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Matthew shook his head slightly and said calmly, "I didn't take this matter too seriously. After I met that Primordial Moon Believer again, I rarely attended Sanguine gatherings."
"If it weren't for the possibility of obtaining an additional Shaman King characteristic this time, I wouldn't have participated."
Bears nodded gently, not dwelling on the question. He then asked, "He could make you feel danger even when he was just a Druid?"
Matthew was a Sanguine who had lived for over two hundred years and had remained at the Sequence 5 level for a sufficiently long time. Whether it was his combat experience or the Mystical Items he possessed, they were all quite rich after a long period of accumulation.
Under such circumstances, Matthew still felt danger from the other party. Either the other party had a very powerful Mystical Item, or the other party was a terrifying Beyonder.
Matthew pondered for a moment, then chuckled softly, his expression unchanged, and said, "Although it sounds a bit ridiculous, even shameful, it's true. I always felt a faint sense of danger from him, as if I would fall into the Abyss if I wasn't careful."
"Perhaps it's because the Primordial Moon's influence and corruption on our two Pathways are more severe."
"He was born on a Blood Moon night, under the gaze of the Primordial Moon. He must have a deeper connection with the Primordial Moon, which might also be the source of the danger I felt."
"Blood Moon and Primordial Moon? Perhaps it's because of that thing..." Bears narrowed his eyes slightly and muttered to himself in a low voice.
While they were conversing, Leyton had already sat back in his chair. Hearing Bears's murmur, he turned his head and glanced at him, saying in a calm voice, "That thing? Are you referring to the Beauty Goddess characteristic that the Rose School of Thought possesses? It has no direct connection with the Primordial Moon."
"How do you know about this? Regarding that Beauty Goddess characteristic, even within the Sanguine, only a few high-ranking members are aware of it."
Bears's gaze towards Leyton suddenly became dangerous, as if he was ready to fight if there was any disagreement.
Leyton chuckled indifferently, tapping his left index finger lightly on the table a few times, summoning two invisible hands to drag the wooden chairs in the room behind Bears and Matthew, saying, "Sit down. It looks like we'll be talking for a long time."
Bears sat down unceremoniously, crossing his right leg, exuding a genuine sense of nonchalance and arrogance. He spoke with a hint of eagerness, "What do you mean that Beauty Goddess characteristic has no direct connection with the Primordial Moon?"
"The Blood Moon is an effect caused by the Primordial Moon's release of power and has no relation to the Mother Tree of Desire. However, the latter, through the Rose School of Thought, has gained control of a Beauty Goddess characteristic, so it occasionally replaces the Primordial Moon in responding to believers and delivering divine oracles, just as the Primordial Moon interferes with the Earth Mother's divine oracles."
Leyton briefly explained the relationship between the Primordial Moon and the Mother Tree of Desire, then looked at Matthew and asked, "How much do you know about that Primordial Moon Believer named Sorik?"
Matthew lowered his head slightly, as if he had fallen into some unpleasant memory, his face growing paler and paler. After a long while, he finally said in a deep voice, "He is a complete Lunatic, exuding madness from inside out."
"He likes to study all kinds of organisms, whether animals, plants, or even bacteria. He has always been trying to cross-breed these completely different organisms to create a perfect creature."
"I once saw him cross-breed lizards, bats, sea fish, and some strange fungi in an attempt to cultivate a giant dragon, but in the end, he only got an indescribably hideous lump of flesh."
"While introducing those strangely shaped, disgusting tumors to me, he also asked me for blood, saying he wanted to use Sanguine blood to strengthen the genetic factors of bats, thereby improving his experimental subjects."
At this point, Matthew's face looked very bad, as if he was recalling some terrible scenes.
"When we clean up those Primordial Moon Believers in a few days, you can ask Count Bears here to help you get revenge."
Leyton interrupted the other party's narration in a timely manner. He felt that if he let the other party finish, he might not be able to eat dinner tonight.
Judging from the reaction of this Sanguine Viscount, he must have been forced by that Sorik, and what he lost was not just blood… I can't think about it anymore, or inappropriate images will pop into my mind.
However, the fact that he was able to leave the other party's laboratory intact and did not lose control or get affected by the Primordial Moon afterward, to some extent, indicates that his strength should still be quite good, otherwise he would have become one of the other party's experimental subjects long ago.
Backlund, Empress Borough.
Audrey summoned a Knowledge Rabbit through a ritual, handing over the letter she had written and a brooch belonging to Alfred.
After the Knowledge Rabbit took the items from her hand, Audrey smiled and said, "Can you locate his owner with this brooch?"
The Knowledge Rabbit stared blankly at Audrey for a while before slowly nodding, then prepared to return to the Spirit World through the passage it came from.
"Wait, would you like to become a messenger? I have many books in my home, and the knowledge recorded in those books can be used as payment."
Audrey suddenly called out to the Knowledge Rabbit, who was about to leave, and suggested signing a messenger contract.
This ritual for summoning a Knowledge Rabbit was taught to the Tarot Club members by Mr. Tower. It's better not to teach it to others without his permission. If I had my own messenger, I could contact Alfred at any time.
The Knowledge Rabbit looked at Audrey blankly, then nodded slowly and said, "Yes."
The Knowledge Rabbit's voice was very childlike, like a child who hadn't fully grown. Audrey was slightly stunned; this was the first time she had heard a Knowledge Rabbit speak.
"Audrey, it can talk? Is it also a Beyonder animal?"
Susie, who was pretending to be an ordinary large dog nearby, looked at the blank-looking Knowledge Rabbit in disbelief.
Audrey chuckled and explained to the golden retriever beside her, "No, to be precise, it should be a Spirit World creature, belonging to the more friendly, human-friendly type."
As she spoke, the Knowledge Rabbit reached into its translucent body and pulled out a rolled-up yellowish-brown parchment, then handed the parchment over.
Audrey curiously reached out and took the rolled parchment, unfolding it before her eyes. After seeing the content, she exclaimed in surprise, "Oh~ This is a pre-drafted messenger contract, witnessed by the Hidden Sage!"
"The Hidden Sage? Who is that?" The golden retriever beside her asked in confusion.
Audrey chuckled and patted Susie's head, comforting her slightly anxious mood before saying, "The Hidden Sage is a Hidden existence outside of the Seven Deities. It seems there's a group called the Moses Ascetic Order that believes in Him."
"It should be that these Knowledge Rabbits themselves have some connection with Him, which is why they use Him as a witness for the contract."
After explaining a few words to Susie, Audrey picked up the round-bellied steel pen on the table beside her, preparing to write her name on the contract. Just as she was about to start, she suddenly paused:
I can't use my own name. If I need to tell the messenger's incantation to others later, such as someone in the Tarot Club, wouldn't that directly expose my identity?
"Justice" won't work either. This codename is not suitable for Alfred to know. He is now a colonel in the military and may come into contact with previous cases related to Backlund and the Tarot Club, as well as possible future cases...
As various thoughts floated through her mind, she looked at the golden retriever Susie beside her and nodded thoughtfully.
"Audrey, why are you looking at me?" Susie asked in confusion.
Audrey half-squatted down and placed the messenger contract in her hand in front of Susie, saying, "Susie, do you want to have your own messenger?"
"Huh? A messenger?" The golden retriever tilted its head and looked at Audrey, its furry face full of human-like confusion.
Audrey nodded gently and said with great certainty, "Yes, a messenger. If I sign the contract with my own name, I might expose my Beyonder identity. But you are different; you are just a dog. Even if someone knows the messenger's summoning incantation, they will only think it's someone named Susie."
"Hmm, that makes sense. Then, okay."
Susie hesitated for a moment, then nodded its fluffy big head.
Audrey smiled and placed the messenger contract in her hand in front of it. Susie hesitated for a moment, looking at its paw, and said, "But I can't hold a pen to write!"
How could I forget this? It's all Susie's fault for acting so much like a human that I subconsciously overlooked these issues.
Audrey awkwardly shifted her gaze to the Knowledge Rabbit waiting nearby and asked, "Hmm, do you have a way for Susie to sign her name on the contract?"
The Knowledge Rabbit turned blankly, examining Susie up and down for a while before slowly saying, "Blood... paw print."
"It can be done like that?" Audrey murmured softly, then looked at Susie's chubby paw.
The golden retriever instinctively retracted its paw. Since becoming Audrey's pet, it had never been injured, and suddenly having to make a wound on itself made it a little scared.
Audrey reached out and stroked the golden retriever, gently comforting it, "Don't worry, it's just a small wound. You're a Beyonder dog, that little wound will heal itself very quickly."
"But it will hurt a lot!" Susie reluctantly extended one paw.
Audrey took out the ritual silver dagger and made a shallow cut on its left front leg's lower leg, watching the crimson blood slowly seep out, staining the surrounding fur.
Susie pressed on the wound with its other paw. Once enough blood had stained it, it pressed its paw print onto the messenger contract.
Seeing that the contract issue was resolved, Audrey immediately got up and rummaged for the spare first aid kit in the room, giving Susie's leg wound a simple bandage.
While she was bandaging Susie's wound, the Knowledge Rabbit walked to the contract on the ground, took out a gray quill from its translucent body, and wrote its name on the parchment.
Then it slowly looked up at Audrey, who was bandaging Susie's wound, and said, "What incantation should I use?"
"Incantation? Let me think…" After thinking seriously for a while, Audrey modified Leyton's messenger summoning incantation that she knew and said, "Spirit wandering in the void, rabbit-shaped spirit favored by knowledge, Susie's exclusive messenger."
The Knowledge Rabbit immediately wrote this summoning incantation on the contract. Then, the grayish-brown parchment was covered with a layer of brilliant golden light, dissolving and quickly disappearing, leaving only two faint golden traces that merged into the bodies of the Knowledge Rabbit and the golden retriever Susie.
"How amazing, Audrey! I feel like I have some connection with this strange rabbit."
Susie suddenly stood up from the ground and said in surprise, looking at the Knowledge Rabbit walking towards the Spirit World passage created by the ritual.
"Congratulations, Susie! From now on, you officially have your own messenger! This is a privilege that most Beyonders don't even have."
Audrey stood up from the ground, looking at the place where the Knowledge Rabbit had left, her chin slightly raised, speaking with a sense of accomplishment.
Even Susie has a messenger, but I don't. When I have the chance, I will go to the Spirit World myself to recruit my own messenger.
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