 6 The Light-Exporter Chapter 20 The Ceremony
BECKLAND, NORTH.
Leonard, who had just finished arranging the tasks of his immediate team, saw the boundless gray fog and heard Mr. “Fool”‘s response.
He took a long breath and lowered his voice:
”Looks like there’s no problem.”
Since Mr. Fool was able to give feedback and convene the tarot party as normal, it meant that K had already won the confrontation with Amon.
In that case, Klein should be able to get out of the situation as well.
Inside Leonard’s mind, Palles Zoroaster’s slightly aged voice gave a “heh”:
”Don’t be so happy so early, after you enter the ‘Source Castle’, observe that ‘Fool’ and see if K has a monocle on his right eye.”
”You, are you saying that the current ‘Fool’ could possibly be Amon in disguise?” Leonard asked as his eyelids fluttered.
Palles sighed and said:
”I can’t rule out this possibility, Amon can really do something like this.”
”…… I’ll keep an eye on it.” Leonard’s mind that had already relaxed instantly tightened up again.
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Sunia Sea, aboard the Future.
”It’s surprising that Mr. ‘Fool’ took so long to respond …… Does this mean that the disappearance of ‘World’ Germaine Sparrow is related to k trying to plot the something? Can’t be sure, maybe the time Mr. ‘Fool’ didn’t respond was to save Germaine Sparrow, and now, k has succeeded ……k didn’t mention this matter directly, he was planning to let the ‘world ‘ itself tell about it at the Tarot?” After the voice of Mr. ‘Fool’ rang in her ears, one idea after another instantly flashed through the mind of “General above the Stars” Gadelia.
With the content of the Queen’s letter, she suspected that the fall of George III could not be separated from Mr. ‘Fool”s intervention, and that the disappearance of ‘World’ Germaine Sparrow was a continuation of this matter.
The first reaction of Gadelia was to write to the “Queen of Mysteries”, Bernadette, to tell her that Germaine Sparrow had been found, but after thinking about it, she held her tongue and prepared to give feedback to the Queen after attending the afternoon party, learning the details, and figuring out what she could and couldn’t tell her.
”Anyway, things seem to have worked out.” The “General above the Stars” exhaled, and sat down by the window to look up at the blue sky.
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Sunia Island, at the edge of the primitive forest.
Alger Wilson stood on a thin branch of a tree, looking out at the harbor not far away and the blue sky there.
A fierce wind swirled around him, yet it didn’t fizzle out and affect the trees next to him.
The illusory grayish mist presented itself, and Alger was at first pleased, then a little terrified:
”Mr. ‘Fool’ responded to …… only after a period of time which means that k’s previous state was indeed a bit abnormal.
”However, k has now recovered ……
”By not responding to my prayer to borrow the ‘Darkness-Free Cross’ from the ‘Sun’, k has discovered my temptation and the little bit of my mind that was lurking ……
”You can’t do this kind of thing again! Mr. ‘Fool’ simply did a warning this time, and the next time he will most likely give a direct punishment.
”Do not test God, do not test God.”
In the midst of his electric thoughts, Alger lowered his head and spoke reverently:
”Thank you for your mercy and forgiveness.”
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Berkland, inside the luxurious villa of Earl Hall’s family.
”Mr. ‘Fool’ didn’t relay my query to Mr. ‘World’ ah …… Is this because the Tarot meeting will be conducted normally in the afternoon, when there will be communication time?” Audrey from the feedback has delayed this point, analyzed some problems, “Normally, ‘Mr. Fool’s’ reply is very timely, this time more than a quarter of an hour ……k in dealing with other things, very important things ? George III death related?”
In any case, a quarter of an hour delay wasn’t too serious a problem, and Audrey quickly got her thoughts back, her mood changing for the better:
”We’ll find out the truth from Mr. ‘World’ later.
”Let’s hope that this incident won’t have any more serious consequences than triggering an all-out war, which is unavoidable at the moment ……”
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Birkeland, North End, St. Samuel’s Church underground.
”Mr. ‘Fool’ didn’t say he would help me ……” Emlyn White frowned slightly as he held a glass of red liquid.
He whirled around to interpret the symbolism of this response from a different angle:
”By specifically emphasizing that the afternoon tarot will go on as usual, is Mr. ‘Fool’ trying to tell me that the chance to get out of this mess lies with one of the members? It wouldn’t be the same ‘star,’ would it?
”Uh, anyway, I should be able to get out of here this week.”
–Because Emlyn is being held in protective custody behind the Charnis Gate at St. Samuel’s Church, it’s unlikely that whatever goes wrong on the outskirts of Berkland will affect him, and it’s unlikely that he’ll suddenly succeed in breaking out of prison and heading for the remains of the “Blood Emperor,” so Crane left him out of his midweek hints to other members last week.
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Silver City, Berg’s house.
Upon hearing Mr. Fool’s response, Derek rolled out of bed, excited to say the least.
”Mr. Fool has not disappeared! “Mr. Fool hadn’t abandoned Silver City like the Creator had!
He paced back and forth a few times and was about to rush out of the room and head to the Twin Towers to tell the Chief the good news.
But a year of growing up had marked Derek, and he eventually calmed down, deciding to seek out the Chief after he had attended the Tarot Gathering and received the promise of a blessing.
”Perhaps this time of non-response is a test of Mr. ‘Fool’ to me, to the Chief, and to Silver City, to see if we will quickly fall to the ‘Fallen Creator’… … “At some point, Derek’s thought patterns took on a bit of an “inverted man” tinge.
Of course, he didn’t have any unnecessary thoughts because of this, in his knowledge, it was normal for gods to test their followers, and the Creator had left a lot of similar legends in the past.
After finishing his thoughts, Derek couldn’t sit still, and continued to pace back and forth in the room.
He was looking forward to the “afternoon” tarot meeting like never before.
–In Silver City, in the Godforsaken Lands, afternoon was a relatively abstract concept, because there were not enough markers to determine it, they could only barely define day and night by the amount of lightning, and could not be further subdivided.
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Inside a two-bedroom rental house in Baker’s Landing, East End.
”Ha.” Forsyth couldn’t help but laugh out loud at Mr. Fool’s response.
As a best-selling fiction writer, she had a vivid imagination, and in the time that Mr. Fool hadn’t responded, she had already woven one gruesome story after another in her mind:
”Mr. Fool had exchanged his fall for the defeat of George III;
”Mr. Fool had been discovered by the gods and was under siege;
”Mr. Fool’s old wounds have returned and he has fallen back into a deep sleep, and Germaine Sparrow, “the world”, is left unattended and is being hunted by his enemies. ……
The development of these stories are not the same, but the end is very consistent, that is, Forsyth himself back into the “full moon ravings”, out of control into a monster.
Phew …… Voorhees exhaled and smiled broadly at Hugh:
”I just realized today that Mr. ‘Fool’ is the man, er, the k, that’s most important in my heart.”
”What’s more important is that you become a demigod as soon as possible and completely get rid of the full moon curse.” Hugh responded seriously.
After joining the Tarot Club, she already knew the true situation of her best friend.
”Hmph!” Forsyth nodded his head and said with an unchanged smile, “Anyway, I have to have a drink to celebrate now!”
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Above the gray mist, inside the “Source Castle”.
A calmer Klein regained his spiritual state with the help of meditation.
”When you first learn to meditate, you need to imagine something that doesn’t exist in this world, replacing what was originally inside your mind, as a way to truly enter into meditation, and at that time, my first reaction was to outline an intercontinental ballistic missile on Earth, which didn’t work out …… Oh, I didn’t think much about it at the time, but now it seems that , this may have explained something …… That is not something that does not exist in this world, it has just been annihilated in the fog of history …… ” Klein rubbed the corner of his forehead, naturally recalling a past event.
He then collected his spirit, intending to get the “Miracle Worker” magic potion formula in his hands before the Tarot meeting.
–At that moment, Amon was patiently guarding the place where he died, and he had nothing else to do but to stay in the “Source Castle”.
After considering the method, Kraven grabbed outside the ancient palace, and in a condescending position, pulled out an item from the historical aperture in the gray mist.
It was a notebook with a cover made of stiff paper, completely stained black.
The Antigonus Family Notebook!
”Sure enough it can …… It’s not ‘uniqueness’ derived, it just has a little bit of power left over from that half of the Antigonus family, the ‘Fool’ …… “Klein sighed and dropped the note onto the long bronze table in front of him.
Because the content of this notebook is likely to be problematic, he does not intend to decipher the Sequence 2 “Miracle Worker” magic potion formula from it, he is only using it as a divination medium.
Immediately afterward, Klein manifested a pen and paper and wrote down a divination statement:
”The original owner of this notebook.”
Putting the pen away and picking up the paper and notes, Klein leaned back and repeated the words he had just written in a low voice.
After seven times in a row, he entered the gray dream world and saw a mountain peak reaching into the white clouds, and a dilapidated and looming palace located at the top of the mountain peak, separated from reality by a transparent boundary.
Inside that palace, moss and weeds grew in many places, and at the very top rested a huge stone seat, its surface inlaid with dull gems and gold, and in the center there were countless transparent worms hugging a ball, slowly writhing and growing uncontrollably, extending a slippery tentacle covered with patterns.
Unlike in the past, Klein this time directly see the “monster”, see clearly k specific appearance.
Suddenly, the palace above the gray mist shook violently, and Klein’s figure went straight up, suspended in mid-air.
In the next second, his spiritual body collapsed into a wriggling “spirit worm”, crawling around on the ground.
”The Fortress then shook, and everything returned to its original state, and Kraven’s spirit body regrouped.
He sat down on the “Fool” seat, rubbed the corner of his forehead, and let out a bitter laugh:
”What a ‘unique’ half of the ‘Fool’ ……”
After muttering to himself, Klein recollected a little, picked up a fountain pen, and recorded the knowledge he had just gotten from peering at the mythical creature on the paper:
”Sequence 2: Miracle Worker.
”Primary Material: one heart of the Ebony Demon Wolf (God of Wishes), or another ‘Miracle Worker’s’ extraordinary traits.
”Secondary Material: three hundred milliliters of blood from the Ebony Demon Wolf, one ‘Worm of Time’, and one ‘Worm of Stars’.
”Promotion Ceremony: bring back a piece of lost history to the current era.”