Moon Emlyn looked around, and finally his gaze fell on Leyton, asking with ill-concealed curiosity, "So, who exactly is the Earth Mother now?"
Leyton looked at Emlyn and retorted, "Didn't the presence of so many Sanguine in the Church of the Earth Mother make you think of anything?"
Emlyn was silent for a moment, then shook his head in a daze. He already had some vague ideas, some conjectures, but he didn't dare to believe them.
Seeing that everyone was interested in this topic, Klein manipulated The World Gehrman Sparrow and chuckled, "I can give you some hints."
"The Earth and Moon are two adjacent Pathways."
"Legend has it that in the second epoch, the ancient god Lilith, who represented the Moon, fell due to the betrayal of the Giant King, but she occasionally still responds to the prayers of the Sanguine, seemingly not completely gone."
Star Leonard was stunned for two seconds, then he suddenly realized and said, "No wonder the Church of the Evernight Goddess no longer promotes the goddess's title of 'Lady of Crimson'…"
Klein manipulated The World to interject, "Perhaps, before long, we will hear related descriptions in the Earth Mother's honorific name."
Emlyn, who was trying to digest the news he had just heard, suddenly laughed out loud. Seeing the other Tarot Club members look over, he quickly stopped his expression and said with a slight tilt of his chin, "I knew it, the Ancestor wouldn't fall so easily. She just changed her identity and is taking care of and watching over us Sanguine more secretly."
Under the dual identities of a Sanguine and a Mother Goddess believer, has this Vampire finally become a fanatic of Lilith? Klein silently complained in his heart, then he looked towards The World and asked Sun Derrick, "Where has the exploration team you led reached?"
The World's voice pulled everyone's scattered thoughts back. Sun Derrick immediately replied, "We have arrived at Afternoon Town, and in less than two days, we can reach the Giant King's Court."
Klein nodded slightly and said, "Hmm, when the time comes, you can contact me through Mr. Fool. The sea of ruins that evolved from the War of the Gods remains has undergone an anomaly, and it's difficult to find a relatively safe route in a short time. At that time, I will personally go and lead you out of the Forsaken Land of the Gods."
"I understand. Thank you very much for your help, Mr. World." Sun Derrick seriously bowed to The World Gehrman Sparrow at the very bottom and thanked him.
Klein, using The World's avatar, also gave some precautions, telling Little Sun to pray to him every now and then, and to always pay attention to whether there were any team members or Monsters parasitized by Amon around.
The matter of the City of Silver came to an end, and the Tarot Club fell silent once again.
After a brief silence, "Justice" Audrey hesitated and asked, "Everyone, I have a question. If there is something where you know the final outcome from the very beginning, and it has nothing to do with you, only depending on the outcome of certain existences' games, then, should you still do something?"
Chariot Anderson, leaning back in his chair, chuckled and said in a somewhat casual tone, "There's a philosophical saying in the Southern Continent: Death is the predetermined end for everyone, but that doesn't mean living has no meaning."
"If you feel that you cannot change the outcome of something, there is only one reason: you are too weak."
"Advancing Sequence by Sequence, from ordinary people to demigods, from demigods to angels, only with enough effort and enough luck, one day, we will become one of those who can influence the situation."
"Our current powerlessness is just the motivation for us to move forward, but if we do nothing, then there will be no future to look forward to…"
Mr. Chariot seemed to be very touched by such matters, to the point that he said so much at once. "Justice" Audrey subconsciously nodded in Anderson's direction, indicating that she had taken it in.
Thump! Thump!
Leyton raised his hand and knocked on the table, interrupting Anderson's unfinished words:
"Speaking of the future, I suddenly thought of something."
"Everyone, you should more or less know about the rumors of the apocalypse. Because of some things that happened in the previous War of the Gods, the originally predetermined apocalypse has been brought forward. Perhaps in ten years, or less than ten years, the apocalypse will descend."
"At that time, all people and things, even the gods and The World itself, will be destroyed."
"...Brought forward?" "The Hermit" Cattleya frowned slightly. She had learned some things about the apocalypse from Bernadette, and although it wasn't detailed, she knew that the time of the apocalypse was very definite and unified among many true god churches and hidden organizations.
The apocalypse has been brought forward? So what exactly happened in the previous War of the Gods… As thoughts floated, Klein manipulated The World and asked, "Why was it brought forward?"
Leyton leaned back against the chair and calmly said, "Two reasons: first, too many of the Seven Gods have fallen or lost their Beyonder characteristics, and the power of the Astral World is insufficient; second, all the righteous gods and evil gods fought in certain places before, too busy to care for the Astral World and reality, giving some guys an opportunity."
"Then why…" Klein opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't ask his question.
Leyton tilted his neck back and laughed, "The atmosphere has been built up to this point, how can we end it without a fight?"
"Moreover, although some gods have fallen or dropped in Beyonder characteristics, there are also existences that have advanced further because of this. In Adam's words, this is a necessary sacrifice, exchanging the early arrival of the apocalypse for more power to resist it."
"In your mouth, the War of the Gods sounds like a brawl between a bunch of hooligans." Chariot Anderson casually complained.
He paused, then took a deep breath and asked, "Everyone, does anyone know the potion formula for 'War Bishop'?"
As he spoke, his gaze fell on a playing card that Klein had placed face down on his right hand, the Red Priest card!
Klein leaned back leisurely in the high-backed chair, not reacting at all. This kind of matter was not suitable for Mr. Fool to speak about personally.
The World Gehrman Sparrow lightly coughed and said calmly, "I can obtain it, and I can even help you hunt a War Bishop from Intis or Feysac as the main ingredient for your advancement."
Anderson chuckled and, without any surprise, turned his head to look at The World, asking, "What do I need to pay?"
The World said in a low, hoarse voice, "Go to the Rorsted Archipelago, find the believers of 'Sea God,' and help them settle those who will come out of the Forsaken Land of the Gods. Teach them to adapt to the current world. They are all believers of Mr. Fool."
"No problem." Anderson nodded, then suggested, "Actually, it would be better to arrange them in Southern Intis or the Northern State of the Southern Continent. Post-war reconstruction is very short of manpower, and with mutual communication, they will quickly integrate."
"They have been isolated from the outside world for over a thousand years…"
Klein stated calmly, not finishing his sentence, but Anderson already understood what he meant. This was equivalent to letting a group of primitives operate a Steam engine.
After another ten minutes of free communication, today's Tarot Club gradually came to an end. After everyone stood up and bowed, streaks of crimson light rose, dissolving their figures and making them disappear from this space above the Gray Fog.
Constantine city in Midseashire County. During the previous invasion war of Feysac and Feynapotter against Loen, this large metropolis in northern Loen was the first place to be captured by Feysac, and they used it as a stronghold to continuously invade southeastward, all the way to Backlund.
Because it was used as a temporary stronghold by the Feysac people, apart from the initial battle, Constantine city did not suffer too much damage in the subsequent period.
Streams of information surged out from the void, passing through the streets where post-war reconstruction was proceeding in an orderly manner, and finally converged and reorganized in a detached villa near a public school.
On the second floor of the villa, an old man standing by the window suddenly sensed something. A faint blue glow flashed, and his figure appeared directly in the empty living room on the first floor.
As soon as Leyton emerged from the information torrent, having reconstructed his body from complex and pure knowledge, an old man in a black woolen coat and a semi-tall black top hat appeared before him.
He nodded slightly to the other party and said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Lawrence."
Lawrence also nodded in return, "Good afternoon, Mr. Tines. I apologize, due to the previous war, all valuable and useful items in this villa have been moved out, so there's nothing to entertain you with."
"If you don't mind, you can wait a moment. I'll go to East Chester County to get some black tea and coffee. For a Traveler, this won't take too much time."
Leyton shook his head and said, "No need for such trouble. I am tracking a Steam train and will not be staying here for too long."
After a slight pause, he continued, "I just heard your prayer about advancing to a Secrets Sorcerer. Do you mind if I observe?"
"Of course, that's exactly what I want." Lawrence nodded, seemingly unsurprised by Leyton's request.
Leyton raised his hand, and faint blue starlight flew out from the void, quickly constructing a pair of double doors covered with mysterious patterns and symbols.
As the faint blue, brilliant light flickered, both figures simultaneously disappeared from the room.
In an abandoned manor on the outskirts of Constantine city, brilliant starlight suddenly emerged from thin air, forming an illusory Door. Leyton and Lawrence walked out from behind the Door, one after another.
After the surrounding starlight disappeared, Lawrence raised his hand and outlined an illusory "Door" in front of him, connecting to a certain place in the Spirit World, from which he took out a rolled-up oil painting.