章節 269: Chapter 187: First Mission Between Members.

'I get an idea why you're looking at me and I must say you're a bit daring, aren't you Mr. Ear Destroyer? ' Adryan thought with a raised eyebrow as he looked back at Alger.

'If you want me to deal with Qilangos it's better to say it than lead it. You have to be a better manipulator in this life, Mr. Hanged Man. Please improve if you plan to get anywhere.'

"Mr. Hanged Man, if I were a woman, I would be flattered by the way you ogle me. I know I'm truly a feast to gazed upon but do you like me so much that you can't take your eyes off me for even a moment?" Adryan asked with a teasing tone and sly smile that made Alger's eyebrows twitch.

'Mr. Hanged Man, how is it possible that you fall for the same trick again?' Klein thought flatly.

While Chariot was annoying The Hanged Man, Audrey was a bit shocked by what the last one had said.

"Rear Admiral Qilangos? One of the 7 great admiral pirates?" Audrey asked wide-eyed, almost unable to maintain her Spectator State.

"Yes, it's him. Although now it's the 8 Admiral Pirates with the inclusion of Captain Pale." Alger jumped at the chance to avoid the weird situation with Chariot.

'Another change...' Adryan thought through narrowed eyes.

"Captain Pale... That's a curious name. What could you tell us about them?" Audrey asked with her curiosity piqued.

Adryan looked at the noblewoman and the corners of his lips turned up in satisfaction.

'Having someone as curious as Miss Bank is very useful. Now I understand why Klein liked her so much.'

But to the redhead's disappointment, Alger shook his head.

"There is not much information about this new Admiral. The little that is known is that their backer is a mysterious organization and that they are a woman."

'Mysterious organization... Curious.' The redhead thought seriously.

Shaking his head, Adryan looked at Alger.

"Mr. Hanged Man, I am interested in your request. Is there anything I need to know before facing Qilangos?"

This was just to save face, Adryan knew full well what the Admiral had on his hands. He knew how powerful Creeping Hunger was, even better than the own Qilangos. It wasn't a suicidal wish that he had either, he knew that if he was careful he would have a good chance against Qilangos.

'Besides, that 30,000-pound bounty and Creeping Hunger are too juicy for me to ignore.' Adryan thought with the corners of his lips turning up a little higher.

Seeing that Chariot was interested, Alger internally took a breath of relief and nodded.

"He is a Sequence 6 Beyonder of the Sailor Pathway, a Wind Blessed. He also wields a powerful sealed artifact. He is quite crafty and cruel."

"Sequence 6 and a powerful sealed artifact you say? Hehe. Looks like I'll not only make good money but also have a new artifact~" Adryan said with a sharp smile and Alger frowned at the man's words.

Klein looked at the Hanged Man pityingly as he lamented the man's lack of information.

'A small sequence 6 won't be able to do anything against a Demigod. It will be a massacre. Although, I wonder why Mr. Chariot is interested in this mission...'

"Mr. Chariot, I seriously recommend that you don't underestimate him. The artifact that Qilangos carries allows him to use powers other than his own. He can change his appearance, invoke light to purify spirits, and sing to get stronger, people have noticed that He can make his targets crazy and enter the dreams of others... There's almost nothing he can't do." Alger described in detail and Adryan simply leaned back in his seat with a sly smile that annoyed the Capitan.

"We suspect that all those abilities come from his sealed artifact called Creeping Hunger."

Before he could explain further, Derrick Berg, who had been listening silently, suddenly blurted out.

"Shepherd!"

'Not again.' Klein thought internally with an exasperated sigh. The Sun is just a boy.

But putting aside his inner disappointment, he thought a little more about what Sun had said.

'Sheperd... That's the name of Sequence 5 of the Secrets Supplicant and Listener pathway. Hmmm, among the 6 council members in the City of Silver, there is a new Elder who is a Shepherd. Sun said that she was strong enough to take on a Sequence 4... Well, at least evil spirits of the same grade.'

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Derrick suddenly panicked a bit.

He hurriedly explained with a stammer.

"What I meant was, the qualities explained by the Hanged Man are like the Beyonder abilities of a pathway, Shepherd. All Shepherds can swallow another's soul into their body including wraiths and spirits. They control these souls to do their bidding with an unknown method, which allows them to make use of their abilities..."

"Hehe. Easy Little Sun" The redhead interrupted the nervous Sun with a gentle chuckle.

Adryan smiled at Sun and nodded slightly.

"I appreciate the information Little Sun but it is not necessary. I am quite familiar with the ability of the artifact of the Mr. 30,000 pounds and I know how to deal with it"

"Ummm okay, Mr. Chariot..." Derrick said with a weak nod.

Klein felt his brain go blank.

'Mr. 30,000 pounds... Is that the bounty Chariot is after? That's why he accepted! Goddess, 30,000 pounds!'

Klein glanced at Chariot and cursed in Chinese internally.

'Shit! I wish I had your strength, Mr. Chariot! Qilangos doesn't even know it but that bastard was served on a silver platter for you! Poor wretch doesn't even know it but his days are already numbered!'

Chariot didn't even address him by name or title just for his bounty!

Seeing that Sun's very interesting explanation was cut off halfway, Audrey pouted her cheeks as she looked at Chariot.

'Why did you interrupt him, Mr. Chariot? You seriously don't care what he has to say?' She thought annoyed but didn't dare say anything for fear of suffering the bully's lash.

So she could only deflate her cheeks in disappointment.

"What sequence number is Shepherd and what path does it belong to?" Not wanting to be left empty-handed, she asked this question to calm her sourness.

Seeing the opportunity to raise his image, Klein was about to respond but someone else got the better of him.

"Secrets Supplicant pathway, Sequence 5. It is the pathway controlled by the Aurora Order." Adryan took the opportunity and responded with a mischievous smile.

'For fuck sake Mr. Chariot!! At least leave something for me!' Klein thought very annoyed feeling foam in his mouth.

'Sorry Klein but only the fastest eat.' Adryan thought with his mischievous smile growing a little more as he got an idea of how upset Klein could be now that he stole his chance to shine.

Audrey looked somewhat surprised seeing how it was Chariot who responded.

"Thank you, Mr. Chariot."

Adryan waved his hand nonchalantly.

"Don't worry Miss Justice, this one is in the house."

" That's very kind of you Mr. Chariot" Audrey said a little tense.

'You mean I almost had to pay something?' The noblewoman thought with the corners of her lips quivering.

Seeing that he had managed to annoy Justice, the corners of the redhead's mouth turned up slightly. He looked at Hanged Man.

"Since I'll be doing the heavy lifting I'll get most of the reward but I'll also give you a share of it. How about 2,000 pounds? Fair enough in my opinion."

Alger was surprised by this but kept calm, he didn't expect Chariot to offer him a part of the reward but that didn't mean he was going to reject it.

So nodding, Alger accepted.

"That seems fair to me, Mr. Chariot."

Seeing that the deal was about to close, Audrey panicked a bit.

This was the first mission between members of the Tarot Club! This was one of the biggest reasons why she attends this gathering! She had to participate!

So in a somewhat hurried tone, she joined in.

"Mr. Hanged Man, I also want to accept this mission! Although I can't say if I'll be able to find Rear Admiral, Qilangos."

As soon as she said that, she received a look from the older members of the Tarot Club.

'Miss Justice, you're just sequence 9 and Qilangos is sequence 6...Best case is you never find him and let Chariot take care of it.' Klein thought somewhat surprised towards Justice.

"I like your courage Miss Justice! It's like a fly wanting to take on a frog in hand-to-hand combat!" Adryan said in a teasing tone and Audrey shot him a look.

'He compared me to a fly?' She thought, stunned at the man's audacity. Her pride had been beaten a bit.

Alger simply looked at Justice for several seconds, the image he had of her changed a lot.

"It's alright Miss Justice. Don't try to deal with him. If you find him notify Mr. Chariot through his messenger or if you are unable to do so..."

Alger turned to The Fool, placed a hand on his right chest, and bowed.

"Honorable Mr. Fool, would be possible to pray to you to help us in our time of need?"

'And what am I supposed to do? Deliver your last words to your family?' Klein thought with the corners of his lips twitching but this was covered by the gray fog so Justice was unable to see it.

He quickly found a way to save face and spoke calmly looking at the original trio but especially Justice.

"If you come across Qilangos, pray to me and I'll notify Mr. Chariot to take care of it."

Seeing that his request had been accepted, Alger said gratefully.

"Thank you very much Mr. Fool."

Audrey couldn't help it and placed a hand on her chest and looked gratefully at the Fool.

'This may be a matter that for a great existence like Mr. Fool is not worth his attention but if it is regarding the safety of one of us he is willing to pay a little attention to it...'

She then also gracefully curtsied keeping her hand on her chest.

"You are very kind Mr. Fool."

A small smile formed on Klein's face.

"It is not a problem."

Looking at all this with a flat face, Adryan only made a slight bow.

'If they knew the truth this would be very uncomfortable...'

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章節 270: Chapter 188: Charlatan

Straightening up, Alger looked opposite from him.

"Regardless of your success, whether you try or not, I will definitely repay you with information or intelligence. And if you do succeed, I can pay you one of the main ingredients of Telepathist, as long as I know what it is."

This excited Audrey who nodded and spoke excitedly.

"Sounds like a good deal to me Mr. Hanged Man."

"Remember, don't face him, and if you find him notify Mr. Chariot so he can take care of it." Alger reminded to prevent Justice from doing something reckless.

"I'm in Backlund right now and I'm confident I can get there pretty quickly no matter where you are." Adryan added calmly.

Seeing the concern of the members, Audrey nodded with more calm and seriousness.

'This time my life will be in danger if I make a mistake, I have to be careful and cautious.'

With the message sent, Alger created Qilangos portrait with Klein's permission and assistance.

He was one of the seven major pirate admirals. He had a distinctive broad chin, brown hair tied into a bun at the back of his head like an ancient warrior, and green eyes that seemed to hint at laughter, but were abnormally cold.

"He's uglier than I thought, and what's that deformed smile? It looks like he got a large stick up his ass and he liked it so much he left it there." Adryan commented when he saw the portrait.

'It's almost as if he had surgery to have a brick as a jaw' The redhead thought somewhat surprised. Qilangos's jaw was Jhon Cena's jaw levels.

Pufff!

"Hahaha"

Having personally known Qilangos and having been his friend once. Alger was barely able to contain a laugh but couldn't contain a little snort.

Audrey raised a hand to her mouth gracefully to hide the amused smile that spread across her face.

Sun couldn't help it and chuckle. As a boy, jokes involving butts and sticks made him laugh no matter how depressed, quiet, or vexed he was.

Even Klein almost laughed at Chariot's unexpected comment.

...

Seeing that Qilangos's life had already been decided, Audrey took the opportunity to speak.

"I recently came into contact with a Beyonder circle and found out about a powerful person named Mr. A."

"Mr. Fool, Mr. Chariot, Mr. Hanged Man, do you know this person's background and identity?"

'I don't know what you're talking about…' Derrick remained silent.

'Mr. A? I only know of Mr. Z... But with a similar code name, could he be from Aurora Order?' Klein made a guess, but he didn't answer.

He wouldn't answer something he wasn't sure of. And if he had to, he would only do it vaguely, like a charlatan.

'The information given by Mr. Chariot and Mr. Hanged Man a few weeks ago did not mention this detail when they talked about the Aurora Order...'

Could they have kept this detail to profit later?

Alger looked directly at The Fool and found him calm and unchanged. It was hard to read his thoughts. So, he said in a deliberate tone.

"The Aurora Order is at odds with the Church of the Lord of Storms, the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, and the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun so the members of these churches understand this organization better than anyone." He said the last, discreetly looking at Chariot.

He didn't have to worry about hiding that he was part of the Church of the Lord of Storms thanks to that man.

"If there's anything you need to know, Miss Justice, the hate is well deserved." Adryan added unimportantly.

Alger and Audrey looked at the man in surprise, especially Alger.

'Is there something deeper in the relationship between the Aurora Order and the three Churches?' Alger thought a little stunned but after thinking about it a little more, he saw that it made a lot of sense.

The hatred that these three Churches had for each other was only surpassed by the hatred that came from the Aurora Order.

All that hate couldn't be merely empty, it had to have a reason.

"What do you mean by that Mr. Chariot? Why is the hate well deserved?" Audrey asked with all her curiosity piqued.

Adryan smiled mysteriously and said in an emotionless tone.

"Is not something you should know now."

A chill ran down the backs of everyone present and Audrey didn't ask anything again.

'Then why did you say that in the first place!' Klein cursed in his mind feeling somewhat cold all of a sudden.

Wanting to abandon this moment, Alger cut his explanation short.

"The Aurora Order has Five Saints and twenty-two Oracles. These Oracles use the alphabet as their code names, From Mr. A to Mr. X. I'm not sure if this Mr. A you speak of is the Mr. A of the Aurora Order, but there's a good chance. As for the details of the Aurora Order, I've already told you before."

Audrey just nodded at the words of the Hanged Man.

"If you're talking about Mr. A's Friday party then it's him." Adryan added again unimportantly.

This earned him a look from all the members...

'Hey, bastard... You really don't know when to stop, do you? And what is that personality change? How do you become so cold and so provocative from one second to the next? Do you have a mental problem?' Klein thought annoyed and with his eyebrows twitching strongly.

Audrey had the corners of her mouth twitching as she squeezed her dress under the table.

'Is there something he doesn't know? How is it possible that he knows about the party on Fridays... Does he attend them too? If he attended last week's party that means we were in the same place at the same time!'

Coming to that conclusion made the calm but mischievous Chariot look much colder in Audrey's eyes.

'He wouldn't know who I am just because of that would he?'

She hadn't found anyone with characteristics similar to Chariot's so that was impossible and this calmed her heart.

'Yes, that's ridiculous... The only thing he knows is that I'm a noble lady from Backlund. Nothing else. How many more like me are there? Besides, who would think that the sweet and innocent Audrey Hall is part of a secret organization?' Now calmer, Audrey even joked internally.

With her mood restored, she looked around and asked.

"So what do we do with him? Someone like him should be dealt with immediately."

Someone as evil and vile as Mr. A must be punished!

"Miss Justice you don't have to worry about him." Adryan said calmly looking at Justice.

"Let me ask you something. Do you really think that a Party as popular as Mr. A's is a secret? That the Nighthawks, the Punishers, or the Machinery Hivemind don't know anything about it?"

Audrey thought about Chariot's words and came to a conclusion that made her blood run cold.

"It's impossible that Mr. A's party is secret to them." She said weakly and Adryan nodded with a smile.

"Exactly. Mr. A's party is quite popular with the Churches."

"But then why do they let it still exist? Shouldn't they shut it down and imprison it since it's not only a gathering place for illegal Beyonders but is hosted by an important member of an evil organization?" Audrey asked very confused. The actions of the Churches made no sense in her eyes.

Adryan shook his head.

"I'll answer your question with another one. Do you know how many illegal Beyonders are in Backlund? What do you think would happen if the churches shut down all the illegal parties they know of?"

Audrey thought for a few seconds and thanks to the knowledge gained by Spectator she came to the answer.

"There are many more than the church can document and lock up. If they shut down these parties the only thing they will do is make illegal beyonders roam free without being able to control them." With that said, she added.

"They use the parties to control and document illegal Beyonders."

"Bingo Bingo!" Adryan exclaimed with a smile.

"Not all illegal beyonders are evil and as long as they don't do evil acts and don't get into trouble, the churches usually give a blind eye to them but obviously don't let them run free and one of their ways of controlling them is with these parties. "

"Mr. A is a necessary evil that they are willing to tolerate. But not without care."

He then chuckled a bit before continuing.

"At each party, you can bet that there are a minimum of 5 teams from the churches waiting for him to make a mistake to finish it off."

"Mr. A is basically in a giant rat trap!" He added with a laugh.

At this information, Audrey nodded gracefully.

'I'll have to think carefully if it's worth going to that party again... What a pity.' She thought disappointed, just when she had obtained another source apart from the Tarot Club, she had lost it.

"Thank you very much for this information Mr. Chariot, Mr. Hanged Man. How much would I have to pay for it?"

"You're a fast learner, Miss Justice~" Adryan teased the noblewoman before saying in the same teasing tone.

"Today I want 210 pounds with some tomato sauce on the side please~"

'You're hopeless.' Klein thought with his face flat.

Audrey just sighed and nodded.

"Deal, I will send you the money through your messenger when today's gathering ends." She then turned to the Hanged Man who after a few moments of silence said 150 pounds.

Alger hadn't had a chance to say more so he would have to settle for that amount.

Having earned more money, Adryan's smile brightened but it only lasted a few seconds before it disappeared and his face turned serious.

He looked at the figure at the top of the bronze table.

"Mr. Fool, I have more information about our little problem."

Klein tensed for a moment before relaxing and letting out an inward sigh.

'Good...'

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