Mystery: The Ultimate Tarot

Chapter 231 The Goddess of Night Secretly Visited the Forsaken Land

Chapter 231 The Goddess of Night Secretly Visited the Forsaken Land

The surrounding spider lilies seemed to be summoned by some force, and suddenly began to shake violently. One by one, red petals that shimmered with a faint light fell off and floated on the street, forming a passage that emitted a faint red light.

Raphael, Audrey, and others, through their spirituality, sensed an unprecedented sense of crisis.

After someone uttered that ethereal-sounding phrase, Raphael and the others suddenly felt a force pulling them forward.

In an instant, the passageway outside the street, composed of blood-red petals, emitted a ghastly white light.

The force came along the passage, and Raphael and the others only felt the buildings on both sides rushing backward. When they came to their senses, they found themselves on a high platform with a southern continental style.

The high platform was surrounded by swaying spider lilies, making it look as if a sea of ​​blood was surging around it.

The platform itself is completely out of place with the surrounding ruins; it is not an architectural style or from the same era.

Raphael and the others were currently atop the high platform. The space was spacious, but it resembled a palace inhabited by a woman. Facing them was a throne made of human bones, emitting a cold, dim light that gave Raphael and the others a tremendous sense of oppression.

However, this "palace" had no walls to block the view, so Raphael and the others could see the beds, dressing tables, and other furnishings in the "rear hall" from here. There were also several male corpses with decent appearances. These corpses were not shriveled and were well preserved, standing there motionless like wax figures.

A young woman dressed in a black dress was putting on makeup at a dressing table in the style of the Southern Continent. Raphael could only see her profile. Her skin looked very white—too white, almost like the white of someone who had drowned.

However, judging from her profile, she was very beautiful, and to Raphael and the others, she possessed an exotic beauty, as her face had distinct features of the Southern Continent.

Her cold demeanor reminded Raphael of Miss Sharon, but she was quite different from Sharon. Sharon had an ethereal quality, while this woman exuded the coldness of a corpse, which also made people feel somewhat afraid.

While applying makeup, the other person asked, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Audrey and the others exchanged glances: What did you say?

The three Tarot Club members all looked at Raphael.

Raphael's lips twitched: Don't get me wrong, I'm the only Sequence 6 here!

Faced with this unexpected situation, he remained calm, because his "main account" was already online, so escaping from here shouldn't be a problem.

After thinking for a moment, Raphael straightened his trench coat and bowed slightly to the lady who was putting on makeup: "Beautiful lady, I'm sorry to bother you."

"I came here with my friends because I obtained a notebook from the Quaternary Period and knew that it contained the characteristics I needed for my advancement."

"If we have disturbed you, we will leave now."

Audrey and the other two were slightly taken aback, exchanged glances, and felt that Raphael's words made them feel as if they had entered the wrong neighbor's yard.

The woman applying makeup stopped what she was doing, turned around, and scrutinized Raphael. "So he's a madman," she muttered. "No wonder he's so mentally unstable."

She was indeed very beautiful, but she also looked like a dead person.

She then asked, "How long has it been since the great Grim Reaper fell?"

Raphael breathed a slight sigh of relief. The fact that the other party was asking questions meant that they wouldn't take action immediately, so he might as well have a chat and see if he could get any useful information.

So he stepped forward and said, "More than a thousand years."

The woman rose and walked to her throne: "Do you have any information about the Church of the Goddess of Night and the Spirit Cult?"

As she finished speaking, she was already seated on a throne made of human bones, exuding an imposing aura of authority.

Judging from the other party's posture, Raphael guessed that she must have been an important figure in the Byron Empire during the Fourth Age, but he wondered why she was hiding here.

He said, "The headquarters of the Church of the Goddess of Night is in—"

The other person interrupted, saying, "I know that."

Raphael continued, "The Church of the Goddess of Night has an angel named Ariana—"

"I know that too," said the woman sitting on the throne made of bones. "I even fought her. Let me tell you something new."

Raphael pondered for a moment before saying, "The Church of the Goddess of Night is currently fighting against the Church of the God of War."

His answers were actually a test. Now he was certain that the woman in front of him was a figure from the Quaternary Period, and seemed to be of a rather high level.

The other person nodded and said, "I haven't heard of that before. Tell me more about it."

Raphael then began to recount the causes of the war and the current situation.

After listening to Raphael's words, the woman coldly replied, "I hope they fight even more fiercely."

Then she said to Raphael, "You are very smart and calm. I like your personality."

"So, you can ask a question."

Audrey and Fors exchanged a glance, marveling that their emotional intelligence seemed to be lower than that of a "madman."

"Thank you." Raphael considered for a moment before asking, "Is there anything special about this place that requires you to stay here?"

This is a very insightful question. Raphael is now certain that the demigod monster mentioned in his notes has been eliminated and replaced by either the "Emperor of the Underworld" or some arrangement by the Byron Empire.

The woman gave a cold smile: "This was once an important city of the Solomon Empire. In the early Quaternary period, an important battle took place here, which indirectly led to the downfall of the First Solomon Empire."

"The reason that battle took place here is because, during the Third Epoch, this was the location of a teleportation array connecting the Northern and Eastern Continents —"

Audrey and the other two members of the Tarot Club all thought of "Little Sun," wondering if the teleportation array was still usable.

The other party continued, "—In the early Fourth Era, the True Creator could still use the teleportation array here at a certain cost, which is why this place became an important city of the Solomon Empire."

"The Six Gods won that important battle, cutting off the reinforcements from the Church of the True Creator coming from the Eastern Continent, and further damaging the teleportation array."

"But the Goddess of Night among the Six Gods secretly left behind one of the teleportation arrays—and there's more than one teleportation array here."

Raphael asked in surprise, "The Goddess of Night once used the teleportation array here to secretly travel to the Forsaken Land."

The woman sitting on the throne, who looked like a dead person, commented, "You are indeed very intelligent."