Chapter 37: Star Cards
After using the power of wish to forge a magnificent city, Crane withdrew his hand as usual and began to sort out the situation and check the details.
It is a town with a strong medieval European style. In the midst of this town, the inhabitants are warm and welcoming.
A few young men carried signs made of wood and hammered them into the soft soil; Next to the sign, several workers are recording information and drawing drawings that say they are going to build a station.
Because Klein doesn't really need a secret puppet town to complete the promotion ceremony of the "Secret Waiter" in Sequence 1, Klein doesn't need to go to great lengths to make this secret puppet town go down the line and plan it in detail according to the promotion ceremony of the "Secret Waiter", but there should be no less details.
After all, what Klein needs to defraud this time is Mr. Amon, the "God of Fraud", and Amon can see that this is a trap from some subtle questions in it.
"After building this town of secret puppets, all I need to do is get out of here and head to the stars. This was not only a planned operation to lead Amon into the trap, but also a preparation to allow me to digest the potion more quickly and contain the third 'Key to the Star'. ”
"If Amon chooses to use his own doppelganger to investigate, I will let the doppelgänger I left there become my 'essence'. Triggering a peep into Amun's ontology......"
"And if that's just the case, in the case of having a high-dimensional overlooker, Amon won't dare to come directly to my side to fight me, so it is necessary to draw away Gaowei's attention, so that Amon feels that Gaowei 'can't free his hand'."
“…… At the same time, there is no need to let this result be achieved. It's just that according to my hunch, there is a good chance that I will encounter the outer gods during this exploration, and if I do encounter the outer gods, then the high-dimensional seekers will come to the starry sky according to the covenant between us...... At that point, you can kill two birds with one stone. ”
"And if I don't encounter the outer gods, then I will digest the characteristics of the 'gate' step by step, and accommodate the third extraordinary characteristics after this exploration."
As Klein conceived his next plans, he made the city more and more realistic.
Dilapidated gas lamps appeared on the side of the road, and the stone pavement and stone bridges blended together with the mountains. Klein's previous transformation of himself as a doppelganger was thrown into the houses by him, and they wore the same smiles, smiling and talking to each other rigidly.
That's not vivid enough...... Such an extent could not deceive Amon. Crane's expression moved slightly, and the expressions and movements of these people became richer. Suddenly, a wave of anger rose from the dilapidated town, making the people look more like real people.
"If necessary, I can consider consuming the ability to resurrect from the dead once provided by the 'Source Fort', and now after I start to merge with the Source Castle, I have been able to control the 'Source Fort' to resurrect me......"
In addition to the power of the Source Castle, Crane also has a chance to resurrect the "Miracle Master". Since Klein did not become the first sequence of the "Fool" pathway, Klein's "resurrection" chance was not reset.
However, the "resurrection" consumed with the active control of the will will will not consume the number of resurrections in Klein's own characteristics, but the resurrection performed by the "Source Castle".
With this in mind, Klein perfected his plan.
"That way, I don't have to reserve a doppelganger on Earth. The advantage of not reserving a clone is that if I really face the outer gods and cause me to be polluted by the outer gods, I can still quickly leave the shackles of the outer gods by dying, and go to the high-dimensional overlooking person for help. ”
"That way, even if I'm deeply polluted, I still won't affect the planet."
After leaving the earth to digest the potion and using himself as bait to lure Amon, after there is no god on the earth who can stop Amon's progress, Amon will move forward as Klein thinks.
Klein continues to refine his "trap".
"Bell—"
As the bell rang, a bell-ringer in the bell tower of the ancient city slowly rang the bell in the bell tower.
The bell rang for a long time, and Crane listened to the bell that meant two o'clock in the afternoon, and slowly raised his feet and walked into the gray mist. Crane invoked the authority of the "Fools" in the Source Fortress to "fool" the history of the place.
Klein knew that even if he used "secrecy" and "secrecy" to cover up his authority to invoke the "fool" in the "Source Castle", he would leave traces, but this little trace was what Klein wanted Amon to see.
The authority of the "fool" reigned over the place in an instant. A large number of records related to this town suddenly appeared in the spirit world, and at the entrance of the town, the cracked wooden plaque was repainted by several people.
The station was lying quietly next to the entrance, and a steam train slowly came out of nowhere, spewing out a little steam, and suddenly disappeared as it drove out of the city.
- Of course, the railroad tracks on the ground came to an abrupt end where the steam train had just disappeared.
As Crane's figure completely disappeared into the gray mist, as if it merged with the gray mist, the gray-white fog that had shrouded the city completely dissipated.
The fallen leaves floated down, revealing a wooden sign that looked brand new because it had been freshly painted. The wooden plaque is engraved with a few letters: Yanan.
"Welcome, Yanan."
“…… I wonder how you're doing? ”
The "Fool" who emerged from the gray-white mist was dressed in a long black trench coat and a silk top hat on his head. Underneath the top hat is a face completely obscured by the gray mist. His hands were exposed, and he held a long cane.
The "Fool" slowly walked out from behind his throne, he looked at the Tarot members in front of him, and was the first to greet them with a smile.
After hearing Mr. "Fool" greet him, the members of the tarot meeting stood up almost at the same time, including the "priestess" and the "white tower".
It's just that unlike the other Tarot members, the others were a little shocked and surprised by the appearance of Mr. "Fool", and they didn't know what to do before they stood up, while "White Tower" and "Priestess" stood up and greeted "Fool" with a smile.
Mr. "Fool" is in a good mood - Mr. "World" seems to be in a good mood too. Audrey glanced at the "fool" in front of her, and then at the "world" sitting at the end, and her tone was excited:
"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."
"Hello, Miss Justice." Crane heard Audrey's voice and responded with a rare opening. This made Audrey stunned for a moment, then immediately lifted the hem of her skirt and nodded in salute.
Although Klein is only a false "fool" now, Klein already has a personality that is very close to the true god, so he did not deliberately maintain the status of a "fool" as he did when he was weak, but just said in a casual tone:
"Everyone, please be seated."
Crane's gaze swept over one Tarot member after another to look farther, where there was now a young man with a blurred face, but who could clearly see his green eyes.
Leonard seemed a little at a loss at the moment, he sat in place and looked around, wondering why he had come to this place after a sudden voice in his ears.
And seeing that standing in the first place, it was obviously the "leader" of everyone here, turned his head and looked at himself, Leonard was suddenly startled, lowered his head, stood up, and said respectfully and cautiously:
"Are you ......?"
"You can call me 'Fool'." Seeing Leonard in this way, Klein felt a little bad taste in his heart be satisfied, and said softly:
"Of course not the 'fool' that Parles Zoroaster told you."
Geezer...... Leonard's pupils contracted suddenly, and he suddenly straightened up: "May I ask why did Your Excellency suddenly bring me here?" ”
Hey...... Is he Leonard, Leonard Mitchell? Audrey suddenly thought in her heart, looking at the figure of this young man and her green eyes, Audrey only felt that the more she looked at it, the more it looked.
Does this mean that the cooperation between the church and Mr. "Fool" has gone further?
"I know that you are a believer in the goddess of the night." Crane said in a mysterious tone, "My benefactor has told you my honorable name, congratulations, you have passed the examination of me and your gods. ”
His Favourite? Leonard was stunned for a moment, and then saw the familiar figure - "The World" looked at Leonard and nodded imperceptibly.
Klein...... After thinking of his friend, Leonard's expression suddenly relaxed, he lowered his head, and said respectfully to the "fool":
"Understood, honorable Mr. Fool."
Actually, it doesn't really matter who I let into the Tarot Society now, but I need a stable way to bypass Amun and Pales...... Crane's gaze paused for a moment on Leonard.
In addition to the reason why Klein has known Leonard for a long time, why Leonard is enough to gain Klein's trust and the reasons just mentioned, Klein actually has another purpose in putting Leonard on the Tarot Club at this sensitive moment.
That is, Leonard, who now has Pales on his body, will be very dangerous after encountering Mr. "Wrong", and his identity as a friend of Klein and a member of Gelman's crew even stuffed Leonard's head with a capital "danger".
After entering the Tarot Society, Klein was at least able to take care of his "old friend" when he was able, preventing Leonard from being parasitized by Amon unknowingly.
And Amon obviously won't be a kind old man like Parles Zoroaster.
"In the 'Tarot Society', everyone is referred to by code names."
Klein gave Leonard a brief introduction to the Tarot Society, and as he spoke, a bunch of tarot cards appeared on the table next to him.
"Draw one as your code name."
The people of the Tarot Society saw the gray mist that covered Mr. Fool's face wriggling, and the gray mist outlined a meaningful shape:
"It's a choice of fate."
Leonard saw the tarot cards flying in front of him, and he hesitated and drew one from them. The card is flipped upside down, and the card is dotted with stars.
This is, the "Star" card!
"The stars symbolize hope." Leonard heard the "Fool's" grand, indifferent voice ringing in his ears, "Welcome to the Tarot Society, Mr. 'Star'. ”
Star, this card sounds a little feminine...... I wasn't very lucky with the draw and didn't get the code name I wanted.
Leonard nodded, and although he regretted his luck a little, he still recognized the codename.
The "Fool" chuckled softly, and the tarot cards that had not been drawn were returned to his hands. Crane casually threw the cards into the gray mist, and the cards immediately scattered in all directions, stagnating in the "Source Castle" that was isolated from time and space.
Every card on it is a star, every one is a "star", and no matter which card Leonard chooses, he can't avoid drawing this codename.
After doing all this, the "fool" sat down and took his seat.
He smiled: "Then, this time the tarot will officially begin." ”
"Before that, I have a message to declare: I will take back my authority."
After Klein said this news, this news suddenly appeared in the eyes of every Tarot member like thunder, Leonard turned his head to look left and right in a daze, and found that the eyes of the "Great Arcana" around him showed different lights.
There's excitement, there's worry, there's calm...... Despite the gray mist that made the faces of the Tarot members not so clear, Leonard still saw a few eyes that showed strong emotions.
This made Leonard think a lot of thoughts, and he pursed his lips, remaining cautious, wanting to wait until the end of this tarot meeting to ask Pales some questions.
There are some questions that Leonard has wanted to know for a long time, but Paris has been hiding them from him, and now Leonard has a vague premonition that after he "joins", he will be able to know something he wants to know.
The words of the "fool" are not finished:
"This is a war between me and Amon, involving a war that transcends the sequence."
"A small number of you are qualified to know the specifics, and most of you are not able to understand the message in this sentence, so I have given you only one task:"
Klein circled around and said in a low tone:
"Protect yourself and the people you care about in this war."
It's done, win!
(End of chapter)