Chapter 222: Origin

Chapter 222: Origin

On the heaving sea, inside the old, dim sailing ship.

Alger Wilson stood by the window, thinking about what he should pay attention to when returning to Pasu Island to report on his duties. Then, before his eyes appeared the boundless gray fog and the figure seated high above everything.

Immediately afterward, he saw crimson light and a blurry figure suspected to be The World. Beside his ears, the other party’s calm, indifferent voice sounded.

After listening seriously, Alger’s eyes widened bit by bit. Irrepressible delight filled his heart, along with intense surprise and astonishment.

He remembered very clearly that during the last Tarot Gathering, The World had only promised to help The Sun obtain the Notary potion formula within three days. He had not mentioned anything related to Ocean Songster at all. Yet only a few days had passed, and this gentleman had already obtained that rarely circulated Sequence 5 formula—and even harvested the main ingredient!

“What exactly did he do?” Alger silently muttered to himself. In his mind, he involuntarily recalled Gehrman Sparrow’s stern, cold appearance and increasingly felt that the man was impossible to see through.

Is this the benefit of becoming a Blessed? Mm, I received news yesterday that Gehrman Sparrow boarded the Future at Nas last week. On one hand, that proves Admiral of Stars is indeed The Hermit. On the other hand, does it also show that what The World did last week was extremely important? For example, he entered that dangerous sea in the east and obtained some item, so he had no choice but to seek The Hermit’s help? Because of that, he advanced and became a Sequence 5 powerhouse?

That would explain how he managed to obtain the Ocean Songster potion formula and main ingredient in only a few days… But what exactly did he do? He couldn’t have killed a Church quasi-high-ranking member, could he? Alger could not help frowning.

He quickly calmed himself and shifted his focus to another matter.

Although obtaining the formula and main ingredient in one go truly made him exceptionally happy and excited, and sincerely made him feel that becoming a member of the Tarot Club had been a turning point in his life, he also had to pay a sufficient price for them!

“What can I give The World…” Alger sank into thought, sadly discovering that he did not possess items or money of equivalent value.

Unconsciously, he paced back and forth, circling the area near the window again and again.

…

Above the gray fog, the busy World vanished, and Klein turned his gaze toward Travels of Groselle, which he had just brought above the gray fog.

The yellow-brown parchment-bound book rested quietly at the head of the bronze long table. It displayed nothing unique, looking so ordinary that only people fond of researching history would be willing to pay it any attention.

Klein conjured paper and pen. Cautiously, he wrote the first divination statement:

“This is the Uniqueness of the Spectator pathway.”

That was what he worried about most, because it would mean he could not seal this travelogue above the gray fog—it would be very likely to bring unimaginable accidents. And if he carried it around, Klein might be sucked into the book again at some unknown time. That would be extremely troublesome.

Taking off the pendulum hidden inside the cuff of his left wrist, Klein calmed himself and attempted the divination.

When he opened his eyes, the yellow crystal pendant was rotating counterclockwise.

That meant negative.

“Looks like this strange book isn’t the Spectator pathway’s Uniqueness. Then I don’t need to be too afraid…” After thinking for a few seconds, Klein tried divining whether Travels of Groselle was an item corresponding to Sequence 1 or Sequence 2 of the Spectator pathway. Unexpectedly, the result was failure.

Hm… He pondered for a long time before writing a new divination statement:

“Its origin.”

Klein dared perform this divination because he knew very…