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

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"Why, I think my family is nice, so I'm so busy that I want to show my courtesy."

"It sounds so ugly, isn't that what you think?"

"But you even lost the 'Secret Attendant'..."

Pales couldn't help but let out a few weird laughs: "You have lost all your characteristics, and you are still so serious. Are you acting as air? Digesting air? You are obviously determined to be promoted, Zaratul. You are lucky 'The Fool' is more broad-minded, no one would want to take under his wing an angel like you who is not loyal and devout but still wants to be promoted."

Which angel or demigod today has not grown up listening to the myths of the god he believes in, and is completely loyal to and unconditionally obedient to the god?

Such angels and extraordinary church members are God’s best believers and weapons. This group of angels in the Fourth Age, who still need God’s investment before they are willing to stand in line, have no faith and only have interests in their eyes, have been swept away and no one cares about them. In the corner, they were all waiting to die quietly.

"One thing to say, before 'The Fool' came out, I was also a strong competitor for that position."

"Although I think it is a negative idea to leave everything to fate, I also have to admit that it was their inaction that brought fate to this point. When the 'Fool' came, we all lost the chance to compete. Chance."

"Like a big fish eating a small fish, our destiny was swallowed up."

Zaratul poured himself another glass unhurriedly, and muttered while drinking:

"But... how can you give up on your ambition to be promoted? I am different from you, Palles."

"I'm not talking about you, but if what I ask for is not promotion, not long life and strength, but family, descendants, love or family...then I will close my eyes peacefully before everything starts to deteriorate, Ending my life as a human being. Moreover, Antigonus’ transformation into a marionette is the most comfortable and painless way for me to die.”

"Didn't you just lose your temper because of the matter at Origin Castle, and start to doubt your efforts for most of your life?"

"I have had a mental breakdown many times, and Origin Castle is just one of them."

There are many people in this world who are stronger than me, more talented than me, and better off than me. There are even descendants who have shown amazing talents but failed to grow up... It’s okay to collapse. If one of them comes, give up on yourself. Once, I simply didn’t want to be promoted or live anymore.

After Zaratul finished speaking, seeing Leonard's eyes still staring outside, he ignored his old acquaintance and asked kindly:

"Looking at your reaction, are there any acquaintances of yours inside? Do you want to go down and say hello to them?"

Their carriages are hidden at the edge of the real world and the spiritual world. People in the Eastern Continent in the real world cannot see them, but they can.And when the group of people arrived at their destination, they collectively prayed to the "Fool", and then a very high-level being in the spiritual world responded to them.

The moment the breath appeared, Zaratul and Pales both subconsciously kept silent, waiting for the gaze of the master of the spiritual world to leave.

Immediately afterwards, they could clearly see the entire process of a city being built out of thin air. A huge miracle came to the earth just like what was told in the myth.Until now, Leonard still couldn't take his eyes away from this new and huge city. He watched the backs of the Eastern Continental people gradually disappearing into the city, and his heart was filled with shock for a long time.

After hearing Zaratul's words, he hesitated for a while and shook his head.

He withdrew his gaze: "Let's forget it... This is a moment that belongs to the people of the Eastern Continent. I'd better not get involved and join in."

He is still not very familiar with the other people in the Tarot Club. If they really met, both parties would feel a little embarrassed.

"Then I'm going down."

Zaratul unexpectedly stood up and gave them a rather sincere smile:

"Sorry, you two, I'm afraid I can't go to that city with you - by the way, don't you know the name there yet? I learned from Mr. Fool's ravings that the name of that city is ' Utopia' means 'Utopia'. Don't worry, even if I don't continue to follow you, I will show you the way and arrange for you to get there."

Zaratul took out a card from his sleeve, glanced at it, and put it back.

"You will see a river, follow it, and you will reach Utopia."

No one expected this development. The carriage became quiet for a while, and Leonard heard Pales’ doubtful voice:

"why?"

"Ah, that's it. I suddenly got inspired. I think this should be the revelation and hint given to me by Mr. Fool."

"Did you hear the oracle?" Pales' voice became even more confused, "I didn't feel anything at all."

Leonard didn't know why: "But weren't you brought here by us?"

"No, there is no oracle, and there is no gibbering." Zarath said seriously, "I think I should do this. You see: the remnants of the Eastern Continent have come to this new and unfamiliar land, don't they need An experienced and reliable guide and guide?”

The cathedral inside is still empty!
Zaratul said, reaching out and wiping his beard and face. The gray and disheveled beard immediately turned into pure white, and was as soft and clean as if it had just been washed.The clothes of the country peasants, made of coarse cloth and cloth ends, which were aesthetically unsightly and somewhat dirty, suddenly appeared with wavy lines, and transformed into a set of clothes embroidered with star maps, various mysterious symbols, and even rolled with gold thread locks. Classic robe with hem.

Seven special pendulums of different colors corresponding to the seven lights of the spiritual world are hung around the waist, like a row of glowing gems.

He reached out and pulled, and the wide hood fell down, covering his old face and dark smiling eyes, only revealing a chin with a long beard.

People rely on clothes. In just a few seconds, Zaratul went from an old man on the roadside who didn't know where he came from to a high-ranking person who looked like he was worth a lot of money.

In just a few blinks of an eye, Leonard was presented with an enigmatic fortune teller again.The occasional glance under the hood made him feel as if his thoughts and plans were being seen through.

Although it was a bit strange to suddenly crossdress, it was only then that Leonard finally had the real feeling that "He is an angel."

"I feel that this is my destiny, and this is the guidance He has given me... I should stay here to help these new voters successfully establish the church and gain a foothold, and in the future help them turn the 'Fool' The name will be promoted."

"...Does Mr. Fool think so?"

Leonard somewhat understood, but also somewhat didn't believe it: "Doesn't this mean that our finding you and what happened along the way were all part of Mr. Fool's calculations?"

Zaratul glanced at Leonard mysteriously and spoke a riddle: "Young man, you have to remember one thing. Sometimes they may not have corresponding thoughts themselves, but what they do is mysterious. The secret is driving destiny to produce such a result."

After speaking, Zaratul looked at Pales, clenched his fists, and made an encouraging gesture from the Fourth Age:
"It's time for you to show your stealing distance, Palles, come on!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zaratul's figure suddenly disappeared from the carriage. The carriage turned around and took them in another direction.

……

"This city is so big."

Derrick kept his head raised, his eyes almost glued to these brand-new houses and bright lights, and murmured to himself: "It's bigger than our residential area, or even the Silver City combined..."

The half-giants move very quickly. Fortunately, this city is also customized according to their height. Even the doors of the small shops on the roadside are three meters high. The roof of the first floor is raised to about six meters. It is completely like a building. A giant city belonging to the Fusac people.

Most people are resting in a spacious place sheltered from the wind. They have begun to get used to the temperature here, but they are reluctant to light a fire in this brand-new city - fortunately, every room here is as warm as spring.

While his thoughts were swirling, he, as a pathfinder team, walked side by side with Colin and Nim and came to the street.

For them, this is indeed another world.

Although they were a little apprehensive, a little apprehensive, and not very used to such a scene, everyone could clearly appreciate the vigorous vitality hidden in this scene.

This is like sunshine in the soul. Even if the environment is cold and the snow is falling, it cannot change the yearning and expectation in the heart.

This is where we will live, fight and reproduce in the future?Derrick, Liaval, Candice and others subconsciously flashed similar thoughts, a little uneasy, but they did not reject them.

"...How about we go to the church first?" Derrick suggested.

This city is too unfamiliar to them. There are some things that even he, a person who has lived in the outside world, doesn’t quite understand. If possible, Derrick really hopes that Mr. Fool can solve the problem of "The Fool". Mr. Hanged Man also came.

His proposal was naturally affirmed by several other people, so they walked along the main road of the city towards the cathedral at the end.

From a distance, they saw the huge building with black as the main body and gold and white as the embellishments.When they pushed open the door and entered, they found a shadow moving unnaturally on the benches in the church.

Colin's hand immediately touched the sword behind him, but thinking that this was the city of miracles given by Mr. Fool, he endured it.He stopped the other people behind him, winked at Waite Hilmon, and asked in a low voice:
"who is it?"

The shadow grew taller, and it turned out that the person sitting there with his back to them stood up.

——Although for people in the God-Forsaken Land, there is not much difference between standing up and not standing up.

Because the person who stood up was a short old man. Although his face was not visible, everyone saw the white beard that could not be ignored.The black robe modified his figure, otherwise a person of his age would be thinner, rickety, or even withered.

The old man raised his head and met Colin's eyes. The latter did not feel the slightest malice.

He lowered his head again and let out a vague laugh:

"...I'm here to help you get established here."

"He is also a person who serves Mr. Fool."

Hearing this sentence, Derrick reflexively wanted to deny it: because there was never anything about this strange old divine envoy in the oracle, this was a lie!He took a few steps back, made eye contact with the chief, and was ready to pray to Mr. Fool at any time under the cover of the chief, and asked cautiously:

"who are you?"

The old man's face hidden by the hood turned to him:
"I know a friend of yours. Haha, don't be so nervous. We met once on the road. Have you forgotten?"

Friends... Derrick immediately thought of the people in that huge carriage who seemed to be Mr. Star.

The chief also told him that the spiritual world creatures around the carriage were all at the semi-god level, even half of Sequence Three, so the person sitting in the carriage must be an angel... At that time, he also felt that Mr. "Star" was also unfathomable. , actually knew an angel.

"As for who I am..." the old man muttered, "I don't expect all of you who have just come to the outside world to know, but you should, perhaps, know about the 'Secret Order', right?"

The Secret Order - an ancient secret organization from the outside world.

When they came to the outside world, the people of the Eastern Continent who were accustomed to fighting first began to understand the distribution of the situation and the division of secret forces. Although the Secret Order had gradually turned into darkness in the mysterious world, it still had a good reputation.Hearing this, Colin's eyes widened slightly.

Could it be that the angel of the secret order is the leader who is said to have disappeared a long time ago, and may even be crazy or dead...

"It seems that you have guessed it... Yes, you can call me, Zarath."

Zaratul laughed twice and said to the guests in his fluent Giant language:

"Haha, you don't need to be so formal. I have now joined Mr. Fool's staff, and we will all be a family from now on."

He was very affectionate:

"It's almost dark, let me help you settle in this city."

"However, the city that Mr. Fool created for you is already very complete. There is no place for an old man like me to continue to contribute. Thank you, Mr. Fool."

After saying that, Zaratul walked forward, and the remaining people followed the tall old man involuntarily.Next, while Zaratul used divination to find the most suitable room, he and Derrick and others helped them demonstrate how to turn on and off the tap water, how to use the toilet, and how to light the light (Zarathul secretly divined). There are no airs.

His status as a "guide" and his careful work attitude soon made most people like him. People who came to the outside world for the first time had the illusion that they had arrived in the Kingdom of God.

A switch that releases water just by turning it, a machine that flushes away excrement just by pressing it, a machine that leaves no trace, and a lantern that keeps glowing just by lighting it are all things that they could not imagine in the past.

And these things will make up their new life.

After everyone initially adapted to the hotel, the sky turned completely dark, and night began to rule the city.

Although Derrick and others had already determined that there was no danger of monsters attacking in the dark outside, they were still instinctively afraid, so they either illuminated themselves or lit up wall lamps with softer light.

Snowflakes are falling from the black sky. This is a beautiful scenery that we can never get enough of.At this moment, they saw lights on the street outside the glass window, and in the houses near and far away, lights one after another, dispelling the darkness in their respective areas.

These bright or dim lights were reflected in the eyes of everyone in the City of Silver, just like the Milky Way at night falling to the ground.

……

15 minutes after Zaratul left.

Beside a frozen river.

Feeling the cold wind blowing against his face, Leonard, who was thrown out of the spirit world as soon as the carriage disappeared, rubbed his arms in confusion:

"He just left us?"

Pales didn't say anything. After a while, he hummed in a low voice: "It seems so. Ha, I knew that guy had bad intentions."

Leonard rubbed his hands again. The sudden coldness was something he had never experienced in Loen. The lowest temperature in Loen in winter is only about 0 degrees, but the temperature here is obviously more than ten degrees below zero, 0 degrees. It should be the highest daily temperature north of Fusac... Leonard took out the thick clothes he had prepared from his small suitcase and put them on. He breathed into his palms and got a breath of cold air.

At this moment, he was extremely grateful that he was an extraordinary person. With the physical improvement of extraordinary power, the cold was just cold and would not affect his physical fitness and consciousness.

Otherwise, due to the extreme cold and the unaccustomed nature of his new arrival, he might become hypothermic and faint within 10 minutes.

“Did He say that you can reach that Utopia by walking along this river?”

Leonard walked to the river and tried to summon a spirit to ask about the situation, but found that the river was quite clean and there were no spirits staying there.

It's incredible.

As long as the open-air water body exists for a little longer, some life will be born, and spirituality will begin to gather. Generally, there will be spiritual bodies in the water body that has existed for more than 50 years.If someone commits suicide by drowning in the river, or if a certain number of animals lose their lives in the lake, it will also accelerate the process of birth of spirits. The "fairy in the lake" that appears frequently in anecdotes and legends is a kind of friendly spirit.

The width of this river was more than 20 meters, and its length... Leonard looked back and forward, and found that there was no end in sight. There must be a large body of water at both the end and the source.If such a scale was formed naturally, there must be spiritual beings inside.

"...This river was just created..."

Leonard had such a realization instantly.

"This river is also part of Utopia. No wonder Zaratul said that as long as you continue walking along here, you can reach the city."

He tightened his clothes, walked along the river, stepped on the snow, and walked forward.

Pales suddenly spoke:
"What kind of person do you think Zaratul is?"

Leonard was stunned for a moment when he was asked. After a while, he answered somewhat unconfidently: "...Probably, a wolf?"

When He talked about destiny, He was like an old wolf with mottled hair and slow movements, living in isolation, dying, docile and harmless.

But when He mentioned promotion, those cloudy eyes suddenly became clear again, revealing a flash of ambition and pride.

TBC
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It gets dark very early in Fusac, and in the evening, travelers on the snowfield arrive at this unprecedented city.

He did not stop for a moment for the city scenery and delicious food. Instead, he went straight to the Church of the Fool in the city and began to wait for his friends.