EFB Chapter 189 'Sunfire' Talisman Trade, 'Magician' Materials Completed
Chapter 189 'Sunfire' Talisman Trade, 'Magician' Materials Completed
Chapter 189 'Sunfire' Talisman Trade, 'Magician' Materials Completed
Upon hearing Alger the Hanged Man's question to Evan, Klein the Fool quickly seized the opportunity to tap the table and then said:
"In this matter, you or your group could give it a try!"
"try?"
Alger was clearly not yet completely free of his suspicions and wariness about the patient's identity; his mind immediately tensed up, and he began to have wild thoughts.
What does he want to do? What is his true self? Does he want us to start trying to help him out of his predicament?
"It's called an experiment, but in fact, Mr. 'Power' has already successfully conducted the experiment!"
Klein understood that anyone would have doubts about making such a request, so he quickly brought Evan in to vouch for him.
Whether it was Miss Justice Audrey, the Hanged Man Alger, or Little Sun Derrick, they all looked at Mr. "Power" Evan.
Evan nodded solemnly into their self-illumination, indicating that he had indeed conducted some preliminary experiments to verify Mr. Fool's words and that these experiments were not dangerous.
"This approach can make your transactions simple, secure, and highly confidential."
This attempt was inspired by something I heard from the Sun God: that you would give me the goods through sacrifice, and I would give them to the recipient as a gift.
"You—you can do this?!" Audrey was stunned; this was completely beyond her imagination.
At the same time, she quickly realized the advantages of this method and the divine essence hidden beneath its seemingly simple operation.
Alger, on the other hand, thought even more deeply and became even more certain that Mr. Fool was an existence beyond imagination, possessing power at the level of a true god. He even believed that Mr. Fool was another persona of several legendary evil gods or demons.
He believed that the patient was trying to induce him to get out of his predicament step by step with the help of the Tarot Club members.
Is it a bound god? The dark side of the universe? Or the true creator?
Furthermore, both Miss Justice Audrey and the Hanged Man Alger realized that Mr. Power Evan and Mr. Fool's followers must still be cooperating.
Mr. Fool said that Mr. "Power" took the lead in attempting a sexual sacrifice, which must mean that he has a deep connection with Mr. Fool's followers, and they must be doing something big!
Although he was extremely unwilling, Alger knew he was far too weak in the face of the Fool, so he could only quickly agree:
"Your will is my will; I should do as I please."
Klein could see that although the Hanged Man didn't show it on his face, he was actually very unwilling. He understood his thoughts, so he pretended not to see it and explained the sacrificial ritual.
"I will hold a sacrificial ceremony immediately after the Tarot session!"
No matter how unwilling he was, Alger still had to appear outwardly "loyal" to the "Fool".
After Miss Justice and Mr. Hanged Man completed their transactions, Mr. "Power" Evan turned his gaze to the newly joined "Sun," who appeared somewhat aloof and reserved, and said:
"Is your city, Silver City, near the Giants' Royal Court?"
Upon hearing this, everyone else in the Tarot Club perked up and looked at the newly joined Sun.
"The Sun" Derrick, however, was clearly oblivious to this atmosphere. In his mind, everyone in the Tarot Society was also surviving in the darkness, fighting monsters, yet they were members of other city-states with no connection to the Silver City. So he answered directly:
"Yes! We live near the giants' royal court that was destroyed by the Lord, but we can no longer reach it now."
After confirming that the little sun in front of him was the same as the one in the original story, Evan didn't ask any more questions. It seemed that the butterfly effect of his arrival had not affected the Forsaken Land.
His decision not to ask further questions left the members, who wanted to know more but didn't know how to ask, speechless and unable to catch their breath for a long time. At the same time, they became increasingly curious about the sun's identity and began to speculate about his location.
Historians have been debating the location of the Giants' Court, but they generally agree that it was either in the legendary Old World or deep in the mountains of the Fussac Empire.
Because of the sun's height, they all speculated that the little sun came from some tribes of the Fusak Empire.
After catching her breath, Audrey began to recount some information she had gathered during this time.
"Following the passage of the Government Employees Recruitment Act, both houses of Parliament have been actively pushing for it, and the first recruitment examination has been scheduled for early next year!"
Moreover, unlike the previous plan to conduct a pilot program in one region, this time the kingdom is prepared to promote it across the entire country.
"This shows that the King and Prime Minister do have some brains after all!"
Alger the Hanged Man distrusts the intelligence of those in power and, as usual, made a sarcastic remark.
Klein was determined to urge Benson on and was prepared to reveal some of his financial resources to persuade Benson to resign and focus on preparing for the exam. He believed that with Benson's intelligence, he would definitely be able to pass.
"Mr. Hanged Man, I already know the answer to what you asked me to inquire about. His Majesty the King has been persuaded not to retaliate against the Fussac Empire while the country is unstable."
Alger nodded to indicate that he understood, and then began to share the information he knew.
"Hurricane Admiral Ziringus has landed. What he's going to do is unknown. All we know is that his target is Backlund, and he possesses a glove that allows him to utilize many abilities. Ziringus's trip to Backlund was commissioned. All we know is that he once admitted that the reward for completing the mission could make him a potential king of the sea."
Before Audrey could even ponder the meaning behind it, Alger's words elicited a gasp from "The Sun".
Through his narration, the people at the Tarot meeting gained a basic understanding of the principles behind the "Crawling Hunger" seal and the special characteristics of the "Shepherd".
This made Klein, who was worried that Zilingus might really do something big, decide to tell Mr. Azik, who had already gone to Backlund, after leaving the gray fog.
Evan, on the other hand, knew about Zillingus's target in advance, but in order to show Klein that he cared about Backlund, he also suggested that the Hanged Man prepare more detailed information for the investigation.
Miss Justice also offered to help Alger and asked him for some information, to which Alger was naturally delighted.
The discussion had concluded, and the Fool aptly announced that the day was over. Audrey, Alger, and Evan, in perfect unison, led the newly arrived members of the Sun to stand up and bid farewell to Mr. Fool.
After that, Audrey, Alger, and Derrick all left the Gray Fog, and Evan began his own time reading letters.
The Fool once again delivered the letter that Klein had written to Evan, recounting how Mr. Azik had regained some of his memories and reunited with his son, and how Mr. Azik confessed that he wanted to take revenge on the Augustus family because of his son's death.
Meanwhile, Klein wrote to Evan to ask if the person who took Mr. Azik's child's skull was the mastermind behind it all, and mentioned that Mr. Azik had already gone to Backlund.
He also stated that he had entrusted Leonard to conduct another in-depth investigation into the matter concerning Lanius, but because there were many people paying attention to the Lanius case, the investigation had already been carried out thoroughly, and no clues had been found yet.
As for why Evan asked him to pay attention to 3-0728, he already knew the reason and admitted that he had already made five high-level Sun Realm talismans.
"Five! In the original story, Klein only managed to get two, which he used to kill Megalos's child."
This changed the fate of Tingen.
"Thanks to my reminder and with the help of Azik and Leonard, he managed to get five of them. Hopefully, that will kill that divine child and completely ruin the Lanius Plan?"
Thinking about this, Evan felt a little guilty, because if Ince Zangwell's plan really failed, it would definitely not be in Adam's interest, and might directly anger Adam?
But upon further reflection, Wen felt relieved and realized that such a situation would never occur.
"No, that's impossible. Judging from the abilities that Megas showed in the original work, that divine child should have the hard power of a weak Sequence 4, but he was able to use Sequence 3 skills."
After this upheaval, Tingen is ideally suited for the growth of the baby in Megos's womb. With such good development, it may already be at the standard Sequence 4 level.
If that's the case, Klein doesn't have many high-level talismans at all, maybe even few.
Azik's reunion with his child due to Evan's interference was something Evan had anticipated. It was originally just a favor, something he could do to naturally strike up a conversation with the bigwigs if they met in the future.
However, unexpectedly, the death of his child turned out to be a serious accident, causing him to become sworn enemies with the Augustus family, which was undoubtedly very advantageous for Evan.
Having an angel with demigod-like strength working in secret is far more effective than Evan fighting alone.
After all, this was a matter directly targeting the royal family of Ruen and the king. Evan dared not involve Robert in this matter, and was even unsure whether Robert would support George III.
In addition, Klein also confessed to Evan that he was ready to face the mastermind behind the scenes, and was just waiting to collect all the relevant materials to be promoted to "Magician". At that time, he asked Evan to tell him the truth.
Finally, Klein mentioned that due to the spread of the Act of Roles and the opportunity for digestion brought about by the Tingen riots, the Church of the Night's Tranquil Sanctuary would send a high-ranking deacon.
He asked him whether he should report the Tingen affair, and attached Leonard's objection.
After reading Klein's letter, Evan once again asked Mr. Fool for permission to write a letter.
In the letter, Evan first pretended to tell Klein that he had collected the real roots and sap of the Mist Treant for him and would ask Mr. Fool to deliver them to him, asking him to pay attention to receiving them.
He then asked Klein to think of more ways to obtain a few more high-level, powerful talismans.
She could do as much as she wanted, because the enemy she was facing was very powerful.
At the same time, Evan "sorry" suggested that if he really got a lot of talismans, could he sell some to him? He was willing to buy them for 10,000 gold pounds each (which was not expensive at all).
He was also told that if he was truly determined to confront the mastermind behind it all, he could report on his informant in the mental hospital, Dust Guderian, and his superior, Hud Eugen, and officially begin investigating Hud Eugen.
Finally, Evan agreed with Leonard's opinion that the matter of Tingen's mastermind should now be simplified, not complicated.
The simpler the plan, the higher its success rate; the more complex the plan, the more likely it is to fail.
He then asked Klein to introduce himself to Azik, explaining that he could offer him some assistance if necessary.
After writing the letter to Klein, Evan asked Mr. Fool to deliver it and to give the items that the Hanged Man would later sacrifice to Klein, before leaving the Gray Mist.
After Evan left the gray fog, Klein picked up the letter beside him and read it carefully again, memorizing every point Evan wrote. His eyes lit up especially when he saw that Evan was willing to buy the "Sun Flame" talisman for 10,000 rank points.
Since he decided to confront the mastermind behind the chaos in Tingen, he has disregarded life and death. The only thing he can't let go of is his brother and sister, with whom he has spent nearly two months.
Klein already had a plan for the mastermind, a plan that would transfer the greatest possible risk to him and minimize the risk to Tingen, which made it impossible for Klein not to consider what would happen next.
If he could get a large sum of money, it would also relieve his worries, so he decided to cooperate with Leonard after the people from the temple left, and once again fleece 3-0782.
However, Klein was puzzled by the meaning behind Evan's last words. Why did he feel that Evan was targeting the royal family?
The Horn family has existed since the founding of the Kingdom of Rune, and has had several generations of members who have married into the royal family. They also have royal blood, so they should be staunch royalists. What does Evan mean by this?
Although he had some doubts, Klein quickly suppressed them. At the moment, the most important thing for him was the matter of Tingen; nothing else mattered.
The key to the Tingen affair lies with Mr. Azik, who gave Klein the greatest confidence, so he cannot afford to be harmed.
Klein had previously considered advising Azik to put the matter of Augustus aside for now, but after putting himself in Azik's shoes, he felt that one should not advise others to do good unless one is in trouble, so he could only remain silent.
He told Evan about this by writing a letter, hoping Evan could help him think of a solution.
Unexpectedly, Evan was open to this.
However, he still planned to inform Mr. Azik of Evan's information and introduce the two of them, so that Mr. Azik wouldn't act rashly after arriving in Backlund, unfamiliar with the place, and end up running into the royal family.
If that's the case, then the situation in Tingen will be unsolvable.
Just then, Klein overheard the Hanged Man's prayer and learned that he was performing a sacrificial ritual.
Then they started operating, even deliberately making a commotion to show off their sophistication.
Klein then returned to reality to set up the ritual, bringing the real roots and sap of the Mist Treant sacrificed by Alger into the real world.
He then pulled out a wad of banknotes from under his bed, and with a pained expression, counted out 1000 gold coins and offered them as a sacrifice to the gray mist, which he then bestowed upon Evan.
After returning to reality, Klein wrote a letter, revealing Evan's identity and address.
He then assured Azik that Evan was trustworthy and asked Mr. Azik to let him know if anything happened after Backlund.
You can discuss it with Evan or seek his help.
Looking at the materials in his hand, Klein did not immediately prepare the potion for the general ascension, because the next two days...
The senior deacon from the sanctuary is about to arrive.
The people from the Sanctuary will definitely conduct a thorough investigation. If there are some reasonable explanations for the promotion of Pu to Sequence 8 "The Clown," then the promotion of Pu to Sequence 7 "The Magician" is something that can't be explained no matter what.
Now that he had decided not to report what happened in Tingen, Klein naturally wanted to do it perfectly.
"After the people from the Sanctuary leave, I will advance to Sequence 7! At that time, I will face the mastermind behind it all!"
Klein looked at the materials in his hand and muttered to himself.
Villa of Earl Hall, Queens, Backlund
Audrey was still in shock as she looked at the file bag that emerged from the illusory gate, and it took her a long time to come to her senses.
In the end, all I could do was keep praising the "Fool" in my heart, praising the miracles created by the "Fool".
Audrey, holding the file folder, sat down at the dressing table, thinking about the deal she had just made on the gray fog, and worrying about where she should go to collect materials for "The Sun".
"Since the assassination of Duke Negan, MI9 and the three major churches have been investigating in turn, making the entire underground world of extraordinary beings very tense. I heard that several extraordinary beings gatherings have been disrupted."
Audrey knew very well that her family's treasure trove did not contain the materials Mr. Sun needed, and that her own resources were very limited.
After some consideration, Audrey finally decided to go to Fors and Hugh Deercha and ask them to help her get these things from MI9, and to prepare to hand over the information given to her by Alger the Hanged Man.
Audrey believed that as MI9 agents, they would definitely be interested in information about Hurricane General at the Backlund, Joewood apartment.
After the candles for the ceremony were extinguished, Evan looked at the thousand pounds in his hand without the slightest surprise. Klein was Klein after all; although he liked small amounts of money, he was still clear-headed and would never make mistakes on matters of principle, nor would he be greedy for small gains.
In his previous letter, Evan repeatedly emphasized that he helped him get promoted in order to save Tingen, and hoped that he would accept the materials and not be shy. However, Klein still sent the money over in the end.
But let it be delivered. Klein's image of him as a warm and generous friend is already firmly established.
Looking at the documents that had arrived along with the banknotes, Evan sat on the sofa and fell into deep thought.
His attitude toward Duke Negan was clear: go with the flow. Once he was certain that Negan was on Adam's death list, Evan only wanted to get something out of him.
In the original story, Duke Negan escaped death because of Audrey. Without Audrey's intervention, Duke Negan would have died on the spot.
In the past, Evan would have certainly wanted Duke Negan dead quickly, as this would have allowed Robert to continue to hold power and expand his influence in politics.
But now Evan is no longer in a hurry, because he has discovered that Robert is a demigod.
Ultimately, this world is ruled by might. No matter how influential Duke Negan is, he is merely a secular representative of the Church of Storms. Only after Robert becomes a demigod does he truly become the one in charge.
Robert is still subordinate to the Duke of Negan only because he is still playing by worldly rules.
If Robert really flips the table, Duke Negan will have absolutely no chance against him. The Church of Storms knows whether a demigod who can fight an entire fleet is more important or a secular representative.
This also made Evan understand why the Church of Storms was so actively seeking Robert's conversion, rather than forcing the old Earl to change his successor.
Before a demigod, the stain of changing one's faith is nothing.
In the original novel, even after Duke Negan was assassinated, Archbishop Snake, who made two consecutive mistakes, was only transferred to another post. Negan's brother and Earl Hall did not investigate further, which is enough to prove who the real person in charge was.
It was because of the Church of Storms' attitude that Evan realized that when he first arrived in Backlund, Duke Negan was walking a tightrope when he saw the Horn family's collateral branch suing Robert.
With this discovery, Evan's previous plan to overthrow Duke Negan and allow Robert to further consolidate his power became meaningless.
Now, upon reconsidering the situation, Evan had to start thinking about what benefits he could gain from Duke Negan.
If Duke Negan is successfully assassinated by Zillingus this time, it won't do any harm to Evan. At most, he'll forget about his year-end bonus, and Evan doesn't live off year-end bonuses anyway.
Robert will be overhauling MI9, which will greatly benefit Evan's pursuit of a better position.
If the assassination attempt on Duke Negan by Zillingus fails, this will be the second assassination attempt he has faced in just half a month.
MI9 will inevitably become the scapegoat again, and Evan will still lose all his bonus. However, the ringleaders will definitely be within the range of Duke Negan's firepower, and Duke Negan will also strongly support Robert's reorganization of the intelligence department, which is also a good thing for Evan.
From this perspective, whether Duke Negan lives or dies this time has little impact on Evan, but Evan has thought of a situation that is very advantageous to him.
That is, Duke Negan was assassinated, but he did not die, and he survived because of his own actions.
In the original story, Audrey saved the Duke of Negan's life, and the Duke rewarded her with nearly 4 gold pounds for helping her collect the bounty and deliver the estate.
This was mainly because Audrey was unmarried and held no political position, so she could only repay him with money.
If Evan saves his life this time, he would be doing a disservice to Evan's reputation if he didn't go to great lengths to repay him handsomely.