"The ritual went far more smoothly than I imagined. I thought I'd need to raise the stakes another two or three times... Is it because Klein has experienced too little? If he's this green, I'm a little worried he won't be able to beat Ammon..."
Watching the embarrassed Klein being led away by the butler to change clothes, Sno instructed the maids to clean up the gold coins and jewelry scattered across the floor while examining his own condition.
Of course, he had not built such a troublesome basement for no reason. Aside from giving Klein a few hints, the most important purpose was his ritual for advancing to Sequence Three—
Sequence Three of the Paradox Path was called Karl Dragon. Its origin was the famous thought experiment of "the pink fire-breathing dragon in the garage." Its general premise was that there was a pink, invisible, fire-breathing dragon in one's garage, but outsiders could not observe it. No matter what observational method they proposed, it could be rendered unfalsifiable through all manner of "sophistry."
Simply put, it was an inverse argument for "do not multiply entities beyond necessity."
And the advancement ritual was to "fabricate an existence and make at least one Angel-level or higher great existence firmly believe in it."
Whether it was the ancestral diaries, the various meme characters in the trial, or the man who had ultimately fallen asleep in the Hall of Slumber, all of it had been meant to deepen Klein's impression of the existence of a "senior transmigrator." Once he believed without the slightest doubt that this senior truly existed and constructed a clear image of him in his mind, the ritual would be complete.
However, even though the ritual had been completed, Sno would not advance immediately—even if his Oracle Characteristic practically melted