Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 325 A Grand Drama

The fact that "The Sun," "Judgment," and "The Magician" chose to shatter the embers one after another undoubtedly surprised the other members of the Tarot Club.

The Sun, residing in a land forsaken by the gods, would find it difficult to obtain the potion recipes for the "Singer" path, and given his own urgent need to increase his strength, it's understandable that he would agree to such a deal.

Then what about "judgment" and "magician"?

Leaving aside the "trial," the "Hermit" has always believed that the "Magician" must have the support of a powerful force behind him, and theoretically should not lack potion recipes. Why would he take the initiative to propose such a deal?

The Hanged Man's eyes flickered. Although he was equally puzzled, he did not speak rashly.

In contrast, Justice understood the matter more deeply than the others. She knew that Ember and Magician had known each other for a long time, so it wasn't surprising that they would take the initiative to propose a deal.

"Justice," Audrey thought for a few seconds, then slightly raised her hand and said:

"Mr. 'Lover,' I also need the potion recipe for Sequence 4 of the 'Audience' pathway."

Ember glanced at her, shook his head, and said:

You don't need it.

"Huh?"

"Justice," Audrey blinked, and the next second a piece of paper appeared in front of her:

Sequence 4: The Manipulator

Main material: The complete brain of an elderly spiritual dragon, or the crystallized heart of a Tree Mentor.

Additional materials: 80 ml of blood from an elderly spiritual dragon, 3 golden leaves from a treant mentor, and one drop of tears from each of 7 different humans or humanoid beings caused by intense emotions.

Ritual: In a specific setting with at least ten thousand people, the potion is consumed amidst a profound emotional resonance among them.

"Didn't you say I didn't need it?" 'Justice' Audrey blinked, somewhat confused. If she didn't need it, why give her the potion recipe? Did Ember mean she didn't need the potion recipe, but rather the ember itself?

Audrey suddenly remembered that she seemed to have come into contact with 'fire' a long time ago—

That is Karura's King Soul. According to Karura, the King Soul is one of the powers of the Primordial Flame.

"In other words, I have already undergone the baptism of the First Flame, and I don't need to go through it again."

"Justice" Audrey quickly sorted out all the key points, but some questions still remained in her mind—the three "Sun" would turn into "Lords of Cinder" when they crushed the embers, with burning "starfire" attached to their celestial bodies, but why did she never have this phenomenon?

Could it be because they only crushed the embers, while it was the King's Soul that completed her 'baptism'?

What's the difference?

While "Justice" was deep in thought, the three "Hermits" had different expressions.

The Hermit has a Sequence 4 potion recipe, and she doesn't lack any potion recipes all the way up to Sequence 1, because the Mysterious Queen has them.

Therefore, she doesn't need to go through this kind of "transaction" bound to the gods to obtain the potion recipe.

The same applies to the Hanged Man; he has a Sequence 4 potion recipe and doesn't need to engage in this "trade." He might acquire a Sequence 3 potion recipe through a trade once he advances to Sequence 4, but not now.

Although 'Moon' doesn't have a Sequence 4 potion recipe, he has the backing of the vampire clan and doesn't lack potion recipes; what he lacks is extraordinary traits. Ember promised to sell him a 'Witch King' extraordinary trait, which corresponds to a vampire count, so 'Moon' also has no reason to rashly accept this deal.

After this round of transactions concluded, "The Hermit" Cattleya looked at "The Magician" and said:

"I want to know clues about the direct descendants of Abraham's family, 1000 pounds."

She offered her price without any hesitation, because she was certain that the "mysterious queen" would provide appropriate compensation.

Why is she looking directly at me? Does she already know that I'm connected to the Abraham family? 'Magician' Fors was initially surprised, but then realized it wasn't unexpected. Extraordinary individuals using the 'Gate' pathway are not common, and organized 'Gate' pathway Extraordinary individuals are even rarer.

Of all the organizations Fors knew, only the Aurora Society and the Abraham Family possessed a large number of extraordinary individuals who had access to the "Gate" pathway. Excluding the Aurora Society, the Hermit could naturally deduce that she was connected to the Abraham Family.

Although £1000 was very tempting, Fors did not immediately agree, after all, the Abraham family offered a much higher value.

After a moment's consideration, Fors, the "Magician," spoke:

"What do you want with them? If you can provide a reason, I can pass it on to them. As for whether there will be any further developments, that depends entirely on their wishes; I cannot be sure."

Sure enough, she was a seemingly ordinary woman who actually harbored many secrets and was extremely cautious and meticulous in her actions… 'The Hermit' Cattleya sighed inwardly and nodded slightly:

"That makes sense."

"I'm looking for direct descendants of Abraham's family in hopes of obtaining information from Mr. Men. Please pass this on to them and see if there's an opportunity for cooperation. Well, just for passing it on, I'll pay you £350 in cash, and if they're willing to make contact, there will be an additional £650."

Fors paused for a full second before answering:

"make a deal."

"The Sun" Derrick waited until they finished their conversation, then asked sincerely:

"Mr. 'Lover,' the Chief wishes to personally lead a team to explore the Giants' Court soon. Do you have any suggestions?"

In his heart, he was almost convinced that the "outsider" the chief had encountered earlier was Mr. "Lover". After all, although Mr. "World" was powerful, he was only at Sequence 5 and obviously could not reach the Forsaken Land, let alone explore the Giants' Court.

The Chief's eagerness to explore the Giants' Court stemmed from Mr. "The Lover's" actions. Therefore, "The Sun" Derrick desperately hoped to obtain some advice from "The Lover."

After thinking for a moment, Yu Jin said:

"If you want to explore the Giants' Court, as long as you don't deviate from the route, you shouldn't encounter too much danger along the way."

After a pause, Ember suddenly asked again:

Does Silver City lack potion recipes with a 'Giant' pathway at Sequence 3 or higher?

"Yes."

Derrick of the Suns nodded solemnly:

"The highest level of potion recipes that Silver City possesses is only Sequence 4 'Witcher'. Neither the chief nor the elders of the six-person council can break through the 'Witcher' limit."

"In order to explore potion recipes of Sequence 4 and above, the former chief built himself a mausoleum deep underground, and then moved in, making it his home. After that, he appeared less and less, until the mausoleum's doors could no longer be opened..."

The Sun's eyes dimmed somewhat. A Sequence 4 demigod might be strong, but it was still not enough for the perilous Forsaken Land. This was one of the reasons why, even though the Giants' Court was located near Silver City, they had never tried to explore it for thousands of years.

Silver City had organized expeditions to the Giants' Court, but each expedition ended in total annihilation.

Such heavy sacrifices led Silver City to gradually abandon its exploration of the Giants' Court until they met a little boy named Jack and realized that the Giants' Court was very likely the key to leaving the Forsaken Land, which is why they restarted their exploration of the Giants' Court.

Even so, the chief's actions remained very restrained, cautiously leading the exploration team to clear out Afternoon Town rather than rashly entering the territory of the Giants' Court.

Because he knew very well that there was a danger hidden there that Sequence 4 could absolutely not handle!

With a flick of his wrist, Yu Jin produced another ember from seemingly nowhere and pushed it toward the 'sun,' slowly saying:

"You can tell your chief that I can provide him with Sequence 3 or even Sequence 2 and above potion recipes, as long as he crushes this ember. As for the price of crushing the ember, you can also make that clear to him."

The Sun was somewhat taken aback, but he quickly realized the risks and opportunities involved.

After a long while, the 'Sun' silently held the embers in its palm.

But soon, Ember thought for a moment and pushed over another ember, adding:

"This one is for Lovia; you can explain it to her as well."

"Okay." 'Sun' nodded silently.

The exchange continued, and the tarot gathering gradually came to an end.

"Justice" Audrey and the others rose simultaneously and bowed respectfully before disappearing into the gray mist.

Only the 'Fool' at the head and the 'World' at the end remain, along with the embers sitting on the right.

Klein dropped all pretense and asked with some surprise:

"Why do you need them to crush the embers? What's the point?"

After thinking for a moment, Yu Jin decided to explain it in simple and easy-to-understand language:

"If you have studied Marxist philosophy, you should have heard the saying: the economic base determines the superstructure, and the superstructure reacts on the economic base."

Klein understood immediately, a hint of enlightenment in his eyes, and asked:

"Are the nine elemental entities like the 'Source Castle' the superstructure? And ordinary extraordinary beings are the economic base?"

"right."

Ember did not deny it, and said frankly:

"However, there is a slight error. While the source material is indeed the superstructure, ordinary extraordinary beings are not the economic base; it is extraordinary beings above the demigod level."

"Why a demigod?"

Klein was initially confused, but he quickly found the answer himself—the biggest difference between demigods and ordinary extraordinary beings is that, starting from Sequence 4, extraordinary beings can be considered incomplete mythical creatures, possessing divinity.

The higher the sequence, the higher the divinity, and the greater the risk of going out of control.

For example, in Russell's diary, he was almost overwhelmed by divinity and completely turned into an indifferent mythical creature.

Fortunately, with the anchor of faith, Russell ultimately maintained his humanity.

Klein then asked:

"So you need to train them all to be demigods?"

Ember hesitated for two seconds and said:

"A demigod won't do; at the very least, he must be an angel, and preferably a true god."

"This is quite difficult."

Klein's eye twitched. If everyone were to become a true god, wouldn't his Tarot Club be renamed the True God Conference?

However, according to Ember, he should need at least one Extraordinary from each of the 22 pathways.

While members of the Tarot Club come from various backgrounds, their numbers are relatively small.

All of these, the pathways encompassed are only diviners, apprentices, spectators, singers, sailors, pharmacists, arbitrators, and voyeurs.

Even if we include Grosser and the others, and remove the overlapping paths, there are only Mobert's 'Thief' path and Grosser's 'Warrior' path.

But besides these, there are 12 other ways.

And if one were to search for other extraordinary individuals with potential pathways within these 12 pathways, Klein subconsciously thought of the people he knew—

Miss Sharon follows the "Prisoner" pathway, the Poet follows the "Sleepless" pathway, Miss Daly follows the "Corpse Collector" pathway, and the Iceberg General follows the "Reader" pathway.

Even with these additional pathways, there are still eight gaps.

Mystics, hunters, assassins, farmers, lawyers, criminals, generalists, and monsters.

Even after removing Lovia's "Secret Prayer" and "Danitz's" hunter, there are still six left.

Of these six pathways, Klein knew extraordinary individuals from the 'Assassin,' 'Criminal,' and 'Monster' pathways. However, the extraordinary individuals he encountered from the first two pathways were now dead, while the latter was Will Onsett, the 'Mercury Serpent.'

As for the extraordinary individuals of the farmer, lawyer, and generalist paths, Klein had never seen them.

After thinking for a moment, Klein spoke:

"I know an extraordinary person with the 'Prisoner' pathway. I can ask her for you; she might be happy to accept this deal."

Miss Sharon is being hunted by the Rose School and should be interested in Sequence 4 potion recipes.

"Can."

Ember nodded, pushed a spark towards Klein, who sat at the head of the table, paused, and then asked:

"Now that you have the complete materials for 'Trickster,' I suggest you take this opportunity to advance to the next level."

Klein's expression shifted slightly. He had actually had a similar idea, using the opportunity of hunting down the 'Secret Saint' to complete the ritual, but the problem was—

"Will this work?"

Klein asked hesitantly.

He had no doubt that the Embers could easily kill the Mystic Saint, but the problem was that the ritual required him to use his own power and planning to murder a demigod or an equivalent supernatural being, which seemed to be no small feat.

Ember said calmly:

"The ritual doesn't require the demigod to be in a certain state; you just need to deliver the final blow when the time comes."

"This will work?" Klein's expression was a bit strange. It sounded absurd, and upon closer inspection, it was indeed absurd. But upon careful consideration, it didn't seem to make any mistakes—after all, the ritual didn't require the demigod to be in a certain state.

In Klein's original plan, he hadn't intended to kill a demigod in his prime. To complete the ritual, finding a severely injured supernatural being was the best option.

Now, it's just a matter of replacing extraordinary beings with demigods; there's really no difference.

Klein pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke:

"Having demigods isn't enough; I also need a grand drama, and I need a large enough audience."

Yu Jin raised an eyebrow slightly and said without much hesitation:

"Then let's set off fireworks and make everyone in Backlund your audience."

"It doesn't need to be that big..."

Klein's eye twitched. Being too famous isn't a good thing. Maybe we should keep things quiet.

(End of this chapter)