Mermaid?

Klein was delighted, and a long-lost excitement surged up in his heart.

Nearly four months after leaving Backlund and after going through a lot of things, he finally arrived at the destination of this "trip" and met the last condition required for promotion to Sequence 5 "Master of Secret Dolls"!

The anxiety and restlessness in his heart caused by waiting had been growing continuously since he entered this sea area. The things that happened on the "Future" seemed absurd and ridiculous, but extremely terrifying when you think about it carefully. The dangers and unknowns hidden in the three states of night, noon, and dreams in this ruins of the war of gods made him always tense and spend every hour and every minute in agony.

Now, these emotions and pressures finally have a chance to be vented and released!

Huh... Klein exhaled slowly, returned directly to the cabin, and entered his own room.

Without panicking or getting carried away, he took out the Azik copper whistle and Will Auceptin paper crane according to the predetermined process, and used them to interfere with the possible spying of the "mysterious queen".

He took out the remaining spirit of the ancient vengeful spirit, the eyeballs of the six-winged gargoyle, the bark of the dragon-patterned tree, and the metal bottle of Sonia Golden Spring water from the suitcase and spread them out on the desk. Then he went into the bathroom, locked the door, and skillfully set up a ceremony to pray for blessings.

After completing this ritual, he did not rush to respond above the gray fog, but instead arranged an additional ritual, a ritual to summon himself!

After walking four steps backwards and chanting a spell, Klein arrived above the gray fog and responded to the summoning ritual. He came to the real world in spirit form and brought the "Spark" gloves back to that mysterious space.

After completing the preliminary work, Klein did not relax. He came to the Fool's position, materialized a pen and paper, and quickly wrote a divination statement:

"The one singing in front is a mermaid."

Taking off the citrine pendant, he used divination to confirm the situation:

The one singing in front of the "Future" is the mermaid!

After calming down, Klein waved his hand and let the iron cigarette box fly out from the pile of debris and land on the mottled and ancient bronze table.

With a snap, he opened the lid and saw that the pupil-less "all-black eye" was still lying quietly inside. The extreme madness and danger were vaguely perceptible, yet it seemed to be sleeping.

After staring quietly for two seconds, Klein picked up the "Spark" glove and slowly put it on his right palm.

After completing all this, Klein did not hesitate any longer. He stretched out his right palm and spread out his five fingers.

The scene before his eyes was suddenly filled with various balls of light; gray, copper green, deep red and black formed the main tone of this mysterious space.

And inside the "All-Black Eye", the steaming, ferocious iron-black light was entangling all the remaining colors.

Without relying on his own spiritual intuition, Klein could clearly recognize, based on his own understanding of things, that it was this iron-black light that represented the spiritual pollution of the "True Creator"!

On high alert, he closed his five fingers, grasped the target, and then twisted his wrist.

The iron-black light was suddenly drawn away and merged into the Fire Seed Gloves. Klein's ears suddenly heard an illusory, evil, terrifying, familiar, and indescribable roar.

It destroyed his thoughts, wore away his spirit, and brought him pain as if his head was about to explode, but it was quickly suppressed by the power of the gray fog.

Klein didn't have the energy to think too much. He followed the predetermined plan and the movements he had practiced many times. He grabbed the "Fire" glove with his left hand, took it off, and threw it onto the stone tiles of the magnificent palace.

The roar disappeared, and Klein numbly grabbed the "All-Black Eye" that no longer had any problems, and quickly responded to the ritual of praying for the blessing, transmitting the extraordinary characteristics left by the "Master of Secret Dolls" through the illusory door to the altar in the bathroom.

He did not dare to delay at all. He just glanced at the "Fire Seed" gloves that were stained iron black, with twisted fingers, torn palms, and full of evil. He wrapped himself with spirituality, simulated the feeling of falling rapidly, and returned to the real world.

I wonder what the Creeping Hunger would think if it witnessed the entire experience and outcome of the Fire Seed Gloves... Klein opened his eyes, grabbed the Eye of All Black from the altar, and ran straight to the room outside. This thought suddenly crossed his mind.

Stopping in front of the desk, Klein took out the steel milk pan that originally belonged to the "Future" kitchen from the side and poured 80 ml of Sonia Golden Spring water into it.

The light golden liquid ripples slowly, clear and transparent, making people subconsciously feel their mouths dry and want to drink a glass to quench their thirst.

Klein put the bark of the dragon-patterned tree, the eyeballs of the six-winged gargoyle, and the residual spirituality of the ancient vengeful spirit into the pot one by one, which aroused different reactions. In the end, the color of the potion base turned into dark gold, but it looked light and weightless.

At this critical juncture, Klein became unusually calm. He calmly picked up the pupilless black eye and sank it into the base.

He could already confirm that the spiritual pollution of the "True Creator" could not penetrate the gray fog and return to the "Eye of All Black"!

And this was predictable.

The "All-Black Eye" was instantly submerged in the dark golden liquid, and bubbles appeared one after another on the water surface.

Every time a bubble burst, the potion became darker. After about ten seconds, all changes stopped.

Inside the milk pot, the magic potion took shape, appearing completely black, and there seemed to be countless tiny insects that were too small to be seen with the naked eye swimming rapidly inside.

Klein took out the gold coin and quickly confirmed it using divination.

After getting the revelation of success, he breathed a sigh of relief, poured the "Master of Secret Puppetry" potion into the metal bottle prepared in advance, and stuffed it into his pocket.

He was neither anxious nor panicky. He followed the predetermined process and quickly dealt with the altar in the bathroom, taking back the Azik copper whistle and Will Auceptin's paper crane.

Only at this time did he leave the cabin and come to the deck with a slightly quicker pace.

At this time, the symbolic symbols, magic signs and strange patterns on the "Future" have lit up in distinct layers, forming a dazzling ocean of stars, which has weakened the mermaid's singing to the greatest extent.

——It is rumored that the mermaids’ singing can make humans lose their minds, become crazy, and thus jump off the ships and become food for the mermaids.

Klein subconsciously raised his head and looked towards the window corresponding to the captain's room.

The "Admiral of the Stars" stood there, with stars lingering around him, looking back with a complicated look.

Is this because he remembered what he said and the attitude he showed in his dream? Klein muttered to himself and said indifferently:

"I want a boat."

"It's ready." Cattleya pointed to the side of the ship without any surprise.

When Gehrman Sparrow hired the "Future", he had already mentioned that his purpose was to find mermaids!

Soon, Klein left the Future, left the protection of the brilliant sea of ​​stars, stepped onto a small boat, and found himself in the ocean.

The song came in a ethereal voice, as if it went straight into his spirit, making his whole body numb and he couldn't help wanting to hear more.

This was far from enough for Klein, and his spiritual intuition told him that he had to get closer and make the singing clearer in order to meet the requirements of the ceremony.

"storm!"

Klein took out a talisman made of tin and summoned a controllable gust of wind to push the boat forward.

After an unknown amount of time, the mermaid's singing suddenly became louder, and it was clear as if she was singing softly beside Klein's ear. Every note could move his spirit, and every melody made him intoxicated and yearning.

Klein was in a trance for a moment and almost jumped into the sea, swimming towards the source of the beautiful singing.

He tried his best to control himself and found that there were many reefs not far ahead. There were figures sitting on the edge, singing softly.

These creatures have human heads, with pure eyes and brows that reveal a bit of gorgeousness. Their chests are bulging but covered with dark red scales. Their lower bodies are huge fish tails that beat rhythmically against the rocks.

Different mermaids have different appearances and different tail scale colors, which has a different kind of beauty to humans.

Klein released control of the boat, raised his right hand, and was about to reach into his pocket to take out the potion.

Just then, the mermaids noticed his approach and looked over.

Then, these creatures, also known as sirens, stopped singing in panic and jumped into the water with a splash.

Don't go... Klein grabbed twice with his right hand weakly.

Didn't we agree to use singing to attract humans as food? Why did you run away when humans came? I'm not a bad person, I just came to listen to a song... At this time, Klein's heart was filled with the emotion of fucking him.

He soon discovered that the mermaids' singing had not completely stopped. Farther up on the reef, there were a few mermaids with their backs to this side. Against the backdrop of wind and waves, they had not noticed their companions' escape and were still singing boldly.

Klein perked up, thought for a moment, and took out another talisman.

This is a spell from the "Sea God" realm that makes underwater creatures feel close to the user!

"storm!"

As the spell was chanted, the blue-green flame enveloped the tin sheet, causing it to disappear into the real world.

Seeing that the remaining "mermaids" had noticed him but were no longer timid and ran away, Klein immediately took out the metal bottle containing the "Puppet Master" potion and unscrewed the lid.

Hurry up to avoid accidents!

Gurgle, the slightly bitter potion with a stale feeling poured into Klein's mouth, along his esophagus, and went straight to his stomach.

Suddenly, Klein found himself becoming extremely stiff, as if he had returned to Tingen, back to the state when he was being manipulated by the strange puppet of Sealed Object "2-049".

He tried to move his joints, but they felt as if they were filled with lead.

At the same time, he felt tiny worms drilling into every cell of his body and into his spiritual body.

His thoughts began to slow down, and his ability to reflect his own state in his mind gradually became ineffective.

The mermaid's song came in a melodious voice, stirring up that desire, accumulating fanaticism and obsession, allowing Klein to maintain his last emotions and use this temptation to gradually get rid of the rigid and sluggish state.

A faint gray mist quickly emerged before his eyes, and in his ears rang the illusory sound of "Honakis...Fregola...Honakis...Fregola..." Compared with when he was promoted to "Fortune Teller", "Clown" and "Magician", the mumbling became obviously intermittent, as if it was being interfered with and eliminated by something.

Unlike when he became the Faceless Man, his mumbling was significantly stronger, and could intermittently break through the barrier of the combined power of the gray fog and reality... My ability to think has been restored! Klein was delighted and tried to raise his arm.

The difficulty in joint position is still there, but it is getting weaker and weaker!

At the same time, Klein "saw" his current appearance:

His skin was yellow-brown, like a puppet that had been buried alive for years wrapped in old bandages;

Grains of flesh are hidden beneath the skin, wriggling, separating, and merging.

Klein immediately conjured up countless balls of light in his mind and used "meditation" to calm his state.

During this process, the mermaid's song still echoed in his ears, causing his joints and muscles to relax and slowly lose their stiffness.

After an unknown amount of time, Klein opened his eyes and his body was completely normal.

He took a breath and sighed silently:

"finally……

"Finally, Sequence 5!

"Finally, it's the 'Master of Secret Puppetry'!"

PS: "Secret Master" Xiao Ke asks for a monthly ticket~

Also, thank you all. In just one and a half days, we have gathered 25,000 blessings. This is not the number of blessings, nor the number of people, but the sheer number of people. It is simply awesome. I applaud you.