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This means that they have really left the God-forsaken Land!

He heaved a sigh of relief. That's good, that's good... With Amon around who could jump out at any time, the pressure on him was too great.

Alas, I just don't know what happened to me just now.

"Thank you, Mr. Fool."

Edward said softly.

At this time, Lilith had also finished vomiting. She looked listless. She staggered to Edward and bumped her head into his arms: "Edward, I feel dizzy."

Edward picked her up and helped her wipe her mouth, "Okay, okay, you can have a good sleep later."

At this time, the suitcase was opened from the outside, and Audrey's pretty face appeared at the entrance of the suitcase. She looked down with surprise and shouted, "Edward, you're back!"

Edward felt relieved to see Audrey again after many days. Just as he was about to speak, he found that there was one person missing from the suitcase - Bernadette had left at some point.

whoosh!

A dark shadow cut through the air and flew into the suitcase, shouting in a delighted voice: "I finally found you!"

It's Phoenix.

...

The God-forsaken Land, the Berg family in Silver City.

Derrick woke up, with reflections of lightning in his eyes that illuminated everything.

Although he had already decided at the Tarot Club how to expose the flaws of those team members, Derrick hesitated whether he should discuss this matter with Elder Lovia first.

But Derrick soon made a decision. He couldn't ask others for everything. He needed to learn to make decisions on his own!

His current action was obviously risky and might arouse suspicion from the chief and others. He should bear this risk himself.

With this in mind, he carefully closed the window, lit the candles, and set up the ceremony to request the blessing.

After more than ten minutes of waiting, an iron-black square box appeared on the altar, and at the same time, Mr. Fool's familiar voice was heard, "Don't touch the items inside directly."

As an obedient boy, Derrick immediately engraved this sentence in his heart, then opened the iron box very carefully and examined the items inside.

It was a completely black eye without a pupil. Just seeing it made Derrick feel confused and his thinking slowed down. He also heard a faint, unreal, and somewhat crazy mumbling sound in his ears.

No wonder I can't touch it directly, this thing must be filled with the power contaminated by the true creator.

Derrick hurriedly closed the lid of the iron box, picked up the pure silver dagger, and used the method of creating a "spiritual wall" to completely seal the iron box.

"What should we do next?"

Take the initiative to find those players? Or... invite them back to visit?

These are too deliberate, and are equivalent to telling others that there is something wrong with you.

"Oh, right, Dake and the others must not have given up on letting me eat those mushrooms, so...what I have to do is to hang around in front of them and wait for them to come to me!"

That's it!

Thinking of this, Derrick put the iron box into the secret pocket inside his clothes, picked up the Hurricane Axe and walked out. He wanted to use himself as bait to lure out the contaminated team members.

Of course, Derrick's every move, which he thought was secret, soon reached the ears of Chief Colin Iliad.

This time, although the team returning from the temple was not found to have any problems after isolation and inspection, the condition of those team members was obviously not right.

Based on past experience, there is a high probability that something has gone wrong with them. For the safety of Silver City, they should be locked up at the bottom of the round tower and slowly identified.

However, Colin Iliad found two exceptions: one was Lovia, and the other was Derrick Berg.

As for the latter, Colin had actually suspected it a long time ago - ever since he took out the Hand of Glory, but at that time he only suspected that Derrick had accidentally entered some secret ruins.

It was not until later that they sent people to secretly monitor him that they determined that Derrick had apparently secretly believed in a certain existence. In other words, after thousands of years in the City of Silver without receiving any response from the Lord, Derrick had made contact with a mysterious existence.

Although, according to experience, this kind of unknown belief is often a trap set by evil gods, Colin decided to pretend he didn't know and continue observing after considering it for a while.

"Let's wait a little longer. Silver City cannot give up any hope, any hope of surviving when the doomsday disaster comes!"

Chapter 368: War Approaches

Backlund, the luxurious villa of Earl Hall. + Fox*Love*Article!茓- +First~release?

After sending away Phoenix, who he wasn't sure whether he really cared about him or was still thinking about the Resurrection Stone, Edward walked out of the suitcase.

As soon as she took a step forward, Audrey threw herself into his arms, hugging him tightly as if with all her might.

Although they were separated for only two or three days, it felt too long to her.

The smog that caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people, his father being assassinated by his brother in front of him, the huge vertical eye above the Hall family, Edward who was missing without a trace, and even Mr. Fool no longer responding to his prayers.

These things happened too closely, leaving her no room to breathe.

Although Audrey is no longer the simple eldest daughter of the Hall family after meeting Edward, she is also not the demigod who has experienced war and artillery fire in the later period.

It was not until she saw Edward reappear that her heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally relaxed.

Edward patted her back gently, "I'm sorry for making you worry again."

Audrey shook her head vigorously, "I'm glad you're okay."

The two didn't say anything more, just hugged each other quietly.

A few minutes later, Lilith couldn't help but said, "Edward, Audrey, how long are you going to hold me? Miss Lilith is hungry and wants to eat."

Audrey let go of Edward and looked at the wet spot on his chest a little embarrassedly - she was not crying, but just at that moment, tears could not help but flow out from the corners of her eyes.

She touched Lilith who was squatting on the table: "Okay, I'll arrange it for you right away."

Edward said helplessly: "Didn't you just vomit? Why do you want to eat again?"

Lilith immediately said seriously, "It's because my stomach is empty that I'm hungry!"

"Okay, whatever you say is right!"

"Yes!"

The two people and the cat walked out of the room and headed towards the restaurant. Lilith looked around all the way, looking for something. "Hey? Where's Susie?"

"She's at Hibbert's."

Audrey's pretty face showed more sadness. "With the help of the church, Hibbert has gotten rid of hypnosis and suggestion, but... he has been blaming himself and locked himself in the room."

"How is your father?"

"He's fine."

Audrey took out the resurrection stone ring and handed it to him, "By the way, you left in such a hurry that the ring was still in Dad's hand."

After a pause, he asked, "Will it... be useless in the future?"

Edward took the ring and found that there were some cracks on the resurrection stone. After putting it on again, the first ability [Resurrection] was indeed displayed as "Unusable".

"Not really, it's just that it can't be resurrected, but this is what we call making the best use of things."

Edward smiled and said, "Okay, don't think too much. Lilith's stomach is growling with hunger."

"No, I didn't."

As soon as they arrived at the restaurant, Audrey said, "Annie, prepare something to eat for me."

As one of the few people in the Hall family who knew about what had happened in the past two days, Anne had great respect for Edward. She hurried to the kitchen and asked the chefs to prepare the reception with the highest standards.

Soon, Mrs. Hall also arrived and couldn't help but express her thanks again.

Earl Hall was out and had not returned. The political situation in Loen had been changing three times a day in the past few days - it was a complete mess. As one of the few surviving leaders, Earl Hall had to step forward to fight.

Of course, after two near-death experiences, he was now extremely cautious. He always had two Sequence 5 bodyguards follow him when he went out—even when he went to the toilet.

At the same time, he was carrying the package of Traceless Extension Spell prepared by Audrey, which contained talismans that ordinary people could use from the church, as well as two door keys - one that would teleport directly to St. Samuel's Church of the Church of Night when touched, and the other that would teleport back to the Hall family.

I heard all this from Audrey during the meal. Although she was still making fun of my father for being too cautious, it was enough to illustrate the impact this incident had on them.

"You said, those officials and dignitaries were assassinated, is it really the work of the Psychological Alchemy Society?"

Audrey asked casually as she stroked Lilith who was gnawing on steak with her head down.

"Combined with what you said before, the Psychological Alchemy Society has been in contact with those noble children for a long time, so it is very likely that they are related." Edward said thoughtfully, "But why the Psychological Alchemy Society did this, I can't figure it out."

Let's not talk about the cooperation between the Psychological Alchemy Society and the Loen Royal Family, let's not talk about any conflicts of interest, and let's not talk about the trend of the times that the Russian priest has laid out. Backlund is the goddess's territory. Aren't they shaking the goddess's anchor by messing around like this? Aren't they afraid that the goddess will destroy them in anger?

"Dad said yesterday that he was worried that if the political situation in Loen could not be stabilized in a short period of time, it would likely implicate the military, and then spread from the military to the army." Audrey sighed, "He was worried that Feysac would seize this opportunity to start a war against Loen."

"Will the impact be so great?"

Edward was stunned and murmured, "War?"

Could it be... that this is the reason why Father Maozi has not intervened?

In the original novel, he did so many things and laid so much groundwork, wasn't it just for the final war that followed the trend?

And now...

Oh shit!

Is it still possible to play like this?

It is said that the trend of the times of Father Maozi is to replicate the First World War, but the outbreak of the First World War was caused by a combination of factors such as various policy changes, which triggered the intensification of contradictions between the old and new forces in the country, the widening gap between the rich and the poor, the competition for interests between external countries, the deepening of conflicts, etc. The fundamental reason is the unbalanced economic and political development of capitalism.

So, is it really okay to skip so many intermediate links?

Thinking of this, Edward patted his head: Oh, I was stupid - the above problems seem to have existed in various countries for a long time, but the contradictions have not yet been fully intensified. In fact, the war in the original book broke out only one year later.

Well, should we say that Medici is worthy of being a symbol of war?

"what's on your mind?"

Audrey looked at Edward, who was lost in thought, and asked curiously, "Does the future scene you saw involve war?"

"have."

Edward nodded and said, "But that should have been a year later, when an air raid launched by Feysac on Loen kicked off the war."

She was stunned. "So it can't be avoided?"

"It's highly unlikely, because this war is not just a matter between countries, it also involves gods."

Audrey recalled what she had seen at the Tarot Club: "Is it related to someone in the Loen royal family wanting to be promoted to Sequence 0?"