Nobody can stop me from drawing cards in Gotham!

Chapter 147 Game Progression Anomaly

Those eerie blue eyes that appeared in the mist clearly belonged to the summoned messenger, the Mist Raven.

The moment the messenger appeared, the surrounding mist, along with the black shadows driven by the believers, retreated rapidly as if they were light-phobic creatures suddenly seeing the light!

"High Priest, this—" Faced with this scene, the believers closest to the High Priest were immediately stunned and could only look to their leader, the High Priest, for help.

But what you don't know until you look is that the high priest was staring intently at the mist crow suspended in mid-air, his eyes filled with doubt and uncertainty, his expression so strange that the believers looked at each other in bewilderment.

What's going on? Although the High Priest has a fiery temper, as a senior member of the order, he has always been someone who would never be easily swayed in the face of adversity.

But the high priest's expression now looks as if he's about to roll his eyes and die on the spot.

What the believers, who were silently grumbling to themselves, did not know was that the high priest actually wanted to die on the spot to escape everything that was happening.

I dare not open my eyes, for fear that all of this is not an illusion.

After all, they are different from ordinary believers who have no access to the secrets of the cult.

The high priest scoffed at the fanatical and devoted believers at headquarters—after all, his loyalty to the gods was only tied to how much money and benefits he could extract from headquarters when he went out on missions.

But as a veteran of the order who had been there for many years, the high priest had heard his share of the secrets that had been passed down.

This includes the legend of "The Crow in the Mist," which is known only to senior believers.

Legend has it that in the divine kingdom of their great god, in a land surrounded by fog, there exists a creature favored by the gods: the "Crow of the Fog," born from the fog.

They are naturally blessed by the gods, and thus can exercise some of the gods' authority, possessing the ability to travel through space and even travel through worlds.

But no one has ever actually seen this creature with their own eyes.

Only in the holy books of the Order is it recorded —

If a crow appears in the mist, it will surely be accompanied by someone favored by the gods.

This is why the high priest is so eager to run away on the spot.

No wonder his spatial magic was suppressed in terms of rank.

No wonder I was afraid of that young wizard when I used magic.

After all, his magical power came from the gods, while the other party was clearly on a higher level—the other party was a favored one of the gods.

Otherwise, there's no way to explain why he was able to summon the crows in the mist!

Meanwhile, amidst the retreating cultists' magic, Jaeger used the [Door] to land directly next to Wonder Woman, extending his hand: "Wonder Woman, if you believe me—I now want to verify a guess."

"And I need Escaliber's trophy."

Upon hearing this, Wonder Woman, who had just witnessed the Gatekeepers' magic causing Jaeger to avoid it at all costs, had a vague idea of ​​what was going on. At this moment, she handed over the trophy without hesitation: "I believe you, detective."

The moment Jaeger held the Escaliber Trophy, shaped like a green sword cross, an indescribable feeling arose within him.

The next second, Jaeger slammed the green sword part of the trophy onto the ground!

"Clang!"

The object hidden within the shattered green crystal was finally revealed.

—It was a silver key covered with intricate patterns.

[Item - Special - Gate Key (2/?)]

【grade:???】

[Description: A key used to open a door.]

[Note: You have obtained a relatively special key to the gate.]

You can try inserting the key into the door to see what's so special about this key—but you'd better hurry, player.

Once the "Fog City" effect wears off, the key to the gate will revert to a normal key.

"The Key to the Gate —"

As Jaeger held the peculiar key, he naturally thought of the brand he had found on the Ocean Prayer, at the site left behind by the rift in the world Iron Man had traversed.

That was also a key to the door, but it seemed different from the one I had now.

However, looking at the highly suggestive text in the notes, and then glancing at the "gatekeeper" believers huddled together, whispering and staring at him, and the high priest whose eyes were filled with disbelief—

Probably, just as he guessed.

The so-called deity among these "gatekeepers" is likely not only related to the [Messenger], but may even be the very being represented by the [Unknown Identity Card] —

This is also the first time Jaeger has come into contact with a group that may have some knowledge of the true identity of the [Unknown Identity Card].

"You guys—never mind, we'll talk about it later."

Jaeger held the key to the door, looking at the "gatekeeper" in front of him with a complicated expression, but he couldn't help but pay attention to the time limit that was specifically mentioned in the notes.

"This is yours now, messenger."

Jaeger didn't forget to instruct the messenger beside him. He had just verified that the magic of these "gatekeepers" was naturally suppressed by the messenger's presence, which could protect him and Wonder Woman in case anything went wrong during his next operation.

The messenger let out a shriek, and the fog he summoned actually helped to conceal Jaeger and Wonder Woman in the foggy city environment.

At the same time, a void card table appeared before Jaeger's eyes. Holding the Key of the Gate in one hand, he decisively inserted the [Unknown Identity Card] into the card table!

In an instant, consciousness rose.

When Jaeger opened his eyes again, he found himself once more in the familiar, misty, mysterious space, facing the door studded with countless keyholes.

"The Gate of Ten Thousand Gates".

But this time, Jaeger's state of mind had clearly changed significantly.

"Unknown Identity Card — Gate of All Doors — Gatekeeper — Key to the Door —"

Jaeger inserted the special key into one of the golden locks and whispered, "Unknown Identity Card, what kind of being are you?"

The moment he finished speaking, Jaeger turned the key.

With a "click," the golden lock opened.

This time, however, it was different from the last time when the key to the gate was used, which only loosened the gate of ten thousand doors slightly.

Suddenly, an indescribable scene appeared before Jaeger's eyes.

Countless afterimages intertwined before his eyes, eventually merging into a strange perspective.

Jaeger could see that he was stepping on thick black checkered lines.

Within the square was the misty space he had just been in, the one marked by the [Unknown Identity Card] —

However, it has a colorful comic book style.

He was standing on a plane that resembled a comic book panel!

It's like having a huge comic book laid out flat, then standing on a particular page and leaning over to see the colorfully drawn panels.

This perspective is both novel and, at one point, incredibly eerie.

Jaeger instinctively took a step back: "Damn it, what is this—"

The comic book content that Jaeger could see was even a series of panels compressed into an American comic book style, depicting everything he had just experienced.

Including the fog-shrouded metropolis, the gatekeeper, the high priest, Wonder Woman, and — himself, inserting the key into the door.

However, the comic strip at his feet ended with this panel, with no further content.

Jaeger instinctively had the urge to turn the page.

But at that very moment, a huge shadow suddenly fell from above.

As Jaeger looked up, his eyes reflected another page of a comic book that was falling on him, as if someone had heard his thoughts and had actually turned the page!

The problem is, while Jaeger was still standing on the comic strip, another page was turned over.

On the vast comic book page, Jaeger had nowhere to hide. He could only watch helplessly as another page drew closer and closer, and a voice flashed past his ear: "You've come too early, my friend—"

"The game is far from reaching this point."

The next second, Jaeger's vision went black, and he instantly lost consciousness.

The game process encountered an error and has been automatically corrected.

Compensation has been paid.

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