"The Sun" Derrick belatedly realized: "The Amon clone that appeared in Silver City was sent by the original Amon, who has existed for thousands of years? What... what is his purpose?"
Derrick immediately felt immense pressure. As far as he knew, not all the elders of the Council of Six were demigods, and even if Silver City had a divine-level sealed artifact, it might not be a match for Amon's true form.
"Perhaps there is no specific purpose." "The Hermit" Odis replied: "Ammon is known as the 'God of Mischief,' and is said to be both extremely cunning and very capricious."
"The clone that entered Silver City might have been a clone he casually set up. Your exploration team's former captain invited him to Silver City, and he went with him."
"If he hadn't been invited, this clone might still be wandering in the 'Forsaken Land'."
Klein, the "Fool" behind the gray fog, seemed to be the first to understand the meaning of "Hermit": because of the changes in the life form of gods, their thoughts are definitely different from those of ordinary people. In ancient times, angels were called gods, and Amon was at least an angel, so he should have a long lifespan and his thoughts were very different from those of ordinary people.
For Silver City, the Amon clone incident was an extremely terrifying and carefully handled matter, while for Amon, it was merely a clone of himself "playing the game of life".
Klein remarked: "That's the difference in levels."
At this point, Derrick immediately pressed, "How should we respond?"
Odis replied, "Don't worry about it."
Derrick thought he had misheard: "Don't take it seriously?"
"If Amon's true form is interested in Silver City, it will be difficult for your Silver City to stop him." Odis smiled helplessly. "According to some information I found, Amon is not an ordinary angel. I don't know how to describe it specifically, just know that he is very powerful."
"If Amon's true form has no interest in Silver City, then you can simply pretend this never happened."
These words made Derrick and the other members realize Amon's power. Even Alger, the "Hanged Man," couldn't help but sigh: This is the difference in levels. Amon is so powerful that he can easily destroy a city.
"Justice" Audrey and "Magician" Fors felt a little heavy-hearted. Fors sighed: "In the extraordinary world, power is the power to crush everything!"
Klein thought to himself: "I have a feeling that 'I can't run away from a big earthquake, but I don't need to run away from a small one'."
After hearing the "Hermit's" explanation, Derrick took a deep breath: "I understand. Thank you for your explanation. It has made me realize the gap between us and Amon."
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at the "Fool" at the head of the table: If Amon were to descend upon Silver City, perhaps only Mr. Fool could help.
Klein appeared calm and collected behind the gray fog, but inside he was panicking: Don't look at me like that! If I pretend not to hear your prayers, my conscience will hurt!
At this moment, Audrey thought of another question: "Is Amon's true form in the 'Forsaken Land'?"
"Theoretically speaking, it should be in the 'Land Forsaken by the Gods'," Odis replied. "Otherwise, such a powerful being on the northern and southern continents should at least have a reputation similar to that of evil gods such as the 'True Creator' and the 'Hidden Sage'."
"Most extraordinary individuals have never even heard of this name."
Audrey nodded: "That analysis makes sense."
Odis then said to Derrick, "As for the little worm you obtained, it should be the 'Worm of Time'."
"The Time Bug?" This was the first time Derrick had ever heard this name.
Alger suddenly remembered: "I seem to have heard of this name before, but it seems to be the name of a potion in some sequence of the 'Thief' pathway."
"That is indeed the name of the potion," Odis explained. "But as far as I know, it is also the key to how advanced extraordinary individuals in the 'Thief' pathway 'parasitize' others. The original entity seems to use 'Time Worms' to control the 'parasitized' puppet."
Odis did not intend to explain this information in too much detail.
The other members had not yet become demigods and lacked the corresponding understanding, so their explanation to Odis seemed to be both incomprehensible and yet understood.
Derrick then asked, "Mr. Hermit, what is the purpose of these 'Time Worms'?"
"All I know is that it can be used to make very high-level talismans," Odis answered truthfully.
"Thank you for your explanation," Derrick said somewhat embarrassedly. He was well aware, of course, that this intelligence was extremely advanced and not commensurate with the small reward he had paid.
But for a moment, he couldn't think of how to thank the "hermit".
After this round of transactions ended, Alger immediately had this feeling: apart from the "Desecration Card", this should be the highest level of intelligence I have received.
While marveling at Amon's power, Audrey asked, "Master Hermit, why is Amon in the 'Forsaken Land'? I mean, even with his... no, even with his power, he was trapped in the 'Forsaken Land'?"
Odis pondered for a moment before saying, "This involves some other high-level intelligence about Amon, which requires a transaction."
Audrey immediately asked, "What do you need?"
"The complete brain of the Pale Neck Beast," Odis said to the others. "You can also keep an eye out for it; I can buy it with gold pounds."
That's one of the main ingredients needed for "Wizard" potions. Although there's no rush to advance, I can buy the main ingredient first.
Audrey said, "I'll keep an eye out for you."
Then she asked, "Mr. Hermit, do you know any other advanced information about Amon?"
"While I was searching for intelligence for 'The Sun,' I did learn some high-level information about Amon," Odis said. "But 'The Sun' has no use for that intelligence, so it's not included in this deal."
The other members felt it was a great pity, but they couldn't say anything, since it was a deal between "The Hermit" and "The Sun," and the information released by "The Hermit" was obviously more valuable.
Audrey, however, sensed something amiss in the "Hermit's" body language. Was he concealing how he obtained the information? Or his initial motivation for acquiring it? Or perhaps the information was useful to the "Sun"?
Then she thought: "The Sun" is in a very dangerous situation now, and "The Hermit" obviously has the idea of helping "The Sun", so the information that "The Hermit" has not released should not be of any help to the situation in Silver City.
There's nothing to hide about the initial purpose of obtaining the intelligence, so the only thing left to hide is how the intelligence was obtained.
But Audrey couldn't understand why there was anything to hide.
At this moment, Alger said to Odis, "I know where to find the complete brain of the 'Pale Neck Beast,' but I'm at sea right now, and it will be a few days before I can ask the other party if they have already made a move."
Odis asked, "How much?"
"700 pounds," Alger said. "In addition, you will have to pay me a fee of 50 pounds."
Odis nodded: "There's a slight premium, but it's still within an acceptable range."
"If he doesn't make a move, you can buy it for me and then come back to complete the transaction with me."
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
He had made a lot of money from the occult research society before, and now he had more than three thousand pounds in savings, so he didn't haggle at all.
Alger hummed in agreement and then said, "Okay."
He thought to himself, "The Hermit is very wealthy. He spent more than two thousand pounds last week, and this week's party has already cost him another seven hundred pounds."
After the two agreed on the price, Audrey said, "Mr. Hermit, I hope to complete the transaction with you last week."
At the last gathering, Odis asked Audrey for the potion recipe for "The Audience," but Audrey didn't ask for gold pounds. Instead, she planned to ask "The Hermit" about mystical knowledge.
However, Audrey hadn't decided what to ask at the party last week, but now she has.
Odis nodded: "Alright, go ahead and ask your question."
"However, I must remind you that when I was buying the potion recipe at the last gathering, I asked for 260 pounds, and the value of the questions I answered will not exceed that price."
Audrey nodded. "I know."
She cleared her throat and asked, "Mr. Hermit, at the last gathering, you mentioned some unusual occult symbols."
How did you discover those occult symbols? And what are their specific functions?
Odis then asked, "Would you like to listen by yourself, or with everyone else?"
"Everyone, please listen together," Audrey said with a smile. "If anyone has any knowledge of the occult, please feel free to share your thoughts."
The other members thanked "Justice" or nodded, and all looked at "The Hermit." When this issue was discussed last time, they were also curious about what uncommon occult symbols "The Hermit" had mentioned.
Alger, in particular, had always considered himself to be the person in the Tarot Club who knew the most about mysticism, second only to Mr. Fool.
However, the things the "hermit" had talked about before seemed very unfamiliar to him, so he really wanted to figure out whether the "hermit's" so-called research direction was fabricated.
The question of "justice" wasn't too profound, Odis organized his thoughts and replied, "Those symbols were derived by me..."
"Derivation?" Audrey thought she had misheard.
Alger also asked, "Can mystical symbols be deduced?"
"Why not?" Odis smiled and said, "It seems you lack basic knowledge of occult symbols. Let me briefly discuss this issue with you first."
He said, "First, we need to understand why there are mystical symbols."
"We discussed this at the last gathering. Mystical symbols are the same as languages like Gibbon, which can mobilize natural forces, and they also have the function of mobilizing natural forces."
"The languages of giants and dragons are different from human languages. Giants and dragons are more like naturally extraordinary beings."
"Their extraordinary characteristics endow them with a high degree of spirituality. They can use extraordinary powers according to spiritual guidance and use special pronunciations to mobilize these powers to complete rituals of prayer and response."
"Simply put, human language is used for communication between people, while languages such as the language of giants and dragons have the function of communicating with nature and the spiritual."