Everything around seemed like an illusion, with rich colors, overlapping and rapidly receding.

Just as Klein came back to his senses and observed and experienced this wonderful journey, he felt Mr. Azik's hand, which was holding his arm, tremble slightly.

Before he could react, he had a strong sense of weightlessness, his body couldn't stop falling, and even started spinning.

The red, yellow, white, and black colors around him faded quickly, and Klein fell heavily to the solid ground. He felt dizzy and his internal organs churned.

In his vision dotted with golden stars, everything he saw had returned to normal. On the left was a dark valley with no bottom in sight, which was like the devil's abyss in the legend. On the right was a gray stone wall that spread upwards, seemingly supporting the entire area.

There is no sun, no clouds, and no fog here. The little light comes from the luminous moss growing in different places. Darkness and depth are the main colors of this "world".

Klein pushed himself up with his left hand and jumped up swiftly. He found that there was a neat stone-paved road under his feet. It could accommodate two carriages running side by side. It was definitely not formed naturally.

One end of the road spirals downward into a dark crack, while the other end leads to a higher place, where dome-shaped corridors and halls can be seen occasionally inside the rock wall.

Klein raised his head, but he couldn't see the highest point. His vision was completely blocked by the gray stone wall.

Suddenly, he had a realization that he and Mr. Azik had "fallen" underground and were in the ruins of an ancient civilization.

Is it another area, or is it still near Backlund? Just as Klein thought about it, he heard Mr. Azik say in a deep voice:

"You leave here first and go up."

Huh? Before Klein understood what this meant, he saw a flash of light on the side, instantly outlining an illusory double door.

The gate seemed to be made of bronze, not real enough but extremely heavy, with countless strange patterns and meaningless symbols on its surface.

With a creaking sound, the door cracked open and pale, bloody arms stretched out one after another. In addition, there were blue-black vines with baby faces and slippery tentacles with bulging eyes.

This is very similar to the effect of Miss Sharon's magical item... As he thought about it, Klein discovered that the arms, vines, and tentacles were no longer crazy. They had calmed down and clung to the ground. This was completely different from their previous behavior when they had frantically pulled a Sequence 6 Zombie through the door.

Then, the gap in the illusory door opened a lot, and a figure walked out from it.

The figure was wearing a pure black clergy robe, and his facial features were as deep and clear as those of a classical sculpture.

He had dark blond hair, deep blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and wore a soft hat that old men loved. His temples were a little gray, which didn't match his middle-aged appearance.

Looking at the other person's completely dull eye, Klein suddenly remembered the visitor's name:

Ince Zangwill!

He was the man who directed the Tingen incident and severely damaged the former archbishop of the Nighthawks, the holder of the sealed artifact "0-08"!

Almost at the same time, Klein turned around and followed Mr. Azik's instructions, running wildly toward the top of the road.

He was very clear that if he, a Sequence 6, stayed in the demigod-level confrontation, he would only be a hindrance and distract Mr. Azik.

In such a time-sensitive situation, false humility and hypocritical words are unnecessary and will harm yourself and your companions!

Bang, bang, bang! Because there was nothing to ignite underground, Klein could only grit his teeth and run with all his strength. Azik's calm and gentle voice came to his ears:

“Keep escaping from here.

"Don't worry about me. I recalled a lot of things and knew that I had been in a sequence for a long time. That sequence was called 'Undead'."

Step, step, step. Klein walked around the cliff and entered a dark corridor with a dome. There were many mottled murals painted on the walls on both sides.

At this moment, he heard a majestic and hoarse voice replying from the place where he was before:

"Teleportation is prohibited here!"

Beside Ince Zangwill, a figure arrived at some point, floating in mid-air in violation of the laws of physics, with a gorgeous mask on his face that looked as if it was made of gold.

However, Ince Zangwill did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, he glanced at the corner where Klein disappeared.

The Sequence 4 "Night Watcher" of the Church of the Evernight Goddess can bring bad luck to others to a certain extent, but Ince Zangwill, who had just silently "blessed" Klein, found that the other party did not slip and fall, or fall into the ravine.

Not only that, Ince Zangwill seemed to be hallucinating and saw some thin, illusory gray-white mist.

Without time to think, he withdrew his gaze and turned his attention back to Azik Eggers.

Bang, bang, squeak... Klein, who was running at high speed, suddenly braked. His spiritual intuition told him that there were people in front of him, Beyonders, and most likely the guards of this place!

After a little thought, he stretched out his left hand and wiped his face. At the same time, crisp sounds came from his body and his whole body grew seven or eight centimeters taller.

When his left palm left his face, he had turned into a middle-aged man with dark golden hair, a high nose bridge and a one-eyed middle-aged man, Ince Zangwill!

After recalling the other person's demeanor and using illusion to modify his clothes, Klein quickly walked forward, turned the corner, and entered a hall.

There were four guards wearing dark full body armor, all with sharp eyes.

Klein walked over with a sullen face, and said in a deliberately hoarse voice:

“Someone has sneaked in here, and I’m looking for him.

"Have you found any clues?"

The leading guard first examined him, then lowered his head and said:

"Mr. Zangwill, there is no movement here."

“Yeah.” Klein nodded slightly, walked past them, and left the hall.

Throughout the whole process, although he was extremely nervous and sweat was pouring down his back, he behaved calmly and reservedly, and was no different from Ince Zangwill in both appearance and aura.

Relying on the ability of the "Faceless Man" and his own running, he quickly passed three levels and arrived at the end of the building.

There is an illusory door made purely of dark blue light, and other than that, it is completely sealed.

Although he was worried about the battle between Mr. Azik and demigods such as Ince Zangwill, Klein still hid in the shadows outside the room and patiently observed for a while. He found that some people arrived through the blue light, and some people left through it.

He noticed one thing, that anyone leaving had to show a coat of arms-like item before getting permission from the four guards to enter the light gate.

There is no time to wait for the next person with the "Emblem". I can only take risks... The battle over there may end at any time... Even if it doesn't, the search order for me will be delivered here soon... Klein made a quick decision and walked into the room again in the image of Ince Zangwill.

"Something happened outside." He was not sure about the former archbishop's voice, so he could only make it hoarse on purpose to show that he had just experienced a fierce battle.

The guards, whose minds were distracted by the news, didn't react until Klein approached them. They reached out to stop him:

"Mr. Zangwill, where is your pass?"

“Don’t waste time!” Klein said as he took out a crest from his pocket and stuffed it into the other person’s hand.

This frank performance made the other guards relax immediately.

Just as the guard who had obtained the "pass" lowered his head to check, Klein suddenly rushed forward!

As soon as he landed on the ground, he quickly rolled over and went straight into the dark blue light door!

Then, the guard discovered that the emblem in his palm quickly faded and turned into a piece of note paper.

The upper left corner of this note also has a common blessing message printed on it:

"Happy New Year!"

…………

The dark abyss-like crack was filled with illusory black liquid, and the water surface was still rising, and pale arms were stretching out frantically.

Ince Zangwill had a general understanding of Azik's level, and was neither surprised nor afraid, because he now had a demigod helper.

What worries him most is another problem: after forcibly pushing the story forward, "0-08" may backfire on him at any time.

At this moment, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and was surprised to find that the feather pen "0-08" had left his pocket at some point and was floating in front of the gray rock wall, frantically writing lines of words:

"...In a fierce battle, there will always be various accidents. For example, Ince Zangwill's belt broke and his pants fell off."

…………

A faint blue light filled Klein's eyes, creating a passage with overlapping layers of light between the deep darkness and the invisible creatures swimming around.

Klein didn't bother to observe the surroundings as he rolled to the end of the passage.

He stood up, straightened his clothes, restored Ince Zangwill's serious expression, and stepped into the light curtain that expanded like waves.

After a moment of trance, he found himself in another room, which also had a large number of guards.

"There's a problem underground. Keep an eye on this place and don't let anyone in." Klein ordered calmly and walked towards the door at a moderate pace.

"Yes, Mr. Zangwill!" the guards replied respectfully.

At this moment, the guard from before came through the dark blue light and shouted loudly:

"There's something wrong with Zangwill just now!"

Everyone looked towards the door, but Klein was no longer visible.

Several guards immediately split up and scrambled to look for the target and notify the rest of their companions. The scene was quite chaotic for a while.

As soon as one of them turned the corner, he saw the back of Ince Zangwill.

Subconsciously, he drew out his sword that was flashing with lightning and slashed at him.

puff!

The figure floated away weightlessly and turned into a broken paper figure.

At the same time, there were two consecutive bangs, and a light golden bullet passed through the visor that was not pulled down and accurately shot into the guard's head.

The guard didn't even have time to scream before he fell to the ground with a thud and twitched twice.

Klein walked out from the shadows in the corner and stuffed the revolver back into his armpit pouch without any expression.

He burned the paper man, quickly took the guard to an empty room, put on black armor, and transformed into the other person's appearance.

Then he picked up the sword that was emitting lightning, walked out of the room, closed the wooden door, and ran forward in a panic.

He wanted to inform every guard along the way that there was something wrong with Ince Zangwill!