Mystery: The Ultimate Tarot

Chapter 421 The Bait Prepared for the "Devils"

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At the Tarot meeting.

Alger the Hanged Man asked Raphael the Devil how he had managed to accurately locate the hidden members of the Rose School.

"It's simple." The "Demon Personality" grinned and said, "With the help of the great 'Lord of Evil Desire,' I impersonated a follower of the 'Bound God' and told them that the 'Bound God' was about to return."

He paused for a moment, then said, "After the Lord of Lust demonstrated his power, they all converted to his teachings and became completely convinced of my words."

"So I had three inside agents at the Saint level. They provided me with a lot of high-level intelligence, which gave me a deep understanding of the structure of the Rose School and a certain judgment on their reaction after being attacked."

"This was indeed the key to the great success of this operation."

The other members looked at each other, which sounded a bit unbelievable.

"The Fool" Klein thought to himself: I must say, this is an advantage that only the "Lord of Evil Desires" and Raphael possess!

"Justice," Audrey smiled elegantly: "This method is completely unreplicable—in truth, while the members of the 'Rose School' may be mad, their intelligence is not an issue. Raphael's words are easy to make; he must have done a great deal of preparation."

Preparation is what makes this lie believable.

The Hermit, Cattleya, thought to herself: I'm not surprised at all. When the Mysterious Queen commented on Raphael, she said he wasn't a conventional person, neither advocating indulgence nor restraint. Such a person always has a third option. And he'll stop at nothing to do it—but then again, deceiving the members of the Rose School was indeed quite creative.

Raphael shrugged, and the "Demon Personality" continued, "There's not much to say about what happened next. We launched a surprise attack on the Rose School's stronghold, and the Saint, who was an inside agent, informed us of the location where the Rose School's high-ranking members were gathered."

"However, something unexpected happened. What I didn't expect was that the Rose School didn't hide anything at all and even launched a counterattack."

"This surprised and delighted us, saving us the trouble of slowly digging them out one by one."

According to Raphael's original plan, after using the three "Rose School" strongholds to attract some reinforcements from the "Rose School," the higher-ups of the "Rose School" should abandon the three strongholds and go into hiding.

That way, we'll have cleared out all the enemies in those three strongholds, and by using divination on their corpses, we can learn more about the locations of the "Rose School" members and more strongholds, and then go and wipe out those strongholds and the "Rose School" members.

Then, using these members, the locations of even more members can be divined.

That's why Raphael rented the hotel for a month straight, because he felt the operation needed to last at least one month.

Months.

Unexpectedly, the saints of the "Rose School" not only did not hide, but actually gathered together, intending to launch a counterattack.

Raphael certainly wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.

"The Hanged Man," Alger laughed, "things have turned out differently than I expected."

The others nodded slowly, none of them expecting the "demon" to do such a thing.

But no one was surprised. Although the "devil's" ideas were sometimes astonishing, or even like something a madman would do, it had to be admitted that many of the "devil's" methods were the simplest and most effective ways to solve problems.

"Justice," Audrey asked curiously, "Mr. 'Devil,' approximately how much damage did this operation inflict on the 'Rose School'?"

The "Demon Personality" crossed its legs and said, "We killed one angel, eight saints, about twenty Sequence 6 and Sequence 5 beings, and countless Sequence 7 and lower-sequence Extraordinary beings."

Everyone was shocked by the result—such a huge loss! The "Rose School" was now defunct in name only!

No wonder the "devil" said that these "butchers" will never have a chance to turn things around.

Even if some members of the "Rose School" leave, they won't cause any major disturbance.

The key point is that after such a huge loss, everyone would want to take a jab at the "Rose School".

For example, before this, when members of other organizations clashed with members of the "Rose School," they would take into account the intimidation of the saints of the "Rose School" and dare not take action.

But things are different now. Most of the core members of the "Rose School" died overnight, and those who would have just watched before will now definitely choose to take action!

This will certainly cause a second round of losses for the "Rose School".

Unless the remaining members all hide in the rainforest, but if they hide there they can't acquire new extraordinary traits, then the organization has no hope.

Leonard, nicknamed "Star," remarked with relief, "Finally, the Southern Continent can have some peace."

The Church of the Goddess of Night has been operating in the Southern Continent for a long time. Because of his role in facilitating this operation, Leonard, as the Privy Councillor of the Backlund Diocese, took the opportunity to learn about the situation in the Southern Continent and discovered the extent of the chaos there.

The Southern Continent was in great chaos after the war, with not only the power of various countries being disrupted, but also the power of secret organizations.

Because Rune has yet to gain a decisive advantage, this chaos may continue for some time.

Now that the "Rose School" is no longer a source of chaos, the situation in the Southern Continent should theoretically be better.

No one else commented on this, since the chaos in the Southern Continent was not something that anyone could decide.

After the discussion about the "Rose School" was over, Raphael's "Devilish Personality" said, "Respected Mr. 'Fool,' I wish to speak with 'The World' alone."

"The Fool" Klein slowly nodded, and with a wave of his hand, created a private space for "the Demon" and "the World" to communicate.

The "devilish personality" addressed the person at the lower end of the bronze table: "Nothing much, just asking what kind of reward you want. Have you thought it through?"

In the previous battle, the "Lord of Lust" obtained the properties of the "Ancient Evil Artifact," which was a shared trophy with Klein.

When the Lord of Evil Desire took that trait, he told Klein that he would give him equivalent compensation from somewhere else.

Raphael's one-on-one conversation mainly focused on this issue.

Klein, manipulating "The World," said, "My reward is simple: in the struggle between Mr. Fool and Amon, I hope the Lord of Evil Desire will not side with Amon."

He made this request entirely because Raphael and Amon seemed to have some connection. Although it seemed unlikely that they would conspire together, it was still better to be safe than sorry.

Klein had hesitated before making such a request, because it would make it seem as if Mr. Fool was not confident in his struggle against Amon.

But then Klein thought again: Raphael had connections with Amon, so he and the "Lord of Lust" should know how formidable Amon was.

No one dares to be careless when facing such an opponent.

Raphael was taken aback for a moment, then the "Demon Personality" laughed, "I didn't expect the conditions to be like this."

He paused, then said, "I will convey your message to the Lord of Evil Desires. Although I cannot make the decision for the Great Lord of Evil Desires, based on the Great Lord's past oracles, the probability of Him helping Ammon is slim."

However, Raphael did not intend to help Klein. He still had a lot of things to deal with. Klein's next opponent would be either Adam or Amon after he became a god. At Raphael's current level, he could not help much.

"World" nodded and said nothing more.

Then, their private conversation came to an end.

Afterwards, everyone discussed a few other topics, and the tarot session came to an end.

Backland West.

Raphael returned to the real world, lay on the sofa for a while in a daze, and then began to consider how to trick the "devils".

The situation with the "Blood Cult" is quite different from that of the "Rose School." According to Zeno, the "Devil" who has now sided with the "Lord of Evil Desire," many members of the "Blood Cult" are well aware that the current "Demon King" and the "Dark Side of the Universe" are no longer the "Demon King" of the past.

But they still maintain their belief in the "Demon King" or the "Dark Side of the Universe"—or rather, they know that they no longer believe in the original "Demon King".

To be more specific, many members of the "Blood Worship Cult" have already betrayed their "King".

However, in the "Blood Worship Cult," betrayal is not considered a shameful act. In fact, the "demons" do not have any moral bottom line. Betraying one's faith is not a big deal for them.

Furthermore, the "Blood Worship Cult" is a very loose organization, with most members not even knowing each other. In this case, the endorsement of other saints would be very unreliable, and it would be impossible to develop "favorites" through introductions. The deceptive methods used before would not work here.

So Raphael came up with a bait that the "demons" could not refuse. With this bait, the "demons" and "devils" would surely come to him on their own.

There's no need to deceive too many. Raphael felt that if he could deceive three or four "demons" and kill them, the "demons'" potion would be completely digested.

Thinking of this, Raphael took out the large crystal, about the length of his forearm, from the "Dark Abode." This crystal was the power that Raphael had absorbed from the aura of the "Chaos Sea" and from the body of the "Super Star Overlord" after he successfully merged with the Dao.

These forces are dozens of times greater than usual, so the crystals sealing them are also very large.

This large "composite talisman" can use the "sun" pathway, which is close to the level of angels, making it an absolute weapon against "demons".

In fact, the "Sun" pathway is more effective against "demons" than against "puppets." Even against "Blood Duke," "Lord of Lust" can try to use this large crystal to severely injure Him.

With the help of this crystal, Raphael became much more at ease.

He put away the crystal, went over his plan again, and then quickly used "travel" to arrive at the entrance to the "Forsaken Land". On the beach there, one could still see traces of where the people of Sen'er City had once been stationed.

This place used to be very lively, but now only the gently lapping waves and the calm beach remain.

Raphael stood there for a long time before taking a step and entering the "Forsaken Land".

Once inside the "Forsaken Land," Raphael once again used the spirit world to reach the vicinity of Chernobi.

He turned a monster into his puppet and commanded it to chant the name of "Lord of Evil Desires".

The next second, Raphael entered the "Dark Hut" and found the monster chanting his own name, and cast his power into it. In this way, the "Lord of Evil Desires" descended his power upon the land forsaken by the gods.

The powerful aura of the "Lord of Evil Desires" caused the surrounding monsters to flee, and those hiding in the darkness naturally dared not attack the "Lord of Evil Desires".

Then, the Lord of Evil Desire invoked the power of the Dark Lodge, unleashing a surge of "corruption" power in the surrounding area.

This caused many of the surrounding monsters to instantly fall into darkness and become demons, but such demons cannot last long before they perish, leaving only a pool of writhing flesh and blood.

As the Lord of Evil Desires unleashed a surge of corrupting power, it began to roam around Chernobi.

He was looking for the "Abyss Entrance" that had been here before. Although the abyss had changed considerably, the "demons" and "devils" could no longer survive inside.

However, the entrance to the abyss is a good place for them. By simply lingering around the entrance, they don't have to worry too much about the pollution inside the abyss, and they can also greatly enhance their power.

The key point is that it is a symbol of evil and depravity in the entire world, and it has a huge appeal to extraordinary individuals on the "Abyss" path.

Previously, when Raphael encountered this entrance, he could only run away. Now it's different. Raphael has advanced to Sequence 3 and has the help of "Dao Integration". He can now use "Dark Abode" and his own power to move the location of this entrance.

However, the location of the "Abyss Entrance" is constantly changing, which is why the "Lord of Lust" must emit a powerful aura of "corruption" to find the location of the entrance.

After searching for more than an hour, the "Lord of Evil Desires" felt some people watching him. Just as he was preparing to come back in a few days, several black gushing springs suddenly appeared on the ground, just like oil wells gushing out.

Large amounts of black liquid gushed from the ground, forming a small black lake, which then rapidly "collapsed."

A bottomless pit appeared.

The Lord of Evil Desires breathed a sigh of relief; he had finally found it.

He then increased the output of the "Dark Abode" and used the results of "Dao Integration" to pull the entrance to the abyss with the power of the "Dark Abode".

The seemingly bottomless pit suddenly moved.

The Lord of Evil Desire couldn't help but grin; his plan was indeed working.

Then, pulling on the "entrance to the abyss," he quickly left the land of the forsaken gods and headed towards the Sea of ​​Mist.

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