Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 81 Spying
"There's actually a Fallen in Tingen?!"

Ince Zangwill arrived at Fang Castle in the small town of Ramde and took the skull from the coffin.

This eventually led to the formation of ancient vengeful spirits in this underground dark room.

Claire couldn't figure out why Ince Zangwill wanted to take the skull.

She guessed that Ince Zangwill had never imagined that after he took the skull, an ancient vengeful spirit would form in this underground chamber.

If he knew, he would never allow this ancient vengeful spirit to exist and expose his whereabouts.

Sharon saw Claire's expression change several times and asked, "What happened?"

"It's okay." Claire took a deep breath, suppressed all her emotions, and walked into the underground dark room.

Coming alone to the black coffin where all the evil had been driven away, Claire judged from the arrangement of the traces of iron nails on the coffin that this was an ancient ritual to prevent corpse transformation.

"They actually arranged this kind of sealing ceremony for a corpse with a spirit. This is simply not allowing the dead to be reborn..."

However, even if there is this ritual to seal the spirit, after the sealing ritual is broken, the spirit of an ordinary person is too weak to give birth to an ancient vengeful spirit like this.

"The deceased was a powerful Beyonder in his lifetime, at least above the Mid-Sequence level."

Claire examined the remains and discovered that the marks on the neck were relatively recent, having formed within the past three months.

"Within three months. Ince Zangwill arrived here within the last three months and took the deceased's skull."

Claire flipped through the pages carefully, not stopping until she was sure there were no other clues.

"This is a bit of a saga... Go back and file a report, and let the captain worry about it. Anyway, my troubles with digesting the potion have been mostly solved." Claire closed the coffin again before leaving.

In the crimson moonlight, bright lights were on in the captain's office of the Blackthorn Security Company.

"Ince Zangwill is actually in Tingen? He's been to Tingen at least within the past three months?"

Dunn, who had just finished handling a case and sat down, heard Claire's report, and his gray eyes became turbulent.

After a long pause, Dunn emphasized:
"This Fallen One is extremely dangerous. Low-Sequence Nighthawks like you should refrain from further investigation. I will send a telegram to the Holy Temple to report this situation."

Ince Zangwill, who had been on the Nighthawks' wanted list for many years, was indeed very dangerous.

Thinking of this, Claire responded sincerely, "Okay, Captain."

After coming out of Dunn's office, Claire was about to go to the data room to look up more information about the Fourth Epoch and the Trunsost Empire.

While walking in the underground corridor, Claire suddenly felt a violent vibration in the gray fog world!

This vibration is like the sky falling and the earth splitting apart!
Claire stood in a daze under the dim gaslight.

At this moment, her inspiration felt as if it was pierced by thousands of needles!
In the midst of this severe pain, she "saw" the towering palace above the gray fog collapsing inch by inch, and she "saw" the mottled bronze table shattering into several pieces.

Through the thick fog, she "glimpsed" a dazzling golden sun!

Claire's eyes rolled back at this moment, and her exploding headache made her slump against the cold wall.

When all the pain faded away, Claire stood up with the help of the wall, and her drowsy inspiration gradually returned to clarity.

"What happened in the Gray Mist World?"

Deep doubts made Claire's spirituality continue to diverge, causing her to passively enter a state of meditation.

Deep in her heart, the voice of "Fu Sheng Xuan Huang Tian Zun" seemed to be constantly whispering. Claire found that she could actually peek into the mysterious world of gray fog.

Claire felt that her current state was indescribably mysterious, as if the crack she had sneaked into the gray fog world had expanded due to some factors.

She saw the towering palace that was constantly being restored, the reappearing mottled bronze table, and the Fool sitting at the head of the table!
The figure of the Fool is shrouded in thick fog and cannot be seen clearly.

But Claire could see the Fool sitting upright in his seat. He raised his hand and materialized a black round-bellied fountain pen, writing on the parchment that had also materialized:
“1. Do not look directly at God.”

"2. Pure white angel."

What shocked Claire was that the Fool was writing these things in simplified Chinese characters!
Why would a fool use Chinese characters to record?

Could it be that the Fool is a time traveler like her and Roselle?
"Do not look directly at God!" This sentence is recorded in the scriptures of various sects, but why do fools emphasize this point?

Claire continued to memorize the words written by the Fool on the parchment at an extremely fast speed:
"3. Techniques for crafting the 'Sunfire Talisman'..."

"4. Extremely hostile to the Lord of Storms, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom."

"5. The complete recipe for the 'Singer' potion includes the following main ingredients: one crystal sunflower, the tail feather of an adult flint bird, or the tail feather of an arson bird, one Siren Stone, or one Singing Sunflower... The supplementary ingredients are one stalk of Midsummer Grass, five drops of July Wine, and one Elven Dark Leaf."

"6. The complete recipe for the 'Light Prayer' potion is based on the main ingredients, a piece of Radiant Stone or..."

"7. The complete formula for the 'Priest of Light' potion is..."

"8. The incomplete formula for Sequence 4 'No Darkness' potion is..."

The Fool looks just like a student in the study room reviewing and memorizing the "newly acquired knowledge".

"Fools are not gods..." Claire's suspicions were confirmed at this moment.

Claire watched as the Fool finished writing, holding the parchment in one hand, examining and pondering it. His other hand, resting on the bronze table, tapped its edge with his fingers. These were all subconscious movements made when thinking. Claire had a similar habit when studying.

Claire watched quietly until the Fool's figure disappeared.

Her spirit returned, and Claire emerged from the strange state of being watched. Suppressing her mixed emotions of joy and fear, she leaned against the wall and muttered:

"He didn't catch my eye."

……

On Monday at noon, Claire returned to Blackthorn Security Company after finishing her combat training with Gawain.

"Regarding the telegram about the Fallen being in Tingen...there's been no movement from the Temple."

After lunch, a flash of doubt flashed through Claire's mind, and she returned to the lounge to rest for a while.

Accustomed to sleeping in the holy coffin that blocked out whispers, Claire could only sleep lightly while lying on the bed in the lounge.

In a daze, Claire heard "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun" again.

Claire woke up instantly.

That mysterious perspective descended upon Claire once again.

Through the layers of thick fog, Claire saw the Fool in the gray fog world raise his hand and connect with a crimson star.

A young man appeared at the seat at the long bronze table.

It is on the same side as the seats of the "Queen" and the "Hanged Man", in the middle and upper part of the entire long bronze table.

Is this... The Fool recruiting new members?
In her confusion, Claire heard the Fool say in Giant: "'Sun', we meet again."

"sun"!
It seems this is the code name of the new member.

The boy responded in the same giant language: "You are a fool who keeps his word."

The Fool smiled and said, "The other members will need to wait for a while. Let me confirm something with you first."

But the Fool's words made Claire hear two overlapping voices at the same time.

One is the Loen language uttered by the Fool himself.

One is the giant language coming from the gray fog in front of the Fool.

Claire understood: "The mysterious power of the gray fog world has translated the fool's Loenese into Giant language."

The boy asked, "What's the matter?"

This time, the boy's Giant language also turned into Loen after passing through the gray fog.

Was the Fool himself using the power of the Gray Mist World to translate? Perhaps it was to facilitate communication between the new boy and the other Tarot Club members.

In other words, Giant is the common language of the boy, and the boy does not speak Loen.

There is no country that uses Giant as its common language.

Where did the fool get such a young man from?
In the gray fog world, the Fool said calmly:

"I allow you to recite my name and remember the following titles."

"The Fool who does not belong to this era, the mysterious master above the gray fog, the King of Yellow and Black who controls good luck."

"Every time you return to the City of Silver from here, you will need to recite my name in a brief ritual... I will notify you in advance of future gatherings. You don't need to worry about it or avoid others. Once I tell you, just be alone within a thousand heartbeats."

The City of Silver? What kind of place is this? Thinking of the giant language the boy spoke, Claire couldn't help but wonder, "Is it some hidden place?"

Then, the Fool briefly introduced the Tarot Club to the boy.

After the introductions, Claire saw the Fool take out a silver pocket watch.

The fool clicked the button expertly to check the time.

The pointer pointed to three o'clock.

The Fool raised his hand and connected the crimson stars in the gray fog.

At the same time, Claire felt the gray fog world pulling at her consciousness.

Accept this pull.

When she opened her eyes again, Claire saw the figures of the Tarot Club members sitting in their respective seats.

Moreover, there was one more person on the opposite side.

"sun".

(End of this chapter)