Sure enough... Leonard, who had verified his thoughts, stopped dwelling on the matter and returned to the main topic:

"Old man, didn't you just ask me whose dream I went to?

"Well, during the revenge against Ince Zangwill that day, Amon's brother, a certain Angel King, showed up."

The slightly old voice in his mind did not respond immediately. After several seconds, it sighed:

"As I expected, things related to '008' will always attract Adam at some point.

"Fortunately, I chose to sleep in advance."

Leonard didn't have time to think about what Pales Zoroast said, and he instinctively said in shock:

"Old man, you, you said the name!"

Adam's gaze is about to come over, or has already come over!

The slightly old voice said "Hey":

"You actually know about Adam's peculiarity... But it's okay for me to mention it. You will just think that it's someone else talking about it. Of course, you don't need to know too much. If you do that, you will definitely think about it occasionally. If you do it more often or get closer, Adam will know it, just like '008'. Moreover, '008''s influence range is only one metropolis, while Adam's is the whole world."

As terrifying as Amon... a different kind of horror... Leonard calmed himself down and forced himself not to think about Adam, thinking back to what Pallez Zoroast had just said.

Suddenly, he blurted out, almost at the loss of his voice:

"Old man, you are not sleeping because you are weak, but you are worried about running into Amon's brothers?"

"Ahem." Pales cleared his throat and said, "Both reasons are true. They are not contradictory. After giving you two 'Time Worms', my condition has declined again. In this case, how can I face the Angel King and conceal my existence? I am so old now, with old arms and legs. There is no need to hide. I must hide a little."

Leonard couldn't find the words to refute for a moment, and after a few seconds he said:

"Amon and his brothers should be older than you. The Ancient Sun God is the ancient god before the Cataclysm..."

Without waiting for Pales Zoroast to respond, he breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"In other words, because of your self-isolation and deep sleep, the Angel King didn't notice anything wrong with me?"

Pales laughed and said:

"No, I found it."

“…” Leonard’s expression froze, and he almost looked around.

He suspected that Adam was sitting in some corner of the room, quietly listening to his conversation with the old man!

At this time, Pales Zoroast added:

"You must have been very close to him at the time. Do you think you could hide your thoughts from an Angel King who has the 'uniqueness' of 'audience'?

"Besides, you probably didn't even politely whisper 'old man' or 'old man' at the critical moment."

Leonard was stunned for a moment, and responded subconsciously:

"…You, did you hear that?"

He suspected that the old man had heard it but deliberately did not respond for fear of being discovered by Adam.

"No." Pales' slightly old voice was full of joking, "I don't need to hear it to know what you will do. What kind of person are you? I don't know it yet."

Leonard was slightly embarrassed, and Pales Zoroast continued:

"Adam must have known that you were parasitized, but because I was asleep and sealed, I couldn't find out who was parasitizing you. There are not many demigods with this ability, but there are also not too few."

I see... Leonard heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. What he was most worried about was that Adam had "seen" the old man and would go back and tell the "blasphemer" Amon the news.

Thinking of this, Leonard raised a question that he had accumulated before:

"Old man, what is the King of Angels?"

Pales Zoroast did not ask Leonard where he got this concept from, and simply explained:

"Those who are above Sequence 1 but have not yet achieved Godhood.

"If we specifically mention the eight angel kings, we are referring to those who meet the definition just now and served the ancient sun god before the cataclysm."

What does it mean to be above Sequence 1 but not yet a god? How is it done? To accommodate the so-called "uniqueness"? Leonard wanted to ask again, but he doubted that the old man would explain it in such detail, so he decided to talk about other things first and then find a chance to come back.

He considered it for a moment, then lowered his voice and said:

"In the battle to avenge Ince Zangwill, I encountered great difficulties. I couldn't even look the enemy in the face, let alone use the 'Luck Stealer' spell... When seeking your help to no avail, I chose to recite the honorific name of Mr. 'Fool' and received feedback.

"After it was over, I went to an ancient palace, as if in a dream, located above the endless gray fog..."

Before Leonard could finish his words, Pales, who had been listening silently, interrupted him:

"Have you seen the Fool?"

"Yes, the aura is deeper than the sea and taller than the mountains. The figure is shrouded in gray fog, making it difficult to see clearly." Leonard recalled the past and described it in poetic language, "There is an organization that holds a meeting before the gods every Monday afternoon. It is a real meeting before the gods. I am now a member of it."

Pales was silent again, and did not speak for a long time. After a long while, he said:

"Is this what the 'Fool' asked you to tell me?"

"Yes." Leonard nodded to himself while sitting there, and lowered his voice to the air, "Old man, do you know him?"

Pales Zoroast sighed and said:

“I don’t know him, but I can roughly guess his origin. You don’t have to ask what he is, I won’t tell you.

"Haha, this may be your chance, otherwise, it will be difficult for you to become a demigod."

Leonard opened his mouth, then closed it again. He did not mention the Tarot gathering again because Mr. Fool did not say that other details could be leaked.

He thought for a moment and said:

"Old man, is there another angel king named Medici, with the title 'Angel of War'?"

Pales said, “Hmm.”

"You can also call it the 'Red Angel', but it has already fallen a long time ago, and you have been close to death."

"Where?" Leonard was surprised and had no impression at all.

Pales sneered:

"Do all of you in the Dark Night Path have such bad memories? I remember your goddess wasn't like this.

"Do you remember the underground ruins we found in Backlund?"

"The Tudor-Trensost United Empire? The place where Alistair Tudor became the 'Blood Emperor'?" Leonard asked in realization.

Pales Zoroast's slightly old voice replied again:

"right."

While Leonard tried to understand the underlying logic, he told the old man about the evil spirit.

"The spirit left by Medici and the residual souls of the two archangels, Soran and Einhorn, merged together to form a brand new evil spirit?" Pallez repeated Leonard's words in disbelief, and then said with a smile that could not be concealed, "The three of you are absolute mortal enemies, the kind where there is only you and there is no me. After death, you are indistinguishable from each other and merged into one. This is really, haha, it must be very lively."

Leonard didn't quite understand what the old man was laughing at, and subconsciously asked:

"Are we mortal enemies?"

Pales suppressed his smile and said:

“Yes, the reason why Medici was caught was because he was dealing with the ancestor of the Soran family who had fallen into the trap.

"It's not that we didn't take precautions, but they were mainly focused on the 'Original Witch'. Who knew that Alistair Tudor would suddenly go crazy? Haha, Amon and Adam played a very important role in this matter."

That evil spirit and Adam are enemies... Why did the "Blood Emperor" capture Medici and the two archangels Soran and Einhorn? The place where they fell was the palace where Alistair Tudor became the "Blood Emperor"... Are they ritual materials for achieving true gods? Well, according to Mr. Fool, after Adam got "008", he was closer to the throne of God... Is this also considered collecting materials? Is this the reason why Amon dealt with the old man? Leonard had some guesses and wanted to ask, but he didn't say anything in the end.

He was afraid of touching on something too private and causing the old man to have a bad reaction.

He planned to find another opportunity to ask about this matter at the next Tarot meeting.

After a brief silence, Leonard looked at the closed door and said in a low voice:

“Do Mr. Fool and the church have a certain understanding to some extent?”

"The fact that no one has come to investigate you yet proves that it is so." Pales Zoroast answered directly.

Leonard nodded slightly:

"What will they do with me next?"

"How will we arrange it? We will record your merits, and once you have digested the potion, we will promote you to Sequence 5. We will then assign you to a Red Gloves team and send you on missions, or transfer you to a large parish like Backlund to be a deacon in charge of a certain aspect." Pales said nonchalantly.

Back to Backlund... Klein seemed to be planning something in Backlund... Leonard's thoughts suddenly diverged.

He didn't talk to the old man anymore. He leaned against the wall, put his hands behind his head, and sat very casually.

…………

Late at night, outside a row of warehouses in the border town between East Balam and West Balam.

Dwayne Dantès, with gray hair on his temples and wearing a formal suit, held a gold-studded cane and exchanged secret signals with the officer on duty. He gave the password and then saw the other party open the door of a warehouse and heard him say in a relaxed tone:

“Everything inside is there, you can check the goods and move them yourself.

"Also, give me the balance before you leave."

Dwayne Dantès nodded slightly and weighed the suitcase in his hand, which contained 5,000 gold pounds in banknotes, all of which were advance payments from Messanyes.

At this time, in a three-story building separated by two warehouses, two figures were watching all this quietly.