Mystery: A Spark

Hmm? So, it seems there's a promotion ceremony on the Black Emperor card that requires a large population... The Prince of Order's promotion to Black Emperor would require a lot of people to build his mausoleum, could it be this...? After hearing the conversation between the Hanged Man and Arthur, Klein couldn't help but have a thought.

However, he did not reveal this news rashly.

Firstly, because he has just reunited with his family and, without being affected himself, does not want to be involved in troublesome matters that may involve angels.

Secondly, as far as he knew, the highest-ranking person currently in control of the legal profession was Nast Solomon, the King of the Five Seas, but this pirate king was only at Sequence Three, far from Sequence One.

Moreover, as the Hanged Man said, there are so many extraordinary sequences, and the corresponding promotion rituals are naturally all kinds of strange and unusual. These missing persons incidents are not necessarily related to the Black Emperor.

“That’s true, but you’ll need to investigate that carefully,” Arthur said with a light laugh.

Alger nodded silently; he had given up hope of hiding the fact that he came from the Church of Storms.

At least we have a direction for the investigation now, so we won't be at a loss for what to write in the report... Alger let out a soft sigh and didn't say anything more.

After he finished speaking, "The Sun" Derrick raised his hand and said:

"I want to know information about Redemption Rose."

"Redemption Rose? I've never heard of it. Why are you asking about it?" Alger asked, somewhat curiously.

Derrick replied:

"It's the temple we discovered during our exploration of Silver City that we mentioned before, the one with the real statue of the Creator God."

"Besides the statues, there were also many broken murals there, haunted by terrifying evil spirits. However, those evil spirits have been eliminated by the exploration team led by the two elders of the six-member council..."

"According to the elders, those murals depict prophecies of the end times and the 'fallen creator' saving believers, along with corresponding bloody sacrificial rituals..."

"Furthermore, in a corner of one of the murals, there are strange characters derived from the language of giants. After a rough deciphering, the elders believe that they mean:"

"Redemption Rose".

Derrick paused, gathered his thoughts, and then continued:

"This name may have been the code name of the original mural creator, or it may have been the name of the organization that built the temple and the city-state where it was located."

"According to the elders, these murals are at least a thousand years old. I mean a thousand years in your understanding, but I'm not entirely sure."

"After all, as you know, Silver City is shrouded in darkness all year round, so we don't have day and night in the usual sense. Instead, we use the periods with more and more frequent lightning as daytime and the periods with less and gentle lightning as nighttime. One cycle is one day. The four seasons only exist in books, so we can't grasp the specific number of days. Only the Chief can confirm it."

As Audrey listened, a question suddenly arose in her mind, and she asked:

"So, Little Sun, how do you determine the time for each Tarot session?"

“That’s right. Before each Tarot session begins, Mr. Fool informs me that I only need to be alone within a thousand heartbeats,” Derrick answered honestly.

Upon hearing this, a peculiar idea suddenly popped into Arthur's mind.

He stroked his chin and said:

“Little Sun, perhaps we can unify the time in Silver City with the outside world, which would make it much more convenient for you to attend the Tarot meetings each time.”

A unified time? Audrey paused for a moment, then suddenly realized and said:

"Mr. Chariot, do you mean to give our clocks to Little Sun so that Silver City's time will be the same as ours?"

“That’s right. This way, Little Sun won’t have to count his heartbeats every time, and Silver City can have a timekeeping device instead of relying on such a vague concept as whether lightning is frequent to get by,” Arthur chuckled.

"That's right, how come I didn't think of that? Mr. Chariot, you're so clever."

Audrey became quite interested in this ingenious idea. "Little Sun, what do you think of this method?"

Derrick asked, somewhat confused:

What is a clock?

"Uh, yes, it's a tool that makes it easy to calculate time. With it, you'll have a precise concept of time!" Audrey said enthusiastically.

Audrey showed great enthusiasm for giving Silver City, a city-state shrouded in darkness, an accurate concept of time from then on, because she felt she was doing something of extraordinary significance.

Arthur watched with a smile, without saying a word.

Although he was the one who initially proposed this idea, the one who actually carried it out was naturally the wealthy and powerful Miss Justice.

As expected, Audrey's opening remarks were full of extravagance:

"Little Sun, how many people are there in your Silver City?"

Good heavens, do you expect to give everyone a pocket watch? Klein was both amused and exasperated.

He strongly supports this, because it will make things much easier because he won't need to notify Little Sun in advance before holding a tarot reading.

But it's inconvenient for him to do this himself. After all, as a resurrected ancient god, he can't just give Little Sun a pocket watch like Miss Justice, can he?

"My fellow countryman is so clever. I never thought of that before..." Klein glanced at Arthur without saying a word.

“Ahem, Miss Justice, instead of just sending clocks, why don’t you tell Little Sun how to make them? Of course, we’ll still need a few pocket watches to keep track of the time here,” Arthur said with a light cough.

Audrey paused for a moment, then nodded and said:

"Yes, that's true. But making clocks is actually very difficult. It requires extremely fine craftsmanship. Little Sun, does Silver City have any people with this skill?"

Derrick opened his mouth, thought for a few seconds, and then said somewhat awkwardly:

“Miss Justice, our Silver City is a city-state that lives by fighting.”

He didn't answer Audrey's question directly, but everyone understood the meaning behind his words.

To put it bluntly, if it were the people of Silver City who were to open the monsters' skulls, they would be extremely skilled at it.

But when it comes to something as intricate as making clocks, well…

Of course, it's not to say that people in Baiyin City are really incapable of doing handicrafts; after all, they also need to wear clothes and eat.

However, relatively speaking, they are still better at simple and direct approaches.

Even when making tools, the ones they produce are the kind of clumsy, big, and crude things.

In Arthur's view, the style of Silver City was actually quite similar to the bear from his previous life, with everything based on durability and sturdiness.

"Hmm...it's alright. Craftsmanship can be learned gradually. I'll send you some pocket watches first, and then I'll also make a blueprint for making pocket watches," Audrey said with a smile after thinking for a moment.

“Well, thank you, Miss Justice. What kind of reward do you need?” Derrick said gratefully.

“Hmm, I remember that Silver City has a Sequence 7 with an audience pathway. You call them psychoanalysts there, right?” Audrey asked.

"Yes, Miss Justice, do you want the complete formula and ingredients for a psychoanalyst?"

“I don’t need the recipe. I need the Mirror Dragon’s eye and the fruit of the Elder Tree. If you can get them, I will give you a reward for those two materials. After all, pocket watches aren’t really worth much money,” Audrey said after thinking for a moment.

She now has a portion of the psychiatric formula that she obtained from Mr. Chariot.

As for the remaining auxiliary material recipes, Audrey planned to obtain them from the Psychological Alchemy Society.

Pocket watches are actually quite expensive, and Miss Justice doesn't treat money like money... Klein muttered to himself silently.

Back when he bought that gold pocket watch, it cost him a full four pounds.

After the topic of the Silver City incident came to an end, the focus of everyone's discussion returned to the murals in the Temple of True Creation.

However, it was clear that no one had heard of this name, which disappointed Derrick.

And just then, he heard Mr. Chariot speak:

"I know a little about this name, but I suggest you don't delve into it."

Derrick asked with some doubt:

"why?"

Arthur said with a serious expression:

"Because it is the name of an ancient organization, and many of its members are powerful beings you can't even imagine. Believe me, knowing too much will do you and Silver City no good."

He paused, allowing the others time to process this shocking news, before continuing:

"If you are worried about any accidents during your exploration of the temple, I have a way to ensure your safety to the greatest extent possible, but this will require Mr. Fool's help."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the figure shrouded in gray mist at the head of the bronze table, and the others looked over as well.

Klein said in a leisurely tone:

"can."

Although he readily agreed, he was actually quite unsure of himself; he only agreed to maintain his image.

Seeing Klein nod, Arthur said:

"My solution is to time it."

Chapter 160 Confronting Klein

Time limit?

After hearing Arthur's words, Derrick and the other members looked at each other in bewilderment.

Clearly, they didn't understand Arthur's meaning.

Except for Alger.

When he heard the words "time limit", he already vaguely understood the tank's idea.

And what Arthur said next confirmed his idea.

“Every Monday at 3 p.m. local time is when Mr. Fool holds his Tarot session.”

"Therefore, your Silver City team exploring that abandoned temple can enter the temple a certain extent earlier to explore its interior."

"In this way, if something strange happens inside the temple that puts you in trouble, you can come to the Tarot meeting for help in a relatively short time."

“And before that, the most important thing you need to do is to do everything you can to survive,” Arthur explained his thoughts to Derrick, the little sun.

The key to exploring this abandoned temple lies in breaking the time loop caused by the remaining Unorius power on the murals.

For Arthur, figuring out the solution process when he already knew the answer was not a difficult task.

Is that even possible? No wonder Mr. Chariot just said he wanted to unify the time between Silver City and the outside world. Could it be that he had already thought of these things back then...? Audrey couldn't help but show a surprised expression.

“But there’s a problem with doing this. If we do it too far in advance, they might get stuck in a difficult situation for a long time, or even suffer casualties or something worse,” Alger raised at this point.

He didn't specify what the more serious situation would be, because the answer was self-evident: total annihilation.

"That depends on the overall strength of their exploration team. If the team is strong enough, well-prepared, and the leader is reliable enough, I think they should be able to handle the situation and avoid serious losses," Arthur said, shrugging.

Alger nodded, then turned to Derrick and asked: