In fact, my situation is much like Klein's.
Klein will have to face the Celestial Worthy in the future, while I'll have to face the Unknown... And I'm actually in greater danger than he is, because my connection to the Unknown may be even closer than his connection to the Celestial Worthy!
The Unknown may well be my original self! The real Liu Bo!
At that thought, the faces of Xio, Fors, Edwina, Fanny, Klein, Hazel, and his other friends flashed through Abner's mind...
He closed his eyes, then opened them again. As though he had made up his mind, he murmured:
"But even if that's truly me, I don't want to become part of Him someday...
"I'm Liu Bo, and I'm Abner... But since arriving in this world, we've become different people!
"And if I really became part of Him, I couldn't guarantee I wouldn't harm my friends.
"So when it comes to opposing the Unknown, my interests align with those of most of the Gods and Angels involved.
"I just don't want it to end up like the Kangwa experiment...
"But that was only a simulation. My situation is more complicated than Kangwa's, and the Unknown isn't the same as the Chaos Sea.
"There's still plenty of room to maneuver!"
With that thought, Abner sighed softly. He took out some materials and sealed the ancient castle at the heart of Dreller Forest again, lest someone blunder inside and lose their life.
The place posed little danger to him, but it remained deadly to Beyonders of the Lower and middle Sequences.
As for the "newborn" avatar of Baron Konwa, Abner captured him again. After a round of "warm and friendly" discussion, the avatar signed a Contract promising to work for Abner for ten years. Abner then took him to