Chapter 248: Kind and Enthusiastic "The Hanged Man"



Compared with the past, "Sun" Derrick was obviously much smarter and no longer relied clumsily on verbal descriptions.

After gaining the consent of Mr. Fool, he materialized the pictures that he could recall one by one, showing the exploration process and what he thought were the key points in an intermittent manner to The Hanged Man, Justice, The Magician, and The World, and then supplemented them with some explanations.

The city walls collapsed in the darkness, the streets passing through the destroyed buildings, the dusty white and blue illuminated by the animal skin lanterns, the ancient temple supported by stone pillars, the statue hanging upside down on the black cross, a series of murals depicting the "fallen creator" bearing the sins of mankind, the unusually attractive and beautiful "mushrooms", the altar with the statue's eyes strangely open, and the yellow-haired little boy Jack hiding in the back, these scenes took shape one by one and were reflected in the eyes of the Tarot Club members in the most direct and real way.

The eerie and dark style, the atmosphere of crisis at every step, and the development full of weirdness made "Justice" Audrey very excited and aroused her strong interest.

This is the situation around the City of Silver... It's more attractive than any novel I've ever read... This is the charm of the combination of mystery, unknown and horror... Of course, it's not a good thing for the humans living there... Audrey's thoughts were scattered, and she wished she could immediately become a demigod and half-human, and go on an adventure to that area ruled by darkness and storms.

Klein the Fool looked at this with some regret and emotion.

He sighed that it was indeed quite difficult for Silver City to survive until today under such an environment. He also lamented that the little "Sun" was still not smart enough and had little experience. Otherwise, he could have presented his experiences in full in the form of a documentary or a movie, which would have been absolutely exciting and attractive!

However, this will make the story take longer, and my spirituality cannot sustain everyone watching a movie here. Moreover, the longer we stay above the gray fog, the higher the possibility of bad changes in the outside world... Klein suddenly felt a little fortunate.

Alger, the Hanged Man, watched it quietly and savored it carefully, then asked the Sun to present the key points he had picked out above the long bronze table, including the mural of the Fallen Creator fighting against the six evil gods.

“Who are these evil gods?” Alger looked at the octopus-headed monster with lightning wrapped around its body, black waves under its feet, a bird feather cloak on its back, and a trident in its hand, and some inexplicable associations came to his mind.

"The Sun" Derrick shook his head honestly:

"I don't know, I thought you guys would know each other."

Audrey the Justice and Fors the Magician cast their eyes over at the same time and observed carefully several times, but still could not find the person they had guessed.

They originally thought that this was the sixth of the eight ancient gods in the myths and legends of the City of Silver, but they could not find a sufficient correspondence. After all, among the ancient gods there were dragons, elves, giants, phoenixes, and destructive wolves, but there was only one giant on the mural.

This... The Fool took a closer look and his pupils almost contracted.

Because of his posture, he didn't see the mural clearly the first time, but now he finally found something wrong.

This is very similar to the statues of the six gods I saw in the underground ruins of the Tudor family, except that one is the normal version, and the other is the blackened and corrupted version... It is really hard to look at it directly, especially the Mother Goddess of the Earth, the Lord of Storms, and the Eternal Sun, who have not only been blackened into evil gods, but also ugly monsters... Klein did not have the sudden realization of finding the truth. He expected that the "True Creator" would slander the six gods and distort their image.

However, we cannot completely ignore the possibilities presented by this mural. Just as I have always believed that the righteous gods have no human image, only symbols. As a result, the statues in the underground ruins of the Tudor family made me no longer so sure... It seems that the establishment of the image of gods has a long evolution, and there are many secrets hidden in it... Klein saw that Miss "Justice" was concentrating on examining the mural and was not paying attention to Mr. "Fool"'s attitude at all, and he was relieved.

Because this involves whether the little "Sun" can escape the strange dilemma of repeating a short period of his life, he decided to tell what he knew.

Of course, a lengthy introduction and display of the six gods in the underground ruins does not fit in with the identity of The Fool, and he intends to manipulate the World to accomplish this.

This is consistent with his continued effort to equate "the world" with Sherlock Moriarty.

The Fool should have said something profound and mysterious, "Night, Sun, Storm, Wisdom, Earth, Giants," without any explanation or extra description... Klein imagined for two seconds, and let The World speak hoarsely:

"I've seen similar statues."

After attracting everyone's attention, he paused and added:

"On an adventure to explore the ruins of the Quaternary Era."

Audrey, the "Justice", was very interested in this, but she maintained her basic reserve on the surface:

"Mr. World, what kind of statue is that? Can you show it to us? Of course, if you don't want to, or if you need compensation, we can discuss it."

“No need, because this can also solve some doubts for me.” The World smiled grimly.

He pretended to make a request to Mr. Fool, and after receiving permission, he materialized the six statues of gods and their corresponding holy emblems one by one.

The lady, with her dress layered but not complicated and resting her head on the full moon, seemed hazy but gave people an unusually beautiful feeling. There were also dots of stars on her black dress, as if it was the sky at midnight. Coupled with the iconic holy emblem of darkness, "Justice" Audrey immediately recognized that this was the goddess of night that she believed in.

This statue is 70% similar to the evil god in the upper left corner of the mural, but its face is more human-like, and there are no strange eyes hidden in the surrounding environment!

Blasphemy! This is blasphemy against the goddess! Audrey was a little angry, but she quickly calmed down.

As the most famous evil god, it is predictable that the "True Creator" would let his followers vilify the goddess... But why is there a human-shaped statue of the goddess in the underground ruins... Isn't it said that the true gods only have symbols? Audrey frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

The Hanged Man, Alger, seemed to be somewhat stunned and said with a sigh:

“It turns out that the murals show distorted images of six gods.

"They once really had human form..."

This might be the reason why the major churches have been trying to find the "God-forsaken Land"... and the "God-forsaken Land" is probably really in the depths of the Sonia Sea. Well, it certainly doesn't exist in a normal state, otherwise the gods would have found it... Alger silently added in his heart.

The Sun was stunned for a moment, then understood:

"Mr. 'Hanged Man', are these the Goddess of Night, Lord of Storms and other gods you mentioned?"

“Yes.” The Hanged Man responded affirmatively.

"What do they have to do with the end of the world? What do they have to do with the fact that our land has been abandoned by the Lord?" Derrick the Sun asked subconsciously.

Unfortunately, no one could answer him.

The Magician Fors raised his hand in confusion:

"Why is there no god of steam and machinery?"

This is the god she believes in.

In the northern and southern continents, the Seven Gods have always been known as such!

"It is rumored that the God of Steam and Machinery, the original God of Craftsmen, was not born until the Fourth Epoch. It seems to be true. Moreover, His birth time seems to be in the middle and late period of the Fourth Epoch, rather than the early and middle period..." The Hanged Man said half explaining and half guessing.

He has an unconcealable passion for such topics.

I see... Fors felt a little guilty for some reason, because she had not read the "Steam and Machinery Bible" seriously, and faith seemed to be just a lifestyle habit.

The Sun Derrick did not dwell on what happened just now, and asked:

“Is this mural the key point?”

“Maybe. You can try to break it, but don’t, haha, don’t let the Chief suspect anything.” The Hanged Man originally wanted to say not to try to recite the honorific name of one of the Six Gods, otherwise He or they might very well descend directly to the “God-forsaken Land”, but after careful consideration, he discovered that the little “Sun” didn’t even know the corresponding honorific name.

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Hanged Man, you are always so kind and enthusiastic. Also, Miss Justice, Miss Magician, and Mr. World, you are all equally kind." Derrick thanked sincerely.

Kindness? Enthusiasm? The Hanged Man didn't know how to react.

This was the first time he was described with such words.

Seeing that they had finished their discussion, Klein suddenly remembered something. That was during the previous exploration of the semi-abandoned temple of the "True Creator", Silver City had discovered the name "Redemption Rose", but it seemed that no one paid attention to it this time.

Cannot be ignored... According to the evil spirits in the underground ruins, this extremely secretive organization led by fallen angels is not much inferior to the "Twilight Hermits". The "time loop" may be their arrangement... Thinking of this, The Fool, who was sitting in a high-back chair, leisurely adjusted his sitting posture and tapped the edge of the mottled long table with his fingers.

Audrey Justice immediately turned around and looked at Mr. Fool with a hint of excitement, waiting for Him to give her a hint.

The Hanged Man, the Sun, the Magician, and the World also turned their expectant eyes to Mr. Fool.

Klein the Fool chuckled in the thick fog and said:

"Redemption Rose."

"Redemption Rose"? What is this... the key to getting out of trouble? Oh, yes, this name is in the corner of a mural above the temple! "Sun" Derrick seemed to understand something.

The Hanged Man Alger, Audrey the Justice, and Fors the Magician also recalled and attached importance to the name "Redemption Rose", but they were unable to fully understand the true meaning of Mr. Fool.

“Dear Mr. Fool, what does the Rose of Redemption represent?” Audrey raised her hand and asked.

This time, Klein didn't answer, but just laughed.

His idea was simple: the organization "Redemption Rose" was closely related to the "True Creator", and no matter how things happened in the temple, they could point to them in some way.

As for whether this name is the so-called key point, Klein is not sure, nor is he worried. After all, the right to interpret is in his hands.

The Sun and his friends misunderstood the true meaning. How could it be Mr. Fool’s fault?


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