Secret: I can play two paths

Chapter 178 A slave of three surnames?

The matter of Klein faded into obscurity. Even if Krestel suspected that he was a member of the Tarot Club, Star, the person who introduced him, was also a member of the Tarot Club.

So what?

After all, Mr. Fool's followers believe in freedom of belief, and Star is just taking on another role as a favored one of God.

As for the goddess' attitude, well, that's not up for consideration.

Just like Klein, Star is both a "god" and a "favored one"?
In a friendly and cooperative relationship with Him?

Star thought about it and then started to work on what to write in the letters he was sending out.

Let's send one of them to Will, the "Mercury Snake" who should be about to successfully restart, and ask him to help give it to Miss Audrey.

As a reward, give her the separated "Psychologist" and "Mind Reader" extraordinary characteristics?
For the other few letters, Star thought of some people he knew and quickly came up with an idea.

Anyway, since we have the "official" with us, as long as our subsequent behavior is not too outrageous, perhaps we can get support in this regard?
But before that, he had to sound out the matter with the senior deacon, Krestai...

Then Star motioned Krestai to come to the next room and asked:
"Mr. Krestel, if the church wants to exert its influence on the political arena of Backlund in the Kingdom of Loen, what channels are there?"

"The church itself can directly put pressure on the government and royal family of the kingdom. There are also some political members who are believers on our side..." Creste didn't know what requirements Sta, the one favored by God, had, or what will of the goddess he represented, but he still explained it diligently for a while.

Finally he asked, "Excuse me, Mr. Star, is there anything you want to do?"

In other words, does the goddess have any purpose in arranging this favored person?
In fact, even though he guessed that Klein and the Tarot Club were connected, Krestel did not expect that the so-called "Ghost Rider" would be the same person as Lord Star.

Krestey felt that Klein might be the one sent by Lord Star to be an undercover agent in the Tarot Club.

Of course, it’s a pity that Klein died…

Perhaps, this is why this God-favored One who suddenly appeared had other plans specifically for Klein's family.

Perhaps, this God-favored one is also investigating this newly emerged secret organization and has almost penetrated into the interior of that organization.

But to Krestai's surprise, Star asked a question that had nothing to do with the organization with the tarot card as its symbol:

"Mr. Krestey, how do you think the situation in Tingen City should be handled?"

"Are we just going to let it go and turn a blind eye to everything that is revealed behind the ceremony?"

Krestai replied somewhat confusedly:
"Of course not. The incident in Tingen City has shown that if the kingdom does not change, those areas filled with negative emotions will easily become the breeding ground for the evil god to descend."

"I have already planned to raise this matter at the cardinals' meeting and send someone to investigate."

Is that so... It seems that if the original development is carried out, this "Sword of the Goddess" seemed to have come up with this idea after personally experiencing Lanevus's coming.

Star recalled the original "script" with his enhanced memory, and then he had an idea.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to send a report on "The Condition of the Working Class in the Kingdom of Loen" to a certain investigative reporter...

If there were investigation reports and relevant proposals that had been prepared long ago, the corresponding changes would come sooner.

More importantly, it seems more convenient to do this?
After much thought, Sta finally perfected his plan.

As for why he didn't propose changes through the Church of Evernight, it can only be said that Star, this "God-favored one", has no faith at all in his heart.

If we have to talk about his beliefs, then that is something that only existed in his previous life, and no one has brought it up here yet.

As for the church on the goddess' side, Sta felt that unless it was necessary, he should try not to be controlled too much by the goddess.

On the one hand, he has grown up and, with his own abilities (at most he used a cheat), he contacted two angels who were in good condition.

On the other hand, it was Star who had other plans.

Originally, the god that Star wanted to cooperate with was another——

A rapper who had to merge the extreme emotions of his body when it fell and be reborn in his corpse because of the "Banquet of Betrayal", resulting in a similarly incomplete state.

After clearing the contamination from Old Neil that might have caused him to lose control, Star wondered if he could do the same transformation on Bai Zao (the creator of Silver City, the ancient sun god, the predecessor of Adam and Zhen Zao, no further details will be given below).

After all, "empathy" is about bringing the other person's mental state to the same level as your own. Isn't this a perfect match for your profession?

With the "Between Reality and Illusion" in place, even if he is crazy, he can be fixed...

But Star would not be idle and take the risk of being killed by a burst of muttering by Zhenzao to do such an experiment. Until the ceremony in Tingen City today.

In fact, Star has already contacted Him and sent him a mysterious code...

(Ahem, Morse code, serious)
However, there seemed to be no response at the time, and he had to distract himself from spreading new ideas to the people of Tingen City through the "channel", and he also had to worry about the backlash curse from the real god level.

So Star didn't try any more, and when he saw that his number of "resurrections" was almost gone, he stopped.

Later, he asked Bernadette for the grown leg bone of the Son of God in order to see if he could use this thing related to the human aspect of Baizao to contact Him again.

A true God who possesses the Chaos Sea, the source material necessary for synthesizing "God", and is one of the most suitable basic paths for all five families - the "Hanged Man" path.

This thigh is what Star covets the most.

Although due to the Five Families, the other three true gods Storm Sun and Traitor Dragon (the god of knowledge and wisdom) who are traitors would definitely strongly oppose it if they knew that Star was trying to "heal" Bai Zao...

But even if Star puts aside his three perspectives and looks at these traitors objectively.

He felt that due to the extraordinary characteristics required for the "Path of Tampering" promotion, it would be difficult for him to get together with the other few families.

Should I rely on others, no, other gods, to obtain such important materials needed for promotion? Should I pray to them?

Haha...people still have to rely on themselves.

Star thinks so.

As for that kind of high-sequence Beyonder characteristic, judging from the fact that Klein was chopped into pieces by Brother Storm when he asked for a "Miracle Master" Beyonder characteristic, it is better not to dream of obtaining it without paying any price.

If it's not our own high-sequence characteristic tube that's like that, then what about our own?

And as the saying goes, adding icing on the cake is not as good as helping someone in need.

While Bai Zao's condition is also not good, and "Between Reality and Void" ignores the status (or the status is extremely high, plus its own special attack against source quality) and forcibly levels the mental state, it will be good for him to not be so crazy, so why not do it together?

Star believes that such a mutually beneficial, win-win and equal consultation cooperative relationship should be very promising - just like the cooperation with Will, and giving away the power under his command for free.

Therefore, this is also the reason why Star temporarily avoids the Church of Night - it is better not to let these orthodox churches know that he is not only the second-in-command of the newly emerged secret organization (Tarot Club), but also has to believe in the evil god believed by a notorious evil organization - "the true creator".

Of course, Star believed that he was following the ancient sun god who had liberated all mankind during the Second Age, the "Dark Age".

It’s about following, not belief…

However, for the time being, Brother Bai Zao still seems to be ignoring people...

Star thought about it and didn't rush to start planning in this regard. He just used the "channel" blessed by "between virtuality and reality" with the help of this leg bone to send some information every day.

And of course, using empathy.

But it's so far away, and there's a seal of the God-Forsaken Land, so it's hard to say how much effect it will have.

If Bai Zao had not seemed to have some reaction when "tampering" with the ritual, Sta would not have been sure that his "empathy" would really be effective on this kind of god born from the fusion of extreme negative emotions.

Perhaps, this is also because of the "Chaos Sea"?

After all, "between reality and illusion" would make one feel a little agitated when encountering something that was contaminated with the source substance.

The reaction is even greater than that of encountering the uniqueness (Star has come into contact with the "Hidden Sage", who is the activated uniqueness).

Naturally, there are "special attacks" or special effects on these source materials?
Based on the current information, Star is speculating about his own plug-in.

Unable to wait for any reaction from Brother Bai Zao, Sta had no choice but to turn his attention to grasping the impact of the changes in Tingen City and managing related matters.

This would also help him in the ceremony of advancing to Sequence 4.

It was not until a few days later, when looking at the leg bone of the Son of God in his hand, which originally had an extremely evil aura but was no longer so evil and had become somewhat restrained, Sta suddenly felt as if some news had been transmitted through the "channel" he had constructed.

Before he was ready to answer, Star had a strange thought:
Now his goal has been achieved, but he is both a follower of the Fool and a follower of the Goddess. If he were to get involved with Bai Zao...

Does this count as being a traitor?

(End of this chapter)