After learning from Pales Zoroaster how to deal with Amon clones and prevent them from transmitting information, Klein was preparing this plan.
He spent two full days repeatedly using Faceless's ability to enter City of Silver, discussing the details with "Chief" Colin, and letting Derrick patrol City of Silver in line with his duties, while he used "Sefirah Castle's" vision to find other Amon clones.
This was not a useless effort. After digging three feet into the ground, he actually found two other "fish that slipped through the net."
Of course, Klein could not rule out whether there were Amon's Avatar hiding in the dark, but according to his guess, the total number of clones in City of Silver was probably less than Sequence 2. Otherwise, placing these "spies" here for a long time would be equivalent to leaving this part of Beyonder Characteristic idle, and it would also be a waste of his own strength. Moreover, Beyonder Sequence of City of Silver is not high. The most powerful chief is only Sequence 4. There is no need to leave Angel-level forces to monitor this place.
After marking all the clones, the chief gathered some residents in batches at the right time and announced plans to strengthen patrols on the road leading to Afternoon Town and establish more outposts and supply points to support the "Giant King’s Court" exploration team that will be formed later.
Naturally, the people summoned included a certain Amon's Avatar, but since there were hundreds of people involved, and City of Silver had organized several large-scale patrols before, this operation was not too sudden, so it did not arouse the vigilance of the clones.
Of course, if Amon's Avatar discovers a problem, Klein, who is monitoring at any time, will give up the disguise and attack directly in "Sefirah Castle", and the chief will promise to use City of Silver A special Sealed Artifact among E attempts to prevent Beyonder Characteristic, the clone of Amon, and "Worm of Time" from returning to the main body.
Fortunately, the plan went well. The clone of Amon was deceived into the underground. As we expected, all the forces in City of Silver were gathered in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness and transmit intelligence... They probably still don't know how Backlund's companions were wiped out in one fell swoop, and they lack vigilance against similar means...
Klein muttered in his mind, throwing away the "Luck Stealer" and "Petrification" that had been used and had lost all their brilliance on the surface. Charm, just now he used the latter to attack himself, and then switched his inevitable death fate with Amon's Avatar, causing him to be completely Petrification from the inside out, losing the ability to transmit information.
In order to ensure the effect of the attack, his body in City of Silver is Historical Projection, and the "Staff of the Stars" used as a feint in his hand is Historical Projection. However, these two Charm are real items brought directly from outside the city.
Under his cold gaze, Amon's body, black robe and even the Crystal Monocle in his eye sockets turned into stone without making any sound. He fell to the ground and broke into stones of different sizes. A thick "Worm of Time" emerged from the corpse, and a brilliant light flashed inside, flying outward at an extremely fast speed.
Sure enough, the simple "Petrification" cannot solve the problem of Amon's clone returning to the main body "Worm of Time"... Klein was not surprised, but was prepared for it. "Staff of the Stars" was sent back to Historical Void. His free hand reached into his pocket and touched the other two Charm. Before he could take them out completely, he poured Spirituality into them and chanted in a low voice:
"Betrayal."
"Destiny!"
When he was attacked by "betrayal" and "Luck Stealer" had not yet transferred its effects, Klein could even feel some thoughts in his body beginning to stir, as if resisting his personality as "Klein" and almost forming his own thoughts.
But as fate changed, this abnormality quickly disappeared, and the "Worm of Time" in the air suddenly paused. The light spot inside representing Beyonder Characteristic betrayed each other and the insect body that stored the information obtained by the clone, exploded into a small fire, and then lost its power and fell back to the ground.
It was only then that the "Chief" Colin Iliad, who was hiding in the dark, slowly walked out. His Straight Sword, which was always with him, was inserted on the ground behind him. A little pure and thick light appeared on the ground, walls and ceiling with his footsteps.
Klein guesses that this is the effect of one of the two "God-level Sealed Artifact" of City of Silver, which is Orthodox Church's Sealed Artifact numbered as "0" level, but the specific Pathway and effect are unclear.
And he had some doubts about whether Sealed Artifact, which probably only had the power of Sequence 2, had the ability to intercept "Worm of Time". After all, Pallez said that he wanted to stop The return of Worm of Time and characteristics, in addition to using "betrayal" and other Charm tricks, must at least have the power of Sequence 1, and he did not think that "Forsaken Land of the Gods" still had such a precious Beyonder Characteristic.
Unless, although that Sealed Artifact only has the characteristics of Sequence 2, it has a higher status, just like the Charm made with the power of "City of Calamity"...
While thinking, Klein watched Colin approach the body of Amon's clone that had been Petrification, picked up the fallen "Worm of Time" and the condensed characteristics, and came to him.
According to the agreement, "Worm of Time" left by Amon's clone belongs to Klein, and Beyonder Characteristic will be distributed according to the degree of preciousness.
Klein's eyes briefly paused on the larger insect body formed by the aggregation of multiple clones, and then looked at the mass of Beyonder Characteristic. Based on the attraction of the adjacent Sequence's aggregation instinct and the characteristics of the Amon clone he had seen before, he judged:
"It should be Sequence 3, but it's more than normal... It's about two parts. After dividing it, we can have half of it each."
This is consistent with his previous judgment: Amon did not station Angel-level clones in City of Silver, especially at the critical moment when Pallez competed for Sequence 1 Characteristic.
But Colin shook his head and said in a low tone:
"City of Silver will not leave this Beyonder Characteristic, it will easily lead to disaster... Can I sacrifice it to Mr. 'Fool' in exchange for a favor?"
In fact, I don't want to accept this characteristic. It has limited effect on weakening Amon's strength, but it makes me easy to be found by the opponent. It is very safe to keep it in Grey Mist, but it completely loses its intended effect...
Klein's expression was a little stiff, and he asked after a moment:
"Do you need the great Mr. Fool to give you blessings and help you be promoted to the 'Silver Knight' of Sequence 3?"
Even with the ability to "clown", Klein still feels a little hot on his face when he talks about his "great self".
Fortunately, his action of directly breaking through "Chief" Colin's thoughts caused the latter to fall into silence for a short time, and his eyes lowered to the ground, as if looking through the floor to a location deep underground.
"Yes, Promotion Ritual of 'Silver Knight' needs the blessing of God."
The "Demon Hunter" with white hair and beard and aged eyes replied slowly.
This is a trivial matter. "Fool" has nothing else. With the blessing of "Sefirah Castle", his status is still sufficient... Klein pulled a smile from the corner of his mouth and nodded:
"After I leave, you can arrange Sacrifice Ritual. I think the great Mr. Fool will not refuse the request of a devout believer."
He was not prepared to receive "Worm of Time" and Beyonder Characteristic himself, because when Historical Projection disappeared, he could take nothing with him except what he saw, heard, and learned.
Thinking of this, he looked around and continued:
"Now that the matter of the clone of 'Angel of Time' Amon has been resolved, it's time for you to fulfill another promise.
Colin nodded, put away Beyonder Characteristic, and walked towards the exit of the basement:
"Come on, I'll take you to the library."
Returning his thoughts to his real body, Klein quickly arrived on top of Gray Fog without any delay. It didn't take long before he heard the prayer from City of Silver and received the sacrifice from "Chief" Colin.
Looking at the characteristics of Amon and "Worm of Time" lying obediently on the long bronze table, Klein curled his lips in disgust.
He can also make the "Worm of Time" that has lost its characteristics into the powerful Charm, which can be regarded as making the best use of it, but this Sequence 3 Beyonder Characteristic gathered together under the power of Amon was a hot potato, and he didn't dare to bring it into reality at all, because the characteristics at this stage were enough to attract the attention of Amon and easily reveal his position, even if it was made into Mystical Item.
"It seems that I can only leave it to Pallez. He should have a way to isolate Amon's perception... Well, I can ask Leonard to convey my meaning on Tarot Club."
Muttering, Klein threw this "Amon" into the pile of debris behind the high-backed chair and let him stay with the other Mystical Item and Beyonder Characteristic. Under the suppression of "Sefirah Castle", he was not worried about what bad things this "Marauder" Sequence 3's characteristics would do.
After handling the trophies, he once again turned his attention to the illusory aperture produced by Colin Iliad's prayer. He watched Sequence 4's "Demon Hunter" silently prepare for the ceremony and brought in a He arranged the complex altar with the remains of a powerful creature he had killed in the past, and with the help of Spirituality's intuition, he recalled what he had just seen in the ancient books in the library in City of Silver's spire tower.
In the short period of time before Historical Projection disappeared, he very purposefully selected a few books and read them as quickly as possible before he could read them carefully.
Most of the content is the history of Second Epoch that he does not yet understand or is difficult to confirm. Unfortunately, City of Silver's collection of books does not have much content, and the information about "Dark Angel" Sastiel he is about to deal with is even blank; a small part is ancient myths and legends, from which Klein got the information he needs:
Information about "Demonic Wolf", "God of Wishes" and Cottar.
Of course, the records in many books are not connected with this "Miracle Invoker", but are the conclusions reached by Klein's own exploration. For example, the ruins of the city-state not far to the north of City of Silver have the high-level existence of "Seer" Pathway. This naturally reminds Klein of Cottar, but this was not mentioned in the information given by Evernight Goddess, which made him very interested.
In addition to these purposeful explorations, Klein also discovered some anomalies: City of Silver's library did not have any records about the two "God-level Sealed Artifact". When he tentatively asked the "chief" why he did not use these two Sealed Artifact as the source of "God's blessings", the other party said that they would not grant blessings.
"It can be seen from the expression of the chief that they are dependent on 'God-level Sealed Artifact' and have deep fear... This makes me more and more curious. Unfortunately, as an outsider, I have no chance to come into contact with those two Sealed Artifact. Otherwise, even if I just take a look and touch, I can get their help in the future with Historical Projection..."
He actually suspected that these two pieces of Sealed Artifact were kept deep underground in Twin Towers, because when talking about God's blessing, the "chief" subconsciously glanced in that direction.
It's a pity that even the peek of "Sefirah Castle" can't penetrate that hidden area, unless he can personally go deep underground and pray to himself in response.
Feeling more and more deeply the importance of "connections" to a Scholar of Yore, Klein sighed regretfully. Seeing that the chief's ceremony had been prepared, he pulled the general out of the pile of debris and found the relatively exquisitely tailored Paper Figurine, added "Sefirah Castle" and his own strength, and threw it into the aperture.
Immediately, the sacred light and Angel with twelve pairs of wings surrounded the "Demon Hunter".
Two days later, rays of crimson light flashed, and all the members gathered again at the long bronze table of Tarot Club.
After "Justice" led everyone to greet Mr. "Fool" as usual, "Sun" Derrick stood up again, bowed to the head of the long table with some excitement, and said:
"Dear Mr. Fool, thank you for your help and blessings to City of Silver. Our 'chief' has been promoted to Sequence 3!"
Alas, compared to "Forsaken Land of the Gods"'s lonely exploration in the dark, this time has a greater sense of accomplishment... Klein smiled secretly behind Gray Fog, nodded:
"A small thing."
After that, he noticed that "Empress" Angel, who was sitting next to his left hand, also cast his gaze over.
A sense of nervousness suddenly diluted the joy in his heart.