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The High Priest before him smiled with joy and kindness, but the sight of that smile filled Klein with an irrepressible sadness.
He quietly activated Spirit Vision. The Spirit Body Threads of High Priest Nim and the small squad he had brought hovered normally in the air, showing no signs of control or Marionettization.
He looked farther away, surveying their surroundings with Spirit Vision, but found nothing unusual either-Hermes and Medici both shook their heads at him. They were now deep within the Eastern Continent, near the seal, and the ruins called Chernobyl, which Klein knew nothing about, were not very far away either. Amon would not watch them every moment. He had something more important to do in the outside world.
Namely, Pallez Zoroast.
The thought that old Pallez was still outside, helping draw some attention away from him, sent a warm current through Klein's heart. It was just like Zaratul back then, who had faced life and death with him without either abandoning the other. Perhaps this was the beautiful bond between seniors and juniors of the Lord of Mysteries Three Pathway.
He wondered how Zaratul was doing now.
Having faced life and death alongside this fellow of the same Sequence, Klein rather missed that old Seer, who also spoke in such cryptic ways.
If Zaratul had already revived, then once he himself advanced to Sequence Two, he could pay him a visit, make some small talk, discuss acting, and thank him for looking after Benson and Melissa earlier while he was at it.
Having Leonard approach the God of Thunder's church in time had indeed worked. No bad news had come yet.
*Amon has obtained Sefirah Castle. His first priority must be to gather his three Sequence One characteristics, then find a way to prepare an