As Flame Spear and the giant exploded together, the entire dream-like battlefield disappeared without a trace. The light and shadow in front of Helene's eyes kept changing, and soon he found himself still standing on the seaside beach late at night. In front of him were Tracy, whose limbs were tied but struggling, and Shermane, who pressed the dagger tightly on her neck with a cold face, leaving a trace of blood.
She herself was sweating profusely and hot. The high temperature even caused the sweat to evaporate, and thick smoke came out, shrouding the surrounding area in fog.
As the fog dissipated in the sea breeze and the body temperature returned to normal, Helene also felt that the Spirituality that had escaped from him slowly returned to his body, calming down his crazy and fierce green eyes.
But even so, her ears were still ringing with the roars of the enemy and ourselves who had just clashed with each other and fought to the death, and she still had the feeling of pleasure when she transformed into Flame Spear and penetrated the giant Tracy that represented fear and hatred for herself.
Now, I have become "Reaper"...
Helene slowly exhaled a breath of hot air, looked at Tracy who was staring at him with tears stains on his face, eyes almost bursting out, and said:
"I did use you to complete Promotion Ritual. This is considered revenge for what you did before. Moreover, you should also use this to digest 'Affliction' Potion...Have you ever thought about why your mother told you about Miss Angelica's absence, so that you could come to the Southern Continent to intercept my 'Red Haired Woman' number?"
After being promoted, Helene's insight ability derived from the "conspirator" has made great progress. After thinking about what happened tonight, he realized the key to the other party's "cooperation".
That "Unaging" Demoness, Tracy's mother Katarina, may have acquiesced in this incident, and even contributed to it behind the scenes, so that her daughter could digest Potion and be ready to be promoted to Demigod, even if she would bear a lot of risks for this, and might even die in battle.
She might have anticipated the attitude of Miss Angelica and I... Thinking of this, Helene sighed in his heart, and looked at Tracy, whose expression was stunned after hearing her words, and his eyes were a little dull, and continued:
"The vicious pirate with a bounty on your 'Black Death' will be captured. Daring to Resistors may put your life in danger, but the other Sailor will be fine. After we leave, you just... leave."
"You want to let me go?"
Tracy looked up in shock and asked. Looking from Helene's position, a bit of blood appeared on her pale face, and her blue eyes lit up, as if she had seen Sun.
"I do want to kill you, or at least take revenge for what you did to me, even if it's only a small part... I've dreamed about this countless times in my dreams, but..."
Having said this, Helene glanced at the expressionless Shermane, feeling a bit ashamed to say this in front of outsiders, and shook his head.
"... Forget it, we're settled."
"Liangqing? Don't let me meet you again, otherwise I will take you back to the ship again and give you a whimper--"
Tracy jumped up like a live fish thrown into a pan, yelling angrily, until Shermane behind him took out a ball of untied rope and stuffed it into his mouth, blocking the last words in his stomach.
But she continued to struggle, bending her body and twisting her limbs on the beach, trying to break free from the ropes that bound her hands and feet.
It's just that compared to the angry and desperate struggle just now, the actions now are more like...
"Coquettishly?"
Helene Such a ridiculous idea came to mind.
She shook her head, looked at Shermane and said:
"Let's go... Miss Angelica agreed to let her go."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu——"
Tracy on the ground struggled even harder.
It wasn't until dawn that Angel, after finishing everything, returned to his home in Backlund and slumped down on the single sofa in the study with some exhaustion.
Instead of asking the maid who got up early to bring her a cup of refreshing coffee, she fumbled and took out a bottle of tan drink in a transparent glass bottle from "Mirror World", shook it in her hand to let it cool down to near freezing point, unscrewed the iron cover on the mouth of the bottle with her bare hands, put the cold Carbonated Drink into her mouth after the sound of air flow, and sighed with satisfaction.
This is the "Cola" that Shermane specially invited designers to redesign the appearance. It has already been sold to all districts of Backlund. The taste was tasted by Black Bear Cannery workers first and then slightly adjusted. It is more in line with people's pursuit of sweets in this era. Of course, the refreshing caffeine can also replace part of the role of coffee, so as to serve as a promotional selling point.
Angel did not shamelessly name this Carbonated Drink "Coca-Cola". Instead, a bear paw was printed on the bottle cap. The recyclable glass bottle also has bear paw-like raised patterns, which makes it easier to grasp and makes the name "Black Bear Cola" more appropriate.
Although the price of a three-penny bottle is more expensive than the common ales in bars and on par with those local specialty beers, you can get a one-penny "discount" by returning the empty bottle, which makes people feel that the refreshing drink that can refresh you while adding sugar is more cost-effective.
In fact, Shermane suggested that the price for recycling empty glass bottles in the factory is 1.5 pence. The difference in price makes restaurants and bars more willing to promote our drinks... Angel murmured, applauding his "Minor Arcana Brand" business acumen.
After enjoying the early morning Iced Cola, Angel closed his eyes, prayed to the respected Mr. Fool, and requested a temporary meeting with the "world" Klein.
Above Gray Fog, Fool's figure was hidden behind the mist. Angel and Klein sat in their seats, exchanging information about last night across the long bronze table.
"Duchess Georgina didn't recognize that 'Golden Queen' was pretending to be me until the end. She could tell that I had become Demigod, and the 'Demoness' brand I carried was It gives me the personality corresponding to Pathway and the ability of Anti-Divination to counter-prophesy. Unless Angel of 'Arbiter' is present, the secret should not be exposed."
Because there were only two people present, Klein did not use the hoarse voice of "The World", but spoke in his usual relaxed tone.
"What is her purpose for finding me? Is it really related to 'Ghost Empire'?"
Angel also leaned on the back of the chair and asked in a more relaxed tone.
"Yes, she conveyed a request for cooperation from her royal family faction. She hopes that you and Queen Anne's Revenge can help find traces of 'Ghost Empire' and unearth the last treasure of the Trensoest Empire. They only need one of them Beyonder Characteristic, the rest can belong to you and the helpers you found... I didn't agree immediately, I only said I would consider it, Georgina didn't seem to intend to solve the problem at once, maybe they also have their own alternatives."
Klein paraphrased Georgina's words, and then analyzed it with his own judgment:
"I think what the royal family needs is probably a copy of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Arbiter' Sequence 1. After the death of the 'Night Emperor' Trunsoest, his extraordinary characteristics were divided among the nobles of the time, and among them was the current royal family of Loen, Augustus. They tried to collect this characteristic, and there must be a deeper intention... Do they want an angel from the royal family to go one step further and become the strongest under the true God? Is George III preparing for this by becoming a demigod without telling the church?"
"The Sequence 1 of this Pathway is called 'Hand of Order'. The ancestor of the Augustus royal family owns a copy of the 'Protector' William·Augustus printed on the 10-pound banknote. He is still alive now and is the solid backing of George III... The royal family wants to obtain the second 'Hand of Order', perhaps to promote a certain Angel, but it will not be George III, because... he intends to become 'Black Emperor'!"
Angel said after careful consideration, thereby telling Klein the news revealed by "White Saint" Katarina, including all her own guesses, as well as the most important sentence of Katarina:
True God and their followers may not have the same ideas.
Hearing the news that George III had probably become Angel, and had begun to arrange nine tombs, controlling the phantom of the "world", "Fool" Klein, whose body was hidden behind Gray Fog, was a little shocked for a while, and even forgot to respond.
Similar to Angel's reaction last night, once the attention turned to the ceremony of "Black Emperor", all kinds of details that had been publicized for a long time but no one could notice immediately came to Klein's mind.
And he knows more than Angel.
From Roselle's diary, Klein learned that the time traveler emperor had contact with "Angel of Imagination" Adam, and even joined "Twilight Hermits Society" and became a member of this secret organization that wanted to influence World Trend.
In his later years, he tried to hide his identity from Church of Steam Switching Pathways and became "Black Emperor", perhaps with the help of Adam.
After his death, all Beyonder Characteristic and Uniqueness of "Black Emperor" may naturally fall into the hands of "Twilight Hermits Society".
Now, Hvin Rambis mentioned the "trend of the world" again, and said that he would make George III "more talented", "Premature Acting"...
Klein previously took it for granted that this was to allow King, who was restricted by the contract, to break through Demigod, but now it seems that it is entirely possible that "Black Emperor" is preparing to be promoted to Sequence 0!
The only problem is:
Do the Seven Gods know?
Do the Seven Gods acquiesce?
Did the Seven help?
At least in Klein's view, Three Great Churches in the Loen Kingdom are opposed to George III's actions. They spare no effort to investigate the truth of the "Great Smog" incident and trace the whereabouts of the missing persons. To force George III to make a lot of concessions... Although the last thing was obviously within the plans of Adam and George III, and it made the "new order" of Black Emperor come faster, the starting point was good.
But...
The intention of the church may not necessarily replace the intention of God. If God has an ambiguous attitude and does not object to the emergence of the new "Black Emperor", they can completely sit back and ignore it, without informing Angel and Saint, and only let them investigate with their mortal power. If the problem is found, it will be solved. If not... that's fine.
For those Augustuss who have mastered Loen Kingdom and have the hope of becoming gods, if God does not know how to oppose it, it is equivalent to supporting it.
Even God has an ambiguous attitude, and even Evernight Goddess doesn't object, then does what we do have any meaning...
It wasn't until Klein had a detailed discussion with Angel about the next actions and sent her back to reality that she returned home with all kinds of heavy thoughts.
He looked at the Sun that had already risen outside the window, sighed softly, washed and changed clothes under the service of his Marionette, came to the restaurant, and enjoyed the breakfast which was not sumptuous, but was prepared at his request with southern characteristics.
After the meal, the butler Walter handed over the guest list for the weekend hunting event held at the Meige Manor and discussed related matters with him.
His personal friend Male Servant, who is also one of "Marionette", Raphael, was wearing a windbreaker, standing outside the restaurant door, looking left and right under his distracted control, with a lively expression.
At this moment, two Male Servant walked out of the servant dining room. One of them held a delicate glass bottle in his hand. Half of the bottle of brown liquid was bubbling as he shook it, and a sweet fragrance slowly floated into Marionette's nasal cavity.
Klein in the restaurant was suddenly stunned.
It was something he was extremely familiar with and drank almost every day before coming to this world.
Cola!