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Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Leyton leaned back in his study chair, awaiting his first Tarot Club meeting.
Exactly three o'clock in the afternoon, illusory, crimson light surged like a tide, gradually engulfing his vision.
When his vision returned, Leyton found himself above the Gray Fog, inside a palace like a giant's dwelling.
Leyton looked around and saw a lady shrouded in gray mist, her face obscured, sitting in front of him to his right. At this stage, the only lady in the Tarot Club was Miss Justice.
To his right was a tall young man. Leyton was certain that Sun was likely younger than himself, but his height seemed to be at least two meters.
Further to the right was the most mature member present, Mr. Hanged Man, dressed as a Storm Priest.
As Leyton scanned the members of the Tarot Club, Miss Justice and Sun, who was sitting next to her, also noticed the new member.
"This is Mr. Tower," Mr. Fool, sitting at the head of the bronze long table, announced.
Leyton naturally stood up and bowed to each person present.
Miss Justice then happily stood up and returned the bow, also introducing the other members of the Tarot Club:
"Hello, my codename is Justice. The one next to you is Mr. Sun, and the one next to him is Mr. Hanged Man."
Leyton nodded to Miss Justice in thanks.
Seeing that everyone had introduced themselves, Hanged Man eagerly spoke, "Mr. Fool, I have collected nineteen pages of the Roselle diary this time."
"My current memory limit is only six pages. Please allow me to give them to you in several installments."
"No problem," Klein, shrouded in gray mist, replied.
Leyton sat quietly in his seat, his thoughts wandering, waiting for Mr. Fool to speak after reading Roselle's diary.
It wasn't until Mr. Fool, seated at the head of the bronze long table, gently tapped the edge of the table that Leyton snapped back to attention.
Klein's figure, shrouded in gray mist, scanned everyone present. In Spirit Vision, he noticed that the newly joined Mr. Tower seemed to have been in a daze just now, only snapping out of it when he tapped the bronze long table.
"This guy's attitude towards a great existence doesn't seem very respectful! Is it because of his own personality, or because I, Mr. Fool, haven't yet ascended to the position of the great ruler above the so-called Spirit World?"
Withdrawing his thoughts, Klein suddenly had a new idea, so he made his voice sound low and calm as he chuckled, "Roselle's diary mentioned some common knowledge that I seem not to have told you."
Justice, Hanged Man, and Sun, who were sitting below, all reacted accordingly. Leyton thought for a long time, unable to recall what Mr. Fool would say at this meeting, and also shifted his body, adopting a listening posture.
"The first piece of common knowledge: The Law of Beyonder Characteristics Indestructibility."
"The second piece of common knowledge: The Law of Similar Sequence Beyonder Characteristics Conservation."
Klein's figure, shrouded in gray mist, observed everyone's reactions. Except for the newly joined Mr. Tower, everyone else's reactions showed that they were sufficiently surprised and satisfied with these two pieces of information.
"It seems he really knows a lot. I need to find an opportunity to extract some information from him. It would be great if I had a small account right now," Klein's inner thoughts went unnoticed.
"Why Similar Sequences?" Hanged Man Alger couldn't help but ask.
Klein chuckled softly, "What will you pay to get the answer?"
"Mr. Fool, what kind of reward do you wish to receive?" Miss Justice, sitting in front of Leyton to his right, was also very interested in the answer.
Only Leyton and Sun remained silent. One already knew the answer, while the other believed he had nothing to exchange.
"Information related to the Secret Order." Klein, shrouded in gray mist, stated the information he desired.
The scene fell silent for a moment, and finally, Hanged Man was the first to break it.
"I will collect and investigate information related to the Secret Order for you."
"Can you pay the reward in advance?" Mr. Hanged Man asked very cautiously.
Leyton, who had been quietly observing the scene, decided to tell Mr. Fool about Zaratul's information, so he spoke, following Hanged Man's words:
"Heh! I'll pay this reward for you all."
Klein's figure, shrouded in gray mist, lit up. His main goal in proposing this trade was Mr. Tower. Hanged Man had already mentioned the information he knew last time, and as for Miss Justice and Sun, they most likely didn't know this information.
The others also looked at Leyton with curiosity, waiting for him to speak next.
"The Secret Order is a Hidden organization founded in the Fourth Epoch, mastering the Seer Pathway. They are the organization with the lowest activity frequency among all Hidden organizations, and therefore the least understood by others. Every time they appear, it is to pursue the relics of the Antigonus family."
"Their leader, Zaratul, took a Beyonder characteristic of an Attendant of Mysteries from Antigonus and has now become a Sequence 1 Attendant of Mysteries, but he has gone mad because he is incomplete."
"His Historical Void Projection was cut and sealed by the Evernight Goddess in the Foggy Town, but this does not affect his status. As long as someone opens the exit of the Foggy Town, he will return to his original body and recover."
Leyton gave a detailed introduction to Zaratul's information, who was also one of Mr. Fool's future enemies.
The scene became very quiet for a moment; no one spoke.
Leyton was a little puzzled by the silence: "Hmm? Why are you all silent? Is there anything you don't understand?"
"There is indeed a lot that I don't understand," Miss Justice said softly. She then added, "But it doesn't matter, this was originally an answer for Mr. Fool, although I am very curious."
"No, Mr. Fool also has many questions. At this moment, I really need a small account!" Klein, shrouded in gray mist, wailed inwardly. He really wanted to ask for clarification, but his identity prevented him from speaking.
"You can ask. Today I can tell you for free, but in the future, it might be charged!" Leyton said with a light chuckle.
At this moment, Leyton was very happy inside, because he was doing this on purpose. He knew that Klein would have many incomprehensible parts after hearing this explanation, but with Miss Justice, who was very curious, someone would continue to ask.
Hmm... tantalizing Mr. Fool's appetite would make one feel physically and mentally pleased.
"May I take up some of your time, Mr. Fool?" Miss Justice immediately asked Mr. Fool, who was seated at the head of the bronze long table.
"You may," Mr. Fool, shrouded in gray mist, nodded gently.
"Phew~ This gathering cannot be without Miss Justice." Klein gave Miss Justice a thumbs-up in his mind.
After receiving Mr. Fool's reply, Miss Justice turned her head back to Leyton and said, "Mr. Tower, I will pay a certain reward for this. This is the principle of equivalent exchange."
Leyton nodded noncommittally.
Sun and Hanged Man also proposed trades one after another. They also had many questions about the Secret Order information that Leyton had just introduced.
Miss Justice waited until everyone reached an agreement before speaking: "Mr. Tower, I am very curious about the Attendant of Mysteries, Historical Void Projection, and Foggy Town. I wonder which questions you can answer?"
Leyton nodded, not surprised by Miss Justice's questions: "The Attendant of Mysteries is Sequence 1 of the Seer Pathway. This is an angel who serves Mysteries, initially grasping authority in the corresponding domain."
"Historical Void Projection is the ability of Sequence 3 of this Pathway. They can summon projections from the void of history, which can be people or objects, others or themselves."
"Foggy Town is a Concealed world created by the Evernight Goddess."
"As for more details, I don't know much either."
After Leyton finished speaking, the scene fell silent again.
After a while, Miss Justice came back to her senses, looked at the silent crowd, and was the first to break the silence: "Thank you, Mr. Tower. The information you revealed is enough, well... high-end, I should say sufficiently high-end. This truly matches my past imagination of the mysterious world. I never thought I would one day actually hear someone talk about these things."
"This even involves the domain of gods," Hanged Man also said with admiration.
Only Sun was somewhat confused. These were all things he didn't understand, but he did understand gods. He wondered if the Concealed World created by a god would be a Divine Kingdom.
Klein's figure, shrouded in gray mist, also pondered this information in his mind:
"Sequence 1 of my Pathway is called Attendant of Mysteries, an angel who serves Mysteries? Does Mystic refer to the true god of this Pathway? But the word 'Attendant,' no matter how I hear it, doesn't seem to fit the status of Sequence 1."
"Cough cough! Shouldn't we wait for Mr. Fool to give the answer? What I said is too far from us; just listen to it as a story." Leyton lightly coughed twice, signaling that the topic should return to the main track.
"That's right, but this story is attractive enough. Mr. Tower, what kind of reward do you need? I found that the value of the information you provided has far exceeded the reward I originally anticipated." Miss Justice still remembered the principle of equivalent exchange mentioned earlier.
Sun and Hanged Man also nodded in agreement. Hanged Man only nodded after seeing Justice and Sun express their positions.
"One Beyonder characteristic of any Pathway and any Sequence, you can give it to me anytime," Leyton replied after a moment of thought.
"Any Pathway?" Hanged Man asked in confusion.
"Yes, I want to collect some Beyonder characteristics, and I can also use them for experiments," Leyton nodded and explained his purpose for collecting Beyonder characteristics, then added, "If you have any Beyonder characteristics or main ingredients for Beyonder potions that you need to sell, you can sell them to me. I can trade with money, corresponding knowledge, or items."
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