Mystery: Those years when I was a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

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Intis, Trier, Cathedral of Light.

In a room with dark curtains drawn, "Saint of Secrets" Botis sat at the table, the crystal ball in front of him shimmering.

He closed his eyes, and with a short distance between his palm and the crystal ball, he was rubbing in mid-air vaguely. Following the presentation of the divination results, Botis frowned slightly, showing a little confusion.

After a while, he finished divination, and the dim light source inside the crystal ball gradually disappeared, but the room gradually brightened.Botis took off the hood on his head, and covered the crystal ball with an opaque cloth at hand. After the set of movements was over, the aura of the magic stick weakened a lot.

"Unbelievable, why is that Miss Audrey Hall in the Southern Continent now?"

This is what confuses him.

Botis finally took time out of his schedule, and was able to pick up that Miss Audrey before the "Dark Saint" urged him.

During this period of time, he was suffering from a headache because of the Abraham family's contact with the Church of the God of Mystery next door, so he temporarily let go of the tasks assigned to him by the Aurora Society.

As a traitor of the Abraham family, Botis knew that the family inherited from the Fourth Era to the present is still a skinny camel bigger than a horse. The secret knowledge and extraordinary items held by those old guys are enough for the Abraham family to obtain the God of Mystery. shelter.During this period of time, he tried to harass, obstruct, and even assassinate, but he didn't get any results. He even almost exposed his identity during the assassination. If he took a step slower, he might be on the spot by the saint sent by the Church of the Mysterious God captured!
If he was really caught for assassinating members of the Abraham family, Botis couldn't guarantee that the Church of the Creator would resolutely rescue him—two churches were involved, and it would be considered magnanimous to keep him alive.

However, apart from assassins and corpse collectors who are proficient in walking in the spirit world, the only assassins who can move so fast are apprentices.

And the matter of how he became the "Holy One of Secrets" is not a secret in the Aurora Society, and the Abraham family will not let go of this thorough opportunity. Botis suspects that the holy man has already guessed his identity.

... so annoying!He shouldn't have left so many alive in the first place!

The more Botis thought about it, the more angry he became. When he thought of the former Mr. X Louis who was suspected of being killed by someone hired by the Abraham family, he couldn't help feeling anxious.

He desperately needed something to distract him.

"A noble lady of this age, and a remaining member of the Loen Psychological Alchemist Association, shouldn't she stay at home and enjoy afternoon tea?"

"Is there any omission in the information given to me by His Excellency the Dark Lord? And, why does the divination show that it is suitable to pick her up now?"

Looking at the crystal ball, Botis saw the two divination results of "now is the right time to pick up" and "there will be great danger to go to the Southern Continent now", and made a moment of difficulty.

He got up, opened the curtains, and saw that the weather above Trier's head was clear, but in the distance ahead, there seemed to be dark clouds gathering.

"It seems that this young lady is going to experience some kind of danger in the Southern Continent. She may die. This is my chance to give charcoal in the snow..."

"But, do I need to take such a risk to help?"

……

"Judging from his choice, the 'White Tower' accommodates well."

"The economic crisis within the country, the shortage of relief food, the fierce conflicts, the imperial system left by the sons of chaos, and the unemployed sailors and people due to tense international relations." The demon of knowledge said, "Everything can be resolved by retaking the colonies .”

The number of anchors owned by the God of Thunder may be the first among all the gods. Fear and strength are the most primitive yearnings of human beings. Unbelievers can also serve as anchors—then even in Intis, the countless survivors of traumatic psychological disorders caused by the Great Flood are also the anchors of the Thunder God.

However, as the country of belief in the God of Thunder, Ruen's situation is extremely poor. It can even be said that there are internal and external troubles. Among them, the monster of knowledge does not even have the idea to elaborate, because even citizens with a little social experience, You can see fatigue.

But this time the God of Thunder's attack on Highland was a stroke of genius.

There is no food, which can be obtained from the colony;
No precious metals and spices, which can be mined from colonies;
There is no distant water fishing and transnational shipping trade, which can be reopened after the return of the colonies.

As for jobs, as long as the colony is cleaned up, a large number of people can be dispatched from the country to open up wasteland.It can not only solve the problem of colonial independence and resistance, but also increase a large number of jobs at one time.

But now Loen is regarded as a half-religious country, and the church's participation in politics and its extraordinary ability to influence society are almost no longer concealed.Under the premise that Emperor Loen is also Gard II, the God of Thunder, and a "tyrant", as long as Leodro's actions go smoothly, the situation in Loen's country can be improved in one fell swoop, and the church of the God of Thunder can be restored. Gain popular support and weaken the centralized order influence of the Sons of Chaos.

As for labor in the colonies... does that stuff matter?

There will be no shortage of mineral deposits, forestry and farming can be restored, and the aborigines in the colony have always been as few as possible, and it is best to be extinct?

"The countermeasure is also very simple."

Edward said while eating melon seeds: "Go to Loen now and release the Son of Chaos. Even if the God of Thunder has successfully captured the high ground at this time, it will be difficult to compete with Emperor George III, who has released bold words and resonated with the people before." Influence."

"Besides that, don't you think the current Northern Continent is beautiful?"

Edward said to himself:
"I want to use the period of Roselle as a comparison, but at least Intis became the overlord of the continent when the nations were burning in the flames of war. But now? Fusac tried to cause the flames of war, but he had to fear thunder The God of God retreated in a hurry, causing Fenepot to leave the whole country, and the corpses left on the border were retracted into the country, and domestic conflicts became more and more intense; small countries such as Lunburg perished; It rises and then loses quickly, and because of this, it is submerged by the waters of the five seas, and now it has become an empty shell called a country."

"There is almost no connection between countries in the North Continent, cross-border trade cannot be carried out, and all countries are in economic crisis at the same time."

"Even Loen, who appeared to be the victor on the surface, experienced the bombing of the airship and the death of the emperor. The surrender of small countries such as Lunburg only boosted morale, but after the war ended, peace and happiness did not come. Despair and confusion have become the main theme of the Northern Continent."

The gods who lost both sides, the human beings who did not get happiness and victory.

The extraordinary power that can no longer be suppressed, and the fact that the gods are the masters of the country are no longer concealed, as if slowly returning to the fourth era.

"It's incredible...it's just beautiful."

"The same is true for the highlands, and so is Balam. Heh, the characteristics of the god of death doomed Balam's people not to fear and even welcome death. His country was doomed to slowly die out sooner or later from the day he returned. He is more suitable to be the emperor of the underworld." It is not to establish a country. The highlands seem to have gained new hope and become an independent country. They are toddling and want to move towards their own future, but they may perish at any time. It exists only because the storm has not come. "

"I love faint Mars, and sincerely look forward to its demise."

Involving different powers and instincts of different gods, the demon of knowledge did not answer, but looked back at him curiously:
"I think there are quite a few of your followers above, are you really not going to move your position?"

"Does half of the people above believe me?" Edward didn't hold back his smile, "It doesn't matter if there is me, let them die."

The demon of knowledge thought for a while and nodded: "You are right. Even if the highlands are my country of believers, in my opinion, only some people are worth saving. However, my characteristics determine that I will not sit idly by. Sturt died. It doesn't matter if prosperity must decline, but I can't understand you in this aspect alone, your choice is too extravagant, and it's a waste of money."

"Anyway, he is good enough and has made some achievements, but you can actually watch him die."

"Death is his best ending. There is no happiness in this world that he wants."

The demon of knowledge didn't say anything anymore, and after a few seconds, he asked another question:
"The omniscient and omnipotent is half asleep and half awake, so what can you do after He dies? What do you want to do?"

Edward gave him a strange look:
"I found that many people have a misunderstanding, thinking that I am extremely malicious to human beings, and want to destroy this planet and destroy all human beings by the way—when did I ever have such a plan? If you don't talk about God, just say you, Would you like me to kill all your followers?"

"Why do you think of me like this, I am concerned about the ecology of the universe. We all have historically related authority. It is a pity that a genocidal civilization with different choices declines, isn't it?"

"After comparing the two versions of human beings, I just think that human beings are more suitable to survive in a world without the extraordinary, or a world with the extraordinary but no extraordinary hidden. In this way, they can walk the starry sky with their own strength, and they can also open up Extraordinary state system."

"So, my goal is actually..."

Edward stretched out his hand and made a small circle in the air:
"Destroy more than 80.00% of human beings except the sheep that you and God need, cut off their history, deprive them of extraordinary abilities, force their society back to the tribal age, and then take them away to find an environment and harmony in the universe. On a planet similar to Earth, transform an environment suitable for human survival, put them on it, and restart civilization."

"I think this is the best way. Even if those humans are extinct, there will still be humans in the universe."

"And if they don't perish, perhaps, after thousands of years, you and I will also be attracted by those human civilizations."

The knowledge demon's eyes lit up, aroused a little interest by this description.The human beings taken away by God will become sheep, and the human beings taken away by themselves will be screened layer by layer and only the most elite group will be left. Will the human beings who are put into other environments by the decaying king create new ones? History, creating a new body of knowledge?He was looking forward to it.

"Like, now—"

"I'm looking forward to Richard's death. I can't wait to enjoy the breath of decline and crush the continent into my stomach."

……

With the gradual reduction of critically ill patients in the hospital, a room was specially vacated on the second floor, which was reserved for the special psychiatrist Ms. "Letty Orr" as a temporary resting place and office.

Audrey took the little girl from the Southern Continent beside her to close the door, and walked along the corridor to the stairs not far away.

When passing by the window, Audrey habitually raised her hand to block the sun, but found that today's window was not sunny, but cloudy. The dark clouds in the sky were very thick, and it seemed that a heavy rain would hit soon.

Thanks to the puppet container, although Audrey's spirit body still has feelings for the outside world, she doesn't feel hot enough to sweat, nor does she feel cold and her hands and feet are stiff. The puppet container has always been in a relatively good state .

However, being a psychiatrist for a member of the Rose School is extremely dangerous.

There had been several times of doctor-patient accidents before, and the members of the Indulgence faction who were being treated suddenly fell into a frenzy. Fortunately, the power and sequence of the attackers were under the control of Taufik and Audrey themselves.Although it was unavoidable to suffer some injuries, fortunately Audrey herself was an excellent psychiatrist and would not leave any psychological shadow. She only needed to adjust her emotions before continuing to work.

"It's going to rain."

Beside Audrey, a girl named Ana also poked her head out to look at the cloudy sky outside, and smiled: "It would be great if it was a heavy rain, the wasteland reclaimed on the hillside and in the suburbs has been lacking For water, everyone who reclaims wasteland has to walk several kilometers to get water from the well in the town."

"I see..." Audrey nodded slightly.

"I thought the Southern Continent had always been a fertile land with plenty of rain and no need to worry about planting."

Ana looked at Leti Orr's side face with a smile, and said without any other emotions:

"Miss Orr, you grew up in the Northern Continent, right? In fact, farmers in the Southern Continent are almost dependent on the weather. If there is too much rain, the crops will be flooded. If the sun is always sunny, the crops will be completely welded." Death. But now the church will ask Extraordinary people to help us cultivate, and those Extraordinary people can carry dozens of bags of seeds at a time, and turn dozens of acres of land without fatigue, which is really amazing."

"The application of extraordinary ability to productivity is something I can't imagine."

Recalling those scenes of living corpses farming and resentful spirits building houses, although I have seen many of them now, the surprise has not diminished much.

Audrey couldn't help but think about the events of the Northern Continent—the Extraordinary power has gradually surfaced and penetrated into people's lives from every corner. Audrey thought it was incredible at first, but she didn't expect that the Southern Continent would directly let the extraordinary power or work, or even farm.

She nodded slightly, thinking of one thing:
"Mr. Richard also told me a story. It is said that there was a belief in the Southern Continent a long time ago, which was different from the Bound God or the Death God. In that belief, the Creator God was a lunatic."

"...He said that at that time, the Southern Continent depended on the sky for food, and the climate was so humid that it was suitable for plant growth. Therefore, the road was opened this year, and it will be covered with plants tomorrow. There are no roads, so there are no cars, and there are no cars, so the tribes It is very closed, and the productivity is very low. People think that the unpredictable weather is the impermanent temper of the gods, and war and human sacrifice are not only ways to please the gods, but also ways to reduce the population."

The myth that Richard said has no brains and no reason, and there is no correspondence from any history. Audrey guessed that this was something that happened before the Fourth Epoch or even earlier.

"A kind person who did good deeds lost his family due to unfair treatment, and died of a serious illness. Such a thing happened in any myth, and it is an unexplainable thing. Either it means that God does not exist, or God is not necessary for belief, or God is a person. blind."

While busy, Richard said to her thus:
"However, it was not a strange thing that happened in the Southern Continent at that time, because God was originally a capricious lunatic, a psychopath, and any incomprehensible things in this land are not strange."

God either doesn't exist, or he's crazy, or he's blind...

Audrey thought about it and interrupted the story.

The current high ground has received the help of extraordinary abilities. It is not good to speak ill of gods and angels, so she changed the subject:

"Ana, how is your mother's illness?"

Ana, who was suddenly asked, quickly regained her senses and said, "Mom's illness has improved a little, and I can now get together the money to buy the medicine."

Audrey asked: "You went to work? But your studies..."

"Me, I'm helping out in the hospital."

Ana lowered her voice: "I have classes three days a week, and I have to work the rest of the time. Mom can't go to the field yet."

Audrey was silent for a while—there were too many people to help, and her meager salary had already been used to subsidize others—it was hard to say anything, and the atmosphere that was originally pretty good suddenly became heavy.

"My strength is still limited, but I can only have a little heat and a little light..." Audrey said in a low voice.

Sigh, I should find an opportunity to ask Your Highness Richard... Audrey would like to make a generous request to talk about what she has done recently, as well as the difficulties she has encountered and the confusion in her heart, but she is also worried about Nan The angels in the mainland would dismiss the troubles of the noble girls from the Northern Continent: "...I can't afford any more money, and I'm about to be sent to Intis. Before I leave, how can I make the people of Backlund live better?" Getting better?"

As for thoroughly helping people find jobs and restore their lives, although she really wanted to, she rationally knew that she didn't have the ability.

At the same time, she also understands that even the powerful and mysterious Mr. World cannot do this kind of thing.

It probably takes a god like Mister Fool to do it himself in order to fundamentally change the country and change the lives of the people.

"Although the 'spectator' approach is as far as possible behind the scenes, although I always keep in mind the words 'cautious' and 'careful' in everything I do, and try not to put myself in a dangerous situation..."

Thinking of this, Audrey "Justice" subconsciously replied two sentences in her heart:
"But in this world, it is impossible to solve everything easily and simply, without taking risks... But, sometimes, when I do something, I should have the idea of ​​'may die'."

For example, when treating those indulgent members with a higher sequence than yourself, even if there is a demigod protecting him, accidents of death and even disability will inevitably occur-it is true that even if the body of the doll is destroyed, it will only return the spirit body to the body , but if one's soul is eaten by those "resentful souls" that once devoured the soul, there is no way to recover.

The muttering in Audrey's heart stopped, and she was silent for a while.

"Currently the most feasible, least risky, and most helpful to the people of Backlund is to find ways to obtain more food."

But from whom?

The Church of the God of Thunder has been distributing relief food for a long time. It can be said that if it was not the church who distributed it personally, but any company or grain merchant, it would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Hypnotize someone close to you to offer some help?But... Recalling the scene where she tried to persuade her relatives to donate money but repeatedly hit the wall, Audrey really couldn't lift her mood to lobby again.She has already invested too much money in the charity foundation, and she also knows that the current economic downturn and the unstable situation in the Northern Continent make it hard to persuade her. Soon she will be sent to Intis, and even the foundation All control will be lost.

"Actually... I always feel vaguely uneasy."

What she saw and heard in the Highland Republic broadened Audrey's horizons. In addition, as the daughter of an earl with a certain sense of politics, Audrey also noticed the social composition here, and the Northern Continent, or any country. very different.

There are no nobles in the Highlands.

Hmm...probably because the leader, Mr. Richard, was not from aristocratic background, and also because the nobles of the highlands lost their status in the destruction of the country, they rebelled violently and wanted to escape to the North Continent with their lives.Not only is there no restoration of the royal family, there is actually no noble in the current Highland Republic!There are only relatively wealthy local businessmen who are restricted by the state.

At the same time, there is currently no decent church in the Highlands, and quite a few important members of the Rose School of Thought are receiving irregular psychological treatment... If someone had told Audrey before that the country could operate without churches and nobles Established, she absolutely does not believe it, but now such a wonderful country has really appeared.

"It seems that... a believer is the anchor of the gods, and a believer is an anchor. In this regard, there is no difference in essence between a nobleman and a poor man. No one is more noble, and no one is lower."

"Normally, nobles and businessmen can use their status, power, wealth and influence to help the church maintain the system and spread the faith, so they are more valued, but without the church, thousands of anchors and hundreds of thousands of A million anchors, who is more important?"

Audrey suddenly thought of a terrible possibility.

"The situation in Loen's country is already very bad. If the people really have no food to eat, then the next step will be to attack the grain merchants and nobles... and the number of common people is far more than that of nobles and rich people..."

Facing the truth that had torn off the veil of warmth, "Justice" Audrey was speechless for a short while.

"ah."

Just as she was thinking about her own affairs in a daze, and walking downstairs step by step, a birthday song was already heard in her ear.

Audrey looked up, and the nurse Martha, who had been tempered by life for more than ten years, was waving at her, calling her to come over quickly in the common language of the Southern Continent.The unemployed doctors and nurses in the hospital stood by, and the children without parents also jumped around Ms. Martha, looking at the butter cake with longing eyes.

She pulled herself together and smiled.Just as she was about to pass by, she saw Ana next to her forgetting to glance out of the window, and exclaimed:
"It's thundering."

It's thundering... She then looked out of the window, and what fell with these words was the whole world that suddenly turned silver.

The light comes first, then the bang.

The huge roar almost shattered Audrey's eardrums, her doll's body was affected by the sudden spiritual fluctuations, and the whole world was suddenly quiet.The strong flash affected her senses, and she moved a few times in a daze before realizing that she had fallen to the ground.

Her limbs seemed out of control, she waved her arms and legs with difficulty, struggled wildly, and propped up her upper body.

The hospital, which had been enjoying itself just now, suddenly became dead silent. She saw that the hospital was half collapsed, the structure was completely destroyed, and steel bars protruded dangerously from every corner.And a huge, weird doll was propped above the hospital, on all fours, holding up the half that didn't collapse.

"------"

She recognized the doll, she recognized the scar on the puppet's face.

"------!!"

She shouted loudly, she thought she was calling the other person's name, but in fact it was just some distorted syllables coming out of her throat.

The crowd who were still celebrating his birthday just now were under him. Some of them were crying, some had passed out, some were covered in blood, some were pierced by steel bars, and were wailing, but Audrey couldn't hear anything.

The butter cake that can only be bought for a solo slipped from Ms. Martha's hands, and her baby was crying loudly in her arms.

It was supposed to be his birthday.

It should have been a joyful celebration.

She stared blankly at the scene in front of her, as if she was watching hell silently unfolding before her eyes.

TBC
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"The supreme god is a moody lunatic, so it is not surprising what happens in the world" - the main god of South America "Smoke Mirror". (end of this chapter)