The aggregation law remained in effect even at high sequences. Judging by Angel and Klein's experiences, its effects were even stronger than at low and middle sequences!
Thus, while discussing how to deal with Antigonus, the "Half Fool," above the Gray Fog, Klein had proposed using the aura of the Sefirah, Sefirah Castle, and the Velvet Curtain, which contained characteristics from every sequence of the Seer Pathway, to attract this Sequence 1 characteristic. This was not their only plan, but it had certainly proved effective.
To their further delight, besides the unstable "Mystic Seer" characteristic that had separated from the mass of worms formed after Antigonus lost control, the Card of Blasphemy floating in the air also drifted toward the doorway on a gentle breeze, following closely behind the characteristic. It had seemed to waver between two sources of attraction.
It undoubtedly contained the complete potion formulas and rituals for the Seer Pathway!
The instant Angel noticed this, one of the clay soldiers in her Legion leaped up, grabbed the card depicting Emperor Roselle and a dog, with "Fool" written in starlight, and threw it through the doorway.
The soldier was then swallowed by the surging worms. They chased frantically after the drifting "Mystic Seer" characteristic, as though driven by an instinct from deep within.
Seeing this, Klein, who stood beside the doorway, pressed his hand against the open door without hesitation and swung it shut. Just as the Sequence 1 characteristic and the Fool card flew out one after another, he closed the door.
In the final second before the gap closed, the images lingering on his retinas were tentacles flailing against an invisible barrier that had abruptly appeared; a translucent mask rising from the mass of contorted, transparent worms, engraved with a symbol that was half a Pupil-less