When Fors, the "Magician," saw that the "World" was ready to accept the assassination mission he had proposed, he began to give a detailed account of Louis Wayne, the traitor of the Abraham family.
She said, "He can record the extraordinary abilities that others have used and use them once. He is good at escaping and is difficult to surround. He may also be able to travel through spiritual realms."
Then she looked at "the world," waiting for a response.
After careful consideration, "The Fool" Klein manipulated "The World" to say to Fors, "I can consider taking it over, but not in the near future, at least two months from now."
"Two months later." Fors hesitated, wondering if he should ask the "Hermit" if he had time.
Because of their shared experience exploring the ruins, Fors trusted the "Hermit's" abilities completely. However, the "Hermit" was clearly not very interested in this assassination attempt, and she didn't seem to have any qualities that could entice the other party.
At this moment, Alger, the "Hanged Man," cautiously interjected, "'Magician' Miss, do you really have to kill that Aurora Society's messenger with your own hands?"
Fors smiled and said, "No, you see, I'm even considering asking Mr. 'World' for help."
Alger nodded and said, "The prerequisite for killing is finding that divine messenger. Can you find him?"
"No, but I will investigate," Fors replied frankly.
Alger scoffed and said, "If you can find out the whereabouts of that Aurora Society envoy, and you don't necessarily have to kill him yourself, why not just report his whereabouts to the Church?"
He spread his hands and said, "After the smog incident, no church is willing to let go of this kind of clue."
Klein was somewhat taken aback: report it to the church? That sounded familiar.
He immediately felt relieved: Haha, I've influenced everyone.
"Report?" Fors was also stunned.
Alger smiled and continued, "This can be done like this: you investigate the target first, and if 'The World' has time after you have some leads, you can ask him for help. If he doesn't have time, you can consider handing it over to the Church. What do you think?"
Fors considered it carefully and said, "Okay, I'll talk to Mr. 'World' about the payment later."
Once the "world" has given its approval, the matter can be considered settled.
The Hermit Odis then initiated a second deal: "Which of you needs the 'True Roots of the Mist Treants'?"
This was an extraordinary material obtained while exploring an island with an ancient church dedicated to the sun god.
Two extraordinary creatures of Sequence 7 were hunted at the time, one of which was the "Dawn Rooster," whose red comb was one of the main materials for the "Sun Priest."
Today, Odis has been thinking about the issue of open source. He searched through the "wilderness of knowledge" and found that he didn't need these two main materials, so he might as well exchange them for gold pounds.
"The Red Crown of Dawn Rooster" has been sold to "Iceberg General" for £620.
"The True Root of the Mist Treant" is one of the main ingredients of the "Magician" potion. Since no buyer has been found yet, Odis came to the Tarot Club to post a commission.
"580 pounds." The priestess, Cattleya, then said, "You can also ask me to handle it for you. I'll take 5% of the fee, but it may take two or three weeks to sell."
"Let's make the deal now," Odis said. "It'll be 580 pounds."
Just as "Justice" Audrey was about to raise her hand slightly to state her needs, Cattleya spoke first: "I have a way to get the spinal cord of the Black Hunting Lizard, but it will take two or three weeks and the price will be between 1,500 and 2,000 pounds, because it is not up to me to decide."
The two had previously reached an agreement on the deal, but nothing came of it after that.
Cattleya added, "I'll try to find out about the 'fruit of the enchanted wind chimes,' but I can't guarantee I'll get any information."
Audrey paused for a moment before realizing: "Wow, that's incredibly efficient! I haven't even repeated my request yet." After being punished, the "Priestess" seemed to have a stronger sense of belonging to our Tarot Club and was more actively participating in transactions.
After a few seconds of silence, she finally reacted: "No problem."
Alger, who was observing from the sidelines, suddenly felt that things were not developing as he had expected. The "Priestess," who had been reprimanded and punished by Mr. Fool, changed her previous style of mainly observing and inquiring, and became deeply involved in every matter within the Tarot Club that she could participate in.
This gave Alger a strong sense of crisis, after all, the "Priestess" had the strength and connections of the "Pirate General," which he could not currently match.
"The Fool" Klein was also somewhat surprised: I thought the "Priestess" would be depressed for a while. Is she the kind of person who won't listen unless she's beaten? Hmm, you have to beat children to educate them. The Queen just didn't beat them enough... Heh, the Queen's way of doing things isn't very good either. The Emperor also didn't beat them enough.
While mentally complaining, Klein manipulated the "world," looked around, and asked, "Does anyone have a potion recipe or clue for Sequence 4 of the 'Diviner' pathway?"
"Moon" Emlyn was surprised: "World" is also Sequence 5?
Fors was also somewhat surprised: Mr. World's demands suddenly made Tarot Club seem very high-end.
Alger gave another wry smile, silently sighing to himself: No wonder he is favored by Mr. Fool.
Odis said, "As for clues, we could consider starting with the Zarathustra family and the Antigonus family."
"Most members of the Zarathustra family now live in the Republic of Intis. I do know a member of the Antigonus family, but she probably doesn't have the ability to obtain demigod-level potion recipes."
He was referring to the crew member Noi. According to Odis's observation, Noi was either a marginal member of the Antigonus family or the family had completely declined, with its members scattered in various places and having little contact with each other.
Odis continued, "The third clue is the Church of the Goddess of Night. I do have some cooperation with the Church of Night, but it's not to the point where I can buy demigod-level potion formulas from them."
Finally, he said, "You'll have to figure that out yourself."
Gadriya, on the other side, was stunned for a moment: This guy actually has a partnership with the Church of the Night? Me...
She knew very well that the "Mysterious Queen" trusted him greatly. Some time ago, she had heard that Admiral Emilius had met with Odis on the island of Tirineus, and that the Rune Navy seemed to have a secret cooperation with him.
Now that she knows this guy is also collaborating with the Church of the Night, it reminds Gadriya of a profession in the big city: a socialite.
After hearing this, Klein became even more determined to return to Backlund and attempt to steal the "Antigonus Family Notebook".
His previous divinations for clues to the potion recipe all pointed to the Hornach Mountains and St. Samuel's Church in Backlund.
Because of his previous intelligence dealings with the "Hermits," Klein knew that the Hornach Mountains corresponded to the Antigonus family, since Antigonus had once established a state there.
The Church of St. Samuel should correspond to the "Antigonus Family Notes," since he was the one who found the sealed artifact, and it is also clear that the "Night Watcher" brought the sealed artifact to the Church of St. Samuel.
Therefore, of the clues mentioned by the "Hermit," Klein felt that the route through the Church of St. Samuel was the most feasible.
Klein then manipulated the "world" to thank the "Hermit": "Thank you for your tip."
Odis smiled and indicated that it was nothing.
After a few seconds of silence in the hall, the priestess Cattleya spoke up: "I need a drop of blood from a mythical creature, any mythical creature will do."
Silence fell once again in the magnificent palace, for no one possessed such a channel, not even the "Fool" at this moment.
After some consideration, Odis abandoned the idea of purchasing the item together with Gadriya, deciding to wait until Klein and Gadriya reached a deal before proposing a transaction.
In the end, it will simply be that one drop of blood from a mythical creature becomes two drops.
After a long pause, Klein, who couldn't even grasp the concept of mythical creatures, manipulated the "world" and said, "I'll keep an eye out for you."
No one else answered, because they simply didn't have the necessary channels.
"Okay." Cattleya was not surprised by what had happened.
Her sole purpose in asking to buy was to demonstrate to Mr. Fool her willingness to join the Tarot Club.
After a brief pause, Derrick the Sun was about to speak again, but Emlyn the Moon beat him to it, saying with a smile, "Our needs are all very clear. The Sun wants the Sequence 6 'Notary' potion recipe, and Mr. 'The Hanged Man' wants the 'Ocean Singer' potion recipe."
Upon hearing "Moon's" words, Klein suddenly felt ashamed. When he first obtained "Crawling Hunger," he was thinking of releasing the soul of the "Priest of Light" as soon as possible and obtaining the potion recipes for Sequence 6 and Sequence 5 of the "Sun" pathway from him.
As a result, because the "Priest of Light's" abilities were so useful, they never gave up on that soul.
At this moment, Klein made up his mind to release that soul as soon as possible, so he said to "Little Sun": "Within three days, I will provide the 'Notary' potion recipe."
At this point, he looked at "Little Sun": "You can start thinking about what items you can use to exchange for it."
Derrick replied happily, "Yes, Mr. 'World'."
As for the "Ocean Singer" potion needed by the "Hanged Man," there are still no clues.
Emlyn, the "Moon," cleared his throat and said, "My needs are a little different from last time."
"I hope you can help me find these followers of the 'Original Moon'. I will pay £100 for every valid lead, up to £500."
This is an open competition within the vampire clan, and the one who wins the final victory will receive the ring worn by the "Ancestor".
Fors immediately sat up straight, not because she was particularly interested in the commission, but because finding people was Hugh's forte.
With each meeting of the "Mysticism Research Society," Hugh has fully integrated into the role of "leader" and is now able to provide many valuable clues to "MI9" and the Church of the God of Steam and Machines.
The key point is that most of the time, for a useful piece of intelligence, she could get paid from both MI9 and the Steam Church, which made Hugh very wealthy. The two of them moved into a townhouse and hired a maid.
Hugh even obtained the Sequence 7 "Interrogator" potion recipe from MI9, and the week before last, Captain Gar stated in a letter to Hugh that he would provide her with the "Interrogator" trait, and that she should first purchase the auxiliary materials.
At this point, Hugh's informants, as well as the informants of the "Mysticism Research Society," were almost everywhere in Backlund, and the requests to find people would soon yield results.
Emlyn first made a request to "The Fool" and received permission. He then materialized five portraits and simple descriptions, one for each member except for himself and "The Sun".
Fors immediately began to memorize the images carefully, preparing to use the ritual to draw them and write down the corresponding descriptions when he returned, and then hand them all over to Hugh.
Emlyn then said to the Hermit, "Mr. Hermit, I would like to make a deal with you about information concerning the Angel Family."
He's getting increasingly fond of "reselling" information; even less important information traded at the Tarot Club can fetch a good price among the vampires.
Emlyn thus became wealthy, and in order to win this competition, he had prepared £2,500 as funds to acquire intelligence.
He had accumulated all this money through trading intelligence. Just three or four months ago, he never dared to imagine that he could earn such a large sum of money.
However, he was also very careful to avoid attracting the attention of his own people.
Emlyn even consulted the "Hanged Man" about whether this would arouse the suspicion of the vampire's higher-ups.
Mr. Hanged Man also enthusiastically offered him advice and told him, "In the eyes of your vampire's higher-ups, your problem should be quite obvious."
"So you don't need to act too conservatively. Instead, you should show some valuable information. This will further dispel the idea of the vampire's higher-ups using radical methods to deal with your problem."
Emlyn gradually became more confident and bold in his dealings with vampires, and now he's almost become an expert in the mystical history of the Fourth Age.
Just a few days ago, a vampire who studies Quaternary history asked him about the Zarathustra family.
This made him realize that he was missing a crucial link in the history of the Fourth Age, namely the Angel Family. So he promised the other party that he would use his channels to help him find out more.
The vampire offered 1,000 pounds in hopes of getting an answer to his question.
This was equivalent to paying Emlyn's £1,000 tipping fee. Before attending the Tarot meeting, he decided that he might as well trade all the information related to the Angel Family. If it was too expensive, he would trade it in parts; if it wasn't too expensive, he would trade it all at once.
Odis smiled and said, "Yes, if it's a deal between 'Justice,' 'Magician,' 'Priestess,' and 'The World,' it would only cost 2,000 pounds."
"Because they had already traded with me separately before, for information about the three angelic families of Zarathustra, Antigonus, and Abraham."
"The Antigonus and Abraham families hold many secrets, so if you initiate such a deal, you need to pay £1,000 yourself first, and then try to split the remaining £2,000 with other members who are willing to join the deal."
Emlyn immediately replied, "No problem."
Fortunately, the vampire expert's £1,000 could fill this gap, and the overall price of £2,000 wasn't too expensive.
When "The World" inquired about the deal, Odis asked for 4,000 pounds, but he had already earned 3,000 pounds by trading intelligence on families like Antigonus.
In Odis's view, most of the value of the Angelic Family lay in the intelligence of the Antigonus and Abrahamic families.
Another equally important piece of information is about the Amon family, but this information had already been shared with everyone in an earlier transaction.
As for the other families, either Odis had limited information about them, or most of their information was not very valuable. If sold as a package, the price of 2,000 pounds would be a good deal for Odis.
After all, Odis was quite satisfied with selling the intelligence, which he had originally planned to trade for 4,000 pounds, for 6,000 pounds.
Emlyn then officially initiated the deal, and Alger the Hanged Man and Derrick the Sun, as before, did not participate in this transaction.
The former knew a lot about the angel families and felt there was little need for them to trade, while the latter felt that those angel families were of little use to Silver City and therefore did not intend to participate in the trade.
Caldelia already had some information on this, but after thinking it over, she decided to spend 300 pounds to join the deal.
For her, 300 was not a huge expense, but being able to listen to Odis's explanation of the angel family was a worthwhile deal.
Klein had originally planned to "get it for free," but recalling his previous experience of doing so, he found it difficult to ask questions when problems arose, which made him very uncomfortable.
So this time he also spent 300 pounds to join the deal. After all, he had become quite wealthy after going to sea, so there was no need to save money in a place like this.
Audrey and Fors also joined the deal, and they eventually agreed that "The Moon" would contribute £800 and the other members £300 each.
With the £1,000 that "The Moon" needs to cover, Emlyn will need to contribute £1,800 on his own.
Emlyn readily agreed to this distribution method because information about the Angel Family could basically be traded, and the investment could be recouped quickly.
This made Emlyn sigh, as what was considered a high-level intelligence exchange among vampires, concerning angels, was a relatively low-level transaction at the Tarot Meeting.
After agreeing on the price, the senses of Alger and Derrick were first blocked, and then the transaction began.
Odis said, "First of all, I want to state that I only have some fragmented information about many angel families, and I will tell you as much as I know."
Everyone nodded in understanding, since there were so many angel families that it was impossible to know all the information about them.
Odis continued, "Let's examine the Angelic Family according to the four empires of the Fourth Age."
"First is the Solomon Empire. As we mentioned before, the Second Solomon Empire only has the support of two angelic families: the Solomon family and the Zarathustra family."
"The Zoroaster family is an angelic family that possesses the 'Thief' pathway. Their ancestors died in a battle among angels at the beginning of the Fourth Age."
"However, I learned an important piece of information: the ancestors of the Zoroaster family had a very good relationship with the 'Black Emperor' Solomon. Solomon protected the Sequence 1 characteristic in the family and handed it over to the descendants of the Zoroaster family ancestors."
"This is the second patriarch of the Zoroaster family. I believe that his continued support for Solomon's Second Empire was not only to avoid Amon, but also because the Zoroaster family did have a private relationship with Solomon."
Upon hearing this, Gadriya slowly nodded. She only learned about the private relationship between the Zoroaster family and Solomon during this transaction.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
She had always thought that the Zarathustra family and the Zoroaster family supported Solomon because one was fighting against the Antigonus family and the other was fighting against the Amun family.
I never imagined that there was such a connection between the angel families.
Odis continued, "Because the Solomon Empire was the loser in the 'War of the Four Emperors,' there are fewer records of it. I only know about some major events in the Zoroastrian and Zarathustra families."
"After the fall of the Solomon Empire, members of the Zoroaster family were constantly hunted down by Amon. Even the second Zoroaster was in hiding and had not received any news about Him for a long time."
"However, one thing is certain: He is still alive."
"As for the members of this family, it is said that they live in scattered locations to avoid being wiped out by Amon."
Klein, behind the gray fog, thought to himself: I do know where the patriarch of the Zoroaster family is, but who would have thought that he would be "parasitizing" the body of a "Red Glove" and enjoying the protection of the Church of the Night.
This was information he obtained through the "Mirror of Arrodes," when he asked Leonard who the parasite inside his body was.
After receiving the answer, he did not reveal the news to anyone. In his view, it was perfectly normal for the "hermit" not to know about this matter.
Then Odis spoke of the Zarathustra family. When he mentioned that for some unknown reason, young Zarathustra had somehow moved from the Fourth Age to the Second Age, Emlyn the Moon was also very surprised and found it quite magical.
"The Medici family should also be considered part of the Solomon Empire," Odis said, "because they secretly pledge allegiance to the 'True Creator'."
"We've talked about this family before. They seemed to have been corrupted in Bansi Port. As you all know, the Storm Church wiped out that port. I estimate that a large number of Medici members died in that attack."
It was only then that Gadriya realized that the Church of Storms had suddenly attacked Bansi Port because they were eliminating members of the corrupted Angel Family!
She joined the Tarot Club after the destruction of Bansi Port, so she was unaware of the Medici family's affairs.
"There's something that caught my attention during the events at Bansi Port," Odis said. "The evil god there is called the 'Weather God,' and as far as I know, the Sequence 2 of the 'Hunter' pathway is called the 'Weather Mage.'"
"I've mentioned this before: the Medici family's angels may have escaped or gone into hiding."
"After all, unless the 'Lord of Storms' personally takes action, it will be difficult to kill an angel."
Cattleya took a deep breath, feeling that the deal was worthwhile. Otherwise, she would never have imagined that behind the destruction of Bansi Port, there was a battle at the angel level.
The other members already knew about this and weren't surprised. They just thought: This is the Angel Family. They still have an angel.
Odis continued, "In addition, the Solomon family is also an angelic family, or you could call it the 'family of the true gods'."
"I learned from some sources that 'King of the Five Seas' Nast is a descendant of the Solomon family. It was because Emperor Roselle valued his lineage and that he bestowed the title of Snat's father upon him. Later, this title was passed down to Snat."
Cattleya, who had been active at sea, paused for a moment. She had heard such rumors, but she didn't take them too seriously, because many pirates would "find" a good background for themselves.
Then she thought: The "Queen" must know about this, I can ask her about it when I write to her.
Audrey and Fors were surprised to learn that the "Pirate King" had royal blood, which sounded like something out of a novel.
"There is another family that must be included in the Solomon Empire," Odis said. "That is the Steiano family we mentioned before."
Cattleya was slightly taken aback: The family of the God of Steam, the same family that Odis's messenger once belonged to.
The other members already knew this information, and now they listened attentively, since this family might have some information about the gods.
Odis continued, "As far as I know, the Steiano family has two angels, both of whom were once members of the 'Ten Pillars' of the 'Morse Penitentiary'."
Cattleya almost stood up: The family of the "God of Steam" actually originated from the "Morse Ascetic Order", and the angels in this family were high-ranking members of the "Ascetic Order"!
As a core member of the "Morse Penitentiary", Cattleya was naturally aware of the information about the "Ten Pillars" and knew that one of the "Pillars" had just died in Backlund, leaving the "Morse Penitentiary" with only nine "Pillars".
Then Cattleya took a deep breath. Although the information was astonishing, she still chose to believe the "Hermit" because she knew very well that one of the angels of the Steiano family was Odis's messenger, and the information about this family would not be wrong.
Klein was also somewhat surprised: "The identity of the God of Steam is quite complicated!"
Fors thought to himself: I'm too afraid to listen to stories about the origins of gods now, because they always end up bringing up some amazing history!
Emlyn, the "Moon," asked bluntly, "Then... what is the relationship between the 'God of Steam' and the 'Hidden Sage'?"
I have a feeling that there must be some unknown past between them.
"I don't know," Odis said. "However, I heard that the 'God of Steam' was forced to ascend to the status of a true god in the late Fourth Epoch due to pressure from the 'Hidden Sage', even though he hadn't fully digested the Sequence 1 potion."
"So in the Fifth Age, the Steam Church, which was formerly the Craftsmen's Church, was also the weakest of the orthodox churches because their gods were not in good condition."
Emlyn nodded: "I see."
If that's the case, the relationship between the two people... no, the two gods must not be very harmonious, otherwise they wouldn't have been forced to advance due to pressure from the other.
Klein keenly realized that the "God of Steam" was only promoted in the late Fourth Epoch due to pressure from the "Hidden Sage," meaning that He did not have such pressure before that.
Then he thought: Roselle's diary said that "Hidden Sage" is the only existence that activates the "Hidden One" path. Could it be that the uniqueness of "Hidden One" was only activated in the middle and late stages of the Fourth Epoch? So the "God of Steam" was under pressure and had to advance ahead of schedule? But... but this doesn't match the "Morse Penitentiary".
Because Klein learned from other sources that the "Morse Ascetic Order" was an organization that existed in the Third Age, and that it was an organization closely related to the "Hidden Sages," he had always believed that it was an organization established by the "Hidden Sages."
At this moment, he suddenly thought: Could it be that the "Ascetic Order of Morse" came first, and then the "Hidden Sages" came later?
Caldelia had heard rumors about this before, so she wasn't particularly surprised by the information.
Because Audrey and Fors didn't have as much knowledge, they simply thought it was an "interesting historical anecdote" and didn't make as many connections as Klein did.
"You know what happened next," Odis said. "The Stiano family became the Steam Church, and the last of the seven gods ascended to godhood."
He then added, "Now that we've talked about the angelic families of the Solomon Empire, let's talk about the families of the Tudor Empire."
Gadriya was slightly taken aback: "The Hermit" did not reveal the process by which the "God of Steam" killed his sister and ascended to godhood.
Then she thought about it: That makes sense. After all, it's only a 2,000-pound transaction. It's already quite good to be able to sort out the various angel families. There's no need to disclose information at the divine level. Besides, the less you say about such divine secrets, the better.
Odis continued, "We have mentioned the angelic families of the Tudor family many times before, including the Abraham family, the Ammon family, the Antigonus family, the Jacob family, and the Tamara family."
"We have mentioned the Ammon family, the Jacob family, and the Tamara family more than once in previous transactions."
"Now I'll focus on telling 'the Moon' about the Abrahamic family and the Antigonus family..."
In the subsequent description, Emlyn, the "Moon," finally understood why the "Hermit" had made him pay an extra 1,000 pounds. He hadn't expected Abraham to be so powerful, just one step away from becoming a true god. He hadn't expected that He had been sealed away by the "Goddess of Night" and the "Lord of Storms."
As for Antigonus, he surprised Emlyn even more, who never expected that He was actually a demon wolf! It was unexpected that the legendary "Land of Night" was founded by a demon wolf, and that the "Mother of the Sky" was also a demon wolf.
Finally, Emlyn rubbed his hands together in disbelief: "The Goddess of Night" is also a dire wolf... This...
He no longer believes statements like "vampires are the oldest and longest-standing race."
Odis concluded, "Let me talk about the descendants of several angelic families in the Tudor Empire. There seem to be quite a few descendants of the Abraham family, but due to the family's curse, they don't have many powerful extraordinary individuals. However, they do have many powerful sealed artifacts, so their strength among the angelic families is still considerable."
Fors, who had the most say, nodded slowly. According to her observation, the Abraham family's wealth was still very substantial. For example, when Teacher Dorian gave his students a reward, it was always a magical item comparable to Sequence 6.
"The Antigonus family should also have some descendants still alive," Odis said. "But like the Zarathus, they are very mysterious, even more so than the members of the Zarathus.
"After all, I've also heard that many members of the Zarathustra family live in the Republic of Intis, but I haven't heard of any gathering place for members of the Antigonus family."
"The Amon family goes without saying. All members of this family are Amon's clones. It is said that Amon has many clones active in the North and South Continents. Fortunately, I have not encountered any yet."
"The Jacob family has said before that most of its members have been parasitized by Amon, but it is said that some members of the family are still hiding."
"To avoid being tracked down by Amon, they should hide even deeper than the Zoroaster family, because Amon once impersonated the ancestor of the Jacob family for a period of time, and it is very likely that they can be traced back through the bloodline of the Jacob family."
Everyone was stunned. Klein sighed inwardly: "Beware of fire, theft, and Amon!"
Audrey also sensed that Amon was a unique deity, or rather, that his abilities were quite unique.
"The Tamara family seems to be doing quite well," Odis said. "They say there is still an angel and members at the demigod level."
"But based on what I know, this family seems to have been affected by some unknown contamination, and we only hear about them occasionally now."
"Finally, there's the Tudor family. This family has either declined or is very well hidden, because I've heard very little about them."
"I only heard a long time ago that some members of this family changed their surname and came back into the public eye."
"I'm not entirely clear on the specifics either."
Klein, behind the gray fog, thought to himself: I do know about this. A branch of the Tudor family changed their surname to Pound and returned to Backlund. They were once ennobled as earls for their military achievements, but now they only have the title of baron.
"Next up is the Angel Family, which belongs to the Terensost Empire," Odis said. "The ruling families of the four major countries of the Northern Continent, whether currently or in the past, are the Angel Families that once supported the Terensost Empire."
"They divided up the spoils of the 'War of the Four Emperors' and used the regime they established to consolidate their extraordinary position."
"The family that everyone knows best is the Augustus family. It is said that this family has two angels, one of Sequence 1 and one of Sequence 2."
"The Castilian family of the Kingdom of Feneport has the same strength as the Augustus family."
"The Einhorn family of the Fussac Empire should have two angels, but their exact rank is unclear."
"The only family that has declined now is the Soren family, the royal family of the former Kingdom of Intis. At least on the surface, they no longer have any angel-level beings."
"It is said that it was because of a problem with the angels of this family that Emperor Roselle was able to overthrow the regime of this country."
"If they had even two normal angels, Roselle would have made proper arrangements for the family even after overthrowing their rule, and would have used enough political resources to buy them off."
"After all, for a country, angels are a strategic asset and cannot be wasted easily."
"As for the Trensost family, as I've mentioned before, we rarely hear anything about them these days."
Klein, after the gray fog, also agreed with this view, and he also mentioned in Roselle's diary that although he had the support of the church, he was very careful in the process of gaining power because the Soren family put a lot of pressure on him.
Odis continued, "In the Southern Continent, there is also the Aegis family, the family of the 'Underworld Emperor'."
"This family once ruled the entire Southern Continent. After the 'Emperor of the Underworld' fell, the family's strength was greatly weakened, and many opposing forces emerged in the Southern Continent, quickly dividing up the Byron Empire."
"Of course, it is said that this outcome was due to a major disagreement between the Church of Death and the Eggers family."
"Justice" Audrey couldn't help but ask, "The Church of Death?"
"Yes," Odis said. "According to some information I have, the Byron Empire is probably a theocratic regime with the Church of Death and the Death Governor."
"But both 'Death God' and 'Emperor of the Underworld' are Salinger alone. After His fall, the Church of Death and the Death Archon seem to have disagreed on how to clean up the mess."
Klein and the others listened very attentively, as they rarely heard anyone talk about the Byron Empire in such depth.
Odis continued, "This division has persisted to this day. After the Church of Death and the Death Archon lost their rule over most of the Southern Continent, they were collectively referred to as the 'Spirit Order'."
"The members of the 'Spirit Cult,' primarily the Church of Death, have been trying to resurrect 'Death'."
"The Death Archon faction intends to cultivate a new 'Emperor of the Underworld,' and the Aegis family has already produced a Sequence 1 Angel."
"This angel must have appeared after the Highlands Kingdom, the Pass Kingdom and other regimes divided up the Byron Empire. Otherwise, if there were still a Sequence 1 member in the 'Spirit Order', the Byron Empire could still control a large area of the Southern Continent."
"The two important components of the 'Spiritual Order' not only failed to cooperate, but also suffered from conflicting ideologies and internal strife, which was a major reason for the downfall of the Byron Empire."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded slowly. They had all heard about the internal conflicts within the "Spiritual Cult," but they hadn't expected there to be such a history.
Odis paused for a moment and then said, "Finally, there are three demon angel families: the North family, the Andrerad family, and the Belial family."
"I heard that only the North family still has angels now. The other two families have been declining for over a thousand years and have gradually become dependent on the North family."
Klein nodded slowly: The "Apostle of Desire" we encountered in Backlund was a member of the Belial family.