Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 716 Fear
Isn't the mausoleum of Emperor Roselle in the suburbs of Trier in Intis? I went there to travel... to submit a manuscript, and I also visited it...

The Magician Fors straightened up and looked curiously at the Hermit Cattleya beside him, with doubts rising in his heart.

She knew that this Tarot Club member was connected to the Great Emperor's eldest daughter, the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette, who was still alive. The diaries that she had actively contributed these times were probably provided by the other party. Therefore, she was not curious about whether the issue of the "Hermit" was closely related to Roselle.

But what about the mausoleum?

Fors glanced at the other members secretly and found that they all showed undisguised curiosity.

Angel knew more and earlier. On the day of the Pirate Conference, Anne mentioned that she was "continuing" to search for the tomb of Emperor Roselle. Based on the previous and subsequent sentences, it can be judged that Bernadette was also involved in this matter, but she had left for a while recently due to some reasons.

So, their search failed, and they wanted to break the deadlock through Mr. Fool?

Thinking of this, she carefully cast her gaze towards The Fool sitting at the head of the long table, and the other members did the same.

Using the gray fog to block out those burning gazes, Klein smiled helplessly and looked at the pages of the diary in his hand.

It contains information about the mysterious leader of the "Twilight Hermits", their discussion on the "trend of the times", the pollution of the abyss, and a travelogue of the small town of Bemang in Intis...

The only thing missing is any content related to "mausoleum".

Of course I could answer that I don’t know, or make some excuses to get away with it. After all, I have said before that The Fool is not omniscient and omnipotent. But getting stuck here feels a bit uncool, and makes people feel a little unwilling... His thoughts were working quickly, his eyes casually sweeping over the "blasphemy cards" on the table, and then returning to the "Black Emperor" card.

Roselle's madness and despair in his later years, his eagerness to become a god, listening to Mr. "Gate" explain the decision of the Fourth Epoch "Blood Emperor" Alistair Tudor to jump to another path, "that" mausoleum... The memories in Klein's mind kept emerging and combining, and he came up with an answer that surprised him, but not so unexpected.

When Emperor Roselle attempted to become a god in his later years, he decided to jump from Sequence 1, "Knowledge Emperor", of "Secret Peeper", to a non-adjacent path, Sequence 0, "Black Emperor", of "Lawyer"!
They are both emperors, but the difference is huge. According to the information I know, the consequences will be at least madness, and they may even die on the spot... However, this may also be part of his plan. After all, the deification ceremony of the "Black Emperor" has an extremely special effect...

After quickly choosing his words, Klein the Fool laughed deeply and replied:

"If what she wants to ask is the mausoleum that Roselle prepared before he became a god, then this question is also one of the answers I am trying to find while collecting diaries. He went to the starry sky, stepped into the abyss, and reached the end of the world. The key mausoleum could be anywhere."

After politely saying "I don't know yet", he immediately followed up with:
"Since we are talking about this, I think there are some 'common sense' that you should also know, such as the key to becoming the 'Black Emperor'."

Black Emperor!
Most of the members present have seen the "blasphemous card" next to the "Fool" and understand that this word means the end of a path and means the true god.

Including the Hermit Cattleya, no one cared about Roselle’s mausoleum anymore. Everyone waited with bated breath for the Fool’s explanation.

Seeing that everyone was successfully attracted by the extra topic, Klein smiled triumphantly and continued:
"I mentioned before that for some reason, in his later years, Roselle tried to advance to Sequence 0 and become a true god. The 'Black Emperor' he chose demanded to have his own country, become a true 'Emperor', establish a unique set of order and rules, and on top of that, build nine mausoleums and take a magic potion during a national sacrificial ceremony.

"Once he succeeds in ascending, the 'Black Emperor' will not truly die until all nine mausoleums are destroyed. Even if he perishes, he can return in one of the mausoleums."

The brief introduction caused all the Tarot Club members to remain silent for a while, and there was only deathly silence around the long bronze table.

Angel's heart was a bit complicated. She had already read the contents of the "Witch" and "Red Priest" cards and knew the two ceremonies of becoming a god. When she heard about the "Black Emperor" ceremony, she was much less shocked than the other members.

But she still felt sorry for the efforts made in his later years by her predecessor, the time traveler Emperor Roselle, whom she had never met.

After all, looking back from now more than a hundred years later, the final attempt of this "Caesar the Great" was obviously a failure. Otherwise, even if he was assassinated, he should have returned to reality from a mausoleum and appeared in the eyes of the world again.

What the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette is pursuing might just be the silhouette of her father in her memory... Thinking of this, she looked at the other Tarot Club members and found that although everyone had different reactions, they all thought of this point soon, and a somewhat negative atmosphere surrounded everyone.

"Bang bang."

Klein the Fool tapped the table lightly, extremely satisfied with everyone's reactions.

Not only did it evade the question of "I don't know", but it also aroused the curiosity of the "Mysterious Queen". She would definitely provide more diaries to try to find out where the mausoleum is... However, the fact that she asked this question means that most of the nine mausoleums, or even eight of them, have been destroyed. Was it done by the "Eternal Sun" and the "God of Steam and Machinery" churches that were preaching in Intis at the time?
Besides the Orthodox Church, are there any other organizations that can destroy all the mausoleums of an emperor? It can't be that a few overconfident demigods sacrificed themselves to destroy the Black Emperor's ritual, causing him to perish on the spot. That's a plot that even third-rate novels wouldn't write... Muttering, Klein whispered:

"You guys go ahead."

After a brief silence, everyone tacitly skipped this exciting topic that also made people worry about whether they "knew too much" and entered the transaction and communication session of the Tarot Club.

As everyone's sequences improved and their promotion speed slowed down, the transactions within the Tarot Club had shifted from Beyonder traits, potion formulas, and materials to transactions of "information."

The "World" commissioned the "Magician" to find the coordinates of the city of Kallond in the Abraham family, which was one of his options for hunting the "Spirit World Predators".

The "Hanged Man" apologized to the "World" and asked him to wait for the "Craftsman" because the latter was infected with a strange disease, which delayed the production of the magical items, resulting in the postponement of a series of subsequent deliveries.

"I'm already on my way to his place of residence. I will visit him in person, solve any 'problems' he has, and ensure the delivery of the magical item on time." Seeing that "The World" was obviously dissatisfied, "The Hanged Man" Alger quickly added.

This wasn't a perfunctory move on his part, but there really was something wrong with the "craftsman". Because of this, he even didn't attend the Pirate Conference a few days ago. His mind was filled with the nightmare scene of the "world" Gehrman Sparrow teleporting to his ship and shooting him in the head.

Thinking of the Pirate Conference, Alger spoke up:
"I heard that last week, 'King of the Five Seas' Nast invited all pirate kings and generals, as well as famous pirates active in the Five Seas, to hold a grand party."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze towards the two female members, "The Queen" and "The Hermit".

"Golden Queen" and "Admiral of the Stars" are both on Nast's invitation list!

“Unfortunately, the event ended in a dismal failure. The ‘Rose School’ contaminated the food and wine prepared in advance, turning most of the pirates who landed on the shore into sacrifices for a bloody sacrifice, and summoned some kind of terrifying monster. It, no, it is very likely that He is a Sequence 2…”

The "Hermit" recounted what happened that day, as well as some of the findings from subsequent investigations, causing silence to fall once again at the long bronze table.

Fortunately, I missed this year's Pirate Conference because of the matter of the craftsman Sharf, otherwise I would most likely be on the death list. Even if I managed to escape, my men would suffer heavy casualties, and I might even lose the church's important assets, the "Blue Avenger"... Alger was filled with both relief and fear at the moment. At the same time, he looked at Miss "Queen" with a hint of fear, the "Golden Queen" who had recently become famous.

According to the description of the "Hermit", in this battle against the black giant hand summoned by the "Rose School", even the "King of the Five Seas" Nast and the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette could only assist in the battle, and the main force was the "Golden Queen" and her ghost ship!
Surpassing the King of the Five Seas and being able to fight against the Rose School angels, wouldn't that mean he had reached Sequence 2... No, most of the fighting power should be on that terrifying ghost ship, but which pirate king wouldn't be? At least the Queen could already be on par with them. No wonder the church only issued a bounty and didn't bother to capture her. Apart from His Excellency the Sea King, who else could defeat her at sea... The more Alger thought about it, the more frightened he became. He was extremely glad that he had pulled her and the World into his small group before she became a demigod.

"Justice" Audrey also looked at the "Queen" beside her in surprise. She couldn't imagine that the woman who was so soft at the charity dinner, who seemed to fall down with a push, and who seemed a little confused in the work of the student aid fund and occasionally asked her for help, could actually confront the angel head-on...

And I actually took a photo with her!
Audrey felt a little excited and couldn't help but take a deep breath. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly heard the Queen beside her say in a calm tone:

"Those giant black hands come from the leader of the Rose School, Sua. He is a Sequence 1 Divine Evil."

Angel, who was somewhat absent-minded, was considering whether to make the "Iron Knight" feature into a magical item. After she casually added a sentence to the "Hermit's" narration, she suddenly found that the gazes of the Tarot Club members towards her contained some unfamiliar emotions.

That's fear.

(End of this chapter)