landbeastnovel Chapter 355 The King of the Black Seat, Hugh's Hint
Chapter 355 The King of the Black Seat, Hugh's Hint
Chapter 355 The King of the Black Seat, Hugh's Hint
Evan and Klein exchanged a glance, then both looked at Mr. Fool, who was sitting at the head of the table. Seeing that Mr. Fool was just smiling and not saying a word, they understood his attitude.
It was 'World' Klein who spoke first:
"I can tell you what I know, but I need at least two thousand gold pounds."
Although Klein currently has no way to obtain the relevant herbs, he still wants to raise as much funding as possible.
Miss Justice Audrey nodded in agreement immediately, after all, the reasons behind the Backlund riots were very complicated and unfathomable.
Therefore, in her view, obtaining accurate information with only two thousand gold coins was a bargain.
After agreeing to Mr. World's conditions, Audrey turned her gaze to Evan.
Evan thought for a moment, then said to Audrey:
"There's something I'd like to ask for your help with, but you can't do it right now. You'll have to wait until you've established yourself in the Psychological Alchemy Association!"
Audrey frowned. With the keen sense of an "audience," she sensed that Evan would have an unusual interest in her latent psychological alchemy.
After changing her mind, she realized that Evan's great interest in psychological alchemy was actually very beneficial to her. At least she had a deputy director of MI9 personally backing her up, which was much better than her going it alone!
"Okay, I grant your request."
Seeing that Audrey had agreed, Evan breathed a sigh of relief.
According to Evan's prediction, Backlund may enter a period of calm in the future, with no profit to be made, so he has gradually begun to focus his attention on the sea in the past few days.
After all, once he had completed his training in Backlund and acquired the equipment, he would be heading out to sea for the second phase of the plan, so the corresponding maritime intelligence would need to be provided to Lishun.
It was during this process that he suddenly realized that he, as a high-ranking intelligence officer in the Kingdom of Rune, knew very little, almost nothing, about Baros Hopkins, the Black Sea King, one of the four great pirate kings.
This kind of subtle forgetting makes it easy for people to overlook someone's abilities, which directly reminded Evan of the psychological invisibility of the "psychologist" and made him realize that the audience pathway demigod who schemed against Anderson Hood in the original "Lord of Mysteries" was very likely this most unknown Black Sea King.
Evan even had a bolder guess: could this King of the Black Seat be an alias of Hermes, the ancient human philosopher who laid the foundation for human mysticism and created the ancient Hermesian language?
The original work also explicitly states that the establishment of the Psychological Alchemy Society was thanks to the discovery of Hermes' remains from a treasure map.
Thus, in Evan's mind, the Psychological Alchemy Society—the King of the Black Seat—Hermes—the Twilight Hermit Society were closely linked.
This also greatly increased Evan's interest in the Psychological Alchemy Society, making him want to take some action.
Of course, Evan wouldn't reveal these considerations to anyone else. Instead, after Audrey agreed to his conditions, he spoke directly to Klein:
"This whole thing started with you, so you should go first!"
"The World" Klein didn't stand on ceremony, nodding before asking another question:
"Would you like to speak privately, or should I speak now?"
Audrey didn't even hesitate, and said with great composure:
"Just say it here in public!"
Audrey knew Fors and Hugh's identities, so she wanted to know if they had any corroborating information!
Alger, Fors, Hugh, and Derrick all expressed their gratitude to Audrey for letting them know this important news.
After everyone thanked Audrey, Klein, not wanting to waste any more time, spoke up:
"I took down Kapin, the biggest human trafficker in Backlund, last week."
He is not an ordinary, simple human trafficker; he is protected by extraordinary individuals through the arbitrator channel, and there is more than one.
The reason I killed him was to use his death to bolster my subsequent whistleblowing, with the aim of exposing the Augustus family's involvement in the human trafficking to the Church of Storms.
But what happened next was beyond my expectations. The high-ranking officials of the three major churches failed to appear in the East District, while the Augustus family and the Witch Cult acted simultaneously, successfully triggering the Great Uprising and the Great Smog of Backlund through prior planning!
Klein did not mention the source of the pollution he eventually found separately, because he was inclined to believe that it was a pre-arranged plan by the Augustus family.
Klein's words left the Tarot Club members speechless. They never expected that the source of this world-famous riot was right next to them, the mysterious "Mr. World".
And in his heart, he silently concluded that the mysterious "Mr. World" was a werewolf, and he spoke of endorsing human lives so casually.
Even from just a few words, it's clear that Kapin is someone who deserves to be torn to pieces, but hearing it still sends chills down everyone's spine.
Klein ignored the shocked looks of the others and instead looked at "Mr. Power," Evan.
His decision to reveal this information was also partly due to his desire to obtain more information from Evan.
Even now, he still doesn't know the details of why the demigods of the Church of Storms and the Church of Steam and Machinery cannot reach the East District.
Evan knew perfectly well what Klein was thinking, and he also wanted to completely extricate himself from the riot, so he didn't hesitate to say:
"Archbishop Simon, the new resident bishop of the Storm Church, was intercepted by the White Witch of the Witch Cult when he went to the East District to stop the riot after receiving a report from Mr. World. He was trying to gather relevant evidence.
Archbishop Horamik of the Church of Steam and Machinery was intercepted by Archbishop Ince Zangwill, a traitor from the Church of the Goddess of Night.
Archbishop Anthony of the Church of the Night was invited by Prince Grove, the younger brother of George III, to go and besiege the Sequence 3 witches of the Gnostic Order, and was unable to escape.
Therefore, during this great riot, all three major churches were trapped for various reasons, losing their last chance to stop the conspiracy!
At this point, Evan deliberately paused, giving them time to savor the meaning.
Those who obstruct the demigods of the three major churches are all directly or indirectly related to George III, in addition to the extraordinary individuals who protect Cappin as the "arbitrators."
So although there is still no direct evidence, the identity of George III as the mastermind behind the Backlund riots has been firmly established in the minds of the Tarot Club members!
This made the usually cheerful Miss Audrey even more silent. Fors, who was good at using metaphors and yin and yang in her books but was also very lazy, couldn't wait to start writing the next book and directly write the story of a warrior outwitting an evil king.
As for Hugh, who was basically certain that his father had died for "justice," he gritted his teeth, his eyes blazing with fury, wishing he could draw his sword right now, rush into Sodraco Palace, and kill George III.
When Klein heard news of Ince Zangwell again, he felt a chill run down his spine and sighed inwardly, "That was close!"
He also confirmed that he is safe in Backlund.
Now that Ince Zangwill has openly appeared in Backlund, the Church of the Night will surely react. If Ince Zangwill had any sense, he should have left Backlund immediately after the riot to avoid being caught out!
Another reason Klein was certain that Ince Zangwill was not currently in Backlund was his confidence that he had seen through George III's conspiracy.
When he heard that Ince Zangwill had made a public appearance, he basically guessed that the Augustus family wanted to pin all the blame or suspicion on Ince Zangwill.
This was a very wise choice, because after this great riot, regardless of whether the three major churches obtained substantial evidence, the seeds of doubt about George III had already been sown.
To avoid further trouble, George III wanted to close the case as soon as possible so that the three major churches could not use it as an excuse to make trouble later.
Therefore, it is very important to find a suitable mastermind for everyone.
Even if the three major churches knew it was fake, without any evidence, they had no choice but to accept the irrefutable case set by the royal family.
If they don't acknowledge it, then the royal family can use this as an excuse to accuse the three major churches!
Therefore, under these circumstances, the royal family could not tolerate Ince Zangwill remaining in Backlund and would find a way to make him leave.
"I wonder who came up with this blame-shifting plan. Did Ince Zangwell come up with it himself?"
No, it's more likely a story fabricated by 008 to absolve the royal family as much as possible and make Ince Zangwill bear a greater blame, which also aligns with 008's tendency to kill off his holder.
Evan glanced around, vaguely discerning what everyone was thinking, chuckled softly, and continued:
"There's no need for everyone to be so resentful. This major riot didn't go entirely as George III had planned, and he even lost too much this time."
Audrey and the others looked at Evan with some confusion, hoping to get further explanation from him.
Evan wasn't one to keep people in suspense, and seeing everyone looking at him expectantly, he felt a surge of accomplishment and excitedly said:
"First, there are the two witches of the Witch Cult in Backlund. One of them is the Sequence 3 White Witch who was blocking Archbishop Simon, but she was killed by a mysterious powerful figure."
Meanwhile, the other Sequence 4 witch responsible for spreading the word, Despair Nightingale, has also mysteriously disappeared, and it is estimated that she is also in grave danger!
Most importantly, George III's younger brother, who was also the mastermind behind everything, was killed in front of everyone by the Mysterious Queen when he was besieging the Gnostic Sequence 3 Witch with Archbishop Anthony of the Church of the Night!
George III lost his right-hand man, yet he was powerless against the murderer.
So whether George III gained or lost in this great upheaval, only he himself knows!
As soon as Evan finished speaking, the Tarot Club erupted in chaos, with Miss "Justice" being the first to ask:
"How is this possible? There's no related news from Backlund!"
Prince Grove is the current king's younger brother. Unlike some old monsters who have lived for countless years, if he were really dead, the royal family would definitely issue an obituary. However, Audrey, a member of the highest nobility, did not receive any related news!
Evan seemed to have thought of something ridiculous, and couldn't help but sneer:
"The reason why the death has not been made public yet is mainly because there are disagreements among the parties regarding the description of the cause of death!"
Some advocated for a fact-based approach, so they presented the truth behind the assassination of Prince Grove by the mysterious empress, revealing the cause of Prince Grove's death. They also issued a warrant for the arrest of the mysterious empress.
Some people worry that the assassination of Duke Negan and the murder of Prince Grove in Backlund will seriously damage the image of the Kingdom of Loen, so they argue that Prince Grove died of tuberculosis.
Some people also hoped to attribute the deaths of Duke Nigan and Prince Grove to the Fussac Empire.
In short, everyone's arguing right now, it's a complete mess, and there's still more to come!
After listening to Mr. Evan's explanation, the members of the Tarot Club looked at each other, never expecting that there were so many details behind the obituary for Prince Grove's death.
"If the White Witch and the Nightingale of Despair were truly killed, and the Mysterious Queen also eliminated Prince Grove, doesn't this indicate that there's another force in Backlund secretly targeting the Augustus family?"
Alger was as shrewd as ever, extracting the most crucial information directly from the details provided by Evan!
Moreover, Alger had a feeling that this force was very likely related to Mr. Fool.
Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that the moment "Mr. World" made his move, the high-ranking members of the Augustus family and the Witch Cult appeared and were all killed?
This doesn't look like an assassination at all; it looks more like a targeted elimination!
"This is also what the Augustus family suspects now, but apart from the mysterious empress, they have no other clues."
Even last night, when Evan met with his new contact, Duchess Georgina, he was given the task of finding traces of the mysterious queen in Backlund.
"The mysterious empress completed her ascension to angelhood in Backlund and has remained there ever since, repeatedly thwarting the Augustus family's plans."
Was such drastic behavior because George III's ultimate goal had seriously infringed upon his interests?
Or, to put it another way, did the mysterious queen know George III's true intentions?
After learning of George III's actions, Hugh was determined to take revenge, so she deliberately raised this question at the Tarot meeting to remind Mr. Fool.
If you want to know what George III wants to do, then the Mysterious Queen will be a very good source!
As Hugh had predicted, Klein was promptly swayed by her conjecture.
He hadn't forgotten that one of his purposes in killing Capin was to demonstrate Mr. Fool's stance to Bernadette!