Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 800: "Amon" Phobia
"The Blasphemer" Amon, the "King of Angels" who existed for several epochs in legend!
Everyone held their breath when they heard Mr. World's words.

"Sun" Derrick, who had seen Amon's clone with his own eyes, had the illusion that the figure wearing a pointed hat and a monocle in his right eye was hidden in the surrounding mist. He kept looking back, and his movements were so big that the "Hanged Man" and "Moon" beside him felt a little uncomfortable.

After a moment, Audrey's hesitant words came out:
"Him, I mean His incarnation, what is the purpose of coming to this city?"

Surprised, she even forgot to use words to cover up the fact that she was also in Backlund, although most members already knew it.

The same question lingered in the minds of others, including Alger and Cattleya who were far away overseas, and even Derrick who was in the God-Forsaken Land. They all turned their eyes to the shocking "world".

"It's the 'clones'. Amon's ability allows him to split into countless clones that are at least Sequence 4, and possibly even Sequence 2. Once these clones obtain additional Beyonder characteristics, the Beyonder characteristics of the 'thief' can continue to split and parasitize humans or various animals. Therefore, the number may be far beyond your imagination."

"This is like a plague, a plague called 'Amon'."

"Magician," Fors murmured, feeling half happy for hearing about a bizarre incident that could be used as writing material, and half fear from the perspective of mysticism.

"As for their purpose of coming to Backlund," Klein continued after Fors sighed, "the main purpose is to find Beyonders and magical items of the 'Thief' path in order to absorb their Beyonder characteristics. Secondly, it may be related to the current situation in the world. After all, "He" is the brother of that person."

He did not intend to tell others about Amon's attempt to find the Fool's followers. The other party claimed to be looking for followers, but in fact they were mainly looking for the Fool himself who destroyed Amon's clone in the God-Forsaken Land. In addition, if the Tarot Club members who should not know about this knew about Amon's whereabouts, it might cause a change in fate and be discovered by the "Angel King" who could glimpse fate.

The less you know, the safer you are, except for those of us who have already been trapped... Klein said in his heart after glancing at the thoughtful "Queen" Angel and the "Star" Leonard who was shaking his head and observing the other members.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the other members were visibly relieved and their bodies relaxed.

It turns out that the target is those magical items and the Beyonders of the same path, not us... Audrey stuck out her tongue in her heart, and then asked doubtfully:
"Is there anything we need to do? Well, what problems should we pay attention to, such as whether the people infected by them will behave differently in some way?"

As she spoke, she looked at the "Hanged Man". After all, generally speaking, similar questions were answered by this kind gentleman.

But it was the "Queen" Angel beside her who spoke.

"If you encounter Amon's clone on the street, the only safe way to prevent it is not to know him. Otherwise, your surprise and fear may attract his attention." Angel glanced at Audrey and reminded her, "Of course, if your family members, friends or servants show strange behavior, such as personality changes or a monocle in their eye sockets, you can try to pray to the Orthodox Church for help. This behavior is reasonable and effective."

"They also have the ability to steal a person's identity and destiny. Then you will find that your family will treat him as a close relative, your acquaintances will treat him as a close friend, and everything you have, including your residence, savings, and interpersonal relationships, will belong to him. You will become a 'unlucky person', losing all connection with reality, and dying in loneliness little by little."

She added a little more information she heard from Leonard.

I don't have any servants at home, and my only friend is Xiu. Well, she's sitting next to me now, and we can supervise each other and avoid being parasitized by Amon... So, is this really useful? Will we be parasitized together and become a pair of Amons who cling to each other? Or maybe when I greet Xiu when she comes home at night, she actually becomes Amon and happily accepts my greetings?
"Magician," Fors muttered, feeling for the first time that the horror story in the book had come into reality.

Others also had their own reactions, including Audrey, who tried her best to use her "audience" ability to hide her actions. She couldn't help but imagine herself being replaced by Amon and the closest person becoming a stranger.

If I returned home and found that my parents and brother were having dinner with another me, and the guard at the door didn't know me, my maid didn't know me, and even Susie was rubbing Audrey's legs affectionately and ignoring my existence... Audrey's rich imagination and extraordinary ability to make the fantasies in her mind come true made her extremely afraid at this time.

"咚咚-"

A brisk knocking sound woke everyone up, causing them to turn their gaze towards the head of the long table and look at Mr. Fool.

"If anything unusual happens, you can pray to me."

His deep voice was like the sound of nature, and everyone who was frightened by Angel's narration breathed a sigh of relief. The new member, "Judgment" Hugh Dilcha, even stood up and saluted, saying respectfully:
“Thank you for your generosity and kindness.”

She became a member of the Tarot Club only after being saved by Mr. Fool when she was on the verge of death!
I actually want to say that you'd better not pray to me, otherwise you may expose your identity as a follower of The Fool and become a target of Amon's attack. But compared to being parasitized silently and not being discovered until the next gathering, or even being invaded by the Blasphemer when the spirit is pulled up here with the help of the gray fog, exposing the identity of the follower of The Fool is nothing... Klein muttered, nodded slightly, and accepted Xio's thanks.

After everyone calmed down, "Sun" Derrick revealed that he was about to digest the "Notary" potion and was about to be promoted to "Priest of Light", and hoped that everyone could give advice on his promotion ceremony. ——After hearing that Amon's clone had appeared again, the Silver City resident who had been parasitized and almost died at the hands of the other party was extremely eager to be promoted.

You need to bury your body in pure darkness in ice that normally won't melt... This is simply suicide in the God-Forsaken Land where monsters appear in the darkness and you might even be swallowed up... Well, the ritual of advancing to "Pain" is also suicide... Angel muttered, and suddenly remembered an experience in which he accidentally entered the God-Forsaken Land. He said after careful consideration:

“Perhaps you can think in a different way. The God-forsaken Land where the ‘Silver City’ is located hides monsters in the darkness, and there are dangers of people disappearing. But you can avoid such dangers through other methods, such as asking for help from the Chief who already knows about Mr. Fool’s existence, or praying to the gods.”

The god she refers to here is naturally Mr. Fool. After all, this is His kingdom.

But Angel knew in his heart that the deity more suitable for Mr. "Sun" was the Goddess of Night.

The darkness of the God-Forsaken Land is obviously related to the power of the Goddess. I can use the "Secret Holy Emblem" to avoid danger there. The same danger appears in the catacombs of Trier, which are also related to the Orthodox Church because of the war of the Fourth Epoch. Angel sighed, lamenting that the "Sun" could not believe in the Goddess of Night and could not obtain Her gift.

After everyone discussed it for a while, they came to a conclusion similar to Angel's. Seeking help from the chief of "Silver City" was a possible solution.

"To demonstrate your value, you don't have to give all the time. Appropriate requests can also deepen the relationship between the two parties. Your chief must understand this, so feel free to ask him."

The spiritual mentor “The Hanged Man” made an important summary, which made Derrick full of confidence again.

The old man seemed to have taught me the right way to give and take. He said it was the way to survive in the Orthodox Church. Hey, this "Hanged Man" should be an insider of the Church of the Storm. Maybe he is a middle-level "Manufactured Punisher", similar to me... Leonard muttered a few words and silently changed his position in the Tarot Club.

After participating in the plan of Magician, Moon and others to punish a member of the vampire clan, and confirming that Mr. Moon was Emlyn White, whom he had seen several times and who had bought the Fire Seed gloves on his hands, he spoke in an exploratory tone:

"Recently, several serial murders involving Beyonders have occurred in the East District of Backlund. Official Beyonders suspect that members of the 'Witch Cult' did it. Do you have any clues?"

He focused his attention on Justice, Magician and others in Backlund, as well as the Hanged Man who was an official Beyonder like himself, and found that they had no reaction, which made him a little disappointed.

"'Witch Cult', are you sure?"

The one who was most interested was Angel. She asked tentatively, recalling the members of the "Witch Cult" who were still in Backlund, and expressed her doubt that the "White Saint" would do such a thing.

"Not sure, but it's highly likely that it was at least done by a 'witch', and the methods used were cruel. The victims were all burned by flames and posed in religious postures, as if they were offering sacrifices to an evil god."

The evil god... the witch cult will not start preparing for disasters such as heavy smog again... Angel thought for a moment and nodded:

"I will investigate through my own channels."

Leonard nodded. This was his original intention. He wanted to use the connections of the Tarot Club members to provide some help in solving the case to prevent more victims from appearing.

As for the fact that this was equivalent to revealing his identity as an "official extraordinary person", he didn't care much. After all, he had already been exposed at the last party, and there were quite a lot of official extraordinary people here...

Leonard sighed as his eyes swept over "The Hanged Man" and "The Queen" in turn, and finally stopped at "The World".

Suddenly, the World said in a hoarse voice:
“Dear Mr. Fool, I request to communicate with the Queen and the Star alone.”

Under the gaze of the other party hidden behind the gray fog, Leonard suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

If you do this, aren't you telling everyone that there is some kind of secret between the three of us, no, isn't it an open connection?
He muttered, took a deep breath, and after Mr. Fool said it was okay, he began to talk about the "Amon" annihilation plan provided by Pales.

(End of this chapter)