The child of the "Original Witch" must be born female? Janna thought of the sequence name "Witch" and vaguely understood why this was the case.
Even when a God's offspring is born, it is impossible for them to be ordinary people. Maybe they can only be Sequence 9 or Sequence 8, right
"Okay." Janna agreed.
She felt at ease that she didn't have to separate from her companions for her first mission after joining the Tarot Club and could adventure on her own.
Ms. Judgment smiled back: "I will now briefly tell you about our Tarot Club..."
After Anthony Reid left Apartment 601, 3 White Coat Street, he felt sleepy from not sleeping the whole night.
As a "psychologist", his physical fitness has not improved much. Not only did he survive until dawn last night, but he was also seriously injured. He survived with the help of the blood-sucking obsidian broken arrow, but he also lost a lot of blood and became weak. Afterwards, he also experienced very physically demanding things such as running and fighting. Now he is naturally exhausted and wants to find a bed to lie down immediately.
At times like this, he was quite envious of the "Hunter". Lumian was only one level higher than him, and he had not slept yet either. He was the main force in the two battles, but he did not look tired at all. He was full of energy as if he could kill another Gardner Martin.
Anthony Reid forced himself to turn to the crowded street, entered a brown-gray house, and came to the corner of the third floor.
This is his safe house, an apartment that has been unused for a long time.
He felt that renting a room from a landlord or broker to use as a safe house was not so safe. As long as he came into contact with people, there was a risk of being betrayed or traced. He used his identity as an intelligence dealer to gain control of several apartments in the market area that were idle or abandoned for different reasons. If anything went wrong, he would randomly choose one to hide in without contacting anyone.
Anthony did not mind the dusty bed and moldy quilt. He fell down and soon fell into a deep sleep.
In the hazy and confused dream, he suddenly regained his sanity and recovered a certain degree of lucidity.
He saw the market avenue ahead, where a cafe was busy with people and doing good business.
Following a strange intuition that came from his heart, Anthony Reid walked past the big golden retriever squatting at the door of the cafe and came to booth D by the window.
There sat a lady in a light green and white dress. Anthony felt that he should have seen her face clearly, and even had a stunning impression of her, but he could not form a clear picture in his mind.
It's like he's taking in all this information, but his brain or "mental body" can't process it.
"Good morning, I'm Justice." The lady introduced herself in a soft voice with a hint of levity in her tone.
"Justice"... Anthony has heard from Lumian and Franca that the secret organization they belong to is called "Tarot Club". The members are code-named after different Tarot cards. Among them, the Major Arcana cards represent the core members, each of whom is a demigod, and the Minor Arcana cards belong to the peripheral members and belong to different Major Arcana cards.
And Justice is undoubtedly a Major Arcana card.
"Will you be my Major Arcana?" Anthony asked respectfully, sitting opposite him.
Justice smiled and said, "You can also choose to change one. Fate is not unchangeable."
"Of course, some beings don't think so."
The Major Arcana card on the opposite side was friendly enough, not putting any pressure on him, and even took the initiative to make jokes, which made Anthony's tense heart relax a lot.
He exhaled quietly and said, "I can draw the cards now."
As soon as he finished speaking, a stack of tarot cards appeared in front of him.
Anthony habitually picked one from the middle and turned it over on the table.
The Minor Arcana card shows a man with a sword, sitting under three hanging swords.
"Four of Swords"!
"You have put down your inner burden. The rest and accumulation now are for going further in the future. As a 'psychologist', this card is also telling you to always pay attention to your own heart. We may carry new burdens at any time, and we must know how to accept, accommodate and solve them." Ms. "Justice" "interpreted" the meaning of this minor Arcana card.
There was also a stack of tarot cards in front of her, but the number of cards was less than half of the previous stack.
She casually pulled out a card and placed it in the middle of the table.
That card depicts the goddess of justice sitting on a stone chair, holding a sword and scales.
The Major Arcana, Justice!
After pushing the "Justice" card to Anthony, the lady smiled and said, "You now have two tasks. One is to cooperate with the 'Two Holy Grails' to help her eliminate the 'Man in the Mirror' and investigate the problems of the Witch Cult. The second is to try to contact a secret organization called the 'Psychological Alchemy Society'..."
"Psychological Alchemy"... Anthony chewed on the name.
After explaining the mission, Justice asked, "Did they tell you which great being we are following and the details of the Tarot Club?"
"I only know that you follow a righteous god named 'The Fool' and use tarot cards as your code names after his name."
Tony said matter-of-factly.
Before he officially joined the Tarot Club, Lumian and Franca didn't say much.
Justice laughed and said, "Then please allow me to introduce you to our signpost and savior, the great Mr. Fool..."
There was a hint of joy in her tone.
After leaving the safe house in Lugano Toscano, Lumian took a carriage to the botanical garden, turned into the street with the same name as the cobblestone street in the market area, and entered the safe house that he had rented before.
He glanced at the little boy Ludwig who was sitting on the sofa and eating dessert, and sneered and said: "Even though you have escaped from the Church of Knowledge, you can't be so depraved. You only know!"
"A bad-tempered guy sent you a letter. It's in the bedroom." Ludwig changed the subject directly.
“A bad-tempered guy?” Lumian frowned slightly.
"Wearing a golden skirt... like a doll." Ludwig answered without even looking up. He paused to take a bite of the carrot cake that was said to be a specialty of the Kingdom of Loen.
The messenger of the Magician... Lumian asked in confusion: "Why is she angry with you?"
"I saw her and we had a fight," Ludwig said nonchalantly.
Just a fight? She didn't hang you up and beat you? Lumian muttered silently as he walked into the bedroom and picked up the letter paper folded into a square on the desk.
This letter is different from the previous one that gave the reward. It mainly answers the questions Lumian asked after he got the "0-01" information:
“This should be a hint from the Church of Knowledge: “If you can reach a high position, they are willing to provide certain assistance and even acquiesce to your taking the sealed object.”
"Of course, there are two prerequisites. First, you must be at least a Sequence 4 Saint, possess divinity, and be qualified to enter the chessboard. Second, you must be able to carry the Sealed Artifact without causing harm to the surrounding humans and environment.
“Without doing these two things, it is impossible for the Church of Knowledge to give clear support.
"Being a demigod and being above Sequence 5 is contradictory, so there may be a message hidden in it, which is to tell you that after you prove that you are capable of advancing to Sequence 4, before you actually perform the ceremony and take the potion, you should enter the 'City of Exile' Morola, get close to '0-01', leave a mark or accomplish something, and lay the foundation for mastering it when you step into a higher sequence.
“What exactly is going to be done, I can’t see yet.
"To put it simply, if you show and prove your potential, the Church of Knowledge is willing to support you and the Red Angel Medici in competing for the position of Red Priest. Are you surprised? Are you excited?"
Surprise? More like shock! Lumian had never really thought that he could become a true god before.
Although his faith is not that devout, he grew up in such a social environment after all, and he has not been in the world of mysticism for a long time, so he is unlikely to have the idea of "I can become a god, I want to become a god too."
Lumian had seen the terror and power of the "Red Angel" Medici in Trier in the Fourth Epoch.
The thought of becoming an enemy of such a being and competing for the position of the Red Priest instinctively made him feel that it was absurd and meaningless: "What is the essential difference between this and what Aurore joked during the fighting class: 'Okay, you have mastered the basic fighting skills, now you can go and kill gods'?"
As his thoughts raced, Lumian suddenly whispered to himself: "If I become a true god, can I resurrect Auror..."
After a moment of silence, he laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Gods can also fall, and I may not be able to be resurrected."
"Madame Magician mentioned that the betrayal curse of the Pride Armor came from the hatred and resentment of the gods before they fell... But according to the information she provided, the Pride Armor first appeared at the end of the previous all-out war in the northern continent. Did a true god fall at that time
"The ability of the 'Arrogant Armor' clearly belongs to the 'Warrior' path... ...The one who fell was the 'God of War'? But in the Feysac Empire, the Church of the God of War is still doing well. Uh, that's what the newspapers, magazines and businessmen say..."
Lumian thought for a long time but could not come to a conclusion. He turned his attention to the letter again: "In fact, I never thought of asking you to pursue the position of the Red Priest before. I just thought that you have the hope of becoming a high-sequence person since you have sealed the angel and your fate has changed. Now, you follow your inner thoughts, and our Tarot Club can also support you.
"In addition, there is one thing to note: "I went around Lundburg and asked several local scholars who are known for their extensive knowledge, and no one has ever heard of the 'City of Exile' Morola.
"In the eyes of ordinary people, and even lower-level clergy in the Church of Knowledge, this is a non-existent and unrecorded city."