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"Speaking of which, your... future events here are such a tangled mess. I almost want to knit a sweater out of them."
Before Klein could react to what had just been said, the Lord of Withering changed the subject again on his own. His thoughts seemed perpetually erratic and nonsensical, making it impossible to guess what he was thinking.
"Just look at what everyone here is doing."
His tone went exceptionally well with the way he ate popcorn, giving no indication whatsoever that he intended to add fuel to the fire himself shortly:
"Driven by both instinct and personal grudges, the God of Thunder has decided you're all his enemies. By comparison, the Demon of Knowledge isn't even that important anymore. His primary objective seems to be breaking through the Demon of Knowledge's blockade, then killing all three of you."
Klein mulled over one word. "Instinct? You mean God Almighty's will has already started awakening inside him?"
"But he seems to have a strong will of his own right now, with very clear ideas about his objectives, and he hasn't gone to the Eastern Continent to make contact with the Chaos Sea. Besides, God Almighty has already appeared. There's no need to awaken ahead of time. Even under these circumstances, can't God Almighty's awakening be delayed?"
As Klein saw it, if the wills of the Lord of the Mysteries and God Almighty did not actively erode the gods, and the gods did not actively make contact with the Sefirah either, then the revival of a Great Old One's will ought to be highly unlikely.
If he had not made contact with Sefirah Castle so early, he probably would not have been personally designated a candidate for Lord of the Mysteries by the True Creator at Sequence 6, caught on