Evil Gods Don’t Save People

After using ritual magic to craft a summoning item for Reinette Tinekerr—not only artisans could do that—the Fool was guided by Danitz around town.

Watching Danitz chattering out of nervousness, Gehrman only kept a polite smile on his face—which strangely intimidated the pirate even more.

Finally, they settled at a bar, places the god seemed to visit quite often recently—the Fool was about to sue Adam for coincidences—and Danitz asked, "What do you want to drink?"

Gehrman turned his head towards Danitz. Feeling the smiling man's gaze on him, the pirate nervously started to add information to dissipate his awkwardness, talking about different specialties before finally falling silent.

"Lemon cake," Gehrman said.

Breaking out into a cold sweat, Danitz hurriedly ordered beer for himself as well as lemon lake.

After painful moments of waiting, as soon as his drink was served, the pirate gulped it down immediately.

Thus, drinking beer after beer to wash away his fear, Danitz soon unknowingly became drunk.

Having finished his lemon cake, the god simply watched the pirate with interest as he consumed great amounts of alcohol due to his mere presence, progressively getting intoxicated.

Leaning forward with his head in his hand, Gehrman questioned the pirate.

"What is your Sequence?"

"I am a Sequence 7 Pyromaniac. Its abilities are-"

The Fool watched Danitz explain all his powers so truthfully and without even being asked.

Wow. It was a bit like a Spirit Channeling.

The god inquired, "How much money do you have?"

The half-nervous half-drunk pirate carelessly told the god he had saved up all his money and turned it into real estate on Bayam, Amyris Avenue, Units 12 to 16.

Not changing his expression, German kept the same friendly smile as he indifferently asked, "Will anyone miss you if you disappear?"

The pirate gulped, sweating bullets.

"Th-the captain will definitely search for me! Me and the pirates on the deck are also really close, so they'll notice right away if something happens to me!"

So the answer was no. Looking at his emotions with his Spirit Vision, the Fool concluded so.

"How close are you with your captain?"

As Danitz continued to drink more beer to wet his dry throat—from fear—his rational judgment more and more clouded, Gehrman calmly made him confess his crush for his captain and other weaknesses that could be leveraged.

The pirate was thus half-out of his mind when Gehrman handed him an evil god's honorific name.

"Recite it."

"But-"

"Or do you want your captain to do it?"

The next morning, as Danitz woke up and recalled the events from the night before, Gehrman shamelessly stated, "You recited His name, you believe in Him now."

The pirate was horrified.

As he walked away, Gehrman seemed to recall something and lightly added, "Don't talk about this to anyone."

Hearing this coming from someone who (knew all his weaknesses) could overpower him in an instant, Danitz had goosebumps. This must be a threat.

And what if he did not obey and this madman hurt his captain? Right, he was doing this for his captain. He would bring this secret to his grave!

'Sorry, Captain…'

Seeing the pirate's reaction from the corner of his eye, the madman in question lampooned that their 'getting-to-know-each-other-night' was successful.

The following night, Danitz thus drank his worries away and prayed to the Fool, while the god in question blessed him with good luck and ordered him to win money at casinos in response (then give it to Gehrman). After all, their Church needed money to be built.

***

Above the gray fog, the Fool placed His elbows on the armrest as He crossed His fingers and watched as beams of crimson light lit up before receding into blurry figures.

Then, He heard Miss Justice's brisk greeting.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~"

As everyone finished their greetings, they briefly observed each other, as usual.

'There's something on Little Sun's mind… Something unexpected happened in the City of Silver?' Audrey thoughtfully retracted her gaze and didn't request to purchase anything.

At this moment, Alger surveyed the area and voiced out.

"I need the potion formula of Ocean Songster."

'Indeed, he's already a Sequence 6, a Wind-blessed… Isn't he someone from the Church of Storms? Why is he looking for the Ocean Songster's potion formula elsewhere? Obtaining it internally from the Church is a lot easier… He has secrets he wishes to keep from the Church of Storms, or was he just pretending to be someone from the Church of Storms?' Cattleya instantly had many theories as she gently took note.

"I can help you take note."

Upon noticing The Hermit's response, Alger asked, "Ma'am, is there anything you need? I can search for clues ahead of time, so as to trade for the potion formula."

'What do I need?' Cattleya silently chuckled, having sensed that The Hanged Man was probing her with a very ordinary question.

Any needs meant clues!

'Ignoring the fact that I've already obtained the potion formula for Sequence 4 Mysticologist of the Mystery Pryer pathway, and accumulating points for one of the main ingredients, even without anything, I have no lack of corresponding resource channels, and far more than one…' Cattleya smiled and said, "I need a mystical item at the demigod level. The kind with acceptable side effects."

At that instant, Alger nearly retorted, asking her not to crack a joke.

Even in the Church of Storms, one wasn't necessarily capable of obtaining a similar item for years, much less a Beyonder who was obviously only a Mid-Sequence Beyonder!

'If I had an item at the demigod level without any real negative side effects, why wouldn't I keep it for my own use?' Alger knew that The Hermit was using mockery to respond to his attempt at sounding her out, but he wasn't as irascible as his peers. He slowly took a deep breath and said, "I'll keep an eye out. But Ma'am, you should know very well that just an effective clue towards such an item might be enough to cover the cost of an Ocean Songster's potion formula."

'…Very staid. Not easily angered. This is very different from the usual style of the Church of Storms… Was the conclusion of my first observation wrong? He's only disguising himself as a priest of the Storm? No, I can't think of it that way. This might also be because he doesn't dare to flare up under Mr. Fool's watch. Or perhaps, he's just an odd one out in the Church of Storms. There might not be many, but it's not extremely rare…' Cattleya wasn't greedy. She didn't sound him out a second time as she nodded.

"I know."

Her cheek resting on her hand, Sharron silently watched the drama, familiar with the intricacies of exchanges between experienced Beyonders.

As for Leonard, he absentmindedly sat on his chair, waiting for the exchange to conclude while sitting in a relaxed posture.

As the conversation between the two came to an end, no one made any requests during the transaction segment. A number of members already had the means to obtain whatever they needed, so there was no need to make any requests for purchases.

Audrey looked at Derrick and waited for him to describe the unexpected situation at the City of Silver.

Derrick didn't let her 'expectations' down. Before anyone could speak, he earnestly said, "Elder Lovia has been released. I encountered her at the library."

"Elder Lovia has been released? That Shepherd?" Audrey quickly recalled what the name meant.

Back then, the entire exploration team had been corrupted by the True Creator. As for the team, it was led by Lovia. Her job as a Shepherd happened to correspond to the Secrets Suppliant pathway of the True Creator!

"Yes." Derrick nodded earnestly as he looked towards The Hanged Man.

Alger thought for a moment before asking, "Has your Chief returned to the City of Silver?"

'Why would Mr. Hanged Man suddenly ask about this… Ah, right. To release such an important figure, it's impossible that the other elders of the six-member council wouldn't wait for the Chief's return…

If the Chief has yet to return, and that they had decided this without his consent, it goes to show that the situation is even more terrible than one can imagine. It was so terrible that they couldn't even await his return… If the Chief has already returned, then the reason for releasing Lovia has a high chance to do with the outcome of the exploration. This is because, according to Little Sun, this is the only exploration in recent times for the City of Silver.

Sigh, why didn't I think of this? Audrey, you're still lacking in experience…' Audrey reflected and consoled herself in thought.

"Yes, not long ago." Derrick was surprised by Mr. Hanged Man's accurate guesses.

At this moment, Fors, who had been listening quietly, combined what she knew from before and suddenly had an idea.

"Mr. Sun, could this be the situation? Your Chief led the exploration team and that little boy, Jack, to seek out a path that leads to the outside world, but they realized that the power of the True Creator is required. Heh heh, this isn't a lie I'm fabricating, but an inference of the facts. The father of that boy, Jack, belonged to the Aurora Order, and they were seeking the holy residence of the True Creator before arriving where you are. Therefore, for the entire City of Silver, your Chief decided to release Shepherd Lovia after returning."

"If that's really the case, Mr. Sun would be in grave danger," Audrey said with worry. Fors's words sank Derrick's heart.

The Fool stared at the members' usual exchange of conspiracies, knowing full well He could solve their worries with merely one divination.

However, didn't humans enjoy gossiping? He shouldn't ruin their fun.