Father Mavie

On January 1, Mavi and Yunia, who kept activating the Heart of the Jungle for long-distance teleportation, returned to London.

The speed of the steam airship is still too slow. Although it can reach London in three days, if there is something urgent, it still cannot be reached quickly. On the contrary, the Heart of the Jungle is very easy to use. If you don't care about the consumption of magic power, you can get there from Mo in half a day at most. Sk returned to London.

You can do more research. Luca happens to be here too, so he should know more about this aspect.
  While thinking about it, Mavey came to St. Paul's Cathedral and met Kovalev who was delivering the message. Now the Church of Truth also has a church in London. The person in charge is Bishop August, who was the first batch of students taught by Mavey two years ago. one.

Because the situation was urgent, Kovalev did not elaborate too much and only explained the key situations. After meeting Mavey, he told the story from beginning to end.

In order to protect Toure and prevent his soul from being taken away by the ancient gods, Mawei asked Edward to protect him personally. It was this move that allowed Edward to discover the appearance of the demon immediately.

The reaction was similar to Ma Wei's expectation. The demon had no intention of taking Tu Lei's soul by force. Instead, he asked to see Ma Wei very politely, saying that he wanted to negotiate a fair deal.

Ma Wei also wanted to hear the terms offered by the other party. After all, he couldn't keep Edward next to Toure all day long. Can he protect him for a while or for a lifetime?

It is better to die happily than to live with one's hands and feet tied down.

The trouble must be addressed at its root.

"Where is it?"

Kovalev scratched his head and glanced outside the door of St. Paul's Cathedral: "I'm drinking in the pub on the corner."

"You let it move freely?"

"We have people keeping an eye on it. It's quite strange. It doesn't wander around. It goes to the pub to drink during the day, and when the pub closes, it goes back to the church to rest."

Kovalev was very depressed. He had never seen the devil, but judging from the devil's behavior, it was obviously different from what was described in the teachings.

Arriving at the corner bar, the lively atmosphere hit him as soon as he entered. Ma Wei was a little surprised. He often passed by this bar, and the business was only average. It was only evening, so how could it be full?

The music wafting from the corner attracted Ma Wei's attention. A cloaked shadow sat in the corner with a glass of butterbeer in front of him. Two skinny rhizome arms stretched out from the sleeves and kept playing the accordion in his arms. Hearing The guests who played the piano sang loudly, as if they were immersed in their own dreams.

No one even noticed Mavi's arrival.

Suddenly, the tune changed and the ending became sharp. The guests who had been laughing and joking just now immediately put away their smiles, put down their glasses, stood up and walked out of the tavern.

In less than half a minute, the tavern was empty, leaving only the cloaked figure sitting in the corner and the shopkeeper who was absentmindedly wiping his glass.

The cloaked figure retracted its arms made of branches, but the accordion was still playing, as if a pair of invisible hands had grabbed it.

"Which one of the seventy-two demon gods are you?"

"Fifty-ninth, Orion."

With a calm and clear voice, like that of a young man, Orion bowed slightly towards Mavey and said in a respectful tone: "My master sent me to discuss with you the issue of Turay Crowley's soul."

"What's the price for returning Toure's soul and canceling the deal?"

"Before I answer, I hope to have a quiet environment." Orion glanced at Yunia: "It's best if we are the only ones present."

After thinking for a moment, Ma Wei said to Yunia: "Go out and wait for me."

"dad."

"I'm fine. If they wanted to kill me, they would have done it long ago. Why wait until now?"

Ma Wei couldn't find a reason for the ancient god forces to attack him. It should be said that the ancient god forces had many opportunities to assassinate him, but they never took action. Could it be that they deliberately pushed Yunia away just to kill him?
  What's more, the next thing to talk about is the issue of soul contract. All the demons who believe in the ancient god of contract take this matter very seriously.

At Mavie's request, Yunia could only leave the tavern. Kovalev and others who were waiting for orders outside were stunned when they saw the goddess coming out: "Where is the priest?"

"He wants to talk to Orion one-on-one."

"This is too dangerous! Being alone with the devil, what if the negotiation breaks down?"

"Then it will die too." Yunia said in a cold voice.

Allowing Mavi to be alone with the devil was a sign of trusting Mavi's judgment.

If her judgment is wrong, Yunia will kill Orion without hesitation and declare war on the ancient gods.

At that time
  She will summon Odin and Baggy to return at all costs, unite the Apocalypse Gods, and launch a war of revenge.

This is the price.

In the tavern, Orion stated his conditions: "As for Turay Crowley's transaction, I have received an order from the master. It can be canceled, and we can also return half of Turay Crowley's soul. But the price of filling needs to be renegotiated.”

"Do you want to exchange it with my soul?"

"To be precise, I ask you to give up control of this body." Orion said very euphemistically: "We will not charge your soul as the price, but will give you a third life."

"A third life?"

Ma Wei narrowed his eyes. There was an obvious flaw in Orion's words. In the eyes of ordinary people, this should be his first life. Why was he given a third life?
  "Some time ago, you have been investigating Minnie's whereabouts. I think you have not found any results."

A branch poked out from under the cloak, put it into the butterbeer, and drank slowly. After drinking enough, the voice came out again: "Of course, because after Minnie returned, she used Merlin's magic circle again to leave this place. The world, it has left so few traces that you cannot investigate.”

"Where did it go?"

"The kingdom of Arabi, the ancient god of wisdom." Orion said simply and directly: "There, Minnie found a suitable soul, made a deal with his parents, and gave him a second life."

A gloomy laughter sounded: "It's just that no one has specified the place where the second life will appear, right?"

The palms under the table trembled slightly. Ma Wei suppressed the fluctuation in his heart and asked in a deep voice: "Why me?"

"Please understand, it is not because you are the so-called person of prophecy, but because the person we choose will become the person of prophecy." Orion said: "If Minnie chooses Liu Wei and Zhang Wei, the person sitting here will It’ll be someone else.”

"As for why Minnie chose you, I can't answer this question. This is Minnie's choice. I don't know the specific reason."       "And your parents who made the deal with Minnie have already paid the price."

Orion lifted his cloak, and three beads with gray light were revealed: "So what you want to trade today is three souls, not one."

Tapping his fingers lightly on the table, Ma Wei remained calm on the surface, but murderous intent arose in his heart.

As if sensing a crisis, Orion said: "Except for Turay Crowley's soul, the other two souls are not in me, they are just projections. You can't put eggs in one basket, right?"

"Are you going to use my soul in exchange for the lives of the three of them?"

"I just said that we will take control of your body and your soul. We will send it back to the kingdom of Arabi, the ancient god of wisdom. There, you will get a third life and be reunited with your parents and relatives."

"What about the world over here?"

Orion laughed again: "Don't you want to go back to your hometown? It's not a dream, it's real. As for the world here, you are a stranger, why should you be rigid? Just treat it like this It’s just a dream.”

Seeing Ma Wei's hesitation, Orion added: "If you are worried that there is still unfinished business, please don't worry, we have no intention of completing the transaction immediately, we are just informing you of the contents of the transaction in advance."

Ma Wei frowned: "What do you mean?"

"I think you should also feel it. Master, you can summon the will of the great ancient god Belial to come, and with every call you make, the master's seal will become looser until it is completely released."

Orion said: "The last time the master returned, he was unable to defeat Neleyda, but next time, he may be able to have the power to compete with Neleyda, and the next time. In short, before the seal is released, the deal It won’t be completed.”

"You still need me."

"Yes, we still need you to continue to fulfill your mission." Orion said calmly: "There are some errors in the historical deduction of Arabi, the ancient god of wisdom, and we need to correct them."

Many of Ma Wei's doubts were suddenly solved.

Before today, he had only heard the name of Arabi, the ancient god of wisdom, but had rarely had contact with him or his relatives.

The one I have come into contact with the most is Belial, the ancient god of contract.

Where is Arabi, the ancient god of wisdom?
  It turned out to be a historical deduction.
  The archenemy Asis stole the power of the 'prophet' and predicted the future. In order to fight against it, Arabi, the ancient god of wisdom, could only find another way to reconstruct his own kingdom, one by one according to the Creator's kingdom. Re-enact and speed up the flow of time for historical deduction to obtain the historical trajectory of the next few decades and hundreds of years.

In a sense, this is also a prediction of the future.

But it backfired. This trick method obviously could not be compared with the power of the real 'prophet', and there were errors in the deduction, which caused the ancient god forces to have to 'interfere' and 'correct'.

Ma Wei's mission is to bring history back to its normal trajectory.

Even if he did a little too much, it would be fine as long as the God of Truth was born smoothly.

The rest is just a side detail in the flow of history.

"Why does history go awry?" Ma Wei asked.

Orion shook his head: "I don't know, and the ancient god of wisdom Arabi can't answer this question. If we know the answer, we don't need to call you to correct the error, right?"

It really makes sense, Ma Wei murmured in his heart.

"According to your statement, the reason why the Apocalypse God System has not launched an attack so far is because it is afraid of the ancient god Belial."

Ma Wei considered: "If the Apocalypse God System launches an attack now, I will use the power of the ancient god Belial. This will accelerate the collapse of the seal, causing the ancient god Belial to arrive early, and Nei Lei can predict the future. Ida saw this and chose the best future orientation.”

"You finally understand." Orion smiled happily: "You can also take the initiative to summon the master to remove the seal in advance to complete the transaction, but I don't think you will do that."

"What if I refuse to trade with you?"

"You won't refuse." Orion said with a smile: "If you refuse, it means that the price we offered is not high enough, or you have not yet faced a dilemma."

With a sneer, Ma Wei was about to refuse when he heard Orion say first: "You don't have to refuse. At least you can keep your opinion. We have submitted the contract. As long as you don't sign it, the contract will never take effect. You refuse." it's meaningless."

"If it is to strengthen your belief, I think your belief is firm enough and does not need to be put into practice with verbal rejection. On the contrary, if one day the Church of Truth needs your dedication, you can also agree to the contract in exchange for the continuation of the church. .”

"Three souls. They are just an invitation to meet you and an added bonus to overwhelm you at a critical moment."

The last straw that broke the camel's back.
  Ma Wei smiled: "You are really honest, tell me everything."

Orion bowed his head humbly: "I am the most honest under the master. I have always believed that the essence of a contract is honesty. Only honesty can bring more contracts and make transactions happily. In addition, my transaction success rate is the highest. , currently it is [-]%. The positive rate and return visit rate are also [-]%, and everyone is full of praise for me."

"Don't you feel like a salesman?"

"The essence of the devil is sales."

Orion smiled, half of his withered face exposed under the cloak smiled cunningly: "Giving customers what they need is not a skill, selling what customers don't need is. It is easiest to beg before you die. Regret is actually an endless desire for desire.”

After saying that, Orion took off a gray bead and placed it in front of Ma Wei: "This is the soul of Tulay Crowley. To express my sincerity, please accept it. No matter whether the transaction is successful or not, I hope you will patronize my business when needed, this is my business card, you can summon me by silently saying my name."

A white card with [Orion Soul Trading Company] written on the front and a six-pointed star array engraved on the back was handed over.

Orion stood up and bowed, walked to the counter, took out a few dirty gold coins and threw them into the boss's coin jar. Then he turned back and nodded to Ma Wei: "I will pay for today's wine, please enjoy it as you like."

Opening the door, facing countless wary and hostile eyes, Orion said calmly: "Please give way. Sorry, this is your hat. Thank you."

How could Kovalev and others let it go so easily?

Just when Kovalev and others were about to subdue it, Mavey's voice came from the tavern: "Let it go."

Orion successfully walked out of the crowd without directly activating magic to leave. Instead, he walked along the residential building on the street and started dropping business cards into the mailbox, one after another.
  (End of this chapter)