Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 816: Chapter 259 The True History of the Taren Dynasty’s Collapse

So, is this Mushroomhead really the Pursuer of Light or not?

Leonard Churchill also became more and more puzzled as he asked.

Based on the facts, this guy should be the leader of the Thirteen Masked Knights.

But he had just said that he is, yet he isn’t?

What does that mean?

Leonard thought back to the time they went to the “Battle of Ironforge” in the Alternate Dimension, guessing in his mind: Could this be related to his abilities?

Noah Wright knew his words were somewhat cryptic and gave a faint smile.

However, he did not show any intention of further explaining and casually said, “This is not too important. You will know soon enough.”

“…”

Hearing this, Leonard didn’t press further.

Having said farewell to that foolish girl, he now took a more indifferent view of many things.

He instead asked, “So, your reason for coming here is?”

….

Leonard didn’t think it was a coincidence that he ran into him.

As the leader of the Thirteen Knights, now that his identity has been revealed, he wouldn’t show his face in public unless it was something significant.

Especially at such a sensitive juncture.

No sooner had he spoken than Leonard expected Mushroomhead to spew some more enigmatic words, but to his surprise, the man stated his objectives straightforwardly: “Waiting for you. Watching a show. Killing a few people. And finally… a card game.”

The amount of information was overwhelming.

As Leonard listened, his eyes darted back and forth rapidly.

The tone was light, but every word seemed to brew a storm.

Before he had time to fully grasp the meaning of these words, Noah Wright directly asked, “By the way, do you have the item the captain gave you with you?”

Upon hearing this, Leonard did not answer directly but instead asked, “Do you know what that item is?”

He felt it was necessary to remind the other party of what he knew.

Leonard himself did not know what the jar was before.

Now, having traveled back a hundred years through time, he knew.

And because he knew, he was even more aware of the severity of the situation.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Pottery Jar was akin to a “nuclear bomb.”

If leaked, it could even destroy the entire Card Master Civilization.

Different from a hundred years ago, back then a King Snake, which had lived for thousands of years, was left by the ancestors of the White Family to guard the jar.

That “Crimson Corruption” had not developed fully, and hence was easier to deal with.

Whereas now, the jar had been in the hands of the higher-ups at X Bureau for who knows how many years, and had been contaminated for who knows how long… Even the previous Pursuer of Light was likely done in by this problem.

So, Mushroomhead, are you really up for this?

Noah Wright understood his gaze and continued calmly, “I know.”

At the same time, he added, “So, this card game is a matter of life and death.”

“???”

As these words were spoken, Leonard felt the hairs on his back stand on end.

For the leader of the Thirteen Knights to speak of “staking one’s life,” how big was the game he was prepared to play?

Speaking of which, Noah Wright seemed to recall something and posed a significant question, “Let me ask you a question. If it requires jeopardizing the lives of many innocents, to save even more, or possibly everyone… how would you choose?”

Leonard thought about it; he couldn’t answer the question, only saying, “From the stand-point of humanity, any choice is wrong. There’s no absolutely just answer to this question.”

“Yes, indeed. But someone must carry certain sins. Some choices must be made by someone. Standing at great heights, sometimes the wind is quite strong.”

Noah’s tone remained even as he lightly said, “This card game… I’ve staked my own life, as well as the destiny of the Card Master Civilization.”

“…”

Leonard fell into deep thought.

He used to think these people who stood at great heights spoke cryptically,

For the first time, he felt this man was speaking too plainly, and it was somewhat hard to accept.

The burden of a civilization is not something just anyone can bear.

Noah didn’t continue with the heavy topic, “Are you interested in learning some missing history about the ‘Great Catastrophe’?”

“Yes!”

Of course, Leonard was interested.

How the Taren Dynasty was destroyed three thousand years ago, what the often-mentioned “Great Catastrophe” in historical documents was, why there was a gap in history… and so on.

This has been a huge mystery that puzzled countless historians.

Since Noah brought it up, it must be something that could be disclosed.

And now, Leonard also knew some fragmented information. He understood that the missing history couldn’t be referenced probably because of the taboo associated with the names of certain beings; just mentioning them would invoke contamination.

And he, coincidentally, was the one who would not be contaminated.

As Noah spoke, he looked at Leonard, his desire to share these secrets welling up, and added, “Do you know, keeping these secrets to oneself without being able to share is very… suffocating.”

As he said this, a mysterious expression akin to that of a bard about to tell a tale appeared on his face. He went straight to the point: “This story… starts with a few ‘Outer Gods.’

It was the first time Leonard had heard this term, “Outer Gods?”

Noah explained, “Yes. A general term for deities that exist outside of the fifty-two card Sequence. It’s how they are referred to in the historical documents recorded on the ‘Forbidden Ruins Stele.’

“…”

As Leonard listened, he came to a realization; so there was this concept.

Among the Old Day Deities he had encountered, such as the ‘Master of Dreams and Pleasure’ Arachne, whom the Silver Moon Sect worshiped, and the ‘King of War and Destruction’ Akris, known from the Alternate Dimension.

One of these was suspected to be the ‘Club Q-Moonlight Empress,’ and the other was the God that emerged after the Divinity of the ‘Spade J-War God’ sequence-directed Demon God Origin Card spiraled out of control.

In general, these were deities that had been part of the Card Master Civilization.

Outer Gods, then, were those beyond this.

Where did they come from?