Mystery: Lucky One

In the dim room, the book with a dark blue cover opened silently, and silver, luminous fonts emerged:
"You've been discovered again."

This is "Cassandra". At this moment, it has taken Selwyn to escape from two cities. This is the third city. Unfortunately, although Selwyn's experience in spreading news is getting richer and richer, they were discovered faster.

Even though he was not very sober and his thinking ability was seriously reduced, Selwyn still vaguely sensed that something was wrong. He frowned and asked:

"Why so fast?"

Cassandra replied calmly:
"Don't be nervous, this is a good thing."

"A good thing?" Selwyn asked sharply, "If being discovered is a good thing, why don't I just stay and be captured?"

The silver words on the paper went out, and after a moment, new words appeared again:

“When I say good things, I don’t mean being discovered, but attracting attention.

"Do you remember the codeword I asked you to leave behind?"

Selwyn was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Of course I remember... You said that if someone recognized the code, they would come to me and help me..."

After pausing for two seconds, her dazed gaze solidified again and she asked in a deep voice:

"You mean that if this matter is taken seriously, it will help..."

She was considering her words. After a moment of silence, Cassandra saw that she was unable to organize her words, and then continued:

"yes.

"It will be beneficial for you to attract the attention of the official Beyonders.

“Of course, the premise is that you cannot be caught before the person who helps you arrives.

"However, with me here, you don't need to worry about being caught for now - you will definitely meet the destined person, and He will lead us out of our current predicament."

Selwyn looked at the words on the page, frowned and thought for a moment, then asked again:
“Actually, I’ve always wanted to ask you…

“The text you left behind seems to be a respectable name.

"Does it belong to someone? For example, the person you want to contact? If I read out that honorific name, will I get a response?"

"No," Cassandra replied mercilessly.

"?" Selwyn was stunned for a moment, his eyes were surprised.

As if noticing her confusion, the words floated and gave a new explanation:

"Because 'Cassandra' does not exist."

"'Cassandra'?" Selwyn frowned. "That's you, isn't it?"

On the page, the silver words swayed in this sentence, forming a new sentence:
“I call myself ‘Cassandra’ simply because the ‘Cassandra’ in that story was cursed just like us, and died according to her own prophecy just like us.

"But the person I'm looking for is not 'Cassandra'."

Selwyn's eyes were hazy, and he seemed to understand what was said. "Cassandra" seemed to have no interest in responding, and immediately arranged a new line of text:
"If you don't leave now, it may be too late."

……

On Monday morning, after receiving Sharon's reply, Klein packed his belongings and prepared to explore the outskirts of Calderon City.

After much inquiry, he had determined that the outer area of ​​Calderon City posed no danger to him, and that the inner area was restricted to high-ranking beings, so the most that could enter were demigods.

So he invited Sharon to explore the city of Calderon together. After learning that Sharon would need another month or two to prepare, he decided to go and gather some intelligence on his own.

"With the luck given by Alice, my safety should be guaranteed... and if there is real danger, she should warn me," Klein counted his belongings, "and I still have seven high-level talismans on me... Ha, judging by the price of high-level talismans, maybe all my wealth combined cannot be worth as much as these talismans."

When he thought of this possibility, the corners of Klein's mouth twitched slightly. He took out the freshly made "Restart" talisman and put it away separately. He also sorted out the other things on his body. After making sure that he had not forgotten anything, he thought about setting off.

For safety reasons, Klein decided to use the Tyrant Card in spirit form to explore. This way, if he encountered danger, he could immediately end the summoning, which was another kind of protection.

After some preparation, Klein appeared above the gray fog and looked at a pile of "blasphemy cards". He paused for a moment and suddenly thought of something.

…Why don’t I try the Wheel of Fortune card?
He had never thought of this possibility before. After all, this was Alice's thing. But when he happened to see it while rummaging through the sundries, Klein couldn't help but consider this possibility.

After all, Alice wouldn't refuse this level of borrowing if he needed it.

At most, I just want a few more ice creams...

Klein's mind suddenly moved, and he quickly brought up the matter with Alice. After Alice raised the price and asked for five ice creams, he began to bargain with her. In the end, he successfully bought the temporary use rights of the "Wheel of Fortune" card with eight ice creams.

Why did she talk more and more? Because Alice didn’t offer a lower price, she directly offered a higher price, as if to say, “If you have the ability, don’t buy it.”

Klein was forced to agree, fearing that Alice would go back on her word, so he stuffed the Wheel of Fortune card into his body. Then, like every time before, his aura began to change.

The aura of the "Wheel of Fortune" card was far less majestic than that of the "Tyrant" and "Black Emperor" cards. In other words, Klein felt that the aura was not even as strong as his own.

Silently, he put on a white hooded robe with the hood covering his head. He had no other clothes or decorations on his body, even the shoes on his feet disappeared.

This……

Klein was stunned for a moment. He remembered Alice's outfit. After two seconds of silence, he thought about what he should bring.

First, I must take the talisman Alice gave me... and then...

Klein looked at the "Poseidon's Scepter" and other items in the pile of miscellaneous items and frowned. He suddenly felt that he shouldn't bring too many things.

I am just going to investigate the situation. If I really encounter danger, I can end the summoning at any time. Bringing too many things is just a burden for me... These talismans should be enough. If it doesn't work, I can take a "Poseidon Scepter" to protect myself...

This thought came into Klein's mind. He picked up the "Poseidon Scepter" and was about to step forward, but suddenly stopped.

...No, that's not right.

This is the influence of the "Wheel of Fortune" card!
Klein woke up instantly and came out of his state of acting on instinct, his eyes slightly startled.

Klein took out the "Wheel of Fortune" card for the moment and tried to feel the difference between his current state and his previous state.

I seemed to be relying more on my instincts than my reason, and I seemed to be very...

confidence?

Klein hesitated for a moment. Although he appeared to be unwilling to bring anything with him and just wanted to go directly, in fact, Klein still felt that this reckless and intuitive way of acting was actually a trust in fate.

The core idea is not that it does not rely on magical items, but that it only relies on fate.

But the results all seem to be correct...

After hesitating for two seconds, Klein took back the "Wheel of Fortune" card and decided that no matter what his intuition said, he must bring all his wealth with him.

This is not because he does not believe in intuition or fate, but Klein realized that he is not on the path of "fate" after all, and his spiritual intuition is probably different from theirs.

He didn't think that relying on fate was a good idea for a "fortune teller". In order not to rely on fate, Klein even planned in advance what he would do when the time came.

The journey to Calderon City was very smooth. The aura of the "Wheel of Fortune" seemed very special. After seeing him, the strange spiritual creatures along the way passed by him as if they hadn't seen him, and continued to do their own things as if he didn't exist.

Only occasionally would Klein want to take a detour for inexplicable reasons. Although he had reminded himself to stay rational before incorporating the "Wheel of Fortune" card, Klein still followed such intuition.

Fortunately, the result was good. He traveled smoothly through the spiritual world and finally reached his destination.

The scene before his eyes was essentially no different from other places in the spirit world. Rich and bright blocks of color overlapped, a little mist permeated some places, and in each deep place, pairs of eyes moved away one after another.

The robe on his body shook slightly after he stopped, but Klein didn't care about it. After a brief analysis, he let "Winner" Enzo and "Admiral of Hell" Ludwell enter a group of shock waves that looked thin and normal.

Suddenly, the vision he gained with the help of the two secret dolls broadened, reflecting a magnificent city that could only appear in myths and legends.

This city is different from normal ones. It does not develop upwards, but extends in circles to the end of the deep underground pit. The overall feeling of an inverted mausoleum is given to people.

The buildings inside it have various styles, but they are all equally strange. Some of them are towering ancient stone pillars with huge single houses polished on the top. Some are long and square with doors on the roof and no windows. Some are built underground with a tombstone at the entrance. Some are built with bones and are messy and fragmented.

The closer to the end of the underground pit, the better preserved the buildings are, while the closer to the top, the more collapsed parts there are, filled with a sense of decay and desolation brought about by time.

Klein stopped the two marionettes and stood at the edge of the city, looking down at everything. However, he couldn't see what the building at the bottom looked like. It was shrouded in deep darkness, as if no light had shone in for thousands or tens of thousands of years.

After a brief observation, the "winner" Enzo lowered his head and recited in a low voice in ancient Hermetic language:
“A fool who is not of this age;
“The mysterious master above the gray fog;

"The Yellow and Black King who controls good luck..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Klein, who was outside Calderon City, heard illusory and overlapping voices of prayer, and he could tell that they came from a man with a deliberately hoarse voice.

"It was the prayer of the marionette just now..." Klein breathed a sigh of relief and muttered to himself inaudibly, "This means that Calderon City is not shielded from the gray fog, at least the outer area is not shielded from the gray fog... Hey, I actually wanted to just go in like this just now. This 'Wheel of Fortune' card is really something. Fortunately, I planned what I would do before I came here... Could it be that the 'machine' is designed to deal with this kind of situation? Well, I should go in first."

He said this, but he was not in a hurry at all. He turned to control "Admiral of Hell" Ludville, asking him to raise his left arm and open his palm.

An illusory light suddenly burst out, and then collapsed inward with one point as the center, forming a pair of bronze doors.

The gate is slightly blurry and extremely unreal, with its surface covered with countless mysterious patterns, giving people an indescribable feeling of silence and depth.

With a creaking sound, the mysterious bronze door moved backwards and a crack appeared.

Through this gap, Klein saw the deepest and darkest darkness.

In the darkness, whiteness surged, sometimes rolling up, sometimes falling, like a river flowing in the lightless night.

On both sides of it, huge and pale stone pillars were vaguely visible, which were very similar to those in the city of Calderon, but more exaggerated.

At this moment, pairs of transparent eyes and indescribable faces suddenly appeared, filling the gap in the illusory bronze door, eager to pass through.

Klein felt a slight sting in his eyes, and he quickly asked his secret puppet Ludwell to clench his left palm.

Bang!

The illusory door covered with mysterious patterns was pushed by an invisible force, closed suddenly, and disappeared from the sight of the "winner" Enzo.

"This mysterious gate that separates life and death and leads to the underworld seems to have changed its direction. Behind the gate is no longer the underworld, but the core area of ​​Calderon City, the deepest part of the underground pit?" Klein nodded thoughtfully.

As a result, many abilities of the undead realm will be rewritten and mutated in Calderon City.

With this understanding, Klein experimented with the abilities of the "Death God" path, the "Winner" Enzo, and the magical items he carried with him. The only thing he didn't experiment with was the talisman that was missing.

As the experiment came to an end, Klein had Enzo the Winner and Ludwell the Admiral of Hell walk down the pale stairs at the entrance, step by step, until they reached the outermost area of ​​Calderon City, where all the buildings had collapsed.

When they were almost two hundred meters away, they passed through a thin mist. He felt a little dizzy and the scene in front of him suddenly changed. He had entered the "City of the Dead" Calderon.

The hairs on his body stood up one by one. Klein felt his heartbeat begin to tremble, and it seemed as if a raging storm was rising in his spirit, which was particularly obvious in this silent city.

Klein knew what this meant. It was a warning from deep within his spiritual being. He stopped and frowned.

Is there anything unusual here?

In his thoughts, Klein hid in the shadows through "Creeping Hunger" and controlled "Winner" Enzo and "Admiral of Hell" to guard him. (End of this chapter)