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To save Klein or not to save him-that was the question.
In terms of his overall qualities, Klein was undoubtedly an outstanding successor.
He had wasted none of the resources available to him and had done his best in everything related to advancing.
Moreover, judging by his prevention of the Descent of the True Creator and his involvement in the Backlund Great Smog, he also possessed a considerable sense of morality and responsibility. Having someone like him become the Lord of the Mysteries was practically a dream come true.
Amon? Didn't know him.
"Sometimes I really do think you humans are a contradictory bunch." The Monarch of Decay peeled an orange for himself and spoke as he ate. "The more humanity you lose, the more you insist on finding a morally upright human to take the position of Above the Sequence, all for that little bit of kindness in them."
"I heard Mr. Door was originally the strongest contender back in the Fourth Epoch. Then he became corrupted in the Starry Sky because of the requirements of his ritual, and was quite naturally exiled."
The innkeeper's daughter gazed longingly at the orange in the Outer Deity's hand, failing to notice her mother repeatedly signaling with her eyes for her to leave.
He glanced at the girl a couple of times and casually handed her the other half of the orange.
The girl accepted the orange, overwhelmed by the unexpected favor, and swallowed, not daring to eat it. Her mother bowed repeatedly behind her, thanking him for his generosity.
"It's strange. Why didn't they kill him?" The Monarch of Decay stood up, brushed off his clothes, and headed back to his room. "Something corrupted is only safe once it's thoroughly dead, especially with a pathway like Door. Why did they