NOVEL WEB Chapter 457 Dihua
"A down payment of one thousand Gold Pounds, I'll go to the Witch Sect to get the rest."
Mr. A was not worried that Tao Yu would skip out on the bill and took a thousand Gold Pound down payment from him.
Tao Yu, of course, didn't offer any excuses. Instead, he reinforced his words fiercely with "Incite."
"Looking forward to your good news. There's no need to contact us again before the mission is complete, as this matter does not concern us."
Tao Yu's words seemed to elicit a smile from Mr. A as he arrogantly said,
"It's the Aurora Society's job, of course, it has nothing to do with you!"
This response left Klein somewhat dumbfounded. Could it really be like this?
Did it feel like the other party was even afraid that their own side would 'steal the show'?
Could there be a mistake here, vying to slap the blame onto their own heads?
Resolved with only a thousand Gold Pounds?
Although Klein did not feel qualified to use the word 'only,' compared to the difficulty of this mission, the amount really wasn't exaggerated!
The formula for a Sequence Seven should be around this price, and that's not even counting the materials!
Even if this was just a down payment, it was clear that the following payments would most likely not be made.
Besides that, both Tao Yu and Klein also heard another demand Mr. A mentioned, besides the money.
The formulas for any of the Sequence Four roles such as 'No Darker', 'Priest of Calamity', 'Prophet', and 'Manipulator'!
Both knew the adjacent Sequence Pathways and each had their own speculations. Upon hearing this, they faintly felt that it might be the neighboring pathways of the Pray Mystic Path.
They hadn't expected there to be four; if one added his own original pathway, that would make five?
It felt like there might be too many...
Klein slowly exhaled and followed Tao Yu out of the place. It wasn't until he was sure the spirituality was secure that he whispered,
"Quite the planner you are, is this your scheme? You even managed to stir the conflict between the Aurora Society and the Witch Sect, killing several birds with one stone."
Tao Yu looked somewhat puzzled at Klein before speaking,
"No, my initial plan was simply to spend ten thousand Gold Pounds to solve the problem. Since he mistook it for the Witch Sect, I certainly couldn't be expected to explain specially, could I?"
First dash headlong into the fray, then rely on fine manipulation to adjust...
"I don't think my side of things will end so quickly; I've gotten involved with that ambassador, so I might be subjected to a sudden inspection by the military intelligence. I'll have to reduce contact with you for a few days."
"Alright, who from the Church is in charge of you?"
"Right now, it is purely the military intelligence. I've declared my faith to be in the God of Steam and Machinery, so it might be someone from the 'Heart of Mechanism' handling my case later on."
Klein had specifically changed his declared faith to avoid interference from the Church of the Night.
"Well, that's a pity. It'd be much more convenient if we had telephones..."
Tao Yu actually had walkie-talkies that surely worked within ten kilometers, but he had no intention of using them. They were too conspicuous, who knows if it would increase the threshold?
...
On Monday, at the Tarot Club, Tao Yu mulled over the timing before returning to his room, all the while pondering,
"That Klein kid is also a follower of The Fool, so why doesn't he attend the Tarot Club? But he seems to be closer to us members than to the others. I wonder how one can earn the privilege to be resurrected by The Fool..."
As Tao Yu was lost in wild thoughts, a familiar sensation arrived, and his spirituality heightened as he reached into the gray fog.
"Good afternoon~, Mr. Fool~ Good afternoon, Mr. Hanged Man, and good afternoon, Mr. Sun, Mr. Destiny~"
It was Miss Justice's familiar greeting; it had been a long time since they had seen each other offline.
Last time, she acquired the materials from The Hanged Man. I wonder if she has advanced to Sequence Eight.
Judging by her happy demeanor, she probably has.
"Mr. Hanged Man, don't forget this week's six pages of diaries."
Miss Justice kindly reminded.
In fact, she had collected the bounty for Zilinges and rewards from the Duke. The total amount was quite generous.
She had always wanted to find an opportunity to offer compensation, but seeing Mr. Fool's indifferent demeanor made it difficult to broach the subject. Besides, Mr. Fool probably wouldn't care for something as vulgar as Gold Pounds.
So, she could only try to provide support and then look for more diaries herself.
Her circle overlapped quite a bit with Mr. Destiny, and she didn't want the diaries snatched away by him!
Tao Yu did not rush to read the diaries, since they weren't going anywhere; he didn't want to be noticed by that young lady who had just advanced to Sequence Eight and liked to watch others.
After Mr. Fool finished reading the diaries, during the free trade that followed, Miss Justice was the first to speak up.
"Mr. Sun, I'd like to obtain information related to dragons. What would be the price?"
She was interested in the Dragon Pathway that Mr. Sun had mentioned.
"The formula for the Sequence Eight of the Chanters Pathway."
Mr. Sun seemed to hesitate before responding.
"I have no idea, it's beyond my knowledge."
Tao Yu, who had been listening all along, fell into contemplation. Now a Witch, perhaps he could learn some divination rituals from Klein. Who knew, maybe he could obtain part of the formula through divination.
The "dream" ritual he had before was quite interesting.
But just as Tao Yu fell into contemplation, Mr. Fool spoke up to assist Miss Justice in completing the payment, and was willing to let Miss Justice owe it.
This came as a bit of a surprise to Tao Yu, who then gave Miss Justice a scrutinizing look.
"This young lady is indeed very likeable, and she has garnered Mr. Fool's favor. Perhaps, she has the opportunity to become a true follower."
What Tao Yu did not know was that Mr. Fool, who was also sitting at the same table as the children, was purely unwilling to waste the "Pray Lighter" formula in his hands, a by-product of his near-death experience in the gray fog to observe the Eternal Blazing Sun.
He did not want to waste knowledge valued at thousands of Gold Pounds.
If Miss Justice had bought it through other channels, would not the pain he suffered from the previous divination of the Eternal Blazing Sun have been in vain?
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It was only because he had witnessed resurrection firsthand and seen the high-sequence follower who captured Zilinges.
Tao Yu, with enough of a filter for Mr. Fool, first thought of favoritism toward Miss Justice…
As a result, Miss Justice, who nearly got the information for free, proposed a "private trade."
It made Mr. Fool exclude Tao Yu and The Hanged Man from the conversation.
This left Tao Yu, who was also somewhat interested, a bit speechless.
But considering that he was carrying mostly "counterfeit money," he decided not to dwell on this issue any further.
Trying to deceive an existence comparable to a Divine Spirit with counterfeit money was a bit too reckless.
Even if Mr. Fool might not be able to descend to Becland and punish him, He still had that powerful follower under his command…
When Miss Justice and Mr. Sun began their private trade,
Devoid of that spectator, Tao Yu directly started to browse the diary pages without attracting attention.
The content on these six pages was quite decent, although not filled with too many secrets, it indeed filled in quite a few gaps.
"The leader of the Secret Sorority, Charatu, is Sequence Two, and Sequence Two can be called an Angel? Indeed, Sequence One is a Divine Spirit, right? Hm, the Diviner is not the main pathway of Destiny after all, there's actually a separate Destiny pathway, and the name of Sequence One is Mercury Snake?"
Tao Yu did not know if this was the pathway of a True God, but he felt somewhat hesitant.
Could his initial deductions have been wrong?
Shouldn't the record of a Divine Spirit be more than just mentioned in passing…
The Sequence Two of the Diviner is Miracle Invoker, and extraordinaries can pass on their exceptional characteristics through their offspring, with high-ranking extraordinaries even able to choose to pass on all of them?
"This… then what about the Divine Spirits?"
Tao Yu suddenly thought of the descriptions of the three prime deities.
The Eternal Blazing Sun, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, and the Lord of the Storm.
They were born from the original True Creator!
They could be considered the offspring of the original True Creator!
Although this was just mythological record, piecing together that these three True Gods were antagonistic to each other, Tao Yu sorted this information in his mind.
Above the True Gods, there is still a sequence!
Wait, Mr. A once offered him the choice of four formulas for his reward.
And the True Creator's church is at odds with the churches of the Eternal Blazing Sun, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, and the Lord of the Storm?
Could it be this is an adjacent pathway?
In a flash, Tao Yu thought of Mr. A and The Crawling Hunger's ability to capture souls, feeling slightly shocked.
What if the True Creator captured the three True Gods, what would happen then?
Is this the reason True Gods on adjacent pathways devour each other?
Tao Yu vaguely felt that he had once again grasped the truth.
But why would the original True Creator die...
Pangu died from exertion after creating the world?
Tao Yu continued to look at the content of the diary
"The Destiny pathway, or perhaps the 'monster' pathway, is in the hands of the Church of Life, and they also possess the 'Pharmacist' pathway; but the Church of Life worships the moon and not the Goddess of the Night, who symbolizes the moon?"
Tao Yu inexplicably thought of the scene he saw before entering the planet from outer space.
The blood nest on the moon and the ominous outline formed by the crimson bloodstains.
This is not something good at all!
However, while pondering these things, Tao Yu did not notice the pollution descending.
This made him respect the might of Mr. Fool yet again.
"Such pollution is intangible and untraceable; I can only rely on my status to forcefully be immune, but I also cannot know where it comes from, let alone protect others. Yet here I can speak freely, no wonder Mr. Fool said that even mentioning the sacred name of a True God is no problem…"
Indeed, this is a very strong backing.
The diary entries that followed were some of Roselle's experiences, including some information about the current 'King of the Five Seas,' but these were only side notes and gossip, inconsequential.
Knowing that he is a descendant of the Solomon Empire, following the pathway of the 'Black Emperor'...