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Hearing Mr. Fool's words, Hanged Man Alger stretched his body, his gaze sweeping over everyone, deliberately avoiding the newly joined Hermit Cattleya, and landing on Justice and Magician Fors sitting opposite the mottled long table.
He tried to make his tone sound calm, as if he was recounting a rumor he had accidentally heard among pirates:
"The Rorsted Archipelago hasn't been very peaceful lately."
"What happened?"
Justice Audrey asked curiously.
Hanged Man Alger gently shook his head, as if he didn't quite understand himself. After a moment of contemplation, he continued:
"A battle involving several demigods occurred in the City of Generosity, Bayam. Their battlefield erupted in the Loenese residential area within the City and was eventually forcibly moved to the sea by Sea King."
"That night, bright sunlight illuminated the entire Bayam, accompanied by violent storms, terrifying sonic booms, and continuous lightning. The most direct feeling was: a terrifying Calamity!"
He didn't elaborate too much. Although he was in Bayam, at the Cathedral of Waves, at that time, he didn't even have the inclination to watch a battle of that level. He merely paid attention to the weather changes on the sea while avoiding the storm.
Hanged Man Alger looked around, seeing the Tarot Club members' reactions, which ranged from shock and confusion to calmness. After a slight pause, he continued:
"Members of the Moses Ascetic Order disguised as Archaeologists took an item from an ancient elf ruin on Symeem Island, which indirectly led to the collapse of the local deity, Sea God Kalvetua."
"The Church of the Lord of Storms is taking this very seriously and is currently hunting down members of the Moses Ascetic Order throughout the Rorsted Sea."
At this point, his gaze inadvertently swept towards Hermit Cattleya. Seeing no obvious change in her expression, he continued:
"When that Sea God was facing an unavoidable collapse, it tried to create a tsunami to drag all living beings in the Rorsted Sea down with it."
"But it was suppressed by the Church of the Lord of Storms's Sea King. What's strange is that after this incident ended, the Sea God's devout followers could still occasionally receive responses."
Leyton leaned lazily against the high-backed chair, his gaze fixed on the figure shrouded in Gray Fog at the head of the table, then quickly retracted it.
Hanged Man Alger, who had been observing everyone's reactions, didn't miss this detail. He leaned back slightly against the chair, his thoughts beginning to wander:
"The White Tower's reaction is very calm. Does he also know about this? And he subconsciously looked at Mr. Fool, is it because he thinks this matter is related to Mr. Fool?"
Kalvetua fell into an unavoidable collapse, tried to take everyone down with it, was stopped by that Sea King, and then started responding to believers again?
Cattleya frowned slightly. As a Pirate Admiral, her understanding of Kalvetua was not extensive, but certainly not negligible. In her perception, that Sea God should have perished after its final madness.
As she pondered, her spiritual intuition suddenly stirred, recalling a scene: the moment she was first pulled into this palace above the Gray Fog by Mr. Fool.
The scepter Mr. Fool held at that time, it exuded divine aura, an almost tangible aura of the sea and storms!
This... The one responding to believers again is no longer the Sea God, but Mr. Fool. Is He secretly encroaching upon the authority of the storm? Or does He have other motives?
Subconsciously, Cattleya turned her head to look at the head of the mottled long table, at the figure shrouded in Gray Fog.
Why is Ms. Hermit looking at Mr. Fool? Does she know something? Justice Audrey, who had always paid attention to Cattleya, keenly noticed her movement.
She was confused for a moment, and soon, a bold idea formed in her mind. Could it be that the one responding to the Sea God's believers now is Mr. Fool?
Thinking of this, she subconsciously looked at the figure at the head of the table.
Following the actions of several people, Magician Fors and Moon Emlyn, whose reactions were slightly slower, also turned their heads to look at Mr. Fool at the head of the table.
The Sun Derrick didn't know much about things outside the Forsaken Land of the Gods, nor did he have much interest. However, when he saw everyone looking at Mr. Fool, he also subconsciously followed suit.
Klein manipulated his alternate account, The World, looking at himself half a beat slower than the others.
Once all the Tarot Club members were looking at him, Klein leaned back in his chair and chuckled, his tone leisurely:
"Kalvetua's characteristic originated from a part separated from Calamity Cohinem. With the Book of Calamity taken away, it inevitably fell into collapse and then died."
"Book of Calamity, is that what the Moses Ascetic Order took from that ancient elf ruin on Symeem Island?"
Hanged Man Alger silently murmured to himself, and at the same time, a bold idea formed in his mind: "Mr. Fool also seemed to be involved in this matter and gained something from it. The one responding to the Sea God's believers now is very likely Mr. Fool!"
As the thought emerged, he subconsciously gazed at the figure at the head of the mottled long table, then quickly retracted his gaze, glancing elsewhere.
During this process, he unconsciously glanced at Leyton, and a strange sense of familiarity emerged in his heart.
I've seen him? No, it's not like that. A Beyonder of Sequence 5 or even Sequence 4, even if his appearance has no features, his temperament and sense of danger would be enough to make a lasting impression on me. Moreover, given White Tower's performance in the Tarot Club, he doesn't seem like the type of person who habitually conceals or is good at hiding himself.
Not a real person, could it be a wanted poster?
As the thought surfaced, he recalled the three portraits Bishop Jogori handed him in the Cathedral of Waves—it's him! Pyromaniac Al, the demigod from the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, the one who fought the saint from the Rose School of Thought in Bayam!
Hmm? What is Hanged Man looking at me for? His emotions are a bit volatile, he recognized me... His reaction is a bit slow. The Church of the Lord of Storms issued so many wanted posters, and he's only recognizing me now.
Leyton looked back at Hanged Man Alger, a faint smile playing on his lips, then turned his head and withdrew his gaze.
Indeed, the one responding to the Sea God's believers now is Mr. Fool! Can the Sea God Church now be considered a subordinate force of our Tarot Club? Justice Audrey's thoughts excitedly wandered.
Is that scepter the remaining characteristic of Kalvetua? How did Mr. Fool obtain it? As she pondered, Cattleya turned her gaze to Leyton beside her.
From what I've observed, among the Tarot Club members, he's the only one currently capable of participating in such an event.
After everyone had been lost in thought for a while, Klein, manipulating his alternate account The World, lightly coughed, bringing everyone's thoughts back.
Then he asked himself, answered himself, and materialized a portrait. After showing it to the people on both sides of the mottled long table, he said in a deep, hoarse voice:
"Does anyone here know her?"
Red-haired, female, and this timing... Tracy's lover. As his thoughts turned, Leyton chuckled:
"Are you interested in a melodramatic love story?"
A love story? But what a strange description is 'melodramatic'? Magician Fors, who was particularly sensitive to the word 'story', glanced at Leyton, then re-examined the portrait displayed by The World.
Hermit Cattleya gave Leyton a strange look, then said in a steady voice:
"Red-haired Irene. She has Sauron Family blood from Intis and is a fallen noble lady."
"She was a sea merchant and was reportedly captured by Maiden of Disease Tracy."
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