Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Intis Empire, capital city is Trier.

On the top floor of the Intis Security Bureau office building, inside the office of the Director of the Security Bureau.

Bernadette sat at her desk, dealing with a mountain of documents.

Since Roselle's return, Bernadette has begun to take on several positions in the Intis government, and Director of the General Administration of External Security is one of them.

The reason why she, the angel, personally took on the role of director was not because she was greedy for power. On the contrary, Bernadette actually hated dealing with these troublesome matters. But Roselle had just been resurrected and had no trustworthy subordinates. Many things could only be handed over to Bernadette, the only trustworthy daughter.

In order to complete the task more efficiently, Bernadette will also select suitable members from the Dawn of Elements to serve in the government.

On the one hand, Dawn of Elements was originally founded by Bernadette, and the power of these people now completely depends on Roselle, so there is no need to worry about their loyalty. On the other hand, these members can also complete the transformation from "members of a secret organization that everyone hates" to "honorable official law enforcement officers", which is a win-win situation.

For example, the current General Bureau of External Security has many members of the Dawn of Elements stationed there, who are mainly responsible for reviewing internal personnel.

Although nominally, the Directorate-General for External Security's responsibilities are limited to handling external incidents.

But as the first institution to surrender to Roselle, Roselle also reciprocated by giving the General Administration of External Security great power, allowing it to handle all internal and external affairs. The word "external" can now be removed.

On the contrary, the intelligence agency originally responsible for internal affairs has long been controlled by the top leaders of the former Intis Republic and has never been trusted by Roselle. Now it is completely idle and has no real power.

Bernadette finished processing one document and picked up another one on the table. She scanned the document with her beautiful eyes and quickly extracted the key words:
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Secret Order, Orville, Dillan...

Bernadette frowned slightly, and an invisible message quickly passed from the office to the mind of someone downstairs.

dong dong!

After a while, there was a knock on the door. When Bernadette's voice came from inside the house, she pushed the door open and came in.

Two people entered the office. The leader was a tough-looking young man wearing a general's uniform, with a serious and stern face and neatly combed light blonde hair. Behind him was a middle-aged man with black hair, dressed like a clerk, wearing a suit and tie, with a nervous look on his face.

Bernadette picked up the document on the table and showed it to the young man in front of her, saying calmly:
"Donald, what do you know about this document?"

Donald Bush, former Director of the External Security Bureau, current Deputy Director of the Security Bureau, and a 'War Bishop' of Sequence 3 of the Red Priest Path. The other party was a demigod promoted during the Roselle Empire, and was considered one of his father's former team members.

Since he was already a demigod when the First Intis Empire fell, he was not purged by the Second Republic, but instead remained in a high position. Of course, being in a high position is also relative.

As the 'War Bishop', the army was undoubtedly the best place for the other side to belong, so during the First Empire, he was one of the top leaders of the army.

During the Second Republic, although he was still a general and a demigod, he was forced to transfer from the army where he could better exert his strength to the capital to serve as director of the General Security Bureau, which was actually a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality.

On the one hand, there was the favor of Roselle's promotion, and on the other hand, there was the cold reception of the Second Republic. So when Roselle was resurrected, Donald Bush immediately turned to the Second Empire with the General External Security Service.

Donald Bush pointed at the middle-aged man next to him and explained meticulously:
"His name is Antoine. He used to be a member of the Secret Society. Recently, he has been hearing the mumbling of 'Orville... Dilan' for no apparent reason. According to him, a senior government official is looking for members of the Secret Society, and it is suspected that this is related to the mumbling."

Once? Bernadette didn't care who the other party was in the past. Most of the people in this organization were officials of the Second Republic of Intis. Aren't they also working for her father's Second Empire now?

"Tell me the details. The more detailed the better." Bernadette put down the documents and said calmly.

"Yes Yes."

Antoine wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and explained nervously:

"I am the Faceless Man, who is at Sequence 6 of the Diviner Path. Many members of the Secret Society are at this level. Therefore, most of them will join the intelligence agencies of various countries at the request of the Secret Society to give full play to the advantages of their extraordinary abilities."

"I don't know if this is true for all Beyonders on the Path of Diviners, but at least in the Secret Order, all members will hear the mutterings of 'Honakis...Fregola...' when they are promoted. These mutterings do not only appear at a certain promotion, but are accompanied by such mutterings every time they are promoted. Moreover, the higher the sequence, the stronger the influence of the mutterings. Many members have lost control because of this."

"Of course, if your spiritual energy is completely consumed, you will occasionally hear similar mumblings. But since I was promoted to Sequence 6, I have stayed at this sequence for a long time, and I have never been overworked or exhausted. My mental state has always been stable, and I have not taken any potions to try to advance."

"But a few days ago, I suddenly heard mumbling. The content of the mumbling was different from before, but it only had two words, Orville and Dilan. I exchanged intelligence with other members of the secret society, and it seems that not everyone can hear similar mumbling."

Bernadette interrupted him and asked:
"The members of the secret society are in frequent contact?"

Antoine hastily explained:
"Members of the secret society are forbidden to contact each other privately. Frequent communication is a recent phenomenon. Because some time ago, all the top leaders of the secret society suddenly disappeared, and then..."

He paused for a moment, then continued:

"Afterwards, there were rumors that the leader who founded the Secret Society had died, and we completely lost contact with the Secret Society. In order to contact the organization, we began to contact each other privately, using the special abilities of the Faceless Man to identify each other, and established several secret gatherings, agreeing to exchange intelligence regularly every week."

In fact, if the secret society had not been in chaos and the leader was not suspected to have fallen, even if Roselle returned with great force, Antoine would not have confessed his identity so easily to the top brass of the General Security Administration.

Bernadette asked:
"How many people were there at your party? How many other people are in a similar situation to you?"

Antoine answered honestly:

"There are thirteen people in total. The others should not be able to hear the mumbling, but it is not ruled out that this is just their disguise."

As a member of the Secret Society, Antoine knew very well how cautious these Sixth Brothers were. As the "Faceless People" of the Diviner Path, they could perfectly control every muscle on their faces, which made them very good at hiding their emotions and never leaving any traces in front of outsiders.

Bernadette did not stop and continued to ask:
"What do Orville and Dilan represent?"

"I do not know."

Antoine shook his head and explained:
"I am only the outermost member of the secret society, and I have lost contact with the organization, so I know very little information. However, regarding Dilan, I heard from the senior members of the society that our mysterious and terrifying leader once hid an ancient castle called Dilan." Antoine couldn't help but tremble when he thought of that existence. Although "He" was suspected to have fallen, the horrible legends and actual destruction left by "He" before were enough to give people nightmares for a lifetime...

It is no exaggeration to say that if that person stood in front of him, he could turn the entire building, the entire street, and the people in the entire city into puppets in an instant, and then control them to "commit suicide."

The process was so fast that even the angels had no time to react and were unable to save everyone.

Bernadette looked at Donald and asked:
"What does this have to do with the Minister of Foreign Affairs?"

Donald thought for a moment and said:

"The Minister of Foreign Affairs has privately contacted the top leaders of the Secret Order. They are looking for members of the Secret Order who can hear whispers. It seems that they hope to find Orville and Dilan through this."

Bernadette thought for a while and suddenly asked:

"What do you think these two words mean?"

Donald shook his head:
"I don't know, maybe it's a treasure, or maybe it's a trap."

Bernadette thought thoughtfully. Extraordinaries in the diviner path would hear clear murmurs when they were promoted. They were two words:
'Honakis', 'Fregera'.

The former is a place name, referring to the Hornach Mountains.

The latter is a human name, referring to the ancient god of the Second Age, the 'Destruction Wolf' Flegra.

The truth behind this kind of mumbling is actually the ancestor of the Antigonus family who is sleeping on the top of the Hornachis Mountains. He hopes to use this to lure the extraordinary people on the path of fortune-tellers to the Hornachis Mountains.

Ever since the Antigonus family was eliminated by Mr. Fool, this kind of mumbling has naturally disappeared.

Beyonders on the Diviner's Path will no longer be troubled by whispers.

But now some members of the secret society suddenly heard whispers. Although the content of the whispers had changed, the essence was to lure the extraordinary people of the fortune-teller path to the place mentioned in the whispers to find the so-called "treasure".

The only doubt is, who did this raving come from?

First of all, it is certain that the whispering must belong to an angel of the fortune-teller's path. Only angels can do something like this.

But the problem is that the ancestors of the Antigonus family and Zaratul have both died, so who could have come up with this "raving"?
"Zaratul is not dead yet?" Bernadette said to herself silently.

Her father once said that if you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how unbelievable, must be the truth.

The fall of the ancestors of Zaratul and Antigonus families was personally caused by that person, so theoretically there shouldn't be any mistakes. But there are exceptions to everything. For example, Zaratul and the ancestor of the Antigonus family both possessed an extraordinarily powerful attribute called "Miracle Master".

The ancestor of the Antigonus family was affected by the eternal sleep of the Night Goddess, and even with the extra extraordinary characteristics of "Miracle Master", he could not make arrangements in advance. But Zaratul was different. As an angel who had lived from the Fourth Epoch to the present, his vigilance was even higher than that of the Antigonus family. He could completely use the extra extraordinary characteristics of "Miracle Master" to make arrangements.

And according to the information Bernadette had, Zaratul had been trying to separate the extra extraordinary characteristics for resurrection—

This is a skill the other party learned from her father.

The Sequence 0 of the Black Emperor Pathway, even if it has fallen and its Extraordinary Characteristics and Uniqueness have been divided up by others, can still be resurrected and forcibly strip away the Extraordinary Characteristics and Uniqueness that have been taken by others, and become a true God of Sequence 0 again.

This is an extraordinary ability unique to the Black Emperor Path, but Zaratul saw an opportunity in it - since the Black Emperor can be resurrected and the Miracle Worker can also be resurrected, then the angels of the Fortune Teller Path may not be unable to be resurrected in a similar way to the Black Emperor.

For example, he separated a part of his extraordinary characteristics and hid them in a certain place in a specific way. In this way, even if Zaratul's body had fallen, he could be resurrected with the help of this part of his extraordinary characteristics.

The whispers heard by the members of the secret society should be one of the backup plans He left behind to awaken Himself, guiding them to the designated place to resurrect Him.

Antoine must not be the only one who heard similar mumblings. Someone in the upper echelons of the Secret Society must have heard them, and heard more. Antoine only heard the words "Orville" and "Dilran". The demigod might know exactly what this place represents - such as the Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 2.

In this way, even if the top leaders of the secret society knew it was a trap, they would definitely step into it willingly.

After all, that was the Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 2, and the key to their promotion to Angels.

But the demigods of this path are notoriously cautious, and they will not easily take risks. Therefore, they need to use other people to test the danger level of the trap, such as the Mid-Sequence Beyonder like Antoine.

Since he can hear the mumbling, he is qualified to enter the trap.

However, his power is limited, and the demigod can ensure control over him by relying on absolute strength.

Although Sequence 6 is not strong enough, as long as it is further cultivated to Sequence 5, it can be used as the main force to explore traps.

But even so, this is just a "family affair" within the secret order.

The purpose of the Minister of Foreign Affairs's meddling was obvious - the Steam Church was the only one in Intis that could check and balance Roselle, but now the Steam Church had obviously compromised, which made the top brass of the Intis government see no hope of victory.

Therefore, they could only hope to bring in external forces to continue the fight, and a Sequence 2 angel was naturally their main target.

Whether the members of the Secret Order obtain extraordinary characteristics and are promoted to angels, or Zaratul is resurrected and returns, they can win the support of an angel. In this way, perhaps they can maintain their power for this fragile balance.

"Naive idea."

Bernadette whispered to herself that Zaratul could not save them, but would only accelerate their destruction.