Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1037 Sneaking into Silver City

From Sun Derrick's many descriptions at the Tarot Club, Klein already knew the approximate size of the City of Silver and the shape of its most distinctive twin towers. He just didn't know the exact location of the city. Even with Sefirah Castle divination, it took him nearly a week to get near it.

"Silver City is about the same distance away from the Giant King's Court, which means that the abandoned village where I entered the God-Forsaken Land might be not far from the Giant King's Court... This is consistent with the situation when Angel's poison needle dropped after hunting the black-striped shadow giant scorpion was picked up by the Silver City team exploring Afternoon Town...

"The dome belongs to the 'Six-Man Council', which keeps important magical items, formulas, and materials. There is also a dungeon below... The spire is the Silver City's library and the place where supplies are collected and traded. Most of the supplies that the Tarot Club exchanges from the God-Forsaken Land come from there...

"The head of the six-member council is Colin Iliad, a warrior saint. I heard from Derrick that he is likely to be promoted to Sequence 3 soon. With his many years of experience fighting in the God-Forsaken Land, combined with the geographical advantages and the cooperation with other council members, I may not be able to defeat him...

"Another person to watch out for is the elder in the council named Lovia Tiffany. She is a 'shepherd' and has apparently believed in the 'True Creator' during a certain external exploration of the City of Silver. She is a hidden lunatic, and that evil god is looking for the Fool, looking for me...

"Finally, Amon's clone sneaked into this lonely city and used Derrick to detect the movements of Sefirah Castle and me. Given His character, it is impossible that He only has this one clone lurking. There must be other spies in the city..."

Thoughts flashed through Klein's mind. He was cautious and did not approach the Silver City that appeared on the horizon. It was actually still a long way away. Instead, he followed his previous idea and found a sheltered place. He lit the real lantern and rested for a while under the protection of the faint light to restore his spirituality. Then, under the cover of the secret dolls, he took four steps back and came to the top of the gray fog.

Among the crimson stars in the sky, he quickly found the one that belonged to the "sun", wrapped it with his thoughts, transmitted the sounds and images that belonged to the "world", and let them descend directly into Derrick's brain.

……

In the City of Silver, at Derrick Berg's home.

This young man, who was not yet an adult but already possessed the strength of a Sequence 5 "Priest of Light" and had become one of the main combat forces of Silver City, was maintaining his weapon under the dim light as usual.

On the surface, he looked very calm, as if he was just going through a routine task, but inwardly he had been expecting something for a few days and had been in a state of excitement.

Because at the Tarot meeting on Monday, he learned that Mr. "World" had come to the "God-forsaken Land"!

Not only did this make him excited to meet this "teammate" who had helped him a lot but whom he had never met in real life, it also gave him, and even the entire City of Silver, a glimmer of hope:

Since Mr. World could come here from the outside world, did that mean they could also go out through that passage? To another world where they didn't have to fear darkness and monsters, had enough food, and didn't have to endure the curse of parricide?
It’s a pity that he asked me to wait quietly and not to rush to tell the Chief… Thinking of this, Derrick’s excitement was relieved by a large amount. He hurriedly put away the weapons and equipment that he had maintained, and came to the fire to bake mushroom bread.

This is one of the changes that the "world" has brought to Silver City. Different from the black-faced grass, this is a mushroom that can be squeezed into milk or ground into bread!
After wolfing down the soft bread, Derrick sighed with a sense of unsatisfaction.

"It's a pity that the production of mushrooms is too small, especially the kind that can be made into bread. Each person can only get enough to eat for one or two days a week. The rest still depends on black-faced grass and those non-toxic monster corpses... When can we eat mushroom bread to our heart's content..."

He muttered, fetched a broken clay pot, drank today's portion of mushroom milk, and felt the sweet taste with a hint of fishiness lingering in his mouth. Just as he was about to go out for tonight's patrol, a gray fog suddenly appeared in front of him.

It's Mr. World!
Derrick stood up straight abruptly, listening carefully to what the other party said through Mr. Fool. After a moment, he picked up his weapon, extinguished the fire, and strode out of the room.

Keeping in mind the instructions of the "world", he first came to the tower in the north of the city, received some daily necessities from the tower on the spire, and spent a long time picking and choosing among a pile of materials that needed to be exchanged for contributions before he walked away. When he passed by the dome tower belonging to the "Six-Man Council", he seemed to remember something and walked into the tower.

After sharing the Fool's beliefs with the Chief, he had gone here quite often, either on his own initiative or by summons, so this action did not attract much attention.

After a brief interrogation and leaving his weapons behind, Derrick came to the chief's room at the top of the tower and met the "demon hunter" Colin Iliad with gray hair and scars on his face.

"Your Excellency, I have something to report."

He said briefly, then looked into the other's light blue eyes.

In the more than one year since he joined the Tarot Club, what he learned the most was that there is more to words than words, and that one should not say everything directly but rely on the other person to understand.

Especially when there is a high possibility that there is a clone of "Blasphemer" Amon in the City of Silver.

Sure enough, Colin nodded without any hesitation and said:

"You can just say it directly." He meant that he would not be monitored by outsiders now... After being trained by The Hanged Man, Derrick instantly understood what the other party meant and continued:
"A person who has good intentions towards Silver City has come to the vicinity of the city... He comes from the outside world, the world with the sun and the sea!"

In an instant, he heard the Chief's breathing become heavy.

After a moment, Colin asked in a low voice:
"The one who provided those powerful spells?"

That's Miss Queen, maybe Mr. World's...lover... Derrick was stunned for a moment and shook his head:

"It's another one, but with the same faith."

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"Little Sun is very good now, thanks to the good teaching of The Hanged Man and I... If you chant The Fool randomly in Silver City, it might attract the attention of Amon's clone..."

Above the gray fog, Klein, who had been using Derrick as an anchor to observe the surrounding situation, no longer paid attention to the excited chief asking about the "newcomer". Instead, he cast his eyes around, focusing on the outskirts of Silver City far away from the Twin Towers, scanning every Silver City resident who was resting or working, looking for signs of being parasitized by Amon.

Not long after, Klein took a deep breath and returned his gaze to the Chief and Derrick.

He has found three "Amons"!
“I don’t know how much more there is in the dark. According to Pales, “He” can even parasitize insects and bacteria. Of course, this kind of clone is difficult to observe the outside world, so it is meaningless and can only be used as a ‘backup’... I haven’t met Amon during this period of time, and I thought “He” was no longer waiting in the God-Forsaken Land. I didn’t expect that he was waiting for me in the City of Silver…”

Smacking his lips in the gray fog, Klein observed the positions of the Amons and confirmed that they were not near the main gate of Silver City and were some distance away from the twin towers where demigods were stationed. Only then did he feel relieved.

"Proceed as planned, but still be careful..."

He muttered as he left the gray fog and returned to the desolate land where the lightning had almost stopped and was plunged into complete darkness. He "dismissed" all the remaining puppets, erasing all traces, and came alone to a location slightly closer to the City of Silver.

Then, he pulled out the "German Sparrow" from a few minutes ago from the gap in history, and then he himself dived into the fog of history, hiding in a historical fragment that only he knew clearly.

At the same time, the historical image in reality regained consciousness. He held the equally fake lantern in one hand, pressed the top hat on his head with the other, and walked quickly towards the Silver City.

After advancing for a distance at a fast pace, Klein stopped in the shadow of a boulder and waited for a moment. Five tall figures holding animal-skin lanterns and looking around vigilantly appeared on the other side of the stone.

"As Derrick said, an expedition team will return to the city now..."

Klein nodded secretly. His body was concealed by the "illusion" and he approached the team from behind. At the same time, his height and body shape changed, and he soon became the same as the last member of the team.

The "six-man" team quickly passed through the city gate, underwent a brief inspection, and then disbanded to return home. The figure that Klein transformed into stepped onto the main road of the city, observing the situation around him under the dim light of the lanterns hanging on the stone pillars on both sides.

They were all over 1 meters tall... Derrick said that this was still considered underage. If I didn't change my height here, people would immediately notice something was wrong... He looked around with tiny movements, having a brand new experience of coming to a new world.

This was the first inhabited city-state he encountered in the "Land Forsaken by God" and the first group of living people he saw!
The difference from those ruined cities is too big... There are at least several thousand people here, and they have a complete living and working order. It is not far from the Giant King's Court. If someone in the "God-Forsaken Land" can find a way to leave on their own, it is very likely that they came from this city... Of course, my infiltration is a special case. In the "God-Forsaken Land", even Sequence 4 monsters are extremely rare, let alone the "Ancient Scholars" who are good at hiding. Moreover, they have a "God-level", that is, a "0" level seal to protect the city, so they are not afraid of ordinary saints...

As he paced, Klein came to the twin towers in the north of the city. He wanted to see if he could sneak into the library inside the spire to view the city's collection of books, but he found that "Sun" Derrick had already walked out of the dome tower with the fully armed "Chief" Colin Iliad.

They should be waiting for me. Should I go up and say hello?

Klein was thinking, and his eyes suddenly focused.

At the narrow window on top of the tower, he saw the woman with thick silver-gray curly hair and beautiful eyes and eyebrows.

She is the believer of the "True Creator", Lovia Tiffany!
(End of this chapter)