Lord of the Mysteries: The Peerless Tarot Club
Chapter 180

I Played a Game with Amon

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After Raphael came up with a proactive acting plan, he began sending people to attend funerals and thoroughly investigate the cemetery run by the Church of the Evernight Goddess.

Once a priest had performed Requiem, Zombies and Evil Spirits would not arise under natural conditions.

As a result, the only Beyonder stationed there was a Corpse Collector, a member of a Nighthawks team. He would serve there for a few weeks before another team member took his place.

There was also a bishop and several priests, all of whom were skilled at Requiem rituals.

This was a "formulaic" ritual with detailed steps. Even an ordinary person could perform it by using the correct spirituality materials and praying devoutly to a god.

Thus, in the various churches, those who performed Requiem rituals were generally ordinary bishops and priests.

Raphael chose this place for his acting first because there were corpses here, and second because its Beyonder defenses were weak.

After choosing his acting location and learning something about it, Raphael did not begin immediately. Instead, he had his subordinates make further inquiries and select a suitable funeral.

Three days passed quickly. While Raphael waited for an opportunity to act, the Advanced Beyonder Gathering hosted by the Saint of Secrets was about to take place. That evening, Raphael would take Audrey and two others to the gathering.

2:50 p.m.

Backlund, Earl Hall's mansion.

It was Monday, and Audrey had already prepared to attend the Tarot Club gathering.

A few days earlier, there had been a period when Mr. Fool did not immediately respond to her prayers.

Audrey had been very worried about this. Fortunately, Mr. Fool later resumed responding as usual. But when she connected this with the king's gruesome death, she suspected that many major events must have taken place over

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