It had truly been a long night.
"Lilith, are you hungry?"
"Yes!"
Edward took out the tent. "Come on, let's go inside and cook."
"What are we eating?"
"Grilled fish monster meat, the kind we had on the White Agate. I bought all the leftovers from last time and kept them chilled."
"Yay!"
Aboard the Nameless.
Klein ate a few slices of toast, and that took care of dinner.
Nearly an hour had passed since Aldrich left in a small boat with the women. Only Klein and three or four crew members responsible for operating the ship remained on the enormous passenger vessel.
Bored with nothing to do, Klein went above the gray fog again. By summoning himself and then using the Card of Blasphemy to take the form of the Black Emperor, he took the Sea God Scepter somewhere far away to test its effects.
Overall, he was, of course, very satisfied. Without the barrier above the gray fog, however, the layers upon layers of prayers were still difficult to endure-even though the enhancements from the Card of Blasphemy and the Copper Whistle already made his spirit body much stronger than other Beyonders of the same Sequence.
Even he could not endure it for long. Ordinary Beyonders would probably lose control and go mad within minutes.
After testing the Sea God Scepter's abilities, Klein canceled the summoning and returned above the gray fog, where he began considering how to use it to act as a Faceless.
Just a couple of days ago, Edward had mentioned having an opportunity to act as an emperor, a pontiff, or even a god. He had never expected to actually be acting as a "god" so soon.
Although Klein was already very familiar with "playing god," doing so within a small group like