Chapter 471 The Hermit Lady Who Doubts Life
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Audrey was the first to keenly notice that "The Hermit" was subtly looking towards Mr. Fool.
Kalvetua had fallen, only occasionally responding to believers. The Hermit was looking at Mr. Fool. Audrey's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but make a guess: Could it be that Mr. Fool is now responding to believers in place of Kalvetua? Does The Hermit know something, which is why she's reacting like this?
Alger had actually guessed this as well. He brought up this matter mainly to see "The Hermit's" reaction.
Because there were rumors that "Admiral of Stars" had close ties with the "Moses Ascetic Order," and Laticia was a member of the "Moses Ascetic Order," Alger was taking the opportunity to test "The Hermit."
Unexpectedly, he discovered that "The Hermit" was looking at Mr. Fool. Only then did Alger realize that "The Hermit" probably knew the inside story as well.
As for Fors and Emlyn, they were purely listening to the story. Little Sun didn't pay much attention to it either.
Alger, Audrey, and Hobert, along with a few other members, either had some guesses, wanted to verify something, or were pretending to be ignorant while actually understanding, all looked towards Mr. Fool.
Mr. Fool, who was obscured by the gray fog, didn't seem to take it seriously and leisurely said, "Kalvetua relied on the relic of 'Calamity' Cohinem to become a demigod."
Fors, who noticed that the atmosphere was a bit strange, finally understood: So they were asking Mr. Fool about the 'Sea God.'
Cattleya, Alger, and Audrey had already understood Mr. Fool's implied meaning and could confirm that the "Sea God" currently responding to believers was Mr. Fool!
Cattleya realized that this might be a game between gods.
Alger then began to use his excellent ability to overthink, believing that Mr. Fool was seizing the authority of these wild gods to strengthen himself and escape his predicament faster. At the same time, he recalled that he had just talked about Cohinem with "The Emperor" last week. Unexpectedly, he encountered further clues this week.
Audrey was simply happy that Mr. Fool and the Tarot Club were becoming stronger.
Hobert simply said, "Congratulations, Mr. Fool! I think that if we encounter disasters at sea in the future, we can pray to Mr. Fool."
Klein nodded slightly, without making a specific response.
Emlyn was stunned: What's going on? Did Mr. Fool obtain Kalvetua's authority? I, I was clearly listening attentively just now, but why did I seem to miss some important information?
Fors had similar thoughts and sighed: How did they guess it? Why didn't I realize this at all?
At this moment, "The World" suddenly said, "Respected Mr. Fool, I would like to have a private exchange with 'The Emperor' and 'The Hermit.'"
Klein pretended to nod and established a space for the three of them to communicate.
"The World" said, "I have a stomach sac with Kalvetua's spiritual residue for sale."
He believed that the target customers for these things were only "The Emperor" and "The Hermit," and issuing this transaction would undoubtedly expose his identity as a servant of Mr. Fool.
Klein had been creating this identity for "The World" for some time, and "The Hanged Man" already knew this through the joint hunting of the "Admiral of Blood's" first mate last week.
Since Klein planned to take "Admiral of Stars's" ship to find the mermaids, he had no intention of hiding it from her.
As for "The Emperor," Klein estimated that Hobert had already guessed it.
Cattleya was slightly stunned and then understood the deep meaning behind it.
Hobert pretended to be profound and said, "You...so you're saying..."
"The World" said in a hoarse voice, "That's right, I played a role in seizing Kalvetua's authority."
Hobert smiled. "You remind me of a friend who went to sea."
Then he said, "I'll offer 2,000 pounds! Because I'm not sure how useful it is."
Cattleya, as if reminding Hobert, was also expressing her own opinion: "These things are almost useless except for use in certain evil rituals."
Hobert smiled slightly. "I know, but I may have some other uses for it."
For example, to test whether he could create an "Order Sea Serpent," or, if that didn't work, he could create talismans with spiritual imprints as a demigod-level spiritual attack method.
"The World" then said, "I also have three Beyonder characteristics of the 'Sailor' pathway, but they have spiritual residue, and they gnawed on Kalvetua's corpse before the Beyonder characteristics were extracted, so they were affected by Kalvetua and have a bluish-green color, making them impossible to consume normally."
Hobert was stunned. This is my...is the specialty of the "Creator": "What sequences do they correspond to?"
"Two Sequence 6 and one Sequence 7."
Hobert looked a little embarrassed and said, "How about this, I'll first buy that Sequence 7 characteristic for 1,500 pounds to see if it's useful. If it's useful, I'll take the other two.
How about 3,500 pounds for each of the other two? Even if they're useful, they can only be used as one Sequence 6 Beyonder characteristic, and I have to pay a corresponding price to remove its spiritual residue.
Even if the stomach sac and Beyonder characteristics I buy are useless, I won't return them to you."
The price he had to pay, for example, was three minutes of time and 1% of his spirituality.
Although this price was a bit lower than Klein's expected price, the Beyonder characteristics of the "Sailor" pathway were also quite popular, especially at sea. Selling a Sequence 6 for 5,000 pounds was like playing around!
However, Klein noticed that "The Hermit" frowned throughout, which made him realize that only "The Emperor" would buy similar items.
So, after showing some hesitation, he said, "Deal."
Cattleya really wanted to remind "The Emperor" again that even if the spiritual residue was removed, it was likely that it could not be used as an Beyonder characteristic: Didn't "The Emperor" even know this knowledge? Or did he really have some method I didn't know that could reuse these Beyonder characteristics and spiritual residue?
This made her somewhat doubt the authenticity of the Second Epoch intelligence she had just traded for.
After all, Cattleya was already a very powerful figure in the Beyonder world, especially in the field of mysticism, so she habitually suspected "The Emperor" first, rather than questioning herself.
It's just that she didn't make a reminder this time, because she had already made a reminder once, but "The Emperor" didn't seem to take it seriously.
This transaction ended, and "The Fool" lifted the state of private communication.
"The World" then said to "The Emperor," "I would like to know some of the history of the four empires during the Fourth Epoch, preferably in more depth, such as the attitudes of the six gods towards the four empires at that time."
The reason Klein wanted to understand these things was because in the diary he saw today, Roselle mentioned some secrets of the Solomon Empire, which made him realize that the Solomon Empire at that time was actually a vassal of the True Creator's Church.
Previously, he always felt that Solomon should be equal in status to the True Creator, which made him realize that the war of the four emperors in the Fourth Epoch might only be the surface, and behind it contained the game of the gods.
Because he had just earned 3,500 pounds, and there was a high probability of earning 7,000 pounds later, Klein initiated this transaction to satisfy his curiosity.
Moreover, he deliberately mentioned this matter in front of everyone, hoping to have another crowdfunding. He knew that at least Miss Justice would definitely join the transaction.
As for the fact that he had just exposed that he was a servant of "The Fool," it was nothing to trade information with "The Emperor."
"The Hanged Man" was still a member of the Storm Church, but he was still trading information with "The Emperor," wasn't he?
"The Fool" was, after all, a god, and it was impossible to ask "The Fool" about every little thing.
Hobert pondered for a moment: "5,000 pounds! Because some information is interlinked, and mentioning one point may lead to a lot of related information.
Also, one empire must be taken as the focus of the transaction, and I will only mention the other three empires when necessary."
"The World" nodded: "Okay, as the initiator of this transaction, I am willing to pay 1,500 pounds. Is there anyone willing to join this transaction?"
"Me!" Audrey raised her hand first: "I'll pay 1,500 pounds."
This way, she could get multiple opportunities to ask questions.
Alger, who had effortlessly earned more than 1,400 pounds last week by helping Hobert collect the bounty, was willing to pay 500 pounds without pressure.
Emlyn, who had saved 2,000 pounds in the previous intelligence transaction, followed up without hesitation.
Fors and Derrick, as usual, were willing to pay 500 pounds each, and one was willing to add two Beyonder materials to the transaction.
Cattleya didn't want to make herself too special, so she also paid 500 pounds to join the transaction.
This turned the reward for this transaction into 5,000 pounds plus two Beyonder materials.
Hobert said to "The World," "As the initiator, please highlight a key point."
Klein had already had an idea, and he manipulated "The World" to say, "The Solomon Empire!"
"Okay, let's start with the founding of the Solomon Empire." Hobert said, "I have previously announced some information that the state religion of the Solomon Empire was the True Creator's Church..."
Emlyn thought he had misheard: Isn't the True Creator an evil god? Did He ever have a church?
But seeing that everyone didn't have surprised expressions, he was too embarrassed to ask.
Cattleya was also hearing it for the first time that the True Creator had a church and had even been a state religion: "The Emperor's" intelligence was always so unbelievable, even absurd, but these intelligences didn't seem to be fabricated, because fabricating this level of intelligence required a lot of high-end knowledge. And if "The Emperor" knew these high-end knowledge, he would probably know the truth of these histories.
The other members didn't feel surprised because they already knew this.
Hobert continued, "...In fact, it wasn't made too clear at the time. About 100 years after the Great Cataclysm, Solomon, with the support of the 'True Creator' and the 'Rose Redemption,' became the 'Black Emperor'..."
"Please wait a moment." Cattleya couldn't help but interrupt, "May I ask what the 'Rose Redemption' is...?"
The considerate Audrey said, "Ms. Hermit, I can answer this question for you, so you can save your opportunity to ask a question and ask a question that you want to get the answer to more."
Seeing that "The Emperor" had no objection, Cattleya smiled and said, "You are truly a considerate lady, thank you for your answer."
Audrey said politely before saying, "According to some information announced by Mr. Emperor, the 'Rose Redemption' is an organization loyal to the 'True Creator.'"
Cattleya guessed as a matter of course: "Similar to the Aurora Order?"
"No, much higher-end than that. According to Mr. Emperor, at least two Kings of Angels are members of the 'Rose Redemption.'"
"Sorry, what does King of Angels mean?" Cattleya hadn't felt so ignorant for a long, long time. She even began to seriously doubt whether her knowledge reserves really qualified her to participate in the Tarot Club?
Audrey explained patiently: "That was the intelligence we obtained in a previous transaction with Mr. Emperor. There are a total of eight Kings of Angels. If you are interested in the specific intelligence, you can initiate a transaction with Mr. Emperor."
She said with a sense of accomplishment: "The members of the 'Rose Redemption' that we know are 'Angel of Fate' Ouroboros and 'Red Angel' Medici.
After Medici fell, Ouroboros is the actual leader of the 'Rose Redemption.'"
Looking at Cattleya, who was still somewhat puzzled and at a loss, Alger smiled and thought: So what if she's a pirate admiral? Isn't she still so ignorant!
Ever since the beginning of this gathering, Alger felt as if he had been overshadowed by "The Hermit." Now he finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had regained his confidence.
Because Cattleya hadn't heard Little Sun's "stuck in a loop" description, she still didn't fully understand the nature of the "Rose Redemption," but it didn't affect her understanding of the meaning of the "Rose Redemption."
She said to "The Emperor," "Please continue."
At this time, "The World" suddenly asked, "In other words, the True Creator supported Solomon to become the Black Emperor, rather than Solomon supporting the True Creator's Church to become the state religion, right?"
Hobert nodded slightly: "That's right. Theoretically speaking, the True Creator and Solomon have a relatively strong sense of mutual trust and are a relatively solid alliance camp."
Alger was the first to understand the meaning of this question and answer: In other words, Solomon is more like the True Creator's spokesperson in the secular world? Or is there a not-so-obvious superior-subordinate relationship between them!
Cattleya's thinking was very clear when it came to her own area of expertise: Similar to the present, secular regimes are largely limited by the power of the church.
The others also understood the meaning of "The World" and "The Emperor" one after another.
Fors thought: This once again subverts my understanding. I have always thought that the protagonist of the Fourth Epoch was the "Four Emperors," but it seems that it is not.
"Little Sun" was thinking: When the "Omnipotent and Omniscient God" is watching this land, I wonder if anyone is helping Him manage these secular affairs?
Emlyn was thinking: I really want to trade information about the Trunsoest Empire with "The Emperor." I wonder what role our vampires played in that empire?
Hobert then said, "I have also previously announced the angel families who were loyal to Solomon. Even now, those families are still playing a significant role in the Beyonder world.
Everyone can't help but ask, why did the Solomon Empire, which had two true gods and so many angels supporting it, perish?"
Cattleya struggled to resist the urge to ask questions. She had heard of the term "angel family" and knew of a few, but whether those families had sworn allegiance to Solomon was beyond her knowledge.
Hobert answered his own question: "Because the enemies of the Solomon Empire were the Six Gods! That's the six gods excluding the God of Steam and Machinery!
"The Six Gods first disintegrated the Solomon Empire from within, creating conflict between the angel families. Then, they promised benefits to the Tudor and Trunsoest families, first causing Solomon to fall, and then driving the True Creator back to the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods'!"
The surprise in Cattleya's heart was beyond words: The Six Gods had once joined forces to deal with the same enemy?
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