City of Silver, top of the round tower.
Derrick Berg waited for quite a while, but Mr. The Fool did not respond.
This made him panic, not understanding what it meant or how to handle it.
Was Mr. The Fool in some state of being unable to respond to prayers? Hmm, He told us a couple of days ago that next week's gathering was canceled, which should be a sign... Derrick managed to calm his inner anxiety and tension as he recalled what had happened before.
This explains his strong reaction, as similar situations were recorded in the textbooks of City of Silver:
One day, the Creator had been responding normally to the believers, suddenly stopped responding and abandoned this land!
After a few seconds of silence, Derrick stood up, returned to the chief's room, and said to Colin Iliad:
"We'll have to wait a few more days."
"Wait?" Colin, the " Demon Hunter," repeated the keyword, his brow furrowing slightly.
In his view, this was an unusual event, seemingly symbolizing a bad development.
Derrick suppressed the instinctive urge to scratch the back of his head and nodded with some difficulty:
"Yes."
Colin Iliad, his hair now gray, stared at him for a few seconds, then slowly nodded and said:
"Okay, you can go back now."
Inside a two-bedroom rental apartment in City of Silver, East Borough.
Wrapped in thick clothes, Fors paced back and forth around the warm stove, his face full of doubt.
Finally, she turned her head and looked at Hugh in the chair:
Why hasn't Mr. World replied to me yet?
"Perhaps something has held him back," Hugh offered the reason he had already considered. "Perhaps Mr. ' The Fool ' is currently unable to convey your prayers; He even suspended the gathering."
Fors nodded thoughtfully and said:
"Mr. ' The Fool ' informed us that next week's gathering is suspended temporarily, a decision made midweek. Is this related to the matter of George III?"
Thinking of Mr. World's long-standing investigation, Hugh hummed in agreement:
"Very likely."
In the Forsaken Land of the Gods, within a desolate city-state.
Amon, dressed in the black robes of a classical the Magician, led Klein into a relatively intact church.
Here, the stone pillars are leaning, several are broken, and dark red weeds grow from their gaps, entwining around the bird reliefs.
Carrying a leather lantern, Klein looked around and confirmed that the city-state's inhabitants were not truly wiped out; a small number of survivors remained. They had somehow transformed into Monster from the depths of darkness, hiding from the dim light and surrounding the church in places out of sight, intending to attack Klein and Amon, who appeared to be normal humans.
--Klein was able to determine that the Monster were originally residents of this city-state because their " Spirit Body Threads " had undergone certain distortions, some were grayish-white, some Distortion, and some were partially stuck together, which was completely different from the Monster in other places and was more similar to the feeling of the corpses in the stone coffins.
I don't know what kind of despair and collapse could drive the remaining humans here to choose such a path... Perhaps the deepest despair is seeing no hope every day, and the surrounding situation getting worse and worse... Klein used this as an opportunity to adjust his mindset.
He is experiencing a cycle of hope followed by despair.
Wearing a monocle, Amon walked along the edge of the lamplight, making his way to the deepest part of the church.
As Klein approached, he saw a door shrouded in a pale white light standing there.
"This city-state is actually divided into two parts, the visible and the hidden. They have used certain abilities of the ' Apprentice ' pathway to hide some areas, which can only be entered through specific 'doors'," Amon said, pointing ahead.
"The abilities of Secrets Sorcerer '?" Klein nodded in understanding, indicating that he roughly knew what was going on.
Amon then said:
"Behind this door lies the dark side of this city-state, and I can use it to connect with similar areas further away, allowing me to reach them directly and shorten our journey."
As expected of the embodiment of loopholes... Klein watched as Amon stretched out his left hand and pressed it against the door formed by pale white light.
The light began to ripple, spreading rapidly in all directions, growing increasingly intense.
Just then, a deformed Monster that had been hiding in the darkness and spying on the church suddenly shuddered and transformed into Klein's Marionette.
Twenty or thirty seconds ago, Klein had already gained initial control over it and deepened its influence, but it wasn't until now that it had been completely transformed.
Immediately afterwards, Klein and the Marionette reached out at the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity when Amon changed the direction of the "door," and each grabbed an object.
In Klein's hand was Crimson Moon Corona shaped like Full Moon and inlaid with scarlet gems, while in the Marionette's hand was a brass-colored, antique-looking " Master Key "!
At the same time, they opened their mouths and made a "bang" sound, using Air Cannon to push the " Crimson Moon Corona " and the " Master Key " towards Amon and towards the pale Door of Light.
When these two items are combined, they allow people to hear Mr. Door's cries for help, meaning that Mr. Door's power can penetrate the real world to a limited extent.
This person is the controller of all the "gates" and one of the beings who least wants to see Amon become a " Error " and control the " Sefirah Castle "!
Klein didn't expect that the sealed "Door" could actually harm Amon; he only hoped to use it to distract the " Angel of Time " and create enough space for himself to make other preparations.
Of course, if Mr. "Door" could cause that door to mutate, expanding or Distortion the loophole created by Amon, and in turn affecting the Angel King of the " Marauder " path, Teleportation Him to a distant place, Klein would definitely be sincerely grateful to Mr. "Door" for a week.
--After the previous attempts, Klein realized where his biggest disadvantage was. It wasn't that he was one position behind in the Sequence or that there was a fundamental difference in level, but that he had lost the initiative and couldn't prepare properly. Every time he started preparing, he would be interrupted or ruined by Amon.
For a seasoned Magician, an unprepared performance is often synonymous with failure.
If Klein could prepare in advance and quietly summon the Historical Void projections of Mr. Azik, Reinette Tinekerr, and " Snake of Fate " Will Auceptin, even if he couldn't defeat Amon's Sequence 2 avatar, he would certainly be able to create a very good opportunity to escape.
At that moment, the " Crimson Moon Corona," radiating a serene glow, and the ancient-looking " Master Key " arrived at the Door of Light with a whoosh.
The pale white light that formed the illusory gate Distortion and swallowed the two items, turning them slightly crimson before collapsing into a vortex.
The vortex seemed bottomless, like a giant eye.
As Amon was about to turn around, he paused slightly after being stared at by those eyes, as if he had heard an old friend calling out to him.
However, the lag disappeared instantly, as if it had never happened.
As Amon's gaze shifted to Klein, he instantly lost six extraordinary abilities.
This includes controlling the " Spirit Body Threads," Summon Historical Void Projection, Paper Figurine Substitute, Flame Manipulation, Underwater Breathing, and Bone Softening.
Of course, the loss of these six extraordinary abilities by the Marionette does not affect Klein's subsequent actions.
That barely perceptible pause allowed Klein to Marionette Swap in time!
He had reached the dark depths outside the church, where the surrounding deformed Monster trembled and transformed into his Marionette.
For targets that don't even have Sequence 5 level, Klein only needs two or three seconds to Marionettization them, and he had already begun a similar operation when summoning the " Crimson Moon Corona ".
While Klein revels in the darkness without restraint, attempting to transform into Concealment state or successfully commit suicide, he and the Marionette simultaneously reach out and grasp at the mist woven from history.
This time, he divided the Marionette into three groups, summoning Reinette Tinekerr, Mr. Azik, and " Snake of Fate " Will Auceptin respectively, to avoid the situation from last time, where he finally succeeded only to have them stolen by Amon —with a similar arrangement, he might be able to keep one or two.
Of course, this is on the premise that Amon cannot Stealing images from multiple Historical Void at once.
This needs to be confirmed by Klein.
Klein's main body withdrew his hand, but didn't grab anything.
All the Marionette tried to summon the " Snake of Fate " failed, but two of the " Scholar of Yore " who tried to summon the " Death Consul " and Reinette Tinekerr showed signs of slight tension in their arms.
Klein was overjoyed, suddenly realizing that this attempt might actually turn into a real escape operation.
At that moment, a blazing, surging, and terrifying light burst forth from the crystal monocle that Amon was wearing.
The entire city-state, and even the surrounding valleys, hills, and wilderness, were filled with pure, scorching sunlight; "daylight" had returned after thousands of years of absence.
Amon returned the "Daylight" Stealing from the " Ruins of the Gods' Battle "!
In this "daylight," Klein not only felt his body melting, but also heard familiar yet frantic murmurs echoing in his ears, like steel needles piercing into each " Worm of Spirit."
This caused him to be overwhelmed by immense pain, and the summoning of the Marionette, which was about to succeed, failed.
The "daytime" of the Ruins of the Gods' Battle contains the murmurs of the " True Creator "!
The deformed Monster that had been hiding in the depths of darkness—the few survivors of the city-state—seemed to have briefly regained their senses, staring blankly at the "daylight" and squinting their eyes.
Then, they rushed frantically toward the source of "daylight," dissolving into ashes one after another.
Far from here, in the City of Silver Afternoon Town camp, the guards on the ramparts successively discovered a radiance on the northeastern horizon that was different from lightning, just like the legendary scene of the Sun about to rise.
This scene lasted only a few seconds before shattering, and the sky returned to deep darkness.
Klein had just recovered from his ramblings when he saw Amon, wearing a pointed soft hat, standing in front of him.
The " Angel of Time " adjusted his monocle and smiled, saying:
"Well done."
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