"King of Angels"?
Upon hearing this title, everyone, including "The Fool" Klein from behind the gray fog and "The Hanged Man" Alger, became extremely interested.
"The Sun" Derrick then asked, "'The King of Angels' is...what is that?"
"It was additional information I obtained while inquiring about the 'Ancient Sun God,'" Odis said. "Those are the 'Ancient Sun God,' who are also the eight most powerful subordinates of your 'Omniscient and Omnipotent Lord.'"
Klein thought to himself: This is really high-level intelligence! In the diary I saw today, I only saw Roselle talking about the "Angel Family", but he never mentioned the "Angel King".
Alger thought to himself: Those are the eight angels under the command of the "Ancient Sun God"... This shows how powerful the "Ancient Sun God" is, having a full eight angels as his subordinates!
Derrick hesitated for a moment, unsure whether he should initiate the trade.
At this moment, "Justice" Audrey spoke first: "Mr. Hermit, I wish to trade with you for information about the 'King of Angels'. What reward do you desire?"
Odis thought for a moment: "800 pounds!"
Klein thought to himself: 100 pounds for an "Angel King" is very cheap!
Odis then smiled and said, "However, for this price, I can only give you a brief overview of the basic information about these 'Angel Kings,' because after obtaining this information, I learned a great deal of amazing news about them."
Odis shrugged: "You can't even imagine how astonishing this news is!"
Audrey's curiosity was piqued again: "Mr. Hermit, what kind of reward do I need if I want to know more details?"
"4,000 pounds!" Odis said almost immediately.
The price made "Magician" Fors shrink back slightly. In the previous battle against foreign spy organizations, Hugh, with the help of the "leader," received a generous reward to repay the money for the "sheriff's" extraordinary abilities.
Fors also received a reward of 270 pounds for this battle, which brought her savings to nearly 1,000 pounds!
She had initially thought she had never been so wealthy, but the "hermit's" asking price dealt her a significant blow.
Klein's lips twitched slightly: 4000 pounds! Why don't you just rob me?
But he quickly calmed down: it seems this intelligence is really amazing.
In fact, Klein's financial situation has been exceptionally good lately. The week before last, he earned £2,000 while searching for someone's address for Mr. Gard.
Last week, he received another £1,300 from the official bounty for extraordinary individuals, bringing his total wealth to an astonishing £6,000, in addition to his previous savings.
Logically speaking, Klein himself could have made a deal with the "Hermit," so his intense reaction just now was purely instinctive.
At this point, Odis added, "Well, perhaps the value of that information is even higher than this price, but since this kind of information is difficult to measure in gold pounds, the extra premium is just a benefit for the Tarot Club."
The price of 4,000 pounds left even the extravagant Audrey with only a smile, saying, "Let's make a simple deal first."
She hadn't yet recovered from the shock of the assassination of the ambassador, but she thought to herself: Next year, next February... no, January, I'll have 4,000 pounds at my disposal, and then I must first complete the deal with Mr. "The Hermit".
Odis nodded and said, "Okay."
So Fors was the first to speak: "Miss Justice, I hope to include the second chapter of 'Spirit World Encounters' in this deal."
Klein thought to himself: "You've finally used up 40% of the five chapters of 'Spirit World Encounters'."
Alger also said, "I would like to join the transaction as well. Do you want me to pay in gold pounds, or is there something you would like to learn?"
Audrey thought for a moment and said, "I want to know information about the pirate kings."
Alger nodded and said, "No problem."
"Little Sun" raised his hand: "And me, um, I know the location of a few corrupted Mirror Dragons, but I can't be sure when I can help you complete the hunt."
"The 'Eyes of the Mirror Dragon' are far too valuable," Audrey said. "You should incorporate ancient mythology into the deal."
Derrick hummed in agreement.
Klein manipulated "The World" to say to "Justice": "I also want to join the deal. You have two choices: some knowledge, or intelligence about the follow-up to the serial killer case."
Without hesitation, Audrey chose: "Information on the follow-up to the serial murder case!"
Fors leaned forward slightly; she was also quite interested in this.
Once the payment for the transaction was agreed upon, the transaction officially began.
Odis said, "Among the eight 'Angel Kings,' there are two 'old acquaintances,' Adam the 'Imaginary Angel' and Amon the 'Time Angel.'"
No one was surprised by this, after all, he was a descendant of the "Ancient Sun God" and his extraordinary abilities were so strange and powerful that it was only natural for him to be ranked among the eight "Angel Kings".
Odis continued, "The third 'Angel King' is the 'Dark Angel' Sasriel, who is the 'Vice-King of Heaven' and the most important assistant to the 'Ancient Sun God'."
"He is the 'King of Angels' of the 'Mystic' pathway."
The "Secret Prayer" route?
Klein frowned slightly behind the gray fog: Could this "King of Angels" be connected to the "True Creator"? Was he an angel in the Third Age and later became a god? Is he the current "True Creator"?
However, since Klein did not know the true name of the "True Creator" and had nowhere to inquire about it, he could only keep the question to himself and ask it later when he had the chance.
The others, with their limited advanced and extraordinary knowledge, did not think of this, and therefore did not find anything special about this "King of Angels".
Odis did not pause: "The fourth is the 'Pure White Angel' Ocycus, the 'King of Angels' of the 'Sun' pathway."
At this point, "Little Sun" raised a question: "Mr. Hermit, you call the 'Omniscient and Omnipotent Lord' the 'Ancient Sun God'."
"Then the 'Lord' should be a deity of the 'Sun' pathway, so why isn't this 'Pure White Angel' the 'Vice-King of Heaven'?"
Alger answered his question: "You may have forgotten some information we traded before. To become a true god, you must collect all three Sequence 1 traits of this path."
"Since the 'Ancient Sun God' is a deity of the solar pathway, then this 'Pure White Angel' could not possibly be a Sequence 1, while the other 'Angel Kings' could all be Sequence 1."
Derrick nodded slowly, recalling the information he had obtained in the previous transaction: "Thank you for your explanation."
Audrey and Fors nodded along with him; they had also forgotten about it.
Odis smiled mysteriously and said, "'The King of Angels' is different from normal angels. In the Third Age, there were many angels surrounding the 'Ancient Sun God,' most of whom were what we call Sequence 2."
"But the 'King of Angels' is different; he is more powerful and more special than them."
Alger was taken aback: "'Ancient Sun God' isn't a deity through the 'Sun' pathway?"
Klein, however, thought of something else: with so many angels, wasn't the "Ancient Sun God" afraid of them rebelling?
He remembered seeing some information about angels before. It seemed that the Church of the True God also had angels, but not many, only one to three.
Klein immediately realized that this quantity posed no danger to the gods and was likely the result of the gods' deliberate manipulation.
However, today's deal with the "Hermit" completely overturned Klein's previous conjectures. Putting aside the other angels, the eight "Angel Kings" alone could definitely challenge the power of the gods if they wanted to rebel.
At this point, Oedis answered Alger's question: "This is a question involving very advanced knowledge, not even within the scope of 4,000 pounds."
Alger paused for a moment, then immediately realized that there must be a huge secret involved, a secret worth more than 4,000 pounds!
Audrey and Fors also realized that this was not a simple matter, but it was clear that they would not hear the answer to this question during this transaction.
Seeing that the others had no problems, Odis continued, "The fifth one is 'Wind Angel' Leodorus, who is the 'King of Angels' of the 'Sailor' pathway."
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
"Wait...wait a minute," Alger suddenly stammered.
The other members were puzzled, wondering why the "Hanged Man" was reacting so strongly. But then they thought that this was a high-sequence extraordinary individual from the "Sailor" pathway, and perhaps he had something to do with the Church of Storms.
Alger took a deep breath before saying, "You...you're sure 'Wind Angel' is called Leodorus?"
Odis smiled and asked in return, "It seems you know the true name of the 'Lord of Storms'."
What?
Fors could hardly believe his ears: Wasn't this supposed to be a trade for information on the "King of Angels"? How did it get to the "Lord of Storms"? Could they be... not the same person... or gods?
Klein, however, had already realized: the "Wind Angel" was the later "Lord of Storms"!
He had just felt that the 800 pounds "Justice" had spent was a bit overpriced, since all he had learned about were the titles and real names of eight "Angel Kings".
Now he has completely changed his mind: the information of the "Lord of Storms'" real name alone is worth the money!
After a brief moment of surprise, Audrey then thought: If the 'Wind Angel' is the 'Lord of the Storm', then could the other 'Angel Kings' be other gods?
Alger snapped out of his shock. He did indeed know the true name of the "Lord of Storms" because he had once secretly seen the "Book of Storms," which was not made public, by chance.
Unlike the Book of Storms used by pastors for preaching, that unpublished book contained a wealth of extraordinary ancient history.
Some very advanced information appeared in it, such as Alger's understanding of the "Time Worm" sequence, which came from that book.
The book also contains the real names of many deities!
Unfortunately, due to time constraints, Alger only read a portion of it, from which he learned the true names of the "Lord of Storms" and the "God of War".
Alger took a deep breath and forced a smile, saying, "Yes, I know the true name of the 'Lord of Storms'."
At this point, "Little Sun," who had also understood what had happened, asked, "Mr. Hermit, did those eight 'Angel Kings' all become gods later?"
Klein almost clapped: That's a great question!
Audrey thought to herself: That's the perfect question I had!
Before Odis could answer, Derrick added, "No, there are only seven gods now, but there are eight 'Kings of Angels'!"
Klein manipulated the "world" and said, "And there's the evil god."
For example, could "dark angels" correspond to "the true creator"?
Fors nodded: Even with the addition of several evil gods, the eight spots for "Angel Kings" are still not enough.
However, their conversation failed to answer the question posed by "Little Sun," so they both looked at "Hermit" and waited for him to reveal the answer.
"No," Odis smiled. "Their different experiences may be discussed in some later transactions. For now, I can only tell you that not all of them became gods."
"But half of them became gods in the years that followed."
Two others have become gods in the last two years.
Klein thought to himself: This isn't the "King of Angels," it's clearly a "crash course to godhood"!
Audrey also remarked: "The probability of becoming a god is just too high."
Alger, who had calmed down, thought to himself: That "Pure White Angel" is very likely the current "Eternal Sun"! Hmm~ Did He gain the corresponding characteristics and become a god after the "Ancient Sun God" fell?
Odis's subsequent answers did not elicit any further strong reactions: "The three 'Angel Kings' are Herabergen, the 'Angel of Fate', Urolius, and Medici, the 'Red Angel'."
"Their respective paths are 'Reader,' 'Monster,' and 'Hunter.'"
Derrick felt that the name Herabergen sounded familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before. He decided to consult some ancient texts after the party in hopes of finding the answer.
Alger then began to wonder: Could the "Cherarches" be the current "God of Knowledge and Wisdom"?
But he only thought about it and didn't ask any questions, because it was clearly beyond the scope of this transaction.
The other members revisited the transaction, never expecting to uncover so much surprising information from what seemed like an ordinary deal.
At the same time, they roughly understood why detailed information about the "King of Angels" was worth 4,000 pounds; just knowing which four later became gods was worth that price.
Next came the "payment" part. "The Sun" Derrick said first: "I just read from ancient records that a fierce war of the gods took place in the Second Age."
"The progenitor of the vampires perished in that battle."
Everyone immediately became very interested in the information Derrick provided, and they all turned to look at him.
Derrick added, "Unfortunately, the ancient texts don't mention the cause or process of this war of the gods, only that three ancient gods perished during the battle!"