Mystery: The Ultimate Tarot

Chapter 332 The Messenger Payne and Mr. Z's Plea for Help

Raphael not only gave Wagner, the first member of the Aurora Society to follow him, the "Rose Bishop" trait, but also gave Moore and Keco, who later followed him, the opportunity to advance to Sequence 7.

In addition, it is planned to give those "low-ranking" subordinates one opportunity to be promoted to rank 7 and three opportunities to be promoted to rank 8.

With one Sequence 6 subordinate and three Sequence 7 subordinates, Mr. A finally began to resemble a divine messenger. The Aurora Society's power in Backlund had also largely recovered.

At the same time, Raphael also planned to give his former subordinate, Carter, the extraordinary traits of "arsonist" and potion recipes. Now Raphael had a lot of traits from the "Mystic" and "Hunter" pathways, so of course he wanted to use them as soon as possible.

Since Raphael intended for Wagner to preside over the Aurora Society's "low-sequence" gatherings, the work of preparing for the high-level gatherings would be left to Moore.

After arranging this matter, Raphael began to consider the issue of Triss.

Raphael has had an idea over the past few days, but he needs to discuss it with Vice President Freddy. Raphael plans to write another letter to the Vice President, and if he still can't reach him, he will directly contact the leader of "Redemption Rose," "Angel of Fate," Urolius.

This is a privilege Raphael has as a member of the "Redemption Rose," allowing him to directly contact his superior's superior.

Just as Raphael was about to summon the messenger, the messenger Payne suddenly emerged from the spirit world and delivered a letter to Raphael.

Raphael glanced at the envelope and saw that it was a letter from Mr. Z, who was in charge of affairs in Enmat Port for the Aurora Society.

Raphael then looked at the messenger Payne: "Can you sense Freddy's presence now?"

When Raphael contacted the vice president, the letter was already written. The messenger Payne took the letter into the spirit world, but he returned shortly afterward because he couldn't find the recipient!

Raphael summoned Freddy's messenger again to try, but the letter was returned shortly afterward.

Considering that the now-dead Deputy Director of MI9, De Winter, had said that Freddy had encountered some trouble in Saint Milon, the capital of the Fussac Empire, Raphael estimated that this "trouble" must be quite serious.

But that's not something he needs to worry about. As a divine messenger, having to worry about the work of a saint is already like using a donkey as a horse. Even if they used him as an elephant, they couldn't possibly care about the safety of the vice president.

Payne sensed for a moment before shaking his head: "I still can't sense the other person's location, but it seems like he's not dead."

Raphael nodded: "Okay."

After saying that, he took Mr. Z's letter and sat down behind his desk. Just as he was about to open the letter, he noticed that the messenger was still there: "Is there anything else?"

"I do need your help with something," Payne said. "Recently, I've been thinking about some things—to be precise, since the last time I helped you in that fight."

"Now I need a fresh corpse, the corpse of the Elder of Filth," a corpse whose extraordinary properties have not yet been released.

"The Elder of Foul Language" is Sequence 2 of the "Hanged Man" pathway.

Raphael smiled somewhat helplessly: "I'm just a Sequence 5."

"I know," Payne said. "I just wanted to talk to you about this beforehand. When you are capable of killing an angel, please do me this favor."

"If I can get this corpse, I will fight for you for free from now on."

Raphael looked at Payne for a moment before asking, "Could you tell me what you remembered?"

"Those memories are all very blurry." Payne rubbed his forehead, as if trying to awaken those memories: "I only remember that I am actually very special, and this state of being neither dead nor alive seems to be something I designed beforehand."

"But the moment I regain this part of my memory, I can try to get promoted."

"The method of advancement is another special one. I don't need rituals or potions, but I do need the corpse of an Elder of the Filthy Words with complete characteristics."

Raphael frowned. Payne's memories were indeed strange, and they were even part of his previous design!

So in his lifetime—or rather, in the distant past—he was certainly not an ordinary “Triad Church”.

Raphael then asked, "Do you remember what you saw or heard that restored your memory?"

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At that time, the ancient beings, mainly the "Mother Tree of Desire," projected their power onto the battlefield. Could it be that Pain was influenced by one of them and thus regained some of his memories?

In that case, it's possible that this guy was a chosen one sent to Earth by an Outer God in the distant past.

Payne thought about it seriously for a moment before saying with some helplessness, "I don't know."

Raphael didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, "I can't grant your request right now, because it might involve Outer Gods—"

"Outer Gods?" Payne's expression turned serious. "I shouldn't have any connection with them, because I can feel my own aversion to Outer Gods. I don't know why I have this feeling, or even understand the specific meaning of Outer Gods, but I just have this feeling."

Raphael paused for a moment, then realized that besides the power of the Outer God's descent, he had also used the "Cursed Crystal," a magical item that contained the curse of the "Ancient Sun God"!

Raphael took a serious look at Payne. He seriously suspected that this guy might be one of the ancient gods who had been killed by the "Ancient Sun God" before.

In that case, helping out wouldn't be a problem.

However, lacking the ability to judge the whole situation, Raphael did not immediately agree: "If in the future I find that you are someone worth helping, I will definitely help you."

Before Payne could say anything, Raphael said frankly, "I'm sorry, I can't agree to that right away."

"Because of some of my unique characteristics, I am easily observed by external gods, and I can't distinguish which of the people around me have problems and which don't."

Payne hummed in agreement: "I understand."

He paused for a moment, then said, "It's enough that you're willing to help me. I don't know who else to ask for help besides you."

Raphael smiled to himself: Indeed, a sincere attitude is worth more than a thousand words.

He just used the ability to "control desires" to make his emotions appear very genuine.

It's not that Raphael fabricated anything in this matter, but rather that he found that after his promotion, while he could control his emotions and desires, they also became quite uncontrollable.

In other words, Raphael would naturally express his emotions and desires in response to the things that happened to him.

But now this natural process of expression seems to have been suddenly amplified or "negated" or "degraded".

For example, in the past, eating delicious food would make him happy, but now, when he eats the same delicious food, his emotions are completely uncontrollable. He might laugh with joy; or he might look gloomy, feeling that there shouldn't be any delicious food in such a dark environment as Backlund; or he might give the chef a sinister look, feeling that the chef had just fooled him before and hadn't cooked properly, and that such delicious food was only being made for him now.

Even Raphael himself felt it was out of control, so he had no choice but to take control himself, using the right emotions at the right time.

Raphael felt that this was a drawback of the "dual path" approach. When his traits reached a certain balance, he looked almost like a normal extraordinary being. However, when this balance was broken, even if his own condition was not bad, his emotional changes were not like those of a normal human being at all.

The approximate balance point is that the sequence of the "Prisoner" pathway is one sequence higher than that of the "Demon" pathway.

This time, Raphael decided to advance ahead of schedule because the digestion process of the "Demon" potion went too smoothly and Raphael needed to improve his strength. Otherwise, he would have waited until the "Wraith" potion was also digested before advancing together.

Fortunately, the "Apostle of Desire" has the ability to control his emotions, which makes Raphael appear relatively normal most of the time.

After seeing Payne off, Raphael opened Mr. Z's letter.

This is a letter seeking help; Mr. Z has received a threat from an extraordinary being from the Fussac Empire.

The navy of the Kingdom of Rune and the navy of the Fusak Empire frequently clashed in the waters around the port of Enmat. Although the Fusak navy failed to completely blockade the port of Enmat, the port was essentially unable to conduct normal trade, as ships entering and leaving the port had a high probability of being sunk by the Fusak navy, and the Rune navy was now unable to provide the necessary escort.

About two months ago, Fussack's agents began infiltrating the port city. While carrying out sabotage, they also actively recruited local wild extraordinary individuals and members of various secret organizations.

Because Enmat Port is the largest port in Rune, most clandestine organizations will place a "middle-ranking" member here.

Many members of secret organizations were either bribed or threatened and forced to join the Fussac Empire's camp.

Recently, Mr. Z has also been threatened. He is unwilling to join the other party not because he has any patriotic feelings, but because the other party has not agreed to his plan to bring the "true creator" to Port Enmat.

However, if they refuse to be recruited because of this, they may be assassinated. Therefore, Mr. Z asked whether they should temporarily evacuate from Port Enmat.

Raphael put down the letter and said that this was the first messenger of the gods to contact him after he took charge of the Aurora Society's work in the Ruen and Roside Islands.

Previously, Vice President Freddy had informed the other divine messengers of Raphael's new appointment. The divine messengers symbolically wrote a letter to Raphael, roughly explaining their situation, and then there was no further contact.

Raphael knew very well that they were actually somewhat resentful, especially those few Sequence 5 level divine messengers, who felt that they had done better than Raphael.

Now that a divine messenger has finally come to our aid, we must handle this matter with utmost care, resolving the problem while also serving as a deterrent.