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

Chapter 77 Another Attempt

December 27th, another Monday.

Klein, who had just crawled out of his grave, had just arrived in Backlund, rented a house, and finally settled in when Monday arrived.

He had to temporarily set aside his thoughts and head straight for the gray fog.

Good afternoon, Mr. Fool. Good afternoon, Mr. Lovers. Good afternoon, Mr. Hanged Man. Good afternoon, Mr. Sun.

The tarot reading began as scheduled, greeted by a sweet voice from a young girl.

As always, Audrey and Alger successively provided the Fool with the Russell diary he needed.

Then, everyone waited quietly for Mr. Fool to finish reading.

"You are free to communicate now."

After a moment, Klein removed the diary from his hand and looked at the others.

"Miss Justice".

Alger, the "Hanged Man," was the first to speak. "I've obtained the extraordinary materials you desired, but how can I give them to you?"

"The pituitary gland of the Rainbow Lizard?"

Upon hearing the first part of the sentence, Audrey was delighted, but the next sentence quickly dampened her spirits.

Yes.

How should he give himself to himself?

Moreover, even if Alger gave it to her, she would still have to find a way to send him a reward.

"Knock knock~"

Klein had a sudden thought. He tapped the edge of the bronze table lightly with his finger, drawing everyone's attention. He smiled and said, "Would you be willing to cooperate with me in making an attempt in this matter?"

"I'd be happy to cooperate."

Audrey nodded with a hint of excitement and a reserved elegance.

The Hanged Man tensed up abruptly, hesitated for a moment, but ultimately bowed his head respectfully.

"Your wishes are my expectations."

Klein's lips curled up slightly.

In fact, what he wanted to "attempt" was very simple, which can be described in two words:

Offering sacrifices, bestowing gifts.

The inspiration for both comes partly from reality and partly from embers and the "sun".

The Silver City, where the sun resides, regularly holds sacrificial ceremonies to their 'All-Knowing and All-Powerful Lord'.

This is a sacrifice.

The 'items' of the embers all have the ability to bind to souls, and can be brought directly to the gray fog and handed over to others to bring back to reality.

This is a gift.

Combining the two gave Klein an idea to try—

Is it possible for him to have one of the members of the Tarot Club sacrifice an item to him, and then for him to give the sacrificed item to other members?

He had actually had this idea for a long time, but he hadn't had a good opportunity to bring it up.

In addition, perhaps Tinggen's life was too comfortable, which almost made him forget that he was in a dangerous world where he could lose his life if he was not careful.

In addition, he now owes Ember a huge debt, all of which puts him under tremendous pressure.

This made Klein feel increasingly pressed for time.

This also made him eager to turn the ideas in his mind into reality.

The current deal between Miss Justice and Mr. Hanged Man provides him with just such an opportunity.

After receiving their consent, Klein gave them further instructions regarding the sacrificial rituals and prayers.

Once all of this is done, it's time for other people to make their deals.

"I have two questions."

Ember held up two fingers and slowly said, "First, I want to know as much information as possible about the Aurora Society and the Dawn of Elements. Second, I want to know if you have any information related to the 'Painting World,' whether it's accurate information or hearsay legends."

After a pause, Ember explained, "You can think of the world of painting as a peculiar and magical object. Its appearance is a painting, which can be of any type. On the surface, it doesn't look much different from an ordinary painting, but in fact, it contains a world within it."

"Contains a world?"

Audrey's beautiful eyes gleamed with curiosity; Ember's description immediately piqued her interest.

"The world of painting?"

Klein was startled.

He certainly knew about the world of painting, but only about games.

Does a world of painting also exist in this world?

Do not!

Since Yu Jin took the initiative to bring it up, it proves that he must be certain that the world of painting exists before he came to inquire.

But Ember had clearly only recently learned of the existence of the painting world, otherwise he wouldn't have only suddenly asked about it now.

But who told him that?

Klein had a vague answer in his heart.

Ember had only been in this world for a short time, and his channels for obtaining information were extremely limited.

And who else could be the Church of the Night but the one who could tell him such important and confidential information?

The question is, why does the Church of the Night know so much information?

What kind of connection do they have with the embers?

and……

Klein suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

He and Yu Jin were both time travelers.

The embers are deeply bound to the Church of the Night, but what about himself?

Am I also being secretly monitored by members of the Church of the Night?

For some reason, Klein suddenly thought of what had happened just a few days after he came into this world.

At that time, he found a beast trainer who was pretending to be a fortune teller to tell his fortune.

The card the other person drew was The Fool!

Even his own act of impersonating the "Fool" may have been influenced by that card.

Could that "beast tamer" also be a member of the Church of the Night?

Klein suddenly had a chilling feeling about it.

"terribly sorry."

Alger, unaware of what Mr. Fool was thinking, slowly said, "I know nothing about the 'Painting World' you speak of; I've never even heard of it. And my knowledge of the Aurora Society and the Dawn of Elements is also very limited."

After a pause, seeing that Ember did not show any impatience, Alger continued, "I have already talked about some information about the Aurora Society in the previous Tarot meeting, and I think you don't want me to repeat it again."

"However, I can add some information that I haven't mentioned before, which you might find interesting."

"The Aurora Society will have five saints and twenty-two divine messengers. These divine messengers are codenamed with letters and call themselves Mr. A and Mr. X. They are at least Sequence 7 extraordinary beings, and the strongest are Sequence 5. They are all quite good at concealing themselves."

"Moreover, the Aurora Society seems to have a large number of candidate Divine Envoys, and every time a Divine Envoy dies, a new Divine Envoy will take his place."

"Mr. A?"

Audrey was suddenly a little surprised, but her role as an 'audience member' allowed her to maintain her composure very well.

"As for the elements of dawn."

Alger paused for a moment, then continued, "This is a mysterious organization that emerged in the Fifth Age. It has only been around for a hundred or two hundred years, which is quite young even among many secret organizations. But precisely because it is young, the information about it is relatively scarce."

"All I know is that this organization seems to have had some connection with the Morse school of asceticism."

Alger stopped, noticing that Ember was still looking at him, and said with a hint of helplessness, "That's all I know."

He thought he knew enough.

But he was completely unable to answer the questions that Ember posed.

For example, he had never even heard of something like "Painting World".

and many more!

Alger's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly continued, "'Lover's', I have some leads on the maritime slave trade that you asked me to investigate."

"I've heard that the most active figure in the maritime slave trade recently is Captain Madman Connors Victor, who is rumored to have connections with many human traffickers and slave traders."

"But according to various indications, he does not appear to have personally been involved in the slave trade."

Why do you say that?

"Miss Justice" asked, somewhat puzzled.

Since it has been confirmed that he was involved in the slave trade, why is it said that he did not participate in the slave trade?

Alger patiently explained, "To run a slave trade, you need a large fleet, but the Mad Captain only has one ship. In other words, if he relies on just this one ship to do the slave trade, he might actually lose money. Because even if a ship is fully loaded, it can't hold many slaves, and even if he sells them all, he might not make enough to cover his costs."

"but."

Alger paused, his expression turning serious, and said solemnly, "There are also rumors that the Mad Captain was able to transport large numbers of slaves at sea with just one ship because he possessed a magical artifact capable of holding a large population. Therefore, he didn't need to maintain a huge fleet; one ship was enough."

"But because nobody knew what this magical item looked like or what it was called, most people considered it a rumor with very low credibility before this."

After a pause, Alger continued, "However, judging from the current situation, I feel that this magical item may be related to the world of painting you mentioned."

(End of this chapter)