Mystery: A Spark

As soon as he finished speaking, Emlyn and several other residents of Backlund, as well as Alger the Hanged Man, all looked over.

"Are you talking about that strike?" Alger asked.

Although he was always active at sea, he paid close attention to the situation in Backlund.

Given the magnitude of the Backlund strike, he naturally wouldn't have missed the news.

He actually had some respect for the chairman of the workers' mutual aid association, whom he had never met.

Alger's background wasn't exactly impressive either. He was of mixed race and was initially selected for the Storm Church choir, but due to his lack of singing talent, he was sent back to his birthplace to work as a servant in a small church.

However, the pastor of that small church was a very brutal person to his subordinates, which made Alger gradually yearn to rise to a higher position, so that he would no longer be bullied.

After learning about the young chairman's actions, Alger couldn't help but ponder a question:

If such a person had existed when he was young, would he have taken a different path?

Alger didn't know the answer, because no one can see through fate.

But this did not prevent him from admiring the young man.

“Yes, that’s the big strike.” Audrey nodded.

“Miss Justice, do you have any questions about this?” Klein glanced at Arthur and asked through the “World” dummy.

"I would like to ask you all, how can we force those factory owners to compromise more quickly?" Audrey's voice echoed above the gray fog.

"Heh, the current situation is clearly a stalemate between the two sides, and whoever can hold out longer will win," Alger chuckled. "But there are ways to escalate the situation."

"Oh? What method?" Audrey asked.

"Assassinate the president of the Mutual Aid Association. If an assassination attempt were to occur at such a crucial moment, public opinion in the kingdom would inevitably boil over."

“Factory owners will face unprecedented pressure, and compromise will be their only option,” Alger offered his solution.

"A self-inflicted injury ruse..." Klein muttered to himself.

“I will not use this method.” Audrey hesitated for a moment, but finally shook her head.

"Then I don't have any good ideas." Alger shrugged.

Actually, I don't think Arthur would necessarily refuse this method... Klein thought to himself.

Instead of looking in Arthur's direction, he probed Little Sun's understanding of Hermes and learned from Audrey's private report about the connection between the Psychological Alchemy Society and Hermes.

This gave him a lot to think about.

Derrick then brought up the topic of Mr. Fool's gesture of thanks.

Audrey was also very interested in this and wanted to design a code to distinguish their identities.

However, Alger rejected it because it would compromise the secrecy of their Tarot Club members.

Then, this tarot session came to an end.

Chapter 239 A Mind-Blowing Idea

Inside Earl Hall's luxurious villa in Queensback, Backlund.

Audrey opened her eyes in her room.

She picked up the newspaper on the table, glanced at it, and then put it in the drawer and locked it.

Then, she stood up, went to the door, opened it, and two figures, one in gold and one in white, rushed in.

"Hello, Miss Audrey, congratulations on your coming of age!" Arthas greeted her cheerfully.

“Thank you for your blessing. By the way, little Arthas, how did you find out about this?” Audrey asked with a light laugh.

"This matter has already spread throughout Backlund, so it's not surprising that I know it," Arthas said with an earnest expression, as if it were the truth.

"I see." Audrey nodded, though it was unclear whether she believed it or not.

"Ahem, well, Miss Audrey, I heard from Miss Susie that you wanted to see me?" Arthas coughed lightly, changing the subject.

“Yes, I have a small request,” Audrey nodded and said.

"What request?" Arthas tilted his head and asked curiously.

“My request is that I wish to meet your master,” Audrey said, gazing at Arthas.

"Meet my master?" Arthas seemed somewhat surprised.

"That's right. I've read so many books about your master, so naturally I've become quite curious about him. I also have some questions I'd like to ask him in person."

"What? Could it be that..."

Audrey knelt down, picked up Arthas, looked him straight in the eye, and said:

"Does that mean Mr. Heller doesn't want to see me?"

Arthas's eyes widened slightly, then he sighed softly and said:

"I didn't expect that you already knew, Miss Audrey."

“Of course, don’t underestimate a spectator.” Audrey smiled with a hint of pride amidst her composure.

"When did you find out?" Arthas asked curiously.

"I found out not long after that beer hall speech. It was actually quite easy to guess, since there aren't many people with such unique ideas."

"Moreover, Hugh's behavior also gave me some clues. Combining the two, the truth is about to be revealed."

Audrey smiled and continued:

"So, may I meet with your master, Mr. Heller?"

"Of course, my master will surely be very pleased with your visit, Miss Audrey."

……

7 Downsend Street, basement.

"You are a fool who does not belong to this age;"

"You are the mysterious ruler above the gray fog;"

"You are the yellow and black king of good luck."

"Thy faithful servant beseeches thy gaze;"

"We beseech you to open the gates of your kingdom;"

"I pray that you will grant me strength."

……

The prayer ceremony ended quickly, and a black square box appeared on the altar.

Arthur looked at the metal box in front of him, stepped forward, opened it, and frowned as he examined the items inside.

It was a completely black eye without a pupil.

Just seeing it caused Arthur to feel mentally confused and his thinking to slow down.

And he also heard faint, indistinct, seemingly crazy murmurs in his ears.

Upon hearing the murmured voice, the true offspring of the Creator within Arthur, who had been firmly locked up and unable to move in the slightest, seemed to show signs of restlessness.

Without hesitation, Arthur immediately summoned the Skull of Gul'dan.

Dark green runes appeared on his body, and after the evil energy surged throughout his body, Arthur felt the restlessness of the baby inside him subside.

"That little brat is quite unruly," he muttered, then put the all-black eye in front of him into Gul'dan's Skull.

During his last conversation with Klein, Klein had asked Arthur about the thief's glove.

Gloves were obviously out of the question for Klein, so Arthur offered to find another way to help Klein purify the pollution in the Eye of the All-Black.

As for the reward, Arthur didn't ask for too much, after all, he had gotten a considerable advantage when the spoils were distributed that time.

So he simply asked Klein to help him collect cursed objects and residual spirituality from ancient vengeful spirits, which were the extraordinary materials Arthas needed to advance to the next rank, "Recorder".

The other main ingredient for the "Recorder" potion, a complete Asman's Brain, can be obtained through the Abraham family.

Because Arthur remembered that the traitor in the Abraham family in the original story, "The Mysterious Saint" Butis, once said that the Abraham family had extra Asman brains.

And there must be more than one, otherwise Dorian wouldn't have given it to Fors for free.

Since Klein needed materials related to ancient vengeful spirits to advance to the Master of Mystic Puppetry, he simply asked him to collect them for Arthur as well.

Arthur put away Gul'dan's skull, left the basement, and went to his room.

He activated the Shadow Curtain to conceal the room, then took out Gul'dan's Skull again and held it in his arms, savoring its beauty.

The essence of the All-Black Eye is actually the extraordinary characteristics of the Puppet Master who has been corrupted by the true Creator.

Arthur's research aimed to see if he could extract the contamination from the true creator when the Eye of Darkness was shattered and use it elsewhere.

While the potion system can grant people amazing and extraordinary abilities, it also brings with it significant mental health issues.

This leads to the fact that among extraordinary individuals, the struggle between reason and madness has always been a central theme.

Especially for many high-ranking beings, they have always been struggling to maintain this balance, preventing themselves from being overwhelmed by the madness inherent in the potion system.

In this situation, a form of contamination from the true creator, this mad god, would become an extremely vicious weapon.

Especially at a crucial moment, such as during a promotion, the power of this weapon will be greatly increased.

If Arthur can successfully intercept it and use it in the right place.

After carefully experiencing it, he found that it was not actually a very difficult thing.

Because generally speaking, if extraordinary characteristics are shattered with angelic power, the contamination within them will dissipate due to the lack of support.

However, the extraordinary properties of shattering through Gul'dan's skull are different because the entire process takes place inside Gul'dan's skull, which prevents the contamination from dissipating and gives Arthur enough room to manipulate it.

Without hesitation, Arthur shattered the Eye of the Black and, at the very moment the corruption of the True Creator appeared, injected it into an item stored within the Skull of Gul'dan.

Then, he lined up the pure extraordinary traits he had obtained, picked out the Mystic Master trait that Klein needed, and sacrificed it onto the gray fog.

As for his other extraordinary characteristics, they were naturally his reward for his hard work.

Although it wasn't actually that hard.

Arthur looked at the row of gem-like extraordinary traits on the table and picked up the Magician trait from among them.