Chapter 45: Chapter 9 - Charlie's Extraordinary Traits - Gold
"Of course, the interesting part is the way they died," Alice said with a smile, looking at Audrey. "The mother of that evil god's offspring turned into a monster, with her left arm becoming a bone blade, extremely powerful. Even a Sequence 7 who excels in combat had no chance against her."
The top combat power of the Tarot Club, the Sequence 7 "Navigator" Alger, fell silent.
"And then, she, no, they fell to their death," Alice added the end of the story.
"Huh?" Audrey was even more confused by this unexpected ending. "But, but how is that possible?"
"Why do you think it's impossible?" Alice asked, looking at her. "That's just how it happened. She fell to her death. She accidentally tripped, and as she fell, the bone blade that her left arm had turned into sliced her in half."
Alice's words were not particularly elaborate or vivid, but the absurdity of the situation was akin to hearing about someone strangling themselves to death—it was a mundane event, yet so unreasonable that it became terrifying.
In comparison,Qilangos rotting away without any resistance only made people realize the horror of high-sequence beings. In terms of creating a terrifying effect and atmosphere, it was actually a bit lacking.
But... she called this interesting?!
Audrey stared at Alice carefully. Alice's attitude was relaxed and casual, as if she really found it interesting—this result was not wrong. Alice hated and feared everything arranged by fate, and her finding this death interesting was not contradictory.
If she were to write the story herself, she would probably write it this way.
Alice didn't look at Alger and Derrick's reactions, as their expressions were far less lively than Audrey's. Throughout the Tarot Club, Audrey was indeed the most amusing to tease.
Looking at the temporarily speechless Audrey, Alice added with a smile, "In the face of fate, everything is so irresistible and absurd."
The silence of the Tarot Club lasted for a long time. Compared to Alice, who was leisurely leaning back in her chair, satisfied by her dark humor, the others were not inclined to speak in such a situation.
It wasn't until Klein ended the summoning that Audrey suddenly remembered—ah, she seemed to have forgotten to recommend her two new friends to join the Tarot Club.
...
After the Tarot Club ended, Alice received the Roselle diary that Alger had just handed in.
It had to be said, the information density of Roselle's diary was very low—which was normal, after all, it was a diary.
In the diary, Alice saw the law of extraordinary traits' indestructibility and the law of conservation of extraordinary traits within the same sequence introduced by Klein. This effectively stopped her from presenting the drawings in her memory to Klein at the next Tarot meeting.
—At this time, Klein still didn't know how wise his decision was in preventing a very dangerous event.
However, in this diary with not much information, Alice still found something that caught her attention.
"Death God went mad, but also became very strong?" Roselle's question was also Alice's question. "Can gods... go mad too?"
She thought of the Aurora Order, whose members were said to be all madmen, and the True Creator, whose followers had a high proportion of madness—could it be a mad true god?
If the True Creator was a mad true god, who was He before He went mad? And why did He go mad?
The answer seemed obvious, as the name "Creator" easily reminded Alice of the phrase "the Lord who created everything, the omniscient and omnipotent God."
Could He be the original Creator?
As for why the original witch worshipped by the Witch Sect went mad, Alice didn't think about it at all—what a joke, if the end of the sequence path was a true god, then the original witch who controlled the witch path would be mad if she wasn't mad!
Especially since the Night Watchers later discovered Lady Sharron, who was a Joyful Witch, Alice couldn't imagine how a man could not go mad in that situation.
"Fortunately, I'm not on the 'Generalist' path..." Looking at Roselle, who screamed in his diary because he barely passed the college entrance exam, Alice felt a sense of relief. "After all, I didn't even finish high school..."
...
On Wednesday morning, Alice found the code left by Charlie Gold in the Backlund Morning Post and immediately went to Pritz Harbor, arriving at their agreed location.
"This is the potion formula for the Sequence 6 'Disaster Priest' of the 'Monster' path," Charlie Gold first handed over a piece of paper.
"'Disaster Priest'?" Alice repeated the name in confusion. "'Disaster Priest' comes after 'Lucky One'?"
"Are you surprised?" Charlie Gold looked at Alice with a smile. "I thought you would first doubt the authenticity of the potion formula."
"Ah..." Alice paused slightly. She suddenly realized that she had no way to verify the authenticity of the potion formula—Charlie Gold's anti-divination ability was definitely above hers.
"...I suddenly regret reminding you of this," even though he had long seen Alice's lack of experience in this area, Charlie Gold was still shocked by Alice's gullibility. "How did you survive to Sequence 7?"
"...Two things," Alice said coolly. "First, I really did accidentally die before."
Charlie Gold's movements paused for a moment, but he didn't seem surprised by this. He just asked, "And the second?"
"...I also accidentally became an extraordinary being." Alice's voice grew smaller as she spoke, because she saw Charlie Gold staring at her intently.
"Do you know, I'm a Sequence 6 'Disaster Priest'," Charlie Gold's voice was emotionless. "The last time I saw you, I suddenly had a very dangerous premonition—if you didn't agree to my deal, I would face a very terrible disaster."
Their eyes met, and they both understood each other's meaning—if she didn't get this formula, Alice would probably accidentally swallow another Sequence 6 extraordinary trait.
"Hah," Alice raised a sarcastic smile. She viciously put away the paper with the potion formula, then looked at Charlie Gold and asked, "Since that's the case, do you mind telling me the abilities of a 'Disaster Priest' in advance?"
Friend: Do northerners feel warm when they put their hands in the refrigerator's cold storage area?
Me: I don't know about the north, but this year the south should.
Friend: How do you know?
Me: Because I'm from the south.
Honestly, it's really cold in the south this year (…).
(End of Chapter)