Above the Gray Fog, within the ancient and magnificent palace, the members of The Tarot Club appeared simultaneously and greeted Mr. Fool in unison.
Klein looked around, deeply moved. Seated on either side of the Bronze Long Table were a cardinal of the Storm Church, a council member of the Psychology Alchemists, an elder of the City of Silver's council, a Sanguine Earl, a senior deacon of the Night Watchers, one of the ten pillars of the Moses Ascetic Order, a high-ranking member of the Loen royal faction, and a slacker writer.
Even that strange individual who seemed to have slipped into their midst was about to advance to demigodhood with the Abraham family's support. Yet compared to these demigods, the man seated second to the left drew even more attention.
When Klein had pulled him Above the Gray Fog, he had clearly sensed that maintaining his presence there cost more!
Though such expenditure was nothing to him now that he had become a Miracle Invoker, the matter itself pointed to a problem—
Mr. Devil had advanced again!
That ritual to resurrect the Creator of Silver City probably wasn't just meant to awaken the Ancient Sun God. It was probably also the ritual for Mr. Devil to advance to Sequence One!
This thought surfaced in Klein's mind, but he immediately realized another problem—
The advancement method for Sequence Zero of the Paths of the Divine itself meant that every Pathway had a zero but no one!
Mr. Devil had originally been on the Secrets Suppliant Pathway, but the Secrets Suppliant Pathway, including its adjacent Spectator, Worshipper, Sailor, and Reader Pathways, all already had Sequence Zeros. So what had Mr. Devil advanced into?
*Judging by Mr. Devil's spiritual radiance, he hasn't gone mad, nor has he become some kind of mental