Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 77 Another Attempt

December 8th, another Monday.

Klein, who had just crawled out of his grave, had just arrived in Backlund and rented a house. He finally settled down when Monday arrived.

He had to put his thoughts aside for the moment and headed straight for the gray fog.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool. Good afternoon, Mr. Lover. Good afternoon, Mr. Hanged Man. Good afternoon, Mr. Sun."

With the sweet greeting of the girl, this time the Tarot meeting arrived as expected.

As always, Audrey and Alger successively provided the Fool with the Russell diary he needed.

Then, everyone began to wait quietly for Mr. Fool to finish reading.

"You can communicate freely."

After a moment, Klein made the diary disappear from his hand and looked at the others.

"Miss Justice."

Alger, the Hanged Man, was the first to speak. "I have obtained the extraordinary material you want, but how should I give it to you?"

"The pituitary gland of a colorful lizard dragon?"

Audrey was delighted when she heard the first half of the sentence, but was quickly poured a bucket of cold water on by the next sentence.

Yes.

How should he give himself?

And even if Alger gave it to her, she would have to find a way to send him a reward.

"Dong Dong~"

Klein's mind moved, and he stretched out his fingers and gently tapped the edge of the long bronze table, attracting the attention of others. He smiled and said, "Are you willing to cooperate with me in this matter and give it a try?"

"I'm happy to cooperate."

Audrey was a little excited, and nodded reservedly and gracefully.

The Hanged Man's spirits suddenly tensed up. He was a little hesitant, but he finally lowered his head respectfully.

"Your wishes are my wishes."

The corners of Klein's mouth slightly raised.

In fact, the "attempt" he wants to make is very simple, and can be described in two words:
Sacrifice, give.

The inspiration for both comes partly from reality and partly from embers and the 'sun'.

The Silver City where the sun is located will regularly hold sacrificial ceremonies to the 'Almighty and Almighty Lord' they believe in.

This is a sacrifice.

And the "items" of Embers have the ability to bind souls, and can be brought directly above the gray fog and handed over to others to bring back to reality.

This is a gift.

Combining the two, Klein also thought of an attempt—

Could he do this by having one of the members of the Tarot Club sacrifice an item to him, and then he would give the sacrificed item to the other members?

He actually had this idea a long time ago, but never had a good opportunity to bring it up.

Plus, perhaps Tingen's life was too comfortable, which almost made him forget that he was living in a world full of dangers, and he could lose his life if he was not careful.

In addition, he now owes Yu Jin a huge debt, all of which puts him under tremendous pressure.

This also made Klein feel more and more that time was running out.

It also made him eager to turn the ideas in his mind into reality.

The current deal between Miss Justice and Mr. Hanged Man just gave him such an opportunity.

After receiving the two's voluntary responses, Klein gave them some instructions on the sacrificial rituals and prayers.

Once all this is done, it will be the turn of other people to trade.

"I have two questions."

Ember held up two fingers and spoke slowly, "First, I want to know as much information as possible about the Aurora Society and the Dawn of Elements. Second, I want to know if you have any information related to the 'Painting World', whether it is accurate intelligence or hearsay legends."

After a pause, Ember explained, "You can think of the painting world as a strange magical object. It looks like a painting, which could be of any type. On the surface, it doesn't look much different from an ordinary painting, but in fact, it contains a world."

"The contained world?"

Audrey's beautiful eyes sparkled with curiosity; Yu Jin's description immediately piqued her interest.

"Painting world?" Klein was shocked.

He certainly knew the world of painting, but only in terms of games.

Is there a painting world in this world?

Do not!
Since Yu Jin took the initiative to bring it up, it proves that he must have been sure that the painting world existed before he came to ask.

But Yu Jin obviously only learned about the existence of the painting world recently, otherwise he wouldn't have suddenly asked about it now.

But who told him this?

Klein had a vague answer in his mind.

Yu Jin had just arrived in this world not long ago, and the channels for obtaining intelligence were extremely limited.

And who else could have told him such important and secret information if not the Church of Night?
But the question is, why does the Church of Evernight know so much information?
What is their connection with the embers?
and……

Klein suddenly felt a chill on his back.

He and Yu Jin are both time travelers.

The Embers are deeply bound to the Church of Evernight, but what about me?

Was he also being secretly monitored by the people from the Church of Night?

Inexplicably, Klein suddenly thought of what happened a few days after he came to this world.

At that time, he found a beast trainer who pretended to be a fortune teller to tell fortunes for him.

The card used by the opponent for divination is the Fool!
Even the fact that he pretended to be The Fool might have been influenced by that card.

Could that 'beast tamer' also be a member of the Church of Evernight?
Klein suddenly felt terrified.

"terribly sorry."

Alger had no idea what Mr. Fool was thinking, so he slowly said, "I know nothing about the 'painting world' you mentioned. I've never even heard of it. And the information I know about the Aurora Society and the Dawn of Elements is also very limited."

After a pause, Alger saw that Yu Jin did not show any impatience, so he continued, "I have already talked about some of the information about the Aurora Society in the previous Tarot Meeting. I don't think you would want me to repeat it again."

"But I can add some information that I haven't mentioned before, which may be of interest to you."

"The Aurora Society has five saints and twenty-two divine messengers. These divine messengers use letters as code names and call themselves Mr. A and Mr. X. They are at least Sequence 7 Beyonders, and the strongest is Sequence 5. They are all very good at hiding themselves."

"And the Aurora Society seems to have a large number of candidate God Envoys. Every time a God Envoy dies, there will be a new one to replace him."

"Mr. A?"

Audrey was suddenly a little suspicious, but her role as an audience member allowed her to remain restrained.

"As for the Dawn of Elements."

Alger paused and continued, "This is a mysterious organization that emerged in the Fifth Epoch. It has only been around for a hundred or two hundred years, so it is considered quite young even among many secret organizations. But precisely because of its youth, the information it circulates is relatively minimal."

"I only know that this organization seems to have some connection with the Moss Trappist Order."

Alger paused and noticed that Yu Jin was still looking at him. He said helplessly, "That's all I know."

He thought he knew enough.

But he was completely unable to answer the questions that Yu Jin threw at him one after another.

For example, he had never heard of the "Painting World".

and many more!

Alger's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly continued, "Mr. Lover, I already have some clues about the maritime slave trade that you asked me to investigate."

"I got some information. The person who has the most active relationship with the slave trade at sea recently is the mad captain Connors Victor. It is rumored that he has connections with many human traffickers and slave traders."

"But all indications are that he did not personally engage in the slave trade."

"Why do you say that?"

Miss Justice asked in a somewhat strange tone.

Since it is confirmed that he is related to the "slave trade", why do people say that he did not handle the slave trade?
Alger patiently explained, "If you want to engage in slave trade, you must have a large fleet, but the mad captain only has one ship. In other words, if he only relies on this one ship to trade slaves, he might even lose money. Because even if a ship is fully loaded, it can't hold many slaves, and even if all are sold, it may not make back the cost."

"but."

Alger paused, his face solemn, and said, "There are also rumors that the reason why the Mad Captain can so brazenly trade in large numbers of slaves on the sea with just one ship is because he has a magical item that can accommodate a large population. So he doesn't need to maintain a large fleet, just one ship is enough."

"But because no one knows what this magical item looks like or what it is called, most people only regard it as a rumor with very low credibility."

After a pause, Alger continued, "But judging from the current situation, I feel that this magical item may be related to the painting world you mentioned."

(End of this chapter)