Alger gave a concise and comprehensive introduction to the Aurora Order's divine envoys, and Snow supplemented at this moment:
"The divine envoy who arrived in Tingen is Mr. A, a Sequence 5 Beyonder. As for the evil god's offspring, that is a child conceived by qualified women for the evil god through some evil and twisted ritual. It most likely possesses divinity, is a natural mythical creature, and would probably be a demigod as soon as it's born."
"A demigod?!" Audrey's beautiful eyes widened. She was just a Sequence 9 who had recently gained beyonder power, and yet she was already hearing news about Sequence 5 and demigods? The Tarot Club's level was indeed very high!
However, what sequence was Mr. Devil, who could obtain such intelligence, as a powerhouse?
"That's right. In fact, the most terrifying thing about the evil god's offspring is that it has the potential to become a vessel for the evil god's descent, which is why the official Beyonders in Tingen City are risking loss of control to search for its whereabouts." Snow said meaningfully, though Mr. Fool clearly didn't realize the hint in his words.
Hearing Snow's words, Mr. Hanged Man felt somewhat uncomfortable. Compared to his somewhat commonplace intelligence, this Mr. Devil's intelligence was obviously more accurate and secretive, which gave him a strong sense of crisis.
Mr. Fool's power and uniqueness had already been proven. Even if he wasn't a deity, he must be a high-sequence existence similar to the Hidden Sage.
With such a powerful figure presiding over it, the growth of the Tarot Club was almost inevitable, and to maintain a foothold with just a Sequence 7 identity, one must have their own positioning.
Miss Justice came from a great noble family of Loen, with vast funds and connections. He only needed to provide beyonder knowledge to establish his footing.
But now, this Devil seemed to have even richer beyonder knowledge and information channels than him, and might even be backed by some great family.
This made his identity as an "information provider" begin to be affected.
To continue maintaining his position in the Tarot Club, he had to develop a new "persona."
Thinking of this, he pondered and spoke:
"If that's the case, I think I can roughly guess what happened in Backlund."
Yes, since he couldn't become the eyes and money pouch, then he would try to become the "brain."
Working hard to rack his brains, he addressed Justice and Devil, who had already been drawn to attention:
"The Aurora Order are all a bunch of crazy fanatics. Even excluding the positioning in terms of the divine child's strength, even just from the identity of the Fallen Creator's offspring, the Aurora Order members would spare no effort to protect him. But as a Sequence 5 Beyonder, he would naturally be unmatched in a small place like Tingen City, but once the elite Beyonders of the three major orthodox churches arrive, he most likely won't be able to protect that 'child.' In this situation, as the person in charge of the Aurora Order in Backlund, what do you think he would do?"
"Find a way to hold back the elite teams... You mean..." Audrey's little brain, enhanced by the potion, instantly reacted, and Alger also nodded:
"Without a doubt, the Aurora Order members in Backlund are probably frantically creating beyonder incidents, and their targets are very likely the noble class. Only in this way can they force those nobles to pressure the three major churches to redirect the elite Beyonders originally sent to Tingen for protecting their safety."
'Worthy of being the Political Commissar!' Snow thought about the Aurora Order's style and found this indeed fit Mr. A's way of doing things. However, after this battle, the Aurora Order's power in Backlund would probably suffer tremendous losses.
Of course, this had little to do with him. After slightly considering the possible impacts of this matter, Snow roughly guessed a bit of Ince's new script.
Hearing Mr. Hanged Man's speculation, Audrey almost refuted on the spot, but after calming down with the power of the Spectator, she had to admit that the kingdom's nobles could indeed do such things.
Seeing the atmosphere becoming somewhat heavy, Klein waved his hand to end this Tarot Club meeting. As his consciousness returned to his body, he furrowed his brow slightly—
'If it's really as The Hanged Man said, Backlund probably won't be able to send reinforcements for a long time. If only I had kept that lady's hair or something back then! With the power above the gray fog shielding interference, I definitely could have found her!'
...
Snow, who was unaware that Mr. Fool seemed to have developed a strange hobby of collecting other people's hair, had already sat up again. After handing small dried fish to Lily, who was helping him guard the door, he began to consider his next actions.
He had originally planned to return to Backlund in the near future, but after getting intelligence about Backlund from Miss Justice, he dismissed this idea.
Although he didn't know how much of Mr. A's actions were influenced by Ince Zangwill, there really weren't many places he could interfere with now.
After thinking for a moment, Snow's gaze turned back to Lily, who was gnawing on dried fish. As if understanding his look, Lily clutched her dried fish and began gnawing at three times the previous speed, as if saying—whatever you want to do, wait until I finish eating.
...
"Looks like I have to move again!" Peering through the bed's edge at the official Beyonders passing by on the street, Trissy lightly bit her lip and began packing her luggage.
Although it was called luggage, she, who had been constantly moving recently, actually didn't have much to pack. The important things were all in the box. Stuffing her change of clothes and bedding into the suitcase, she could once again embark on the journey to find a place to stay.
Using makeup techniques obtained from the potion in reverse, her harmonious and beautiful face quickly became plain and ordinary. This makeup technique, which didn't involve any beyonder abilities, could well evade most detection, allowing her to leave under the noses of official Beyonders.
"It's a bit of a pity to paint such a beautiful face like this."
"!" The sudden voice made Trissy immediately assume a combat stance. If not for her concern about the possible presence of official Beyonders nearby, she would have almost instinctively used her beyonder abilities.
"Can you stop appearing so silently all the time?" Trissy looked at the black cat in front of her, her face showing some lingering fear. She had clearly moved several times, so how did this guy find her again?
"I've told you many times, don't be superstitious about anti-divination abilities." Snow, possessing Lily, grinned, revealing a somewhat horrifying smile. Under the high sequence of White Horse is Not Horse, he could easily bypass the witch's anti-divination and directly lock onto Trissy's location. As for the source of the lock, it was quite interesting—it was a tuft of hair that Trissy had actively given him back then.
"Let's not talk about this. What's the matter this time? Who do you want killed?" Trissy twitched the corner of her mouth, ultimately not delving deeper into this issue. Snow showed a hurt expression and said:
"Don't make it sound like I only look for you to kill people. I'm very peace-loving!"
"Yes, the peace-loving you has known me for twenty days and asked me to kill three people, averaging one per week..."
(End of Chapter)
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Author's Note: PS1: The more logical and reasonable a writer's ability is, the less consumption it has. The reason Ince Zangwill has to write "this is logical" and "this is reasonable" every time is precisely because it's not that reasonable, so achieving it is somewhat forced.
But conversely, this time using Mr. A to leverage Backlund is very logical, because the nobles' style of behavior is indeed like this, and the Aurora Order would indeed do this. In this way, 0-08 doesn't even need to pay attention to Backlund; as long as it ensures Mr. A gives the order, everything will fall into place naturally.
Having Mr. A write a letter to Backlund is definitely easier than directly making a meteorite fall.
And 0-08 can indeed make meteorites fall where desired.
PS2: The three churches consulting to rotate defenses is a very idealistic idea. In reality, although the three major churches aren't hostile due to sequence reasons, they're not intimate either. For example, you can't expect a male chauvinist Storm believer to protect followers of a goddess who believes women can hold up half the sky.
Furthermore, those who have read the original should understand what Backlund is like. Once the Aurora Order drills into the East Borough and Bridge District, there really are evil god believer reserves everywhere, with soil for evil god descents all over. Just give some food, and those people who can't survive will be willing to help hold rituals or even blood sacrifices. If the Aurora Order members really cause trouble everywhere, creating hundreds of evil god descent rituals in one day wouldn't be strange. Although most of them might be useless defective products, the official Beyonders definitely wouldn't dare to gamble, and being exhausted from running around is certain.