"After all, this isn't a good ending, and I've always liked happy endings. Though I can no longer be a good person, I still hope good people receive good rewards." As Luo Lin spoke, he revealed a faintly nostalgic, somewhat sorrowful expression, making one wonder whether countless stories lay behind it.
Though in truth, Luo Lin was merely seriously playing the role of Lucifer.
In a sense, Luo Lin truly was a heaven-chosen thrill-seeker, incomparably suited to this pathway from top to bottom.
But Luo Lin did not "immerse" himself in sorrow for long. He soon smiled again, looked at Bethel, and earnestly added, "Of course, the main reason is that I dislike Amon, so I don't really want Him to become the final winner."
Upon hearing this, Bethel gave Luo Lin a deep look, but showed no great surprise. He merely said calmly, "You chose me as the variable in this ending."
"That's very fitting." Luo Lin nodded unhurriedly. "In a perfect story, everyone should naturally have a more suitable ending."
As for whether Klein or Bethel would become the Lord of Mysteries in that more suitable ending... Luo Lin said he did not know either.
In any case, he would invest in both sides. Whoever became the Lord of Mysteries, he would not lose out.
Bethel neither confirmed nor denied it. He merely suddenly asked, "You are the Chief Sovereign of Chaos Pallez mentioned, correct?"
"Shh! It's enough that you know. Don't tell Pallez; I haven't had enough fun yet!" Luo Lin was not surprised at having his identity exposed so abruptly. He merely held his index finger lightly before Mr. Door's lips and said with a smile, fully displaying his nature as a thrill-seeker.
Luo Lin truly was not surprised that Mr. Door could guess this. What kind of Blessed could summon a Shadow of Time and carry something terrifying within his body? There was obviously something wrong with that.
Thus, Luo Lin had never intended to hide this from Mr. Door, but neither did he plan to explain too much.
Smart people would always fill in the gaps themselves!
Bethel, meanwhile, felt a little sympathy for Pallez. Though they had known each other only briefly, how could he fail to see that the person before him was a thrill-seeker no less troublesome than Amon? Considering the abilities the other party possessed, Lucifer's destructive power would only be greater than Amon's.
But it was only sympathy. Bethel did not have much of a relationship with Pallez. After Solomon's first fall, when everyone followed different emperors, they could even be called enemies. Mr. Door was a good person, but not good enough to take a great risk to warn an enemy.
"I won't tell Pallez." Therefore, Bethel merely said this indifferently. Then, with a hint of curiosity, he looked at Luo Lin and probed, "How do you intend to try?"
Naturally, he was asking how Luo Lin intended to remove the contamination from Mr. Door.
"First, let's establish contact with you in this spacetime." Luo Lin looked at Bethel and said with a smile.
Establishing contact with Mr. Door in this spacetime was not too difficult. Though Luo Lin did not possess the Abraham Family's bloodline and was not from the Apprentice pathway, past Bethel was right beside him. With past Bethel's assistance, the connection between them was established very smoothly.
Then Luo Lin heard a pained voice:
"Don't save me... don't save me..."
It belonged to Mr. Door of this era, to the final sliver of lucid will belonging to the contaminated Bethel Abraham.
Luo Lin raised his eyes and glanced at past Bethel beside him. Seemingly with emotion, he said, "Did you hear what he was saying?"
"I heard it." Bethel sighed. While helping Luo Lin establish contact with Mr. Door of this era, he had naturally established contact with his present-day self as well, allowing him to clearly hear the other's cries.
"Do you regret it? His cries directly cut off the possibility of the Abraham Family producing a High Sequence. Otherwise... perhaps you might have survived." Luo Lin said this as he observed Bethel with some curiosity.
Would you regret it? Your future choice... that doomed, sacrificial dead end.
"...I have wronged Abraham's descendants." After remaining silent for a while, past Bethel sighed, but then said with absolute resolve, "But there is nothing to regret. Compared to becoming a toy of the Outer Gods, death was always the better choice."
"If this is my future, I accept it calmly."
Luo Lin smiled at this. Then the pained voice by his ear faded away. After disappearing for a second or two, it emerged again. The other party seemed to have noticed Luo Lin, who had established contact with him, and said in a friendly tone:
"Hello, little one!"
Past Bethel's brow twitched. He could naturally tell that the one speaking now was his contaminated self. The final sliver of lucidity that Mr. Door of this era had possessed had sunk once more.
However, because past Bethel had deliberately concealed himself, the person on the other end had clearly not noticed Bethel's presence.
Luo Lin raised an eyebrow. His expression did not change, but his voice turned timid. "Y-you, who are you?"
"You may call me Mr. Door. Little one, can you tell me your name?" Mr. Door, in his contaminated state, spoke gently. From that voice alone, no one would imagine that he was the personality born after the contamination.
"My name is Lucifer, Lucifer Soroyastor. You're Mr. Door? I saw your name in my family's records..." Luo Lin began acting without even blinking.
"Soroyastor..." Contaminated Mr. Door on the other end seemed to smile before continuing, "It seems you are the descendant of an old friend of mine. How nostalgic—the surname Soroyastor..."
Luo Lin immediately picked up the cue and began chatting with contaminated Mr. Door about Pallez. After a few exchanges, he spared Bethel a glance and saw the other man looking at him speechlessly.
"Don't look at me like that. I wasn't lying; my name really is Lucifer Soroyastor now." Luo Lin said with a smile. After pausing, he added righteously, "Besides, that's you on the other end being controlled by the Mother Goddess. Isn't it perfectly normal for me to act a little?"
"Whatever makes you happy." What else could past Bethel say? He could only squeeze out those words.
Luo Lin was indeed very happy as he continued exchanging performances with contaminated Mr. Door for a few more lines before saying, "Mr. Door, the reason I established contact with you this time is that I have a gift I want to give you."
"...What gift?" The other side stalled for a moment, clearly not expecting Luo Lin to say that so suddenly.
"A gift is, of course... a gift!" Luo Lin blinked, suddenly revealing a brilliant smile. Then, with lightning speed, he transmitted the power of the Nyarlathotep fragment within him through the connection between them. The next second, a pained cry rang out by his ear.
"Ahhhh—"
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