When his assistant "Vivian" became Mirror Substitution and the main body disappeared into Mirror World, Merlin Hermes's expression also showed an instant and imperceptible change.
He became another Marionette, and the spirit and will of Klein returned to the secret room under the "Fool" church and returned to his real body.
Of course, at his level, the difference between Marionette and the true body is no longer so obvious. As long as "Worm of Spirit" exists in the body, any of his Marionettes can become the true body at any time as long as they are within the scope of interchange.
But now is the critical moment. He cannot confuse this kind of "priority". The real body must be the real body, Klein Moretti, not some false identity that he has set for the direction of his life.
If this key distinction is confused, when he is promoted, he may be contaminated by the imprint in Beyonder Characteristic and the residual spirit of the previous Beyonder.
That's right, Klein is now only one step away from being promoted to "Mystic Seer" of Sequence 1 by taking Potion.
His Yarnam City has been born in the corresponding area in Spirit World, and was anchored by himself, by Angel, and by the existence of Angel who attended the wedding during the wedding process. It is as completely real and credible as those cities that have existed in the world for hundreds of years.
"Finally we've come this far..."
Getting up from the bunk bed where he had been lying for nearly half a year, Klein recalled the ritual requirements of "Mystic Seer" in his mind, while commanding the clone standing on Gray Fog to "give" himself the nine kinds of Spirit World specialties that had been prepared and the Sequence 1 Characteristic from Antigonus.
Klein was already extremely skilled at this kind of "given to himself" thing, but as he was promoted again and his mastery of "Sefirah Castle" continued to deepen, he thought that he would not have to bother so much soon. That Gray Fog and that Sefirah would completely belong to him, and the things stored in them would be at his fingertips.
The premise is that I am still me later, instead of becoming "Blessing of the Primordial Yellow Celestial Worthy"... He laughed at himself, took the Spirit World specialties that appeared as irregular light fragments, or condensed into a ball of shadow, put them into the small pot that was pulled out from Historical Void, and finally picked up the Beyonder Characteristic of "Mystic Seer".
At the same time, the Marionettes he stayed in the "Fool" church all noticed that the "former Mystic Seer" Antigonus who was watching the wedding in the corner consciously raised his head, looked around, and looked at the floor thoughtfully. His eyes seemed to penetrate the thick ground, staring at the characteristics he once had.
This shows that he can also sense his own Mental Imprint, which is a good thing. What I want to fight is not the pure "Celestial Worthy" and Original Creator, but the consciousness of another Beyonder. This is not 1+1=2, but a fight between three or more existences. It is only good for me... Klein smiled, not paying attention to the reaction of Antigonus, the "sufferer", and threw Beyonder Characteristic into the pot. Spirituality spread away, wrapping all the materials, allowing them to merge and shrink in a ball of blue-black Vortex, and finally became a Potion that was as dark as the sea water at night.
Putting it into a glass bottle with a sense of ceremony, Klein picked up the vial, which was as light as air, looked around the entire Yarnam City from the perspective of the clone in "Sefirah Castle", and finally inspected his own territory.
"Queen Anne's Revenge" is docked at Yarnam Port, and all artillery is ready; in "Dream City", "Hand of Order" is guarding against any possible disturbances on the entire island; in New City of Silver, chief Colin Iliad is in charge of "Crown of Glory", ready to support at any time; In the "Fool" church, "Death Consul" Azik, "Balancer" Anne, "Sage" Bernadette, "Weather Warlock" Glaide all had premonitions, and their expressions became serious.
"Archon" Gerdruff Amon took off the monocle from his right eye and stuffed it into his pocket, squinted and smiled.
Even Leonard, who had been cuddling with Shermane in the lively atmosphere of the wedding, raised his head in confusion and then tilted his head, as if listening to something.
Klein also knows that the "Servant of Concealment" Arianna has been hiding himself in the shadows. When necessary, the beloved of Evernight Goddess can make his God descend briefly.
The loved ones of "Catastrophe" Demoness Angel, Sefirah and "City of Calamity" have also returned to her Mirror World, ready to deal with enemies appearing from the darkness at any time. Once a certain King of Angel appears, her Mirror Person can immediately become "Apocalypse" Demoness, and she herself will hold up "Salinger’s Blood Banner" and turn all Angel present into her own Legion, conquering any invading enemies.
This might be the area with the highest density of Angel in the world, not including many "0" grade Sealed Artifact... Klein thought with relief, and squeezed the glass bottle in his hand.
Those who can come Angel have already come, and those who are not supposed to come seem to have not appeared. There will be no better time.
He originally planned to "fish" for Amon or Zarathus, but the former did not dare to show up at all. The latter also disappeared after saying that he wanted to be the real "Mystic Seer", which gave Klein the illusion that he had become George III, and that fishing would not lead to "promotion".
Could it be that he was also arranged... He smiled bitterly, raised his head and drank Potion.
In an instant, all the Spirit Body Threads and "Worm of Spirit" connected to him were disconnected. His body completely disintegrated and turned into complex and abstract information, blending into the ubiquitous Spirit World.
All the Marionettes in the entire Yarnam City came to a standstill at this moment. The Worm of Spirits in their bodies forgot who they were, where they were, and what they were going to do, as if they had been attacked by Fooling, forgetting everything.
Happily, the "Fool" church, which had already entered the band's performance, became silent. A few "outsiders" like the travel writer Monica looked around in confusion in this strange silence.
But Klein no longer cares about this. He only barely retains his consciousness with basic self-awareness, floating in the information formed by his disintegrated body, floating in the colorful but wonderful Spirit World space that cannot be described in words, as if he will become one with it in the next moment and be completely integrated into it.
Once this step is reached, the existence of "Klein Moretti" will disappear completely. Even if his body is restored, the person controlling it is no longer this human being, but an unknown monster.
At this moment, a certain area deep in Spirit World came into contact with his remaining consciousness.
It is a corresponding area formed by a real city called "Yanan". People of all kinds in it live their own lives, have their own identities and lives, interact with other places in the outside world, and are intertwined with each other, imprinting complex and complete information in Spirit World.
Each of the characters carefully designed by Klein, and the events that result from their interaction, each person's joy, anger, sorrow, laughter, curses, joy and despair pull Klein's consciousness, combining him with the thousands of Spirit World projections of Marionette that actually exist in Yarnam City.
He seems to be everyone, Alesu who studies hard on how to write best-selling works, Anderson who has damaged vocal cords and can only pour his thoughts into paintings, Wendy who likes to make various special sandwich breads, and Tracy who no longer wants to be a rich man's mistress and just wants to develop his own career...
The combined half-year life of the five thousand residents of Yarnam City was a hundred times as long as the years he spent himself. The accumulated emotions almost overwhelmed Klein, who had only basic consciousness left, and made him forget his true identity.
Instinctively, he began to peel away these identities and search for his own essence.
At this time, the dead "Fool" church became noisy again. The Marionettes who had frozen expressions and sluggish movements came to their senses one after another. The four newlyweds on the red carpet also smiled. They held hands and danced melodiously to the performance of the amateur orchestra composed of Yanan residents.
It was Angel. She used the "Marionettist" ability she shared from Klein to regain control of these out-of-control Marionette and let them continue with today's wedding.
At this moment, Klein woke up under the gazes of Angel, Irene, Angelica and Christine, and remembered his most essential identity.
He is the Zhou Mingrui who traveled through time, the Nighthawks Klein of Tingen City, the personal Detective Sherlock of Backlund, the Adventurer Gehrman who traverses Five Seas, the Dawn who returns for revenge, and the Magician Merlin who performs miracles.
But these are just identities and names, their essence is only one...
These identities quickly stood out from the Spirit World projection of Marionette City, and looked toward the infinite heights of Spirit World with other residents.
At the end of their gaze, a symbol composed of "Pupil-less Eye" and "Contorted Lines" gradually appeared. With it as the core, the figure of Klein was outlined.
The "Worm of Spirit" that were disconnected from him one by one, the Beyonder Characteristic that disappeared into Spirit World when his body disintegrated, and the self-knowledge that he extracted and truly belonged to him flew from everywhere and merged into his translucent body, gradually gaining substance.
A few seconds later, Klein opened his eyes.
There is more "Worm of Spirit" integrated into his body than before the promotion, and the same is true for Beyonder Characteristic. In addition to the part of "Miracle Invoker", there is also a whole additional set of characteristics of "Mystic Seer".
This makes him the real "Mystic Seer".
As soon as the thought came to mind, a gray-white fog appeared behind Klein, connecting all the historical fragments. At the top of all the fog was a hazy palace. In the center of the palace stood a blue-black door composed of countless light balls.
This door appeared at the center of Klein's eyebrows at the same time, turning into complicated and difficult to understand symbols, printed on it.
That is the imprint of "Sefirah Castle".
At the same moment, Antigonus in the "Fool" church, Pallez in Leonard's body, and Zarathus far away on an unknown island, Amon in a village in the south of Intis, and even Bethel in the gap between reality and the starry sky all sensed it and looked in this direction.
They all realized that "Sefirah Castle" truly had a master at this moment.
PS: Thanks to the boss "Eternal Pavilion" for rewarding the leader again (づ￣ 3￣)づ~☆