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The beautiful lady clenched her palm and tightly grasped the bird-shaped golden ornament, then slowly pulled her arm back and pulled the ancient object out of the crack on Azik's forehead.

This process was undoubtedly extremely painful. Even Azik couldn't control his shaking all over, and his face quickly turned slightly pale and transparent.

After a while, he shook his body and bowed to the beautiful lady, "Thank you for your help."

Phoenix stopped on a fallen, shattered stone pillar and asked, "Is it all over now?"

Ms. Xiumei still had no expression: "Azik, you should not have forgotten that the reason why the child was able to survive was because of the power of the artificial death god."

"Once I begin to merge with the power of the God of Death, I will inevitably draw back the power she relies on for survival, causing her irreversible death."

Azik: "I understand... then how can I avoid this outcome?"

Ms. Xiumei looked at Phoenix, "I need its help."

Azik was silent for a moment.

"It is a mythical creature born from a tributary of the River of Everlasting Darkness. It is born with a portion of the blood of the Phoenix and the power of the River of Everlasting Darkness. If it is willing to give up the power of the River of Everlasting Darkness, it can make up for the loss of the child's power of the god of death. At the same time, it can also heal the effects of losing half of your soul to a certain extent."

Before Azik could speak, Phoenix tilted his head and thought: "If I take away the power of the River of Everlasting Darkness, will I die?"

"No, but you..."

"Then take it."

Phoenix said, "Azik saved my life, so I'll give him my life back."

Azik whispered, "But from now on you can only stay where you are now and can't move forward."

"This... is not unacceptable."

Phoenix raised his head and said, "At first, I wanted to become stronger, driven by instinct. But as my sequence became higher and higher, my self-awareness became stronger and stronger, and I didn't have such a strong desire to continue to become stronger, so it didn't matter."

"Are you sure?"

"bring it on."

As soon as the beautiful lady waved her hand, Phoenix's body twisted rapidly, as if melting into a pool of black liquid. Then a tiny branch dotted with fiery red separated and flowed towards the beautiful lady's hand. After circling around her fingers for a few times, it merged into her body.

Soon, the pool of black liquid gradually turned back into the appearance of the Phoenix. It looked not much different from before, except that the fiery red color of the tail wing disappeared.

It jumped on the stone pillar and looked at itself. "Except for the slight pain just now, there seems to be no difference. It's much better than you just now!"

Ms. Xiumei flicked her finger, and a drop of fiery red liquid sank into Azik's forehead. "Alright."

The next moment, it disappeared.

Azik looked at Phoenix and whispered, "Thank you."

"Originally, I thought I would have to sleep for a long time this time…" He thanked me again: "Thank you very much."

"Let's go."

A man and a bird stepped into the spirit world where blocks of color were all rich and vividly superimposed on each other, corresponding to the raging sea, and returned to Bayam.

Almost as soon as he landed, Azik's giant skeleton messenger emerged from the floor and handed a stack of letter papers to Azik.

Azik took the letter and quickly flipped through it, and found that most of them were sent by Priscilla, and one or two were from Klein.

Azik flipped to the most recent letter, his expression showing a bit more surprise, "Feysac launched a war against Loen?"

"Is it targeting the one just now? Do you just want to force him not to merge the characteristics of the God of Death, or do you really intend to fight to the death?"

...

Backlund, Hillston District, "East Balam Veterans Club".

Klein controlled the puppet of MI9's Deputy Director, Chounas Kilger, and walked among the crowd with a glass of red wine in hand. He skillfully greeted the various people he met, and finally came to a table where people were playing Texas Hold'em, sat down, and joined in.

The other people at the table were also well-known figures in Backlund, including the big banker Earl Hall, the newly appointed Senator Macht Jr., an army colonel named Luke, and one person Klein was particularly familiar with: Admiral Amyrius, the governor of Bayam, whom he had disguised himself as not long ago - a genuine demigod.

I didn't expect him to be transferred back to Backlund from Bayam. I wonder if it's because of the war with Feysac.

The war between Feysac and Loen had been going on for four or five days. Klein didn't know what the situation was like on the front line, but Loen's upper-class nobles and senior officers seemed to have nothing happened. They still attended various parties every day, drinking and playing cards to pass the time.

The lower-class people have gradually been affected by the war. The most typical example is the rise in prices. The same amount of money as before the war can only buy one-third of a loaf of bread, and the price is still rising wildly every moment.

Klein was naturally powerless to do anything about these things. His first priority now was to digest the magic potion of the Secret Doll Master as quickly as possible. It must be said that thanks to the semi-mysterious doll from MI9 given by Edward, he was able to digest the magic potion very quickly.

It was not only because the Sequence of the Marionette was higher, but also had something to do with his interpersonal relationships and the fact that he often encountered various high-Sequence Beyonders in his daily life.

At this time, Earl Hall looked at "Klein" and said, "You can open your cards now."

Klein smiled slightly and casually turned over the Q in his hole card, making a full house with three Qs and two Ks, which is considered a big hand in Texas Hold'em.

Admiral Amyrius smiled faintly and said, "It seems that you are lucky today."

Klein shrugged: "Just make do."

Well, I can win at least 50 pounds this time. I didn't expect that I could make money by playing the role of the Puppet Master. It's really a pleasant surprise!

However, before he could be happy for long, Earl Hall laughed and said, "My luck seems to be better."

He threw away his hole card, the seven of diamonds, and it just made four sevens - four of a kind, which is bigger than a full house.

Klein's smile froze: "Okay, okay! Miss Justice, your father is so brave! He actually dared to win Mr. Fool's money!"

Chapter 665: Klein Goes to the Spirit World

Earl Hall took back the chips on the table with a smile and said casually, "Admiral, I heard that a batch of old weapons were eliminated from the army not long ago?"

Admiral Amyrius glanced at Klein first and asked, "Why, is Earl Hall interested?"

"Well, everyone must know the recent situation better than me. I want to stock up on some weapons and food just in case."

Senator Macht played with his chips and said with a smile, "Count Hall is worrying too much. No matter how hard this war goes, it can't affect Backlund, right?"

Earl Hall said, "In fact, this war started when Backlund was attacked by airstrikes. If this happens once, there will be a second time. I don't want to see a group of Feysac soldiers suddenly rushing out one day, and we will become lambs to be slaughtered."

"As for food, if you guys don't pay attention to the news in this area, you may not feel it deeply, but I think that in two weeks at most, Backlund may be short of food."

"oh?"

Admiral Amyrius stared at Klein and said, "Sir Qiunas, what do you think about this matter?"

"I?"

Klein was stunned, and then he thought of the identity of this secret doll. Military Intelligence Department 9 is the royal family's exclusive henchman, a bit like the Royal Guards, so their intelligence capabilities are naturally the strongest.

He said calmly: "Sorry, I know nothing." - On the one hand, he really didn't know that after the great smog incident, Qiunas never received any orders from George III again. On the other hand, this was in line with the attitude that Qiunas should have.

"Do you want to continue?"

Lord Hall laughed, "Of course."

The dealer immediately stepped forward to shuffle the cards, ready to start the game again.

But at this moment, Klein suddenly heard a noise in his ears. Someone was praying to him.

He stood up immediately and said, "Excuse me, I'm going to the bathroom."

As soon as he controlled Qiunas to enter the bathroom, Klein regained his consciousness and found himself in a restaurant not far from the club.

After asking the waiter about the location of the bathroom, Klein walked in. After making sure it was safe, he took four steps backwards and entered the gray fog. The deep red star that symbolized Mr. Moon was flickering.

"Huh? Why is Mr. Moon looking for me?"

Klein was a little curious. Could it be that the supplies that Tarot Club had promised impulsively a few days ago had not arrived yet, so they came here specifically to collect the debt?

As the spiritual power spread, Emlyn appeared in the depths of the gray fog. He said humbly, "Dear Mr. Fool, please tell Mr. World about the trickster monster he wants. I learned yesterday that the body of a trickster monster happened to be preserved in the vampire clan. Does Mr. World need it?"

The blood clan actually has evil magic? !

Klein was immediately pleasantly surprised, but he then remembered that the trickster's formula required not only the evil monster's main eye, but also its blood. Did the vampire's evil monster have blood?

"Yes, I understand."

He thought about it and injected spirituality directly into Emlyn's star, and made the "clone" of the world appear above the gray fog. "You can talk among yourselves."

After saying that, Klein switched to the world account, "Mr. Moon, may I ask if there is any blood left in the evil trickster monster of your blood clan?"

Emlyn nodded. "Yes, the elder who collected the evil magic monster should have known something about it and preserved its main eye, blood, and the rest of the body separately to better maintain its spirituality after death."

marvelous!

"What do you need, Mr. Moon?"

Emlyn said seriously: "Supplies!"

After a pause, he continued, "As far as I know, extraordinary materials above Sequence 4 are priceless and out of market, but this means that this transaction cannot be carried out. After consulting the elders in the clan, I roughly estimated that the price of the main eye of the trickster is 30,000 to 40,000 pounds, so my request is that Mr. World can provide me with 30,000 pounds of materials, or the main materials corresponding to the vampire count."

Klein's heart sank immediately.

He had saved a lot of money during this period, but 30,000 pounds was still a huge sum of money for him, not to mention that 30,000 pounds of supplies could not be collected in a short time.

Emlyn added, "I know that so many supplies cannot be gathered in a short period of time, so Mr. World can take the things first and then give them to me slowly."

Klein was a little surprised: "Is this... okay?"

"I haven't forgotten the generous donation Mr. World made to me last time at the Tarot Club."

"This…" Klein felt a little ashamed, "But I have only purchased less than 1,000 pounds of goods so far. Recently, due to the war, supplies in Backlund have become increasingly scarce."

Emlyn said seriously, "Let's take it step by step. This kind of thing can't be rushed. Okay, I have to go back to work. I'll pass the things to you through Mr. Fool in a while."

Klein no longer refused: "Thank you, Mr. Moon."

"polite."

Emlyn breathed a sigh of relief: Well, the task assigned by the ancestor was completed perfectly.

But he was very curious: Why would the First Ancestor be so kind to Mr. World? How is this material worth tens of thousands different from being given away for free? Even the "savior" of the blood race like me doesn't get this kind of treatment!

A few minutes later, Klein received the main eye and blood of the evil trickster sacrificed by Emlyn. After confirming that they were correct, he suppressed the restlessness in his heart and muttered to himself, "The only thing left is the spirit world plunderer."

As soon as he descended from the gray fog and returned to the bathroom, Klein saw a huge skeleton crawling out from the ceiling, holding a letter in its hand.

"Is Mr. Azik back?"

The skeleton messenger nodded and handed over the letter.

The content of Azik's letter was very simple. He just reported that he was safe and then said that he had returned to Backlund's residence and that he could come to him anytime if he had any problems.

Klein took out a pen and wrote a brief reply on the back of the letter, and asked Mr. Azik about the spirit world predators.

"Please help send it back to Mr. Azik. *d?u/a.n_q￠i/ng-s_i_.¨n`e¨t."

The skeleton messenger took the letter and collapsed, disappearing.

Klein washed his hands and walked out of the bathroom while reconnecting his consciousness to Qiunas. He felt a little funny in his heart: every time he entered the gray fog before, he had to go to the bathroom, and now he had to go to the bathroom "double time".

After pressing the flush button and washing his hands, "Klein" walked back to the card table calmly. The other players did not just wait, but started another round. This time, everyone had bad luck. When the hole cards were revealed, they did not even have a pair, but the winner was still Earl Hall - he won with a single king.

Klein then said to the group, "Sorry everyone, I have to excuse myself. We'll continue next time if we have the chance."

"Okay, see you next time."

He walked out of the club quickly, took a detour and reunited with his main body, then went to Mr. Azik's residence.

More than ten minutes later,

As soon as Klein arrived at Mr. Azik's residence, he saw the familiar figure from afar. He quickly quickened his pace and walked forward: "Mr. Azik, are you back after finishing your business?"

Azik was listening to Pricia's story about her "heroic deeds" during this period with a smile on his face, just like an old man enjoying his grandchildren.

Hearing Klein's voice, he raised his head and said, "Well, after not seeing you for a while, you have gained something."

"I was promoted to Sequence 5 not long ago."

Klein had nothing to hide from this elder who took such good care of him.

"Hello~" Priscilla also waved and greeted Klein.

Azik said, "I know a lot about the spirit world predator you just asked about. It is a very cunning and rare creature. It is very good at camouflage and is not easy to find. You may pray to Red Light Al Moria. He is very friendly to humans and is willing to answer similar questions."

"If you have any clue about it, I should be able to help you."

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from the side: "Don't ask about 'red light' or 'blue light'. I am very familiar with the spirit world predators. Most of them are active in the core area of ​​Calderon City."

Klein looked over when he heard the voice, and then asked in surprise, "You...you are Edward's messenger?"

"It's me. Lan Lan Wen Xue, Geng Xin Zui Quan!"

Phoenix nodded and landed on top of Priscilla's head, wondering, "Do you know where Edward is? I can't seem to find him."

"You weren't with Edward?"

After Edward disappeared, his messenger also lost contact, so everyone thought the messenger was with Edward.

"No."

Phoenix said, "That day I was almost slapped to death by a big hand. Thanks to Azik's timely appearance, I still fell into extreme weakness. Azik had a breath that made me feel comfortable, so I followed him all the time."

"And then... eh?"

Its black pupils flickered. "It's strange. I clearly remember what happened afterwards, but as soon as I wanted to say it, I immediately forgot it."

"You know what's going on, Azik?"

Mr. Azik said slowly, "There are some things He doesn't want others to know, so we can't tell others."

"Why?"

"It's secret."

Phoenix was confused and said, "Well, I've been with Azik for a while now, and have been to many isolated places. I just came back today."

After saying that, it muttered to itself: "I thought I could eat the stone as soon as I came out - I'm using my life to help him protect the cub this time."

secret?

Klein was puzzled—he didn't know the power held by the Goddess of Night yet.

Azik said, "Now that we know where the Spiritual Predator is, let's go."

Klein was stunned: "Ah? Actually... I'm not that anxious."

"It has nothing to do with you. The main thing is that a series of things may happen at any time. I am worried that I will not have the time to help you. Of course, if you think you can handle it, you can."

"this..."

With the Sequence 4 Marionette, the Wriggling Hunger, and the Scepter of Poseidon, Klein felt confident that he could deal with a spirit world plunderer. But since there was an angel who could help, there seemed to be no reason to refuse.

"Okay! Let's go now."

Priscilla immediately said excitedly: "I want to go too!"

Azik did not object, looked at Phoenix and said: "Please lead the way. /s′i,l,u/xs¨w..-o\r_g\"

"Walk!"

It flapped its wings, cut through the crack and flew into the spirit world. Azik grabbed Klein and Priscilla and followed closely behind. The three of them and the bird quickly shuttled through the spirit world and headed straight for the deepest city of Calderon.

Chapter 666 Audrey's Big Business

As soon as Earl Hall returned home, his daughter came with her "granddaughter" and asked, "Dad, how is it?"

The Earl couldn't help but wonder: Who is so quick to speak? I haven't even sat down yet and Audrey knows I'm back. (Susie: I swear on my honor, it has nothing to do with me)

"The problem of weapons is easy to solve, but food is more troublesome."

Earl Hall frowned and said in a deep voice, "You may not realize that even Backlund may soon face a food crisis. It is difficult to purchase food at this time."

Audrey was stunned: "Is the situation so serious?"

"This is war. One move can affect the entire body. His Majesty the King is clearly going to settle old scores with Feysac this time. Even the troops in the overseas colonies are being withdrawn."

"Now the whole country is concentrating all its efforts on preparing for a full-scale war, and most of the food supplies must be supplied to the soldiers on the front line first. Of course, those grain merchants will hoard goods and take the opportunity to raise prices."

He continued, "If the war cannot be stopped in a short period of time, it will also affect the summer harvest (wheat) in a few months, and then it will be even more critical!"

"How could this happen?"

Earl Hall's voice sank, and he said, "Audrey, you suddenly want me to help you buy these supplies, what exactly do you want to do?"

"I...I have an important use."

She didn't dare to tell the truth. After all, some of the enemies Mr. Moon wanted to overthrow in the southern continent were the colonists and troops of Loen. "

"Since it is inconvenient to talk about it, I won't ask any more questions." Earl Hall nodded, "But the current situation is really not optimistic!"

Audrey bit her lip and said, "Dad, I remember that our family always had a lot of food in stock, right? If that day really comes, will you..."

Earl Hall lowered his eyes. "As I just said, none of us knows how long this war will last, and what the final outcome will be. We must reserve a lot of food to deal with this."

"I know you are very kind, Audrey. Especially after you met Edward, you have seen many things that I have never seen. This has undoubtedly further stimulated your kindness. But reality is often cruel sometimes. I have to consider the future."

"Some of my words may seem selfish, but... compared to those poor people you care about, I value the survival and future of my family more. I will only show my love and kindness when it does not affect them. So, I'm sorry."

Count Hall's words made Audrey fall into silence. She had never been a naive person. She understood what her father wanted to express and knew very well that it was impossible to change his mind just by talking.

"Dad, I understand what you mean."

Earl Hall smiled and said, "Well, that's good."

Audrey suddenly took a deep breath and said solemnly:

"In that case, I want to discuss a business deal with Dad."

The smile on Earl Hall's face froze: "Talk about business with me..."

Audrey said seriously, "Dad must be very curious about why I asked you to help me buy weapons and food these days, right?"

"…"

"Perhaps you will think that I am just full of love and want to help some poor people, but have you ever thought that if that is all, why would I need weapons?"

Earl Hall frowned. This was indeed something he couldn't understand.

"To tell you the truth, Edward and I have actually been busy with something big recently!" Audrey said as she thought quickly, "We...supported a separatist force in the southern continent, asked them to fight for us, and asked them to help us...plunder a large amount of land and wealth from East and West Balam and even the Loen colony in the southern continent!"

"???"

Earl Hall was stunned for a moment.

Lilith was also shocked: Who am I? Where am I? What are you talking about?

"But the problem we are facing now is that no matter how much land and wealth we have, we can't turn them into food and weapons in a short period of time. This is undoubtedly not conducive to further expanding our victory. That's why I asked Dad to help me buy more to support my army to occupy more land and population faster!"

Audrey raised the corners of her mouth and revealed a confident smile: "The deal I want to do with Dad is that no matter how much supplies Dad helps me get from now on, I can return it to you double... no, five times!"

"…"

Earl Hall was silent for a while, then asked, "Then... where did you get the supplies to support the warlords in the beginning?"

"Rorsted Archipelago!"

Audrey spoke out her prepared speech, "Perhaps you have heard that half of the millions of natives in Rorsted believe in a god called Poseidon. About two months ago, Edward...became a follower of Poseidon. His status is second only to Poseidon, and he can issue instructions to believers on behalf of Poseidon."

"In other words, Edward has hundreds of thousands of believers in the Rorsted Islands. These devout believers are willing to give everything for Edward, including their lives!"

Earl Hall was confused. His mind told him that what his daughter said was nonsense, but... his intuition told him that it might all be true!

This... is this the generosity of the Beyonder?

It took several generations for our Hall family to reach our current position and become one of the richest bankers in Loen. But my daughter and son-in-law quietly expanded their territory overseas and in the southern continent?

etc!

How is that possible?

I still can't quite believe it - after all, after saying so much, no actual evidence has been provided.

At the same time, Audrey was annoyed. "Oh no! Dad has just been promoted to Sequence 9 and is still half a 'normal person'. But why is his will so strong? The hypnosis didn't work completely."

Count Hall frowned and was about to speak when Alfred walked in quickly, holding a piece of paper in his hand and said angrily: "Idiot! Idiot! Waste!"

Earl Hall was immediately distracted by his second son, and he looked over and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I just received a telegram from the Southern Continent. Most of the Kingdom's colonies in the Southern Continent have been seized by a new force! After seizing the colonies, this force immediately engaged in a battle with West Balam's army. The two sides are currently at a stalemate."

"???"

Earl Hall was stunned and looked at his daughter in surprise.

Audrey was also surprised: Is Mr. Moon so powerful?

Ah, thanks to Alfred for the assist!

She straightened her chest, looked calm and attentive, and looked at her father.