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On the Golden Dream, Leyton, who had just returned to his cabin, suddenly felt his spiritual intuition stir.
A purple halo flashed in his eyes, catching a faint, silver-grey figure that flickered past him.
A wax-sealed envelope was placed in front of Leyton by the figure, falling as the silver-grey silhouette vanished.
Leyton reached out and caught the envelope, his intuition telling him it likely contained the wheel of fortune card sent by Bernadette.
He didn't rush to open the envelope, his gaze fixed on where the messenger had just disappeared, the purple halo in his eyes now covered by a hazy white.
He calmly looked forward, his gaze seeming to pierce through time, seeing the True form of the messenger who had just delivered the letter.
It was a strange creature that looked somewhat like a centaur, with six legs on its lower body and an upper body resembling a headless man, covered in silver-grey fur that clung to its skin, like a metallic sheen.
"Is this the True form of a speedster? Creatures of the Spirit World really do look stranger than the last," Leyton mumbled to himself, then quickly returned to his room with the envelope.
He eagerly tore open the envelope. Inside, besides a folded letter, there was a tarot card—a tarot card without Roselle's corresponding image, with the small words "Wheel of Fortune" in the upper left corner.
"As the only Major Arcana card without a figure, I thought Roselle would force himself to cosplay for it."
Leyton slightly pursed his lips as he looked at the wheel of fortune card in his hand, feeling a bit disappointed not to see Roselle's new image.
However, this was probably why he felt at ease handing this Card of Blasphemy to Bernadette. If it were the Witch or Moon card, he might have had a chance to collect the Demoness Card—such good things must be displayed.
Although the wheel of fortune card did not have Roselle's image like other blasphemy cards, its card face was very rich. In the azure sky hung a three-tiered Wheel of Fortune, surrounded by a jackal, a sword, a lion, and a snake.
Each of the four corners of the card face had a winged animal, precisely corresponding to the four symbols representing fire, water, wind, and earth on the Wheel of Fortune.
Leyton held the wheel of fortune card in his right hand and gently brushed the card face with his left. A faint, illusory shattering sound echoed in his ears as he lifted the seal Bernadette had placed on the card.
Lines of ancient Feysac words appeared on the card face, fully presenting the potion formulas and rituals for the Fate pathway from Sequence 9 to Sequence 0.
Leyton skipped over the preceding potion formulas and rituals, his gaze falling directly on the final Sequence 0:
Sequence 0: Wheel of Fortune
To a certain extent, it is the embodiment of fate, capable of influencing the entire world, allowing all actions of all living beings, except deities, to be determined by oneself.
Ritual: Find the correct opportunity in the torrent of fate.
"...Digitize the entire world, turning the whole world into a Monopoly game of rolling dice?"
Leyton suddenly thought of the probability dice held by the Life School of Thought; that dice's style certainly had the potential for this.
"I wonder if the Demon of Knowledge, who holds the authority of knowledge and civilization, can digitize the entire world. Hmm… most likely, yes. The principle of the Sage's Robe is to copy information, record states, and reset that information after a certain time. Since it can copy, it can most likely modify it as well."
After pondering to himself, he reached out again, brushing the surface of the wheel of fortune card. A faint layer of starlight diffused and then quickly disappeared, reapplying a seal to the wheel of fortune card.
Prolonged Convergence effects would likely attract High-Sequence entities from this pathway, and he couldn't guarantee that the attracted entity would be a presence like Ouroboros, which would bear him no ill will.
Putting away the wheel of fortune card, he picked up the letter paper from the nearby table, unfolded it, and began to read:
The Death Announcer is recruiting crew members. Except for the King of Immortality Agalito, all crew members on the Death Announcer are dead.
I sensed the Hidden Sage's descent, also in the direction of the White Whale Sea, not too far from the sea where Vice Admiral Iceberg and the King of Immortality fought.
I saw a ship, an empty ship!
That was Admiral of Blood's Tree of Flesh and Blood!
The sea is a place controlled by the Church of the Lord of Storms. Try not to conflict with them at sea; they have an absolute advantage…
"A Pirate King telling me the sea is a place controlled by the Church of the Lord of Storms… it feels a bit strange. But, everyone on the Death Announcer died except Agalito? That's not right; the two sides in that battle held back; it wasn't that intense."
Leyton mumbled, shaking the letter paper. A flame suddenly erupted from it, quickly burning the paper to ashes.
Then, his figure, leaning back in the chair, rapidly faded and disappeared, entering the Spirit World and wandering towards the Spirit World Depths.
Bansy Harbor, outside the Storm Cathedral.
Klein, leading Danitz and others, met with Captain Elland from the Storm Cathedral. After exchanging information, they quickly reached a consensus and hurried towards the White Agate.
As they neared the telegraph office, they encountered a middle-aged man carrying a lantern.
He wore a deep blue bishop's robe embroidered with the Storm symbol, his head bowed, face pale, breathing somewhat ragged, and footsteps a bit unsteady, as if seriously injured.
"Bishop Miller?" Captain Elland, being a captain, recognized the man with a slight focus and blurted out in surprise.
The middle-aged man raised his head, lifted the lantern in his hand, and looked at Elland, who had spoken:
"You are… Elland?"
"Yes, Bishop, I saw Jess die. What exactly happened here?"
Elland didn't walk directly over but remained where he was and asked.
During this process, Klein and Danitz subtly shifted their bodies, reducing their presence in front of the Church of the Lord of Storms bishop.
"His injuries look like they were inflicted by someone from the Church of the Lord of Storms."
Bugs Bunny, who had been following at Klein's heels, observed the man Captain Elland called Bishop for a while, then suddenly spoke up.
"Hmm? It can… it's a magical animal?"
Elland looked at Bugs Bunny, who had suddenly spoken, in surprise, then turned his gaze to Gehrman Sparrow.
"Hmm."
Klein responded expressionlessly.
As he spoke, he pulled a gold coin from his pocket and quietly chanted a divination phrase:
"He harbors malice."
Clink! The gold coin was tossed into the air and quickly fell, landing in Klein's palm.
Heads up, indicating affirmation!
Bishop Miller stared directly at this scene, and dark red light suddenly surged in his grey-brown eyes.
Whoosh~, a strong wind gusted from within him, billowing his deep blue clerical robe.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The branches of nearby street trees were snapped by the strong wind and flew into the air.
Bugs Bunny suddenly exerted force, plunging the tree branch staff in its hand into the ground, stabilizing its body, which was almost blown away by the strong wind.
But the hat on its head was directly blown off by the strong wind and caught by Klein, who retreated.
Donna, Denton, and others behind it didn't have such ability; they were directly thrown several meters away, falling to the ground, aching all over.
Only Kleeves and his bodyguard companion, who had better physical conditioning, merely stumbled to the ground and then rolled a few times.
Captain Elland, directly facing Bishop Miller, agilely performed a series of backward movements and rolls, dodging the oncoming wind pressure.
The more powerful Klein and Danitz also did not resist head-on, yielding backward like kites floating, maintaining their balance.
Puff! Puff! Hiss!
Thick, verdant, barbed vines burst from the ground, striking directly at Bishop Miller, who was conjuring the strong wind.
"Hmph!"
A muffled grunt came from his nostrils, and invisible, sharp wind blades shot out, cutting all the attacking vines.
The whirlwind around him consciously moved his body backward a distance, avoiding subsequent vine attacks.
The strong wind he raised briefly subsided, and the surrounding mist had been dispersed, revealing six figures hidden beneath the mist.
They were all cloaked in black, headless, and even had fresh blood gushing from their necks, looking as if their heads had just been cut off not long ago.
Ho! Ho!
They let out low growls like beasts preparing to strike.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Sharp, invisible wind blades cut through the air, attacking Bugs Bunny, who held the tree branch and manipulated the vines.
Bugs Bunny immediately pushed off its legs and darted backward, transforming into a blurry grey figure, avoiding all the wind blades.
The next moment, a mad, terrifying hunger emerged. Everyone felt as if they were being targeted by some extremely terrifying, vicious monster, and could be flayed and dismembered at any moment.
Danitz's eyes shrank slightly; he knew that Gehrman Sparrow was no longer hiding himself.
Klein continuously used paper substitutes to close the distance between himself and Bishop Miller. The human skin glove on his left hand squirmed, growing dark gold scales.
Klein's pupils lightened and seemed to verticalize, reflecting Bishop Miller, whose deep blue robe was billowing.
The next moment, the Bishop, who was releasing wind blades to pursue Bugs Bunny, suddenly tilted his head back, and his body froze for a moment.
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