Chapter 656: A Deal for Everyone

To his surprise, this diary page was not Luo Sai Er's hunting romance and after‑thoughts, but a page documenting his exchange with Mr. Men.

After reading the two pages, Ke Lai En made the manifested diary vanish, then looked at Miss Justice, smiled, and said, "Effective. What do you want to trade for this page of the diary?"

It means only one page of the diary contains valid content—well, that's already good, at least not all the diary entries are useless. Ao Dai Li looked to the right of the Fool Ke Lai En and, without hesitation, said:

"I want to know the names of those two Profane Cards."

She paused, then added, "If that diary page is not sufficient for equal exchange, you may tell me just one."

Ke Lai En gave a light laugh, without stating whether the valid Luo Sai Er diary page and the two Profane Card names were of equal value, and instead asked directly:

"Do you want only yourself to know the answer, or have everyone know?"

Ao Dai Li instinctively was about to say only she would know, but she suddenly recalled her father's comments on investment during a previous chat, and changed her mind. She scanned the Tarot Society members around, whose eyes showed varying curiosity, then faced the foremost Fool and laughed lightly, "Let everyone know; this isn't information that needs to be kept secret, I'm just satisfying my own curiosity."

In my father's words, this is a necessary investment in social reciprocity; while satisfying my curiosity, I also fulfill the others' curiosity, I incur no loss, yet gain a batch of favorable impressions from everyone.

Under the dense gray mist, Ke Lai En gave a gentle nod, leaned his back against the chair, reached out and flipped the two face‑down Profane Cards on the table before him, and said calmly:

"They are the Fool and the Red Priestess."

Ao Dai Li stretched her neck to see the two Profane Card faces more clearly. The Fool card—does this correspond to the Fool gentleman's Profane Card? And the Red Priestess, which should be the Chariot among the twenty‑two Tarot cards; I'm really curious which two extraordinary paths they represent.

"The Fool." Everyone chewed on the word, their gazes involuntarily turning toward the figure seated at the head of the weathered long table.

"The Chariot." Anderson's eyes were deeply drawn to the Red Priestess card; looking at it, he couldn't stop feeling a yearning to approach it.

Is this resonating with that thing inside me? Does this Profane Card belong to the Hunter path?

As the thought drifted, Anderson lifted his gaze to the gray‑mist‑shrouded Fool Ke Lai En and asked curiously:

"Mr. Fool, does the Red Priestess refer to sequence 0 of the Hunter path?"

"Yes." Ke Lai En gave a slight nod, answering in an even tone.

Without giving the others more time to think, he tapped the table edge with a finger; the two Profane Cards automatically flipped face‑down, and he smiled, saying:

"You may begin."

"Ahem~" Leiketon cleared his throat twice; after everyone turned their gaze, he raised his hand and, in a calm tone, said:

"The war between Indis and the new regime of the Southern Continent has begun; Fusak has already made its choice, joining the Indis side."

He paused, then smiled and added:

"Everyone, will you take contracts? It doesn't have to be direct combat; you can also provide magical items, elixirs, intelligence, and the like."

"Moon" Emulin replied first: "I haven't had time to brew elixirs lately, but I can help you collect a batch of practical elixirs within the blood clan at a relatively cheap price."

"Every member of the blood clan is an excellent pharmacist; we have millennia of foundation, and in the field of elixirs no faction surpasses us."

"You really didn't need to say that last line." Star Leonard glanced at Emulin beside him, muttered under his breath, then looked at Leiketon and said:

"My abilities aren't suited for front‑line battle, but when needed I can provide some assistance, of course for payment, and it will require a wait, as He is still asleep."

He? Does 'Star' know an angel? Is it an angel under the Fool's command? Or is Justice Ao Dai Li's mind racing with thought after thought? She tilted her head slightly, glanced at the Fool Ke Lai En at the head of the weathered table.

Does that Parles Soros know you treat Him as a tool? Ke Lai En suddenly felt the Parles parasitizing Leonard was pitiful, being both remembered by A Meng and used as a tool by himself.

"No problem." Leiketon gave a slight nod, then turned to his right, looked at 'Sun' Dairik, and nodded lightly, saying, "I need you to convey a trade request to your chief."

Without waiting for Dairik to ask, he continued, "I have already obtained the potion formulas for the Silver Knight and the Honored One."

"The trade condition is simple: help me gather as many traits and potion ingredients as possible, no type restrictions."

"I can pre‑pay you the Silver Knight's potion formula, which will also speed up your collection of trait‑related chill materials."

"I will relay it to the chief." "Sun" Dairik solemnly nodded.

Seeing Leiketon's exchange with the little Sun end, Ke Lai En also controlled his alternate account 'World' GerMan Spalo, rasping, and said:

"I can accept contracts to hunt extraordinary beings, provided the reward and target are appropriate."

Leiketon then looked toward the foot of the weathered long table, smiled lightly, and said:

"Rest assured, I will personally select the target for you, guaranteeing that your Indis‑official bounty reaches the level of Naste, the King of the Five Seas."

Ke Lai En didn't need to outright reject Leiketon's kindness, but due to GerMan Spalo's persona, he couldn't speak, so he wore a grim face and gave no response.

"The Chariot." Anderson leaned forward, hands on the table edge, looked at Leiketon, and casually said, "Give me some information on extraordinary beings; I'll pick a group and form a team to join this war."

Leiketon smiled and nodded in response:

"Sure, the reward is the War Bishop's potion formula; if you achieve good results, I can personally help you slay a War Bishop, and on the battlefield with Indis and Fusak involved, the various sequences of Hunters are never lacking."

"That's fine, but I'd rather have you slay a Sauron or an Aeinhorn family angel."

Anderson chuckled, nodded satisfactorily at Leiketon, then pressed his hands a bit on the table edge and leaned his whole body back against the chair back.

"The Hanged Man." A'erjie sat silently in his seat, saying nothing; as a Storm Church infiltrator among pirates, his actions weren't free, especially when the church already showed bias in matters like this.

The Storm Church clearly favored the Indis side on this matter; before the church's decision, I couldn't make any overt moves favoring the Southern Continent.

"The Magician." Folsi looked left and right; seeing no one continue speaking, she hesitated slightly before raising her hand and saying:

"Um, I'm already a Traveler; if you need transport of goods or such, I can help, or quickly relocate a small group of personnel."

Her voice faded further, eventually inaudible even to herself; since becoming an extraordinary being, her greatest experience has been fleeing, and her first reaction to war is to stay away.

"If there's a place you need help, I'll contact you." After a pause, he added, "If that time truly comes, I'll pre‑record some practical and powerful demigod‑level extraordinary abilities for you, so even if you're deep in battle you can get out."

Ke Lai En used clairvoyance to glance at 'The Magician' Folsi, taking in her reaction. Miss Magician wasn't comforted; she was actually frightened, which is the true state of most wild extraordinary beings.

As thoughts drifted, he controlled 'World' and said:

"Once they reach the middle sequence, Apprentices will gradually become stronger, especially those backed by powerful forces; they absolutely belong to the most powerful batch of extraordinary beings beneath the demigods."

Folsi hesitated, looking at 'World' GerMan Spalo, thoughts swirling: Do I really live up to what Mr. World said? I'm already among the most powerful extraordinary beings beneath the demigods? Wait, was Mr. World's earlier remark encouraging me?

On both sides of the weathered long table, Justice Ao Dai Li, Moon Emulin, Star Leonard, and others froze briefly, then quickly recovered, all recalling the Leimanno travel journal that The Magician Folsi possessed.

It turned out that the wondrous item belonged to the middle sequence of the Apprentice path; the ability to record even demigod‑level extraordinary powers is indeed strong, and with backing forces and demigods willing to help, middle‑sequence Apprentices can at any time wield near‑demigod power.

Ao Dai Li subconsciously sized up Folsi; she never expected her friend to have become so powerful without realizing it. This also stems from Folsi's rare participation in battles; no, based on my observation, she hardly ever goes out, the type who would sit rather than stand, who would lie rather than sit.

Facing the crowd's curious or surprised gazes, Folsi awkwardly chuckled twice and, uncomfortably, said, "I rarely take part in battles; I have little experience."

(End of Chapter)