Lord of the Mysteries: The Peerless Tarot Club
Chapter 202

Joint operation

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Just as Raphael had expected, discussing the operation with Sharron went smoothly.

Raphael would lure the target out, Sharron would lead the attack, and Maric, Fors, and the other two would provide support.

What they mainly discussed was how to divide the spoils.

Right from the start, Raphael shared some of the intelligence they had gathered with Sharron. If they killed the target of this operation, they would most likely obtain a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact.

The problem was that the target was a devout believer in an Evil God, so the Sealed Artifact was bound to have severe negative effects.

Raphael finally told Sharron, "Its negative effects might be so severe that even you couldn't withstand them."

Then he changed tack. "But I can pray for a God's power to seal it, or offer it directly to that God."

Sharron, Fors, and the others all assumed that the God Raphael meant was Mr. Fool. In fact, he was referring to the Lord of Evil Desires.

Mr. Fool was only helping relay messages for this operation. Naturally, Raphael wouldn't offer the spoils to him.

Miss Sharron considered this briefly before asking, "If its negative effects really are as severe as you say, how do you think we should divide the spoils?"

Raphael already had a proposal ready. "I can take the Sealed Artifact, but since its negative effects are so severe, it probably isn't worth that much. I don't think we should treat it as an ordinary Grade 1 Sealed Artifact."

He paused before continuing, "We expect to obtain five Beyonder Characteristics in this operation. You can take three, including Jonathan's, while we take the two from the MI9 members.

"I happen to have a Zombie characteristic on hand, too. I can give it to you to make up the

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