Klein had some "pre-plans" for the sudden attack by Zarathus and Amon. After all, he did not stay with Backlund all the time, and he did not necessarily have the personal protection of Angel around him. It was possible that these two masters of prophecy, puzzle solving, and loopholes could find an opportunity to take advantage of him.
Therefore, after confirming that the visitor was Zarathus and that his own measures to "curl" Spirit Body Threads failed, Klein immediately activated the backup plan.
There was a "click" sound of broken glass in his arms, and his body turned into scattered mirror shards.
This is the "Mirror Substitution" given to him by Angel, made with a little of his blood, and the Flaming Jump and Paper Figurine Substitute belonging to "Seer" are equivalent to being invalid in front of the Sequence higher Zarathus.
Only Marionettist or higher Pathway Beyonder could see black lines flying around in the air, instantly connected to another place, where a figure was outlined, it was Klein who had changed his position.
But he was immediately controlled by Spirit Body Threads again. His expression was dull and his eyes were lifeless. He was just a Marionette who walked out of Mirror World.
At the moment when Mirror Substitution escaped from control, Klein had exchanged it with Marionette, a fish transformed in the nearby sea, allowing the fishman Gehrman to replace him. He became the target of Zarathus's control, so he dived into the water, and the Sealed Artifact gloves transformed into the soul of "Wind-blessed" drained the surrounding water, giving him a chance to breathe.
If it weren't for Spirit Body Threads who subconsciously controlled the creatures in the sea the moment he noticed something was wrong with the surrounding environment, there would be no way he could move faster than "Mystic Seer" who is Sequence 1!
This is the role of caution... Klein, who had regained his clarity of mind, subconsciously thought, without hesitation, to make "Creeping Hunger" appear transparent and shiny, and to ask Teleportation to leave this place and escape Zarathus's follow-up attack.
But the familiar feeling of sluggishness hit his mind again.
Oops... I was discovered... again...
The sluggish thoughts floated slowly, and Klein noticed that his own Marionette was not the only one in the water. There were countless Spirit Body Threadss in the nearby sea that were gathering upwards, like suspended sea creatures swimming around. They were all Zarathus's Marionettes, and they were all his eyes and hands.
And these countless hands, stroking his Spirit Body Threads, will turn him into another Marionette in a few seconds, allowing Zarathus to control "Sefirah Castle" and the power belonging to Sefirah.
This is the real reason why He perseveres in searching for Klein!
Under the gaze of countless Zarathus's Marionette, the Spirit Body Threads connected in all directions of Klein's body gradually converged and floated upward, like the lines controlling a puppet, and were about to return to Zarathus.
But at the source of the line, a burst of gray-white mist suddenly appeared next to Klein, and his body blurred and entered History Void.
This allowed him to get rid of the struggle for control of Spirit Body Threads, and his mind became clear again. Pieces of broken light spots appeared in front of his eyes. The interior was strange and strange, including the turmoil when George III's mausoleum was destroyed, the gunshots when Ince Zangwill was killed, and the wails of the dead when Backlund Great Smog.
This is the "History Void" that each Scholar of Yore detects, and it is also the Pathway that they obtain the power of the "past".
Before Klein could breathe a sigh of relief amid the many light spots, in the gray mist behind him, a group of smooth, Distortion tentacles broke apart Historical Void, got into it, and extended towards him.
In the center of the tentacles, a mass of transparent worm-like substance flowed out, like a flood quickly approaching him.
That is Zarathus, or Mythical Creature Form of "Seer" Pathway. He actually got into the History Void belonging to Klein and eroded towards him!
Klein immediately broke into a cold sweat. The reason why he tried to use "Mirror Substitution" and Teleportation to escape instead of getting into History Void immediately was It is because he is worried that he will encounter this situation. After all, he is only Scholar of Yore of Sequence 3, and his own abilities are very likely to be restrained by Zarathus of Sequence 1.
Until he was surrounded by endless Marionette and Spirit Body Threads was about to fall, he had no choice but to get into Historical Void and try to escape through another method.
This place is like the Mirror World that Klein has visited several times, except that Mirror Tunnel has been replaced by a different Historical Void Image, and even Scholar of Yore can only observe and interpret different historical fragments here, and cannot do anything else.
This also means that the Beyonder inside it cannot use its own abilities to fight, and can only compete with the "endurance" of traveling among different Historical Image, and the "insight" of the number of History Void.
There is no doubt that Archangel, who exists as Fourth Epoch, has wider "knowledge" and stronger "endurance" than Zarathus. If you simply compete with the opponent's escape speed in History Void, Klein has no chance of winning.
His only hope is to immediately hide in a certain period of history that only he knows, in order to escape the other party's tracking.
Even if it's too late to arrive, you should try to delay as much time as possible to have any hope of being rescued.
So he pulled out his "legs" and ran, flying through different historical fragments, passing by the warring Reinette and Suah, stepping on the streets of "Dream City", the taunts of Amon's clone rang in his ears, and his nose was filled with the poisonous mist of Great Smog.
Zarathus's "tide" of worms was chasing after him, and he obviously had a corresponding understanding of these histories. Not only was he not thrown away, but he followed him closer and closer, making Klein's premonition of danger stronger.
Damn it, if this continues, let alone running to Second Epoch, which he may not be familiar with, I will be overtaken and swallowed before I can even reach Fourth Epoch... From the corner of his eye, Klein saw the slippery tentacles getting closer and closer to him, and he was extremely anxious. He could only keep silently reciting any God, Angel, Honorific Name he knew, hoping to attract someone's attention, and his body became Slowing, as if he had been pulled up to Spirit Body Threads, and was about to become Marionette.
In History Void, what "Scholar of Yore" can't do doesn't mean that "Mystic Seer" can't do it. He can only escape, but Zarathus can even fight here!
At this moment, Klein's somewhat familiar figures emerged from the History Void in front of him.
They are as slender as hounds, covered with short black hair, their eye sockets are ignited with dark red flames, and the corners of their mouths are grinned to the back of their heads. They are the "Source Castle Watcher" and Fugen Hound that Klein encountered when seeking Sequence 3 Potion materials.
These hounds that had once begged for Klein were now baring their teeth and jumping past him, who was running forward, and pounced on Zarathus's tentacles and worms behind him.
They...Klein's consciousness suddenly woke up, and there was an impulse in his mind to give up his escape and turn around to save the Fugen Hounds, but he knew that this would not help and would only make the sacrifices of these Source Castle Watchers worthless.
Just when his eyes were sore and he was clenching his teeth and preparing to continue running away, Spirituality suddenly sent a reminder, which made his mind covered by the premonition of danger suddenly turn to an idea, and he turned back without hesitation to face the "tide" of Zarathus.
The latter's body was covered with several Fugen Hound, and the slippery tentacles were slapping them, just like slapping the Wild Dog that was eating itself. Another part of the worms bypassed the obstruction and continued to turn into a tide and rush toward Klein.
The moment the two met, Klein decisively broke away from Historical Void, returned to Physical World, and appeared on the previous beach.
The gray mist behind him gradually dissipated, and History Void gradually closed. During this period, no tentacles or worms emerged from it.
A few greasy black tentacles tore Gray Fog apart, and a group of transparent worms emerged from History Void, quickly reappearing as an old man wearing a black robe, a hood, and a thick white beard.
He used "miracles" to make Klein leave Backlund, and then moved his Teleportation destination "Grafting" to Zarathus on the island of the Berserk Sea.
Stepping on the soft beach with his feet, Zarathus immediately found himself in a strange state: he lost contact with all Marionette located at Physical World, and the target he was tracking also disappeared.
Dream? phantom?
Mirror World!
According to the power that Gehrman Sparrow might be exposed to, it only took less than a second for Zarathus to confirm the current situation. He stretched out his left hand and continuously grasped the void in front of him.
A man wearing a dark red coat embroidered with gold thread, with long curly chestnut hair and blue eyes was pulled out of History Void by him, followed by a middle-aged man with black hair and blue eyes wearing a large cloak, a square face, and a majestic temperament.
These are two Archangel who are Sequence 1 together with Zarathus, "Knowledge Emperor" Roselle Gustav, and Historical Projection who are "Hand of Order" William Augustus I.
The former is his best and most familiar friend, and one of the strongest Angels in the network. The latter also cooperated with him not long ago. Although he is still alive, he will not mind being borrowed from the power of history.
With their protection, Zarathus started to capture History Void again. He wanted to find a certain "Unaging" Demoness who had a one-night stand with him, and with the help of his power, who had been promoted to "Catastrophe", he could escape from this "Mirror World".
But before he could touch the graceful body of Demoness in that fragment of history, an even more graceful figure was outlined in front of the three Archangel.
At the same time, the entire "Mirror World" seemed to welcome its own master, making a tooth-grinding, glass-like harsh sound, and a breath of destruction spewed out.
It was only then that Zarathus slowly retracted his hand that reached into the void.
His palms were empty. That "Catastrophe" Demoness actually refused the summons and refused to be an enemy of the person in front of him!
Looking at "Essence of Calamity in the Mirror" with fluttering blond hair and deep purple eyes in front of him, Zarathus fell into silence briefly.