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

Chapter 562 Wrong Ending
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"Mr. Hermes, what is Utopia?"

After the clergyman hurriedly left, Audrey asked sincerely and curiously: "Is there any hidden meaning in this word?"

"Haha, I only heard someone mention this name accidentally a long time ago."

Hermes was still gentle and patient, but he didn't intend to say much.

"Someone once told me that Utopia means 'Utopia'. Note that it is an 'Ideal Country', not a perfect country. Since it is an ideal, it will be trapped by human thoughts. I was just a little surprised, To be able to..." His voice was vague, and he said with emotion, "... to be able to hear gods naming the city-state with this name in a place other than the Kingdom of the Creator."

An ideal country?That's it... Audrey understood the difference between the two.

What is the name of the city-state that believes in Mr. Fool?Are all the residents inside marionettes?
The minister of the Esoteric Order was attracted, and the path of the Esoteric Order is mainly "divineer", so is "The Fool" the Sequence 0 name of the "divineer" path?What is Secret Puppet? It should be an extraordinary ability of this path... "Utopia", an ancient name with a special meaning, seems to be another proof that it is as old as the Creator, the ancient Sun God.Audrey's heart was itching, and she really wanted to change direction and go see those "incredible and wonderful creations" and Mr. Fool's church.

Although Audrey showed her curiosity about "Utopia", the Church of the Creator would certainly not give a new demigod who had just joined a dangerous area inspection mission that could scare "ancient scholars" into hiding at home. .

"I will handle this matter. The risk will definitely not be low."

Hermes saw Audrey's obvious curiosity, so he reminded:
"The leader of the Secret Order, the Minister of Intis Intelligence Department, has already digested the potion and is waiting for the opportunity to become an angel. It is probably because of this that he wants to go to the Honakis Mountains... You will know these things later. , Audrey, please go back first."

And Hermes seemed to have his own plans, and he had his own guess about the name.Therefore, He took away the report document left by the clergy, and after chatting with Audrey for a few words, he sent her to the carriage sent by the Montemar family to pick her up.

Watching the carriage gradually moving away, Hermes glanced at the document report in his hand again, and his eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkled.

"I originally thought that 'Utopia' should be the ancient human imagination of the kingdom of heaven. Because human imagination has limits, Utopia is not perfect, and there are all kinds of disharmony... But why did 'The Fool' use this name? Number?"

"Could it be that 'Utopia' is actually conceptually opposed to 'Kingdom of Heaven'?"

Hermes didn't know that the root reason was that Mr. Fool had little experience in naming, so he randomly found a name with some allusion.He thought about it distressedly for a while, and decided to wait and see for a while, waiting for more clues of "Utopia" to emerge.

He opened the report submitted by the intelligence minister:
"...One thing is very interesting. The minister happened to be an 'ancient scholar', so he quickly discovered the abnormality of the town and discovered that every resident was a secret puppet held by a certain being holding the thread of the spirit body. This scene aroused his fear, and he was worried that he would become one of them, so he repeatedly expressed resistance to the proposals of the Marionette residents, and even kept trying to escape from the city..."

"Could this be the real reason why he suffered a horrific night?"

Since the other party directly called himself "The Fool", Hermes did not think that this was a promotion ceremony, but felt that it was some kind of announcement - after all, this was also the first time that the "Fool" openly showed his faith and church. .

"Perhaps, like the 'Land of Night' in the Honakis Mountains, they are just rehearsing a drama."

"The person behind the scenes wanted to put on a play, and he discovered that it was a play, and one after another tried to escape from the 'co-acting' out of fear, and was unwilling to join them, which caused the dissatisfaction of the puppeteer behind the scenes. However, , he did not become one of them. It seems that this puppeteer hopes that more people can visit 'Utopia'? From this point of view, it would be a better idea to let low-sequence extraordinary people and ordinary people get close there. Choose, you can also investigate more information, but how to get there..."

"However, by adapting to the other party's drama, can you leave smoothly in the end? For the 'Cunning Mage', this may not be the case."

"This matter is worth reporting to the Lord. In addition, Audrey actually rejected the Lord's 'call'. It seems that she is indeed the favored one on the Origin Castle... She joined us. It's really great." It’s just a coincidence, I don’t know if there will be any problems with the baptism the day after tomorrow.”

Hermes was lost in thought as his figure gradually faded and finally disappeared.

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Clovis teased Susie with a new toy, then turned to his sister and asked:
"When will Miss Hall come?"

Irena didn't answer. She finished writing the entire sentence on her hand and added a period before looking at her eldest brother impatiently. Her tone was still very gentle: "This is between the female family members." Communicate, why do you have to stay here? Brother, if you are really free and have nothing to do, you can consider participating in the daily training of 'War Red', or accept Madam Salina's invitation to the dance, go ransack the house, or go The business of the soothsayers who patronize the Esoteric Order - now they are very popular and have attracted many new people to join."

"I'm just curious." Clovis didn't care about his sister's teasing, "because I heard she is very beautiful."

Irena laughed: "That's not what you said before."

"She has power and is a demigod." Clovis emphasized, "This is different. There is no shame in fearing the strong, it is natural."

Irena smiled and said nothing.

She was deeply touched by this sentence. Some time ago, as a saint who had obtained the inside information of the church, Irena helped her family preserve their property and social status to the greatest extent, but she also laid off more than half of the servants. There were so many servants that the huge Marquis mansion looked empty.Not to mention the servants, it is really torturous to only have three gardeners to take care of a garden as big as a football field.

The daily dressing, grooming, wearing jewelry, and sending and receiving invitations are only managed by the personal maid, who relies on three wages to survive.

From a "decent" perspective, the Montemar family is indeed in a state of decline today, even shockingly so.

But in fact, this family exists more stably than anyone else.

In addition, many nobles were crazy about purchasing land after the tsunami, and Irena asked her brother to directly sell most of the land to the Mystery Church at a low price, and donated a large amount of money to invest in urban reconstruction, building schools, and relief industries. Here, he gained the favor of the Church of the Creator and obtained the agency sales rights for many new products of the Mysterious Church, which was very profitable in the long run.

Clovis's sobriety also allowed the Montemar family to avoid the fate of ransacking their homes, and could even follow the church to ransack other people's homes.

However, even after doing so much, the fundamental reason why the Montemar family can maintain its status is because of her pious saint. Without her as a demigod, the family's property will be cut in half.

The big golden retriever's eyes wandered back and forth between the two of them, and finally took the expensive pet snacks from Clovis's hands.

At this moment, the hunter heard the sound of the metal door being pushed open. He immediately stood up and walked quickly to the window. Sure enough, he saw his carriage coming in from the grand front door.He watched the carriage drive all the way to the door. The family's coachman opened the door and stepped out a young lady wearing trousers and riding boots with blond hair tied up in a bun.

Clovis couldn't believe what he saw. He looked carefully and was even more surprised to find that the lady didn't even have a single piece of jewelry on her body.

Irena didn't know what her brother saw, but she was satisfied to see him scratching his head and muttering to himself as he left the living room.She continued to handle the files calmly, flipping through reports from various places, waiting for Miss Audrey Hall to arrive.After Clovis left, Susie, the golden retriever who had no playmate, also calmed down. She finished her snacks, then obediently walked to Irena and sat down next to her with a new toy in her mouth. Her eyes glanced at the thing in her hand from time to time. document.

Irena and Susie looked at each other for a while, thought about it, and blocked the document.

Her intuition told her that there might be something wrong with this dog. If she was forced to travel far away from home, she would definitely not take her beloved pets with her. Instead, she should leave them at home and let her parents help her. Taking care of them is also leaving a thought for them.

But Audrey not only sent the dog named "Susie", she also put it with the clothes and jewelry she brought, and even asked the "Saint of Secrets" Botis to bring Susie and herself The property he brought was transferred to the Montemar family - which made Irena suspect that this dog might have a more important role or be particularly helpful to Audrey.

Moreover, Irena always felt that she could see the "thinking" look in this dog's eyes, just like those smart dolls that the Secret Church is still in the process of developing.She felt that the dog seemed to be just playing, and that the dog seemed to be quietly observing her and Clovis from time to time. She suspected that Susie might be an extraordinary creature, or a dog that had been trained to be extremely humane, but she did not evidence.

"You-you shouldn't be looking at these things."

Irena tried to communicate with Susie. She made a "sit down" gesture: "Your master may be able to watch, but not now."

Susie tilted her head and looked at her, as if she didn't understand. Then she smelled her palm and sat at her feet obediently.

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Edward looked at Amon: "Are you going by yourself, or should I send you there?"

Amon was playing with a small piece of shell he picked up from the beach. He looked at his hands and did not answer Edward's words.

"There's no use pretending not to hear." Edward said kindly, "I really don't want to go to Chernobyl and the Sea of ​​Chaos again. I believe that we both feel the same about this, but I don't Mind if I leave you behind and keep you company with your father."

Of course, death is not so easy to face, and this is also a very interesting point - Amon always unscrupulously invades the self of others and takes pleasure in it, but he also cares about his own "self".

"Oh, so to speak, you were thrown into the Sea of ​​Chaos as a secret object used to hinder God, and then the ancient Sun God brought you out, and then gave you the power to become a 'living thing'. You came out with Him from there, and now that you have returned to the Sea of ​​Chaos, you probably have nothing to complain about."

Seeing that Amon was still not willing to take the initiative to die, Edward said casually while he still had some patience:

"Actually, for you, the strongest one is the 'original body', right? If you die, your Sequence [-] clone will become the original body next, and each of you is almost exactly the same, so you don't have to worry about your own death at all. ——You just need to feel sorry for the three pieces of Sequence One that you lost, one piece of uniqueness, and an opportunity to become a god that will never be completed."

After hearing these words, Amon's expression did not change, but he spoke:

"I thought you were going to kill all my parts together."

He hadn't spoken much since he was captured, and now his tone was a little surprised. It seemed that Amon was indeed thankful that his clone could survive.

Edward smiled: "You seem to have the same cognitive misunderstandings as Medici. There is no need for me to eradicate you."

"Because my goal is you, the unique individual. But I don't think you should be too happy. The entire 'thief' path has been played by you as a hunting target for so long. If your body dies, I believe you Not many of his other clones can survive."

To be precise, you happened to be the same Amon who killed that kid, so I saved time and effort and just threw you away. Otherwise, Edward would have to carry two Amon in his hand now. , and have to explain the different purposes.

"Don't forget, you will die in the Sea of ​​Chaos, and all your clones will lose the chance to become Sequence One."

Amon thought for a while, but his attitude was still relatively optimistic:
"No, it's not just me, but all the 'Stealer' angels will be completely trapped in Sequence Two and unable to be promoted. Ha, the 'Diviners' and 'Apprentices' also have new gods, and it is impossible for them to have There is an opportunity to change promotion paths, maybe this has become a fair competition?"

Edward looked at Him: "Are you proud of this?"

"No."

A smile suddenly appeared on Amon's face at this moment. He stood up and said something that seemed a little crazy:
"I suddenly felt that my death could restrict everyone on this path at the same time, even causing Klein and Bethel to lose the opportunity to compete for the 'mistake', forcing them who were still cooperating just now to become each other's only enemy. , even the Lord of Mystery who was born on the earth will have one less way to do it - this seems to be a very interesting prank, but the price is myself."

"I can't see this good show anymore. I can only hope that my clones will not be killed by those guys so quickly. I hope they can live as long as possible. Oh, maybe I will call them new bodies by then."

With no other choice, the "God of Mischief" finally accepted his fate of becoming a part of it.

"Thank you very much for your words, so do you decide whether I will throw you over, or you will go over by yourself?"

"From the moment I arrived at the Eastern Continent, I couldn't escape from here."

Amon refused. He didn't want to experience the feeling of being traded back and forth as an item again and finally being thrown here like a stone. He skillfully found the direction of Chernobyl with his eyes, and the sun above his head scorched him. Dizziness.

At this moment, he thought almost sadly: Is there the shadow of the ancient sun god in this sun?Even if it is hallucination and deception, Amon sincerely hopes that he can be deceived. He has always heard that people will have some kind of revolving door before death, or see the person they want to see the most, but he secretly I have seen countless hallucinations of dying people before their death, but I have never really seen one.

"what a shame."

Amon sighed, deceived the distance, and directly entered the scope of the Eastern Continent with one step, entering the "Giant King's Court".

He looked at the ruins around him, then stepped over them, sighing again.

"...I really want to see Klein and Bethel competing for each other's characteristics and fighting to the death."

TBC
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Leonard was coming down the mountain at this time.

(End of this chapter)