Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1094 You Can Ask for My Help
After Klein the Fool tapped the table to indicate that he had blocked the senses of others, Audrey the Justice could not wait to look at Miss Queen, who was sitting next to her less than a meter away, almost shoulder to shoulder. Just as she was about to speak, she was suddenly stunned.

During a private conversation, the fog that permeated the surroundings would gather around other people who were not participating in the conversation, obscuring their senses. Therefore, the gray fog around Audrey and Angel became thinner accordingly, which made her immediately notice that the "Queen" lady was a little different from usual.

In the past, I just thought that her beauty didn't belong to the real world at all, as if she was everyone's dream lover, but now she has a little more attraction, and makes people want to worship and surrender... Audrey, what are you thinking about! Let's get down to business...

All kinds of strange thoughts in her mind kept surging like bubbles on the surface of boiling water, and then burst.

"Is there something you want to talk to me about?"

Seeing that the other party didn't speak for a while, Angel asked curiously.

"Well, it's like this..." Audrey then quietly looked away, her tone returning to her usual calm and gentle tone, "I want to buy some food from Patis, the port city deep in the Raging Sea. The price will be twice the current price of food in Loen. Well, I can also pay for the shipping costs."

——The fact that the "Dream City" is under the control of Angel's Witch Church is no longer a secret within the Tarot Club, and since she has become an angel, other members think this is very reasonable.

Food... Why did Audrey buy so much food? If she was going to resell it to Loen, it would be unreasonable to pay twice the price... Angel hesitated for a moment and asked:
"How much do you need?"

Then, Audrey reported a shocking number.

"This is far beyond the capacity of the Dream City... Do you want to feed the entire population of Backlund by yourself?"

Angel asked back, stunned.

After clearing the pollution of the "Mistress of Desolation" characteristics, Angel returned it to the underground memorial hall of Patis, and controlled by the "Hand of Order" to continue to provide assistance to the farmlands and farms around the city, so that this city with a small agricultural population can not only feed itself, but also have a large amount of surplus food to sell and supply to the surrounding islands.

But compared to the amount Audrey wants to buy, this output is just a drop in the bucket.

"If it's possible, I do plan to do it... The prices in Backlund have risen a lot again, especially food. Even if you are willing to pay a price higher than the market price, you can't buy much. Now even the disabled soldiers who are being helped by the Poor Relief Foundation can't get enough food."

Audrey replied with a smile, but it was a very forced smile, almost sad.

Since June, the coalition forces of Intis and Fenepot have continued to attack the heartland of the Kingdom of Loen, and pushed the front line to the vicinity of Dongtak County before stopping in the face of the desperate resistance of the Loen army. However, most of the grain-producing areas have become enemy-occupied areas. Although this does not affect the supply of stored grain, under the panic, the soaring prices are justified.

Even though the new king, Edessaur II, issued a new decree to crack down on hoarding, it was of no avail.

The food collected and purchased by organizations such as the "Loen Charity Student Aid Fund" and the "Loen Poor Relief Fund" managed by Audrey in the early days of the war had long been consumed. Even if they bought food on the market with rising prices, they could not buy much.

Audrey paid out of her own pocket to buy a large amount of food from Earl Hall's own territory, and even personally visited many nobles she knew, hoping that they could allocate some of the food stored in their own territories to ease Backlund's current situation, even if they had to buy it with gold pounds.

However, these nobles who donated generously when the foundation was established have said that they have no surplus food.

"...When they said this, there was high-quality black tea and exquisite desserts on the table. The servants had ruddy complexions, completely different from the thin faces on the street...When I 'asked' them again in my dream, I learned that most of the stored grain had already been stored in the warehouses of these nobles, waiting to be sold when prices rose to the highest profit."

Audrey's words were as vague as the whispers of a dream.

Angel was silent.

In recent months, she has been paying attention to the affairs of Morola, the "City of Exile", and adjusting the sealed Sequence 2 characteristics and seals of Patis, the "City of Dreams". The rest of the time, she has to maintain a presence on the front line of the war to deter the high-sequence Beyonders of Feysac, Intis, and Feynaport. Otherwise, the precarious front will immediately collapse completely.

As a result, she had no chance to understand the situation in the rear, and she had no idea that the situation had become so bad that even an optimistic noble girl like Audrey lost her smile.

"I will ask the Dream City to prepare a batch of food and transport it back to Loen and Backlund as soon as possible to stabilize the prices there," she said carefully, and she had already begun to calculate how much production could be squeezed out without affecting the food supply of Patis. "But this can only alleviate the situation temporarily. By autumn, Loen, which has lost a lot of land, will have even tighter prices. The route from the Rorsted Islands to the North Continent may be cut off at any time. The colonies in the South Continent have fallen into a joint attack by Intis and local resistance organizations, and there is even the Rose School making trouble..."

"The key lies in those nobles who hoarded grain. Why don't you consider using your own abilities to influence them, Miss Audience?" At the end, Angel's expression had turned serious.

Audrey was stunned for a moment, as if she was not ready to face such a sharp question, and then shook her head and said:
"I tried to use suggestion and hypnosis to get them to sell the supplies they had hoarded, but this involved too many people and the circulation process was very complicated. My actions were soon discovered by the official Beyonders who were protecting the nobles... Although they believed that it was spies from Feysac and Intis who were taking action and did not suspect me, the subsequent protection was even tighter, and it would be difficult for me to do something similar again."

That shouldn't be the case... According to my speculation, in this kind of choice between nobles and commoners, the Orthodox Church will inevitably lean towards the commoners who have more believers and can provide a stable anchor of faith... Well, for the official Beyonders who specifically protect the nobles, they may not see this height at all. They are just doing their duty... Angel thought about it and realized that there might be something wrong with Audrey's "course of action", so he said carefully:

"If the 'upper' route doesn't work, you might consider going the 'lower' route."

The lower route... Audrey's emerald eyes lost focus for a moment. After a long while, she looked seriously at Angel's handsome face, which was more handsome than usual and did not belong to a woman. She nodded heavily.

"I see. Thank you, Miss Queen."

After finishing this much longer private conversation than usual, the Tarot Club members entered the free communication session. After everyone talked about the recent war situation as usual, "Hermit" Cattleya looked around and said:
"I will be in contact with some members of the 'Moss Ascetic Order' recently. This may involve the hidden god 'Hidden Sage'. Do you know anything about Him?"

Before becoming a demigod, although "Admiral of the Stars" was a member of this secret organization, he had always been outside the core circle and merely served as a "collaborator", trading materials and formulas with them and completing some commissions. He was unwilling to contact the core personnel of the "Ten Pillars" and was not trusted by these people.

But now that she had been promoted to "Mystic" and had digested the potion early, in order to obtain the formula and extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 3 "Master of Prophecy", she believed that whether she was willing or not, she had to actively communicate with the Moss Ascetic Order.

But this also means getting closer to the "Hidden Sage" and being very likely to be contaminated by knowledge.

When Cattleya asked this question at the Tarot Club, she did not expect the help of most members, but wanted to see if Mr. Fool could give some useful suggestions, and if Ms. Queen...

Her mind was full of thoughts as she secretly glanced at the great being whose entire body was hidden in the gray fog. However, she found that the other party did not give any response and sighed in disappointment.

At this moment, the "Queen" lady's voice, clear and beautiful, with a power that made people want to surrender, rang out:
“If you have trouble fighting, you can ask for my help.

"If I am well prepared, I should be able to deal with a Sequence 1 Archangel, but if it is an Angel King, there is a high probability that I will be defeated."

Angel's "preparation" means picking up the "Sword of Glory", getting help from the City of Disaster and the Man in the Mirror, and summoning the mirror projection of the "Blood Flag of Salinger". At this time, she can use the unique status of the "Red Priest" to compete with the Sequence 1 Archangel. Even if it is an Angel King with multiple Sequence 1 characteristics, as long as it does not involve a confrontation of "uniqueness", there is hope of winning.

To the Hermit and other members of the Tarot Club, these words were like a bolt from the blue.

Miss Queen was actually able to fight against a Sequence 1 Beyonder? And from what she said, no, what He said, as long as the opponent was not the Angel King, the chances of winning were very high?
“He” has been promoted to Sequence 1?
In the somewhat disconcerting silence, a few quick-thinking members, such as The Hanged Man Alger, had already remembered that just a few months ago, Miss Queen had confirmed the "uniqueness" of the Red Priest's Path with Mr. Fool.

Could it be that this level 01 sealed item numbered "0", a magical potion with power second only to that of the true God, has been mastered by Miss "Queen"?

Feeling Angel's rather eager gaze, Cattleya couldn't even utter the words of thanks for a moment.

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The crimson light flashed again, and Angel returned to the basement of St. Selina's Church in Tingen City, Ahowa County.

During the "meeting", it was her mirror image that stayed here on her behalf to prevent the angels of the Feysac Empire and the Church of the God of War from attacking this important city and breaking through the defense line of Loen's north line.

Before she could make any other move, she heard a vague prayer voice. After reciting the name of the "Golden Queen" in a somewhat rebellious and disrespectful tone, the voice gave a brief report and then cut off the connection.

That was the prayer from the ancestor of the Sauron family, one third of the evil spirit of the "Red Angel".

After His confirmation, all the potion formulas and rituals recorded on the two "Red Priest" cards in Angel's hand were completely correct!

(End of this chapter)