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"The Justiciar Card is located beneath the Holy Cathedral of the Church of the God of Combat."
"Ah, this…" Lin Ruo blinked again, looking at the words formed by ashes. "Is this a fair exchange?"
To be honest, the Evernight Goddess's reply really caught Lin Ruo off guard.
Although there was a suspicion of selling the same intelligence twice, Lin Ruo had never expected the Evernight Goddess to give him a reward immediately.
He had been prepared for Her not needing it, or considering this information as part of the compensation for being taken care of for so long. Who would have thought that the Evernight Goddess would directly reveal the location of the Justiciar Card to him?
This attitude… Well, it seems the Evernight Goddess has always treated him with this attitude.
"Overly generous… Tsk, I wouldn't have really agreed to help Her with the River of Eternal Darkness, would I?" Lin Ruo pinched his chin. He could, of course, guess that there was a deal between him and the Evernight Goddess, and considering the Evernight Goddess's determination to become a Great Old One, perhaps their deal also revolved around this?
"Forget it, now is not the time to think about this." Pushing this over-the-top question aside in his mind, Lin Ruo then began to ponder the matter of the Justiciar Card of Blasphemy.
Although he wasn't too familiar with the Church of the God of Combat located in the Feysac Empire, Lin Ruo had still learned some basic knowledge about them. So, he knew that the Holy Cathedral was located in the capital of the Feysac Empire, similar in status to the Saint Samuel Cathedral of the Church of the Evernight Goddess.
Therefore, it was not strange for the Justiciar Card to be in the Holy Cathedral's underground; such high-level cathedrals even had no shortage of Sealed Artifacts.
"A bit troublesome. Do I have to sneak in and steal the card like Dawn… But Klein was tacitly allowed by the Evernight Goddess. I clearly have a deep hatred for the God of Combat, so sneaking in and stealing the card won't be that easy."
Lin Ruo frowned slightly. Knowing the whereabouts of the Justiciar Card was naturally a good thing, but since the card had fallen into the hands of the Church of the God of Combat, it wouldn't be easy to get it.
"But this matter must indeed be put on the agenda. Although the Loen Royal Family certainly has a complete Justiciar pathway formula, given their usual style, they probably won't inform their subordinates of the formula from Sequence 4 onwards. Most likely, they will directly provide the potion. By then, even if I hunt their demigods, I'm afraid I'll only get the Beyonder Characteristic and not the formula…"
Lin Ruo narrowed his eyes, various thoughts flashing through his mind.
"If I want to steal the card, the first thing is to hide my identity… Given my unique nature, the God of Combat probably doesn't know that I need the Justiciar Card, so he won't be particularly guarding against me. As long as I disguise myself well, it's not impossible to try…"
"Perhaps I don't even need to steal the card myself. The Church of the God of Combat and the Church of the Earth Mother have a very close relationship. If I can reach a deal with Lilith, perhaps she can directly exchange cards with the God of Combat… But what should I use in exchange?"
Lin Ruo pondered. Getting the Justiciar Card was indeed a bit troublesome for him, but it should still be within an acceptable range.
However, despite his considerations, Lin Ruo naturally had no intention of acting immediately.
This matter would have to wait until he was promoted to Sequence 5 and had mostly digested the potion.
So, Lin Ruo simply began to tidy up his study and decided to go find Klein.
With the life scepter in place and Sequence 6 Klein in place, the next step was naturally to discuss with Old Man Pallez about entering the book to rescue people.
…
The next day, morning, a certain sea area in the Sonia Sea.
On the pirate ship floating quietly on the sea, there was a group of pirates who had been knocked out. Lin Ruo, who had already used divination to confirm that every single one of them deserved to be shot for half an hour, smiled and directed Klein and Leonard to tie these pirates together.
Undoubtedly, these were the lucky pirates chosen this time. Next, they would contribute some indispensable "power" to the survival of those trapped in "Groselle's Travels."
After all the pirates were tied up, Lin Ruo looked at Leonard and said, "Old Man Pallez, I'll leave it to you now."
Hearing this, Leonard was silent for two seconds, seemingly listening to something, then said, "The old man said no problem…"
Then Leonard seemed to hesitate for a moment. He was probably a bit nervous, but in the end, under the gaze of Lin Ruo and Klein, he slightly stretched his arms and relaxed his spirit body.
Lin Ruo then saw two slightly dim "Worms of Time" with twelve translucent segments reflected in Leonard's green eyes.
These two "Worms of Time" were connected head to tail, forming identical vertical rings.
The rings slowly rotated, casting a huge, ancient, mottled phantom behind Leonard, which seemed to be a grandfather clock.
Lin Ruo stared at the grandfather clock, which likely symbolized the Worm of Time, but felt no discomfort. He was not surprised by this, and then saw an indescribable, invisible torrent envelop the pirates.
The next second, the torrent disappeared. Not only the torrent, but all anomalies disappeared. The pirates were still tied there, but Lin Ruo raised an eyebrow.
He stared at the pirates, pondered for a while, then said, "You stole their fate?"
"Ah… that's right, the old man said it was like that. Your Excellency Blessed, how did you figure that out?" Leonard, whose Worms of Time had disappeared from his eyes, continued to act as a qualified tool, asking curiously while relaying the message.
"Just a feeling…" Lin Ruo didn't say much. He could indeed Judge this point purely from a feeling, but he was not surprised by the result.
Stealing fate itself was something the Marauder pathway could do. Compared to stealing lifespan to replenish the lifespan of those trapped in the book, directly letting them exchange fates with others, while having the suspicion of exploiting a bug, was indeed a method.
Ultimately, since a book world created by an Empty Thought Dragon could allow a group of people, including Groselle, to live falsely for so many years, then it was not difficult to understand that Pallez, a Thief Sequence 1, could use the abilities of his own pathway to exploit a bug and allow these people to survive.
"But will there really be no side effects from doing this?" Although he could understand this operation, Lin Ruo couldn't help but ask.
Lin Ruo truly didn't believe that exchanging fates would have no side effects at all.
Leonard immediately adopted a listening posture again. A few seconds later, his expression gradually became subtle. He said:
"The old man said that being caught up in such a thing, it's already good enough to survive."
Ah, it seems Old Man Pallez has done his best…
Lin Ruo didn't know what to say. Finally, he nodded and said, "That's right, it's already good enough to survive."
At least compared to the original ending, they could still have a future.
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