The Snake of Mercury? A King of Angels loyal to the True Creator?
Will Auceptin—Aaron's unborn child—had almost certainly been hiding from that King of Angels!
So the True Creator's forces in Backlund extended far beyond Mr. A and his subordinates. The struggle between the two Snakes of Mercury for the Sequence 0 position had simply consumed all of that King of Angels' attention, leaving no time for anything else...
Klein felt a surge of relief. He had made quite a show of himself in front of Mr. A of the Aurora Order and had even used the encounter to digest his Magician potion. Thank the Goddess that the man's powerful backer hadn't caught him!
By then, the Tarot Club members had recovered from what The Tower had revealed. Justice Audrey voiced the question on The Sun's behalf. "What is a 'Snake of Mercury'? Is it the name of a potion?"
Abner was about to answer when a series of taps sounded. That was the sign Mr. Fool was about to speak.
The sound roused every Tarot Club member. They quickly looked toward the mysterious, powerful figure veiled in gray fog at the head of the table.
The Fool withdrew his finger from the edge of the long table and chuckled.
"The Snake of Mercury is also known as the Snake of Fate. It is Sequence 1 of the Monster Pathway...
"Heh, it came very close to advancing another step."
Sequence 1 of the Monster Pathway? The names "Snake of Mercury" and "Snake of Fate" sounded so enticing! What was Sequence 1 of the Spectator Pathway called? Perhaps it had something to do with Dragons? Ideas raced through Justice Audrey's mind.
The Hanged Man Alger was glad to have learned another Sequence 1 name, but he had a deeper question: