Luck

After discussing the King of Angel, Pallez brought up the matter of "0-08".

After Leonard gained a deeper understanding of the King of Angel and the horror of "0-08", Klein received another reply from Leonard. Apart from vaguely mentioning "0-08", this letter devoted a large portion of its length to warning Klein about the danger of the King of Angel.

Klein couldn't help but chuckle. He shook his head and had to rewrite the reply to put Leonard, or rather the Parasite inside Leonard, at ease.

He shifted all the blame onto Neph, vaguely stating that Neph had a way to handle the situation, but without providing any specific details.

Shortly after sending the letter, Klein got off the train with his suitcase and arrived in Gurain City.

This is a city steeped in the spirit of Death God, primarily reflected in its transportation—the most common mode of transport here is the "coffin." People regard coffins as objects that bring An Ning and tranquility. Every now and then, a few people carry a black coffin along the road, the lid of which is much thinner than normal, like a car door that can be opened at will.

Two-person coffins, four-person coffins, eight-person coffins, pulled by horses or unicorns— Klein's attention was temporarily drawn to these coffins, and he felt he might have the chance to experience it for himself.

However, such folk customs are a bit scary at night, and well, they're not much better during the day either; the whole city seems eerie—wait, who is that?

He watched as a coffin carried by four men stopped in front of the Lord of Storms's church, the person inside actually being taken into the Church of Storms, and couldn't help but show a somewhat surprised expression.

Church of Storms has been pushing the Loen all along in the colonies—why hasn't East Balam changed? Hmm, maybe it's to limit the Goddess's missionary work—there's some commotion over there, what's going on?

Klein, who was looking for a place to eat and stay, paused for a moment, then quickly walked forward. When he reached the intersection, he saw a group of people scattering. He looked at where the group had dispersed and could only see a woman clutching her lower abdomen, collapsing on someone's back as she left, and four coffin bearers who looked shaken.

Klein realized it was an accident, but he didn't take it seriously and started looking for Hotel and a place to stay again.

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"Gillian, how are you?" Quinn helped the woman leaning against him. She was his twin sister. Their features and skin color showed no trace of the Southern Continent. Quinn also spoke Loenese.

In fact, they do have blood from the Southern Continent, but they are mixed-race—the lucky kind. Their Southern Continent bloodline is hardly reflected in them, which is why they have gained a fairly good social status in the Southern Continent.

Gillian's brows were furrowed, her face deathly pale. She gripped Quinn's hand tightly, her voice weak and feeble. "It's alright—I'm alright—let me rest a bit—"

"You don't look alright at all," Quinn frowned. "I need to get you a doctor—or at least someone who knows a thing or two."

"No major problems," a woman with short hair and sharp features put down her tools, stood up, and shook her head at Quinn a moment later in a fairly clean room. "Also, you'd better take her to a proper hospital for a checkup."

"What's wrong?" Quinn asked quickly.

"She was probably frightened just now, which affected the baby in her womb," the woman said calmly. "The baby is still very early in the pregnancy, and I'm just an Apprentice. I haven't dealt with this kind of problem before, so I can't guarantee anything. I just wanted to earn some pocket money and didn't want to cause anyone's death."

"A child?" Quinn was stunned. "Where did she get a child?!"

"I don't know." The woman packed her things and left without showing any emotion.

Quinn stood there, stunned, turning to glare at his sister Gillian. Gillian leaned weakly against the bed, her expression somewhat bewildered: "Child—"

Klein's new Marionette arrived quickly. By the time Neph met the settled Klein, a man with lowered eyes was already standing beside him. His skin was neither dark nor fair, and his black hair was thick and slightly curly, making him look like a mixed-race person.

Neph glanced at him and noticed a shimmering silver hue on his body. She looked at his bowed head, sighed, and asked, "Your new Marionette? A Winner?"

"Yes." Klein nodded.

"----That's good." Neph praised in a tone that was hard to define as happiness.

Then, before Klein could speak, she asked curiously, "What do you plan to do with Seniors's Beyonder Characteristic? Turn them into Mystical Item or sell them?"

"I think it will be difficult to find a buyer—" Klein admitted frankly. "There aren't many Temperance Faction left in the ' Rose School.' I asked Sharron, and she and Maric don't need a second ' Wraith.' As for more, I don't know where to look. You can't expect me to sell to the Indulgence Faction, can you?"

"Unless you want to die," Neph replied without hesitation.

"Obviously, I don't have that desire," Klein shook his head. "Wild Zombie are really rare; I think they'd sell better as Mystical Item."

Neph didn't comment on this, which was indeed the best principle. She had no interest in similar items, so she only glanced at the Marionette and warned, "Although you seem to already know about this, I think I should still mention it to you."

"Don't look at yourself through the eyes of that Marionette."

"Actually, I'm about to try—" Klein replied tentatively.

"Then go ahead and try," Neph said without any intention of stopping her. She leaned back naturally, "Anyway, there are coffins everywhere outside."

"----No, is it that serious?" Klein was stunned for a moment.

Neph glanced at him gently, then carefully spoke, "The ' Monster ' Pathway is the most unique of the twenty-two Beyonder Pathway."

"There are two forms of Divination. One is to obtain information through the Spirit World. If I were to give an analogy, the Spirit World is actually like an information platform, while 'Seer ' are just search engines with different levels of power and Authority."

"Secondly, it is to peer into the River of Fate and obtain revelations from Fate. For an Beyonder possesses the Authority of Fate, at High Sequence, after becoming Saint or even Angel, perhaps they can obtain some of this ability. Hmm, perhaps the All-Knowing Tower can also see it? I'm not so sure."

But the "Monster" Pathway is different; its Pathway Sequence 9 possesses the ability to directly glimpse Fate.

When they look at you, they see not only you, but also your...

Fate, the part about the Sefirah Castle, about the Fool.

"I don't need to explain the consequences of being Divination True God, do I? I believe you have ample experience in this area."

"I thought High Sequence would have stronger resistance in this regard," Klein frowned. "Although Enzo I—I mean this Marionette —isn't High Sequence yet, I encountered a half- Monster in Tingen City. That one only almost went blind. It was Sequence 5; it shouldn't have died outright, right?"

Neph shook her head and chuckled, "You're right about that."

But the awkward thing is that Beyonder on the "Monster" Pathway are in a difficult position. With each advancement, their ability to glimpse Fate increases dramatically. Before reaching Demigod, their resistance is absolutely no match for this increase, and even after reaching Demigod, I actually think it's still uncertain.

"I'm afraid they will only find true An Ning when they become Angel."

Klein nodded thoughtfully, then couldn't help but ask curiously, "Then wouldn't they die very easily?"

Neph shook her head and replied, "Although I don't know the exact details, but—"

"High Sequence Monster" should actually die less often for this reason; after all, those who truly deserve to die die before they become "Lucky One."

Klein moved his lips slightly, and his face suddenly turned strange.

"You're not suggesting," he tried to choose his words carefully, "That the Sequence 7 of this Pathway is named this way is because all the unlucky ones died, are you?"

"Who knows?" Neph shrugged. "Don't you think it makes sense? It's not just about the Lucky One; the name ' Winner ' actually has that feeling too."

Klein's lips twitched. He had to agree with Neph's point of view, and sighed, "This Pathway is really... But according to you, High Sequence Monster" might actually "avoid directly facing some dangerous things" because of luck?"

"Yes." Neph nodded.

"But he died because he saw me," Klein said, pointing to his Marionette.

"So he wasn't lucky enough," Neph replied decisively.

I've come to understand now. Judging whether Beyonder on this Pathway is lucky enough is actually quite simple—living is lucky, dying is unlucky. So, in that sense, Will Uncrestin's miraculous survival is also a manifestation of luck.

He rubbed his forehead and sighed, "Luckily, I wasn't on that Pathway."

He paused, then continued along his train of thought, asking, "Speaking of which, do you have any news about Will Onsett? I think you haven't paid any attention to it since you found out about his escape."

"Because it shouldn't have been my responsibility in the first place," Neph shrugged. "The outcome between Him and His Your Grace Ouroboros was essentially determined by Fate. In the process, I was just a Messenger, earning a small postage fee."

She paused, then added, "But I feel like I haven't finished spending this postage fee yet."

"Well, I must not have spent all my money. I still have the Sequence 3 Ritual to help with—I really didn't understand a single word of that Ritual. I suspect the same goes for Sequence 2, and then there's Sequence 1 and Sequence 0 —I don't think I understand any of them either."

"Well, or rather, even if I understood it, I wouldn't dare use it."

"Why?" Klein asked in surprise.

Neph scoffed and asked, "What if I told you that your ascension Ritual involved resurrecting the former master of 'Sefirah Castle ' in your place—"

--No, wait a minute."

She stopped, looked at Klein, and a hint of hesitation crossed her face. "----You seem to have actually considered using this Ritual to become a god."

"Huh?" Klein was stunned. "Why would I want to use such Ritual to become a god? Isn't that suicide?"

"Yes," Neph said, staring at him, "Isn't that courting death?"

However, you denied watching the Ritual at the time—perhaps like Roselle, your choice was flawed even earlier—not to mention what happened later when you fought with Amon.

Neph frowned, staring at Klein, and said, "You'd better not let me find out that you've actually set your sights on this Ritual one day."

"I would never do that!" Klein replied without hesitation.

This didn't actually put Neph down; she still harbored some concerns about the matter. But there was no point in dwelling on it now. She shook her head and said, "My Sequence 3 advancement Ritual is something similar."

"The content of the Ritual is, well, to put it another way, I want to dedicate all my memories to the former owner of the Blank Canvas."

"I think I'd be crazy if I believed in this Ritual— "

Klein nodded in agreement, glanced at Neph, and then asked, "Speaking of which, about the Worm of Time— "

Neph was taken aback by his words. She asked, "You and Leonard have already discussed it?"

"I'm considering whether to bring this up with Leonard," Klein explained, "But didn't you say before—well, anyway, I haven't had a chance to ask yet."

Neph frowned and took Ais out of her pocket.

"I think we could let Ais go and have a showdown with that Old Man," she said. "As for Amon, I thought about it again and realized I overlooked something."

Before Klein could ask, she explained, "I am indeed confident in getting rid of Amon's parasitism, and I don't need to worry too much about Amon's subsequent entanglement, but—"

"Pray to a King of Angel to establish a strong enough connection between me and Him. If I were not an Angel, it would be difficult to break free from this connection, and even if I were, it might not be effective."

"Of course, this is not without a solution. The True God can definitely sever this connection, preventing Amon from locating me through the traces of prayer and thus finding you. However, this would mean that I have completely handed your future over to someone else."

"You will become a bargaining chip in the negotiations between the gods."

Klein paused for a moment, then chuckled, "I thought I was just a bargaining chip, but it turns out I wasn't."

Neph was stunned. She looked at Klein, Klein sighed and said, "I am not an innocent child. There must be something to gain from the God' unwarranted favor. And I even have a blatant benefit on my side. Even before you told me, I was only unsure of the form of that benefit."

"However, if that's the case, you really shouldn't pray to Amon anymore."

"After all, before this, the transaction was at least somewhat based on my voluntary consent, while the one you described..."

The future...

"Hmm, I'd better see if I can get the Worm of Time from somewhere else first."