Chapter 580 Answers and More Questions
"Meow."
Wensa stretched his body and let out a low cry, trying to deceive Angel, but soon found that Angel was unmoved, so he stopped pretending and spoke directly:
"I didn't expect you to be promoted to High Sequence so quickly. I thought it would take at least a year..."
"Get to the point."
Angel interrupted the pleasantries.
Of course, her tone was not as cold and ruthless as her words. After all, the black cat messenger in front of her had helped her a little when she was hunting the Gazers, and judging from the fact that it could "compete for the job" with the headless messenger Renette, it at least had the strength of a demigod. It was not a wise move to completely anger it.
"The point is, I'm evaluating whether to include you in our organization. Reaching Despair on your own merit is just the first step."
Wensa no longer imitated the cat's pronunciation, and spoke word by word.
An organization? Could it be the "Witch Cult"? But from the conflict between me and Katarina, it should know that I can't join them... Angel pondered for a moment and was about to ask further questions when Wensa continued:
"As an apology for what happened earlier, I can answer three questions for you."
Apology... is it because it sent the letter to Katarina without the consent of me, the contractor?
Angel thought about it and didn't ask the question right away. Instead, he summed up three important questions in his mind before asking:
"What is your specific relationship with Katarina?"
"I thought you'd figured it out from our eye and fur colors," the black cat Wenza's azure eyes looked at Angel, instantly reminding her of several witches. "She and I are directly related by blood."
Are black cats and witches related by blood?
Angel's brain froze for a moment, but she immediately realized that the "cat" in front of her was most likely a human being before leaving the real world and becoming a spiritual creature. More specifically, it was a descendant of Catalina Pelle... Judging from their family's experience, it was very likely that it was a son.
"So, you are actually..."
She asked subconsciously, then realized that she couldn't waste the question, so she swallowed the second half of the sentence.
But this also gave her a deeper understanding of the power of "gathering." Even when searching for messengers in the spirit world, all she found were descendants of the Immortal Witch. It was no wonder that Katarina was able to easily find Wensa to deliver the letter; they probably kept in daily contact.
"The second question is, she first wanted to kill me, and then helped me. What was her purpose?" Angel continued to ask.
"You and your companions were the first to board Tracy's ship and attack her. Katarina was only defending herself." Wenza defended his mother without hesitation. "As I've already mentioned, she helped you because she saw more hope in you... and this is closely related to your Sequence. Only if you can become a true 'Immortal' Witch will you have the opportunity to have an equal dialogue."
"'Immortality'? You should know the ceremony of advancement, right? Is it possible for me to be promoted in the short term?"
Angel couldn't help but ask back.
"The ritual isn't 'essential' for advancement. You've already experienced it twice, so you should have grasped the key. This isn't the last question, so continue."
Wensa answered lazily, but in the end he generously gave Angel an extra chance.
I didn't even think of it as a question... Taking a deep breath, Angel took in his answer and slowly asked his last question:
"Who exactly is the Witch Cult collaborating with in the human trafficking, and what is their purpose behind it?"
This issue involves the truth about Ince Zangwill, the Witch Cult, and the Great Smog, and is Angel's current concern.
"To be precise, the majority of the human trafficking wasn't carried out by the Witch Cult. They were only responsible for covering their tracks and the final 'Great Smog' to account for the disappearances. Those collaborating were primarily certain figures within the Loen military, but some members of the royal family were also involved. The specific details of the collaboration were originally handled by 'Desperate Nightingale' Panatia. After her disappearance, the 'Black Saint' couldn't send any other personnel, so they handed the responsibility to Katarina, and that's why only she knew about it."
As expected, both the military and the royal family were involved. No wonder military personnel frequently appear in human trafficking clues, and even Edessak, a prince, is used as a scapegoat... But Panatia is merely missing, not dead? Who is the "Black Saint"?
One question led to more questions. Angel couldn't help but ask again, but Wensa wagged his tail as if impatient and said:
"The time for questions is over. If you want more information, wait until you get to Backlund. Maybe you'll meet Katarina and have her answer her questions in person."
Is that "ageless" witch also in Backlund? Oh, right, it said Katarina took over Panatia's mission and continued to cooperate with the military and the royal family...
Angel opened his mouth, wanting to ask it how it knew he was going to Backlund, but when he thought about the fact that it was a demigod witch cat with close ties to the spirit world and proficient in divination, and also a creature from the spirit world, he suddenly felt that this was not a problem.
Seeing that she was speechless, Wensa raised his tail, turned around, and made a gesture to leave, but turned back after a moment, looking at Angel with his blue eyes.
"If given the chance, would you be willing to join a less extreme 'witch sect', or rather, 'family'?"
Join the Witch Cult? After the great smog, I'm afraid there will only be naked hatred and hostility between them and me... Angel chuckled and was about to answer when she suddenly realized that there was a word in Wensa's words that she had heard before: family.
She immediately recalled her conversation with Mobet in Groselle's Travels. Mobet had mentioned that in the Fourth Epoch, witches weren't the current extreme "witch sects," but rather ordinary organizations known to the outside world as "witch families," bound together by blood ties and marriages.
Could it be that Wensa was also one of them?
She looked at the table and found that the black cat had disappeared at some point.
It's running so fast! What is it avoiding? Is this so-called "family" a hidden branch of the witch cult that has continued to this day from the Fourth Epoch? And on whose side does the immortal witch Katarina stand?
The black cat Winsa answered several questions but left more, which made Angel feel a little dizzy. She sighed softly and pulled out a piece of paper with the formula of the "Immortality" witch potion from a notebook, her eyes resting on the last line.
"… Promotion Ceremony: After a long time, take the potion with a mindset different from your age."
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"Longzel's ashes have been buried. I've contacted Sharon, Ian, and Isengard. My connections from my time as 'Sherlock' are basically back. Of course, if I want to quickly enter Backlund's upper echelons, I'll need the experience of a butler who has served aristocrats... Hmm, I'll hire one tomorrow and ask him to help me find a mansion... Ha, a mansion."
While counting his few banknotes, Klein paced around the luxurious suite of a luxury hotel in the Hillston district, trying to relieve his anxiety.
He prefers to call it "homesickness."
This was a normal reaction after returning to Backlund after six months...
Suddenly, Klein heard a young woman's soft whisper in his mind. As if he had finally waited for something, he quickly returned to his bedroom, carefully built a spiritual wall, walked four steps backward, chanted a familiar spell, and entered the palace in the gray fog.
"Sure enough, it's Angel's message."
As expected, he saw the crimson star belonging to the "Queen" expanding and contracting.
Spreading his spirituality, Klein soon heard Angel's low prayer.
"Respected Mr. Fool, please give Mr. World the tainted Holy Symbol of Night that I have kept with you, and relay the following words.
"The 'Immortal' witch, Katarina Pellet, has likely already arrived in Backlund. She will continue the cooperation between the witch cult and the military. Although there are no organized cult members there, I believe you already know how powerful a Sequence 3 witch is. Be careful."
"After obtaining the Holy Emblem of Night, ask Mr. Azik to remove the contamination. When you return this trait to the church, you can try to exchange it for access to the Antigonus family notes. This way, you won't have to break into the Chanis Gate to steal it."
Angel's figure, bowing his head in prayer, disappeared from the gray mist, and a faint smile appeared on Klein's face.
Although he had thought of using Angel's connections with the Goddess Church and Ms. Arianna to borrow Antigonus's notes before heading to Backlund, he hadn't expected the other party to have already planned it out, and to use the precious Night Watcher Beyonder characteristics in exchange.
This is a demigod's extraordinary characteristic. As long as Mr. Azik shatters the holy emblem and removes the pollution, he can allow a Sequence 5 to enter the high sequence and become the main ingredient of the demigod's potion.
You know, Ince Zangwill used 0-08 after a long period of planning and waiting to cause countless tragedies in Tingen, provoking endless pursuit by the church forces, all for the purpose of obtaining such power from Saint Selina's ashes.
She was willing to use it in exchange for the possibility of my promotion...
Klein's gaze slowly swept across the long bronze table. Next to the three neatly arranged "Blasphemy Cards" with different images of Roselle were the "Parasite" gloves sacrificed by Angel, as well as the Holy Emblem of Night that had never been cleaned and was likely contaminated by the "Artificial Death God."
The gloves, the "Witch" and the "Red Priest" cards were all sacrificed to the "Fool" by Angel at the suggestion of Mr. Azik before returning to the Northern Continent.
With Klein's clever arrangement, she was able to exchange these "contributions" for more convenient "authorities." Not only could she store dangerous items next to the Fool through sacrifice, and receive gloves and playing cards whenever she needed them, but she also received convenient blessings such as the "Sea God" and the "Paper Angel."
This is also the reason why Angel was able to use "Fool's Express" tonight.
"Oh, she certainly can't imagine that I am giving it to myself..."
Klein chuckled, took the holy emblem that lay quietly in the gray fog, and suddenly glanced at the "Witch" card next to it.
As his spiritual energy was infused, portraits of the emperors appeared in the book that slowly unfolded before him, gradually transitioning from a cold-blooded assassin to a witch in female attire, finally stopping at the page of Sequence 3, "Immortality."
Looking at the requirements of the promotion ceremony, The Fool remained silent for a long time.
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