Mysteries: Arcana Wars

After a long journey, the tour of the underground stone chamber seemed to have finally come to an end, and the two walked up the ancient spiral stone staircase.

Klein had begun to miss the smell of sunshine, and suspected that Antigonus was unwilling to take him up through the door and teleport, not because he lacked extraordinary items, but because he wanted to take revenge on his unscrupulous boss.

"Although I don't know what your plan is, but before everything starts, I need you to do something for me."

Antigonus spoke.

...Your tone is totally unlike the attitude of a secret attendant towards the master of secrets...

"Of course, you can refuse, and then I can ask the Mother of Heaven for help."

This is already a blatant threat!

There is no room for refusal!

“…Just tell me what it is.” Klein sighed. “If you can’t handle it, it must be even more difficult for me now.”

"I also want to do it myself, but I can't leave the Rorsted Archipelago, otherwise other churches will definitely come to trouble me."

Antigonus stretched out his hand to open a door, motioned for Klein to come forward, and then entered another stone staircase and walked up.

"The poker players have discovered traces of a cult called the Tianming Cult on an island. They suspect that this is the cult's headquarters and that there are urgent safety risks that must be eliminated immediately.

“But unfortunately, this Kilia Island is very sensitive.

“Firstly, it is not part of the Rorsted Archipelago. It is even outside the borders of the Rorsted Republic, within the high seas, which is beyond my reach.

"Secondly, Kilia Island is actually located near the route of a Feynetport shipping company, and their cargo ships can see the island with the naked eye. So I think Feynetport may be the de facto controller of this island. Their oligarchs may visit this island frequently, perhaps for the distribution of transportation lines, or they may want to cause trouble elsewhere in the high seas and use this island as a springboard.

"But maybe we are all wrong. That island has nothing to do with the Feynaporte tycoon. Their ship was just passing by.

"But the Feynaport oligarch cargo ship alone is already a headache. If we act carelessly, it may cause an international dispute.

"This brings us to the third point about the troubles in this place. We are not the only country that has discovered this Kilia Island. For example, the Loen people who have been at odds with Fenetort for years - there was a time when they even suspected anything related to Fenetort and wanted to investigate everything related to Fenetort thoroughly."

"So did they fight?" Klein asked.

"During the long years of the Sixth Epoch, Loen and Feynaport had many large-scale hot wars. In the more than 300 years since you left, the two countries also had many frictions, including one war, and later there were many scattered local hot wars. Peace without hot wars like in the past few decades is rare, but from the recent situation, Loen and Feynaport are back to a state of tension."

"...Are Feynapote people so irritable?" Klein couldn't help but complain.

"Identified as a typical Loen person's statement."

Antigonus retorted.

“The people of Loen have also frequently competed for the interests of the Fenapotes.

"However, since the information revolution, the two countries have been relatively restrained in their hot wars. This has something to do with the fact that Feynet is now completely controlled by the major financial groups. They not only fight with the Loen people, but also with the financial groups within Feynet. They are not united internally.

“Let’s get back to this island.

"There is information showing that the Loen people conducted a secret investigation of this island a few years ago. In fact, the Loen people have conducted secret investigations on many islands around shipping routes and even near the Feynaport border. This Kilia Island is not an exception."

"Wait, I understand."

Klein was overwhelmed.

"You want me to go to an island and destroy a cult because this cult is targeting the Rorsted Archipelago, and then collect information to see if there are any traces of Loon and Feynapotter.

"At the same time, this island is a sensitive point for both Loen and Feynaporte, and it is not under our jurisdiction."

He felt he was being set up.

"You're not asking me to do a mission, you're giving me a war detonator!"

This is not how difficult the task itself is!

The existence of this mission itself is a war bomb!

Look at yourself, is this how you cheat your boss?

"So, are you going to let me handle such a big thing alone?"

The corner of Klein's mouth twitched.

"No, of course not. I was originally planning to send only some playing cards, which would be enough to complete the mission. But I always felt a little uneasy, so I hoped that an angel could accompany them once.

"I can't go out, so it's just you."

Antigonus' tone rarely fluctuated, as if he had seen a savior, and there was even a hint of gloating in it.

So now, I have become a tool, right?

"Poker..."

Speaking of the scoundrels from the Society of Virtue, Klein had a lot of questions.

"Are you one of the Virtue Society? Are they part of the church?"

"The Society of Virtue is my people, but they are not church members, nor are they dealers. They are just a bunch of scoundrels whose fate is in my hands."

Antigonus said.

"They are more like my personal soldiers. I am restricted by the restrictions of other churches and cannot do many things, so I rely on them to carry out the tasks in secret.

“I believe other churches are also doing this kind of thing, but in different forms, and we don’t know much about it.

"Playing cards have different functions according to their suits. Hearts mainly operate outside of Rorsted, and each heart has its own fixed area. Clubs mainly operate within Rorsted, and some of them have infiltrated the church and lurk as dealers. Diamonds are guerrilla forces, transmitting information and items between members, and supporting colleagues at any time in different forms.

"As for the Spades, they are my secret puppets. They usually stay within the range of Roside, cooperating with the Clubs or providing me with some identity or something like that."

These arrangements surprised Klein. He originally thought that the Society of Virtue was just a group of scoundrels who were out for fun, but he didn't expect that Antigonus had already clearly organized them.

From another perspective, Antigonus is also an expert in social waste recycling.

"I see. So, what about Derrick?"

Klein asked curiously, this was his real purpose as Bayam.

"What role did Derrick play in the Society of Virtue?"