Emlyn, the Moon, was baffled. Rose Redemption, Angel of Fate, breaking the cycle, Gear Book—none of it fell within his knowledge. He understood every word on its own, but put together, they meant nothing to him.
Weren't they just talking about Demigods? How had Angels suddenly entered the picture? Had the Sun, who looked so young, escaped from an Angel with Mr. Fool's guidance?
Emlyn pieced together a guess from the little he understood.
Meanwhile, Abner followed up on the Sun's account. "What exactly happened?"
Derrick held nothing back. He recounted his expeditions with his companions from the City of Silver, just as in the original story, and repeated everything Jack, the little boy from Enmat Harbor, had said during the various cycles.
The other Tarot Club members, apart from the Moon and the Tower, were both curious and worried. They wondered how the Forsaken Land of the Gods connected to the ordinary world and feared that the all-consuming darkness around the City of Silver might keep spreading until it engulfed the Northern and Southern Continents and the five oceans.
The only difference from the original story lay in Jack's description of the Gear Book.
A fallen mountain peak, a ruined tower, the Gear Book—the only thing inside the tower left intact, and one that could resist the Fate Cycle... Then there were the phrases Jack's father had used: "a group of sinners who defied the Lord" and "the fallen star"...
The fallen star... Fallen Morning Star? Hearing the Sun's account, Abner immediately made the connection. He then thought of the two Secret Arts contained in that mystical item: Ivens's Concealment Barrier and Vaolit's Perfect Restoration.
Ivens's Concealment Barrier worked better in the Dark Domain... and the Forsaken Land of the Gods was filled with darkness.
Vaolit's Perfect Restoration could