There are no roads in the normal sense in most parts of the "God-forsaken Land", but it is not difficult to walk on it because there are large areas of barren wilderness and dark black is the main color of everything.

Occasionally, you can see plants growing tenaciously in the wilderness. They are bizarre and extremely twisted. Klein has no way of telling what the prototypes of these things are.

All around, in places where the lantern light could not reach, the night seemed to have its own life, wriggling silently and deeply, wanting to devour everything it covered.

As an "ancient scholar", Klein only glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw one "spiritual line" after another extending from the dark surrounding him. They were illusory, dense, and countless, indicating that there were a large number of monsters lurking in the darkness.

These monsters were extremely quiet. They just stared at Amon, who was dressed as an ancient magician, and Klein, who was dressed like a gentleman of the modern era. They watched them walking in the desolate wilderness under the dim light.

Klein looked ahead, holding the leather lantern casually, not worrying at all about when it would go out.

When he and Amon were about to leave the wilderness and enter the hilly area, a deformed monster with two heads, five arms, and rolled up into a ball of flesh suddenly trembled in the darkness behind them.

It has become Klein's secret doll.

The manipulation of the "Spirit Thread" was silent, and the distance did not exceed five hundred meters.

The next second, the monster collapsed quietly and lost its life.

Walking to Klein's left, Amon, who was wearing a pointed hat, smiled, raised his right arm, and spread his palm, revealing something:

It was a transparent worm with three-dimensional patterns.

"Spiritual insect"!

This was what Amon stole from the secret doll along with the "Spirit Thread".

Without waiting for Klein to speak, Amon easily flexed his fingers into a fist and crushed the transparent worm.

Klein suddenly felt a pain from the depths of his soul, and his head felt like it was about to split open.

Fortunately, he had made the "Yesterday's Reappearance" spell and the "Spirit Controlling Bullet" many times before, so he was already used to this feeling. He just distorted his face and did not lose his composure.

Amon kept smiling and shook his hand.

"You are too reserved. You can be bolder."

Klein, who had recovered from the pain, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead. He felt exhausted both physically and mentally, and every "spiritual worm" was calling for rest.

While being chased by Zaratul, Klein had almost exhausted the spiritual energy he had borrowed from his past self. He also continued to "teleport" and use the "Angel's Embrace" to eliminate all traces, but he had already reached his limit.

After he returned to the safe area, he had planned to go above the gray fog to check the surrounding situation and then go into a deep sleep to recover his energy, but he was ambushed by Amon and was "parasitized", and he was tossed all the way to this God-forsaken land. If he had not been in a desperate situation that naturally squeezed his potential, he might have fallen asleep on the way, or showed signs of losing control.

“I need to rest now.” Klein put down his right hand and said calmly.

He believed that Amon would satisfy his request, because the more he tried his best but failed to escape, the more it would satisfy the "God of Mischief"'s desire for pleasure.

"Okay." Amon turned his monocled face slightly and said to the side of the hill, "There is a place to rest there. We will be there soon. Of course, I don't mind if you want to camp in the wilderness. I just feel that you humans may prefer a place that provides a sense of security."

“Let’s go there.” Klein wanted to directly control the flame of the lantern to complete the jump, but his dried-up spirituality stopped him. He had no choice but to follow Amon and move forward step by step relying on his feet.

On the way, Klein asked Amon with the mentality of asking more questions and understanding more:

"Why don't you steal the distance and reach your destination directly."

Amon turned his head and glanced at Klein with his right eye wearing a crystal monocle. He raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said:

"I'm not the one who wants to rest."

…Klein closed his mouth and walked forward quietly.

After about a dozen lightning strikes, Amon raised his hand and pointed diagonally forward:

"arrive."

In the shadow of the hill less than a hundred meters away, there were several half-built buildings that resembled the tops of spires. A dozen giant stone pillars that were only as high as Klein's knees protruded from the ground around them. A small amount of weeds grew from the gaps between them, and the tips were dark red like blood.

"Has anyone ever lived here?" Klein rubbed his forehead again and asked.

Amon put the second joint of his right index finger against the edge of his monocle and said with a smile:

"This was originally a large city-state. When the great catastrophe came, the earth split open and the entire city was swallowed up. Only these are left to prove that it once existed."

The destruction of civilization... This thought suddenly popped up in Klein's mind. He quickened his pace and arrived at his destination in the strange weeds.

After entering a half-collapsed building, Klein instinctively looked around and observed the place.

On the gray-white stone wall with cracks, there are murals that have been washed away by thousands of years of time. They have long been blurred, and one can only vaguely see that the people of this city-state are proud to enter heaven after death.

Klein adjusted his breathing, threw away the leather lantern in his hand, leaned against a thick stone pillar, and barely visualized the layered balls of light.

He didn't care at all about the dangers of sleeping in such a place and such an environment.

Let the danger come even more fiercely! Klein shouted in his heart before falling asleep.

Amon, who was wearing a classical magician's robe, glanced at him, sat down casually beside him, and snapped his fingers.

In the leather lantern, the candle that was about to burn out stopped melting, but the dim flame continued to radiate.

It could only hold out for a few minutes, but now it seems like it can last for hours or even days.

It was like a mistake, a mistake that went against the laws of nature.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Klein finally regained his strength and woke up to the sound of the Magician's prayers.

He had no way to respond to this for the time being, so he closed his eyes and pretended that he was still dreaming.

In a non-deep "parasitic" state, Amon should not be able to monitor my thoughts. He can only tell whether my current thoughts are harmful to Him... Klein's heart moved, and he quietly summoned the gray mist.

He borrowed a state from the gaps in history and from his past self, a state that was not directly aimed at escaping.

That was the state of his mind island when it was invaded by Hvin Rambis.

The attempt was not thwarted, not stolen.

With the help of this state and his ability to stay awake in invaded dreams and spiritual worlds, Klein's self-awareness was separated into parts, residing in the spiritual sky, calmly overlooking the island of consciousness.

He began to examine his mind to see if there were any abnormal or parasitic thoughts.

After some rigorous analysis, Klein preliminarily confirmed that there was nothing wrong with his spiritual world.

In other words, even if Amon still has the "Worm of Time" in his body, it is only a shallow "parasitism" and cannot monitor his thoughts.

After finding such a "safe zone", Klein was finally able to let go of his suppressed thoughts, analyze his current situation, and consider subsequent self-rescue:

"Amon is the 'God of Mischief' and the 'God of Fraud'. He is definitely not playing this game just for pleasure... If He really wants to do this, He can wait until He reunites with His real body, steals my fate, and obtains the 'Source Castle' before trying again. In that way, even if something unexpected happens, His main goal will be achieved, and He will not lose anything...

"What purpose does He have in this matter? If we can grasp the key, we may be able to find the real chance of survival...

"Also, after he recited the spell of the 'lucky change ritual' in Chinese, he was actually indifferent to this special language and did not ask any questions. This is completely inconsistent with the curiosity he showed...

"Hmm... He said the word 'Bug' afterwards. Was it intentional to test what I would think of...

"But He didn't steal my thoughts. No, if a whole thought that has nothing to do with the previous and the next was stolen, I wouldn't be able to detect it..."

Klein recalled the situation at that time and confirmed that his ideas had not been stolen based on the logical connection between his previous and subsequent thoughts.

This confirmed one thing for him.

That is, in a deep "parasitic" state, Amon can directly monitor his thoughts without stealing!

Amon is being deceptive by acting like he must first be aware of harmful thoughts before he can manipulate them!

"I was just saying that the deep-level 'parasitism' I experienced before seemed a little different from what Pales described...

"According to this inference, Amon should have heard my inner thoughts along the way, including the Earth, my fellow countrymen, and the education of my children...

“It’s really scary…

"Fortunately, when I was planning to sabotage the promotion ceremony of George III, I had anticipated the situation of being trapped in a desperate situation and being 'parasitized' by Amon. The idea of ​​leaking the secret was half an instinctive reaction and half a deliberate indulgence. In this way, I revealed the secret and 'gained' the trust of Amon, while hiding the most critical and core things.

"Just like now, He must have known that I intend to extract more historical secrets from Him in order to digest the 'Ancient Scholar' potion as quickly as possible. But He doesn't know that I am not far from completely digesting it. I only need two or three steps or an opportunity...

"Amon deliberately removed the 'parasite' and played such a game. Was it because He had heard about the Earth from the ancient sun god and had come into contact with a certain secret, and planned to use self-help to drive me to help Him complete something that He was inconvenient or unable to do? If this is true, there will definitely be some situations next...

"Well, I have to pretend I didn't notice this and plan my escape as normal."

"Once I have adjusted my physical condition, I will make my first 'attempt'!" After "sleeping" for a while, Klein opened his eyes.

Amon, wearing a pointed hat, sat next to him, looked at him with a smile and said:.

"Have you thought about it? When do we start taking action?"

He acted like an accomplice of Klein rather than a target to escape from.