Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

#199 - The murderer is the "Blood Emperor"

The information narrated by "The Hermit" exploded in the Tarot Club meeting like a thunderclap.

Even "The Fool" Klein, hidden behind the gray fog, couldn't help but reveal a surprised expression, fortunately, the other members didn't notice this change at this time: What? A ritual to advance to True God? Medici once had a chance to advance to True God? And who killed Him...?

Wait!

Died somewhere in Backlund!

Klein immediately thought of the Fourth Epoch ruin that he and Miss Sharron had explored: Could that evil spirit be the evil spirit formed by Medici?

He also thought of the method the evil spirit claimed would allow him to escape, which was to collect the blood of members of the Medici, Zothorn, and Einhorn families.

This made Klein even more certain of his guess.

"The Hanged Man" Alger was pondering another matter: "A ritual to advance to True God," although I obtained information about Sequence 0 from Mr. "Fool," this is the first time I've heard of a case of advancing to True God!

"Justice" Audrey's surprise was focused on: Right in Backlund! I didn't expect such a thing to have happened in Backlund! But how come I haven't heard of any ruins being discovered in Backlund?

"The Sun" Derrick quickly calmed down after the initial surprise: Gods can also be killed, they really can fall... Although Medici wasn't a God in the strict sense...

"The Magician" Fors had already gained too many surprises at this Tarot Gathering, and after hearing this news, she also quickly calmed down.

She took a deep breath: The scene of a God... or rather, someone about to advance to God, being murdered, sounds like a great story.

"The Hermit" Cattleya continued after everyone had basically emerged from their surprised emotions: "This was a very secretive matter back then, and it wasn't until the end of the Fourth Epoch, after the Tudor Empire was destroyed, that some details became widely known.

"Of course, the so-called 'widely known' doesn't mean it was known by the common people, but by the various Churches, the major nobles of the time, and a portion of the Angel families."

He subtly explained the source of this information in order to make it seem more credible.

Otherwise, it would be strange for a Sequence 7 to know such secret information.

Cattleya continued: "And the mastermind who killed Medici was named Alista Tudor."

Klein was the first to react again, and he manipulated "The World" to ask: "The Blood Emperor?"

He remembered that the evil spirit had a strong opinion of the "Blood Emperor."

Cattleya answered with a smile: "Yes."

As soon as these words came out, several other members, except for "The Sun" Derrick, almost stood up!

The Blood Emperor killed Medici?

Alger immediately asked: "Why?"

Cattleya smiled and said: "The answer to this question is not included in this transaction."

Although this answer sounded very annoying, everyone understood that there must be a huge secret hidden within it.

And the total amount of this transaction was only 800 pounds, so it was impossible to talk about anything too advanced or too secret.

"The World" asked: "In what question is the answer to this question contained?"

"In the history of the Tudor Empire, perhaps," Cattleya thought for a moment before saying, "The week before last, I followed a very powerful Beyonder into a Fourth Epoch ruin and learned a lot about the secret history of the Fourth Epoch.

"Adding to my previous accumulation, I dare say that I am already very proficient in the history of the Fourth Epoch."

He actually hoped to trade the history of the Fourth Epoch with other members, because he had the deepest impression of this part of history.

As for the history of the other two Epochs, the Third Epoch was actually the history of the "Ancient Sun God" and the "Redemption Rose," which were both more valuable and not easy to separate.

As for the history of the Second Epoch, Cattleya felt that it was a bit vague due to the long time, and there were some places that he needed to verify before he dared to trade.

Klein manipulated "The World" to ask: "How many pounds do you need for the history of the Tudor Empire?"

"3000 pounds, perhaps," Cattleya said, "After all, we have already traded some information about Amon and Adam in that empire."

This price instantly calmed Klein down, and he manipulated "The World" to say: "Let's talk about it next week."

The other members had already traded twice this week, and they probably wouldn't trade again, so he couldn't possibly pay 3000 pounds alone, so he should wait and see.

Cattleya nodded: "Okay."

He paused and then said: "Let's continue with the topic just now, Medici had been planning his ritual to become a God for a long time.

"The first half of the plan went smoothly, his two old opponents were tricked by him, stepped into his trap, and obtained the Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics of Zothorn and Einhorn.

"But no one expected that he would disappear without a trace.

"Some say that he has completely fallen, and others say that his hatred and obsession have formed an evil spirit, forever wandering in the underground of Backlund."

He couldn't say this in too much detail, after all, the people who were present at the time... the Gods who were present were just a few, and they were all people who were unlikely to leak secrets.

"It's the latter," Klein manipulated "The World" and said generously: "I also explored a ruin in Backlund before and encountered Medici, who had turned into an evil spirit.

"Of course, I didn't know it was Medici at that time, and I didn't even know it was Medici before our transaction."

Alger thought to himself: No wonder "The World" would be interested in Medici, although he didn't know it was Medici, he must have had some guesses. It just so happened that he traded information about the "King of Angels" last week, and "The World" heard the name Medici, so he traded information about this "King of Angels" today.

Audrey was filled with emotion: I didn't expect that there really was such a ruin in Backlund, and that after more than a thousand years, perhaps nearly two thousand years, Medici's evil spirit was still wandering there.

Fors was completely in a story-listening state at this time: Being killed when becoming a God is an ironic and tragic story.

After "The World" finished speaking about the information just now, Klein manipulated "The World" to look at "The Hermit," the meaning was very simple: I provided a piece of evidence that is very useful to you, shouldn't you also show something?

Cattleya couldn't help but cry in her heart: Actually, I know this information.

But after thinking about it, he still said: "According to some information obtained by the Trunsoest Empire after the Tudor Empire was destroyed, Amon and Adam were also involved in the murder of Medici, in addition to Tudor."

This information made Derrick couldn't help but sit up a little straighter, now when he heard the name "Amon," he would almost instinctively prick up his ears and listen carefully.

Klein thought to himself: No wonder, if three people conspired together, Medici would definitely be killed. Then Medici's evil spirit must not be released, otherwise, it is very likely to provoke the two troublesome brothers, Adam and Amon.

Audrey was already very curious about the history of the Tudor Empire at this time, but she didn't have that much money to complete the transaction this week, so she could only wait until next week.

Cattleya continued: "As for Medici's descendants, it is said that because Medici's legion was fighting against the Bayam Empire in the south at that time, after learning that Medici had fallen and that Trunsoest had chosen to support Zothorn and Einhorn, they hid at sea.

"According to some sporadic information from the Fifth Epoch, it seems that there are still descendants of Medici in Pansi Harbor now."

Klein was slightly stunned, this was somewhat different from the information he had obtained.

So he asked: "Are there only in Pansi Harbor?"

"I'm not very clear either," Cattleya said with a smile: "After all, there hasn't been any trace of Medici family descendants for a long time."

Then Klein asked "The Hanged Man": "Where is Pensi?"

This was the place name he heard from that suspected Medici evil spirit, it is said that there are still Medici family descendants here.

Alger was slightly stunned for a moment before saying: "Pensi is the current Pansi Harbor."

He paused and then explained: "Pensi is an ancient name, and with the changes in the current accent, it has gradually become Pansi Harbor."

Klein said in his heart: So that's how it is, then everything matches up.

He manipulated "The World" to say: "I have no more questions."

Cattleya said with a smile: "Then, this transaction is over."

The follow-up of this transaction was simple, "Justice" Audrey and "The Hanged Man" Alger each helped "The World" bear 150 pounds, "The Magician" Fors helped "The World" bear 80 pounds, and "The Hermit" Cattleya paid 150 pounds on behalf of "The Sun" Derrick.

One mistake, one first, one inside, one content, one in, one look!

In the end, Klein calculated that he only needed to pay 270 pounds, which was a very cost-effective transaction.

After this round of transactions ended, everyone stopped initiating new transactions.

So they entered the free exchange session.

Fors was the first to say: "I got a piece of news that I don't know if it's accurate, in Backlund last week, a ritual to summon an evil god was disrupted."

The extraordinary events in Backlund suddenly increased, and the changes in the entire city could not be hidden from the spirituality of the Beyonders.

Hugh inquired some information from "Military Intelligence 9" and learned that someone was actually going to perform a ritual to make an evil god descend.

"I've heard about this too," Cattleya said with a smile: "The altar for that ritual was very secretive, and it took two or three days to find it.

"Fortunately, the ritual hadn't been completed by the time the altar was found."

As a person with the label of "well-informed," it would be strange not to have heard of this, so Cattleya simply announced a part of the information generously.

Alger, who had not received any relevant news, thought with a purely lively mood: Such a dangerous thing actually happened in Backlund last week.

Audrey smiled and said, "Thanks to the official Beyonders, I didn't even know about it before the danger was resolved."

Oedipus retorted, "It's not entirely thanks to the official Beyonders. I heard that four unofficial individuals played a huge role. They were the ones who found the location of the altar."

As he said this, he glanced at "The World" intentionally, as if to show that he was aware of the other party's background.

"The World" acted as if he didn't notice, still sitting there quietly, lacking the vitality of a living person.

Audrey, however, noticed "The Hermit's" subtle movements: Was Mr. "World" among those four unofficial Beyonders? And it's very likely that Mr. "Hermit" was too; he must have recognized Mr. "World" during the operation!

Immediately, she began to speculate further: Could it be that Mr. "Fool" gave them the order to protect Backlund?

Just as Audrey was lost in thought, Fors asked, "What kind of ritual takes so long?"

Alger also realized something was wrong. He had seen in some materials that although such rituals took a long time to prepare, the process itself wasn't very long!

After all, evil gods wouldn't be so cooperative as to wait there for days before descending.

"This is a special ritual. It's said that the evil god about to descend doesn't belong to our world," Oedipus explained simply.

This answer surprised Klein a little. He didn't expect that the enemy they had faced before was like this.

The other members also had various associations because of the description "doesn't belong to our world."

But before these associations could fully unfold, Oedipus added, "Everyone had better not actively try to understand this matter. The Beyonders who destroyed the altar reminded me that even just understanding some knowledge about that evil god can lead to pollution!"

This description made everyone even more curious, and Klein remembered that Roselle and Mr. "Door" seemed to have discussed such issues.

"The Hermit's" reminder made everyone give up the idea of learning more.

After a few seconds of silence in the hall, Alger said again, "There are new clues about the treasure of the elves I mentioned before. I can basically pinpoint the location of that island now."

"Who's interested? We can cooperate and explore together."

"The Hanged Man's" generosity was for a reason. He understood that the island was very dangerous, and he couldn't complete the exploration alone.

And if he were to find partners at sea, it would not only be easy to be betrayed, but also easy to have internal strife.

The Tarot Club members were different. With Mr. Fool's witness, at least there would be no internal strife and no betrayal.

Klein, who was already preparing to go to sea, manipulated "The World" to say, "Let's talk about it before the action. If I'm free, I can go with you to explore."

"Count me in," Oedipus, who was also preparing to leave Backlund, said, "But whether I can go or not will depend on the time."

He was afraid that he would be caught and brought back as soon as he left Backlund.

Alger was very satisfied with these two partners. "The World" looked very capable, and "The Hermit" understood ancient elven text, so he might have to decipher some ancient elven documents at that time.

"I will continue to collect information," Alger said. "That sea area is very complicated, so we need to make sufficient preparations before we can take action."

"The World" slowly nodded, and Oedipus said, "Okay."

Then "The World" added, "Ladies and gentlemen, some news I've received recently indicates that something big is brewing in Backlund, and a tragedy may occur."

Audrey asked with concern, "What big event?"

"The World" shook his head frankly: "I don't know."

Fors also paid close attention: "Where might the tragedy that may occur appear?"

"The World" looked at everyone: "I can't give you an accurate answer."

"I have also received some corresponding information," Oedipus also reminded, "Someone in Backlund has seen the Saint of the Witch Sect."

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