"Chernobyl!"
Upon hearing Amon's words, Klein's first reaction was surprise.
As he approached the blue-black Cyclops, he anticipated many developments, but he never expected to hear such a name.
It's like a water-cooled machine gun appearing in an ancient oil painting, or a novel plot appearing in a scientific research paper. It's so incongruous and hard to believe.
The next second, Klein thought of the funny thing about the ancient sun god who used his own ribs to create the dark angel Sasler but named his eldest son Adam. He instinctively thought that what he was experiencing at this moment was a similar situation, which made him want to laugh.
When he realized that Amon, the Angel King who was so powerful that he was almost a "bug" and always had a wicked smile on his face, had said this name in a relatively serious and solemn manner, Klein's urge to laugh became increasingly difficult to suppress, and he didn't want to suppress it.
The funniest thing would be to make Amon so angry that he would kill me directly... The ancient sun god's education must be largely responsible for Amon's current state! Klein grinned, ready to vent his inner smile mercilessly.
At this time, another silver-white lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the deep ravine, allowing Klein to once again see the gray-white, heavy buildings at the bottom.
This is a building that is completely different from the current style, the Quaternary, Tertiary, and even Secondary styles.
Plop!
Klein's heart contracted rapidly, then expanded again. His smile froze on his face as soon as it bloomed.
Plop! Plop!
Klein heard his own heartbeat, and common sense about the current world suddenly popped up in his mind:
"There are twelve months in a year, three hundred and sixty-five days, and there are leap years...
"Twenty-four hours a day, sixty minutes an hour, sixty seconds a minute...
“It is confirmed to be a planet…
"There is one and only one sun and one moon in the sky..."
Plop! Plop! Plop!
Klein's instinct stopped him from thinking further, but a "voice" emerged from deep within his heart:
Could it be that there has never been such a thing as "time travel"? I have actually always been on Earth, but I have been suspended in that light door above the gray fog for too long, and I really do not belong to this era...
As this idea took shape, many details that had not caught his attention erupted in Klein's mind like a volcano:
"At the easternmost part of the Sonia Sea, before entering the God War Ruins, there are decaying and collapsed steel buildings around the ancient deep-sea well. These seem to be left behind by humans...
"The overall topography of the North and South continents is very similar to that of North and South America, except that the large area near the two continents was wiped out by some unknown force, forming a turbulent sea with complex waterways and twists and turns... Also, Sonia Island is like the large island in the north, which drifted south as a whole... The Sea between the Continents is like an expanded and connected version of the Great Lakes, as if it had been hit by a huge meteorite...
"On the northern continent, the mountains and rivers have changed a lot, but the overall shape is still barely recognizable...
"In this way... the West Continent, the homeland of the elves, and the East Continent where the 'Forsaken Land of God' is located, correspond to Chernobyl...
"In the legend of treasure at sea, there is a lost civilization called Newins, which sank somewhere in the misty sea...
"The Giant King's parents are humans... The origins of the vampires and elves are also suspected to be humans...
"My two previous questions, why did 'Source Castle' capture 'travelers' from Earth, and why all those people belonged to the era I was in, can now be explained..."
In just two or three seconds, it was as if thunders were exploding continuously in Klein's mind, causing his lips to tremble slightly, as if he was trying his best to suppress the formation of an answer.
"But, the moon in this world is crimson... The starry sky is also a little different from that on Earth... I'm not an astronomy enthusiast, so I don't remember it very clearly, but the emperor took the potion of the 'universal' pathway. If the starry sky was exactly the same, he would have discovered it long ago..." Objections then emerged in Klein's mind. They were like solid anchors that prevented the ship from being blown away from the port in a storm.
But the next second, Klein remembered two sentences.
One sentence was a terrifying prophecy he had read on the Internet in his "previous life":
"When the stars return to their proper positions, Chaos will rise from the earth, and the Great First will awaken."
Another sentence is:
"Watch out for the moon!"
This... that prophecy wasn't made up? The stars returned to their positions, so it was different from before? Klein almost ignored Amon in front of him, and even his body trembled slightly.
He used a lot of strength and finally sighed in his heart:
Maybe, I have never left my hometown, but I will never be able to go home...
Just as he had this realization and enlightenment, the gray-white mist appeared silently before his eyes.
This time, he stood directly in the historical segment corresponding to the "Decayed Forest", the end of the First Age and the beginning of the Second Age.
What was different from before was that the endless gray fog in front of him was no longer empty. In the depths of the fog, far away, broken spots of light lit up one after another.
They are like lighthouses, illuminating the path of history, pulling Klein forward, tracing back, and traveling through thousands, tens of thousands of years or even more.
Then, he saw the brilliant light gate stained with a hint of blue and black, saw the transparent cocoons hanging above the light gate, and saw himself in a T-shirt and casual pants.
An invisible wind blew past, and the gray-white fog under the light gate opened up layer by layer, revealing cities.
Inside them stand tall skyscrapers, all kinds of cars are parked, and pedestrians coming and going are frozen.
These cities are piled up one on top of another, covered in gray dust. Many buildings have collapsed, with broken steel bars sticking out. Some cars are dented, some are broken, and some are flattened into discus. The pedestrians are lifeless, like wax figures...
Seeing this scene, Klein stopped and stared deeply.
He knew very well:
This world is the Earth!
His "Ancient Scholar" potion was completely digested at this moment.
Suddenly, Klein's consciousness returned to the real world, and he found that his connection with Sefirah Castle had been further strengthened.
Amid the humming sound, the resonance around him caused by the prayers of the Tarot Club members became stronger and stronger.
He had been able to use them to vaguely sense the "Source Castle" above the gray fog. After seeing the chair of the "Fool", Klein seemed to have finally established some kind of connection with the deep red "figure" that was twisting and trying to take shape.
Klein suddenly had an epiphany. At this moment, he did not need to recite any spells or walk four steps backwards. With just a thought, his spirit could enter the "Source Castle" and become one with the "figure".
This is undoubtedly his best chance to escape!
Without bothering to lament that this world was Earth, Klein immediately changed his mind and "leaped" towards the "Source Castle", thinking that Amon would definitely not have expected such a change.
At this moment, Klein's eyes reflected Amon, who was wearing a pointed hat, a monocle, and a classical magician's robe. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, with unspeakable joy.
Klein's mind suddenly exploded, and all his thoughts were occupied by Amon's crazy muttering:
"You are right. I don't want to steal your destiny and bear a heavy burden while becoming the new master of Sefirah Castle..."
"You are right, this has been a fraud from the beginning..."
"But the core of this deception is to make you think that I gave you hope and then destroyed it in order to break your will and make you agree to become my follower..."
"If I hadn't deliberately changed my clothes when entering the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods', and if I hadn't 'accidentally' demonstrated my ability to exploit 'mistakes' a few times, would you be so sure that my real body had arrived?"
"Could it be that a 'deceitful god' would not understand that changing his image would reveal a lot of problems?"
"Do you think I, who have already been to Chernobyl, would not understand what this name means?
"I have been in the God-Forsaken Land for more than a thousand years, searching for the oldest history, the history that transcends the First Age."
"The real purpose of this journey is to give you some time, some historical knowledge, and help you digest the Ancient Scholar potion so that you can relax your guard in this regard. Then, when your connection with Sefirah Castle deepens and you try to activate Sefirah Castle, I will seize this opportunity, exploit the loophole, and steal Sefirah Castle directly."
"Your fate is yours, and Sefirah Castle is mine."
…
This terrifying muttering from the Angel King not only contained Amon's chuckle, but also destroyed Klein's spirit, no worse than Mr. "Door"'s roar.
Traces of "Spirit Worms" began to appear on the surface of Klein's skin, and he was on the verge of losing control.
And from his body, a twelve-segmented "Worm of Time" crawled out and transformed into the shadow of Amon wearing a black wizard's robe, a pointed hat of the same style, and a crystal monocle.
It was Amon who was "parasitizing" Klein's body at a shallow level. His purpose was not to monitor his thoughts, nor to control the situation through deep-level "parasitism" at a critical moment, but to seize the current opportunity!
Amon adopted "deep level" parasitism at the very beginning, the main purpose of which was to "parasitize" a "Time Worm" at a shallow level without a Saint noticing!
The phantom of Amon turned around and glanced at Klein, who was distracted by the whispers and unable to think. He smiled the same smile as his real self:
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, with unspeakable joy.
He immediately turned around, and with the help of the invisible connection, he "leaped" towards the "Source Castle" above the gray-white mist.
This was similar to the situation where he had previously "parasitized" Derrick Berg's body and tried to sneak into the gray fog through the crimson star corresponding to the "sun".
But this time, no one performed purification in the "Source Castle", closed the "gate" and isolated Amon.
It was a wonderful show.
This is the "God of Fraud".