Lord of Mysteries: Starting as a Reader
Chapter 200

Trade and Commission

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"The Forsaken Land of the Gods!"

Hearing the special term spoken by The Tower, Alger snapped out of his surprise and abruptly looked toward Derrick the Sun, who sat several seats away.

In the internal records of the Church of the Lord of Storms, among the secrets accessible to Alger as a bishop-level "captain," the Forsaken Land of the Gods had always been nothing more than a name, without any specific description. Yet it was clearly indicated to lie at the end of the Sunia Sea.

As far as he knew, even the cardinals at the heart of the Church did not understand what exactly the Forsaken Land of the Gods represented. Only the Church's leader, the "proxy" of the Lord of Storms, knew some of the details and seemed to be secretly overseeing an operation to search for the Forsaken Land of the Gods.

During an earlier Tarot Club gathering, Alger had boldly guessed that the Sanctuary of the True Creator preached by the Aurora Order was equivalent to the Forsaken Land of the Gods. Unfortunately, The Tower had refused to say more at the time, and Mr. Fool had not given him an answer either, leaving him unable to confirm it.

And now, he discovered in shock and bewilderment that the Tarot Club member codenamed Sun actually came from the Forsaken Land of the Gods!

Although this was merely The Tower's deduction, Alger could tell from his tone that he was highly confident.

More importantly, the great existence at the head of the table, one almost akin to a deity, had not denied it!

As this thought crossed the Hanged Man Alger's mind, he looked somewhat fearfully at the figure reclining at the head of the long table, shrouded in dense mist. Trembling slightly, he thought:

*Mr. Fool

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