Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 57 Humanity’s Choice

Seeing that the members of the Tarot Club were thinking at the first moment and no one spoke, Alger, the "Hanged Man", cleared his throat and said:
"Let me first talk about the changes on our side. Last time when I asked for your help, I didn't describe the situation clearly because it was urgent. Now I will describe the situation of my fleet in detail."

There seemed to be an indescribable majesty in his words, but unlike Ms. Judgment, his majesty contained a hint of violence, making people feel that if they didn't do as he said, he would smash their heads with a hammer...

Then, Alger described in detail the endless sea line, the wildly growing mycelium, and the current situation of the crew members on the ship.

"I lost a lot of sailors, but fortunately, the Blue Avenger doesn't need too many crew members, and the remaining members can keep the ship running. If it really doesn't work, I will need to ask Miss Magician to help transport a group of crew members. They will be selected from the group of people who came to Bayam to join Danitz in the past few days."

"...Ah, okay!" Fors straightened up subconsciously when she was suddenly mentioned, but then she asked worriedly, "But if the problem can't be solved in a short time, adding oil like this may cause heavy casualties."

"It doesn't matter. Most of these crew members were pirates before, and they are not followers of Mr. Fool. They will not affect Mr. Fool's awakening. In other words, if we can complete Mr. Fool's mission with only a few sailors, it would be a great deal."

Alger shook his head nonchalantly, as if the only dead were a few rats that stole food.

"But, this..."

Fors originally wanted to say that since these people had already joined Alger, even if they were not members of the Church of Poseidon or the Church of Fools, they could barely be considered his own people, but Alger interrupted her impatiently.

"Ms. Magician, I want to ask you a question."

Alger rolled up the sleeves of his dark blue robe that were getting in the way and adjusted his sitting posture to be more oppressive. Fors couldn't look directly into his sharp eyes, so she had to move her gaze to the holy emblem on his chest.

"Before the southern continent was developed by the major kingdoms, it was ruled by indigenous people who believed in evil gods, including some demigod-level evil beings."

Alger's voice sounded a little cold, as if he was telling a story that had nothing to do with him.

"However, the church sent out demigods to wipe out the southern continent half a year after the invasion. During this half year, one-third of the southern continent was directly occupied by the seven major orthodox churches. The number of demigods wiped out reached double digits according to the records of the Storm Church alone."

"Do you know how the True God Church does this?"

……

"Do you know how the True God Church does this?"

Alger's question echoed in the vast space around the bronze table. Leonard, who was a Beyonder of the Church, and Cattleya, who knew a lot of secrets, looked a little serious. Although "Judgment" Hugh didn't understand, she made a quick judgment based on her understanding of the Church and the military. Miss "Magician", who obviously didn't understand these, looked a little confused. As for "Sun" and "Moon", they just had an expression of "What are you talking about?"

Well, you can't expect a Silver City resident and a homebody vampire to know these secrets, right?
……

Trying to kill the enemy's demigod without the participation of his own demigod... Altaïr's mind moved slightly. He had more or less experienced the power of demigods. For low-sequence Beyonders, demigods were almost impossible to solve. For Beyonders who had not crossed that threshold to do this, there was only one way from beginning to end. When thinking of this, Altaïr felt a sense of sadness for no reason.

"How did they do that?"

Fors asked with some lack of confidence.

"Fill it with human lives."

A calm and emotionless voice came from near the top of the long bronze table, attracting everyone's attention.

The lady sitting at the source of the voice wore a light blue cloak, with stars shining behind her, forming a pattern of swords and scales.

The person who said this was Miss "Justice", who looked gentle and elegant, and was insulated from all dark things such as blood and killing!
Sitting next to Miss Justice, Altaïr felt goosebumps all over his body. In the previous moment, he could feel that Miss Justice, who had been calm and composed, had suddenly undergone a drastic change in her spirit. One second she was calm, and the next second she was in a turbulent state.

Although she suppressed the emotion in an instant, it still frightened Altaïr greatly.

At that moment, Miss Justice gave me the feeling that she was no longer a human being with flesh and blood, but rather one of those ancient angels that walked between the Kingdom of God and the Earth during the Dark Ages...Altaïr glanced at Miss Justice covertly, and quietly moved his body away from her.

Alger was visibly stunned for a moment, and his aura changed slightly, no longer as majestic as a mountain. After a long while, when he saw that no one was talking, he realized that the topic he had brought up was not over yet.

“…Yes, that’s right.”

Alger nodded stiffly, calmed himself down and regained his senses, and continued, "In the Church of the Storm alone, at least five hundred Beyonders were transformed into Sealed Artifacts or Beyonder Characteristics, or were executed by their teammates due to losing control and going crazy. Among them, there are Sequence 6 and even Sequence 5. As for other churches, such as the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun, which is more radical in dealing with similar issues, the losses will only be more serious."

"In a world full of out-of-control and crazy Beyonders, each of us may face equal death against our will. This is an indispensable part of fighting for territory with the evil gods."

"But, in the end, someone will always stand up from the pile of bones and plant the flag of civilization on this mysterious land."

……

It was a very rational but also cruel decision... Without knowing the specific levels of those evil spirits, it was normal to send out mid-sequence warriors to test them. Moreover, if Sequence 5 died in battle, the demigod hidden in the team would have a chance to retrieve his body and characteristics, but if even the demigod died in battle, could we count on Sequence 5 to retrieve the demigod's remains?
Fors nodded somewhat heavily, then lowered his head and remained silent.

Alger looked at Fors meaningfully, then turned his gaze to Altaïr and continued to talk about the current situation.

"Everyone, do you have any feasible way to allow us to get closer to that sea line or find an opportunity to investigate the source of the pollution?"

Alger asked the remaining members again.

"I had a brief discussion with 'Sun', 'Hermit', 'Magician' and 'Justice', and we all agreed that what we have been looking for should be behind that sea line... or, something even more dangerous."

(End of this chapter)