Mystery: A Spark

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have a question..."

He was desperately short of money, but he didn't want to sell his prized dolls.

Therefore, he could only seek advice from the wise men of the Tarot Society, hoping to find a way to swindle—no, I should say, obtain financial support from Lord Nibais.

Of course, Emlyn did not say that this was his own experience, but used someone else's name to refer to him.

What Emlyn didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, he saw "The Hanged Man" and "Justice" silently looking at "The Chariot" and "The Sun".

As the first members of the Tarot Club, they witnessed firsthand Arthur's instruction of "The Sun" on those outrageous maneuvers, so they were extremely familiar with this kind of thing.

Upon hearing the question about the "moon," a thought immediately came to their minds.

Isn't this similar to the little "sun" of the past?

Chapter 252 "Rum" and the Crown of Domination (bushi)

As Audrey and Alger turned their gazes toward Arthur and Derrick, the others also looked over.

This also includes "the world," which was a step behind in reacting.

Derrick seemed somewhat flustered under the spotlight.

He instinctively looked at Arthur, as if wanting to ask for help.

However, after noticing his gaze, Arthur merely coughed lightly and said unscrupulously:

"It's easier for the people involved to understand these things better."

As a result, Derrick was immediately surrounded by onlookers.

Having no other choice, he nervously began to recount the Silver City strategy that Arthur had devised for him, as well as his general state of mind at the time.

After Derrick's explanation, Fors couldn't help but glance at Arthur with surprise.

Emlyn was immediately awestruck by the "chariot" that devised this plan.

With just the Sun's simple description of the situation in Silver City, the Chariot accurately grasped the psychology of Silver City's leadership and quickly devised a countermeasure.

This plan not only solved the "Sun's" predicament in Silver City, but also, in turn, made the boy Silver City's representative in the Tarot Society, enabling other members to exchange resources with a city-state located in the Forsaken Land.

If you count it, you don't know how many times they've won.

All I can say is that they won big.

“So, if that’s the case, does that mean I can also…” Emlyn looked at Arthur with a questioning gaze.

“You can’t,” Arthur said calmly.

"What's wrong with me?" Emlyn felt his dignity as a man had been insulted.

“…” Arthur glanced at Emlyn speechlessly.

I'm talking to you about serious matters, and you're making dirty jokes at me?

“Uh, I mean, why can’t I do this?” Emlyn noticed the change in the others’ gazes and quickly tried to explain.

“Because specific cases need to be analyzed specifically. Your identity, the situation of the forces you belong to, and the predicament you are facing are all completely different from Little Sun’s. How can you simply copy the method I gave him?” Arthur said leisurely.

“That makes sense… So do you have any good ideas for my situation?” Emlyn asked curiously.

There was a solution, of course; Arthur simply quoted Alger's method from the original story.

After all, as Lilith's kin, the vampires haven't reached the point where they must change or die, so they can't be compared to the Silver City.

So Arthur didn't intend to do anything outrageous.

After hearing his advice, Emlyn was immediately inspired and quickly came up with a strategy for the next move.

After hearing Arthur's words, Alger felt a sense of "great minds think alike".

……

"Miss Sharon, it's been a while since we last met. How have you been?"

Inside a house in Hillston, Arthur looked at the beautiful woman in a long court dress and said with a smile.

"It's relatively stable," Sharon replied calmly, her face pale yet delicate.

They hadn't seen each other for a long time; they hadn't had any public contact since that incident at the Brave Ones bar.

Even during the siege of Ince Zangwill, Arthas was the one who relayed messages to each other.

Furthermore, due to the 0-08 rule, when conveying messages, plans cannot be stated explicitly; instead, they can only be hinted at or told in riddles.

Fortunately, Arthur had already gained experience as a "riddler," so he successfully deceived everyone and gathered a group of people to eliminate the scourge.

“On that day, your friend first shot him in the head, then Lord Eggers took his soul, and I got his body,” Sharon said calmly as she recounted the bloody incident that day.

She had only agreed to help Arthur out of gratitude, but after the battle, she received an extremely valuable reward.

The corpse of a demigod.

Sharon simply couldn't refuse this reward.

The necessary condition for the ritual of ascending to demigod through heterodox means is that a demigod-level soul or corpse is required.

It was not intended as a consumable, but rather as a medium for rituals.

But even for the powerful Rose School, there wasn't much of this stuff in stock.

What's more, she and Marich are two deserters who are like stray dogs.

Sharon was able to advance to the fourth rank of "Puppet" because Arthur provided a demigod's soul as assistance.

Yes, it was the soul of that thief demigod.

One of Arthur's main purposes in capturing this soul was to create a Lesser Soulstone.

Another purpose, of course, was to help Sharon get promoted, thereby cultivating a powerful assistant.

Since it was a demigod-level soul, Arthur wouldn't be so extravagant as to directly turn it into a soul stone and consume it. He would definitely squeeze out all its value first.

Moreover, his soul is undamaged, so he doesn't need a secondary soul stone now.

There is a famous saying by Emperor Roselle: "The hardest debt to repay in the world is a debt of gratitude."

Now, Sharon fully understands the meaning of those words.

The initial three requests were due to the extraordinary characteristics of the "puppet".

Then, because the ascension ceremony required the help of a demigod-level soul provided by Arthur.

Then comes something even more precious: ownership of a demigod-level corpse.

Even though Sharon helped Arthur once during this period, it was insignificant compared to the reward she received, or rather, completely incomparable.

So how come the debt keeps piling up even as you try to pay it off?

Sharon was somewhat troubled.

She had a feeling that she had fallen into the trap set by the person in front of her, and that she would probably never be able to pay off her debt in this lifetime.

For someone as principled as Sharon, this was a very difficult situation.

"Mr. Heller, is there anything I can do for you this time?" Sharon asked, looking at the young man in front of her.

Tell me your purpose, whatever it is, I'll take it.

A triumphant smile appeared on Arthur's face:

"I want you……"

Sharon's face froze instantly.

"Come work for me."

Sharon pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and finally calmed herself down.

As a member of the temperance faction who is extremely good at controlling herself, she almost lost her composure in front of Arthur just now.

This person truly deserves to be called a qualified hunter; he can easily provoke anger in others.

"What are the job duties?" Sharon's voice was devoid of emotion.

"Well, it's like this..." Arthur knew when to stop and didn't do anything reckless. Instead, he honestly explained his thoughts.

"As the leader of a force, I should theoretically have a reliable intelligence organization under my command, but the problem is that I don't have a suitable person to lead the intelligence organization."

"And as you probably know, Miss Sharon, for people in our line of work, being deaf and blind is absolutely unacceptable; it will inevitably lead to failure."

"so……"

"So, you want me to run an intelligence organization for you? The kind that gathers all kinds of valuable intelligence?" Sharon's eyes showed interest.

“That’s true,” Arthur said with a smile.

In the original work, Sharon repeatedly showed a strong interest in spying, no, I should say in gossip.

Furthermore, when she exchanged intelligence with Klein, she was incredibly organized and articulate, providing Klein with considerable assistance in the early and mid-stages of the game.

Arthur was unaware of what position Sharon held in the Rose School before her defection.

But there is no doubt that she and Marich were able to successfully defect from the Rose School and escape all the way from the Southern Continent to Rune, during which time they repeatedly evaded the Rose School's pursuit.

This means that either she or Marich must be extremely skilled at handling intelligence and very perceptive to the slightest clues.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have survived.

According to Arthur's observation, this person is more likely to be Sharon.

Because both in the original story and now, Marich is mostly portrayed as a henchman.

Even if Arthur misjudged them, it didn't matter if Marich was the one in charge between the two, because he planned to take them both down together.

"How many people do you have under your command?" Sharon asked.

And this means,

She was tempted by Arthur's suggestion.

For both her and Marich, the days of defection were undoubtedly very difficult.

Not only were they homeless, but they were also constantly threatened by those lunatics from the libertarian faction.

Although their lives improved somewhat after they killed the Indulgence faction's pursuers with the help of Arthur and Klein.