Chapter 20: The Ritual
Beckland, North District.
Leonard, who had just been assigned a task to his squad, saw the infinite gray mist and heard Mr. Fool's response.
He let out a long sigh of relief and lowered his voice:
"Looks like there's nothing wrong with that. β
Since Mr. "Fool" was able to give feedback and convene a tarot gathering as normal, it showed that he had won the confrontation with Amun.
In this way, Klein should be able to get out of the predicament.
In Leonard's mind, the slightly old voice of Parles Zoroasd said "heh":
"Don't be overjoyed so early, after you enter the 'Source Castle', observe the 'Fool' to see if he has a monocle on his right eye. β
"You, you're saying that the current 'fool' could be disguised by Amon?" Leonard's eyelids jumped, and he quickly asked.
Parles sighed and said:
"I can't rule out this possibility, Amon can really do this kind of thing. β
β...... I'll take notice. Leonard's already relaxed mind instantly tensed again.
............
Sunia Sea, on board the "Future".
"It took so long for Mr. 'Fool' to respond...... Does this mean that the disappearance of Gelman Sparrow in the World has something to do with what he was trying to plan? It is not certain that perhaps Mr. Fool was saving Gelman Sparrow during the period when he did not respond, and now he has succeeded...... He didn't mention it directly, he intended to let the 'world' tell it to itself at the tarot meeting?" After Mr. 'Fool's voice sounded in his ears, one thought after another flashed in the mind of "Star General" Gardelia.
Based on the contents of the Queen's letter, she suspects that the fall of George III could not have been separated by Mr. "The Fool", and the previous disappearance of "The World" Gelman Sparrow is also a continuation of this matter.
Gadelia's first instinct was to write to the "mysterious queen" Bernadette and tell her that Gelman Sparrow had found it, but after thinking about it, she held back her temper and prepared to attend the afternoon party, learned the specific situation, figured out what she could say and what she couldn't, and then fed back to the queen.
"Anyway, things seem to have worked out. The "star general" exhaled, sat down by the window and looked out at the clear blue sky.
............
Sunia Island, on the edge of primeval forest.
Alger Wilson stood on a thin branch, looking out at the harbor and the blue sky not far away.
The wind was raging around him, but it didn't spread out, affecting the trees next to him.
In the presentation of the illusory gray mist, Alger was first happy, and then a little panicked:
"It took a while for Mr. 'Fool' to respond...... This shows that his previous state was indeed a bit abnormal.
"But he's recovered now......
"He did not answer my request to borrow the 'Darkless Cross' from the Sun, but he discovered my temptation, the little bit of my hidden mind......
"You can't do this kind of thing again!" Mr. 'Fool' only gave a simple warning this time, and next time he will probably be punished directly.
"Thou shalt not tempt God, thou shalt not tempt God. β
In the flash of his thoughts, Alger lowered his head and said reverently:
"Thank you for your kindness and forgiveness. β
............
Beckland, inside the luxurious villa of the Earl of Hall's family.
"Mr. 'Fool' didn't convey my doubts to Mr. 'World'...... This is because the Tarot meeting will be normal in the afternoon, and there will be time for communication at that time?" Audrey analyzed some problems from the delay in feedback, "Normally, Mr. 'Fool''s reply is very timely, this time it is more than a quarter of an hour...... Is he dealing with something else, something very important? Is it related to the death of George III?"
In any case, a quarter of an hour's delay was not too serious, and Audrey quickly retracted her thoughts and felt much better:
"I'll know the truth from Mr. 'World' later.
"I hope that this incident will not have more serious consequences than triggering a full-scale war, which is unavoidable at present......"
............
Beckland, North End, Underground of St. Samuel's Church.
"Mr. 'Fool' didn't say he would help me......" Emlyn White frowned slightly as he held a glass of red liquid.
He quickly interpreted the symbolism of the response from another angle:
"Mr. 'Fool' specifically emphasized that the Tarot would continue as usual in the afternoon, to tell me that the chance to get out of the predicament lies in a certain member?
"Well, anyway, I should be able to get out of here this week. β
- Because Emlyn was under protective detention behind the Chanis Gate in St. Samuel's Church, no matter what happened to Beckland's suburbs, it was unlikely that it would affect him, and he could not suddenly and successfully escape to a place where the remains of the "Blood Emperor" were located, so Crane left him out when he hinted at the other members in the middle of last week.
............
Silver City, Berg's house.
After hearing Mr. Fool's response, Daerik suddenly rolled out of bed, his expression overflowing with excitement.
Mr. Fool didn't disappear! Mr. Fool didn't abandon Silver City like the Creator!
He paced back and forth a few steps, and was about to rush out of the room to the Twin Towers to tell the Chief the good news.
But more than a year of growth still left a clear mark on Derrick, and he finally calmed down and decided to go to the chief after attending the tarot party, receiving the promise of blessing.
"Perhaps, the non-response during this time is a test of me, the Chief, and the Silver City by Mr. 'Fool' to see if we will quickly fall to the 'fallen Creator'......" I don't know when Derick's thought pattern took on a bit of "hanging man" color.
Of course, he didn't have any superfluous thoughts about this, and in his mind, it was normal for the gods to test believers, and the original creator left many similar legends.
After finishing his thoughts, Darik still couldn't sit still, still pacing back and forth in the room.
He looked forward to the "afternoon" tarot meeting as never before.
- In Silver City, in the Godforsaken Lands, afternoon is a relatively abstract concept, because there are not enough signs to determine, they can only barely define day and night by the amount of lightning, and cannot do further subdivisions.
............
Beckland, East End, inside a two-bedroom rental home.
"Huh. After receiving a response from Mr. Fool, Furth couldn't help but laugh out loud.
As a best-selling author, she has a rich imagination, and during the time that Mr. "Fool" has not responded, she has already woven one terrible story after another in her mind:
Mr. "The Fool" traded his own fall for the defeat of George III;
Mr. Fool's plan was discovered by the gods and besieged;
Mr. "The Fool" has relapsed from his old wounds and fallen back into a deep sleep, and "The World" Gelman Sparrow is uncared for and is being hunted down by his enemies......
The development of these stories is not the same, but the ending is very consistent, that is, Furth himself is trapped in the "full moon whispering" and loses control and becomes a monster.
Call...... Furth exhaled and said to Hugh with a smile on his face:
"I just found out today that Mr. 'Fool' is the most important man in my heart, uh, that Him. β
"What's more important is that you become a demigod as soon as possible and get rid of the full moon curse once and for all. Hugh replied earnestly.
After joining the Tarot Society, she already knows the true situation of her friends.
"Hmm!" Firth nodded, his smile unchanged, "Anyway, I need to have a glass of wine to celebrate now!"
............
Above the gray fog, inside the "Source Fort".
Calmed down, Crane was able to regain his spirit state with the help of meditation.
"When I first learned to meditate, I needed to imagine something that didn't exist in this world and replace what was in my mind in order to really enter meditation...... Hehe, I didn't think much of it at the time, but now it seems that this may have said something...... It's not something that doesn't exist in this world, it's just that it's been annihilated in the fog of history......" Crane rubbed the corners of his forehead, naturally recalling a past event.
He immediately reined in his spirits and planned to get the recipe for the "Miracle Master" potion before the tarot meeting.
- At this time, Amon was patiently guarding the place where he died, and he could only stay in the "Source Fort", with nothing else to do.
After thinking about the method for a while, Crane grabbed outside the ancient palace and took out an object from the historical hole in the gray mist in a condescending manner.
It was a notebook made of cardboard and completely blackened.
Notes of the Antigonus family!
"Sure enough...... It's not a 'unique' derivation, it's just a little bit of the power of the Antigonus family's half of the 'fools'......" Crane sighed, tossing the note onto the long bronze table in front of him.
Because the contents of this notebook are likely to be faulty, he does not intend to decipher the recipe for the Sequence 2 "Miracle Master" potion from it, he is only using it as a divination medium.
Immediately afterward, Klein took out a pen and paper and wrote a divination statement:
"The original owner of this notebook. β
Putting the pen away, picking up the paper and notes, Crane leaned back in his chair and whispered the words he had just written.
After seven times, he entered the gray dream, saw a mountain peak jutting into the white clouds, and saw a dilapidated palace at the top of the mountain, separated from reality by a transparent boundary.
The palace was covered with moss and weeds in many places, and at the top of it was a huge stone seat, its surface inlaid with dim gems and gold, and in the center there were countless transparent worms huddled together, slowly writhing and growing wantonly, extending out stripes of slippery tentacles covered with patterns.
Unlike before, Klein saw the "monster" directly this time and saw his specific appearance clearly.
Suddenly, the palace above the gray fog shook violently, and Crane's figure went straight up, suspended in midair.
In the next second, his spirit body collapsed into wriggling "spirit worms", crawling everywhere on the ground.
The "Source Castle" immediately shook, everything returned to its original state, and Crane's spirit body was reunited.
He sat down in the position of the "fool", rubbed the corners of his forehead, and said with a wry smile:
"It's really a half-'fool' with 'uniqueness'......"
After talking to himself, Klein took a moment of recollection, picked up the pen, and recorded on the paper the knowledge he had just obtained from peeking at the mythical creature:
"Sequence 2: The Miracle Master.
"Main material: the heart of the Ebony Demon Wolf (God of Wishes), or the extraordinary properties of another 'miracle master'.
"Auxiliary materials: 300 milliliters of blood of the dark demon wolf, one 'Time Worm', and one 'Star Worm'.
"Promotion Ceremony: Bringing a Lost History Back to the Present Era. β
PS: Since this period of time, there have been private messages from readers, asking me not to care about comments, calmly write what I want to write, in fact, I've been very calm, not panicked at all, on the one hand, I'm really ready to chase down a lot, and I seriously want to write this rival play and reveal the secret play, on the other hand, thank you, I didn't forget to subscribe automatically while fattening, and the chase not only did not fall, but also rose.
Frankly speaking, if I see this kind of plot myself, I will raise it first, and watch it in one breath, who knows, during this time, the chase is kept at about 50,000 three most of the time, which is quite a peak level, after summoning Zarathu, it is all the way up, Chernobyl and Xiao Ke's suicide The two chapters, 24 hours of chasing directly broke 60,000, which can be regarded as a record of the starting platform, well, for me, the most important thing is not the data, but to verify some of my own ideas about creation, at least, my perception of a certain branch of the plot tension seems to be not wrong at presentγ