In the hotel room in Gulain City.

Klein sat in the easy chair and reached out to take the black tea with lemon slice brought by the "winner" Enzo.

On the other side of him, "Admiral of Hell" Ludwell wore a mask on his face, a rapier on his waist, and stood upright, like the most loyal guard.

Only then did Klein, who had completely calmed down, have enough energy to analyze what happened in the Death God's Mausoleum. Among them, he was most concerned about which person helped Mr. Azik out of trouble at the critical moment, and gave three choices:

“First, the female voice;

"Secondly, this matter must be beneficial to 'her', otherwise no one would cross such a long distance to come and offer assistance. Of course, if someone just happened to pass by and offered to help out of kindness, that is understandable and acceptable. But the problem is that the mausoleum is the product of the combination of the power, characteristics, corpses and natural environment of the fallen god of death. Without the corresponding 'key', even the gods cannot find it and cannot open the door. How could someone pass by by chance?

"Again, Mr. Azik's actions were very sudden. He did not first go to the members of the Spirit Cult who were implementing the artificial death god plan to 'inquire' for information. He directly followed the shouts and came to the Violent Sea and entered the 'Death God's Treasury'. If he could not locate one of us, or had a strong precognitive ability, there would be almost no one who could arrive so quickly and in time.

"Finally, the Salinger who was able to return from Mr. Azik's body was almost certainly the Death God of the Fourth Epoch who said 'I'm crazy, and I'm stronger'. That female voice actually called him by his name without any respect.

"this……"

As Klein analyzed the situation carefully, he suddenly had a guess, but he couldn't help but want to avoid that possibility.

As far as he knew, the three extraordinary paths of Night, Death, and Giants belonged to a group and could be interchanged in high sequences. In addition to the goddess occupying part of the authority of the "Moon" with the help of the honorific name "Lord of Crimson" or the possible existence of a specific "0" level seal, she also had the title of "Lord of Sleep and Silence", which could completely point to the underworld and the realm of death.

The experience in the foggy town last time, and the fact that he had used the holy sword to make a vow in Tingen City under the witness of the goddess, plus the fact that the goddess obviously still possessed the power of doom, made Klein believe that he might have been on the other party's "special attention list", just like he used the "Scepter of Poseidon" to mark certain believers.

"Make bold assumptions and verify carefully. If she is really a goddess, then almost all questions can be answered:

"As one of the seven true gods, and as one of the final victors of the Pale Age, he has enough status and level to call the god of death by his name...

"As for me who was marked by Him, if anything unusual happened to me, such as entering a strange place like the 'Death God's Treasury', He would definitely be able to detect it and respond. And because this would inevitably have a cycle, He was unable to arrive in time to stop it from the beginning...

"For Him, the artificial God of Death, or the initially activated 'God of Death' path 'Uniqueness', can significantly strengthen His authority over 'Sleep and Silence', and even allow Him to directly erode the realm of the God of Death, just like what the 'Mother Tree of Desire' did to the 'Bound God'...

"When the 'God of Death' fell, the three copies of Sequence 1 should have separated on their own initiative. I don't know who got them. If the goddess collects them again, perhaps the title will add something like 'the ruler of the ancient underworld, the monarch of all the dead'...

“Although Mr. Azik was being tracked by the church’s high-sequence experts, he was never actually threatened. It seems that the goddess has been waiting for what happened today…” Thinking of this, Klein suddenly felt guilty.

He was quite pious, at least on the surface, and raised his right hand, tapped his chest four times clockwise, drawing a crimson moon, and muttered to himself:

"Praise the goddess."

This reminded him of the answer he received when he asked "Snake of Fate" Will Auceptin about how to get the formula of the "Fortune Teller" high-sequence potion:

"...You can only look for the crazy Zaratul, or go to the Honachis Mountains. If you are the one who is favored by the night, just pretend I didn't say anything."

After the incident in Misty Town, Klein had discovered that going to the Honachis Mountains and looking for Zaratul were the same options, and even stealing the Antigonus family notes from the basement of Saint Samuel Church was the same. But it was not until today that he felt that the second half of the sentence might not be meaningless.

He raised his hand and stroked his chin, muttering to himself silently:

"Maybe, probably, possibly, I am really a follower of the night..."

Klein was not too opposed to this:

On the one hand, he spent his first years after coming to this world in the Night Squad of Tingen City of the Church of Night. He had a group of very good teammates and colleagues, a relatively warm life, and relatively recognized ideas. Even now, he still thinks about them often. Therefore, although he cannot be said to believe in the "Goddess of Night", he has the highest degree of recognition for this deity.

On the other hand, at least so far, the "Goddess of Night" has not shown any malice, but has instead given him certain "favors." Klein thought that since he had been specially marked and could not get rid of it in a short period of time, he could only learn to accept it and make full use of it.

Of course, I must be vigilant... In addition, there are too many enemies, such as the "Mother Tree of Desire", "True Creator", "Original Witch", "Original Moon", "Blasphemer" Amon, "Angel of Destiny" Ouroboros, etc. Some of them may catch me at any time. If I don't find a big leg to hold on to, the future will be very difficult! Klein, who has faced too many things, quickly adjusted his mentality.

For him, as long as the goddess marked him from the time when she made the oath with the help of the holy sword, not earlier, and was not "monitoring" him all the time, he would be able to accept it.

At least judging from the marks that the "Poseidon Scepter" has placed on special believers, it is not feasible to "monitor" them all the time... Well, Mr. Azik will be in a dormant state for a long time, and the goddess can't just "descend" as she pleases. There will inevitably be corresponding obstacles and difficulties. Otherwise, the seven righteous gods would have "descended" all over the world to solve various problems. So I have to be low-key and honest in the southern continent, and try not to pin my hopes on external things... Klein reminded himself a few words and turned to examine the new secret doll, "Admiral of Hell" Ludwell.

Frankly speaking, he had always been quite curious about the face hidden under the silver-white mask, but thinking of the changes caused by Ludwell taking off the mask during the last battle, he suppressed his thoughts and prepared to leave the city and enter the jungle and other uninhabited places before making another attempt.

After some busy work, Klein initially figured out the sequence and capabilities of the new doll.

Ludwell is a Sequence 5 "Gatekeeper" of the "Death" Path, and is not a normal human.

The corresponding Sequence 9 is the "Corpse Collector". Klein already knew the specific situation when he was in Tingen City. He knew that they would have certain characteristics of corpses. They would appear quite eerie and have a low body temperature, thus avoiding being attacked by the unintelligent undead. At the same time, they also gained improved physical fitness and could withstand the erosion of decay, cold, and the breath of death. They naturally had clairvoyance and understood the characteristics and weaknesses of many undead creatures.

Sequence 8 is the "Gravedigger". The "Corpse Collector" who has been promoted to this level has a stronger physique, more powerful clairvoyance, and more agility. He can initially communicate with a small number of "spirits" nearby and ask them to provide assistance. In addition to these, even when facing unfamiliar undead creatures and spirit creatures, the "Gravedigger" can quickly find their weaknesses through "observation". This is called the "Eye of Death".

Sequence 7 "Psychic" belongs to the qualitative change stage. The Beyonder will master various mystical rituals related to spirits and can directly communicate with the natural spirits and wandering souls of the real world. For them, there are informants everywhere.

At the same time, they can use different spirits to perform various magic and create various supernatural phenomena, which is quite comprehensive.

Sequence 6 "Necromancer" and Sequence 5 "Gatekeeper" have no substantial changes compared to "Psychic", except that the scope of communication has been expanded: "Necromancer" begins to get involved in the spirit world, can "recruit" messengers on their own, and obtain help from certain spirit creatures; "Gatekeeper" can sense the entrance to the underworld and drive the undead inside, just like guarding the gap between life and death.

Starting from "Psychic", with each upgrade in the sequence, the number and quality of natural spirits, undead creatures, and spiritual creatures that the Extraordinary can control and drive have explosively increased. The "Necromancer" has also mastered the "Language of the Dead" that can bypass the protection of the flesh and blood body, and elevates communication with spirits to driving, or even enslaving. The "Gatekeeper" can make limited use of the mysterious door between life and death, the door to the underworld!

“If it weren’t for the fact that Azik’s Copper Whistle naturally restrained the control of the ‘Corpse Collector’ path over the soul, I might not have been qualified to fight the ‘Admiral of Hell’. Even now, if it weren’t for the guarantee of ‘Travel’, even if I used the power of a demigod, I probably wouldn’t be able to defeat Ludwell. When you take revenge on Ince Zangwill in the future, you must pay attention to this. He used to be the ‘Gatekeeper’.” Klein nodded slightly, picked up the cup, and took a sip of red tea.

As for Ludwell's weapon, it is called "Harris Rapier", which comes from an ancient prince of the southern continent. It does not directly correspond to any path or sequence, but is closer to the product of irregular aggregation of similar characteristics like the "King of the North" Jurisian.

It has only one extraordinary ability, which is to bring absolute destruction to whatever it pierces.

As the pirate general with the highest bounty, Ludwell has more than just this one magical item. Unfortunately, his most precious Death Ring was taken away by Azik, and Klein couldn't take off the silver mask on his face to study it in the short term.

"Also, he really doesn't like money. He has no need for money at all..." Klein put down the cup and retracted his gaze. He decided to leave Gurain City while there was still time and go somewhere else to wait for Danitz to complete his investigation.