"It's just some old information." Lemons read, "The power of the Glorious Council is a gift from the goddess, which is completely different from the field that the tower is good at. Share intelligence, promote each other, and the cooperation will be closer..." He Frowning. "Damn, who wrote this?"
"Me." Holy City Priest April Marsh answered.
"Do you remember what you wrote?"
Priestess shrugged. "These words are transcribed in my own hand, Your Excellency."
"The rituals of Kamaria, as well as the classics from the age of gods." Although the council called it a pile of old papers and historical documents, anyone with a discerning eye could see its value. "You want me to rob the Tower of Sky's information?"
"This is a 'transcription', Your Excellency. I have no right to decide what I write. After all, these are the original words of the agent. I just copied them and sent them over."
If it's a serious letter, just use pansies. As soon as he saw April, he expected that the order conveyed by the council would be troublesome again. "You must not say that." Lemons threw the paper back. "I don't want people to regard every friendly visit of the Holy Radiance Council as robbery. This is the style of bandits and damages our reputation."
April untied the knot at the ends of her gray hair and tied it back up with a tie. This was a gift from Arabella to her, coming from an alchemy workshop in Bloomnot, the capital of floating clouds. Lord Advocate's students now know the location of every shop that sells color-changing spotted bows, but this is far from enough information compared to the information the council needs.
Arabella's mission has nothing to do with the priest who delivers the message. "Since you've already done this, why are you still using words to defend your reputation? What's the use?" she asked. "To me, that's hypocrisy. Hypocrites are more hateful than sincere robbers."
Lemons was surprised to find that April hated the job as much as he did. Originally, after bringing Arabella to the tower and confirming Eastman's ownership, they could successfully complete the mission, but when he conveyed the news back to the Holy City, the cardinals immediately convened a meeting. People discussed the new prophet, discussed Eastman and the Tower's concession, and finally decided to change tactics and command the Paladin Captain to make more demands on the Tower.
Even in the eyes of mortals, this is a despicable act of taking advantage of others. But for mysterious creatures with noble status and far-sighted vision, everything must be done in a new way and from a new angle. In order to control the impact of the death of Lord "Knight Qiming", the Seven Pivot Points decisively gave up the "overall" alliance, focused on their own sect, and preserved the "individual" strength, just like a poor man who cut off the mold spots on an apple driven by hunger. Next, Lemons didn't know whether they would be full or poisoned.
But if we don’t do this, the Holy Radiance Council will fall behind. Today, in the mysterious realm of Knox, only the Parliament is still holding on to the line of defense of order. The Oath Keepers Alliance is a piece of loose sand, Faf Tanner is not my kind, and the School of Silence... Even at the level of the Seven Pivots, the School of Silence is an alien. This is recognized as the most greedy group on the continent of Biniaio. As long as they can gain power, the wizards of the school will even sell their beliefs. Although "Second Truth" Bernard Sterling is a saint, he is essentially a ungodly fanatic. These mysterious fulcrums can be used as friends, but not as aid.
The prophet is dead. Lemons told himself. The dead cannot be resurrected, Larson Gallagher cannot fill the vacancy left by the loss of Demosis, and the Tower is no longer the commander of the Seven Fulcrums. Someone has to take over the responsibility and gather strength to face Byrne's threat. The agent will carry out Lucia's will and will undoubtedly be fair and just...
...He couldn't help but laugh. Do I really have to convince myself? Don't I still know the rules of how the world works? For the sake of the overall situation, is a temporary injustice not unfair? Is this the truth?
Facts have proved that no one has a choice.
The Holy Knight Commander thought of the White Envoy again. Since his apprentice is unknown, he himself may not be able to escape his involvement. This is evidenced by Croita's vagueness about his disappearance to this day. My enemy happens to be my enemy, and at least I have my lucky moments.
"This is not your idea, Your Excellency." April comforted him in turn, "The agent conveys the will of the goddess, which is difficult for us mortals to understand."
"I'm just worried that I understood it wrong."
"To be honest, this is just a test. After all, Croita is an organization of astrologers and an indispensable part of the mysterious field. Everyone pushes and shoves and fights for a while, and then they settle down. Besides, in my opinion, The Prophet will most likely refuse. Anyway, it won’t have any impact in the end.”
No wonder my mentor came to warn me before leaving. Lemons thought bitterly. Although this place is not a dragon's pond or a tiger's den, it can make people feel depressed and short of breath. The enemies he faced were no longer wielding swords and guns, but words in black and white, arguments and intrigues, which were not his areas of expertise. When I brought the intelligence to Congress, did I really not think that this would be the case today?
"Besides, this is nothing compared to the real goal." April said, "Your Excellency, the agent is willing to share the secrets of the Age of Gods with the tower. The fundamental reason is for Bain. This is the greatest order. The enemy, no one can win alone. Now they are stronger and we are still standing still."
This didn't convince Lemons, but he had no other choice. Unite or fail. Croita has paid the price with blood, and the Council of Light must not follow in her footsteps.
The sun sets earlier in the tower than in the holy city. "I'm afraid I have to go, Your Excellency." April is a ring-level priest and has a close relationship with the agent's student Arabella, but she is still not qualified to sit on the negotiating table - Lemons can see that the visiting envoy It wasn't the Cardinal who had made the prophet quite dissatisfied, even though the "Eye of Ain" also relied on his talent to reach the position of prophet.
"Be careful on the road, Marsh. The Port of Far Light has been reopened, you can take a shortcut."
"I believe in my craft more." Priest April Marsh said. "It's noon now. Maybe you're in luck, Your Excellency."
It turns out that this girl can draw a ladder, no wonder the council sent her. Now all I have to worry about is the shameless negotiation that will follow, Lemons thought to himself. After all, he couldn't really wait until night. Night is a busy time for astrologers, and the Lord Paladin's meeting is likely to go unnoticed. My work has to be done after all. He bravely summoned the Prophet's secretary.
But the result was unexpected. Sabina, the secretary of the astronomy room, informed him that the "Eye of Iron" had left the tower to attend the memorial service in the City of Floating Clouds.
What the hell. Lemons thought. The time has indeed come. It’s another Frost Moon, two full years have passed since the Demon Hunting War, and the members of Croita will inevitably hold an event to commemorate Demosis. He felt that the letter in his hand was getting hot, and he just wanted to throw it away. "Could it be that today, Lord Qiming of the Dark Night..."
"No, Your Excellency. The commemorations of the members of the Tower are all held in the auditorium. Today is the anniversary of the sacrifice of the police officers of the Public Security Bureau."
Lemons had no idea such a subdivision of memorials inside the tower existed. But no matter what, it is impossible to mention work at this time. "Oh, I don't understand." Fortunately, the prophet left earlier than me, otherwise it would have been too ugly. "Excuse me." He excused himself quickly.
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Under the Yeyu River, a small boat rotates towards the shore, its wooden oars swinging with the water waves, no one is controlling it. It is said that this is a popular place for desperate people to end their lives. Roma thought that all he had to do was row the boat to the middle of the river and jump off to end his life's pain. Ordinary people would not dare to swim that far even if they wanted to save him. Did the empty boat in front of me drift down accidentally, or was it someone's relic?
"I'm going to walk by myself," she said to the priest, then walked around the police officer behind her.
There was no one on the boat, the river was crystal clear, and there was no sign of anyone alive. It's just a boat with a broken mooring line. She guessed wrong.
She rarely guessed wrong.
There is no microwave in the Yeyu River, as if it is still. Behind Roma, the priest presided over the festival activities. People brought yellow chrysanthemums, lilies and white roses, nuns held silver vases, and the choir sang long, melodious music praising sacrifice and heaven. Will the mortal soul go to Gavash or to heaven? Roma thought, Mysterious creatures have no souls, where would we go?
Two years ago, the Sheriff's Department held Agatha's funeral. Her mentor "Silver Cross" dropped the fire ceremony and rushed to the scene to mourn the murdered student. Priest Lucia cast spells and looked for clues based on the remains, Brother Gaia comforted the souls of the deceased, and the Public Security Bureau worked at full capacity, vowing to catch the murderer. However, the great astrologer Lord Osvid "Silver Cross" Sidney did not trust them. He uses astrology to peer into the past, hoping to catch the murderer.
But he didn't succeed either. In the end, people only saw the "Whispering Seed" left behind by Agatha before her death.
After graduation, the detective girl worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became a subordinate of the Youth Envoy. Later, she changed her career to the Affairs Department and served as a police officer in the Public Security Bureau. She switched jobs to the mysterious profession of "Gardener" in order to deliver messages while at work. The "Whispering Seed" is one of the gardener's most proficient magics. It can listen to and record the inner voice while being very hidden. At the last moment, Agatha used it to preserve her last words.
At that time, Roma was holding a promotion ceremony in the High Circle and failed to get the news in time - in fact, no one told her about Agatha's death. When Ms. Mabel quietly left the tower and people continued to search for her traces, she remembered Miss Detective. For a long time, the little lion thought that Agatha was on vacation in a floating city far away from the tower. I bought you a boat ticket, but it was too late. She thought of the lunch as a thank you and felt that she owed Agatha.
At least let me find your murderer. Roma saw the magic seed preserved by Mr. "Silver Cross" at the Public Security Bureau. There was only one sentence in it, and the content pointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
There is no doubt that the Qing Envoy is the most suspicious. But he couldn't have done it himself. Dean Rubin proposed to the assembly that a law enforcement team be formed to monitor the interior of the tower during times of war. He found "Longaxe" Guan Peng and many famous villains to fill the team. They continued to expand the scope of their power, and eventually interfered with the powers of the Public Security Bureau.
During the Fire Ceremony at the end of the Year of the Cold Moon, a conflict broke out between the two sides in Blumnot, which eventually brought the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Affairs into trouble, pitting the two Skylords against each other. Miss Detective was both a former subordinate of the Qing Zhi Envoy and now a police officer of the Public Security Bureau. Her death was likely caused by one of the parties to push the situation forward and cause greater chaos.
The Affairs Department cannot be ignored either. "Storm Song" Irony Sainsbury is the chief executive in charge of the tower's political system. His authority is as broad as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Astronomy Office. He manages the promotion and appointment of officials, as well as resource allocation and salary distribution. The daily affairs decision-making department, residence registration file management department, and education department under his jurisdiction are all important components in maintaining order in the empty island city. In fact, even the Logistics Department obeys its dispatches. The reason why people put the department under the Division is just to respect the transcendent status of the mysterious creature.
Only the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is independent. It is a new department established by Saint Demosis after the disintegration of the Grand Alliance and the evolution of the messenger system. The Fates use it to govern their vassal realms and deal with mysterious events that occur in the mortal realm. Lord Aironi was originally a professor in the astronomy room. He came from a well-known family with a long lineage, which was incompatible with the rule of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the ablest should be put first. If he is dissatisfied with the interference of the law enforcement team, regards the surveillance plan as a provocation, and wants to retaliate...
Of course, the Director-General of the Affairs Department may not be aware of the existence of a Public Security Bureau police officer, let alone kill anyone. To be honest, although Miss Agatha was considered a semi-celebrity in the City of Clouds during her lifetime, they were actually completely incompatible with each other. Roma has lived in the City of Floating Clouds for decades, and her impression of the detective girl is still in the form of reports. And she is already one of the people in the tower who is most willing to be exposed to new things. This was probably someone else's idea, someone who knew that Agatha was an old subordinate of the Blue Envoy and worked in the Public Security Bureau.
She is also a student of a great astrologer. Roma was shocked to realize that Miss Agatha Poirot's identity was so sensitive.
Even outside forces are implicated. As a well-known detective, Agatha participated in the operations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and she was definitely considered the "Nemesis of the Nightingale" in the eyes of the enemy. She relied on her extraordinary reasoning ability to become a student of a great astrologer, and was appreciated by the prophet. At the same time, an unknown person was exposed Identity paid the price with life. Maybe the secret society hated her for this and took advantage of the demon hunting war to attack her.
Thinking about it carefully, there are so many people who may have designs on Miss Detective that Roma has no way of distinguishing them. I should have asked her to leave Brumnot earlier, in fact, she was ready to go!
At this time, the little lion noticed something.
"No, that's not right," she said to herself, "there's something wrong here."
I gave her the ticket, Roma thought. Agatha is about to leave Bloomnott and has taken a leave of absence from the Secretariat. If the law enforcement team insists on taking her life to mess up the situation, they will never leave any clues pointing to themselves. The interests of the Director-General of the Affairs Department are consistent with those of the Astronomy Room. Killing a student of a great astrologer is tantamount to alienating allies. What good will this do to them? It would be more in his own interests to let her go.
On the other hand, Lord Osvid personally investigated and failed to find Agatha's murderer. The Great Astrologer can peer into the past, and unless the Director of the Affairs Department personally commits the crime, it is impossible to hide it from his eyes.
"...Astrologers can see the past and the future." She murmured, "Lord Demosis received a prophetic dream and foresaw his own death, but in the end he failed to survive..."
A chill ran through his body, and Roma shivered. Astrology is no longer an omniscient perspective. She got it. Someone found a way to trick it.
This is definitely not something that an astrologer can do. Croyta has stood at the pinnacle of the mysterious realm for more than a thousand years. People have long been accustomed to the power of "dark night enlightenment" and believe that astrology is superb and are proud of it. We have long forgotten to look at ourselves.
Roma couldn't help but cross her arms. It was not the Blue Envoy and the Affairs Department who killed Agatha, but someone from outside the tower. The thing is obvious, the internal conflicts in the tower are escalating, and the enemy will be the winner.
Only one person can do it and has a reason to do it.
During Hokolin's counterattack, Roma regarded the Blue Envoy Dean Rubin as an enemy. She hated him for disregarding Helen's safety in pursuit of victory. Later, he put her friend into danger, which made her even more angry. However, Demosis told her that the Blue Messenger was not her enemy.
The little lion Roma didn't understand...but Agatha explained to her the motives of the Blue Envoy and taught her that Lord Rubin had longed for merit. No matter what, loyalty is our first choice. No matter how unscrupulous Dean Rubin is, he is still a member of the Tower.
But not Bai Zhishi. Although after he became the commander-in-chief, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in full swing and the astronomy room no longer had any worries, he was still not our companion.
The commander's ability does not stop there. When he controls the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is difficult for his subordinates to have other voices. His Excellency the Under-Secretary worked three times harder than he did and spent three times as much time at Brumnot as his superior, but all his efforts were in vain. When the war breaks out again, people will still only think of Bai Zhizhi. His shadow reigns over the Foreign Office. This desperate fact taught Dean Rubin that he had no chance of advancement and could only go back to his old ways and seek glory in war.
In fact, at that time, she had already realized that the Blue Envoy was afraid of the commander. She really wanted to tell him face to face to see if the other party would refute. Most likely not. But this is nothing to be ashamed of, and the same goes for other members of the Destiny Assembly, even Larson... I'm afraid only Demosis doesn't care.
Facts have proved that everyone still has to be wary of him.
Probably no one wants to think that way. Roma knew how it felt. People are afraid of him, and even more afraid of him becoming their enemy. We deceive ourselves and others and make big mistakes.
Of course, there are some people who are not intimidated by the fear of the leader, and Uriel is an example. Bai Zhizhi took him to the tower, made him reach the sky in one step, and received unimaginable treatment. However, he was too close to the commander, making it harder than others to see the truth.
Moreover, the apprentice’s transcendent status is not without reason. Uriel thought he was a nameless one. The potion ignited his soul without a fire ritual. Logically speaking, this is the proof of the Nameless One...but the apprentice's dream talent led him to take another path.
The one favored by Ai En. she thought. The secret of the prophet.
The Tower of Sky lasted for three thousand years, and Demosis alone took care of her for two thousand years. When Larson explained the inheritance of the tower to Helen, Roma was also present. She pricked her ears and heard them talking about the Blessed One of Iron. "Only those who are favored by the dream god Ain can become prophets." Larson confided. "In the tower, I was the only one with the same talent as him. Uriel was the second one."
"Then how did he become an apprentice in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?" Helen frowned.
"Demosis informed the commander of the conditions for becoming a prophet." Larsen replied. "The traitor saw Uriel's fire spontaneously igniting with his own eyes, so he thought he was a compatriot. Predicting the future does not belong to the system of the 'Knights of Proverbs', but it just fits the astrology At the same time, he also knew about the one favored by the Dream God..."
Roma's eyes widened. "He wants to use Uriel's nameless power to pretend to be favored by Ain!" In this way, the leader can get his hands on the position of saint...
"He also made a mistake. Uriel is indeed the one favored by the Dream God, just like me and Lord Demosis. Such people are rare, but they are not unheard of. Honorary Cardinal of the Holy Council of Radiance, Breton Magdalena, the Harp witch known as the Highland Witch, is one of them. She received the White Prophecy because of her talent." Larsen pointed out, "It seems that our commander is either inertial thinking and subconsciously Think of precognition as the power of the unknown, or you simply don’t have this insight.”
"He deceived his apprentice?"
"Perhaps. Even with the Scroll of Oath, it is impossible to distinguish every lie. Even the traitor does not need to lie at all. He only needs a little guidance and he will come to the conclusion on his own."
"Maybe there are other reasons. If Uriel's prediction is regarded as the blessing of the dream god, he will be qualified as a prophet candidate." Helen pointed out.
"It's not impossible." Larson sighed. "It was during the war that Demosis was eager to make a choice. Look, the White Envoy is the leader of the assembly, and Uriel is helping him, and I am just a new generation. I thought it was him, but the mentor..."
"Luckily we made the right choice." Helen said softly.
"It's too late," Larson responded bitterly. "We should have made a choice long ago."
The days of old are gone forever. It is really impossible to expect the commander to be merciful because of his apprentice: Larson clearly told her that if Sauron had not blocked the sword, Uriel would also have died in the study.
Later, when Uriel left Brumnot and became a garrison in Eastman, he took the Piece of Sauron with him.
He just wanted to make up for his mentor's mistakes. Roma felt a twinge in her heart at the thought that she might never see Sauron fiddling with lines and piecing together words again. Soren Gerson is not just a ring, it has a soul.
She unknowingly walked to the Third Ring Road and arrived at No. 222 Borg Street.
There used to be hawthorn trees and a hut here, but now there are only ruins, which are comparable to the houses Roma saw on the Sky Island Hocolin. Next door is the property left by Agatha Poirot, which has now been taken back by the Secretariat and has a new owner. The people who moved in cleaned the yard, planted marigolds behind the fence, and added night lights to the mailbox. They seem to be more diligent than the detective lady.
However, no one is willing to take over No. 222. This is Uriel's address, and many members of the tower know it very well and avoid it. After the death of the prophet Demosis, the law enforcement team took a leap in power. They searched houses in Brumnot and dragged a large number of officials into the dungeon for interrogation - although they had done this before, this time the scope was wider. "Long Axe" Guan Peng came to Berg Street and sent people to break open the door and break the glass.
People swarmed in, opened beds, lifted carpets, emptied wardrobes, smashed fireplaces and kitchens with rocks, destroyed walls and floors to search for secret rooms, and even dug three feet into the ground. They found sugar and salt, uniforms and shirts, leather armor and weapons, and countless fragments of dust. The law enforcement team meticulously confiscated suspicious items: all letters, magic seeds, maps, newspapers, potions, swords and daggers, as well as the playing cards given to them by Roma, were all sealed in bags and taken away. Finally, the people smashed the house into rubble, burned the hawthorn trees and bushes, and left with satisfaction.
No one came to stop them. Roma thought. The prophet Demosis is dead, the Kingdom of God is closed by Larsen, and the Destiny Assembly is in turmoil... In the chaos, no one pays attention to the whereabouts of the law enforcement team. When Osvid Sidney came to Burgh Street to investigate the death of his apprentice, even the fire had been extinguished.
What followed were dark days: the observation deck fell into silence, and the Demon Hunting Alliance lost its guidance and fell apart on the ice field, attacking each other. Croita ordered all expatriate members to return to headquarters and undergo scrutiny by the Fateful Assembly in Brumnot. Provendel, the Port of High Light, was closed, and all pontoon boats and ladders leading to the ground were prohibited from traveling. The law enforcement team, the Security Bureau, and the Church's Cross Knights searched day and night, turning the tower and the City of Floating Clouds upside down.
Meaningless. Roma knew it very well. The real battlefield is in the prophet's kingdom. Only a few people have the opportunity to enter it, and the traitors take advantage of this. After Demosis died, Larson took over his burden, making the tower shrouded in mysterious light and becoming an invisible place that cannot be captured.
At the same time, the "Eye of Iron" himself also gained a level of mystery that was temporarily equivalent to that of a saint, and drove the Black Knight out of the tower. There is a slight deviation here: in the records of Eberly Bam of the Ring, the enemy was directly hit by the gravitational turbulence, and mysteriously destroyed everything about him, including the fire. But at the rally, Larson claimed that the other party was not dead - the Black Knight seemed to be different from the Night People.
His statement was confirmed. Soon, the Black Knight reappeared on the battlefield, and the "Starless Night" association launched a counterattack under his command.
But Croy, the Tower of the Sky, lost Demosis forever and had to withdraw from the war to protect himself.
From Roma's point of view, the astrologers lost more than just the saint. The envoys of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have always been the main force involved in Croita's external activities. The consequences of the betrayal of his leadership are undoubtedly devastating: all Eastman's coordinates lost their function that day, and the envoys operating on the ground lost contact at the same time; The core of the observation deck could not be restarted, and most of the dazzling Order star map dimmed suddenly, and even the Star Gap was taken away. People fell into blindness and out-of-control panic, as if the dark night of the Ice Territory had descended on the tower.
Therefore, when the envoys of the Holy Radiance Council confessed their purpose, UU Kanshu kat Larsen readily agreed. Sky Tower is unable to police Eastman, but the situation at Hell Gate must be monitored at all times. It is very necessary for the tower to agree to the agent's request in exchange for help in turbulent times. But Roma knew that at the moment when the prophet died and the commander betrayed, the Tower of the Sky was no longer the commander of the seven pivots. In the mysterious realm, what determines status is fire.
The law enforcement team was unable to find Byrne, so they poured out their anger on Burg Street. Maybe they didn't care at all about Agatha's death, most people didn't care...
I don’t know what Uriel’s expression will be when he sees this scene when he returns to the tower. Roma imagined it for a moment, and the stinging feeling in her heart became stronger, making her tail twitch. This is no longer your home. If Uriel really comes back, this is what she will tell him. Run away, Dean Rubin and his men are after you, and most of the Fates consider you an ally of the Black Knight. There will be no White Emissary in Blumnot, nor a place for his apprentices.
But it doesn't matter, I'll find you. I just hope you won't blame me for bringing news of Agatha's death. She had a strong hunch that Uriel might know some information that could not be shared, which was the key to solving the mystery. At the same time, the little lion discovered many secrets related to the tower's past, and she believed that Uriel had the right to know. Maybe we can finally find a balance...
Maybe. Roma thought. Demosis, Sauron, and Agatha. Blood debts piled high. She thought that on the way to pursue Aiken, she and Uriel finally reached the end of the world. How easy it was to persevere back then. But when the disagreement was born in the tower, she could no longer make a judgment. how should I do? What can I do? Who is the right party?
She hoped Uriel would have an answer.
