Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 338 Interlude
(I have an exam the day after tomorrow morning, so I will take a day off tomorrow as usual and continue to post scattered articles as placeholders)
"The...boundary of the universe?"

Fors repeated it in a dreamy voice, but she herself probably didn't know what she was saying.

In fact, this is understandable. For Fors, who is only at Sequence 4, she has only just learned the concept of "universe". Therefore, she did not feel much about this news.

"That's what Bethel calls it, anyway."

Antigonus said, "He went there and was driven mad by the sight. After that, he saw the long-dead red moon shining toward him."

"Then, what happened next?"

Although Fors could already guess the ending, she still asked subconsciously.

"He was contaminated by the existence on the moon. Now the only traces left are probably the nine legends he left in the universe."

Antigonus pointed to the huge black stone door that was out of place in the entire palace. The stone door had collapsed, revealing its charred interior.

"The legend on the Reflection Star was shattered not long ago. It seems that someone discovered that he was dead when he borrowed it, and thus no longer possessed the power he had in life."

Antigonus explained with regret, "The legends left behind by the planeswalker on the planet will record the deeds of the planeswalker. Even if the original body dies, the afterimage of the legend will still preserve the abilities recorded. If time is long enough, the legend will become the new original body."

And that's why I came here...

Fors lowered his head somewhat guiltily, fearing that Antigonus would find out that he had borrowed the power.

Fortunately, Antigonus did not care about these things, but showed a tired look.

"I don't have much time left. I don't know when I will be sober next time. I have to help you get promoted as soon as possible."

Antigonus stretched out his hand and grabbed the air, and Fors's "God's Scroll" was taken away by him again.

At this moment, a chaotic mass of colors appeared on the picture frame, with large blocks of color overlapping. It seemed that the sealed object, which already had a certain degree of living properties, resisted, as if it had sensed what Antigonus was going to do next.

The scene of the banquet disappeared, and everything except Fors, Amon, and Antigonus was melting like wax, forming a paint-like grease that was smeared on the black floor.

However, in the eyes of Antigonus, who was similar to the "Son of Chaos", this level of resistance was nothing.

“He” simply stared calmly at the frenzied “God’s Scroll”, and this Level 0 Sealed Artifact completely disintegrated, unable to even maintain the shape of the scroll, and turned into pieces of scattered Beyonder Properties.

These included one copy each of Sequence 2 "Planeswalker", Sequence 3 "Wanderer", Sequence 5 "Traveler" and Sequence 6 "Recorder". Antigonus gave a slight push, and the "Planeswalker" and "Wanderer" characteristics floated towards Fors.

The Wanderer trait looks like a miniature starlight gate, while the Planeswalker trait is a quietly burning bright fire.

Fors carefully took the two extraordinary characteristics and felt that something had changed in her body. Her spiritual intuition told her that she had now met all the requirements for promotion to "Wanderer" and did not have to worry about the risk of losing control.

"All preparations are complete. Let's go and see the place where Bethel once left his legend."

Antigonus smiled, which was rare for him, and said to Fors.

Unlike Amon's sarcastic smile that seemed to be full of the meaning of a successful prank, Antigonus' smile had a calming power that could make people feel at ease just by looking at it.

"..."

Fors didn't know what to say because she thought of many things at once.

At present, she already possessed the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 3 and Sequence 2. If she wanted to continue to advance, she could even reach Sequence 1. However, among all the people in the Tarot Club, she was probably the one with the weakest desire for advancement.

In just a moment, she thought of Audrey who was fighting a life-and-death battle with Hermes, of Alger who had betrayed the Church of Storms and almost completely cut off his path to becoming an angel, of Cattleya who was still playing cozy with the Hidden Sage, and of the crazy Emperor Roselle in his later years who wanted to be promoted but had to keep changing paths because his way up was completely blocked. She couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

About three to five seconds passed, but to Fors it seemed as long as three to five years. Finally, she asked with difficulty:
"…So, what is the price?"

……

"all of these."

In Indo Port, the headquarters of the Esco family, Audrey, wearing a dark blue travel cloak, emphasized.

“They want to disrupt everything that exists,”

Although her voice was calm, to Anne and Vinata in the room it sounded more moving than the most passionate orator's speech.

Outside the window, protests and marches were still going on and getting more intense. Winata had to ask gang members to install barbed wire and guardrails on the windows of every house to prevent the windows from being broken by objects thrown randomly by the marchers.

"Order, faith, regime, peace, everything. They just want to overthrow anything."

"They think the current government cannot provide them with bread, but they have not considered what to use to replace the current system, and they don't know what they will face in the future."

Audrey's voice was calm. Since she was promoted to Sequence Three, she felt that her humanity had gradually faded. She was no longer as easily emotional as before, and had become more rational, restrained, and even less human.

She didn't know if she would become like Emperor Roselle in his later years, so she could only give herself psychological hints, reminding herself to put maintaining her humanity first when taking action.

"Their emotions have been led to this point. There must be a huge organization behind them, an organization that is planning what is probably the most terrifying conspiracy since the Fifth Epoch."

In the real world, Audrey was still discussing her views on the situation with Vinata, but in her subconscious, she was standing alone on her own island in the mind, watching her body talking to Vinata and the others in the manner of a superior. She was not used to this manner at first, but now she has gradually become familiar with it.

"The current situation is already very serious. If this is just the beginning, how terrible will the final conspiracy be?"

Vinata asked subconsciously, but no one gave a definite answer.

"It's still unknown."

Audrey shook her head slightly. "Now, they don't need to hide anything anymore, and the purpose of the conspiracy is not to hide anything."

"I can't intervene yet. It's not time for me to intervene yet."

"I have planted a seed, and it has not yet sprouted. Before that, you have to find a way to control the situation."

“The end of conspiracy is not to deceive the other party, but to exceed the other party’s expectations.”

"They are far from reaching their limit now. You must not fall first."

Outside the window, the slogans of the parade continued, accompanied by sporadic knocking and scratching sounds. Someone was throwing a new wave of stones at the Esco family's window.

Almost overnight, while the three major churches in Loen were still arguing over the distribution of interests among themselves, the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom had quietly taken action against the Feysac Empire that had lost its god of war.

Instead of sending out Beyonders, they spread new [knowledge].

Just like a plant whose top buds have been cut off will grow messy new side buds, a new trend of thought emerged in Feysac and then became uncontrollable.

However, Vinata, who chose sociology in college, understood that this trend of thought would be a castle in the air if there could not be another productivity improvement like the invention of the steam engine by Emperor Roselle.

Without the support of productivity, no matter how good the system is, it will be useless.

However, although the castle in the air lacks support, it is exquisite enough and attractive enough to attract homeless people, and that is enough.

The concept of revolution was repeatedly mentioned by the refugees in Feysac. Now the public's emotions were like a pile of dry firewood, which only needed a fire as an opportunity.

Nodding in agreement to Audrey's order, Vinata was about to leave when she heard Audrey's voice again from behind her.

"Tomorrow is Monday again, right? Don't let anyone disturb me between 3pm and 3:30pm."

……

At the same time, in the Oak Leaf Bar in Bayam, the City of Generosity.

“Flame” Danitz was looking at these two people with suspicion, who seemed out of place in this pirate paradise.

Of the two people in front of him, the tall lady had light blonde hair, blue eyes, and a very delicate appearance, but her face was extremely pale. She was wearing a dark Gothic court dress and a small black bonnet.

The man looked to be around 28 or 29 years old, with a pale face and brown eyes that held deep malice. He was wearing a white shirt and black vest, which were commonly worn by bartenders.

Danitz is now a divine messenger of the Church of Poseidon. He has seen many big scenes and has reached the level of Sequence 6. Moreover, the two of them are still in Bayam, on the territory of the Church of Poseidon. So even if they broke into the church and left a note asking Danitz to meet at the bar, he would not panic.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?"

Danitz patted the dust off his black cloak and sat down on the sofa in front of the two of them in a pretentious manner. He placed his arms on the back of the sofa, and the hem of his cloak fell down, covering the entire double sofa.

"Or... before that, should you introduce yourselves first?"

The pale-faced man and woman looked at each other, and then the man in the black vest spoke up, "I'm sorry to ask you out in this way. My name is Maric, and this is my companion."

"Sharon." The lady with light blonde hair nodded slightly and said a name.

"It doesn't matter. I don't care about these. I only care about what kind of benefits the news you bring me and why I should believe you."

Danitz changed his sitting posture again. This was something he learned when he was observing Anderson. That guy believed that this sitting posture could put pressure on others invisibly.

"Take a look at this, and maybe you'll understand."

Maric nodded, took out a gold coin from his shirt pocket, put it on the table and pushed it towards Danitz.

What does this mean, a tip? Shit, does this guy think I'm a waiter working in a bar?
Danitz frowned and almost blurted out a curse that was totally inconsistent with his current status.

The man named Maric did not seem to notice the change in Danitz's expression, and said confidently:
"After reading this, you should understand. Now, can we talk openly?"

"I don't know what the hell you are doing. What should I see? A Rune gold coin?"

Danitz said sarcastically.

Now it was Maric's turn to be stunned. He looked at Danitz, then at the gold coins on the table, with a strange expression on his face, and then he muttered to himself:
"Strange. They say you once worked for Gehrman Sparrow. Why don't you recognize the gold coin that carries his aura?"

"We are partners, not subordinates!"

For a moment, Danitz felt that the person sitting opposite him was not Maric, but Anderson, the annoying guy who liked to expose other people's shortcomings, so much so that he almost couldn't control his volume.

"Okay, I know."

Maric nodded, took back the gold coin, and asked Danitz:

"So, what kind of evidence do you want to see to make you feel that we are indeed trustworthy?"

Humph, you didn't even know that Lord Danitz was Gehrman Sparrow's partner. If you didn't look like you were also mid-sequence Beyonders, I wouldn't want to fall out with you at this distance. You have completely lost my trust now!
Danitz cursed in his heart, then rolled his eyes and came up with an idea.

"German Sparrow has a messenger who can be summoned through a ritual. If you can summon that messenger, I will believe that you are someone he knows."

Maric and Sharon looked at each other, clearly relieved.

"That's no problem, but he is in a deep sleep now and cannot receive the letter."

Then, Maric started to chant the prayer spell.

"A heretic from the ancient times, a demon that spread madness, a prisoner of a strange world, a princess of the Highland Kingdom, and the leader of the Rose School, Renette Tinicole;"

"I pray for your coming and for you to fulfill this little wish."

Wait, what are you praying for?
Hearing the honorific name that was completely different from the process of summoning a messenger that he remembered, Danitz found that the situation before him was a little beyond his scope.

But this was just the beginning. When the messenger, who was wearing a golden-red court dress and holding four golden-haired heads in his hands and looked like he had a kind of incomplete beauty, really appeared in front of Maric, and Maric respectfully called him "Teacher", Danitz felt that his brain was completely frozen.

(End of this chapter)