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Warm snow drifted on the wind. The fleeting ashes fell into the sea, leaving nothing behind except the damage to the airship.
In a fairly good mood, the Demon of Knowledge steered the airship upward again, returning to an altitude of over a hundred meters, and began considering the fastest way to destroy the White Tower and shatter his Kingdom of God.
This Kingdom of God was nothing like the thing Klein had hastily fashioned to face Bethel. It was the genuine article, built little by little by a god, then reinforced and perfected continually over thousands of years. Its fate was bound to the god himself, and its destruction would inflict the greatest possible damage on him. If the Demon of Knowledge seized the opportunity to take his symbolism, he would have a chance to steal his Beyonder Characteristics.
He glanced over and found that the White Tower was currently pursuing Klein with its attacks. The eye at its very top made it resemble a lighthouse on the dark sea, and the light it cast always forced Klein out of some hiding place with pinpoint accuracy.
"Klein's control over the Door pathway has improved considerably... but it really is still a little early for him to face God Almighty."
Seeing that Klein was having some difficulty maneuvering, he extended a hand, and a string of numbers formed a green leaf in midair.
The leaf grew steadily larger as it flew. The wind protecting the White Tower classified it as harmless debris with no offensive power, and it actually passed through unhindered before slapping against the eye, covering it completely.
Klein noticed the help his Assistant had given him. Suppressed by the Eye of Omniscience, he immediately found an opportunity to counterattack. He tried to find the Historical Void,