Chapter 62: Tower

After reading the novel in his hand, Abner was about to mutter some key words of the Antigonus family "before going offline", when he suddenly saw a deep red light erupt from the pen on his fingertips.

Because he had expected it, his spirits suddenly perked up, knowing that this was a precursor for Mr. Fool to pull him up to the gray mist, so he hurriedly used his ability to put a "mechanical mind" on himself.

Abner knew that Klein at this time had been able to observe other people's mood fluctuations through his vision, so he was too excited and excited to reveal that he had premeditated, and it was better for him to use his ability to put himself in an "absolutely calm" state first.

He didn't want to expose the fact that he was a time-traveler to Crane so early, and it was best to make him feel like an extraordinary person who had been accidentally pulled to the gray mist by him. After all, the other party is still too weak, and it is concerned by many bigwigs, so it is difficult to keep the secret.

If it's just some knowledge, it's okay, but your origin must not be easily exposed, after all, this is more suspicious than the outer gods......

As he thought so, the light that erupted from the pen was like flowing water, which had completely overwhelmed Abner.

When he regained consciousness, he found himself standing in a majestic palace supported by huge stone pillars, in front of an ancient, mottled bronze table, opposite which sat a figure shrouded in a thick gray mist.

In addition, the surroundings were ethereal, ethereal, and empty, and the bottom was filled with an invisible gray and white mist and unreal spots of crimson light.

This should be Klein the Fool. Abner calmly and warily looked at the figure shrouded in gray mist.

In normal times, Abner would have been excited to finally see a character in the novel he liked, but at this time, he had a completely different reaction under the "mechanical mind", because he immediately found that some of the outer god knowledge that had been blocked in his mind could be recalled, but the pure white eye became more and more difficult to open.

"This is the unknown feeling behind the Pure White Eye, compared to some of the outer gods, the Source Fort is more polluted to me? So it's almost all of its features now to prevent me from being eroded here? ”

"And with the recovery of knowledge of the outer gods, I remembered that Edith's employer, Mr. Vernal, was actually a character from the original book, and that he had finally been connected to the uncertain fog of the outer gods by excavating the Quaternary ruins in the Honakith Mountains...... This is even more dangerous than I had assumed! ”

While there were all kinds of speculations in his heart, Abner took the lead in saluting the silent figure and said:

"Your Excellency, where is this?"

At this time, Klein was also carefully observing Abner, although the other party's face was obscured by the fog, he could still clearly sense that the person who was pulled into the gray fog by himself did not seem to be panicking?

He habitually used his "spiritual vision" to observe the aura brilliance exuded by the other party:

The color of his emotions is blue, which represents rational thinking and a calm state...... Maybe I guessed wrong, but he wasn't an ordinary person with a mysterious book, but a well-informed extraordinary...... Probably a lot better than me!

Thinking like this, Klein, who originally wanted to remind the other party that mysterious knowledge cannot be read casually, and asked what was written in that book by the way, instantly extinguished his thoughts.

He was now thinking more about how to maintain his mysterious image in front of a veteran and extraordinary person who seemed to be very powerful and experienced. If it is exposed, the social death is small, and once there is no deterrent, it may be reported.

As for inquiring about Antigonus's family? You can try it out first, and if the other party is willing to join the party on the gray fog, it will be even better.

Because of the change in Klein's strategy, there was a brief silence on the gray fog for a few seconds, and then a chuckle was heard, and the figure sitting at the head of the long table said in a flat tone:

"This is my abode, and you can call me Mr. Fool. I heard you call my name, and I called you here. ”

His voice was low but not deep, as if he were responding to a visitor's polite greeting.

It's pretty good, huh...... If I call you Zhou Mingrui or Klein, will I be unable to hold back?

Although he maintained a forced calm, this did not prevent Abner from complaining in his heart.

"Mr. Fool? It turns out that you are a true God! Please forgive me for my previous rudeness! Abner said, pretending to be afraid. He knew that Crane could see his true emotions, but he had to pretend because he couldn't show that he knew him too well.

And in the face of the gods, even if you are calm, you don't even want to pretend to be in awe, that's too suspicious.

Just hearing the name of the 'fool' to tell me that I am the true God? On what basis? Is there anything special about the word 'fool'? Why didn't Mr. 'The Hanged Man' react in this regard?

Klein was puzzled, but on the surface he smiled vaguely: "I heard you say 'half a fool' before?" ”

And that's when you start listening to the news? The entry point is also appropriate...... Well, it's better to tell him that there is no pain at all, and this is the source fort, and he is not afraid of being watched by others.

Thinking of this, Abner lowered his head in feigned panic and said, "Please forgive my ignorance, I don't know that the 'soothsayer' sequence gave birth to the 'fool', which is why I said those words that are close to 'blasphemy'. ”

The sequence of 'soothsayers' gives birth to 'fools'? So, the 'fool' is related to the 'soothsayer'? Could it be that the high-ranking potions of the 'soothsayer' sequence have 'Fool' in their names? Is this Sequence 1 or Sequence 2?

Although Klein wanted to grab Abner by the neck and make him spit out everything he knew, it was obviously not in line with the lofty image of the 'fool', so he could only hold back the more and more doubts in his heart and smile: "It's okay, you didn't mean it, I won't blame you for such a mistake." ”

"Thank you for your tolerance, Mr. Fool." Abner pretended to be grateful, and felt that his goal of first contact with Klein had been almost accomplished, and all that was left was to find a reason to join the Tarot Society.

Based on this, he deliberately looked left and right at the many seats around the bronze long table, and asked as if he was curious:

"Mr. 'Fool', you seem to have someone else here who frequents?"

Crane's eyes lit up when he heard this, and while thinking about how to fool, he also smiled lightly:

"It's a few people like you who have been pulled in by me for a variety of reasons."

"They want me to hold regular gatherings to trade recipes, buy and sell materials, exchange messages, and commission tasks."

"I promised them."

If I want a 'god' to help, I naturally have to provide the knowledge I want. As long as you enter the party, are you afraid that you won't be able to get the information of the Antigonus family? Of course, the premise is that you want to help me deal with it, and if not, you have to pretend to be mysterious.

Thinking of this, Klein added:

"Plus, I'm a guy who likes to exchange for equivalence."

"I won't let you help unconditionally."

"Praise you for your tolerance and justice, Mr. Fool!" Abner first praised explicitly, and then asked with an expectant expression:

"Mr. Fool, can I join this party?"

"Yes, every Monday, at 3 p.m., eliminate distractions." Crane smiled and pointed to the cards that suddenly appeared on the surface of the bronze table, "They decided to use the name of the tarot card as their respective code name, you can pick your own one, but 'Justice' and 'Hanged Man' already have owners, you can't choose ......"

At this time, you can still choose your own cards, and you can only draw blindly in the future.

If Abner is usually here, he may choose more positive cards such as "Pope" and "Power" to represent himself, especially "Pope" also has the connotation of "teacher" and "holy teacher", representing wisdom and assistance, which goes well with his sequence.

"Strength" represents courage, self-confidence and firm will, which are qualities that he aspires to.

However, with the blessing of the "mechanical mind", Abner, who was absolutely calm, finally drew the "Tower" card.

Not to mention that the sequence 0 of "Reader" itself is called "White Tower", the meaning of the card "Tower" alone is very suitable for Abner's identity as a traverser.

"Tower" is the only card in the main tarot card that does not have a good meaning in both positive and negative positions. It symbolizes 'change', and the positive side of it is to take the initiative to make changes before great disasters and destruction come.

It's a good fit for Abner's pre-apocalyptic journey to join the Fool's gathering, the only variable in the apocalypse.

Moreover, the catastrophe of this world actually comes from its essence, its original source, and the "White Tower" that explores the knowledge of the source itself is creating another disaster!

So, can the only one who is not part of this world change this situation?

Abner, who calmly pondered these questions, became the "tower" of the Tarot Society at this moment.