" Fate!"
As the long, drawn-out, and difficult words of Ancient Hermes echoed, the location where the Spirit World Plunderer and Klein stood suddenly dimmed.
It was so subtle, like a cloud drifting by without lingering.
But when the illusory shadow vanished in an instant, the "invisible person" wearing a semi-transparent white robe was already frozen in place, the surface of the clothing showing uncontrollable traces of insects wriggling, sluggish, slow, and difficult.
Opposite him, Klein's eyes regained their clarity, and the fleshy growths on his face, hidden beneath the shadows of the triple crown, were gone.
It looked as if it wasn't the Spirit World Plunderer Manipulation Klein's " Spirit Body Threads " and nearing success, but rather Klein Manipulation the Spirit World Plunderer ' " Spirit Body Threads " and about to transform them into Marionette!
The " Fate Siphon " charm—switch Fate!
This advanced talisman, crafted from " Worm of Time," can Stealing the target's future Fate and Grafting a short-term portion of one's own future onto the target, thus completing the exchange.
Therefore, Klein and the Spirit World Plunderer suddenly switched places; one was reborn from the dead, while the other plummeted from the brink of victory into utter despair.
After confirming that the Spirit World Plunderer were Wisdom, extremely difficult to deal with, and hard to hunt, Klein began to stage a retreat. Seemingly reckless, he was actually deliberately letting himself fall into the Spirit World Plunderer ' control step by step, luring them out, and preparing to use the " Fate Siphon " spell at the crucial moment!
In that case, the more ruthless the Spirit World Plunderer are to their enemies, the more desperate their own situation will be!
Of course, if the " Fate Siphon " spell fails to work, or if the Spirit World Plunderer's main soul does not appear and the situation is controlled by other means, Klein still has a final means to protect himself: to end the summoning directly, return to the Gray Fog, and exchange the loss of two Marionette and several magical items for his own safety.
Ignoring the astonishment at how miraculous the " Fate Siphon " spell was, and how terrifying the Angel of the " Marauder " pathway were, Klein, before the switch of Fate was over, unhesitatingly raised the " Sea God Scepter " in his hand.
His deep blue papal robes billowed in the wind, and his golden triple crown reflected a light that was both blue and silver. In an instant, bolts of lightning shot out from the tip of his bone scepter, intertwining and falling onto the Spirit World Plunderer!
A sudden burst of silvery-white light engulfed the target, illuminating the surroundings in a vast expanse of white.
Once, twice, three times, Klein continuously unleashed terrifying ball lightning, sparing no expense in his Spirituality.
Finally, he heard a roar that seemed to come from the depths of his soul, and instinctively sensed that the target had collapsed and disintegrated.
Klein then lowered the " Sea God Scepter," watching the silvery lightning dissipate.
At this moment, his entire spiritual body had become quite illusory, and even with the blessing of the " Tyrant," it still seemed unreal.
As the lightning disappeared, the "invisible man" in a semi-transparent white robe reappeared in Klein's sight.
A faint, flickering light emerged from within, and the entire Spirit World Plunderer suddenly split apart, turning into countless illusory bubbles that shattered one after another.
The " Tyrant " hunt was a success.
Just then, a violent tremor suddenly occurred in the deeper parts of Calderon, as if a colossal creature had awakened from the death of the Spirit World Plunderer, or as countless dangerous creatures had surged forth.
That indescribable feeling merged into a hazy, grayish-white expanse, like a flood rising layer by layer from the bottom.
Other Spirit World Plunderer? No, they seem to be even more terrifying and horrifying creatures. The objects that Spirit World Plunderer serve? Also, the core area of Calderon, at the end of the deep pit underground, remains so quiet, without a single sound, which makes it even more frightening... Klein forced himself to stay alert, while keeping an eye on the movements in the inner layers of Calderon, anxiously waiting for the characteristics of the Spirit World Plunderer to be extracted and aggregated into materials.
He felt no joy at the successful hunt, only the tension of hovering on the edge of the Abyss.
During this process, Klein drew " Winner " Enzo and " Admiral of Hell " Ludwell closer to him, and tossed the " Sea God Scepter " to the former so that he could get rid of his irritable and impulsive state and think more calmly about how to deal with the possible changes that might happen next, and whether any other details had been overlooked.
A thought flashed through Klein's mind, and he suddenly remembered something:
When he made the magical object sing, " the Creeping Hunger " was praising the " True Creator " and reciting the full name of the deity.
Although the human skin gloves were written in Hermes, not Ancient Hermes capable of manipulating natural forces, the latter could still function in the realm of ritual! This meant that the " True Creator " had likely heard the praise of the " Creeping Hunger " and noticed the commotion taking place here.
Besides the rising "gray flood" and the terrifying creatures deep within the city, there are other dangers... Wait, I'm a spirit now, roughly equivalent to Wraith, not in a normal state... Just as an idea crossed Klein's mind, Spirit Intuition struck, and he instinctively turned his gaze toward the entrance to Calderon.
A flash of light appeared, and a figure entered.
The figure was dressed in a simple and plain linen robe and had long silver hair.
He was a man with gentle features, a handsome face, and eyes that were both tender and somewhat indifferent, as if he were observing Fate and everyone in the world from the perspective of an outsider.
Behind him, beams of light formed illusory, layered, pure wings that spread outwards, obscuring the entire entrance area.
"..." Klein almost hissed through clenched teeth, a string of words flashing through his mind:
" Ouroboros!"
" The Tail Devourer!"
" Angel of Fate!"
" Angel King!"
He disregarded the feasibility of his previous idea, and his body swelled up as if it had no substance, encompassing both the Marionette Enzo and Ludwell, as well as the remnants of the Spirit World Plunderer' bubbles that were still releasing and fusing their properties!
At this moment, Ouroboros's silver eyes reflected the figure in the distance, wearing a triple crown and dark blue robes, an extremely majestic and tyrannical figure, as well as the gray-white mist that was extremely blurry due to the aura of the Tyrant ".
A shimmering river appeared simultaneously in both of His eyes, encircling the figure resembling a " Tyrant " and surrounding the outer region of Calderon.
Without a sound, the square house and pale pillars that had been destroyed in the Lightning Storm stood up again, and the Giant blacksmith, who only had two charred toes left, regained his body and appeared in the tomb, banging on his anvil.
Everything has returned to how it was shortly after the " Tyrant " took over.
However, Klein, dressed as the Pope, was nowhere to be found, along with his two Marionette and the remnants of the Spirit World Plunderer' foam.
The figures could not return, and the newly Restart scene shattered, reverting to the devastation of the post-war era.
" The Tail Devourer " Ouroboros watched silently for a long time without making a move, while the rising "grayish-white" energy deep within Calderon gradually receded.
Above the Gray Fog, Klein slumped wearily into the high-backed chair of " The Fool," too exhausted to even have Enzo and Ludwell, the two secret agents, massage his shoulders and legs.
He had thrown the " Sea God Scepter " back into the pile of junk, and the " Tyrant " card had also left his soul, lying face down next to the " Black Emperor " card. The remaining bubbles of the Spirit World Plunderer Levitation in front of him, constantly releasing Beyonder Characteristic and constantly combining with those points of light.
After a moment, Klein saw specks of grayish-white dust fall onto the surface of the mottled long table, accompanied by a seemingly weightless, transparent object.
The object was about the size of a palm, formed by worm-like strands coiled together, resembling a human figure. It was filled with a colorless liquid, from which bubbles frequently emerged, radiating fine black light.
Klein dared not look closely, for the weightless, transparent object possessed a richer structure in its subtle details, forming indescribable patterns and symbols that seemed to directly incorporate concepts such as knowledge, power, change, Concealment, the bizarre, and madness, making them no longer abstract.
This caused Klein intense dizziness, and he even felt as if his mind was on the verge of collapse and his soul was about to go out of control.
"This should be the true soul of the Spirit World Plunderer... The corresponding dust is also there, about 70 grams, more than needed, and more than I expected..." Klein nodded almost imperceptibly, put the dust into a box, and threw it into the pile of debris along with the true soul, then covered it with Gray Fog.
Having finished these tasks, he raised his hand to rub his temples, silently mocking himself:
"If I weren't carrying the ' Sea God Scepter,' after being attacked by the Spirit World Plunderer, I would most likely have chosen to leave Calderon immediately, wait until I had help, and then conduct the safest hunt to control the situation and not disturb the unknown things in the core area..."
"Sigh, I just went ahead and did it recklessly until the end. Although the result was good, it really doesn't fit my personality, and it completely contradicts my Acting as a ' Seer.' I should try to avoid using the ' Sea God Scepter ' in the outside world in the future."
"Uh... the Spirit World Plunderer has been successfully hunted, so there's no need to ask Miss Sharron for help anymore. I'll write to her in a few days and tell her not to worry about this anymore."
"However, I have a feeling I'll be going to Calderon again in the future, and I might need to ask Miss Sharron for help then."
"We also need to gather information on Trickmaster; we can't place all our hopes on City of Silver..."
Amidst a flurry of thoughts, Klein, without his Marionette, returned directly to his physical body, ended the ritual, trekked to his bed, and fell into a deep sleep.
"They escaped?" Soest looked at the man opposite him and asked Daly Simone, who was Spirit Channeling through a psychic channel.
They had just completed their operation and captured several more members of the Spirituality Religion, but the key figure identified in the intelligence, " Pale Hand " Palenc Eggers, was not at the Concealment hideout.
This is a Sequence 4 Demigod, so the Red Gloves team not only used a Level 1 Sealed Artifact, but also asked " Eye of the Goddess " Ilya to help, but they ended up empty-handed.
Daly Simone nodded:
"Yes."
She immediately looked at the prisoner and asked in a clear, ethereal voice:
Where did Palenc Eggers go?
"He said he was going to see someone," the member of the Spirituality Religion replied slowly.
"Who is that person?" Daly Simone pressed, and Leonard Mitchell and the others also turned their gazes toward them.
The man who was being Spirit Channeling said in a flat voice:
" Ince Zangwill."
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