Mystery: When the Fool Meets the Masked Fool

Chapter 102 Xing Goes Back Updated Version
The place abandoned by God, Silver City.

There are three mainstream beliefs in Silver City now. There is an altar and two churches in the central area of ​​the city-state.

The altar belonged to Silver City's original faith, to the Lord who created all things, the omniscient and almighty God. The altar was simple, but it wasn't because Silver City didn't want to make it magnificent. Rather, the Lord's original oracle was, "No luxury is needed, sincerity is the key to success."

Unfortunately, the number of believers in Silver City's original faith is decreasing. Only the elderly and a small number of young people still persist in believing in this fallen Creator.

One of the two churches is a chapel built of stone. It has no gorgeous decoration and is only painted with a layer of amber paint.

In the center of the chapel stood a statue of the Amber King, a figure Colin had crafted based on a glimpse he had caught during the narrow passage of fate. As a demigod, while he had no prior experience in carving, hewing stone into the desired shape was no problem for him.

Most of the people who believe in the Amber King are members of the expedition team led by Colin and their families. They pray that they or their families can return safely after their explorations.

And finally, it was brought by Serris, the Church of the Fool's Mercy.

From the outside, it was just an unassuming wooden house. There were three large doors on the front. The first was nine meters high, built specifically for giants and Beyonders. The second was about three meters high, convenient for ordinary residents. Finally, there was a small door half a meter high, built as a passage because Charles couldn't push the first two doors.

Because Serris claimed to be the Angel of the Fool, the Fool, as the only one who sent angels to respond to the entire Silver City, also became the main belief of the Silver City.

Pushing through the door, one is greeted by a scene completely different from the exterior. It's not particularly luxurious, but rather filled with tables and chairs of various sizes, with wine barrels stacked against the wall. Silver City residents, regardless of their faith, can relax here.

At the deepest point of the church at the Mercy Tavern (crossed out), sits a solitary, faceless statue of Mr. Fool, seated on a bronze chair. Surrounding him are lifelike stone figures like a ball, a hula hoop, a salute, and a mask, all strung together by a stone ribbon. He holds a jug high, as if to drink with the people.

Although there were three faiths in Silver City, they coexisted harmoniously. This was because their doctrines did not conflict with one another, or rather, none of them had clear doctrines, only vague generalities.

Of course, if we talk about conflicts between believers, there are certainly some of them, but they mainly stem from a game played by the Mercy Church.

The most popular activity in the Church of Mercy is a card game. It is a card game based on the Tri-God faith created by Serris based on the existing beliefs of the City of Silver.

It's called "Three Gods Killing".

It is now selling like hotcakes in Silver City and sales are booming.

The restoration of the church is just around the corner.

Even Colin Iliad, the chief of the six-member council, sometimes comes here to play cards and relax.

Today, as usual, Colin was at Mercy Church to restore the church after finishing his patrol.

The door opened, and Derrick entered the church with ten boxes stacked in his hands.

"Your Excellency, Chief." Derrick called out to Colin loudly. He had to speak loudly because his voice would be drowned out in the noisy environment.

Colin placed the cards face down on the table, stood up, and walked over to Derrick.

After Colin left the table, the two people who were playing cards with him immediately turned over Colin's cards.

Don't blame us, Chief, but church disputes are always like this.

As soon as they opened it, the strong holy light instantly blurred their eyes.

"Quack! It's so powerful!" The two of them covered their eyes and screamed in unison.

Colin turned around and smiled. It was just a trivial trick that was not worthy of being shown on the stage. It was nothing special. I would definitely make you return with a crushing defeat.

"What's up, little sun?" Colin said to Derrick with a smile.

Ever since Serris called Derrick the Sun, everyone in Silver City started calling Derrick the Little Sun.

"It's like this. Mr. Devil brought me ten doses of the Happy Fate potion." The Sun Dalek held up the boxes folded together in his hands in front of Colin.

Then, Derrick explained to Colin what the fate potion was.

Colin lowered his head in thought, then shook his head helplessly. "Although the Amber King didn't forbid me from joining other churches, He saved me and my team. I'm not willing to abandon my faith."

It was indeed disrespectful to join two churches at once. So Colin himself probably wouldn't be able to enjoy the benefits of the three paths.

"Your Excellency, I don't think the Amber King would mind. This is all for the better protection of Silver City." Derrick wanted to persuade him.

"Of course He doesn't mind." Colin smiled and nodded. "But Little Sun, you have to remember. We can't abandon our bottom line. If I can't even stand firm in my own faith, then I don't want to talk about protecting others anymore."

"I've already betrayed the Lord once. This time, I will unwaveringly continue on the path of [Preservation]. Furthermore, as the Creator once said, one cannot chew too much. You should distribute these destiny potions to those who are more in need."

"I understand, Your Excellency." Derrick nodded and carried the box deeper into the church, arriving at the statue of Mr. Fool.

"Everyone!" Derrick raised his voice, drowning out the clamor in the church. "Is anyone willing to try this?"

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The place abandoned by gods, Moon City.

Gudako is distributing "lucky bags" to the residents of Tsukishiro.

"The New Year is coming soon, and I must draw the lucky bags during the New Year." This is what Gudako said.

She has smoked too many junk things, and they will just gather dust here, so she might as well give them to others.

The residents of Yuecheng raised their hands high and cheered over and over again with tears in their eyes.

"General, general."

The general’s kindness is not over yet!
When residents open the lucky bags, something will appear out of thin air.

Of course, it’s best to open the lucky bag on the spot, so that if you get something you don’t recognize, you can ask Gudako.

For example, the resident who just received the lucky bag and couldn't wait to open it, found a red bamboo scroll falling out. "What is this?" the resident asked Gudako.

"Oh, this is the Daisenroku," Gudako replied with a smile. "It's a Noble Phantasm that allows you to sacrifice part of your body, exchanging pain for power. For example, you could sacrifice a fingernail, or even a finger. Anything that can cause pain will do."

"Is that so?" the resident thought thoughtfully.

"Me, me, me!" Another man with a severely deformed body suddenly jumped out. He had more than a dozen hands and several eyes. "I want to trade with you."

What he drew was a box of food called "Beautiful Girl Flavored Instant Noodles".

"Sure." The two exchanged the items they drew. After all, food is more precious than weapons in Yuecheng.

The deformed man who got the Daqianlu rushed out of the city immediately and started picking his nails with a knife at the monsters outside.

For the residents of Moon City, pain was a common occurrence. The pain of having their fingernails picked out didn't even make them frown.

Watching his fingernails pierce the monster's head again and again, the deformed man cheered excitedly: "Haha, even if you beg me now, I won't let you go!"

The surrounding monsters fled immediately.

The residents of Yuecheng are becoming more and more brutal.

The man from Daqianlu immediately chased after him, holding a chandelier.

"Hahaha! Run away! Please me! Struggle to the end with all your might! Hahaha!"

"They are so energetic." Sitting on the back of Red Hare, looking at the lively residents of Moon City, Gudako felt filled with a sense of accomplishment.

"This is what it feels like to be a savior! Being admired is what a savior deserves, not being asked to prove you're a savior."

Humanity? You wouldn't even save a dog! Even if you come begging me now, I won't go back! Just let it die, you bastard!

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Kingdom of Loen, Tingen.

It was already afternoon when Xing left Old Neil's house.

She ignored the strange looks from the people around her and started running straight down the road. This was perfectly normal. After all, she had no physical limitations and could keep running.

Suddenly, she slammed on the brakes and stopped.

I don't know when the pedestrians disappeared.

Xing summoned his weapons vigilantly, with a hat on his head, a flame gun in his left hand, and a baseball bat in his right hand.

Damn it, is this an illusion? When!
The surrounding residential buildings began to recede, leaving a huge space.

From the darkness in the distance, two dazzling lights suddenly lit up, like the eyes of a giant dragon.

What is this? This oppressive feeling, could it be an ancient beast?
As a huge roar sounded, Xing finally saw who the enemy was.

It was a big truck, and the "dragon's eyes" were its high beams.

"I'm fucking you, turn on your high beams!" Xing spoke in beautiful pioneer language.

boom!
A huge engine roared, followed by a huge humming sound synthesized by machinery:
"Girl, it's time to go to another world!"

boom!
The truck rushed towards Xing rapidly, and Xing immediately blocked the flame gun in front of himself, forming a flame shield.

At the same time, use the bat to roll the hat around like hitting a baseball.

The hat collided with the truck.

There was a huge explosion, and thick smoke spread out, blocking Xing's vision.

"Autobots, transform!"

A huge Autobot suddenly jumped out from the smoke, did an elegant somersault and landed behind the Flame Gun Shield, grabbing the General Star in his hand.

Refined instantly!

Great Love Star, your journey ends here!

When Xing opened his eyes again, he found himself back on the train.

But the train was empty, not Pam, not Ji Zi, and not Uncle Yang.

She looked down and saw a screen.

Version update in progress, please wait.

Oh, it turned out that she was brought back to do the version update. She knew that after the version update, it would always have to be maintained and could not be put online for a period of time.

If she had told him earlier, she wouldn't have had to fight that battle.

Hehehe, Mimi, here I come.

A cute elf like you is born to be eaten by your mother!

Jie Jie Jie!

(End of this chapter)