Arc 26Miracles in the Forsaken Land

Klein and Alice helped Moon City and other surviving settlements while searching for Kotar and preparing to enter the Giant King's Court. The arc ended with Alice warning Colin that opening the Court could draw True Gods and Angels into a major conflict.

  • Klein and Alice explored ancient ruins beneath the Forsaken Land and found a light-swallowing abyss, where Alice repeatedly kicked Amon back into the darkness.
  • Klein and the Tarot Club defeated Butis, while the dangerous Box of the Great Old Ones carried Fors into Sefirah Castle and later back to Cattleya.
  • Klein reached Moon City, healed its residents, revealed the truth about their Creator, and promised to lead them out, and Alice helped Nim's ritual reach the sealed Key of Light.
  • Alice learned from the True Creator that she needed the First Blasphemy Slate and that the people of the Forsaken Land should be evacuated before an approaching opportunity.
  • Alice encountered Amon and Ouroboros while seeking Will, escaped, and warned Klein that Amon had returned, and she then recruited Derrick to help explore the Giant King's Court.
  • Klein investigated North City, discovered that Kotar's statue was an Angel-level Amon avatar, and retreated, and afterward, Alice and Derrick visited Dawn and helped its residents.
  • Klein used a Restart charm to recover after the True Creator contaminated him through prayer, then confronted Kotar, but abandoned the hunt when Alice warned him of the danger.
  • Alice and Klein returned Derrick to the City of Silver, where Alice warned Colin that opening the Giant King's Court could provoke a battle among True Gods, Angels, and Kings of Angels.
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Ch. 642Building Complex

Klein and Alice crossed a cursed wilderness in the Land Abandoned by God, where they found a ruined building complex beneath the ravines that might be where the Ancient Sun God emerged. Alice warned Klein about the danger of awakening directly as a high-sequence being, and they continued onward after avoiding a wandering, dead Cyclops.

  • Alice and Klein traveled through the Land Abandoned by God, passing time with card games until the Tarot Club gathered on Monday.
  • At the Tarot Club, Leonard, or Pallez, asked the others to find the Female Witch Rita Skeeter, whose identity Alice had invented from a comic-book signature.
  • Alice stopped Klein's vehicle before a series of ravines and detected a curse in the grayish-yellow mist, while Klein's silver water protected him as they crossed into it.
  • Alice and Klein spotted a dead Cyclops producing the mist and found an ancient building complex beneath a fissure that they suspected was where the Ancient Sun God had crawled out.
  • Alice explained that castle owners had captured prisoners and planned for them to awaken in their bodies, warning that rapid evolution into Mythical Creatures could turn them into sacrifices; Klein stopped probing the matter.
  • As they moved on, Alice described seeing multiple aspects of Klein, including his fate, and joked that he looked like worms to her.

Ch. 643Underground Research Institute

Klein and Alice explored a sealed underground research institute and learned from its Russian records that researchers had turned into petroleum and heard a presence calling from underground. Alice recognized that something below had devoured the petroleum, but refused to explain what it was until Klein became an Angel.

  • Klein and Alice returned to the gully, found no entrance in the gray buildings, and used Leymanno's Travel Notes to open a path through them.
  • Klein and Alice reached a half-open iron door, where decayed firearms collapsed into dust and then re-formed; Alice discussed her limits on sustaining Fate Cycles.
  • Klein and Alice entered what appeared to be a research institute and used a translator to read notes describing people turning into petroleum and becoming trapped inside.
  • Alice identified the black traces as petroleum and concluded that something underground had devoured it, but told Klein not to ask or think about the presence until he became an Angel.

Ch. 644Kick

Klein and Alice explored a dark abyss connected to underground corruption, where Alice kicked an emaciated Amon avatar back into the void before he could speak. As they continued traveling through the Forsaken Land of the Gods, their banter and updates about the Tarot Club led Alice to speculate that the Wheel of Fortune pathway’s authority was stronger than its poor combat abilities suggested.

  • Klein followed Alice into a dark passage after divining that the danger was acceptable, and they found a light-swallowing abyss at its end.
  • Amon climbed onto the ledge, but Alice kicked him back into the darkness twice while Klein retreated from the murmuring bronze door in Sefirah Castle.
  • Amon reappeared in a crowd, realized the Fool was in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, and considered how to proceed against him.
  • Alice told Klein that the abyss was connected to underground corruption and speculated that it might separate an Amon avatar from his main body and give it an independent personality.
  • Alice took over driving their projected car, negotiated with Klein for permission to eat ice cream at one Tarot Club gathering, and later discussed the Fate pathway’s powers with him.
  • Cattleya arrived in Backlund, Audrey finished digesting her Dreamwalker potion, and Klein recorded Travel powers in Fors’s Leymanno’s Travel Notes to help her acting progress.

Ch. 645Playing House

At the Tarot Club, Alice’s conjured ice cream drew questions before she and Klein watched the hunt for Butis from Sefirah Castle. Alice intervened to neutralize Butis’s recorded Restart, and after the Box of the Great Old Ones reached the castle, Klein cleansed the corruption from Butis’s Beyonder Characteristic; they then planned to use Fors to contact the Goddess while she remained trapped in the box.

  • Alice brought a Historical Projection ice cream to the Tarot Club, where Audrey recognized it and Leonard asked where it came from.
  • Audrey advanced to demigod and Fors advanced to Traveler, allowing the Tarot Club’s plan to hunt Butis to proceed.
  • When Butis’s recorded Restart disrupted the battle, Alice used Restart to undo the interference and reopen the area around the fight.
  • Cattleya and the others sent the Box of the Great Old Ones to Sefirah Castle, where its power restrained the box; Klein and Alice avoided investigating its dangerous third layer.
  • Klein shattered Butis’s Beyonder Characteristic inside Sefirah Castle and cleansed its corruption before it reassembled.
  • Klein proposed using Fors to summon his Historical Projection outside the Forsaken Land of the Gods so he could pray to the Goddess, while Alice remembered that Fors was still inside the box.

Ch. 646Demanding

Klein arranged for Fors to be freed from the Box of the Old Days, then used a Historical Projection to seek information and Sealed Artifacts from several churches. He obtained the Goddess’s guidance about Kotar, but his attempts to ask the Lord of Storms and the Eternal Blazing Sun for artifacts ended with his marionettes being killed.

  • Alice warned Klein that the original owner of the place could kill her, and Klein sent the Box of the Old Days containing Fors back to Cattleya.
  • Archbishop Anthony asked Leonard whether he could contact Miss Fortune, and Leonard claimed he could get an answer through an informant who worshiped The Fool.
  • Klein and Alice discussed approaching the Abraham Family and trying to obtain Sealed Artifact 0-32 from the Lord of Storms.
  • Klein prayed to the Goddess of the Night at St. Samuel's Church and received information about Kotar, the Gloomy Demon Wolf.
  • Klein sent a Historical Projection of his Winner marionette to pray for 0-32 at Holy Wind Cathedral, but the Lord of Storms struck it down with lightning.
  • Klein tried to obtain 0-13 at the Eternal Blazing Sun's church, but the Winner marionette was burned to death, and he later told Alice what happened.

Ch. 647Approaching

Klein and Alice continued their journey through the Land Abandoned by God, changing course after Leonard reported that Amon had succeeded. Alice sent Klein to inspect a seal and bring a miracle to Moon City, then prepared to use the Staff of Stars to travel there.

  • Klein told Alice that the Goddess's old information about Kotar might be unreliable, and they decided to keep traveling rather than turn back to search for him.
  • Leonard's prayer revealed that Amon had become Sequence 2, prompting Alice to urge Klein to inspect a seal and deliver a promised miracle to Moon City.
  • Alice realized she might use power connected to the Key of Light to draw on its Beyonder Characteristic, and asked Klein to loosen the seal enough for power or attraction to pass through.
  • At the end of January, Dorian gave Gehrman Sparrow's Historical Projection the Staff of Stars, which could teleport its holder to a precisely imagined real destination.
  • Alice explained that she and Klein could share the Anchors of people they helped, then raised the Staff of Stars and prepared to make their entrance.

Ch. 648Miracle

Klein arrived at the mist with Alice and performed a miracle for Moon City’s patrol, purifying their pollution and curing their disfigurements. He then used the Staff of Stars to make the mist part, prompting Alice to seek the High Priest’s help in stirring it further, while Klein and Alice prepared to stay and gather supplies.

  • Alice brought Klein to the gray-white mist, then vanished as Moon City’s patrol approached.
  • Klein told Adal, Xin, and Rus he had come by his Lord’s oracle, purified their pollution, and healed their disfigurements with the Staff of Life.
  • Klein promised to treat and feed Moon City residents, teach them to grow food, and eventually lead them out of the cursed land.
  • Klein used the Staff of Stars to make the solidified mist roll apart repeatedly, shocking Adal, Xin, and Rus.
  • Alice told Klein to have the patrol bring their High Priest, then asked him to gather monsters and mushrooms while they waited.
  • Klein summoned a bed for Alice from a Historical Projection and dismissed it while she was lying down, making her fall and glare at him.

Ch. 649Middle Finger

Klein and Alice met with High Priest Nim and revealed the truth about the Creator’s betrayal and fate, leaving Moon City’s residents shaken. Alice then presented edible mushrooms as a gift and accidentally taught the residents to praise The Fool with a middle finger.

  • Nim arrived with Moon City residents while Klein and Alice roasted mushrooms, and he asked which deity Merlin Hermes served.
  • Klein introduced The Fool as the savior of the Land Abandoned by God and identified Alice as His Angel of Fate and divine child.
  • Klein and Alice explained that the Kings of Angels had devoured the Creator’s corpse and that the Creator remained alive but was no longer the being Nim’s people had worshipped.
  • Klein used the Staff of Life to stop a Moon City Beyonder from losing control after Nim and the others were devastated by the revelation.
  • Alice presented mushrooms cultivated for Moon City, and Klein explained that some were safe to eat while others could be used to make toxins.
  • Alice claimed that The Fool’s prayer gesture was an extended middle finger, and Nim and the Moon City residents copied it as they praised The Fool.

Ch. 650Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings

Klein and Alice investigated Moon City’s barrier and discovered that its ritual could draw a response from within the mist. Klein heard voices praying to his Lord, while Alice sensed a connection to the sealed Key of Light and recognized the final line of the prayer as the incantation tied to Klein’s origin.

  • High Priest Nim explained that Moon City had spent thousands of years trying to open the barrier and that an ancient ritual had occasionally produced indistinct voices.
  • Klein summoned a historical projection of Nim’s ritual materials, and Nim performed the prayer to the Eternal Unchanging Mist.
  • Alice sensed that the ritual had succeeded and reached toward a light within the mist that she connected to the sealed Key of Light.
  • Klein told Nim and the Moon City Residents that the voices were praying to his Lord.
  • Alice recognized the prayer’s final words as “Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings,” the incantation connected to Klein’s origin.

Ch. 651Opportunity

Alice tried to open the gray-white barrier with the incantation, but it seized her soul until she called on the True Creator for help. After she collapsed, Klein cared for her and continued his work in Moon City; Alice woke from a strange dream and asked him for a cup, but he tested her with a calculus question.

  • Klein and Alice recited the incantation at the barrier, and Alice saw silver light behind an unfinished door before the mist began pulling at her soul.
  • Alice called on the True Creator, who rescued her and instructed her to retrieve the First Blasphemy Slate from the Giant King's Court, have the Lord of Mysteries push the door, and evacuate the land's people when the time came.
  • A silver-haired woman painted a silver girl holding a black object, while Will sensed an opportunity calling to him and asked Amon to take him back to his house.
  • Klein caught the unconscious Alice, told High Priest Nim that the barrier should not be opened for more than ten years, and promised to treat Moon City's residents and lead believers away.
  • Alice dreamed of being chased by a hungry little girl, rolled off the bed, woke up, and asked Klein for a cup; Klein instead asked her to solve an integral.

Ch. 652Kings of Angels

Alice told Klein that her Deification Ritual required retrieving something from the Giant King's Court, and True Creator had asked them to evacuate the Forsaken Land of the Gods’ remaining cities before the opportunity arrived. After Alice mapped the cities and began helping Moon City’s residents, Klein welcomed them with food and a sermon.

  • Alice said she had found a way to complete her Deification Ritual but needed to make Will Auceptin hunt her, and she warned Klein that he might have to open the Giant King's Court gate to retrieve something.
  • Alice drew True Creator’s detailed map of the Forsaken Land of the Gods and explained that they should visit and evacuate any cities that still remained before an approaching opportunity.
  • Alice proposed using the Staff of Life and assembling supposed Kings of Angels to help her meet people, while she and Klein joked about their relationship and Klein fed her a mushroom to stop her teasing.
  • After a summoning ritual gave Alice freedom to travel through the Forsaken Land of the Gods, she watched Klein handle Moon City's second arrival and welcome its residents.
  • Klein preached to the residents of Moon City, then distributed skewers and taught them to cook mushrooms; the first person to taste one cried with emotion.

Ch. 653Those Who Strive

Klein and Alice shared a Mushroom feast with Moon City's residents, and Nim's account of an ancient Demon Wolf led Klein to realize that a complete Mystery Attendant Beyonder Characteristic may have appeared near the Gray-White Mist. Klein then healed the residents with the Radiant Cross and preached The Fool's commandments before leaving them with Alice, who comforted him about the discovery.

  • Nim checked that the Moon City residents could safely eat the Mushrooms, and Alice and Klein joined them while Klein told stories about the Land Abandoned by God.
  • Nim explained that Moon City's Beyonder Pathways were diverse and described how a Lucky One's fortune made patrols dangerous for others.
  • Nim recounted a vanished hill and an enormous Demon Wolf with gray-white fur on its head; Alice recognized it as Kotar, and Klein connected the incident's date to a missing Mystery Attendant Beyonder Characteristic.
  • Nim agreed to consult Moon City's records about events from 208 years earlier and told Klein where the deep pit was.
  • Klein raised the Radiant Cross, healed the residents, and preached two commandments against living sacrifices and taking God's name in vain.
  • After the residents departed, Alice offered Klein comfort about the date, and he joked that she would call him a pervert if he accepted her embrace.

Ch. 654I'm Not Going to Be a Druid!

Klein and Alice discussed the Mystery Attendant characteristics and prepared to investigate the pit where Kotar had been, while Alice planned to deliver messages to an Angel and Leomaster. On the Future, Frank decided to leave the Druid path and pursue advancement to Classical Alchemist after learning that his creations lacked souls.

  • Klein told Alice he planned to investigate the pit Kotar created, suspecting a Mystery Attendant Beyonder Characteristic had fallen there.
  • Alice said she would help Klein investigate and explained she could resurrect him, though Primordial Moon contamination might defeat her.
  • Alice realized the True Creator had maneuvered her into carrying messages to His followers, then decided to contact the Angel stationed nearby and Leomaster.
  • Cattleya found Frank brooding on the Future and asked what troubled him; Frank said his creations lacked souls.
  • Frank told Cattleya that Alice's letter had prompted him to pursue the soul-related question after becoming a Demigod, and declared he would become a Classical Alchemist instead of a Druid.
  • Frank planned to write to Gehrman for help and said he wanted to study Alice's flesh and blood, so Cattleya warned that Gehrman and Alice could not conveniently receive letters.

Ch. 655Public Resurrection Backup

Alice discovered that Kotar had obtained a Curtain connected to the Mystery Attendant advancement ritual and realized the Key of Light might use her as a resurrection vessel. After celebrating her birthday with Klein, she asked the True Creator about the first Blasphemy Slate and the Apocalypse prophecy before setting out to find Styver.

  • Alice watched a vision of Kotar taking a concealed Curtain that wrapped around him, while Klein identified it as a Mystery Attendant Beyonder Characteristic.
  • Alice concluded that her connection to the Key of Light made her a likely resurrection vessel and celebrated her birthday with Klein, who gave her a cake from the Historical Void.
  • Klein confirmed that retrieving the first Blasphemy Slate was related to Alice's situation, and Alice asked the True Creator whether he had meant the Key of Light in his prophecy about Amon as the light of the Apocalypse.
  • The True Creator confirmed Alice's suspicion but cut off her questions about his fragments, and Alice apologized before seeking Styver, the Angel of Sacred Word.

Ch. 656Competing for Favor

Alice impersonated Ouroboros to meet Styver, escaped a tense confrontation with Ouroboros and Amon, and discovered that North City was shrouded in an ominous mist. She warned Klein about Amon’s return and North City, leaving Klein to weigh how to investigate without alerting Kotar.

  • Alice claimed to be Ouroboros and told Styver that she had come to lead the believers out of the land.
  • Will Auceptin emerged from Styver’s scroll, and Alice fled as Ouroboros and Amon pulled her in opposite directions.
  • Alice recognized Ouroboros’s apparent opportunity from Fate, then provoked Amon and Ouroboros by calling them brothers before escaping.
  • Amon and Ouroboros stayed behind after Alice ran, and Amon said he would not pursue her because the Hanged Man was protecting her.
  • Alice fled through the Spirit World, discovered North City, recognized the Curtain near it, and sent Klein warnings about both the city and Amon’s return.
  • Klein considered investigating North City but worried that examining its residents could alert Kotar, the Wish Demon Wolf.

Ch. 657Tricking Kids

Alice recruited Derrick to help arrange an early expedition into the Giant King's Court, promising him a method to digest his Potion and a role as Mr. Fool’s Oracle. She left Derrick to persuade Chief Colin Iliad while she planned to coordinate with Klein, who remained hidden in the Historical Void.

  • Alice found Derrick at the City of Silver’s Training Ground and asked when its people would next open the door in the Giant King’s Court.
  • Derrick said the Chief would likely wait until he advanced to Demigod, so Alice offered a Potion digestion method in exchange for urging the expedition forward and bringing her and The World along.
  • Derrick hesitated when Alice asked him to impersonate the White Angel under the Creator, so she instead proposed making him Mr. Fool’s Oracle for a purification ritual.
  • Alice told Derrick that The World was only about 1.7 meters tall and did not like drinking milk, leaving Derrick confused about the point of the information.
  • Alice checked Klein’s location, cursed him for staying in the Historical Void, and told Derrick to speak with Colin Iliad while she discussed the plan with The World.
  • Alice joked that Derrick should request fifty days off and described fried chicken as a mysterious Outside World ritual, and Derrick began to look forward to it.

Ch. 658Another Possibility

Alice persuaded Klein to involve his Oracle in the Forsaken Land of the Gods and warned him that Amon might pursue Kotar and seek the first Blasphemy Slate. She revealed that the world’s three greatest sources of corruption were on the moon, underground, and in Sefirah Castle, then explained how Kotar had borne the corruption tied to Klein’s arrival.

  • Alice told Klein she had found him another Oracle and urged him to hold a Sacrifice Ritual and Purification, while she wanted Sun to act sooner.
  • Klein agreed to bring Sun to Sefirah Castle and handle Moon City, but worried that Amon might find Kotar first.
  • Alice considered that Amon might use Mr. Door as another path to godhood and concluded she might have to fight Amon over the first Blasphemy Slate.
  • Alice told Klein that the three greatest sources of corruption were on the moon, underground, and in Sefirah Castle, and that corruption from the moon affected Mr. Door and Emperor Roselle.
  • Alice explained that the Goddess had caused Kotar to bear the consequences of Klein’s arrival, and Klein disputed her claim that he was now getting rid of Kotar after using him.

Ch. 659A New Mr. World

Klein and Alice prepared to bring Derrick to Moon City, where the residents planned a mass and wanted Klein to visit those unable to travel. As they arranged the expedition and Derrick's role as Mr. Fool's Divine Emissary, Alice revealed that the Sun had become the new Sun after the old one fell, leaving Derrick shaken and eager to emulate Klein.

  • Derrick told Colin Iliad that Alice wanted him to serve as Mr. Fool's Divine Emissary and explore the Giant King's Court after becoming a Demigod; Colin prayed to confirm the plan, and Klein reassured him that Mr. Fool trusted Alice.
  • Moon City residents invited Klein to visit their city and preside over a mass, and Klein agreed to meet them the following day when Alice returned.
  • Alice brought Derrick to Klein, destroyed Klein's Historical Projection, and introduced him as Merlin Hermes, the new Mr. World; Klein then demonstrated his Gehrman Sparrow identity.
  • Klein used a Historical Projection to provide Derrick with tableware and coached him on how to act during their visit to Moon City, while Alice teased them about the Angel of Purity.
  • Alice told Derrick that the Sun was the new Sun and had gnawed on the Creator's corpse, then revealed that Klein had divined Him; Klein warned Derrick that the divination had nearly killed him.
  • Alice complained that Storm and Blazing Sun had refused to provide Beyonder Characteristics while Wisdom had sent them without being asked, and suggested that Klein encourage Mr. Fool to take revenge.

Ch. 660Praise the Divine Emissary!

Alice, Klein, and Derrick returned to Moon City, where Derrick helped purify its residents and Alice turned the welcome into an embarrassing celebration for Klein. After Nim asked Klein for The Fool’s complete Honorific Name, Alice admitted she wanted followers whose faith would never change, despite knowing that such loyalty was impossible.

  • Alice introduced Derrick to High Priest Nim as another Divine Emissary, and Nim explained that the Moon City residents had been purified and treated.
  • Nim led Alice, Klein, and Derrick into Moon City, where Klein agreed to lead the ceremony and Derrick helped purify the remaining residents.
  • Alice started a celebration by tossing Klein into the air, and the Moon City residents joined in until Klein’s Marionettes rescued him.
  • Nim calmed the crowd, thanked Klein, and asked him to reveal The Fool’s complete Honorific Name.
  • Alice told Klein she wanted followers who would never betray her, then wondered whether that desire resembled what He wanted.

Ch. 661Research Seminar

Klein and Alice prepared for Klein to travel to North City, then the Tarot Club discussed how to find and hunt Kotar. The meeting ended with Alice wondering whether she would still be trapped in the Forsaken Land of the Gods when a god died and asking Cattleya about Frank’s experiments.

  • Alice agreed to take Derrick away while Klein prepared to travel to North City with the Staff of Stars, and Klein considered ways to survive an encounter with Amon.
  • At the Tarot Club meeting, The World asked Leonard and Cattleya to obtain demigod-level charms from Leonard’s contact and Queen Mystic.
  • The Tarot Club members discussed Kotar’s caution, advancement ritual, Honorific Name, and possible ways to locate him, while Alice warned Klein against attracting Amon.
  • The World asked Fors for help returning to Backlund, and the members shared updates about the war.
  • Alice wondered whether she would still be in the Forsaken Land of the Gods when a god died, then asked Cattleya about Frank’s experiments.

Ch. 662North City

Alice learned that Frank was preparing to advance while working with Sharpe, a troubled follower of the Primordial Moon, and arranged for them to be separated. She then set out with Derrick to visit another city in the Forsaken Land, while Klein investigated North City, encountered an Angel-level Amon avatar, and decided to stop exploring until he obtained charms.

  • Cattleya told Alice that Frank was preparing to advance to Sequence 4 and that Sharpe's condition had worsened, so she agreed to keep Frank away from him and seek the Queen's help sooner.
  • After the Tarot Club ended, Alice showed Derrick a list of surviving cities, and Derrick chose Dawn as their next destination.
  • Klein observed North City and found it deserted, then entered the ruins using layered Historical Projections to investigate Kotar's traces.
  • Klein found Kotar's statue in a church, but it revealed itself as an Angel-level Amon avatar, forcing Klein to flee.
  • Klein suspected Amon was waiting at Kotar's traces to hunt him, decided not to explore again until he obtained charms, and chose to tell Alice.
  • Alice and Derrick discussed how to connect the Fool with the Creator from back then as they planned their entrance.

Ch. 663City of Dawn

Alice and Derrick won the City of Dawn’s trust by purifying its residents and introducing edible mushrooms, then Alice explained the Creator’s history and promised the Fool would arrange their rescue. Ann began preparing a ritual, but Alice noticed it was not directed toward her Lord.

  • Alice and Derrick met Ann, Chief of the City of Dawn, and Derrick used the Cross to purify her and the Exploration Team while Alice healed them.
  • Alice showed the residents mushrooms that could be eaten after cooking and explained how to avoid the toxic varieties.
  • Alice told Ann that her Lord, the Fool, had made a transaction with the Creator to save the city, and recounted how the Creator had been betrayed, devoured, and left nearly mad.
  • Alice revealed that the Creator had split apart and needed to fuse back together, leaving the residents shocked and remorseful about their resentment.
  • Ann welcomed Alice and Derrick into the city and began preparing a ritual while Alice followed her and questioned whom it was meant to summon.

Ch. 664Miss Fortune Victim Alliance

Alice helped Ann learn The Fool’s prayer ritual while Klein prepared a plan to lure Kotar and contaminate it through the Castle of Origin. The True Creator’s response nearly overwhelmed Klein, but after recovering, Klein appeared before Kotar as it tried to flee.

  • Alice told Ann that saving her had been a deal between My Lord and the Creator, then sent Derrick to explain The Fool’s prayer ritual.
  • After Ann and the others were healed, Alice gave Ann The Fool’s Honorific Name, and Klein spent the following week arranging for charms and items to be purchased.
  • Alice visited two more cities, while Alger met the Calamity Queen Ghosinham and accepted a task involving the Book of Calamity.
  • Klein used a Historical Projection to pray to Kotar, then invoked the True Creator and threatened to have Alice pray to it every day.
  • The True Creator responded and contaminated Klein through the prayer, but Klein used a Restart charm to recover his sanity and spirituality.
  • Kotar tried to flee its castle, but a Silver River knocked it back, and Klein appeared before it holding the Staff of Stars.

Ch. 665Half-Body of the Lord

After Kotar fled and left behind the Curtain, Klein decided not to pursue him and joined Alice and Derrick instead. Alice teased Klein about his connection to the Fool, spun Derrick an invented myth, and the chapter ended with Klein growing mushrooms for Derrick from the bodies of monsters.

  • Klein told Alice that Kotar had fled, and Alice warned him that pursuing Kotar and then Zaratul would be more dangerous than using the separated Beyonder Characteristic.
  • Klein abandoned the hunt and asked Alice if he could accompany her; when she suggested he pose as Dark Angel Sasrir, he refused because he had just provoked the True Creator.
  • Alice told Derrick a fabricated story about Klein as Sun Wukong, and Klein clarified that he was formed from the Fool's flesh and blood, like Dark Angel Sasrir.
  • Alice wondered whether the ancient story was a prophecy and abruptly urged them to leave, but Derrick's hunger made her ask Klein to grow mushrooms.
  • Klein summoned monster Marionettes, had them take Derrick's mycelium, released his control so they became corpses, and used the Staff of Life to grow mushrooms.

Ch. 666Return to the City of Silver

Alice and Klein returned Derrick to the City of Silver and discussed preparations for exploring the Giant King's Court, where opening the doors could trigger a conflict among powerful beings. Klein then told Colin about the suffering in other cities across the Cursed Land and began asking for help with the miracles promised to them.

  • Alice accidentally overfed Derrick mushrooms until he vomited, and Klein stopped her from feeding him poisonous or undercooked ones.
  • Klein and Alice accompanied Derrick back to the City of Silver after he finished digesting his Potion, and Colin welcomed them.
  • Alice warned Colin that opening the Giant King's Court could provoke a battle among at least five True Gods and numerous Angels and Kings of Angels.
  • Alice insisted that Mr. Fool be invited to bless Hilmon's advancement ritual, while Klein and Alice gave Colin a confusing account of their relationship with the Fool.
  • After Alice left with Derrick, Klein told Colin that other cities in the Cursed Land faced worse conditions than the City of Silver and described the food and treatment he and Alice had provided.
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