Your Majesty... After hearing Viscount Stratford's answer, Hugh was a little confused for a moment, and his heart was full of doubts.

She found it hard to understand why Sherman deliberately approached the captain of the palace guards just to investigate who he was loyal to. This didn't seem to be something very important or valuable.

Viscount Stratford's answer was extremely orthodox and there was nothing wrong with it.

Sherman sacrificed his life just to get such an answer? Hugh wanted to ask Sherman about the purpose of investigating that little thing, but then he thought that this might touch upon the core information too quickly, causing Viscount Stratford, who had not yet fully entered the "state", to resist, so he suppressed his impulse temporarily.

She hesitated for a moment, then asked:

"Do you know Mason Dill?"

"I know him." Viscount Stratford replied dully.

Hugh Dilcher continued to raise simpler and less important questions:

"who is he?"

"He is the former captain of the palace guard." Viscount Stratford simply answered the question without further elaboration.

At this time, Fors did not listen to the superficial "mind reading". She took out the pure crystal ball and put it into Xio's pocket.

After transferring the items, she bent down again and carefully tried to pick up the copper-green cross.

This time, her fingers trembled slightly, and the soul-burning feeling did not come to her through touch, allowing her to easily pick up the object with several spikes.

Sure enough, this cross would reject all magical items outside of it, and would not tolerate their existence... Well, I still had the "Moon Paper Man" and the residual spirituality of the ancient vengeful spirit, but it did not react... Does this mean that it does not reject things that do not contain extraordinary characteristics, and does not conflict with spirituality and power? If this is true, will it also reject the extraordinary characteristics in my body, but not so obviously... Is this its other negative impact, which will take some time to appear? Fors roughly judged this copper-green ancient cross, and cautiously put it into the secret bag containing various ritual materials.

After finishing this task, Fors looked down at the silver bracelet on her wrist and confirmed that it was empty and no longer hung with any decorations.

All of her five stones that allow people to "teleport" have been used up.

However, Fors was not as frightened as before. Although she was certain that the “Full Moon Whispering” would become clearer and more terrifying as the stones were consumed, she also knew that with the help of Mr. Fool, this would not be a problem. In the past year or so, if she had not had to stay above the gray fog for a short period of time every full moon or blood moon, she would have almost forgotten that she was still suffering from the “Full Moon Whispering”.

I hope that one day, this curse will completely disappear... After taking her eyes off the gradually dimming silver bracelet, Fors couldn't help but sigh.

She immediately thanked Mr. Fool sincerely in her heart:

"...No matter what the real purpose is, at least it has saved me time and time again, not just in 'Full Moon Whisper'...

"This cross seems to be of a high level. I wonder if Mr. Fool would be interested and willing to accept my sacrifice... Before, I didn't have good items and intelligence, so I couldn't repay that kindness. Now I finally see the possibility...

"Uh... this is a common spoil of war. I only own half of it. I wonder if Mr. Fool is willing to accept a sacrifice of only half of the ownership... No, Xio was also saved by Mr. Fool...

“Hehe, maybe I can even please Mr. Fool with this… If he’s satisfied, maybe he’ll bestow a few Beyonder abilities on me and let me record them in Lemanno’s Travel Notes. No, Lemanno’s Travel Notes certainly can’t record the abilities of gods, and it’s hard for me to carry Mr. Fool’s power… Well, the abilities of the angels under my seat are also fine. No, no, no, I can’t be too greedy. Even if I can ask Mr. World to copy down a few abilities, I’ll be satisfied…”

Fors's thoughts wandered, and she had a dreamlike expectation.

This is the instinct of a best-selling novelist.

As for why she didn't expect anything else and only expected the record of extraordinary abilities, it was because she realized today the importance and terror of extraordinary abilities at the demigod level extremely deeply.

If the "tornado" had not been copied into "Lemanno's Travel Notes", she and Hugh would have had no chance of catching Viscount Stratford tonight, and they might not even have been able to escape successfully.

Even without counting the copper-green cross, Viscount Stratford himself was a very powerful Beyonder. If he had not been injured by the "Tornado" at the beginning and had not fallen and felt dizzy, the sneak attack of the two would most likely not have achieved the desired effect and would have been very likely to be counterattacked.

Of course, separating the terrifying "Glorious Cross" from Viscount Stratford was the key to victory in that brief battle tonight, and this was also thanks to "Tornado".

"Think about it carefully. If we change to a less urgent environment and get rid of the copper-green cross and the semi-god-level ability in the travel notes, it is not impossible for Xio and I to join forces to deal with Viscount Stratford. We may even have a great chance of winning...

"The variety and reasonable combination of extraordinary abilities in the travel notes are really powerful. In addition to the supplement of the "spiritual piercing" ability and the "cold blade" effect of Xiu, and the involvement of the frontal battle, if Viscount Stratford does not have special magical items, losing is the only reasonable outcome...

"A 'recordist' who is experienced and still alive is so strong..." The more Fors thought about it, the weirder it felt.

That is, it seems that I may have become a little powerful!

When she dealt with the ancient vengeful spirit, she had some similar cognition, but she was subsequently contaminated by the strangeness, and she was only afraid of the whole thing, and did not think about it in depth. When punishing Ernes Boyar, the blood clan viscount, she and Xio did not participate in the specific battle, so naturally they would not use it to measure their own strength.

This time, their enemy, Viscount Stratford, was the chief of the palace guards of the Loen royal family. He was at least Sequence 6, most likely Sequence 5, and was in charge of a demigod-level item. His strength level was quite clear, allowing Fors to use it to determine her "class" in the extraordinary world. Although the reason for their victory was more due to sneak attacks, a successful sneak attack itself was also a manifestation of strength.

I am already a "Recorder". After transcribing and matching my abilities, plus "Lemanno's Travel Notes", I am almost equivalent to a stronger Sequence 5... The only problem is that I still lack experience... Fors sighed as he cast his gaze towards Xio and Viscount Stratford and continued to listen to their question and answer session.

At this point, Xio's problem has entered a more core area that is prone to resistance:

"What caused Mason Dill's death?"

After asking this question, Xio's emotions suddenly became extremely complicated. There was anticipation, uneasiness, excitement, and fear.

This was the question she had wanted to ask eight years ago. During these nearly three thousand days and nights, she had been searching for the answer all the time. However, she was afraid that the answer was not what she wanted. She was afraid that her father had indeed participated in the rebellion and was therefore executed without any honor.

Viscount Stratford did not answer Hugh's question immediately. He seemed to struggle for a moment before saying:

"He discovered the King's secret and tried to inform the three major churches but failed. He was executed on the spot."

Xio was stunned for several seconds before finally confirming that he had gotten the answer.

Although this answer frightened her, it also made her heart return to its original place and settle down.

"Secret... His Majesty's secret..." She whispered to herself and asked in an urgent tone:

"What's the secret?"

Fors, who was beside her, was almost stunned. She didn't expect things to develop to this extent.

At this moment, Viscount Stratford's facial muscles were visibly distorted, and he managed to utter a few words with great difficulty:

"The secret is..."

Suddenly, his body trembled violently, and his confused eyes suddenly regained their spirits.

Then, he disintegrated from the most minute structure and instantly collapsed into a ball of "fireworks".

The blood-colored "fireworks" shot straight into the sky and exploded with a loud bang, illuminating the night and entering the eyes of Fors and Xio.

This... With the previous experience, Fors's eyes paused, and without saying anything else, he squatted down and grabbed Sherman's body and Xio's calf respectively.

Their figures quickly became transparent and disappeared from the spot, "teleporting" to the southern area of ​​the bridge.

…………

Above the gray fog, Klein, who was holding the "Scepter of Poseidon", also saw the "fireworks" that dyed the sky red.

When Fors prayed to him before, he happened to be in this majestic palace observing the actions of Qonas Kilger. He took the Red Priest card, took the paper man he had cut, mobilized the power of the mysterious space, and responded.

During this process, he discovered that the person lying next to the "Magician" and Miss "Judgment" was actually Viscount Stratford.

This was a target he focused on. Although he did not investigate personally, he knew that there was something wrong with the other party and that the witch Triss was targeting this person. Therefore, at a dance party, he memorized the corresponding appearance and characteristics.

Klein didn't know what the two Tarot Club members were trying to do, but since it involved Viscount Stratford, he certainly wouldn't ignore its importance. He directly observed the subsequent experiences of the Magician and Miss Judgment through the corresponding crimson stars.

After being promoted to a demigod and gaining more authority here, Klein can use the corresponding crimson stars to directly investigate the situation in a certain area around the Tarot Club members without their prayers. This is similar to believers who have been specially marked. However, Klein is very restrained about this and has never tried it before.

This allowed him to overhear the conversation between Hugh and Viscount Stratford.

As someone who knows the inside story, he is well aware of the true meaning and weight of the question of "who to be loyal to".

Combined with the fact that the former palace guard Mason Dill discovered the king's secret and tried to inform the three major churches but failed, Klein had already guessed the answer:

He suspected that the biggest culprit behind the Backlund Great Smog Incident was the King of Loen Kingdom, George III!