Amon's Choice

Things like digging up graves, when brought to the face of the person in question, should be extremely awkward—although under normal circumstances, the person in question shouldn't be alive.

But in any case, if the object of her attention was Amon, Neph felt no such anxiety. She comfortably bypassed the topic of Little Black and Little White, stood up, and moved closer to Amon, her eyes sparkling with vibrant colors. "Are you the one inside? No, no—"

She raised an eyebrow, took a step back, and asked warily, "If you're not the one inside, how do you know this is your own grave?"

"Ah----" This Amon raised his hand and turned his Monocle, showing no surprise, "You knew all along?"

Neph stared at Him for two seconds, then clenched her fists, her face immediately showing righteous indignation. "Of course I know! Not only do I know, but I've also been standing up for you all! That despicable main body, it even deceived its own clone! Come with me to punish Him!"

"----" Amon's clone reached out and adjusted his Monocle again, his gaze shifting to Ais, who was feigning death on the ground, his expression full of pity, "Following such a master must have been tough for you."

"Squeak squeak squeak?" Ais looked at Amon, then at the smiling Neph, and then ran to Neph's feet with her Little Short Legs, put her paws together, and bowed repeatedly.

Neph raised an eyebrow and gave Amon a smug look.

Amon offered no comment on this scene; he merely shook his head slightly and chuckled softly, "The main body told the other avatars about this, but not the avatar hiding inside who already knew the truth—"

This very opening was enough to make Neph fall into deep thought.

The Mausoleum that Hazel excavated did not actually belong to Amon in name, but to the ancestor of the Jacob Family. In the Fourth Epoch Age, Amon swallowed ancestor of the Jacob Family and lived as him for a time.

According to the information Neph knew, this message was not actually shared with the other clones, so the other clones always believed that the ancestor of the Jacob Family was still himself and had not been replaced.

It is said that this was done for fishing, and the fish in question was Pallez Zoroaster, which was parasitizing Leonard's body.

In the story, this ancestor from the Zoroast Family survived the entire Fourth Epoch. However, at the end of the Fifth Epoch, his greed for the Jacob Family's Treasure eventually exposed his location, and he was captured by Amon. One of him did not die, but was transformed into Sequence 2.

Before it was confirmed that Meng Fang becoming a god, Neph had considered how to get rid of Pallez, but now that Amon had even exposed this crucial Mausoleum, she couldn't help but frown.

Given the current situation, if Amon hasn't truly given up, then he must be hiding something even bigger.

But the question is, can He hide it?

Neph frowned, still puzzled, and asked, "You really don't intend to become a god?"

"I haven't given up," Amon raised an eyebrow. "I just feel that if there's another path to take, why should I choose such a risky one? After all, I think you know what it means to become the Lord of the Mysteries."

"Don't you think you'll avoid facing this if you take the other path?" Neph couldn't help but ask.

"That's different," Amon shook his head. "Even within the same level of the Great Old One, the will of Pillar is different from the will of an ordinary Great Old One. Besides, if I want to take a different path, I don't need to rush. I can wait until my father is ready."

"Hey, the point is your father, isn't it?" Neph hesitated for a few seconds, then couldn't help but laugh, "So you really want to become the ' Angel of Redemption,' the great ' God of Mischief '?"

"Do you have a better suggestion?" Amon countered. "Well, that's not out of the question. After all, ' Angel of Redemption ' does sound unbelievable—"

Neph raised her hand and scratched her chin. She looked at Amon for a few seconds and proposed a plan that was completely impractical. "This way you can give away your Uniqueness and the Beyonder Characteristic of the Worm of Time, and leave a backup plan inside. When he decides to accept you, you can use the backup plan and the Beyonder Ability of the Trojan Horse of Destiny to exchange your Fate with the Lord of the Mysteries."

"In this way, you can become the new Lord of the Mysteries," and you will also have completed the ascension Ritual through three Pathway —hmm, what is the "Gate" Pathway ascension Ritual?

"Escape from the seal or banishment of the True God," Amon said.

"This seems a bit troublesome—" Neph murmured, "Then you'd better have him banish you or seal you away first, so that after exchanging Fate, you'll have completed the Ritual— "

At first, Amon listened attentively to this outlandish plan, but by the end, his expression had become extremely complex. After Neph finished speaking, he couldn't help but ask, "Hmm—I can barely understand the ' Error ' Ritual. If your so-called ' Lord of the Mysteries ' is willing to simultaneously fulfill the Fool's ' destiny and include the ' Sefirah Castle,' the Uniqueness of the other two Pathway, and a Sequence 1, then there's no problem. But the ' Fool'— "

"Perhaps you would be willing to explain to me how I have Fooling history, Fate, or time?"

Neph blinked and spread her hands, saying, "If you were to exchange your Fate with his, embracing all the Beyonder Characteristic, Uniqueness, and Sefirah, then for you, there would be two simultaneous facts in this world: First, you are Angel of Time from ancient times, having already surrendered your Uniqueness and at least one Sequence 1, seeking refuge as Sequence 2 or Sequence 1;

Second, you are the "Fool" --

"Furthermore, because of your identity, you can exploit another loophole: the ' Fool ' is clearly a Newly Born God at the end of the Fifth Epoch, but you are not. You truly come from the distant past, God 'resurrected' from the past—"

"It seems there's really no problem—" Amon took a slight breath, "But I still have one last, and most crucial, question."

"What?" Neph blinked.

Amon smiled slightly at her and asked politely, "Respected Winter Goddess, could you please tell me how I, with only Sequence 1 (even if I am Sequence 1 1), can exchange my Fate with the Lord of the Mysteries while imprisoned? What contingency plan would allow me to do this?"

"Then you're not assuming that he's simultaneously promoting the Fool and choosing to accommodate the Uniqueness and Sequence 1 of the other two Pathway."

"Beyonder Characteristic?" Neph shrugged.

Her matter-of-fact attitude finally made Amon unable to hold back, and he asked quite politely, "Is your friend an idiot? This is the first time I've met someone more adventurous than me."

"You certainly have a great adventurous spirit," Neph sneered. "To ascend to ' Error ' while simultaneously embracing the Uniqueness of the 'Gate' Pathway and the Beyonder Characteristic of Sequence 1, thus achieving the dual- Pathway True God status of 'Gate' and 'Error,' there is probably only one like him in history."

Chapter 60 Amon's Choice

"No, I've done something like that?" Amon exclaimed in astonishment. "I—no, when did the original body become so adventurous? Has it finally gone mad from not seeing Him for so long?"

"Is this the perfect opportunity for you to turn the tables and become the original body?" I asked subconsciously.

"This is indeed a good opportunity," Amon chuckled, adjusting his Monocle. "But I'm more inclined to believe there's a reason, that He had no other choice."

Indeed—He was driven to desperation; he couldn't win without doing this— Neph hesitated for a few seconds, then reminded him, "If you recall, in the paragraph before that you were emphasizing your adventurous spirit."

"Of course," Amon said with a slight smile, "Everyone thinks so, doesn't they?"

Neph paused, her expression changing for a fleeting moment.

Since the "Error" Pathway to Ritual involves taking someone else's place in another's Ritual, whether becoming True God through the "Error" Pathway requires additional Beyonder Characteristic has always been a question that needs to be discussed by some.

Neph firmly believed that it was unnecessary, not only because of external factors such as "this setting is unreasonable," but also because of what the Evernight Goddess said to Klein when making her judgment in the original story.

He believed that if it were anyone else, there would definitely be no chance, but if it were Amon, there would be a 50% chance, because Amon was naturally adventurous and sought thrills.

Neph's focus had been on the first half. It was the Evernight Goddess's belief that no one else possessed this quality, coupled with Amon's cautious nature, that led Neph to believe that accommodating the Ritual's master's Beyonder Characteristic wasn't necessary. Amon's actions at the time were merely a last resort, and the analysis of the situation served as evidence for this judgment. But now, she took a breath and said with a hint of admiration, "They all knew you were a fraud—yet they still believed you were someone who naturally loved adventure and sought thrills, is that right?"

"I'm a little curious," Amon looked at her with an inquisitive gaze, "Just how much do you know?"

Neph thought for a moment and said, "I know Medici didn't misunderstand you."

A brief moment of contemplation crossed Amon's face. He asked earnestly, "So, besides my relationship with my father, you also care about my relationship with Medici?"

Neph coughed violently.

"I can explain," she said.

"Please." Amon gestured with his hand.

Neph thought for a moment, then carefully began, "I'm not sure—I'm not sure if your other half of your father ever told you that I possess certain information about the past and future, information that exists in a book within my memory."

Amon nodded.

Neph let out a breath and then said cautiously, "This book—is very popular. Many people, regarding your—well, like history, official history is serious and upright, but unofficial history is diverse, and the most widely circulated unofficial history is none other than—"

"A sex scandal?" Amon mused.

Neph nodded.

"I understand," He said, surprisingly without any anger, but rather with a hint of serious analysis. "Who are they?"

"Do you want to listen to yourself, or everyone else?" Neph asked.

"Let me tell you about mine first," Amon raised an eyebrow.

Neph hesitated for a few seconds before speaking, "There are two you already know: first, there's the one between you and your father, and second, there's the one between you and Medici— "

Amon nodded.

Neph thought for a moment, then continued, "There's another one you can probably imagine, which is you and the Fool."

--"Amon nodded with some difficulty.

Neph hesitated for a few seconds, then continued, "These are some of the more popular ones. There are also some that are relatively unpopular, or even bizarre. For example, you and Pallez, the people you and Pallez are currently parasitizing, you and—in short, maybe, this kind of thing is, as long as you have two names, you can make up a bunch of touching stories."

"For example, I can now dictate how your Postman Avatar fell in love with Pedal Bicycle— "

"----?" A distinct look of confusion crossed Amon's face. "I have a question."

Neph looked at Him, and after thinking for a moment, He asked, "Was the world in your memory ever affected by the ' Primordial Moon '? Perhaps also the ' Mother Tree of Desire '?"

After a few seconds of silence, Neph replied earnestly, "Now that you ask, I'm a little hesitant to confirm. After all, before I came here, a rather unusual movement was taking place where we were, although this kind of turmoil had a relatively small impact on our country—"

"What?" Amon raised an eyebrow.

"It's just—" Neph tried to organize her thoughts, "... even though your body is a man, you can have other genders psychologically. You can think of yourself as a woman, a Pedal Bicycle, a screw, an Airship— "

"----?" Amon raised his hand and adjusted his Monocle. "I suddenly realize that I still know far too little about humanity."

Frank Lee's ideas are often outlandish, but his quality control is always guaranteed. The Mushroom are delicious, but this particular Mushroom is a bit unusual.

Klein chewed a couple of times, experiencing a rather elastic texture. The thing in his mouth seemed to suddenly come alive, wriggling around. This reminded Klein of the growing Mycelium, and a bad feeling immediately arose within him. He instinctively opened his mouth and spat out, "Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!"

As the Mushroom fell to the ground, Klein saw a slender insect with twelve segments.

"----?" He stood up, his expression instantly becoming wary.

"I didn't mean to bother you," a mocking voice rang out, and the insect on the ground swelled up, transforming into a young man. "It just so happens that you chose me—I can't really let you swallow me, can I?"

Klein let out a soft breath, opened his mouth, and slowly uttered a name: "---- Amon".

"Yes," the young man adjusted his pointed soft hat and then adjusted his Monocle over his right eye, "I've always wanted to meet you, but I haven't had the chance—I'm thinking, since I've been discovered, well—how about this, it sounds like you need a guide?"

He chuckled softly and added, "As for transportation, I can temporarily serve as that too."