Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 824 The Approaching Shadow

A tide of crimson light appeared and disappeared. In the grand and majestic palace, members of the Tarot Club appeared on high-backed chairs.

This was not the first time that Angel had participated in a Tarot Club on a moving ship, but it was the first time that he had allowed his spirit to leave his body and enter this foggy space alone without Klein by his side.

Although she had her own room on the "Redhead Girl" and had set up a spiritual wall in advance, using mirror magic to create a "mirror maze" that would confuse and trap ordinary people, she still inevitably felt a little anxious and worried.

Fortunately, the friendly and warm eyes and crisp greetings from Justice Audrey beside her, as well as the inquiring gaze from The World Klein at the end of the long table, made her quickly calm down and greet Mr. Fool and other members one by one.

At the Tarot Club before the battle with Amon’s clone, the honest “Star” Leonard Mitchell had already submitted the other five pages of his diary to The Fool. Now he had nothing in his hands and looked at the other members uneasily. Fortunately, they did not ask to offer their diaries, which made him secretly relieved and his upright sitting posture relaxed.

Hearing that there would be no new "Roselle's Observations" to read this week, Klein the Fool did not show any disappointment. After a new member joins, there will generally be a few meetings where they can harvest a lot of diaries, and then they will fall into this state of harvesting nothing. He has long been accustomed to it, so he gently knocked on the long bronze table and said:

"Well, let's get started."

This marks the beginning of transactions between members.

Angel immediately looked at the tall and absent-minded Emlyn the Moon and said loudly:

"I need the blood of nine centenarians. Each sample must be more than 10 milliliters. The total cost is 500 pounds."

This strange transaction request immediately made everyone look at her.

"Do you need living people?" Miss Magician's questioning voice came from her side, and then the member added, "I mean, are those who just died okay?"

After graduating from Backlund Medical College, she worked as a doctor for a while before switching careers to become a full-time novelist. She knew many colleagues in the same field. If she tried hard, she could find some centenarians who had just passed away and use the various tricks of the "apprentice" to get some blood.

But firstly, this would be disrespectful to the deceased, and secondly, she was not short of money at the moment, so she had no intention of accepting the commission and was simply asking out of curiosity.

But the potion formula didn't specify whether it needed a living person or a dead person... Angel also murmured in his heart, and after a moment he replied:

"The person needs to be alive when the extraction is done."

This was her answer based on knowledge of mysticism, because after an ordinary person dies, the spirituality in their body will quickly dissipate to the surroundings. Even if they are extraordinary people, if they do not possess divinity, after their extraordinary characteristics are released and their spirits dissipate, the spirituality in their bodies will also quickly disappear, and they will become an ordinary corpse - unless they combine with their own extraordinary characteristics, or are affected by the power of mysticism and become a living corpse.

"I can help you get the blood, but it will take about a week. I think I'll be able to tell you the result at the Tarot Club next week."

Emlyn spoke, crossing his arms over his chest and leaning back in his chair with a slightly complacent look.

I knew that, as a vampire... no, a member of the blood clan, and his parents are renowned doctors, he must be able to find many long-lived elders and obtain the blood without harming their health... Angel nodded with satisfaction, but reminded:
"It can only be the blood of an ordinary person."

She was worried that the other party would find a few of his kind who had lived for hundreds of years and easily make the 500 pounds, while she would use the blood containing extra spirituality or even a small amount of extraordinary properties to prepare the potion, and lose control and die.

"I'm talking about ordinary people. The blood of noble vampires is not worth this price... No, it won't be sold at all!"

Mr. Moon replied in a serious tone.

I heard that just last week you cooperated with other Tarot Club members to send a vampire viscount to the Church of Mother Earth and made him do hard labor in your place. Why didn't you respect your own people at that time... Angel complained in his heart and stopped talking.

Seeing that the two had reached an agreement on the deal, Mr. Sun also asked:
"I want to buy some powerful spells, mainly for offensive purposes... Also, do you have any idea how to create 'pure darkness'?"

The former was his preparation for leaving Silver City for exploration next time. He got a hint from the "Chief" and was allowed to use some extraordinary materials owned by Silver City in exchange. The latter was preparation for promotion to "Priest of Light", which required taking a potion in pure darkness, surrounded by ice that would not melt. Darkness was equivalent to disappearance and death in the God-Forsaken Land.

"Darkness can be created using the spell of the 'Night' realm. I don't know if this is pure darkness, but if there is such darkness in the world, it must be the realm of the Night Goddess."

"Star," Leonard replied in a pious tone, attracting the attention of The Hanged Man and The Hermit. There is no doubt that in their eyes, you have been labeled as a "Night Watcher", Mr. Poet... Angel laughed secretly and took over the conversation:

"I can make powerful spells, but they require something like the 'Time Worm', which is the translucent little worm left behind by the Amon clone that possessed you before. If you have any extra ones, or substitutes of the same level, I can make the corresponding spells for you. They can cause fatal damage to Demigod-level Beyonders or Beyonder creatures... I only charge 3000 pounds for each one."

The price is roughly equivalent to the weaker ones among the "2" level seals, but it sounds stronger than the "1" level seals. Is this the talisman that Angel used to kill Amon's clone?

Leonard looked at the "Queen" Angel in surprise. He wanted to use the few "Time Worms" that belonged to him to make corresponding talismans as his own trump card. He could even cooperate with the "Luck Thief" to directly attack himself with the talisman, and then exchange the fate of being hit with the enemy, achieving a nearly unavoidable and fatal attack.

Go back and ask the old man… He muttered to himself and found that Mr. "Sun" had already agreed and was going to go to his chief to find out if there were any alternative materials after the Tarot meeting. The "Hermit" also expressed some interest in this talisman, but due to the lack of corresponding materials, no deal was reached.

After the two female members stopped talking, "The Hanged Man" Alger looked around and locked his sights on "The Star" Leonard, and asked:

"Last time you said you wanted to buy a powerful 'sealed object'... I mean, a magical item. Do you still need it now?"

He completed the mission of the church again and returned to Bayam. He had the opportunity to participate in several secret underground gatherings, and he became interested in helping to buy and sell items as a "middleman".

"Mr. World has sold me that cane."

Leonard declined politely, and mentally calculated his savings, finding that he had less than 1000 pounds left. Not to mention magical items, he couldn't even afford rare extraordinary materials.

Otherwise, why not sell two "Time Worms"... He looked at the "Hermit" and "Sun" who were interested in Angel's talisman just now, and suddenly an idea popped into his mind.

Before the thoughts in his mind could materialize and turn into words, the party, which had no new transaction requests, entered the next stage.

"The situation at sea has changed a lot recently. After the 'Pirate Conference', the pirates who had been avoiding important shipping lanes and almost entered the Misty Sea and the Sonia Sea have become active again. They have gathered many ships several times and forced their way into the shipping lane from Pritz Harbor to Bayam, preparing to make a fortune. However, they were repelled by the Loen Navy with a tougher attitude, and both sides suffered heavy losses."

The Hanged Man Alger spoke first, sharing his experiences at sea.

At the same time, he secretly glanced at the "Golden Queen" opposite him and the "Admiral of the Stars" a little further away, and found that the two had no intention of responding, so he continued:

"This is very unusual. Normally, in the summer every year, the number of tourists decreases, and the number of island specialties shipped to the northern continent increases. Pirates will also reduce looting because most goods are not as profitable as passengers... Similarly, the navy's response was unexpected. They seem to intend to completely drive the pirates out of the entire sea area and expand their control outward..."

"Isn't this normal? They are regular troops, and it is their duty to wipe out all the pirates."

Hugh Dilcher, who was listening to the trial, asked back. She had not dared to participate in the previous transactions that involved thousands of pounds, which was more than her life savings. However, as a half-member of "MI9", she was still interested in Alger's words.

Cattleya, the Hermit, chuckled and answered Xio's question on behalf of Alger, who was about to speak:
"It's not just Loen's ships that are sailing on the sea. Feysac, Feynaport, Intis, and even those small countries will also be harassed by pirates. Maintaining a proper pirate presence is actually beneficial to the Loen Kingdom. What's more..." She glanced at Angel, "...many pirates are actually agents of various countries."

"So they shouldn't be, um, leaving no room for it?"

Xio frowned and asked back.

Alger nodded and replied:

"That's right. Now the regular army's movements don't seem to be about getting rid of all the pirates. Instead, they want to launch a comprehensive attack, leave a safe period for a while, and then make repairs. Otherwise, they should send out all the ironclad ships instead of just relying on the old warships to fight the pirates.

"This makes me suspect that Loen is preparing for some major events in the second half of the year... I remember that a year ago, Miss Justice mentioned that the Prime Minister and his staff had convinced the King that they would not launch a war to retaliate against Feysac within a year. Now that the one-year deadline has come, I think there is a high possibility that a local war will occur within this year..."

Listening to the Hanged Man's analysis, several Loen people present, including Klein the Fool, who was hiding in the gray fog and listening carefully at the head of the long table, fell silent.

Is the shadow of war about to cover the world again?
(End of this chapter)