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Klein, who was preparing to attack Qonas Kilgor, had no idea that the Church of Storms-no, the Church of Lightning and Truth-had already received the divine revelation conveyed by Pope Gade II: search Backlund for cultists and unaffiliated Beyonders, and investigate clues concerning the Fool.
He was equally unaware of how much this would affect him.
He focused on the present, hiding his real body in the Historical Void while controlling a Historical Projection to probe this demigod from MI9.
Facing a demigod carrying at least one powerful Sealed Artifact, he absolutely could not be careless, even if he was a Sequence higher and had Mr. Azik nearby as insurance. Only an idiot would make a Seer, whose strengths lay in secret planning and controlling things from behind the scenes, fight head-on. He was not so conceited as to believe that being a level higher guaranteed victory. With an excellent probing technique like Historical Projection available, what was he waiting for?
Although he broadly understood a Fallen Earl's abilities, he did not know what effects they would produce when combined with Sealed Artifacts.
Klein controlled the Historical Projection of Gehrman Sparrow, watching Qonas's every move. He did not relax because of his higher Sequence and was prepared to sacrifice the Historical Projection to uncover the abilities of his opponent's Beyonder Items.
First, Klein noticed that Qonas Kilgor was holding a pocket watch resembling tinplate.
He saw the spiritual radiance on this unremarkable pocket watch and concluded that it had to be a powerful Beyonder Item!
Qonas Kilgor also held a strange firearm far larger than an ordinary gun. This was clearly another item he could not overlook!
*A Fallen Earl could distort rules and exploit them, greatly limiting Sealed Artifacts' negative effects and thus carrying two or even more