Chapter 218 "The Fool's Alt" is online
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The Southern Continent does not have small towns.
Elliot brewed tea and brought it to the living room for the guests.
These guests were all residents of the Nonexistent Town, and they were all here to inquire about the recovery of Elliot's sister, Moira.
In this town, every family has a crazy relative.
Elliot told them about the greatness of the 'Creator,' and at the end of his description, he said, "This is an opportunity to save the entire town and the entire family."
However, he was met with silence from the guests, who all possessed some knowledge of mysticism and held a cautious attitude towards the 'Creator,' whom they had never heard of.
Elliot smiled and finished his tea: "It's noon, so I won't keep you for lunch."
He was already used to this attitude, knowing that these family members were still watching.
After seeing off the guests, Moira, who was cleaning up the teacups, said, "Little Elliot, Elder Calvin has already come to you twice. You can't stay at home anymore."
"But..." Elliot looked at his sister.
"I know, I know." Moira smiled and said, "I know you want to stay at home and spend more time with me. I'm already well, and we'll have plenty of time to be together in the future. But the family's opportunity for external assignment is only this once."
Elliot said, "If I go to the copper mine, I might not be able to come home for two or three months."
Moira smiled and said, "Usually, I can tell the relatives about the greatness of the 'Creator' at home. If I miss you, I can come and see you, my silly brother!"
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Forsaken Land, City of Silver.
Derrick, who had already passed the instructor's assessment, couldn't hide his joy. Starting tomorrow, he would begin patrolling in and around City of Silver.
These places were all within the safe zone. During patrols, he wouldn't encounter overly powerful monsters. In fact, most of the monsters were ordinary monsters, and killing them wouldn't yield mystical materials.
However, each patrol would earn Derrick a certain amount of merit.
Merit could be exchanged for extraordinary materials, Beyonder potions, Beyonder weapons, sealed items, potion formulas for the 'Giant' and 'Dragon' pathways, and more. Food, daily necessities, and some mystical materials or unsequenced magic potion formulas could also be bought on the black market.
Merit could be seen as City of Silver's legal currency.
Derrick planned to accumulate some merit, first pay off Mr. 'Emperor's' debt, and then buy a weapon from the black market.
After passing the second round of assessment, he could go to patrol further places, earning more merit with each patrol, and even ask teammates for help to harvest some extraordinary materials.
While planning for the future, Derrick returned to his room.
"Prepare for the gathering!"
Derrick heard that supreme voice in his ear. He took a deep breath, calmed his mood, and began counting heartbeats.
However, Derrick still couldn't hide his excitement, and his heart beat too fast. This time, he counted over a thousand beats before the gray mist covered his vision.
Derrick reappeared in the Giant Palace. The new Tarot Gathering was about to begin.
Huh? There's a new member!
The others also looked at the new member. 'Justice' Audrey greeted everyone as usual, but kept sizing up the new member in the black robe sitting at the lower seat.
"Hanged Man" Alger then began to guess the new member's identity: Was he from a special region? Or did he possess special abilities?
"Emperor" Hobert smiled and thought: Mr. Fool's alt account is online.
"Mr. Fool" Klein seemed calm, but was trying hard to adapt to the state of having two perspectives at once.
After Audrey finished greeting, Klein leaned back in his chair and said, "This is the new member, Mr. 'World'!"
"Hello." The very polite Audrey was the first to greet the new member.
Alger and Derrick followed closely behind. When it came to Hobert's turn, he greeted him and then smiled mischievously, "You look familiar, a person from Loen? Have we met somewhere before?"
Audrey curiously sized up Mr. World, then turned her head to size up Mr. Emperor: Unless it was a new member developed by the "Emperor", there would be a very small probability of meeting an acquaintance at the Tarot Gathering, right?
Alger didn't react much. He guessed that this might be the "Emperor" trying to get information.
Derrick was a little envious: How nice, to be able to meet someone you know at the Tarot Gathering.
Klein scratched his head behind the gray mist: It can't be such a coincidence, that the person he randomly created looks so much like an acquaintance of the "Emperor". He manipulated "World" to say to "Emperor": "You must have mistaken me for someone else. I don't remember meeting you anywhere."
"Although the gray mist covers your face, I recognized you at a glance." Hobert continued, "You don't have to pay back the money you owe me. So, you dare to acknowledge me now?"
At this time, Klein behind the gray mist had already used his spiritual vision to discover that Hobert was lying. He was immediately a little dumbfounded: What a sly dog! To joke with the new member like that, aren't you afraid that the new member will quit the Tarot Gathering?
Klein manipulated "World" to say, "You really have mistaken me for someone else!"
It's over, it's over, the aloof persona has already collapsed.
"Alright, alright, you two." Audrey said with a smile, trying to smooth things over, "Let's start the gathering!"
She had already understood that the Emperor was joking, but she didn't understand why the Emperor, who always seemed so serious, would suddenly joke with the new member?
Perhaps they really knew each other?
Hahaha, to encounter a creditor at such a secret Tarot Gathering! Mr. World is really unlucky.
Alger couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, watching the new member being embarrassed.
Derrick hesitated whether to advise Mr. World to pay back the money? After all, owing debts and not paying them back was still a very bad thing to do.
At this time, the "Fool" said to "Justice", "The two candidates you suggested are still under consideration.
"I'll give you a simple task, which you will entrust to them in your name. This is part of the assessment."
As soon as these words came out, the farce from just now was considered over.
Audrey thought: It should be this strict!
So, the "Fool" handed the task of finding Leonard to Audrey.
Then, Alger once again offered six pages of diary to Mr. Fool. After Mr. Fool finished this week's reading time, he said to "Justice", "Miss Justice, you did a great job, you solved Bakerland in less than a week."
Audrey raised her chin slightly, feeling a little proud. She quickly warned herself: Audrey, don't be proud, this matter was completed so smoothly thanks to Mr. Hobert.
At the same time, she saw the surprised expression of the "Hanged Man", and "World" asking, "Did you send someone to kill Bakerland?"
This made Audrey feel a burst of comfort in her heart, and she couldn't help but raise her chin again.
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