When the name of the god of Deception rang throughout the entire theater, everyone gazed at the stage in shock and anticipation. Even Ai Si and Cheng Shi had a hint of interest in their eyes, as if thinking, Things are finally getting interesting.
Only Zhang Jizu narrowed his eyes slightly. He found everything happening now exceedingly strange. His memories told him that back when Scholar Glow's experiment had failed, the scholars of the Tower of Reason had merely discovered Deception's existence. They had not known his divine name.
So this Kraun seemed to have a problem!
But the biggest problem onstage clearly was not Kraun. It was the thing hidden beneath the curtain after Kraun pulled it open!
Just as all the residents of Sandlais believed that a true god was hidden behind the curtain, and just as the three players thought there might be a mask behind it...
The most jaw-dropping thing happened. As the red curtain was drawn open, a second Kraun appeared before everyone.
"Whoa—"
The audience erupted.
"A magic trick or a cheap stunt? At a time like this, this ignorant clown is still putting on a show?"
"How is there another Kraun? Who is he? Kraun's twin brother?"
"So this is Deception? Then what is Deception supposed to be, an illusion? How does this help solve the extreme cold?"
"I think I understand. As long as we fool ourselves, can we pretend the extreme cold doesn't exist?"
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Damn, there really were people with good insight.
The three players had wanted to laugh when they heard that, but at that moment they could not laugh at all. When the curtain opened, they had sensed the strange fluctuations behind the red curtain—and they were exactly the same as the strange fluctuations that had accompanied the