Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1269 "Chariot"

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Alger Wilson recovered from his absent-minded gaze at his palm, looked towards the office door, and whispered:

"Come in."

A "Made in Punishment" who walked with great speed quickly pushed the door open, carefully placed a thick stack of documents on the desk in front of him, closed the door and left.

Collecting his thoughts, Cardinal Alger of the "Sea Wave Church" and Blue Mountain Island Diocese roughly looked through the documents and learned more about the "visions" that had occurred in various places in the past two days.

A day ago, that is, at noon last Sunday, the seal under the church suddenly failed, and many seals, magical items, and extraordinary power inside were leaked to a certain extent.

As the core church of the largest overseas diocese of the Church of the Storm, the "Church of the Waves" preserves a total of three "1" level seals, and nearly ten "2" and "3" level seals. Once a problem occurs, the entire city may be severely damaged by the negative effects of the seals that overlap and enhance each other.

He had originally wanted to have his men take the less dangerous Sealed Artifacts away, and he would select the most difficult Level 1 Sealed Artifact to handle and head to the sea. This would have been the best he could do for a Sequence 4 Saint. However, in order to prevent the entire Bayam, especially the schools and workhouses near the church, from being destroyed, Alger went to the underground Sealed Artifact alone, fighting against three out-of-control Sealed Artifacts on his own, and almost died as a result.

Fortunately, Mr. Fool helped in the end...

After taking another look at the faintly visible snowflake-shaped mark on his palm, Alger let out a long sigh.

At the same time, similar riots occurred in all the churches of the Storm Church. Tightly closed doors opened on their own, tight seals suddenly failed, and dangerous seals got out of control, causing great damage.

Compared to those churches that suffered heavy casualties, Alger's "Sea Wave Church" did not suffer any more losses except for a few "Substitute Punishers" who were slightly injured while carrying the seals and scattered to uninhabited areas. It was extremely conspicuous in this summary document.

Logically speaking, Alger should be happy about such an achievement, but now he feels uneasy.

He could only gain the trust of low-level church members by handling all the seals alone. Other cardinals and senior deacons would not believe him, not to mention the Pope and the "Lord of the Storm" above him.

Once the matter was thoroughly investigated, it became clear that he was secretly a follower of the Fool.

I need to confirm with Mr. Fool as soon as possible whether I can leave the church safely... I'm afraid I really have to become a pirate this time... Alger frowned and thought, looking up at the wall clock. He swirled a breeze and locked the door, then said in a low-pitched but electrified voice that resounded throughout the church:
"Don't bother me for the next hour."

The only good thing about this incident is that I have become more prominent in the eyes of other believers, more like the "Hanged Man" who symbolizes sacrifice… A deep red light flashed before my eyes, and the "Hanged Man" arrived at the Hall of Fools.

At the same time, multiple crimson lights lit up in different locations around the world.

Fors, the "magician" who still lived in the Hillston district of Backlund, put down the secret letter from her teacher Dorian Abraham.

Beside her, Colonel Hugh Dilcher of MI9 and also the Judge of the Tarot Club, was waiting for 3pm to arrive on a recliner that completely covered him.

Emlyn, the "moon" in the city-state still under Feynapotter's control in the southern continent, Leonard, the "star" in the Wintershire Cathedral in the northern continent, Derrick, the "sun" in the new Silver City, Cattleya, the "hermit" drifting on the ocean...

In the mansion of Count Hall in Queens District of Backlund, "Justice" Audrey returned to her bedroom with a heavy heart.

She watched her brother Alfred deal with the casualties caused by the loss of control of two sealed objects in the family treasury, and discussed with him the possible impact of extraordinary powers on the family.

Compared to Alfred, who is only Sequence 5 and does not hold a core position in the military, Audrey has a deeper understanding of the various crises facing the world, and is therefore more worried that her parents, who are just ordinary people, may be killed in disasters caused by various Beyonders.

Not to mention, this disaster may very well come from her.

Huh... She sighed softly and asked Susie, who was looking at her worriedly, to go to the door to watch. She sat at the table, surrounded by the crimson light.

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In the majestic palace that seemed to never change, figures appeared one after another beside the long bronze table.

Audrey Justice opened her eyes and was about to lead all the members to greet Mr. Fool when she discovered that the high-backed chair on the right that belonged to the Queen was still empty.

Did he ask for leave? Or was he not "pulled" into the gray fog in time? Audrey subconsciously glanced at the other members, and found that there was another figure sitting at the end of the men's chair in the opposite row.

A new member? When he joined, Miss Queen asked for leave?
Quickly swallowing her doubts, Audrey and the other members greeted the Fool at the head of the long table, and then sat down together.

She found that the new member was in step with the others and was not as flustered as Mr. "Xingxing" was when he first attended the party.

Most importantly, he, no, she used a female voice when greeting Mr. Fool!

The voice is a bit like Miss Queen... No, I missed her too much. Actually, there is a little difference... But why would a woman sit on the man's side? Well, Mr. Fool never explicitly stated that there is a rule of "women on the left, men on the right". It's just our private speculation... Audrey's thoughts were a little confused, but as an "audience", she quickly adjusted her mood.

In these few seconds, everyone else noticed the absence of the Queen and the new member. They exchanged glances or observed the woman who was covered in mist. Seeing that everyone was seated, the Fool looked around and said:
"The Queen has been on leave for a long time due to something, and her return date is uncertain. Also, this is the Chariot, please introduce yourself."

The body was obscured by the gray fog, and only the outline of the woman could be seen. She nodded slightly and said in a soft but deliberately low voice:

"I am the Chariot. Good afternoon, Mr. Fool, Miss Justice, Mr. Hanged Man, Mr. Sun..."

She greeted the other members one by one in the order in which they joined the Tarot Club, and then fell silent, disappointing the other members who were expecting more information.

Of course, they were just as cautious and taciturn when they first joined here, but there had been no personnel changes for a year and a half since "Star" and "Judgment", so everyone almost forgot the performance of the new members.

At the same time, Miss Justice also took advantage of her excellent observation position to secretly look at Miss Chariot, trying to see something with her own ability, but she found that the gray fog covering her was thicker than that of other members, almost the same as that of Mr. Fool.

Is she special in some way, so she is taken care of? No, maybe it's just "protection" for new members, and the "Chariot" tarot card should be the "Red Priest" card that Mr. Fool showed, which means that it is the Hunter Path, and will be forced to become a male at Sequence 4... I understand, Miss "Chariot" is a mid-sequence Beyonder on this path, and because she will inevitably become a male later, she sits over there!

Audrey clenched her fists under the table in praise of her wit and subconsciously looked to the right, only to remember that Miss "Queen" was not around at the moment.

Is her absence related to the various strange phenomena yesterday...

Alger, the "Hanged Man" who was sitting opposite Audrey, also guessed this. Based on Miss "Chariot's" gender and code name, he determined that the other party was most likely a "female hunter."

But right now he had something more important to ask, so he put these questions behind him. Just as he was about to speak, Cattleya pushed the heavy glasses on her nose, looked at the other members, and asked:
"Did you find anything unusual yesterday?"

Everyone nodded with a serious expression. Even Audrey felt a little depressed. Five servants were caught up in the outbreak of the negative effects of the sealed items in the family treasury, and two of them did not have time to wait for rescue.

"Yesterday at noon, the seals of the cathedrals collectively failed, and the sealed objects and magical items went out of control. Some imprisoned Beyonder criminals escaped as a result."

Alger introduced the information based on what he had received, of course, using "major churches" to conceal the source of his information.

Leonard the Star glanced at him and said:
“I can confirm that, too.”

Beside him, Emlyn the Moon opened his mouth to agree, but stopped. The Judgment Xio on the other side straightened his body to make himself look more imposing, and said:

"Locked doors opened by themselves, even those that were rusted... In addition, after a few minutes, many machines started to malfunction, and some things that should have gone wrong started to work normally..."

Seeing that no one else was speaking, Cattleya nodded and added:

"In the Republic of Intis, on the sea, many ships still using the improved navigation technology of the Roselle period, or sailors born in Intis, heard a sentence directly into their ears at that time.

"People of Intis, your emperor has returned."

Hearing this, everyone present felt a little creepy.

Intis had many kings, but only one true emperor: Roselle Gustav in his later years.

According to the intelligence shared by everyone and the information revealed by Mr. Fool, this emperor was most likely assassinated and died during his promotion to the "Black Emperor".

Now, He is back?
Alger immediately thought of the special nature of the "Black Emperor" and the mausoleum that the "Mysterious Queen" had been looking for.

This made him forget yesterday's incident and his own identity crisis, and he asked carefully:

"He is resurrected? In the person of the 'Black Emperor'?"

Although he was asking the Hermit, Alger was looking forward to the answers from the other two, Mr. Fool, and...

"Yes, at noon yesterday, the 'Black Emperor' resurrected from the astral world, relying on the mausoleum he built during his lifetime and the order he established as an anchor."

At the end of the long table, the deep voice of "The World", which had been silent since the beginning of the party, came.

He immediately laughed and continued:
“In addition, yesterday’s vision represented two other things.

“The return of ‘gate’, and the emergence of ‘error’.

"In those short ten minutes, three gods were born one after another."

(End of this chapter)