Chapter 354 Entrusted with "Justice"
Monday, December 3rd.
Angel had already written down the remaining two pages of Russell's diary and was sitting in his study, waiting for the Tarot Club to begin.
In order to prepare for the meeting with "Ms. Despair" Panatia, she has tried every possible way to improve her "survival rate" in the past few days, such as making enough special ammunition in a hurry, reading the "Book of Secrets" in detail, strengthening her mastery of various extraordinary abilities, and even going to the extraordinary gathering held by the abandoned medical school in the suburbs to try to buy magical items.
Unfortunately, not only did I not buy any magical items, but my efforts in other directions were basically in vain.
It's not that her strength has stagnated. Through this period of intensive training, Angel believes that her mastery of various abilities has made great progress compared to when she was promoted to Sequence 6. However, the gap between the two sequences is still like a chasm between her and Panatia, and these improvements are just a drop in the bucket.
The only way is to seek help from others at the Tarot Club, or even Mr. Fool...
She held tightly to her hand the bone spurs formed by the "Dawn Knight" attribute, waiting for 3 p.m. to arrive.
…
A crimson light flashed, and Angel appeared in the palace shrouded in gray fog on time.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool," Angel said, after Miss Justice had greeted everyone. He then looked at the Tarot Club organizer at the top of the table. "I brought two pages of Russell's diary with me this time."
"Very good, what do you need in exchange?"
exchange?
Angel then remembered that the diary collection proposed by Mr. Fool was essentially a deal between him and other Tarot Club members. After returning to the Tarot Club, she was only concerned with finding a way to complete the diaries that had not been submitted for a long time, but forgot that she could also benefit!
Of course, the last three pages of the diary were actually a repayment for her previous understanding of the "Blasphemy Card", but Mr. Fool was obviously aware of her current predicament, so he proposed an "exchange"?
"I may be meeting a demigod in the near future. I hope to have your protection so that she cannot peek into my secrets."
She was referring to the "Angel's Blessing" that Mr. Fool had given her before. With this blessing and the secret holy emblem, she had the confidence to keep her secret under the nose of a demigod, and thus save her life.
"Can."
The Fool replied calmly, took the two pages of the diary that Angel materialized, and began to read quietly.
During these few minutes, Angel could feel other people's eyes lingering on him from time to time. The "demigod's" speech just now must have aroused the interest and even vigilance of other members.
The knowledge level of the Tarot Society is indeed higher than that of other Beyonder gatherings, and it is organized by Mr. Fool, who is suspected to be a god, but the other members are just mid- and low-sequence Beyonders.
Facing a High-Sequence Beyonder head-on still exceeded everyone's imagination...
"You can communicate freely now."
As soon as Mr. Fool finished speaking, Angel requested a private conversation with Justice. After He signaled, he turned to Audrey beside him and said:
"Ms. Justice, I have some information about the royal family. I would like you to reveal it to the right person at the right time."
She was rather cryptic because she didn't know who the "right people" should be. The king? The other princes and princesses? Or some force powerful enough to oppose the royal family?
"Keeping a witch as a mistress and engaging in human trafficking?"
After listening to Angel's selective narration, "Justice" Audrey's voice trembled a little, and even the audience's instinct could not suppress her mood changes.
Apart from the matters concerning "0-08" and Ins, Angel told the Earl's daughter almost everything she knew. Her purpose was to find as many forces within the royal family and the nobility as possible that could oppose Prince Edessak, and to take action after reporting to the Orthodox Church to eliminate these organizations behind the scenes in one fell swoop.
"Of course, these are just my speculations based on the information I have, and they're not necessarily accurate. Furthermore, you need to be careful when mentioning these things outside of the Tarot Club, to avoid being detected or identified."
Remembering the horror of "0-08", Angel reminded again.
This was also the reason why she didn't dare to approach Audrey directly to propose cooperation. Above the gray fog, Mr. Fool was capable of protecting their communication from the outside world, but direct conversation might not be completely secretive or safe.
"Okay, I understand," the clever Miss Justice also thought of this. Even though she didn't know about 0-08, she had heard about the "Twilight Hermit Order" from Mr. Fool and knew that those in high positions might have similar abilities. "I'll try to influence my father and brother, and gather information at various salons and banquets. If what you say is true, I think... my father should have a solution."
Very cautious... But this is the right thing to do. The opinions I put forward may not be completely accurate. Even though I saved her life and we can be considered "friends of life and death", there is still the possibility of being misled by others and drawing wrong conclusions...
Angel nodded in understanding and added:
"You must be careful during this process. After all, your father, with his power, would have difficulty intervening in the internal disputes within the royal family. If there is any danger, leave it to the church to handle."
She didn't mention which church specifically, because Earl Hall's family were all believers of the Goddess of Night, and there was only one way to report it.
"I'll pay attention. After all, I'm a mind reader."
As if sensing Angel's concern, Audrey responded in a light tone.
After the private conversation ended, Angel looked at the Hanged Man again. After regaining his sight and hearing, the latter also looked over here, probably anticipating a conversation later.
"Mr. Hanged Man, have you resolved that matter?"
"Yes, thank you for your help. I'll ask Mr. Fool to use his gift to give you the 500 pounds after the Tarot Club."
Apparently, he'd already returned to shore and should have delivered Barron's information to the Church of the Storm, but there had been no movement from Backlund... Was it due to a delay in the message delivery, or perhaps the replacement of the Archbishop of the Backlund diocese mentioned by Audrey last week had a certain impact on the Church of the Storm, leaving the Mandated Punishers with no time to spare?
After thinking for a moment, Angel nodded and replied:
"You don't need to give it to me. I'm planning to ask you to contact a craftsman to help me create a magical item with Sequence 6 Beyonder properties. The 500 pounds will offset that part of the cost."
"I can agree to this right away. He still has some free time," the Hanged Man replied immediately, his tone relaxed, as if relieved by the fact that he didn't have to pay the 500 pounds. "The cost of crafting a Sequence 6 magical item is 1,000 pounds, so you still need to pay me 500 pounds. I'll charge you another 300 pounds after the job is done."
A total of 1,300 pounds, plus a copy of the "Dawn Knight" trait, a total of about 4,500 pounds, so expensive...
She thought with some heartache, but the only way to improve her combat power at this time was here, so she could only agree.
Afterwards, the Hanged Man continued to collect clues about human trafficking from everyone. He found that in many colonial islands at sea, the disappearance trend of slaves and indigenous people was still expanding. Islands with tens of thousands of people were often "emptied" without a single person left, and these numbers could no longer be explained by the simple "slave trade". He even suspected that in some secret places, large-scale cult sacrifices were being carried out, filling them with shiploads of missing people.
This immediately made Angel think of the Aurora Society and their bloody sacrificial methods, but they were not the only evil cults. Some unknown small sects were often as ruthless as those famous sects.
After issuing the commission, the Hanged Man looked at the "World" at the bottom of the long table. This week, he sold the "Werewolf" extraordinary characteristic that the other party had commissioned him to sell, and also found the three deep-sea Naga hairs that the other party needed. The price of each hair was as high as 100 pounds. After offsetting the two, he needed to give Mr. World 700 pounds and 3 hairs, and he could keep a reward of 200 pounds.
"Heh, this makes me feel that the gatherings here are gradually becoming valuable. I hope we can continue similar transactions in the future."
The member, who usually seldom spoke, commented, agreeing to the Hanged Man's deal.
And I actually thought his tone was normal. Was it because he usually deliberately created a cool and aloof persona?... It seems like maintaining a similar image at parties is quite advantageous, but I've been there for so long that I can't seem to change how I appear to others...
Angel thought with some regret, looking at another member who was also very quiet—Miss Magician. The latter just looked up at this moment and asked in a low voice:
"Everyone, I'd like to ask you something," she said, her tone hesitant as she looked around at everyone. "How should we solve the problem of excessive accumulation of Beyonder Characteristics?"
"You drank a second potion of the same sequence? To conceal your current strength?"
How do you know? Miss Magician's behavior at this moment seemed to be asking a rhetorical question. She coughed uncomfortably and said:
"Let's just take it as it is. Do you have any solution?"
"I ask this because I've had similar thoughts." The Hanged Man's tone was somewhat melancholic, and he rarely asked for anything in return. Perhaps this was a change brought about by Miss Justice's generosity last week. "The solution isn't difficult. All you need to do is have more offspring, and that will effectively reduce the residual potion in your body."
All the Tarot Club members, including Mr. Sun beside him, looked at the Hanged Man with either confusion or shock.
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