I remember that the simple task given by Mr. Fool was just to test the two people who might join the party. The general content was to find the person in the portrait, and that person was definitely in Backlund... Alger Wilson tried hard to recall what happened at the last party, and he couldn't understand what it had to do with the hotbed of the evil god's arrival.
Isn’t it just finding someone?
And it's not that dangerous...
Is there a deeper purpose behind Mr. Fool's simple mission? Is this a silent contest between gods?
The "Hanged Man" thought of a lot of things in an instant, and almost asked "Justice" out of the blue, trying to spend a lot of money to understand the details of what happened.
But as a senior official Beyonder, a "navigator" who piloted an ancient ghost ship, he was experienced and shrewd. He forced himself to suppress his impulse and planned to first ask Backlund through the internal channels of the Church of Storms what major events had happened recently.
However, Audrey the Justice understood Mr. Fool's sigh immediately and instantly understood Lanevus's situation clearly.
It turns out that the little bit of divinity that Lanevus possessed was the initial possession of the "True Creator" to descend into the real world... and the poor conditions in the East District, the Dock District, and the Factory District were the hotbed for the possession to grow rapidly... Mr. "Fool" used a simple task to stop the huge conspiracy of the "True Creator" and saved the entire Backlund! Audrey looked at the top of the bronze table with sparkling eyes, unconsciously filled with admiration.
At this time, the gloomy and reserved "World" laughed softly and said:
"Yes, every time I see and hear about the large number of child laborers who died in their teens, the majority of workers who rarely lived past the age of 30 due to extreme fatigue and harsh conditions, and the elderly who barely survived the previous tests but were unable to work due to old age and lack of security and had to wander the streets and die of hunger and cold, I have no doubt about the existence of evil gods. They are on earth, in the East District, the docks, and the factory districts."
"Oh, there are even survey reports that say it's hard for workers in some factories to survive more than five years."
"And in Backlund's East District, there is a saying that the residents living there, from their grandfather's generation, are definitely outsiders, without exception."
"What this sentence really means is that people there will not have a third generation and will not have grandchildren."
"Poverty and hunger make their children very thin and weak. It is difficult for them to adapt to hard work. They will quickly wither away in Backlund, not to mention getting married and having the next generation."
Audrey, who heard Mr. World talk so much for the first time, was immediately shocked and confused.
How come I didn't know about this at all... The newspapers and magazines I read only mentioned that the residents of the East District had a hard life... This is more than just hardship... Audrey's eyes obviously lost focus for a moment, and she felt that her understanding of the kingdom and the world seemed to have been completely overturned.
Suddenly, she deeply understood why Mr. Fool made such an exclamation, why he said that such an era, such Backlund, such an East District, the Dock District, and the Factory District were the hotbed for the advent of evil gods.
We can't go on like this! Otherwise, Backlund will be destroyed one day! "Justice" Audrey suddenly felt a strong urge to go back and learn more, to remind her father, Count Hall, and to use her abilities as an "audience" and a "mind reader" to secretly guide the implementation of bills and policies that can improve the living conditions of those poor people in the East District, the Dock District, and the Factory District.
Klein the Fool, who was sitting at the head of the long bronze table, quietly observed Miss Justice's reaction.
He just sighed deliberately and gave a detailed explanation using the nickname "Mr. World" in order to make Miss "Justice", who was a noble and still had some innocence, realize the seriousness of the problem and promote changes in the kingdom through her.
Before becoming the "Faceless Man", I must remember clearly that I cannot get involved in such matters personally... He silently set such a boundary for himself.
"Thank you, Mr. Fool, thank you for saving Backlund. Your sigh also made me understand the root of the problem. Thank you, Mr. World, you made me know a lot of things I didn't know before." Audrey restrained her emotions and sincerely thanked the two gentlemen sitting at the top and bottom of the ancient long table.
Saved Backlund? The Hanged Man Alger was no stranger to the conditions in the East District, the Factory District, and the Dock District. He was more surprised by the description given by Miss Justice.
How big a fuss has this caused? He frowned in confusion.
"Sun" Derrick listened very carefully. Although he didn't understand anything, he still listened carefully, hoping to learn more about the situation in the area where Mr. "The Hanged Man", Miss "Justice" and Mr. "World" were.
In response to Miss Justice's thanks, Klein simply smiled and did not respond further. He turned his gaze to the Hanged Man.
Alger immediately understood what he meant and quickly materialized the last page of Roselle's diary that he had promised.
Klein took it from him and glanced at it casually:
"On January 14, I discovered a problem. If unconscious high-sequence items are not sealed, they will unconsciously attract low-sequence people from the same path to the vicinity, resulting in intersections. The higher the original sequence, the more likely this will happen."
"However, this does not seem to be the case all the time, but rather is intermittent."
This diary entry immediately perked up Klein, because he had had similar speculations before.
After arriving in Backlund, he found himself quickly coming into contact with the Secret Society and the Beyonders of the "Fortune Teller" path, thus falling into an extremely passive and extremely dangerous situation. However, he also obtained the corresponding Sequence 7, Sequence 6, and Sequence 5 potion formulas.
At that time, he guessed that his time travel hid a secret, which gave him a certain ability to resurrect, and would intermittently attract people and things related to the "Fortune Teller" path, such as the diary of the Antigonus family and members of the secret society.
After reading Emperor Roselle's diary, Klein suddenly had a new idea.
He glanced at the thick gray fog and the illusory crimson stars below with the corner of his eye, and muttered to himself:
"Is it not me who creates that attraction, but this gray fog, or the mysterious space above the gray fog?"
"This can be considered as the secret hidden in my time travel..."
Without any more clues or intelligence, Klein quickly gathered his thoughts and read the second diary entry:
"January 16th, the witch tastes really good."
…Klein’s mouth twitched slightly, and he simply didn’t know what expression to use to face the situation.
My Lord, I underestimated you... You are capable of doing anything... Don't you care about the other person's previous gender? Don't you care about her experience during the "pleasure" stage?
Suppressing the urge to exhale slowly, Klein looked at the last entry in the diary in his hand:
"On January 20th, I finished the second Blasphemy card."
"Let me think, let me think, where should I hide it?"
"Well, I plan to disguise it as a bookmark and put it in a very valuable book. If the recipient is not a destined person, it will be difficult for him to imagine that the most valuable thing in the valuable book is actually that inconspicuous bookmark!"
"Yes, that's a good idea!"
...Emperor, why don't you explain it clearly? Which book was the "bookmark" inserted into? Before I finished reading, I was so happy that I thought I could follow the instructions and get a "blasphemous card" containing the secrets of the gods... Klein stopped his eyes at the end in disappointment.
I hope the emperor's diary contains specific information... He comforted himself, leaned back slowly, and smiled slightly:
"You can communicate freely now."
At this time, "Sun" Derrick imitated Miss "Justice" and raised his hand and said:
"Mr. World, the extraordinary weapon you gave me is better than I expected. I have accumulated enough merits to exchange for materials and advance to Sequence 8. I will use the remaining merits to hire helpers in the next two days to obtain the real roots and sap of the Mist Tree Man. I will be able to complete the transaction soon."
He described it in great detail, worried that his image of being trustworthy would be doubted and damaged.
Of course, everything he said was true, and although the axe did not meet his expectations of an extraordinary weapon, its power shocked him.
The axe can create a very lethal lightning with just two or three collisions. Coupled with the temporary improvement of the "Singer" ability, I can completely fight against Sequence 7 level, close combat monsters. If I encounter the kind that is afraid of lightning, I can even easily deal with it... I am now a "Prayer for Light" and have certain spells. My strength has been substantially improved, and I can fight against more types of more powerful monsters... Derrick Berg feels that he has fallen in love with that extraordinary weapon.
In the City of Silver, strength is the reason for love! The dense darkness around them and the monsters in the depths of darkness forced them to abide by this rule generation after generation.
"Okay." The gloomy "world" nodded slightly under Klein's control.
He immediately looked around and asked again:
"Madam, sir, do you have any clues about the Evil Stripe Black Panther's cerebrospinal fluid and the Spirit Spring's medullary crystals?"
Audrey the Justice shook her head without hesitation. After a few seconds of silence, Alger the Hanged Man suddenly said:
"There will be a grand gathering of pirates in the Sonia Sea in the near future. The fleets of the four pirate kings and six pirate generals may all participate. Oh, it should be 'seven' pirate generals. Another one has joined the ranks."
"At such a grand event, there must be transactions of extraordinary materials. There is a high probability that the not-so-rare Evil Pattern Black Panther Spinal Fluid and the Medullary Crystals of the Elf Spring will appear."
"I have the opportunity to participate in this event, but what can you give in exchange?"
"I think you definitely don't have the recipe for the 'Wind-loving' potion now, and it will be difficult to obtain it later."