When his gaze fell upon the garden, the scene there naturally appeared in Klein's mind:
In the dark corners hidden by blooming flowers, one after another, gray-furred mice, as if bewitched by Demon, frantically circled one spot, squeaking and trying to squeeze past their kind to get into the center.
In the core area, a gray rat, almost the size of an adult Loen Shorthair cat, lay there, its eyes noticeably reddish, like congealed blood.
Its tail swung rapidly, as if trying to unleash its inner turmoil.
Once the normally sized rats get close, it will reach out its claws and pin them down, biting them to death beside it, leaving piles of rat corpses around it. But even this cannot stop the other rats from swarming in.
Seeing this, Klein suddenly had two thoughts:
Firstly, the "intuitive premonition" enhanced by the power of the Gray Fog is a great help to the " Bizarro Sorcerer " in Manipulation the " Spirit Body Threads." In open areas, it's easy to identify which " Spirit Body Threads " represent a target at a glance. However, in bustling cities or areas with many buildings, the " Bizarro Sorcerer," without "clairvoyance" abilities, cannot distinguish which of the different mixed " Spirit Body Threads " represent from a distance. This makes it difficult to accurately lock onto the enemy, unless the opponent's behavior is distinctive and different from others. Of course, the " Bizarro Sorcerer " can also control the enemy indiscriminately without considering friendly fire.
Secondly, the Demigod Parasitism the " Marauder " pathway parasitizing the rat's body was indeed on the verge of going out of control. Not only was its size several times larger than what " Magic Mirror " Arrodes had previously shown, but its state was also extremely unstable, filled with an aura of tyranny and madness.
Fortunately, they arrived in time. If they had waited a few more weeks, a tragedy might have occurred... Klein's thoughts flashed, and illusory black lines appeared before his eyes.
At this moment, the straight-line distance between him and the mutated rat was less than 50 meters, allowing him to directly Manipulation the " Spirit Body Threads "!
At that moment, the large, sleek-furred rat seemed to sense something, abruptly stood up, and turned its head toward the kitchen.
A glint of light flashed in its dark red eyes, instantly freezing the young man in the silk hat and black suit in place.
It " Stealing " the other person's main thoughts for the next two seconds, leaving his mind almost blank, and it didn't take any corresponding action like Sequence 5 " Dream Stealer "!
Immediately afterwards, the rat raised its right forepaw, attempting to " Stealing " the enemy's extraordinary abilities.
At this level, the extraordinary abilities that can be "stolen" from the same target have increased from one to three, and can be maintained for up to two hours. Of course, only one can be " Stealing " at a time.
At that moment, the giant rat's thoughts became strangely sluggish, and its movements as if using its abilities were tightly bound by invisible threads, making it extremely slow.
It has been initially controlled by the " Spirit Body Threads "!
It had just successfully " Stealing " " Gehrman Sparrow's " thoughts, leaving him stunned in place—it was all an illusion, an illusion created by the " Bizarro Sorcerer "!
Before officially Manipulation the " Spirit Body Threads," Klein had already switched places with the " Winner," Enuni. Marionette has no self-awareness or thoughts, it would not be affected by the extraordinary ability to " Stealing thoughts."
How could something that doesn't even exist be stolen?
In order to lull this Demigod of the " Marauder " pathway into a false sense of security, Klein used a transformative Illusion technique and deliberately had the Marionette Enuni was transformed into the appearance of " Gehrman Sparrow," behave accordingly.
At this moment, he was outside Macht's Elk Manor, more than 500 meters away from the giant rat in a straight line. But this did not prevent him from Manipulation the rat's " Spirit Body Threads," because a " Bizarro Sorcerer " could endow his Marionette with his extraordinary abilities, including controlling the " Spirit Body Threads " and turning the target into the Marionette's core means!
In other words, without other restrictions, the " Bizarro Sorcerer " can use Marionette to increase the distance at which he Manipulation the " Spirit Body Threads " from 150 meters to infinity. After all, as long as a Marionette is placed about 1 kilometer apart, he can extend his influence by relying on the extraordinary abilities it grants.
Of course, there is no such thing as unlimited ability in this world. On the one hand, Klein's current limit is 50 Marionette in total, and he cannot exceed this number. On the other hand, the only thing that the " Bizarro Sorcerer " cannot give to Marionette is the ability to think and self-awareness. Therefore, the limit of using Marionette to control Marionette is the limit of his own control over Marionette, 1 kilometer!
Once this range is exceeded, the Marionette transformed from the Marionette will be unable to perform any actions.
Furthermore, the essence of the " Bizarro Sorcerer " bestowing extraordinary abilities upon Marionette is to separate a worm related to the Mythical Creature Form and let it enter the Marionette's body through the " Spirit Body Threads." If several worms are not given to the same Marionette in advance, then when the Marionette is transformed into a new Marionette, it will be impossible to separate the corresponding worm so that the new Marionette can also be endowed with the extraordinary abilities of the original body.
Klein can currently only create a maximum of 50 separate entities. Exceeding this number would overwhelm his spirit body, causing him to exhibit symptoms of schizophrenia that would require effective treatment to recover from. Even with excellent treatment, recovery is not guaranteed, and the tendency to lose control would become even more severe.
Therefore, according to Klein's experiments, his current limit for Manipulation the " Spirit Body Threads " is 1000+150 meters. In order for the new Marionette to be fully controlled, it can only be within 1000 meters. At the same time, if the Marionette dies, the characteristics of the worm inside the body will return to the body according to the Law of Beyonder Characteristics Convergence within a certain period of time. If this process is interrupted, it may be lost.
Just as the Demigod of the " Marauder " pathway became sluggish and sluggish, the rats that had been transformed into Marionette rushed out of the kitchen around the " Winner " Enuni, who resembled " Gehrman Sparrow," aimed at the garden, opened their mouths, and prepared to cleanse the target area with Air Cannon.
Suddenly, a dark red light shone brightly in the giant rat's eyes.
In an instant, " Gehrman Sparrow " appeared in the dark corner of the garden, amidst the dead rats, while the Demigod who had been " the Marauder " arrived in the kitchen, at the long table laden with various items.
It " Stealing " Gehrman Sparrow's place!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Air Cannon of the Marionette Rats fired uninterruptedly, striking the area where " Gehrman Sparrow. The impact sent dirt flying, flowers scattering, and blood and flesh flying everywhere. The servants in the manor house trembled violently, not understanding what was happening, and could only frantically scatter to hide.
The entire garden was completely plowed up by the Air Cannon, and the soil was drastically thinned. If Klein hadn't concentrated his fire on that area, the manor house would certainly have been destroyed.
As the dust settled, the rats lay dead, their bodies mangled, but " Gehrman Sparrow " remained standing, unharmed.
" Winner " Enuni unleashed all the good luck he had accumulated in that instant!
However, his Manipulation of the giant rat " Spirit Body Threads " was thus interrupted. There were only so many " Spirit Body Threads," and the rat Marionette had previously been unable to intervene, otherwise it would have caused chaos and canceled each other out.
Hibbert's teacher, the Demigod of the " Marauder " pathway, seized the opportunity to regain his freedom of movement, then turned around and raised his right forepaw at " Gehrman Sparrow," instantly Stealing the other's extraordinary ability to Manipulation the " Spirit Body Threads."
As a Sequence 4 Demigod, it can " Stealing " the desired ability from its target with relatively high precision, usually choosing one out of three. The more it understands the target, the higher the probability of success. This time, however, it was quite lucky.
Of course, if the target of the " Stealing " is of a lower level and the user has a deep understanding of the target's situation, it can "steal" whatever it wants.
As soon as the right forepaw was lowered, the Demigod of the " Marauder " path raised his left forepaw, and the rat Marionette immediately went weak and fell to the ground, unable to turn over.
This is a large-scale "theft"—stealing the rat's own ability to walk!
Immediately afterwards, countless strange symbols appeared in the giant rat's dark red eyes.
It quickly solved the "mystery" and located the location of Klein's true form.
With a flash of Red Light and a flick of its claws, the Demigod of the " Marauder " pathway instantly appeared before Klein.
This time, it " Stealing " the distance between the two!
Just then, the gaunt, angular young man in the giant rat's eyes disappeared, replaced by a gray rat.
Meanwhile, worms emerged from the surrounding trees, opening their "mouths" as they did so.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Air Cannon were fired, covering both giant and ordinary rats.
While Manipulation the Marionette within the Elk Manor, Klein didn't forget to transform new Marionette around himself—a basic skill of a " Bizarro Sorcerer." Then, using the seamless exchange between his body and the Marionette, he set up a simple trap!
Mud and dust billowed high, completely engulfing the giant rat that the " Marauder " Parasitism by the Demigod.
Once everything had calmed down, a strong stench of blood wafted from the area where the crater had appeared, where there were chunks of flesh and blood of various shapes scattered everywhere.
Dead? Klein saw the scene of the "bombing" through the eyes of the surrounding Marionette.
But he quickly frowned, because there was no sign of Beyonder Characteristic being extracted there.
In a flash, Klein pulled out a gold coin and flicked it up with a clink.
As the gold coins fell, images flashed through his mind—revelation from the Astral Body.
Compared to the past, Klein, now Demigod, is able to obtain more information through this simplified method of Divination!
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