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You Can Ask for My Help

Chapter 1094 You Can Ask for My Help

After The Fool Klein tapped the table to indicate that he had blocked the senses of others, Justice Audrey couldn't wait to look at Miss Queen, who was sitting next to her less than a meter away, almost shoulder to shoulder. Just as she was about to speak, she was suddenly stunned.

During a private conversation, the fog that permeated the surroundings would gather around other people who were not participating in the conversation, obscuring their senses. Therefore, the gray fog around Audrey and Angel became thinner accordingly, which made her immediately notice that the "Queen" lady was a little different from usual.

In the past, I just thought that her beauty didn't belong to the real world at all, as if she was everyone's dream lover, but now she has a little more attraction, and makes people want to worship and surrender... Audrey, what are you thinking about! Let's get down to business...

All kinds of strange thoughts in her mind kept surging like bubbles on the surface of boiling water, and then burst.

"Is there something you want to talk to me about?"

Seeing that the other party didn't speak for a while, Angel asked curiously.

"Well, it's like this..." Audrey then quietly looked away, her tone returning to her usual calm and gentle tone, "I want to buy some food from Patis, the port city deep in the Raging Sea. The price will be twice the current price of food in Loen. Well, I can also pay for the shipping costs."

——The fact that the "Dream City" is under the control of Angel's Witch Church is no longer a secret within the Tarot Club, and since she has become an angel, other members think this is very reasonable.

Food... Why did Audrey buy so much food? If she was going to resell it to Loen, it would be unreasonable to pay twice the price... Angel hesitated for a moment and asked,

"How much do you need?"

Then, Audrey reported a shocking number.

"This is far beyond the capacity of the Dream City... Do you want to feed the entire population of Backlund by yourself?"

Angel asked back, stunned.

After clearing the pollution of the "Mistress of Desolation" characteristics, Angel returned it to the underground memorial hall of Patis, and controlled by the "Hand of Order" to continue to provide assistance to the farmlands and farms around the city, so that this city with a small agricultural population can not only feed itself, but also have a large amount of surplus food to sell and supply to the surrounding islands.

But compared to the amount Audrey wants to buy, this output is just a drop in the bucket.

"If it's possible, I do plan to do it... The prices in Backlund have risen a lot again, especially food. Even if you are willing to pay a price higher than the market price, you can't buy much. Now even the disabled soldiers who are being helped by the Poor Relief Foundation can't get enough food."

Audrey replied with a smile, but it was a very forced smile, almost sad.

Since June, the coalition forces of Intis and Fenepot have continued to attack the heartland of the Kingdom of Loen, and pushed the front line to the vicinity of Dongtak County before stopping in the face of the desperate resistance of the Loen army. However, most of the grain-producing areas have become enemy-occupied areas. Although this does not affect the supply of stored grain, under the panic, the soaring prices are justified.

Even though the new king, Edessaur II, issued a new decree to crack down on hoarding, it was of no avail.

The food collected and purchased by organizations such as the "Loen Charity Student Aid Fund" and the "Loen Poor Relief Fund" managed by Audrey in the early days of the war had long been consumed. Even if they bought food in the market with rising prices, they could not buy much.

Audrey paid out of her own pocket to buy a large amount of food from Earl Hall's own territory, and even personally visited many nobles she knew, hoping that they could allocate some of the food stored in their own territories to ease Backlund's current situation, even if they had to buy it with gold pounds.

However, these nobles who donated generously when the foundation was established have said that they have no surplus food.

"...When they said this, there was high-quality black tea and exquisite desserts on the table. The servants had ruddy complexions, completely different from the thin faces on the street...When I 'asked' them again in my dream, I learned that most of the stored grain had already been stored in the warehouses of these nobles, waiting to be sold when prices rose to the highest profit."

Audrey's words were as vague as the whispers of a dream.

Angel was silent.

In recent months, she has been paying attention to the affairs of Morola, the "City of Exile", and adjusting the Sequence 2 characteristics and seals of Patis, the "City of Dreams". The rest of the time, she has to maintain a presence on the front line of the war to intimidate the high-sequence Beyonders of Feysac, Intis, and Feynaport. Otherwise, the precarious front will immediately collapse completely.

As a result, she had no chance to understand the situation in the rear, and had no idea that the situation had become so bad that even an optimistic noble girl like Audrey lost her smile.

"I will ask the Dream City to prepare a batch of food and transport it back to Loen and Backlund as soon as possible to stabilize the prices there," she said carefully, and she had already begun to calculate how much production she could squeeze out without affecting the food supply of Patis. "But this can only alleviate the situation temporarily. By autumn, Loen, which has lost a lot of land, will have even tighter prices. The route from the Rorsted Islands to the North Continent may be cut off at any time. The colonies on the South Continent have fallen into a joint attack by Intis and local resistance organizations, and there is even the Rose School making trouble..."

"The key lies in those nobles who hoarded food. Why don't you consider using your abilities to influence them, Miss Audience?"

By the end, Angel's expression had turned serious.

Audrey was stunned for a moment, as if she was not ready to face such a sharp question, and then shook her head and said,

"I tried to use suggestion and hypnosis to make them voluntarily sell the supplies they had hoarded, but it involved too many people and the circulation process was very complicated. My actions were soon discovered by the official Beyonders who were protecting the nobles... Although they believed that it was spies from Feysac and Intis who were taking action and did not suspect me, the subsequent protection was even tighter, and it was difficult for me to do something similar again."

That shouldn't be the case... According to my speculation, in this kind of choice between nobles and commoners, the Orthodox Church will inevitably lean towards the commoners who have more believers and can provide a stable anchor of faith... Well, for the official Beyonders who specifically protect the nobles, they may not see this height at all. They are just doing their duty... Angel thought about it and realized that there might be something wrong with Audrey's "course of action", so he said carefully:

"If the 'upper' route doesn't work, you might consider going the 'lower' route."

The lower route... Audrey's emerald eyes lost focus for a moment. After a long while, she looked seriously at Angel's handsome face, which was more handsome than usual and did not belong to a woman. She nodded heavily.

"I see. Thank you, Miss Queen."

After this much longer than usual private conversation, the Tarot Club members entered a free exchange session. After everyone talked about the recent war situation as usual, the "Hidden One" Cattleya looked around and said,

"I will be in contact with some members of the 'Moss Ascetic Order' recently. This may involve the hidden god 'Hidden Sage'. Do you know anything about Him?"

Before becoming a demigod, although "Admiral of the Stars" was a member of this secret organization, he had always been outside the core circle and merely served as a "collaborator", trading materials and formulas with them and completing some commissions. He was unwilling to contact the core personnel of the "Ten Pillars" and was not trusted by these people.

But now that she had been promoted to "Mystic" and had digested the potion early, in order to obtain the formula and extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 3 "Master of Prophecy", she believed that whether she was willing or not, she had to actively communicate with the Moss Ascetic Order.

But this also means getting closer to the "Hidden Sage" and being very likely to be contaminated by knowledge.

When Cattleya asked this question at the Tarot Club, she did not expect the help of most members, but wanted to see if Mr. Fool could give some useful suggestions, and if Ms. Queen...

Her mind was full of thoughts as she secretly glanced at the great being whose entire body was hidden in the gray fog. However, she found that the other party did not give any response and sighed in disappointment.

At this moment, the clear and beautiful voice of Miss Queen, which carried a strength that made people want to surrender, rang out:

"If you have difficulties in fighting, you can seek my help.

"If I am well prepared, I should be able to deal with a Sequence 1 Archangel, but if it is an Angel King, there is a high probability that I will be defeated."

Angel's "preparation" means picking up the "Sword of Glory", getting help from the City of Disaster and the Man in the Mirror, and summoning the mirror projection of the "Blood Flag of Salinger". At this time, she can use the unique status of the "Red Priest" to compete with the Sequence 1 Archangel. Even if it is an Angel King with multiple Sequence 1 characteristics, as long as it does not involve a confrontation of "uniqueness", there is hope of winning.

To the Hermit and other members of the Tarot Club, these words were like a bolt from the blue.

Miss Queen was actually able to fight against a Sequence 1 Beyonder? And from what she said, no, what He said, as long as the opponent was not the Angel King, the chances of winning were very high?

He had been promoted to Sequence 1?

In the somewhat palpitating silence, the few quick-thinking members such as Alger the Hanged Man had already remembered that just a few months ago, Miss Queen had confirmed the "uniqueness" of the Red Priest Path with Mr. Fool.

Could it be that this level 0 sealed item numbered "01", a magical potion with power second only to that of the true God, has been mastered by Miss "Queen"?

Feeling Angel's rather eager gaze, Cattleya couldn't even utter the words of thanks for a moment.

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The crimson light flashed again, and Angel returned to the basement of St. Selina's Church in Tingen City, Ahowa County.

During the "meeting", it was her mirror image that stayed here on her behalf to prevent the angels of the Feysac Empire and the Church of the God of War from attacking this important city and breaking through the defense line of Loen's north line.

Before she could make any other move, she heard a vague prayer voice. The voice, which sounded somewhat unruly and disrespectful, recited the honorific name of the "Golden Queen," gave a brief report, and then cut off the connection.

That was the prayer from the ancestor of the Sauron family, one third of the evil spirit of the "Red Angel".

After His confirmation, all the potion formulas and rituals recorded on the two "Red Priest" cards in Angel's hand were completely correctCustomized Blasphemous Card

Chapter 1095 Customized Blasphemous Card

A few months ago, the evil spirit Soran, who accidentally ran into the "City of Disaster" and became a prisoner, was the ancestor of the Soran family of the Intis royal family. He was given the power of the "War Bishop" and left here to return to the real world to solve his family's problems and look for the trace of Fomonda Soran.

His original "Conqueror" status allowed him to receive the gift of Sequence 3 without having any characteristics of his own, and not be distorted or contaminated by the spiritual imprint contained therein. Angel could also take back this gift at any time, causing him to lose most of his power. Therefore, this Sauron could only cooperate with Angel and could not betray him.

But to be on the safe side, when Angel asked the other party about the promotion ceremony of the "Red Priest" path, he did not ask Him to answer yes or no, but asked for specific ritual requirements to avoid being deceived by the other party.

"Sequence 0, Red Priest, requires starting a war that sweeps across the continent and achieving enough victories... This is consistent with the record on the 'Blasphemy Card' and is also very consistent with the ability and authority of this path. Starting from Sequence 5, it requires forming a team, then gaining an advantage in battle, and finally a war that sweeps across the world..."

With the hoarse and disrespectful voice of the evil spirit Sauron still echoing in his mind, Angel fell into deep thought.

In addition to directly contacting the evil spirit Soran, who was now considered her "believer", Angel also wrote to the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette to confirm that her father, Roselle Gustav, had indeed only made a complete set of "blasphemous cards". Although this deck of cards that recorded the secrets of all the divine paths did not contain specific extraordinary characteristics, it simulated the high-level status of the corresponding path through many precious materials. It could not only counter divination and prophecy, but also produce a clustering effect with the path after being unsealed.

Even with Roselle's power after becoming emperor, it was difficult to gather enough materials to make a second set, let alone let others forge it. But Bernadette believed that if she knew the production method and had power similar to Roselle's "Knowledge Emperor" at the time, it was possible to make individual "fakes" with rare materials.

This immediately reminded Angel of the "Hidden Sage", the evil god who peeped into the secrets of human beings. He not only possessed the corresponding power, but also must have known the relevant knowledge.

But, He has no motive... Angel sighed and began to think about another question.

Compared to the "Red Priest", the "Witch" card is the biggest problem she faces, because according to her conversation with Vinsa and the results of a letter exchange with Catalina, part of the ritual recorded on this "blasphemous card" is wrong.

Both the man and the cat only provided rituals up to Sequence 3, namely "Pain", "Despair" and "Immortality".

Two of these three rituals are different from what is recorded on the "Witch" card!

According to the "White Saint" Katarina, the promotion ceremony of the "Despair" witch does require a plague that affects more than 30,000 people. Promotion in the midst of these people's despair is also the source of many large-scale plagues recorded in history.

The ritual of the "immortal" witch is to find the man in her mirror, enslave him, make him fall in love with her, or reconcile with him.

If the ritual of "despair" had been verified by the God of Wisdom and was almost certain to be correct, the ritual of "immortality" put Angel in complete confusion.

"Assuming that the ritual on the Blasphemy Card is wrong, when I was promoted to 'Despair', I accidentally replaced the despair of tens of thousands of ordinary people with the complete despair of a demigod... But the ritual of the 'Immortal' Witch cannot be explained...

"Before taking the Sequence 3 potion, I had never seen the person in my mirror. How could I enslave her or reconcile with her? At that time, I was completely relying on the memories of my two lives as an anchor to avoid losing control..."

Angel suddenly opened her eyes wide while muttering silently, remembering the warmth she felt on her right hand when she was about to be swallowed by the fog of memory during her promotion to "Immortality". It was that extra power that helped her to re-recognize the difference and unity between "Angel Gray" and "Angel Granger", integrating all her memories and successfully being promoted to a Sequence 3 "Immortality" witch.

Only after that did she realize that the person holding her hand was not Klein, but the person in her mirror.

"Because of my uniqueness, the 'Man in the Mirror' has already been waiting in the City of Disaster and has taken the initiative to reconcile with me? So I don't need to complete this seemingly difficult ritual and have already met the conditions for promotion?"

Thinking of this, Angel's eyes flashed, and he immediately entered the mirror world composed of the void space and the dark passage connecting all the mirrors, and then traveled to the mirror interior of the "City of Disaster".

As she expected, the person in her mirror was already waiting on the dilapidated street that they were already familiar with.

Seeing Angel slowly descending, the person in the mirror smiled welcomingly, approached and asked,

"What's the matter with you coming here this time?"

It feels like they're waiting for me to come home... Angel was stunned for a moment under the gaze of those eyes that were exactly the same as his own, and then he spoke in a deliberately cold tone:

"You should know the purpose of my coming here, the 'Desecration Card', the promotion ceremony, I should be able to hide my investigations over the past few days from you, right?"

Although the "person in the mirror" has always stated that the two people's memories and thoughts are not connected, she, who is in the mirror world, has too many ways to understand everything the original body has experienced, whether it is divination or directly peeking in the mirror. The content of the believers' prayers will point to both parties at the same time, making it almost impossible to conceal.

On the contrary, because I, the original body, spend most of my time in reality, I am unable to understand the movements of the "person in the mirror"... Angel muttered in his heart, having the illusion that he was the person in the mirror and that the other person had more "power".

"Well, I do know everything, such as your communication with the evil spirit Sauron and asking the White Saint about the witch's ascension ceremony..." The man in the mirror admitted it straightforwardly, and his tone became serious. "The two 'blasphemous cards' were placed here before I came to the 'City of Disaster', as if waiting for us to open them... Do you know what the spells to open them are?"

"Bernadette?"

Thinking that this set of blasphemous cards was made by Roselle, and that he cared more about his eldest daughter than his other two sons, Angel naturally gave this answer.

"No, it's Angel, our name," the man in the mirror said slowly, "These two 'blasphemous cards' could not have been made by Emperor Roselle, unless he could accurately predict what would happen more than a hundred years later, knew of our existence, and set the corresponding opening spell in advance. Even if we are all time travelers, this is too bizarre."

Indeed, this is as strange as finding one's own photo among unearthed cultural relics or seeing one's own name in ancient books... Angel thought about it, denied this possibility, and continued:

"So when I came here after that death, I saw the opened 'blasphemous card'... Do you know the mistakes in some rituals of the 'witch' card?"

The man in the mirror shook his head.

"I know this as well as you do, but if we consider that these rituals were 'designed' specifically for us by the creators, then these rituals are not mistakes, but optimizations."

"optimization?"

Angel asked subconsciously, and immediately understood what the other party meant.

The promotion of the "Pain" Witch requires self-harm and burning with flames for a quarter of an hour. This is not difficult for her. Even if she does not have the self-repair ability of the "Rose Necklace", she can find other alternatives.

However, the "correct" Sequence 4 promotion ceremony was a requirement that Angel could hardly complete on his own initiative.

Unless it was in a very special place like Morola where all the residents were serious criminals, it would be impossible for Angel to spread diseases and create plagues at will, involving more than 30,000 people in her rituals and using their despair to get promoted.

But if it were a demigod, it wouldn't be so difficult to accept...

"In other words, the person who created this blasphemous card anticipated that I would not be able to ascend by stepping on the corpses of tens of thousands of people, so he designed a 'wrong' ritual, secretly complying with the principle of 'quality over quantity', making it easier for me to become the Witch of Despair?"

Angel frowned and muttered.

Now she really felt the fear of seeing her name in ancient books.

"It's not that it's easier. Compared to killing a desperate demigod, spreading the plague is obviously more in line with the strength of a Sequence 5 'Pain' Witch…"

The person in the mirror imitated Angel and frowned in evaluation.

But I would definitely choose to kill a demigod who has committed many evil deeds rather than tens of thousands of ordinary people... Angel argued in his heart, and then continued:

"The last one is the ritual of 'immortality'. This 'witch' card requires me to take the potion with a different mentality after a long time. It is almost a ritual customized for 'travelers'... Of course, from now on, this ritual is also exclusive to me. The purpose is to allow me to take the potion and advance directly without having to think too much..."

"And the real requirement of the ritual is to reconcile with one's own 'person in the mirror'. We have already done that." The person in the mirror took over the conversation and added.

This tacit understanding between them dispelled any doubts Angel had about the person in the mirror.

Regardless of whether the other party knew more information or was deliberately hiding something, she had indeed reconciled with the original body as she said, and had never taken any action to harm the original body.

Thinking of this, she smiled brightly, attracting the attention of the person in the mirror, who tilted his head slightly and smiled similarly.

But when their eyes met, they both thought of a key question at the same time.

In order to "formulate" the Sequence 3 promotion ceremony, the existence of these two blasphemous cards must have known Angel's identity as a "time traveler", otherwise it would be impossible to come up with such a bizarre condition of "experiencing a long time".

Among the currently known time travelers, Roselle died more than a hundred years ago. There may be a slight possibility that he will return now, but he can no longer affect reality; the Chernobyl researcher "Grisha" is most likely the ancient sun god, who also completely perished in the Third Era; Klein and Angel traveled through time on the same day. He was just an ordinary person at that time, and it was even more impossible for him to make any blasphemous cards.

The only ones who knew the secret of "time travel" were the two descendants of the ancient sun god, Adam and Amon.

Adam was one of the culprits who participated in erasing Angel's and the man in the mirror's memories and "arranged" her to take the path she is on today. He was one of the two people who stood in the basement of No. 6 Daffodil Street and talked in the few memories that Angel had recovered.

The other is the "Mother of Sky", the vessel of the Goddess of Night