Hobart, in the Country of Disorder, first used the Power of Order to restore order to Old Neil's body. Then, using the power of the Psychological Spoon, he concealed the infected portion of Old Neil's Spiritual Body and used Hypnosis to make Old Neil forget his Ritual and his obsession with resurrecting his lover.
Just as Hobart breathed a sigh of relief and reflected on how successful this treatment had been, he shuddered. It was as though a gaze from somewhere unknown had suddenly fixed upon him.
Hobart sensed that the other party's gaze seemed capable of piercing through True Sight and seeing him upon the Iron Throne in the Country of Disorder.
Shifting True Sight's perspective, he saw that the eye symbol at the center of the altar had suddenly come alive, transforming into a real eye.
It was entirely black, with an even deeper black pupil, making it resemble a dark paper cutout that could move.
It bounced and hopped, trying to leap into the vat of blood on the altar.
Hobart roughly understood what was happening. Old Neil's Ritual had indeed drawn the attention of certain high-level beings, but because the Ritual was not yet complete, the beings watching this place could not project much power here.
Thus, that eye wanted to jump into the blood-filled vat to strengthen itself.
He could not let it succeed. Hobart realized that if the eye grew any stronger, the being behind it might truly see the situation within the Country of Disorder through True Sight.
Thus, Hobart said to Klein in a supreme voice, "Sacrifice it to me."
At the same time, he cast the symbol representing the Creator into Klein's star.
At this moment, Klein, in Old Neil's room, profoundly understood what it meant to invite a god