Endless Debt-Chapter 745 - 223: Anti-Magic Specialist

"Joyful Garden?"

At the moment they heard the term, Bologue and the others felt a chill. As field staff of the Order Bureau, the Joyful Garden was not unfamiliar to them.

"Joyful Garden... or rather, the sanctuary of the Zongge Orchestra, the land of the Joyous Desire Witch."

The Canary examined the Tooth of Deathly Silence in her hand. Some traces of blood still lingered on the cold metal, but Bai Ou’s head had disappeared.

During the time she lost consciousness until she woke up, someone had taken Bai Ou’s head. The Canary could guess the identity of the person, but she hadn’t expected her to act personally.

Bologue was stunned for a moment. He hadn’t expected this eerie Void Realm, often mentioned in whispers, to be associated with a Devil.

"Our Ether and Alchemy Matrix have all fallen silent, no longer responding," Bologue asked, "Is this related to the Devil’s land too?"

Bologue and the others were on this speeding train, and no one knew where its destination would be. On this train, they were stripped of their Extraordinary Power, reverting back to ordinary humans.

Like fish leaving their familiar sea, losing their Extraordinary Power made them feel uneasy.

"It should be."

The Canary took a deep breath and said the words she couldn’t finish saying to Lebius, turning to Bologue.

"The Unfettered Poetry Society once studied the Devil, and Belphegor was not opposed to it, quite the contrary, he cooperated fully with our research."

Among the many groups that worship the Devil, the Unfettered Poetry Society is undoubtedly the one with the most harmonious relations.

"The Devil is like the embodiment of a certain conceptual force, the will that dominates this force."

Bologue nodded in affirmation of the Canary’s words. This knowledge wasn’t a secret to him; he had known these things from his encounters with the Devil.

"The Devil cannot directly interfere with the material world, or rather, it cannot form a concrete entity in the material world. As for why, I’m not clear, but the Devil opened its own land in the material world to establish a foothold."

As the Canary spoke, she reached out to touch the wall. The space they were in now clearly exceeded the capacity a train carriage should have, expanding infinitely like a Cultivation Room inside the Joy Park train.

"The Devil’s land, in other words..." Bologue continued the Canary’s words, "a Void Realm constructed using the Devil’s Power."

"I’ve encountered Void Realms constructed by the Devil’s Power," Bologue recalled the wandering crossroads, "Unlike common Void Realms, these lands of the Devil often liberate the Devil’s power to a certain extent and possess special rules."

For example, within the wandering crossroads, as long as you have enough Mammon Coins, you can realize desires equivalent to their value within the crossroads.

The Canary said with some surprise, "You sound like a demon expert."

"Perhaps... but I do often deal with Devils."

Bologue didn’t think of this as something to be proud of. From the information obtained, it seemed that the loss of their Extraordinary Power was due to the powers of the Joyful Garden at work.

"What else do you know?" Bologue pressed on, "As an enemy, you should know more than the Order Bureau."

The primary adversaries of the Order Bureau are normally the King’s Secret Sword, and those relentless sects of the Scarlet Rot. They seldom have contact with secretive groups like the Zongge Orchestra and the Unfettered Poetry Society.

"Just some rumors, some that came from the mouths of traitors."

The Canary recalled, she had questioned "Endless Poems" but due to her fury against the traitor, she remained in the same camp with Belphegor. With Belphegor’s help, she launched a long hunt against the traitor, extracting plenty of useful information from them.

"Joyful Garden, an idyllic haven where pleasure never ceases, just like the banquet on the train never ends. It has some means unknown to us, spreading its tickets to the world, and only those with intense desires can obtain a ticket and board the train."

Palmer interjected, "Do you think we seem like people with intense desires?"

"That’s something I blame myself for," the Canary said, taking out the ticket with a somewhat pensive expression, "I also thought I was someone without intense desires, but I forgot the fierce desire for revenge that drove me to chase the traitor and get this ticket..."

The atmosphere grew silent, and after a moment, Palmer asked puzzledly, "Are we considered unlucky for being dragged into this by you?"

Palmer was a perennial unlucky soul, and he accepted such things quickly.

"It’s not that simple. Bai Ou disappeared."

Bologue looked at the Canary’s dagger, "I understand the style of the Devils. They chase value like fiends and never do anything without value. I don’t think Bai Ou had such value to warrant a Devil acting personally, much less to involve all of us."

The Joyous Desire Witch had her own purposes, but Bologue wasn’t clear about them yet.

"And then?" Aimou noticed an issue, "What happens after those with strong desires come to the Joyful Garden?"

"Desires will be fulfilled."

The Canary paused for a moment, then continued, "According to the traitors, in this Joyful Garden, there is a power hidden that can satisfy all desires."

Bologue said, "A Devil?"

"No, a Devil requires equivalent value and souls. But within the Joyful Garden, there seems to be some special way that even without equivalent value or souls, desires can still be fulfilled... like a loophole in the rules."