Klein pressed himself against the gray wall, slowly sat up straight, and shook his head with a smile:
"My brain resists working until my stomach is full."
This was both the truth and Lies, because before becoming a complete Mythical Creature, Saint would still feel hungry and thirsty. However, for a Sequence 3 Demigod, going ten days or half a month without food and water was bearable. As for a complete Mythical Creature, eating was merely a hobby, not a necessity.
What Klein meant was that he needed to get himself into peak condition before officially starting the escape.
"A ' Magician's' habit," Amon commented with a smile. "I'm not responsible for providing food, but you can figure out how to make do yourself."
Klein glanced at the leather lantern on the ground, thought for a few seconds, then reached out his right hand and grabbed into the air.
A low coffee table suddenly appeared in front of him; it was an item from Dawn Dantès's mansion.
In the dim light, Klein reached out once more, summoning a beautifully packaged box from Historical Void.
This box contains a complete set of tableware, including a knife, fork, plate, and cup.
Klein chose this object because summoning different pieces of tableware individually couldn't create a complete set; he could only maintain images within three Historical Void at the same time.
After calmly setting out the cutlery, Klein politely turned his head and nodded to Amon, who was wearing a pointed soft hat. Then, he summoned a medium-rare steak smeared with black pepper sauce from the Historical Void.
It landed on the porcelain plate, still slightly steaming, and as the knife cut into it, the side still showing traces of hemoglobin was revealed.
Klein forked a piece of beef, put it in his mouth, and felt that the texture was real and the taste was wonderful, not fake at all, and it truly soothed the burning sensation in his stomach.
"Within fifteen minutes, I will not only not be hungry, but I will also receive a 'real' replenishment." After swallowing the piece of beef, Klein smiled and introduced himself to Amon, like a hospitable host rather than a pitiful Beyonder had been kidnapped.
Amon adjusted the lower edge of his crystal monocle, smiled, and nodded:
"I've tried it, it's pretty good."
"You've adjusted your mindset very quickly. Are you really not considering becoming my Blessed?"
Klein cut off another piece of beef, and as he forked it, he replied as if chatting casually with a friend:
"Just kill me."
At this moment, frequent lightning and endless darkness alternately dominate this land. In the places where the light cannot reach, countless eyes gaze at this place without any emotion, and the twisted, dark red Distortion of the wild grass sway gently with the occasional breeze.
Inside the partially collapsed building, the dim light cast a warm glow on the artistic coffee table and exquisite tableware, while the aroma of grilled steak wafted through the air, a stark contrast to the almost imperceptible outside environment.
Despite the horrifying gazes of the Monster lurking in the darkness, Klein gracefully and elegantly enjoyed his meal on this desolate, gray land, where immense terror was brewing.
After finishing his steak, he summoned a small glass of ice wine from the Megro Manor and drank it down in one gulp.
Next, cream soup, pan-fried cod, stewed lamb with peas, baked potato skins, and various wines were summoned and entered Klein's stomach in turn.
During this process, the first steak he ate had exceeded its shelf life and disappeared into thin air, but Klein's stomach and body were numbed by the subsequent food, so he did not notice this.
Of course, the coffee table and tableware were replenished and called upon, otherwise the situation wouldn't have lasted until the end.
Towards the end of the meal, Klein reached out again and pulled a cup from thin air, containing a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Klein then used a dessert spoon to scoop out the ice cream, spoonful by spoonful, and put it in his mouth, savoring its melting and sweetness.
After finishing one ball, he was still not satisfied and summoned another ball from the Historical Void.
And so, Klein ate five scoops of ice cream in a row, each with a different flavor.
As Klein reached out for the sixth time, Amon, sitting next to him, suddenly laughed:
"Your Fate has taken an unusual turn; you're already lucky enough."
Is this all you've prepared?
Klein's outstretched right hand froze in mid-air, his pupils seemingly dilating to some extent.
Almost simultaneously, in the deep darkness around them, in places where the lantern light could not reach, strange-looking creatures convulsed and instantly transformed into Klein's Marionette.
This time, Klein sent out a hundred " Worm of Spirit " in one go, hoping that one of them would be Bravehearts to avoid Amon's Stealing.
Immediately afterwards, the figure behind the coffee table, wearing a black wool coat but no hat, was replaced by a disgusting Vampire covered in pus.
The artistic coffee table and exquisite tableware shattered like glass that had been smashed to the ground, breaking into countless cracks and falling apart.
They quickly returned to the Historical Void to avoid interfering with Klein's subsequent summoning.
The next second, all one hundred Marionette, along with Klein's main body which had disappeared into nowhere, reached out and grabbed at the void, using the number of attempts to avoid Amon's interference.
At this moment, they are all " Scholar of Yore ".
This ability originates from the " Bizarro Sorcerer " and is the source of the qualitative change in the " Seer ".
Of course, the success rate of each Marionette summon is independent and they do not affect each other.
At this moment, Klein was summoning a projection of the messenger, Reinette Tinekerr, when she had recovered to her peak condition within the ruins of Tudor. Due to the contract and the incantation, this was the Angel image he could most easily summon from the Historical Void!
Amon remained seated leisurely, his monocle gleaming as he watched 101 Klein simultaneously summon.
Klein and his hundred Marionette failed to pull Reinette Tinekerr out of the void, their right hands extending and then retracting in perfect unison.
At this moment, Amon raised his right hand and also reached forward to grab.
With a slight pull of his arm, he casually pulled it back, and a giant castle-like rag doll, dressed in a somber and elaborate long dress and bound by vines, appeared outside the half-collapsed building.
" Ancient Bane," Reinette Tinekerr!
Amon stole the Historical Void image summoned by Klein!
Reinette Tinekerr's red eyes instantly reflected the images of Klein's hundred Marionette.
Without a sound, the puppets, some resembling Klein and Marionette in Monster forms, began to glow and transformed into horned goats, white rabbits, and other different animals.
" Polymorph Curse!"
Klein's true form had long since vanished, and then he emerged from the flames rising from the leather lantern.
He glanced at the various animals that could perhaps be called himself, then suddenly sat down again, chuckling:
"A walk after meals can effectively improve health."
He made no mention of his earlier attempt to escape, as if nothing had happened.
Amon maintained his previous relaxed demeanor and nodded with a smile, saying in perfect compliance:
"I've read quite a few books written by humans, and this viewpoint is indeed present in them."
At this point, He pointed to the projection of Reinette Tinekerr outside:
"Is this your messenger?"
This was something that could be easily confirmed, and Klein didn't hide anything. He simply hummed in agreement and nodded.
"What a pity." Amon looked Reinette Tinekerr's projection up and down a few times, then shook his head and clicked his tongue.
As Klein felt the food in his stomach disappear one by one, he asked:
"What's a pity?"
"I should have waited a few more days with you in Backlund, so that your messenger could deliver the letter to you, and then He would become my messenger." Amon adjusted his monocle on his right eye and said with a smile, "Stealing an Angel messenger, that's challenging and fun, isn't it? Life always needs some fun, excitement, and anticipation."
"That's what I think too," Klein replied sincerely to Amon's words.
"What a pity." Amon, wearing a pointed soft hat, shook his head again. "' Evernight ' is something we must be careful of. If we stay any longer, I don't know what might happen."
As they spoke, the " Angel of Time " released the image of Reinette Tinekerr through the Historical Void, causing her to disappear before Klein's eyes.
"You seem quite wary of the goddess?" Klein feigned the tone of a devout follower of the " Evernight Goddess."
Of course, he doesn't actually need to pretend; he is still Blessed of the Evernight.
Amon's gaze shifted to the leather lantern inside the half-collapsed building, and looking at its dim yellow light, he said:
"I cannot Stealing what I want from the Concealment, nor can I decipher what other arrangements He may have made, or where the real key lies."
For an Angel King who follows the " Marauder " path, this is ample reason to be wary.
While Amon was answering the question, Klein suddenly recited the name of the " Evernight Goddess " in Jotun in his mind:
"You are the Evernight Goddess, more sublime than the Starry Sky, more eternal than eternity..."
He had barely uttered the sentence when the thought vanished. Had he not had a similar plan beforehand, he would have almost been unaware that he had made such an attempt.
Amon turned to look at him, smiled, and said:
Are you trying to test whether I'll repeat your thoughts and words in my mind after stealing them?
"Once you become a ' Parasite ' of Sequence 4, you can control the stolen things and make them appear at the right time."
"I see." Klein nodded slightly. "Thank you."
As he spoke, Klein quickly summarized the experiences and lessons learned from the escape operation in his mind:
Because of the contract and the hierarchical relationship, summoning the messenger girl was the easiest thing I could do among all the Angel I knew;
Summoning the ice cream from Will's past Fate allows one to establish a subtle connection with the one who represents destiny, receiving the blessings of good fortune. Hmm, each scoop of ice cream represents a portion of that good luck... My original plan was to use summoning the ice cream as a cover to secretly summon the " Snake of Fate ";
Afterwards, I need to interfere with the summoning process, otherwise Amon can directly Stealing the Historical Void image I summoned. All that effort would just be sending Him an ally...
Just as Klein's thoughts were racing, Amon pointed to the group of animals that had been Polymorph Curse " and gave a slightly wicked smile, saying:
"Weren't you worried that there wouldn't be suitable food in the Forsaken Land of the Gods? Now there is. As long as the curse isn't lifted, they are real animals."
Klein paused for a moment, then looked sharply at the goats and rabbits.
Driven by his will, the animals all turned their gazes toward him.
In a sense, these are all Klein's own creations, after all, they were cursed after the " Worm of Spirit " combined with Monster.