Chapter 394 The First Meeting between the Stars and the Fool

Chapter 394 The First Meeting between the Stars and the Fool

On the sea.

Klein, with a fierce face and full beard, was throwing a blade that had just killed a pirate with a bounty of 1,200 gold pounds on the deck of the ship.

He wiped his blood-spattered fingers with the corner of the clothes of a pirate who was standing next to him and dared not move. After doing all this, he looked at the pirates around him who were already scared silly.

"You must live well and try to increase your value, so that I can use your heads to exchange for some wine money in the future." Klein smiled, and his low and hoarse voice made the listeners feel creepy.

"Now, get out, before I change my mind."

The pirates around heard this and left the pirate ship in a panic. Some pirates even jumped into the sea holding empty oak barrels.

The Black Skull Pirates, which were well-known among pirates, collapsed like this.

After all the pirates on the ship left, Klein whispered, "A bounty of 1,200 gold pounds is not bad."

"But I still have to pay Mr. Hanged Man 100 gold pounds for intelligence fees, and I still owe Miss Messenger 7,600 gold coins."

"According to the unequal exchange rate between gold coins and gold pounds, I still need to earn nearly 8,000 gold pounds in bounties, which will require about seven or eight bounty missions."

"Alas, it's a pity that those well-known pirates have found a place to hide under the suppression of the Storm Church. If it weren't for Mr. Hanged Man's internal information, it would be difficult for me to hunt them accurately."

He thought that if he could hunt down a big pirate worth 5,000 gold pounds, it would be easy to pay off the debt.

Fortunately, Miss Messenger never took the initiative to ask for repayment.

"Go back first, and hunt down another pirate hiding nearby tomorrow."

When Klein was about to leave the pirate ship, the spirit in his mind frantically signaled him to go above the gray fog.

There was no other way, so Klein could only find a dirty bathroom nearby. He endured the uncomfortable smell and walked four steps backwards to enter the gray fog.

When he arrived, the gray fog outside Sefirah Castle was raging wildly, and the noise was even more violent than the last time the mysterious man visited.

He sat at the head of the bronze table and looked down. Through the cracks in the rolling gray fog, he could vaguely see seven light beams of different colors rising into the sky and reaching the space below the gray fog.

Several creatures that looked like hounds ran out of the time cracks, with their tails erected, and were fully alert to something.

Klein had seen this kind of creature in the book that Mr. Azik gave him.

This is the Fulgrim's Dog!

It is a loyal guardian of the spirit world!

Something is wrong!

Klein noticed something different from last time.

Last time, he was observing the City of Silver when he was discovered by the mysterious person, and then came to the outer edge of the gray fog through the traces he left behind.

At that time, He was not only separated from him by the gray fog, but also by the long distance of the God-Forsaken Land.

But this time, it seemed to be heading straight for Sefirah Castle!

Even he himself didn't know where Sefirah Castle was exactly, so how did the other party find him?

The Fulgrim dogs guarding Sefirah Castle outside must have chosen to incarnate because they were afraid that the other party would harm Sefirah Castle.

Klein couldn't help but feel panic in his heart. This was the first time that an unknown existence found his real residential address through the Internet cable.

Who was it?

Was it the mysterious man from last time?

Klein looked at the scene outside the gray fog seriously and worriedly.

After a while, a bird cry that was enough to break through the clouds resounded throughout the gray fog.

Then a fiery red light spread from below, and even the gray fog was dyed into a large piece of red clouds.

The Fulgrim dogs' vigilance also reached its peak at this time. In their vigilance and Klein's gaze, a huge phoenix flapped its wings that covered the sky and appeared in front of the gray fog.

And on the huge phoenix, it seemed that there was a palace gathering hazy starlight.

Inside the palace, a mysterious being also sat at the head of the long table.

Klein looked at the other person through the gray fog, and suddenly felt his scalp tingling. He tried to suppress the panic in his heart, maintain his calm on the surface, and stared at the mysterious being from a distance.

The gray fog outside the Source Castle began to stir and spread, trying to swallow the illusory palace emitting starlight.

But strands of starlight fell, turning into a barrier, completely blocking the spread and erosion of the gray fog.

"Fool."

Inside the Starlight Palace, the mysterious being faintly uttered the name of the Fool.

Klein's expression was shocked, and he immediately understood the true identity of the place.

Stars!

Who else could sit in the hall formed by the light of the stars?

Moreover, he and the other party had just stopped George III from ascending to the throne in Backlund last time.

Could it be because of that cooperation that the stars locked on his true position?

Then why did He come today?

Klein didn't think too much. He leaned back slightly, pretending to be calm and composed. Then he chuckled and said, "Stars."

Since the other party has come to the outside of the gate, and the gray fog can't stop him, he can only pretend to be the real Fool, the real Lord of Mysteries by bluffing.

Only in this way can he protect himself and scare the other party away.

"You just woke up not long ago, and you seem to be still very weak?"

Faced with the undisguised temptation of the Stars, Klein simply tapped the table with his fingers, and said with a smile on his lips: "It hasn't been long since the Stars awakened?"

It is not difficult to make this guess. The Stars Organization and his own Tarot Club appeared at almost the same time, and the believers of both were active in Backlund at the same time.

It is enough to show that this Stars has just awakened not long ago, and is constantly expanding his beliefs through his believers and actively influencing the real world.

This form and style is very much like a powerful existence that has been sleeping, waking up, and starting to re-understand the world and intervene in it.

Eh... How does this look like my self-positioning as Mr. Fool?

In the eyes of the Tarot Club members, Mr. Fool is such a mysterious existence.

The only difference between me and the Stars is that I, the Fool, am pretending, bluffing, and just for show.

And the other party, the Stars, is a real existence that has awakened from ancient times.

Is this a fake Li Kui meeting a real whirlwind?

Klein was a little unsure, but he still tried to maintain his calm on the surface, wanting to hear what the other party had to say.

Was he here with malicious intent, or did he want to negotiate cooperation with him.

"Do you remember the agreement we made at the beginning?"

"???"

Klein's head was full of question marks. The original agreement?

What agreement?

Why didn't he know?

The object that the stars were talking about should be the original Lord of Mysteries, right?

But he didn't have the Lord of Mysteries' memory, so who knew what kind of agreement the Lord of Mysteries and the stars had reached at the beginning.

It's over, I'm not going to be exposed, am I?

No, I must not answer this question directly!

Klein was silent for a while before answering: "Times have changed, and everything in the past should have been buried in the long river of history."

"In the new era, there can also be new agreements."

"Does the stars also need a partner?" Seeing that the stars came to visit today without any malicious intent, Klein decided to ask the other party in return to see if he could find out the other party's details.

"I was the Mystery in the past, and I am the Fool now. Since we are different, we should start over."

Klein frowned slightly, a little confused about the meaning of this sentence.

The Stars seemed to say this deliberately. Did He see the difference between him and the Lord of Mystery?

Or did He regard himself as the newborn of the Lord of Mystery?

"How do the Stars want to cooperate?" Klein decided to test the Stars' purpose again.

"Fool, you are too weak now."

"..."

Klein was speechless. He actually heard a teasing and friendly tone in this sentence.

Did the relationship between the Mystery and the Stars be very friendly at the beginning?

Forget it, he didn't need to sort out the relationship here. Even if he was really exposed by the other party, at most, he would leave Sefirah Castle and return to the real world, leaving the Stars alone outside the gate of Sefirah Castle.

"Often the party that actively seeks cooperation is the weakest and most bluffing." Klein appropriately showed the tough side of Mr. Fool.

"Fool, aren't you bluffing right now?"

Such a simple sentence made Klein tremble.

Of course he was bluffing. Was this a test from the stars, or had He really seen through his true and false?

Klein still maintained a calm tone: "It's not me who came to seek cooperation."

"Maybe I'm here to provide you with protection."

"The protection of the stars should be left to those who need it more."

After Klein finished speaking, he vaguely heard the stars chuckle, as if they were amused.

Is what he said so ridiculous?

Klein carefully reviewed every answer he had given before, and there was nothing worth laughing about.

Although I dare not say that my disguise is perfect, it is not so easy to reveal flaws.

"The stars seem to be in a good mood?"

"Indeed, it's good to meet old friends."

Klein's heart trembled again. Meet old friends?

The stars, the Lord of Mysteries, and the Fool are no longer considered human beings. Why did the stars use the word "old friends"?