Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

"Why did you bring him here?"

'Moon' Emlyn frowned, his tone was not very friendly.

Leonard was not surprised by Emlyn's reaction and explained:

"Mobet is a Beyonder of the 'Thief' Path. I think he should be able to help us."

"help?"

'Moon' Emlyn frowned, obviously not agreeing with Leonard's words.

Since Leonard specifically called him over, it meant that Leonard had great confidence in his strength. So, was this Mobet Zoroaster in front of him actually a demigod of the Thief's Path? He remembered that the Sequence 4 of the Thief's Path was called Parasite, right?

To be fair, a demigod can indeed play a role.

But the purpose of this operation is not only to hunt demigods, but also the first offline gathering of Tarot Club members!
Although Emlyn felt that Leonard, who was only at Sequence 6, would not be of any help in this operation, he did not think of using an excuse to refuse Leonard's participation. Instead, he thought that at most, when the battle started, he could just let Leonard watch from the sidelines.

As long as it doesn't cause trouble, there's nothing wrong with having one more spectator.

The reason why they chose to bring along Leonard, the "burden", was because Leonard was also a member of the Tarot Club!
Since this action was defined as a collective action by the Tarot Club members, naturally no one should be left behind. Otherwise, if everyone else participated in the action and only Leonard was excluded, wouldn't it be like the old guys excluding the newcomers?

So even though none of them thought Leonard could play any role, they did not reject his request to join the action.

And that’s where the problem lies!

The reason why Leonard was allowed to join was because he was also a member of the Tarot Club, not because of how strong he was.

But now Leonard insisted on finding a strange demigod to join without permission. What was this? Was he eager to prove his ability? Or was he trying to prove that he was not a complete negative influence on this operation?
It is true that a 'thief' who is a demigod can indeed be of some help, and may even play a crucial role.

But these are not the key points!

The key point is that Mobet is not a member of the Tarot Club after all, and he is not even qualified to participate in this operation!

Even Emlyn himself, as the Earl of the Blood Clan, the Blood Clan Savior appointed by the First Ancestor, and a Blood Clan pillar valued by Duke Olmer, still concealed the Tarot Club from the Blood Clan because of his affiliation with the Tarot Club and his respect for Mr. Fool!

Every time he attended the Tarot Club, he would not reveal any information about the Tarot Club unless asked. Even if Duke Olmer asked him personally, he would only tell him some less important information and would not try to reveal the identities of other members, let alone reveal those contents that were considered secret even for angels - such as the eight angel kings, or important events related to the 'Age of Disaster'.

Emlyn also believed that the vampires would not be overly concerned with these details. After all, he was the savior chosen by the First Ancestor, and the First Ancestor had always treated Mr. Fool as an equal, and had even specially sent him as a special envoy to serve as a hub for communication between the two forces.

So the point is never "what he heard in the Tarot Club", but that he is a member of the Tarot Club!
As a vampire, Emlyn had reason and necessity to safeguard the interests of the vampire clan, so he never concealed his pride in being a vampire, nor did he conceal the curiosity of some people within the clan about the Tarot Club. Instead, he told other members frankly.

Similarly, as a member of the Tarot Club, Emlyn has always regarded the Tarot Club as a "savior" gathering, and has shown great respect to other members. He has never tried to spy on their secrets, nor has he tried to sell out the secrets of the Tarot Club and undermine the interests of the Tarot Club!
But what Leonard is doing now is actually damaging the interests of the Tarot Club!

We, the Tarot Club, organized this operation because we invited you, Leonard, as a member of the Tarot Club. But you invited others to join us without authorization. Do you think the Tarot Club was not exposed fast enough? Or do you think the Tarot Club is not strong enough and must rely on the help of an outsider to complete this operation?

'Moon' Emlyn looked extremely gloomy, not hiding his dissatisfaction at all.

But he did not speak rashly. Instead, he stared at Leonard with cold eyes, waiting for his explanation.

Facing the obviously angry Emlyn, Leonard remained calm. He spoke slowly:

"Mobet is Germann's friend. They once hunted the Blood Admiral together."

"Friends of the world?"

Emlyn's expression changed slightly, but his attitude remained unchanged. This was far from enough!
He knew that Leonard and The World were probably acquainted in real life. Everyone in the Tarot Club knew it. After all, The Star's performance when he first joined the Tarot Club was too obvious.

But even if he was a friend of the World, so what? No matter what, he was not a member of the Tarot Club!
Leonard knew that Emlyn would not give in so easily, so he continued:

"He is the descendant of an angel."

"Who?"

Emlyn was unmoved. He had heard of the Zoroaster family. It was not surprising that the ancestor of the Zoroaster family was an angel. But so what? It was as if every family had a few angels!
The Blood Clan has three dukes, the Blood Moon Queen, and Mr. Fool has seven angels under his command. Are angel descendants valuable?
Leonard continued slowly:

"You should have heard of that angel's name. He is the Angel of Time."

Emlyn's eyes widened immediately. He only knew of two Time Angels. One was the former King of Angels, the Time Angel Amon, who was currently preparing to become a god. The other was the name of some of the angels under the command of the Fool, whom Mr. The Fool had proactively told them at the last Tarot Meeting.

And this 'Angel of Time' is one of them!

Emlyn immediately ruled out Amon as an option, and at the same time confirmed that this Angel of Time was the angel under the Fool's seat!
And since Mobet is the descendant of the 'Angel of Time', doesn't that mean he is actually one of us?
Emlyn was still a little hesitant. Even if he was the descendant of an angel, even if he was a follower of Mr. Fool, he was still inferior to the members of the Tarot Club. Should he take him along?
Seeing Emlyn still hesitant, Leonard added:

"I have consulted the World about this matter, and He agreed to my request."

He was not a fool, and he could certainly think of what Emlyn could think of.

Although he also wanted to invite a demigod to add to his sway, the prerequisite was of course to get Mr. Fool's permission. Otherwise, he would not dare to let Mobet appear in front of Emlyn.

After all, as an official Beyonder, Leonard knew better than Emlyn the consequences of inviting an "outsider" to participate in the operation without authorization!

As for why he asked the World for advice instead of The Fool, he naturally had his reasons...

Hearing the word "world", Emlyn no longer had any rejection or doubt. He immediately smiled and took the initiative to extend his hand to Mobet:
"Hello, I'm Emlyn White."

Although it was a little strange why Leonard asked the World instead of Mr. Fool, it actually made no difference. Mr. World was Mr. Fool's most respected follower, and now he had become one of Mr. Fool's angels. Since He could respond to Leonard's request, to some extent, He actually represented Mr. Fool's opinion.

Mobet smiled, stretched out his hand and shook it with his, saying:

"Mobet Zoroaster."

In the warm greeting of Emlyn, Mobet asked:

"When do we leave?"

"Right now." Emlyn replied immediately.

Mobet raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile:

"Don't you want some coffee before you go?"

Emlyn said righteously: "Coffee can be drunk at any time, let's go first."

"Hehe, that's not what you just said."

Leonard looked at the two people interacting enthusiastically with an expressionless face and sneered in his heart.

Oh, vampires.

Emlyn ignored Leonard's contemptuous look and took out a palm-sized notebook from his left pocket. The cover looked very hard and copper-green, which made it look quite old.

Leonard knew that this was a magical item called 'Lemanno's Travel Notes'. Although its level was only equivalent to a '2' grade seal, its actual effect was infinitely close to that of a '1' grade seal!

More importantly, the negative effects of this magical item are very small. It will only make the user lost and encounter various dangers after each use. Such negative effects can be eliminated by drawing blood as quickly as possible and evenly applying it to the cover. Rounding it off, the negative effect only requires paying the price of some blood, and rounding it off again means that there is almost no negative effect!
However, such a powerful seal that would make even demigods jealous is just a "shared item" that anyone can rent in the Tarot Club.

Leonard was extremely envious when he first saw this magical item, but because he had just joined the Tarot Club, he did not dare to rush into competing with others for the right to rent this magical item.

In order to facilitate this operation, this 'magic book' records a large number of extraordinary abilities of 'teleportation'.

"Crash!"

Emlyn flipped through the Lemanno travel notes in his hand quickly, and stopped at the page of "Transmission".

The next moment, the figures of the three people became transparent and invisible and disappeared from the spot.
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In the Rorsted Sea, on the Future, which was docked at the Bayam Resistance's private port.

The sudden appearance of Emlyn and the other two on the deck immediately alerted the sailors, but with the previous experience in mind, the sailors did not act rashly.

As expected, the door of the captain's room soon opened again.

Under Cattleya's greeting, the sailors quickly put down their weapons, but their eyes were still puzzled——

Where did the captain know these people?

Besides, couldn't you just walk to the dock and board the ship? Why did you have to show up suddenly? Don't you know that this could easily cause misunderstandings?

In the captain's room, Alger glanced at Emlyn and Leonard who were led in by Cattleya, raised his eyebrows and said:
"Now that everyone is here, let's have a meeting to discuss it."

As he spoke, he threw down the cards in his hand, supported himself on the table with his hands and stood up. At the same time, he 'accidentally' pushed the cards together, mixing them up so that they could not be distinguished from each other.

But soon, he saw the third person walking into the captain's room and couldn't help but frowned:
"Who is he?"

He had seen the 'world' and the 'lover', but the stranger in front of him was not one of them.

Leonard pointed at Mobet and explained:

“Mobet Zoroaster is also a follower of Mr. Fool. His ancestor was an angel under Mr. Fool. He came here at the request of Mr. Fool.”

Emlyn glanced at Leonard but didn't expose his little trick.

It's harmless anyway, so let him be.

Alger frowned and thought for a while, then relaxed his brows and took the initiative to extend his hand to the other party:

"Alger Wilson."

After introducing each other, Alger spread out a map on the table that Derrick had cleaned up, pointed to a certain place and said:

"Feysac's Sonia Fleet is currently staying in this sea area. The exact location is unknown. But what is certain is that they will choose to launch a surprise attack on Bayam tonight."

"Is the information accurate?" Leonard was instinctively skeptical. This was a complete secret!

Alger said without hesitation:

"It's true."

"What's the reason?" Emlyn asked.

Alger raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said:

"The Feysac people have reached an agreement with the rebels of this Bayam. Both sides have agreed to join forces to capture Bayam tonight and cut off the connection between the Kingdom of Loen and its overseas colonies."

Leonard frowned slightly. The reason was indeed justified.

Facing the land attack from the Feysac Empire, the Kingdom of Loen was not defeated at the first blow, but at least it was losing ground step by step, and even its defense line was breached several times.

But at sea, with three of the latest ironclad fleets and the local advantage of the Rorsted Sea, although a large number of ports, factories and one of the ironclad fleets were destroyed by the Feysac people's sneak attack at the beginning, the remaining two ironclad fleets still kept the overall situation in a stalemate.

It was difficult for the Kingdom of Loen to attack the Sonia Island and Gargas Islands of the Feysac Empire, but it was also difficult for the Feysac Empire to directly bomb the mainland of the Kingdom of Loen through the Sonia Sea. Instead, several large-scale naval battles that broke out between the two sides ended with the victory of the Kingdom of Loen.

In this situation, if the Feysac Empire wanted to achieve a temporary victory, capturing Bayam was the best option.

Once Bayam, the capital of the Rorsted Archipelago, is captured, the Narun Kingdom's colony in the Sonia Sea will be split in two, and the naval bases on nearby islands will no longer be safe!
On the other hand, Feysac can use Bayam as a springboard to gradually devour the entire Rorsted Archipelago.

This is obviously beneficial to Feysac's strategic layout, even Leonard can see it clearly.

But the question is, how did Alger and the others know?
Leonard had some guesses in his mind and asked:

"You have spies in the resistance?"

Emlyn sneered, causing Leonard to frown. But then he heard Alger slowly speak:

"To be precise, the resistance is now the followers of The Fool."

"In addition, the Feysac people have also contacted the 'Admiral of the Stars', hoping that the Admiral of the Stars can lead his fleet to attack Damir Port and attract the Loen Navy to return to defend..."

"Feint!"

A word immediately flashed through Leonard's mind, but he quickly thought again - isn't the Star Admiral the 'Hermit'? !
The Hermit is a member of the Tarot Club, and the rebels are followers of The Fool, but Feysac chose to cooperate with these two forces...

Leonard was in a daze. The people of Feysac deserved to lose!