Chapter 85: Audrey: Is it difficult to become a high-sequence?

Audrey patiently listened again to Mr. Hanged Man describe the characteristics of the Spectator sequence, which was almost the same as what Mr. Hastur had said.

Thinking back to Mr. Hastur's words that the Spectator pathway was most suitable for her, and considering her own fondness for being a spectator, she requested to trade with Mr. Hanged Man.

The trade went smoothly; her family's treasury was full of many things, and she had collected a large amount of extraordinary materials.

What she mainly lacked was a formula for the Spectator potion.

Unfortunately, Mr. Hanged Man required the blood of a ghost shark first before he would send her the formula for the Spectator potion.

Otherwise, she would have already concocted the Spectator potion and become a true Spectator, officially stepping into the extraordinary world.

Now, all she could do was look forward to the next gathering.

After the trade, they briefly exchanged a few words, and Mr. Fool agreed to hold gatherings every Monday at three in the afternoon.

Mr. Fool used the Fool as his code name, one of the twenty-two major cards of the Tarot.

She felt that she should also have a resounding code name.

Hmm… It was definitely not because she had always longed for such adventurous storylines.

She simply believed that a proper gathering should give every member a sense of participation.

In the end, she chose the Justice card for herself, which was also one of the twenty-two major cards.

On the surface, she remained calm, but inside she wanted to shout: Audrey the Great Justice!

Miss Justice is the most perfect! Representing justice, judging evil, and other strange phrases.

Before the last gathering ended, Mr. Hanged Man mentioned that Emperor Roselle had seen the blasphemous slate and created a set of Tarot cards that contained the secret to becoming a god.

This was also known as the twenty-two pathways of the gods.

This made her think of Mr. Hastur, who had talked to them about the Sequence 9 and other initial extraordinary pathways. Counting carefully, there seemed to be exactly twenty-two different extraordinary pathways!

But she revealed nothing.

After the gathering ended, she returned to her room.

If not for the shattered copper mirror, she would have thought everything she had just experienced was just a dream.

A grand adventure story dream that she had fantasized about herself.

"If I have a chance later, I can ask Mr. Hastur for advice; with his knowledge, he should be able to solve my doubts."

Audrey showed a smile on her face, collected her thoughts, and stopped daydreaming.

Glanzent, sitting opposite her, felt that Audrey was very strange tonight.

"If I have a chance later, I can discuss Audrey's matter with Hastur."

Glanzent pondered, and soon he was attracted by the words of Earl Richard.

Outside, Hastur bid farewell to tonight's guests and, after drinking quite a bit with Glace and Hibbert, leisurely made his way to the hall.

Seeing Earl Richard imparting extraordinary knowledge to Glanzent, he smiled knowingly and did not stop them.

Glace's eyes held an inexplicable smile, Hibbert chatted with Audrey for a few words, then walked over to Hastur and said, "My sister heard that you have learned the language of giants and would like to ask you for some knowledge in that area."

"It's my honor."

Hastur chuckled in response, knowing that Audrey was definitely looking for him for other reasons.

Just right, he also wanted to talk to Audrey alone.

"Now, Baron Campbell belongs to you."

Hibbert joked, watching Audrey and Hastur head to the upstairs study.

The study, one-third larger than the original one, was also furnished with a copper mirror and a sofa.

As soon as Audrey entered, she glanced at the copper mirror, then pretended nothing was amiss and sat on the sofa opposite the mirror.

Hastur sat in front of the desk and chuckled, "Miss Audrey, do you know anything about the language of giants?"

"That's the language used by the legendary race of giants."

"That's not a legend, but a reality. Because they truly existed, they were recorded and passed down to later generations."

"Mr. Hastur, have you seen a giant?"

"No, they live in the court of giants."

Audrey said with a smile, "Then why is Mr. Hastur so sure that giants truly exist?"

"Because the extraordinary world has everything."

Audrey pondered for a while before saying, "Does the extraordinary world really have everything?"

"It's a relative concept and doesn't mean that the extraordinary world truly contains everything."

"Is there any extraordinary item that can instantly teleport someone to a mysterious and unknown place?"

Hastur looked at Audrey meaningfully and smiled, "Yes, and there are quite a few."

"Like what?"

"Do you know the pathway that Miss Fors is on?"

"Apprentice?"

"Yes, when this extraordinary pathway reaches a higher sequence, it will have the ability to roam the world."

"What a convenient extraordinary ability… cough, it's really magical." Audrey's eyes sparkled with great interest in this extraordinary ability. If she had known earlier that the Apprentice pathway was so powerful, she might have chosen to become an Apprentice earlier.

Of course, she also liked being a Spectator.

"Like there's a book, and inside the book is a world. When you enter the book, it's like entering a new world."

"Is there more?"

Facing Audrey's eager gaze, it was hard to say no, but knowing too much knowledge was not a good thing for Audrey at the moment.

"Of course, there's more. When you become a high-sequence being, you will naturally come to know of these things."

"Is it difficult to become a high-sequence?"

Audrey didn't have much of a concept of this question.

"For some people, it's very difficult; they can't advance in their entire lives. For others, it just takes enough luck to easily become a high-sequence being."

"Oh, that's good."

Audrey was very satisfied with this answer; she always felt that she was very lucky.

If she hadn't been lucky enough, she wouldn't have met Mr. Hastur or Mr. Fool.

They were all very friendly and willing to help others solve their doubts.

Hastur smiled and said nothing; Audrey's luck was indeed good.

If she wasn't the protagonist of this era, she wouldn't have become a member of the Tarot Club.

Breaking through to a high sequence was not difficult for her.

Because her endpoint is an angel.

"I heard from Glanzent that Mr. Hastur likes to collect manuscripts left by Emperor Roselle?"

Audrey remembered what Mr. Hanged Man had mentioned about Emperor Roselle creating the Tarot cards, containing twenty-two extraordinary pathways.

"Emperor Roselle changed many things. His insight and wisdom surpassed the limitations of that era, as if he were a person who had returned from the future to the past. It's hard not to admire him."

"I heard that the script was created by Emperor Roselle himself, and no one can decipher it. Is that also your goal, Mr. Hastur?"

"Sort of." Hastur didn't make a definitive statement.

Audrey laughed, "I really hope Mr. Hastur can decipher this script."

"It's better not to have too much hope. This script is difficult and mysterious; only those ancient beings might be able to decipher it."

Ancient beings?

Audrey keenly caught the key phrase. Mr. Fool was mysterious and powerful, like a fog that could be seen but was hard to understand deeply.

Could he be one of the ancient beings?

Like the palace of the giant king's court, the mysterious way of gathering…

The more Audrey thought about it, the more she felt that Mr. Fool was the legendary ancient being.

In the following time, Audrey asked some more about extraordinary knowledge, and they talked for about half an hour.

Then Audrey stood up, bowed slightly, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Hastur, for answering my doubts tonight."

"It's my honor to talk with Miss Audrey."

The two exchanged smiles and then walked out of the study to the first-floor hall.

Hibbert looked normal, but Audrey's personal maid, who had been waiting outside the study, eyed Hastur with a guarded look.

"Baron Campbell's knowledge is as vast as the sea. Talking with him is always very enlightening," Audrey praised sincerely as she approached Hibbert.

Glanzent also sighed, "Hastur's knowledge is indeed profound. Every time I talk with him, I realize how ignorant I am."

Hibbert smiled and said, "Emperor Roselle once said that knowledge is power. Only by continuously learning and accumulating knowledge can we discover our ignorance and thus climb to higher peaks."

"I just like to read some miscellaneous stories, so I seem more knowledgeable."

Although Hastur enjoyed the praise, one should still be humble. He guessed that Emperor Roselle must have also said: Humility leads to progress, pride leads to regression.

The group chatted for a while, and Audrey was the first to leave, followed by Earl Richard, who did not want to stay up late.

In the end, Hastur, Glace, Hibbert, and Glanzent were the four who remained.

"Ah, I knew you wanted to get me drunk tonight."

Hastur sighed, had some food prepared, and then brought out the fine wine he had already prepared.

Glace laughed, "Last time I didn't drink to my heart's content, but this time I came prepared."

Hibbert also looked on with a smile. He was an old hand at the wine table, and when Glace invited him, he came along to test Hastur's drinking capacity.

At the same time, he wanted to see what Hastur would be like when drunk. It's not always true that a person's words when drunk reflect their true thoughts, but one can certainly tell a person's character by their behavior when intoxicated.

Emperor Roselle once said, "One's nature is revealed through their drinking habits."

Having spent many years in the company of drinkers, he found this saying to be very true.

Glanzent stood nervously to the side, wondering if he should leave early.

(End of chapter)