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

Good afternoon, Mr. Fool.

On Monday, in the ancient palace above the gray fog, the members of the Tarot Club appeared simultaneously and greeted Mr. Fool in unison.

Klein looked around and suddenly felt a pang of emotion:

The Hanged Man is currently the Cardinal of the Roseside Islands Diocese of the Church of Storms, responsible for liaison between the Church of Storms and the Church of Fools.

Justice is already a Sequence 3 demigod, and only needs a suitable ritual to be promoted to a Sequence 2 angel—putting aside himself and Ember, he is undoubtedly the first angel in the Tarot Club to be promoted.

Furthermore, with Karula's help, "Justice" has now essentially gained control of the Psychological Alchemy Society. Although this clandestine organization is merely an appendage of the Twilight Hermits and Adam, its strength should not be underestimated due to its widespread presence across various countries in the Northern Continent.

"The Sun" is the Archbishop of the Fool's Church and an elder of the "Six-Person Council" in Silver City. He is the most devout follower of the Fool's Church within the Tarot Society, without exception. Besides "The Sun," the second most devout is probably "The Hanged Man," a traitor from the Church of Storms...

"Moon" is a vampire count, and may also serve as the archbishop of the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess in the future.

The Hermit has risen to the rank of Pirate King and is also one of the ten pillars of the Morse Order.

The Magician, backed by the Abraham family, is leading its members to rapidly travel between the Kingdom of Rune and the Kingdom of Fennepot using the special and extraordinary abilities of the "Door" pathway, providing ample resources for the missionary work of the Church of Fools.

Although "Judgment" only joined MI5 last year, due to his demigod-like strength, outstanding performance during the war, and his achievement of killing the demigod Fursak in the Battle of Backlund, he has now been promoted to lieutenant general and become one of the high-ranking officers in MI5.

Currently, the weakest is still 'Star,' although he has fully digested the potion thanks to the power of the dream world. However, to advance, he still needs the extraordinary trait of Sequence 4 'Night Watchman,' which is extremely difficult without betraying the Church of the Night.

Even though he had accumulated considerable merit during the war, enough to exchange for a chance to advance to Sequence 4 from the Church of the Night, there were many other Night Watchers with similar ambitions and sufficient merit, all waiting for this opportunity. In other words, to advance to Sequence 4, 'Stars' had to wait in line.

Klein, the 'Fool' shrouded in gray-white mist, quickly averted his gaze, a strange sense of emotion welling up within him.

Wow, the Tarot Society has grown to this level! Not only are almost all its members demigods, but they also hold high positions in various churches and secret organizations... Well, let's leave the former aside for now, and the latter is a testament to the Tarot Society's strength... But from the perspective of the various churches, the Tarot Society is practically a den of traitors...

"The Fool" Klein thought to himself, but quickly composed himself and smiled:

"This should be the last time we meet this year."

Upon hearing Mr. Fool's words, Alger the Hanged Man felt a sudden tremor in his heart, for he understood what Mr. Fool meant. Almost instinctively, Alger turned to look at the other members, noticing that their faces all wore expressions of surprise—surprise precisely because they understood!

"The Sun," Derrick asked with some concern:

"Mr. Fool, are you about to fall into a deep sleep?"

The Hanged Man looked away. Well, it seems there were still some people who didn't understand.

The Magician kindly reminded him:

"Mr. Sun, today is December 26th."

"what?"

The sun paused for a moment, still not quite understanding.

The moon offered a somewhat speechless explanation:

"That means the next tarot reading won't be until next year."

The sun finally realized what was happening and looked somewhat embarrassed.

But he soon realized something else—was Mr. Fool joking with them? This had never happened before!

After all, Mr. Fool is a god!

He subconsciously observed the expressions of the others. Although he wasn't as perceptive as Miss Justice, he could still discern the emotional changes of the other members—a skill he had honed during his time as archbishop.

Alger, the "Hanged Man," thought to himself:

"It seems that Mr. Fool's 'humanity' has been more fully manifested."

At his level, one could more or less guess the importance of 'faith' to the gods, especially since he also had access to the Tarot Society's intelligence channels.

The reason why the great gods are so keen to develop followers is actually to use the followers' faith as an "anchor" to resist the divinity brought about by their extraordinary characteristics. And in this resistance, their humanity can be preserved to the greatest extent.

Mr. Fool is a resurrected ancient god. Before him, he only had a few powerful but insignificant followers. However, with the submission of Silver City and the rise of the Church of Fool, Mr. Fool's number of followers has increased to millions.

The faith of these millions of believers is enough to serve as an "anchor" for a deity, helping him to resist divinity. And the humanity that is preserved and released in the struggle makes Mr. Fool even more "humanized".

Just like now, Mr. Fool, who has gained more humanity, will even take the initiative to joke with them.

What the Hanged Man could understand, others certainly could too. It's just that they all chose to ignore it, and no one would proactively discuss it, because that would be disrespectful to Mr. Fool.

Leonard, nicknamed "Star," looked around and, seeing that the other members remained silent, tentatively spoke up:

"Based on the intelligence gathered so far, a divine war did indeed occur. It's certain that the 'Goddess of Night,' the 'Lord of Storms,' the 'God of War,' and the 'Mother Earth' appeared high above Backlund. As for the outcome, I think everyone knows. What are your thoughts on this?"

"I can't understand why that happened. The Earth Mother and the War God, mother and son, working together, were so easily defeated by the Goddess of Night..."

The Hermit, Cattleya, did not hide her doubts, her delicate brows furrowing slightly.

The war laid the groundwork for this divine war, and this protracted conflict is the best example of that.

After the war of the gods ended, although she received a divine message from Mr. Fool, instructing her to take over Sonia Island before the Church of Storms, she still found it unbelievable. It was clearly the God of War who took the initiative, which was enough to prove that the God of War was absolutely certain of victory before taking action.

But the war ended in less than a day. What had He prepared beforehand?

Alger, the "Hanged Man," pulled himself together and said carefully:

"I received intelligence that Feneport has defected right after the war of the gods ended."

"The Earth Mother betrayed the God of War?" 'Judgment' Hugh found it hard to understand.

What is this? A loving mother and filial son?

Looking at the stunned expressions on everyone's faces, Yu Jin smiled and asked:

"What makes you think that the Earth Mother is Omibella?"

Upon hearing this, the members of the Tarot Society hesitated. All the information they had indicated that the Earth Mother was Omibella. Even the God of War believed this; otherwise, why would He trust the Earth Mother so much?

"Justice," Audrey pondered for a moment, then asked on behalf of the others:

"Mr. 'Lover,' why would you say that?"

Ember looked around and slowly said:

"Because Omibella had already perished in the Second Age."

"Star," Leonard asked instinctively.

"Sure?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he regretted asking such a question.

Ember is a guaranteed angel, so if he dares to say that, he must be absolutely certain.

Ember smiled and said:

"Of course, I killed him myself."

For a moment, Alger the Hanged Man, Audrey the Justice, and the others were speechless, as if struck by lightning, each frozen in place like a stone statue.

What does it mean to "kill with your own hands"?

In other words, you were already an angel in the Second Age?

No, that's not all!

Omibella the Second Age was also an angel. To kill a Series 2 angel, one would have to be at least a Series 1 angel or even the King of Angels!

If the "lover" was already the King of Angels in the Second Age, then what about Him now...?

Alger, the "Hanged Man," vaguely guessed what was going on and glanced at the young man beside him with some difficulty.

"If the Earth Mother isn't Omibella, then who is she?"

"The Sun," Derrick couldn't help but ask.

The Hermit, Cattleya, also felt something was amiss. If Omibella had already perished, it was impossible for no one to have discovered it.

Ember looked at Derrick and asked:

"I remember Silver City had two god-level sealed artifacts, right?"

"Yes."

Derrick, the "Sun," didn't know why Ember was suddenly asking this, but he still nodded obediently and explained:

"One is the 'Proof of Glory,' the crown once worn by the Giant King Ormir. It was thanks to this sealed artifact that Silver City was able to withstand wave after wave of monsters from the darkness during the Dark Ages."

"And the other divine-level sealed artifact is 'The Gift of the Earth'..."

Derrick paused for a moment, his expression suddenly becoming somewhat surprised and uncertain.

The Silver City once worshipped giants, so it's not surprising that they would possess sealed artifacts once used by giants. But if the 'Proof of Glory' is the crown of the giant king Ormir, then what about the 'Gift of the Earth'?

Ember's calm voice rang in his ears:

"That's Omibella."

The Hanged Man and his companions were immediately terrified.

If they remember correctly, the predecessor of Silver City was the Silver Kingdom, and they worshipped the giant queen 'Omibella'.

But now, Mr. "Lover" tells them that Omibella perished in the Silver Kingdom, which worshipped her. Even her remains were made into a sealing artifact, used by the Silver City for generations.

The Hermit, Cattleya, was momentarily incredulous:

"Doesn't the God of War have even the slightest doubt?"

Ember glanced at Cattleya and then said:

"In fact, Omibella's fall was paved for Olmir."

"At that time, it was only the 'Ancient Sun God,' who was a dual-path true god, who personally grafted fate, and the Goddess of Night also used her 'hidden' authority to cover it all up. It's just that the 'Ancient Sun God' grew too fast and didn't have time to use this move."

Leonard swallowed hard, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

As early as the Second Age, three "true gods" intervened against Omibella, who was then just an angel. From this perspective, Omibella's death was not unjust, and could even be considered worthwhile—not all angels have this honor; she was probably the only one.

If there was the cover of "night," and the "ancient sun god" intertwined with fate, then everything would make sense. Even the giant king Ormir couldn't detect anything amiss, so how could the "god of war," who was just an angel at the time, possibly have noticed?

"Justice," Audrey murmured to herself.

"So, who exactly is the Earth Mother Goddess?"

Given that Omibella is confirmed to be dead, the answer is not hard to guess.

First, only adjacent paths can be interchanged.

To graft Omibella's destiny onto Him and become the true god of the 'Earth' pathway, He Himself must be of the 'Earth' or 'Moon' pathway.

During the Second Age, only three entities possessed this prerequisite—

Lilith, the progenitor of the vampires, and her two attendant goddesses, the goddess of beauty and the goddess of life.

Both are still alive and continue to lead the vampires to this day.

The only exception was Lilith, the progenitor of the vampires, who perished due to the betrayal of the Giant King. However, this demise was not complete, as the vampires still believe that the progenitor is alive, and that she occasionally answers their prayers…

Thinking of this, "Justice" Audrey asked hesitantly:

"The Earth Mother Goddess is the ancestor of the blood race?"

Emlyn's eyes widened suddenly, and he instinctively sat up straight.

When he saw Mr. Lover nod in affirmation of Ms. Justice's guess, his mind went into a jumble of thoughts.

The Tarot room remained silent for a long time. The 'Hermit' Cattleya composed herself and carefully asked:

"Mr. 'Lover,' have you participated in this battle of the gods?"

Embers said frankly:

"I didn't contribute much."

Upon hearing Ember's reply, "Hermit" Gadriya's eye twitched, but she became even more certain of her guess—she had originally thought this battle of gods was a fair 2v2, which was why she was puzzled by the God of War's fall. You, a mighty God of War, how could you lose so quickly in a one-on-one fight?

But now, she understands everything!

This is not a fair 2v2 at all, but a righteous four-on-one!

Having figured this out, Cattleya no longer doubted the 'God of War's' strength; instead, she felt a vague sense of sympathy for him.

Facing an attack from four, or even more, true gods, the God of War's defeat was not unjust!

As for what Yu Jin said about not putting in much effort, isn't that exactly what he meant?

This was, after all, a fair four-on-one situation, so it didn't really require much effort. On the contrary, the God of War actually managed to hold out for a whole day under these circumstances; it must be said, he truly deserves the name of the God of War.