Mr. "Fool" was absent from the Tarot Club organized and convened by him? This meeting is hosted by "Empress" Miss?
All the members attending the party were stunned. They subconsciously turned their attention to the high-backed chair that originally belonged to "Empress" and found that it was indeed empty. Only then did they confirm that the woman at the top of the long table was not the role played by Mr. Fool for the sake of a joke.
Could it be that something really happened to "Fool" and that he could no longer host the regularly scheduled Tarot Club? So why not just announce the party is cancelled, as He occasionally does?
Is there something important that He wants to tell everyone even in his absence?
Thinking of this, several Tarot Club members who were either well-informed or had special characteristics recalled the abnormal phenomena a few days ago.
As early as when Mr. "Fool" informed them that something big might happen in the near future and asked them to "reduce going out and pay attention to the changes around you", everyone secretly increased their vigilance. Three days ago, suicide attacks by cult believers of varying degrees occurred in major cities, which made the local official Beyonder was in a hurry. "Star" Leonard, "Moon" Emlyn, "Judgment" Xiu and other Tarot Club members with official identities also participated in the encirclement and suppression of the cultists.
When the chaos in various places reached its peak, the Sun in the sky suddenly went out, and the whole world fell into darkness with only the blood Crimson Moon shining.
Of course, the darkness and Blood Moon, which seemed to be getting bigger and rounder and about to fall to the ground, only lasted for a few seconds. The warm sunlight enveloped Earth Mother again, and the moonlight also returned to its previous crimson and soft appearance, making most people think that this was just a rare astronomical phenomenon.
However, Xio Derecha, who works in the military intelligence department, learned from internal intelligence compiled from all over the world that all locations from the end of Hagarti Grassland in the south to the Antares Mountain Range in the north, and across the entire North Continent from east to west, had observed this "Sun falling" phenomenon at the same time. This cannot be explained by the "solar eclipse" as astronomy enthusiasts call it.
And "Hermit" Cattleya was even more impressed. Her "Star Pirates" had its own intelligence network in Five Seas Archipelago, and even took over the top management of "Moses Ascetic Order" After most of the resources were wiped out, the intelligence at hand showed that tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other disasters occurred at the same time in uninhabited sea areas and desert islands, and their intensity was far greater than that of Catastrophe when "Primordial Demoness" fell a few months ago.
This gave further speculation to Cattleya, who had just been promoted to Sequence 3 and "Clairvoyant" with the help of "Queen Mystic" Bernadette.
Not only her, "Magician" Fors and "Star" Leonard either because of the reminder from the new mentor or because of the revelation of Parasite in the body, they all interpreted certain meanings from Strange Phenomenon a few days ago.
Moreover, they were also more keenly aware of another Strange Phenomenon that appeared almost simultaneously with the explosion of Catastrophe and the fall of Sun:
Everyone seemed to have forgotten what they had experienced for a short time.
This made them wonder whether a new God was born?
But it seems that there are not many "ownerless" gods left... Could it be "Demoness"?
Everyone's eyes were secretly focused on "Empress" Angel.
Is this why Miss Empress chaired the meeting instead of Mr. "Fool"? The worst guess is that she may even have killed or seriously injured "Fool" after becoming a god, taking his place!
Feeling everyone's gaze, speculation, vigilance and awe, Angel behind Gray Fog smiled and did not explain anything directly. Instead, he motioned to everyone who stood up to greet them to sit down, and the party began.
Just like the Tarot Club process hosted by Klein before.
This familiar action made the others feel slightly relaxed, and they all sat down one after another. You looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to speak first.
But because Angel changed seats and the empty "Justice" Audrey beside him fell into deep thought.
She is not worried that "Empress" usurped the position of "Fool". After all, the process of dragging her into Gray Fog at this gathering was exactly the same as before, and it was obviously the will of that familiar existence.
But why is Miss Empress qualified to host the meeting instead of Mr. Fool? Of course, His Sequence is the highest. If you want to choose a temporary host among the Tarot Club members, "Empress" is the most suitable, but isn't there another reason for this? What about Mr. "World"'s reaction... Audrey took the opportunity to look at each other like others and glanced at the end of the long table away from everyone, and found Mr. "World" who was also hidden behind Gray Fog sitting upright, like a statue, without any reaction.
If he hadn't stood up with everyone just now, I would have suspected that it was just a manufactured phantom or Marionette... Audrey sighed, and immediately thought of "Psychology Alchemists". The Chairman changed his previous caution at yesterday's impromptu party and generously handed over the formula and materials of Sequence 3 and "Dream Weaver" to himself as a reward for finding "Mind Dragon". I had some guesses in my mind.
In a sense, I am both the representative of Tarot Club in Psychology Alchemists and the representative of Psychology Alchemists in Tarot Club. Does this mean that there is some kind of transaction between Mr. "Visionary" Adam and "Fool", and that I am just a "symbol" of communication between them? Was the change a few days ago the result of the deal between them?
But if that's the case, why did Mr. Fool miss this gathering?
As if to verify her guess, "Hanged Man" Alger sitting opposite looked around, made up his mind, and asked cautiously:
"Dear 'Empress' Miss, what is the reason why Mr. 'Fool' was absent from the party? I think this is also what all Tarot Club members want to know."
On the sentence "all members", Alger paused deliberately and used an emphasis.
Now even the dull members "Moon", "Magician" and other members understood. Qidian nodded as support for "Hanged Man", and then looked at Angel.
The latter glanced at Alger with some surprise.
I originally thought that Audrey would ask the question first. After all, she takes the lead in greeting Klein at every gathering... Of course, as a founding member, whether it is out of interests or her own emotions, she is very interested in "Fool" should obviously care more than others... Angel muttered a few words in his heart, imitated Klein's nagging look and chuckled, and said:
"Three days ago, a battle broke out between 'Fool' and 'Error' Amon, who became God and devoured the adjacent 'door' Pathway."
God war? Another god war?
When they heard this, everyone, including "Hanged Man" who asked the question, felt their throats rising.
Then they realized that if "Error" Amon won, it would be impossible for Miss Empress to speak calmly here... Wait, is it really impossible?
In the midst of everyone's eyes, which ranged from confusion to shock to panic, "Empress" picked up a pair of crystal-ground monocles from his side and placed it close to his right eye socket...
... It seems that the sizes do not match well, and the exquisite monocle cannot get stuck on the smooth and white skin around her eyes. Angel put it down angrily and continued:
"'Error' has fallen. Mr. 'Fool' has won a great victory, but he will also fall into a deep sleep for a period of time.
"I hope everyone will not spread this matter to avoid attracting the attention of certain beings. Of course, absolute confidentiality is not required. After all, God should all know it."
It turned out that the winner was Mr. Fool. I thought that Amon had seized control of this Grey Fog Space and became "Empress" Miss came to scare us... "Hanged Man" Alger, who almost wanted to jump out of his seat just now, relaxed his tense muscles and quietly moved his body to sit back down.
Others, especially "Justice" and "Sun" who knew the horror of Amon, also had similar reactions. The most calm person, except for the motionless "World", was Leonard who had been watching Angel's performance coldly.
He had already known about the death of "Error" from his parasitic Pales Zoroaster. Regarding this, Angel, who was the same as Pathway, naturally felt the deepest.
And he also learned an important fact: after "Fool" defeated "Error", it was suspected that he had become half "Lord of Mysteries", and his status had surpassed that of ordinary Sequence 0, reaching a certain level of Above the Sequence.
Of course, Pallez did not inform him of the specific situation, because it might attract the attention of those terrifying beings at the same level.
So, those abnormalities three days ago were caused by the battle of Two Gods? But if Mr. Fool really surpasses True God, then that guy Klein... isn't he Sequence 1? Which Pathway's Sequence 1 is it...
He was guessing, wearing thick glasses, when he finally dared to look up at "Hermit" Cattleya at the top of the long table and asked cautiously:
"Excuse me, is this 'Two Gods' the only one participating in that 'God War'?"
As "Clairvoyant", she sensed far more than that. At the moment when Sun disappeared and Crimson Moon pressed to the ground, Cattleya even had the illusion that the world Apocalypse had arrived.
"Queen Mystic" obviously knew something, but he did not tell her. Instead, he asked her to come to Tarot Club to find out. This made Cattleya feel sad about this, but he was also looking forward to this Tarot Club meeting.
But she didn't expect that she wouldn't even see Mr. "Fool" this time.
"It's not just 'Fool' and 'Error'," looking at "Hermit" who raised his head cautiously like a frightened quail, Angel suppressed a smile and replied, "A battle also broke out between 'True Creator' and 'Eternal Blazing Sun', and the latter fell."
"The evil one that Aurora Order believes in...God?"
Fors, who had been looking at Angel with a dull expression, blurted out "Magician".
Because she had paid attention to the two members who betrayed Abraham Family and joined Aurora Order, she was deeply impressed by this secretive organization that had always done evil things, but its reputation had improved in the past year.
"Specifically, 'True Creator' has been integrated with 'Visionary' Adam, completely becoming one. Of course, the former is the main body," and Ziwuyan Different from "Fool", Angel believed that this was information that Tarot Club members needed to know, so he patiently explained, "You can guess the reason."
The reason... As soon as everyone started thinking, "Hanged Man" frowned and replied thoughtfully:
"Because Adjacent Pathways?"
"Not only for this reason, but it can basically be understood this way."
Angel nodded.
She had no intention of telling these members who had just been promoted to Saint the truth about the resurrection of "Ancient Sun God", which was actually the combination of the humanity of "True Creator" and the divinity of "Adam". After all, just knowing some knowledge would bring pollution or more direct dangers.
There is direct hostility between Adjacent Pathways and True God, which is "old knowledge" that Tarot Club already knows.
Adjacent Pathways... is "Hanged Man", "Visionary", "Sun", "Storm" and "White Tower"... No wonder "Eternal Blazing Sun" is fused with Two Pathway's True Creator will start a divine war. They are at odds with each other because Pathway are adjacent. And it sounds like these five Pathway can be directly fused to become multiple Pathway's True God?
So is Mr. "Fool" and "Error" Amon?
Now that the former has won the victory, he fell asleep because he gained stronger power. When he wakes up, he will become a more powerful God, or even a being above Sequence 0?
Under the reminder of Alger, everyone had reached this point in their reasoning, and looked at the seat of "Fool"... and Miss's eyes on "Empress" became even more intense.
Only "Sun" Derrick felt a little sad. When "Eternal Blazing Sun" fell, he sensed the disappearance of the top existence of Pathway, and felt extreme discomfort in body and mind, as if a most important part was missing in his heart.
This has nothing to do with belief or cognition. All Beyonder of "Sun" Pathway will establish worship of the abstract "Sun" concept at the beginning of Sequence 9 "Bard", and will continue to worship the abstract "Sun" concept at the beginning of Sequence 9 "Sequence 4" Strengthening this tendency, even if Derrick believes in Fool and looks forward to the warm sunshine of the real world and the bright future of City of Silver, he will also feel the fall of Sun of Sequence 0 far more than other Pathway.
But this gap was quickly filled, and the fallen Sun returned to the sky after a few seconds, which puzzled him.
As if noticing Derrick's doubts, "Empress" turned his head and looked at the youngest member of Tarot Club who had just celebrated his 17th birthday but was always ignored due to his body shape, and said with a smile:
"But you don't need to worry, 'Sun' has returned to its original position, shining on the world and your hearts."
"Sun" is still there...Derrick was in a trance for a while. Although he was confused, he believed in the other party from the bottom of his heart.
He immediately realized that after "True Creator" defeated "Eternal Blazing Sun", he would seize the other party's authority and belief and become "Hanged Man", "Visionary" and "" Sun" True God of three Pathway, and the new Sun in the sky is also proof that He still cares for Earth Mother and fulfills the duties of God.
The "Fallen Creator", who was initially regarded as an evil god by Silver City, actually merged with the "sun" that everyone wanted to see the most... Thinking that the devout believer Lovia had been in high spirits recently, as if she looked several years younger, Derrick was speechless for a moment.
Unlike him who had so many thoughts in his mind, "Hermit" Cattleya had a more pressing problem. She pushed up the thick glasses on the bridge of her nose to confirm that the Mystical Item, which was given by Fool and could block the backlash from God's prying eyes to a certain extent, was still in place. Then she looked at Angel carefully and asked:
"What about you?
"I mean, the Catastrophe that spread all over the world when 'Primordial Demoness' fell last time appears again, and is more violent, but it is limited to no man's land and does not harm ordinary people...
"Is this your influence?"
She stated her problem tactfully.
Among the members present, "Hanged Man", "Justice" and other thoughtful members reacted almost instantly and looked at Angel, while "Moon" Emlyn, "Magician" Fors and other members were still confused.
Looking at the people with different expressions, Angel sat up slightly, imitating Klein and let out a subtle laugh. After all eyes were on her, she said in a casual tone:
"Yes, that's the effect of me accommodating the last 'Apocalypse' characteristic.
"I'm already the new 'Primordial Demoness'."
PS: I'm really busy today, so I'm just writing this chapter now. It may not be available tomorrow. If I post it at 7pm, it will be there. If I don't post it, it may be gone...