Klein had witnessed Spirit Body Threads being stolen both in the church during his first visit to Mist Town and during his battle with Zarathus, so naturally, he had long since prepared for it. Although his skill and speed in "manipulating" these black threads fell short of the maddened Mystic Seer's, they were more than enough to interfere.
The soldier puppets summoned by "0-01" regained their agility. They raised weapons of varying designs, all blazing with fire, and hurled them at the tide of transparent, twisted worms.
Bang, bang—
Amid successive thunderous reports, the flaming weapons shattered into brilliant fragments in midair. The Marionettes hanging from the ceiling opened their eyes, pointed their hands downward, and imitated gunshots with their mouths, sending Air Cannonballs as powerful as heavy artillery hurtling down. They shattered most of the flaming weapons and reduced many soldier puppets to damp soil.
Just then, Klein seized his chance and swung the Staff of the Stars. A bolt of lightning the Lord of Storms had used to strike an Amon avatar dead reappeared in the palace hall. The terrifying thunderbolt illuminated every dark corner, severing the Spirit Body Threads of the Marionettes still hanging overhead and vaporizing their bodies one after another.
The transparent tentacles behind these Marionettes thrashed furiously. With the restrictive law erased, the mystical patterns formed by a complete mythical creature lit up again across their surfaces, leaving Angel and Klein blank-faced once more and robbing them of some of their ability to think.
But a strand of mystical plague Angel had already released had passed through the open doors into the entrance hall. The Marionettes, who differed in sex, age, and clothing but moved in unison as they leaped among the soldier puppets, began coughing involuntarily. Their movements grew sluggish, as though their