Partis Island, New City of Silver.
One of the elders of Council of Seven, the young "Unshadowed", Tarot Club's "Sun" Derrick Berg stood on the protruding platform at Twin Towers's waist and looked down.
Wherever he looked, huge buildings stood along the street one after another, at least two meters tall, and even giants as tall as three or four meters were either in a hurry or walking leisurely through the streets. The aroma from the bakery, the sound of metal friction in the workshop and the exchanges between pedestrians woven into a warm song, echoing in the clear sky of New City of Silver.
Derrick likes to rest on this platform. Not only can he overlook the entire city, but he can also see Sun from morning to night, which makes him feel like he is being cared for by God.
God is indeed taking care of us... He thought to himself, looking down and seeing a few black grass as thin as hair floating in the wind in the gaps between the stone piers on the edge of the platform.
This is the Black-Faced Grass that gave City of Silver the last hope in more than two thousand years of Forsaken Land of the Gods life, but they no longer need it now, nearby "Dream City" Partis The food produced by is completely enough to feed these thousands of New City of Silver residents whose appetite far exceeds that of ordinary people, and all they have to pay is to accept employment and perform some manual labor, or learn planting and Grazing skills to integrate into that rich city.
Of course, some residents have already traveled to farther Bayam, or followed the fleet to land on the Southern Continent, looking for more ways to earn Gold Pound for New City of Silver.
This is the plan proposed by Derrick at the regular meeting of the discussion group, and this plan comes from the internal discussions of Tarot Club.
So this is essentially Mr. "Fool"'s lead.
Thinking of this, Derrick looked at the black building in the center of the city again.
Because it was mainly built for giants and semi-giants, this four-story building is thirty meters high, almost level with Twin Towers on the edge of the city. The giant copper bell in the attached bell tower remains motionless in the sea breeze, just like the status of this church in the hearts of all New City of Silver residents.
This is the church of the great Mr. "Fool".
Pedestrians passing by the front of the church, regardless of age or sex, will piously face the ten-meter-high arch, look up at the silver-white symbols composed of "Pupil-less Eye" and "Contorted Lines", and praise "" in a low voice. Mr. Fool", some people who are not so busy at hand will go inside the church to listen to mass, admire the giant mural that is gradually being completed, and share Holy Communion composed of roasted mushrooms and Mushroom Milk with other believers.
Suddenly, Derrick noticed a familiar figure walking past the door of the church. She casually glanced at the four-story building whose architectural style was completely different from the surrounding buildings. She left without stopping and walked towards Twin Towers.
Elder Lovia... Derrick frowned, left the terrace and walked down the spiral staircase.
This powerful "Black Knight" is an outlier in the discussion group and even the entire New City of Silver.
Because she still believes in "True Creator" instead of converting to Mr. Fool like everyone else.
This caused some dissatisfaction among Council of Seven, and Luvia Tiffany also tried to resign from this position and allow the council to resume six seats, but was rejected by Chief Colin Iliad.
Although this is affected by the strong strength of "Black Knight" and the reason why Lovia is one of the heroes who defeated Giant King’s Court, Derrick guesses that the chief is still thinking about how New City of Silver can integrate into this new world.
After all, that "True Creator" actually defeated "Blasphemer" Amon in the battle of Giant King’s Court and provided certain help. Moreover, he is also a True God. Even if he does not believe in it, it is not easy to offend him.
Derrick, who was thinking endlessly, just walked down to the hall below Round Tower when he met Lovia, who was walking quickly. The latter was still wearing the black robe with purple stripes, and his long silver-gray slightly curly hair was casually hanging behind his head.
"Elder Lovia." Derrick greeted, looked at the other person's hurried steps, and asked doubtfully, "What's the matter with you?"
"Good afternoon, Elder Derrick."
Lovia returned the salute somewhat cautiously, with a somewhat hesitant expression. After a moment, he still made up his mind and said:
"Angelica Zaki Miss contacted me and asked me to pray to the Lord and discuss a matter... related to the 'Fool' you believe in."
The "lord" in her mouth was naturally True Creator, so Derrick frowned again, and immediately felt a sense of grievance welling up in her heart.
If Mr. "Fool" is looking for Lovia, why not let him come?
Of course, Mr. Fool must have his own considerations, and as his favored one, it is impossible for "Empress" Miss to falsely pass on Divine Revelation, so Derrick quickly adjusted his mentality and asked casually:
"What are we discussing? If it's confidential, you don't need to tell me."
Thinking that this might involve something he shouldn't know, Derrick added the second half of the sentence.
But Lovia did not keep it secret, but said with a strange expression:
"He wants to know if our Lord is willing to participate in... the battle to kill 'Primordial Demoness'..."
Primordial Demoness... A True God... Derrick who has existed for two thousand years has an unstoppable change in his expression.
Returning to his own room in the tower, Lovia did not use the bloody Flesh Magic. Instead, he took out various sacrificial supplies, quickly set up a temporary altar, and quietly prayed to the Lord of his faith.
On the one hand, Twin Towers must be under the surveillance of "Council of Seven", so there is no need to make the scene so scary. On the other hand, her master has changed a lot in the past six months compared to before, especially in the past two months, he no longer advocates bloody sacrifices and self-harming sacrifices and prayer rituals.
Lovia didn't know the reason, but she guessed it was related to the battle of Giant King’s Court because the time matched.
After gathering his thoughts, this "Black Knight" said in a pious and fanatical tone:
"...The Degenerate Nature of all Living Things.
"Your devout followers pray for your attention.
"The Demoness who opened Giant King’s Court makes suggestions on behalf of His 'Fool' and hopes you can help in the battle against 'Primordial Demoness'...
"He is willing to pay the corresponding price..."
After praying, Lovia was still kneeling in the center of the altar, waiting with bated breath for the crazy whispering in his ears, from which he would receive the Lord's Divine Revelation.
But this time, the voice she heard was clear and bright, without any extreme or crazy emotions.
He said:
"I understand."
"He knows?"
Hidden in Mirror World, listening to the message transmitted through Magic Mirror, Angel repeated it in a low voice with a puzzled expression on his face.
She didn't know whether the "True Creator" gave a perfunctory answer, or whether she really knew the stakes and was willing to "invest" in Angel again to deal with the "Primordial Demoness" and make herself a candidate with a chance of being promoted to "Great Old One" to become True God.
Let's just treat it as perfunctory, alas, in the end, the only ones we can rely on are Klein and Goddess. The other God will probably watch from the other side, whoever wins they will help... Angel thought a little pessimistically.
Of course, the actual situation may not be the case. Her power of Sefirah's beloved and her status as "Western Continent Communication Ambassador" will still make other God more or less biased. For example, "God of Wisdom" Herabergen clearly stood on her side and handed over all "0-01".
Thoughts kept going on in his mind, Angel's eyes passed through the mirrors from Mirror World to reality, looking at different places in Trier.
There is Presidential Palace that is shrouded in the night but still brightly lit and noisy and busy, there is Saint Viev Church on an isolated island surrounded by the Serenzo River, there is "Church of Steam" Archbishop Cathedral with steam rising and the bell roaring, and there is also Moran Avini's mansion located in Opera House District.
Although the last building is located in District 9, a place where rich land and powerful people gather, its appearance is very simple, like a century-old building that has been repaired repeatedly, revealing a deliberately created sense of poverty.
But judging from the information of the Tamara Family, the nearly 60-year-old Intis, the new Minister of Industry, has a well-off family and cannot even afford a new house. His appearance is entirely to show poverty, make himself appear clean, and add points to his political career.
Secretly, Moran Avini has many lovers, many illegitimate children, many properties in various districts of Trier, and his bank balance is astronomical. Moreover, Avini Family, where he was born, has a long history in Intis. Its members are all over the military, political circles, business, and art fields. They have formed a huge network of relationships through mutual assistance and transactions.
If this family hadn't been a branch of Tamara, Yalixiya wouldn't have been able to obtain such detailed information in a short period of time.
I don't know how many people in that family have been replaced by "Mirror Person". If Moran can be used as a breakthrough to find these people, it can be regarded as making some contributions to Tamaras and the country Intis... She murmured and discovered the whereabouts of Moran Avini in many monitor-like mirrors.
This Minister of Industry had just returned to his simple villa after an impromptu meeting, and entered the study to continue his evening work. The Beyonder guards specially assigned to the ministers, consisting of "Purifiers", "Machinery Hivemind" and "Bureau 8" who were on duty in turn, were left outside.
Of course, a guard of this level could not even stop a Saint, let alone a Angel like Angel, but she was unwilling to really antagonize Orthodox Church on this matter, so today's operation was mainly attacked by Yalixiya, with Angel cooperating with Mirror World.
And she suspected that such a bright target as Moran Avini was probably just a bait, with Saint or even Angel waiting behind it.
Let's see who is more patient... Angel smiled and continued to monitor Minister of Industry Moran through the mirror, until this "Mirror Person" suddenly left his desk working state and jumped up to look at the window.
A tall figure appeared there at some point. She was wearing an asymmetrical dress and had rare dark gray eyes. Her face was quite beautiful but lacked expression, like a wax statue.
Dark gray...Moran, who also has eyes of this color, reacted immediately and opened his mouth and shouted:
"There's an assassin!"
But his voice could not reach the study room, because "Imperative Mage" Alicia Tamara had conveniently closed the space.
Knowing that he could only deal with the intruder by himself in a short period of time, Moran stopped pretending. He reached into his pocket with one hand to grab something, stretched the other hand forward, pointed at Yalixiya, and announced solemnly with Ancient Hermes:
"Imprisonment."
"Release."
The latter responded casually, easily released the restraints on himself, then stretched out his slender fingers and pointed at Moran gently, and said in an emotionless tone:
"Execution."
There was a clear clicking sound, and Moran's entire body was knocked away and smashed against the wall, breaking into mirror fragments of varying sizes.
His own body protruded from the wall on the other side, with an anxious expression. He obviously failed to avoid Prohibition through Mirror Substitution and left the study.
At this time, his other hand stretched out from his pocket, holding a thin piece of gold with complex patterns printed on the surface.
"Charm is prohibited from taking effect here."
Before he could activate the Charm, Yalixiya announced that this method was ineffective. But at this moment, Moran had already thrown out the unactivated Charm, and his body took the opportunity to dodge to the other side and pounce on the nearest decorative full-length mirror.
Alicia Tamara looked at everything with a blank expression, and did not try to stop him, but followed step by step.
First his hands, then his head and neck, Moran's upper body completely penetrated the mirror, and suddenly entered the blurry and dark Mirror World. His eyes were a little out of focus, and he quickly looked left and right, and immediately prepared to use Mirror Shuttle's ability to go to the evacuation point through the winding Mirror Tunnel, leaving Trier.
This Minister of Industry obviously cannot survive. Even if the attacker retreats, he has already revealed that he is a Beyonder with a high Sequence. This cannot be covered up by the excuse of "secretly taking Potion to strengthen his body".
But before he could put his whole body into the mirror, a figure with a beautiful figure in a black dress appeared in front of him.
He looked up in confusion, and was instantly attracted by the long, light golden hair like the morning sun, the Deep Purple eyes like Vortex, the tall bridge of the nose, and the fair skin, and briefly forgot that he was running for his life.
"Come in you."
A soft scolding came from his ears, and his collar seemed to be pulled by eight fierce horses, and he couldn't help but fall into Mirror World.
A moment later, Alicia Tamara walked into the same full-length mirror holding a Charm condensed from Frost. She looked at the area where Moran disappeared with indifferent eyes. Then her figure became blurred, flowing into a dark Mirror Tunnel, and left here.
It was not until half an hour later that the power to seal the study disappeared, and the "Purifiers" people downstairs realized that the target they were guarding had disappeared. They rushed into the room in a hurry, searching for clues, and notifying the nearest "Eternal Blazing Sun" church for help.