Mystery: Lucky

"So when he's hungry, does he just bury himself in the soil?" Alice asked. "Oh my god, this is amazing. Will his next evolutionary direction be soilless cultivation? Can he photosynthesize? And..."

She couldn't ask any further because Klein finally reacted and gestured to Renette to leave quickly. Renette also received the hint and disappeared on the spot.

Alice did not stop this. She just turned her head and glared at Klein immediately, with an attitude of "If you can't give a reason, you're done." Seeing this, Klein hurriedly said:

"Ahem, actually, I have a very bold idea and I'd like to hear your opinion."

"What do you want to predict?" Alice asked subconsciously.

Klein paused, feeling somewhat amused and helpless, and explained:

"No... I was thinking, look, isn't Zaratul in Backlund? Can I...

"Find an opportunity to kill Him and use His Beyonder characteristics to become a 'Miracle Master'? All I have to do is ask Little 'Sun' to borrow the cross..."

Kill Zaratul? Well, He has a Beyonder characteristic of "Servant of Mysteries". Although the cross is only at the Sequence 4 level, if we spend more time, we should be able to separate the Beyonder characteristics. It won't be a problem to get the Beyonder characteristic of "Miracle Worker", but...

"What can you use to fight Him?" Alice questioned, "Me?"

“That’s why I’m going to ask for your advice,” Klein sighed. “He’s a Sequence 1 archangel. He shouldn’t be someone you can easily deal with.”

He added the word "relaxed" cautiously. Alice had no objection to this and nodded.

"Yes, even if you have it... I guess you have to at least reach the level of an angel to have the strength to fight him. Otherwise, you can probably only run away."

After a pause, Alice added:

"But you reminded me... Although it is not a wise move to deal with Zaratul at the moment, we should find something for him to do so that he has no time to pay attention to you..."

"Do you have any ideas?" Klein asked curiously.

"Hmm..." Alice had a strange expression on her face. "I remember you said that Zaratul used crows as secret dolls?"

Klein nodded, and Alice smiled at him and said meaningfully, "Amon also likes to use crows as clones."

"Are you going to lure Amon to deal with Him?" Klein hesitated. "That might be a bit difficult. Amon and Zaratul should have been colleagues. Even if their relationship wasn't very good, He shouldn't be the main target..."

Alice raised her hand, stretched out her index finger and shook it in front of her face, then shook her head and said:

“No, no, no.

"I'm asking you to collect the bounty... I mean, go and report to the people of the Church of Storms that Amon has come to Backlund, and then report Zaratul's whereabouts.

"They still have Amon's wanted warrant hanging on their shelves..."

“…If he had a choice, the Lord of Storms would definitely regret discriminating against women.” Klein shook his head. “I’m afraid he wouldn’t have much objection if he were to discriminate against men instead…”

"You seem to have misunderstood something," Alice glanced at Klein. "I hate the Storm Church's discrimination against women because I am a woman now... You have to know that I can choose my gender. If I become a man in the future, I will still be disgusted by organizations that discriminate against men. If I appear in the form of an animal, I will also have a natural liking for organizations that protect this animal. But at other times, I will only blame them for infringing on my interests..."

After a pause, she added: "Of course, all this is based on the premise that I have no old grudges against them."

"A fence-sitter," Klein accurately summarized Alice's behavior. "I kind of understand why you said no one dares to trust you."

“Well, not really…” Alice blinked. “In theory, there should be a final ending to fate. All my actions are getting closer to that ending… Well, it doesn’t make any difference. After all, no one knows what the ending will look like before it comes.”

"What about you?" Klein asked curiously, "A god who can directly name himself after fate should be able to sense something even if he can't see the ending, right?"

Alice was stunned for a moment. She remembered what the Key of Light had done and hesitated:

“I thought, maybe…

"The end of the world?"

"Huh?" Klein was stunned.

"It's not the doomsday that everyone knows about..." Alice shook her head. "You... this seems to be able to tell you. Do you still remember the original creator mentioned in the scriptures of the three major religions?"

Klein nodded.

"That's true," Alice explained. "Creation, division, gestation... no matter what the reason, the world was born from the body of the original creator, and in the future, it will gather again to become the original creator. That is, everything will return to chaos, and then a new world will be born again... my instinct, or divinity, probably points to this."

Klein swallowed hard and blurted out, "So your restart is to restart the world?!"

Alice blinked and hesitantly called out to Klein, "Mr. World?"

“…This is not this world.” Klein’s mouth twitched. “Yes…never mind.”

Anyway, she can’t do it now, so I’ll try to stop her in the future… ?

"I think I know this better than you." Klein couldn't help but interrupt her.

"Okay," Alice shrugged, "I'll come to dinner with you tonight. I want to try those mushrooms."

…

It was three o'clock on Monday afternoon again. After the usual greetings from Audrey the Justice, the first person to speak was Cattleya the Hermit:

"Mr. World, I have asked for information about the Wishing Lamp. Do you need to communicate with me in private?"

“Just say it.” The World responded in a hoarse voice.

So the Hermit Cattleya replied: "This seal is likely from the First Age..."

"First Epoch?" Alice sat up straight. "Is it alive? I mean, is it active? Can it communicate?"

"Maybe," Cattleya replied, "The queen said that the djinn has wisdom and can communicate, but the djinn never chats with people."

Alice didn't seem disappointed. She nodded and said, "Go on."

Then Cattleya continued:

“Although it has never been obtained by the seven major churches, it has a corresponding ‘0’ level sealed object number, ‘0-05’.

"This item can fulfill any ten wishes of the holder, but it will either be completed in a distorted form or will come with unpredictable and extremely terrible consequences.

"It once belonged to Emperor Roselle and currently belongs to the Queen. It is a combination of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Miracle Master' and unknown characteristics of a mysterious origin. A true god once tried to destroy it, separate the characteristics, and reunite them, but failed in the end."

"Even the true God cannot destroy it?" Audrey of Justice exclaimed in surprise.

Alice didn't react much, she knew this already, she looked at the "world", and the "world" nodded calmly and said: "Thank you very much, what reward do you need?"

"The Queen said that this is a thank you for the news you told her before." Cattleya shook her head.

Before? Oh, it was George III... That was clearly what I and Klein said!

Alice opened her eyes wide and decided to ask for a reward for herself: "Tell Bernadette that I want to talk to the genie."

Chat with the genie? Oh, by the way, Miss Destiny's reaction after hearing that the "Wishing Lamp" came from the First Age was obviously wrong... Was she trying to find out about the First Age?

Cattleya was stunned for only a moment before she said, "Yes."

The next person to respond to the last Tarot Club transaction was the "Magician" Fors:

"Mr. World, I have not received a reply..."

Her voice sounded nervous, and "World" nodded steadily, indicating that she understood, without revealing much emotion.

Alice thought for a moment, then turned to the Sun Derrick and asked:

"Did Mr. Fool tell you in advance? About the food."

"What?" Derrick looked confused.

Alice then spoke:

"It seems that there is no... Well, there is a... uh, a very creative 'druid' who has successfully cultivated crops that can grow normally in the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods'."

“!!!” “The Sun” Derrick sat up straight with excitement. He wanted to speak, but his eyes and nose felt sore. For a moment, he lost the ability to speak and could only look at Alice excitedly.

Along with Derrick, Cattleya also lost her ability to speak. She also lost her ability to move. If it weren’t for the change in her eyes, she would have been like a statue.

"Yes," Klein added while controlling the "world," "This is a kind of mushroom. They can absorb the flesh and blood of monsters to grow and reproduce in a dark environment."

Derrick, who had calmed down a little, blurted out, "Can those mushrooms actively attack monsters?"

Cattleya continued to be a statue in the same place.

Derrick's question confused both Klein and Alice. They looked at each other, and then Alice turned around and praised:

"When you get outside, I will introduce you to the 'druid'... I'm sure you will have a lot in common.

"Oh, I can tell him your suggestions for improvement now..."

Cattleya stopped acting like a statue. She staggered and said before the World could speak:

“I don’t think this is a good thing for you.

"If those mushrooms can actively attack monsters, how can they distinguish between monsters and humans? This will only add to your danger."

Derrick suddenly felt ashamed. He nodded gratefully and said to Cattleya, "I understand, Ms. Hermit."

"It seems to make sense... Let the mushrooms recognize it... No, no, that won't work. Then the mushrooms can be said to have a certain intelligence, and it would taste weird if they were eaten... Uh, wait, this doesn't seem to be any different from eating animal flesh, except that the researchers are more likely to be in danger... Forget it, let's not tell him. I'm afraid he won't consider his own safety." Alice muttered to herself.

Cattleya breathed a sigh of relief.

Klein also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He asked The World to give a detailed introduction:

"Some of those mushrooms can be ground into flour, some can produce milk, some can accumulate fat, which is equivalent to beef, and some taste similar to fish, but without bones...Except for milk, which can be drunk directly, the others must be cooked by steaming, boiling, frying, roasting, etc. Otherwise, those mushrooms will absorb blood and flesh in the body, restore their vitality, and turn a person into countless mushrooms from the inside out...

"Believe me, you don't want to see that scene. Miss Destiny tried it herself. When I was cooking those mushrooms, suddenly one of them rubbed against me. I turned around and saw a group of mushrooms behind me..."

"Justice" Audrey, "The Hanged Man" Alger and other members of the Tarot Club seemed to be listening to a novel and interesting story, but as they listened, they all subconsciously shrank back and became unusually silent.

"Don't say such things!" Alice screamed.

The eyelids of the Hermit Cattleya twitched violently. She looked at the World with pity and immediately decided to go back and talk to Frank.

Fortunately, Frank doesn’t have the habit of trying his own experimental products…

Cattleya inexplicably felt relieved.

Alice, who was eager to find a new focus for everyone, noticed Cattleya at this time. She rolled her eyes and said to Cattleya:

"By the way, Ms. Hermit, are you interested in preparing a uniform for your pirate group? One with a mushroom pattern..."

Cattleya shuddered violently and declined repeatedly:

"Our pirate group pursues freedom, and it is our nature not to restrict the crew members with uniforms."

"That's true..." Alice nodded thoughtfully, "Otherwise it seems... well, you really yearn for freedom to be able to keep him here."

Cattleya suddenly felt like she was in a difficult situation.

When their conversation came to an end, "Sun" Derrick finally couldn't help but ask:

"What is flour? Like black grass powder? And what is milk, what is beef, what is fish?"

In fact, he had seen fish, but he thought it would be more appropriate to call that thing a fish-shaped monster.

Alice smiled and replied:

"You can use the ritual to get some to taste later. Well, I was worried that after you tasted the taste of real food, you would find it hard to swallow the black-faced grass and monster meat. Without a stable external food source, this might not be a good thing for you. But now I don't have that worry."

Huh? She... Klein looked at Alice with some surprise.

Derrick suddenly understood what he said and said:

"Actually, I can also just ask Mr. Fool to give me those mushrooms?"

"Of course," Alice smiled, "It was originally given to you, but if you want to pay me, I won't refuse..." (End of this chapter)