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

Chapter 354 Bait

"No, perhaps there is."

Leonard turned his gaze to the left, where, from near to far, were the 'moon,' the 'sun,' and the 'Hanged Man.'

But next to the Hanged Man, there is another empty seat.

This is not normal.

Leonard had deduced from his position that the distance between the Tarot Club members' seats was related to when they joined. Miss Justice and Mr. Hanged Man were the first members to join, so they were closest to Mr. Fool.

He was the last member to join the Tarot Club, so his position was relatively late in the group.

In this situation, it is clearly unreasonable to leave the second closest position to the "Fool" empty.

In other words, one member did not attend this tarot gathering, and this person is very likely the "lover" that Miss "Justice" mentioned!

Leonard's eyes flickered, and he had a bold guess about the identity of this "lover"—this "lover" might also be someone he knew!

"Mr. Star seems to have seen this ring somewhere before."

Audrey's professional instincts as "Justice" made her keenly aware of Leonard's abnormality as "Star," and from this she deduced that he had seen the ring before, but the girl still had some doubts in her heart.

This ring was given to her by Ember, and theoretically, only members of the Tarot Club should possess it.

Why has Mr. Star seen him before? Is it because of Mr. World?

She had determined that Mr. Star was very likely acquainted with Mr. World, so Mr. Star had probably seen the ring on Mr. World's hands. And Mr. World might have faked his death in front of Mr. Star because of sacrificing the ring—well, not exactly faked his death, but rather resurrected.

Perhaps it was Mr. World who protected Mr. Star that time, exchanging his own death for the other's survival. This made Mr. Star feel guilty towards Mr. World, which is why he was so eager to find him.

As for why they needed to find someone who was already dead, it's probably because Mr. "Star" had confirmed that Mr. "World" was not dead. As for how they confirmed that someone who was already dead and buried was still alive…

Audrey's expression turned somewhat subtle. Had Mr. Star gone to dig up Mr. World's grave? Because no body was found, he concluded Mr. World was still alive? That seemed a bit...

"Justice," Audrey concealed her inner thoughts and instead explained:

"You can think of the sacrifice ring as a special sealing artifact. It can only be used once, and its function is to have the ring die in place of the wearer when the wearer dies."

Leonard's eyes lit up, and he abruptly turned his head towards 'the world'!

I was right!

Klein said the sacrifice ring was a lucky ring given to him by his family, but such an obvious lie would not be believed by either the captain or Leonard himself.

Because when they decided to recruit Klein into the Night Watch, they had already conducted a detailed investigation into Klein's family background, confirming that he came from a clean family of goddess believers. His family lineage was so clean that not only three generations back, but ten generations back, were all clean goddess believers, the kind that had never even produced an extraordinary individual.

How could such a family possibly possess a ring capable of bringing someone back to life?

At the time, they all speculated that Klein might have joined some secret organization, and that the ring belonged to that organization. But to protect Klein and his family, he and the captain chose to keep it a secret and avoid talking about it to anyone.

Apart from the person involved, no one knew about the sacrifice ring, nor did anyone know that the captain had once come back to life.

But this does not mean that Leonard has given up the investigation.

He had been investigating the secret organization that Klein had joined, and now he had finally found it!

It's the Tarot Club!

At first glance, this tarot gathering seems more like a loose gathering of extraordinary individuals, the only difference being that the leader of the gathering is not a powerful extraordinary individual, but a genuine deity.

And what they did was indeed related to transactions—Tarot Club members provided Mr. Fool with the Roselle Diary, and members, through the convenience provided by Mr. Fool, would transfer what they needed to each other through Mr. Fool in the form of sacrifice, thus instantly completing transactions that were thousands or even tens of thousands of miles apart.

For such a gathering, the ring that brings the dead back to life, though precious, may not amount to much, after all, this is an extraordinary gathering personally organized by a god!

Recalling the details of that day, Klein wasted a lot of time on his way to retrieve the sealed artifact underground, which was clearly not right. Now that I think about it, he probably took the opportunity to pray to Mr. Fool on the way, and like Miss Justice, received a sacrifice ring from the Lover.

But Klein must have paid a huge price to get this ring, and he may still be unable to repay it.

After all, it is a sealed artifact that can bring people back to life. Even if it can only be used once, its value is definitely no less than some level one sealed artifacts!

The 'lover' who can provide such a ring is at least an angel, or even a god—

Doesn't that connect them all?!

Klein is the 'world,' and the 'lover' is the embers!

The "Lovers" in Tarot is a powerful being who can provide a sacrifice ring, or at least an angel.

In reality, Ember is also a being who can instill fear in even an old man, or at least an angel king who is stronger than an old man!

Both of them are members of the Tarot Club.

In reality, these two would also pretend to be friends they had only recently met in various situations—

While in Tingen, Klein happened to meet Ember, who came to provide support.

In Backlund, Sherlock Moriarty was also somewhat anxious about certain things and the Ember.

Meanwhile, on the sea of Sunia, Gehrman Sparrow and Ember rescued Mobert Zoroaster, who was trapped in the world of the book.

Upon returning to Backlund, Dawn Dantes happened to be attending a dinner party with Ember.

What a coincidence!

Ember has always been Ember, so can't all these identities that have never appeared together be the same person?

"call!"

Leonard took a deep breath, calmed himself, turned to look at the 'world' at the end, and asked in a deep voice:

"Mr. 'World,' you just said that '0-08' has already been obtained by Adam, so what about Ince Zangwell?"

"Ince Zangwell?"

The Hanged Man and the others immediately became interested. Why would they specifically mention Ince Zangwill? Was 0-08 originally in Ince Zangwill's hands? He was no stranger to Ince Zangwill, after all, the Church of the Night only had thirteen archbishops in total, and Ince Zangwill was once one of them.

The reason it is "former" is because this former Archbishop of the Church of the Night has betrayed the Church of the Night, and it is said that before his betrayal, he stole a powerful sealed artifact from behind the Charnis Gate.

Although the Church of the Night did not publicize the matter, adhering to the tradition of keeping family scandals private, it did not do so.

However, each church has its own intelligence network, and the betrayal of an archbishop is not so easy to conceal. Therefore, even Alger had heard of Ince Zangwell's name, but had never met him.

Judging from 'Star's' tone, could it be that '0-08' is the sealed artifact that Ince Zangwell stole?

Alger originally thought that what was stolen would be a '1' level sealed artifact, but he never expected it to be a '0' level sealed artifact! After all, there are not many sealed artifacts of this level among the major churches, so it is no wonder that the Church of the Night has kept it a secret.

However, this Mr. "Star" knew everything about things that he himself was unaware of.

This means that the other party is either a high-ranking member of a major church, or he himself is a member of the Church of the Night and has dealt with Ince Zangwill, or he is a victim of a series of tragedies perpetrated by Ince Zangwill.

Clearly, the latter is more likely.

Judging from the undisguised hatred in 'Star's' tone, his hatred for Ince Zangwill is deep-seated, perhaps because some of his friends lost their lives in the process of hunting down or stopping Ince Zangwill.

These are the most basic deductions; even the 'moon' and 'sun' can easily deduce the answer.

As for Audrey, the "Justice," she clearly saw things more clearly—Mr. "The World" was once a member of the Church of the Night, and died while hunting Ince Zangwill, only to be resurrected through the "Ring of Sacrifice."

All the "Stars" harbor a deep-seated hatred for Ince Zangwill because of Mr. World's death. However, since Mr. World's body has not been found, they believe he may still be alive.

Leonard, the "star," stared intently at the "world," hoping to get an answer from the other party.

He noticed the gazes of others and wasn't surprised that they could guess his identity. Rather, he never intended to hide it in the first place; otherwise, he wouldn't have probed so directly.

Now, all he wants to know is the answer!

The World chuckled softly:

"He's dead. I killed him with my own hands."

Leonard paused for a moment, then said softly:

"Thanks."

Although it's a bit of a shame that I couldn't do it myself, no matter how Ince Zangwell died, as long as he's dead, that's a good thing.

Ince Zangwell and the 0-08 record are not important to him; what matters is not having Ince Zangwell!

"Justice," Audrey thought to herself.

"Mr. World is indeed an angel."

Mr. World has already stated that it is a battle of angels concerning the struggle for godhood, and those who are not angels are not qualified to participate. And since Mr. World wants to personally kill Ince Zangwill, he naturally needs the strength of an angel to participate.

"Everyone."

Seeing that the others were not talking for a while, Derrick, the "Sun," took the initiative to speak:

"We have left the land forsaken by God."

"Um?"

Alger the Hanged Man and Cattleya the Hermit both felt a sudden stirring in their hearts.

They all know that the Silver City where the 'Sun' is located is in the Forsaken Land, but now he says he has left the Forsaken Land. What does this mean?

The Hanged Man immediately asked:

"Did Mr. Fool offer any help?"

"Yes."

The Sun nodded solemnly and said gratefully, "Mr. Fool sent two angels to help us leave the land of the forsaken gods. The Twilight Angel opened the gate for us to leave the Giants' Court, and the Guardian Angel led us to our new home."

The Hermit, Cattleya, showed a slight change in expression and asked:

Where are you now?

The sun immediately replied:

"Bayam".

After a pause, 'The Sun' scratched its head again and said:

"Mr. Verdu said that we live only a few kilometers from Bayam. Well, he is a member of the Abraham family and a follower of Mr. Fool. He was sent by Mr. Fool to help us build our home. However, since the war broke out when we arrived, we haven't left our place much and haven't been to Bayam to avoid conflict."

The Hanged Man paused for two seconds, then slowly spoke:

"If possible, I would like to visit you soon."

After a pause, the Hanged Man added:

"I'm in Bayam right now."

"Of course, no problem!"

"The Sun" responded happily.

He had been looking forward to meeting the other members of the Tarot Club for a long time, and now that the opportunity had come, he certainly wouldn't refuse.

And as fellow followers of Mr. Fool, they would certainly not refuse Mr. Hanged Man's visit.

"Everyone."

Emlyn White, the "Moon," suddenly coughed and asked humbly, as if seeking guidance:

"I'm planning to advance to Sequence 4 this week, do you have any suggestions?"

The moment the words were spoken, everyone turned to look at them.

Apart from "Star" whose pupils constricted in disbelief, the expressions of the others were somewhat subtle.

After all, they all knew the nature of "The Moon" and knew that his "humbly seeking knowledge" at this time was more about showing off, showing off that he would become a Sequence 4 demigod faster than others.

The Hermit, Cattleya, slowly spoke:

"I also plan to advance my cultivation level as soon as I obtain the blood of the mythical creature, so I don't have any particularly good advice for you."

Not to be outdone, the Hanged Man also spoke up:

"I also plan to prepare for my promotion this week."

"What a coincidence?"

"The Magician" Fors said lazily:

"I and 'Judgment' are also preparing for promotion this week."

Hugh added in "The Trial":

"War has broken out, and without the strength of a demigod, one could easily meet with misfortune."

"The Sun," Derrick thought for a moment, then spoke up:

"The Abraham family possesses exceptional materials, and the Chief has agreed to exchange them to help me advance to the rank of Unseen."

"Is it easy to meet with misfortune without the strength of a demigod?"

Leonard was stunned. So, you guys are all Sequence 5, about to be promoted to Sequence 4?

How is he supposed to survive with only Sequence 6?!