Klein turned around and looked at the figure that seemed both familiar and unfamiliar.
He had anticipated all sorts of scenarios in which Utopia might be attacked, but he had never expected a scenario like this.
If it was Amon who "parasitized" the secret puppet Gehrman Sparrow, with Klein's current status and the 24-hour monitoring of the "Spirit Bugs" on the "Source Castle", he would definitely be able to discover the problem in the first time. If Zaratul transferred the "Spirit Line", it could only hide it from him for a short time, and it must be assisted by angels such as the "Emperor of Knowledge" or the "Servant of Secrets", and it would not achieve the effect of such a sudden attack. Only the human energy given by the "audience" can slowly ferment, and there will be no abnormality on the surface.
In order to prevent this kind of situation, one can only cut off the "spiritual thread" regularly to put the puppet into a state of death. In that way, no matter whether it originally had humanity or not, it will eventually cease to exist.
Unfortunately, Klein had never heard of this method before. He was just guarding against the invasion of the "virtual personality" on the secret puppets.
This may be the power of "dreamer", which can give unique humanity to every fictional and unreal life.
When Klein saw that face with hard lines and a stern appearance, he felt a force pushing him.
He suddenly fell backwards, falling from the layers of ruins of the old city to the bottom, outside the mist of history.
During this process, he wanted to control himself, but he was powerless because the cross stake nailed to his heart sealed his extraordinary abilities.
Klein thought for a moment, looked at Gehrman Sparrow, and snapped his fingers.
Bang!
The "Spirit Bugs" in the "Source Castle" received his will, gave up the "Spirit Thread" of this secret puppet, and picked up the "Star Staff", ready to give Klein a fatal blow and kill themselves.
Once his main body dies completely, Klein will be able to be resurrected above the gray fog and escape from the predicament.
After knowing that Adam was the mastermind behind the scenes, he no longer held out any hope.
At this moment, a stone square floating in the void appeared under Klein's feet.
One after another, pitch-black stone pillars rose up, supporting a magnificent and sacred church that contained Klein.
The Church of Bones, the Church of Adam’s Bones, the Kingdom of God of the “Dreamer”!
Boom!
Countless silver-white lightning bolts fell from the "Source Castle", penetrated the mist of history, and struck the church, but could not shake it in the slightest.
At the same time, in the ancient palace, the figure sitting in the position of "The Fool" suddenly fell to the side and collapsed into a vortex composed of transparent worms.
The vortex extended out slippery and strange tentacles, slapping the surroundings frantically, overturning piles of debris and destroying the mottled long table.
Klein's clones lost contact with his original body, but his original body was not truly dead, so they lost control and became crazy, just like Zaratul in the past.
In the old city before the First Epoch, Gehrman Sparrow, wearing a half-high silk hat and a black windbreaker, looked up at Sefirah Castle with a complicated expression.
His essence is a corpse. After the "spiritual thread" was abandoned, he naturally could no longer maintain his own existence.
Adam gave only human nature, not imaginary life, because the latter would be discovered.
Gehrman Sparrow slowly fell down, his eyes cast towards the rooms in the old city.
He died in the ruins.
…………
Klein landed on the ground and stood in the center of the church. He saw that every pillar, every arch, and every dome was inlaid with skulls of different races. Most of them were pale in color and densely packed together, staring at outsiders with their empty eyes.
On the walls, windows and doors of the church, transparent, distorted, and painful faces stood out, completely separating the inside from the outside world.
At the front of the church stands a cross hundreds of meters high.
In front of the cross, there are rows of black chairs with backrests.
Adam, wearing a simple white robe, a light blond beard and a silver cross pendant, stood at the foot of the cross, facing the rows of seats, like a pastor ready to preach to the believers.
He had a warm expression and clear eyes, and seemed to be just inviting Klein to listen to some sutras.
Klein looked down at the cross wooden stake stuck in his chest, then slowly walked to the first row of seats and sat down in the middle seat.
For a true mythical creature composed of many "spiritual insects", the wound on the chest is not fatal at all. The main function of the ancient blood-stained cross stake is to seal extraordinary abilities.
If there wasn't a true god standing in front of him, Klein could easily use his physical strength to pull out the cross stake and lift the seal.
At this time, he didn't try because he was afraid that "dare not do it" would turn into "don't want to do it".
"I didn't expect you to get involved in this matter directly. If you want to deal with me, you don't have to wait until today." Klein looked at the shirt stained with blood on his chest and expressed his doubts seriously.
He was not frightened at all, as if he was very sure that Adam would not kill him.
Adam held the silver cross pendant in one hand and said in a calm voice:
"Before that, you can play a big role in many places."
He took two steps forward and continued with clear eyes:
"When Amon came to steal the Church of Bones, I made a deal with him. He helped me get the first 'blasphemous slab', and I helped him catch you."
So that's it... Klein suddenly realized something.
On the one hand, Adam did not want to be obstructed by the "True Creator" and other beings when he became a god, but on the other hand, he wanted to get the first "blasphemous slate". So, on the one hand, he used methods such as giving the "Darkless Cross" to push Klein to go to the Giant King's Court, open the door to where Sasriel was sleeping, and attract the attention of some beings such as the "True Creator". At the same time, through his brother Amon, he stole the first "blasphemous slate" at the critical moment.
If they wanted to capture Klein, who was about to take initial control of Sefirah Castle, it would definitely be best to have the Visionary arrange for it.
Even though Amon and Adam are usually distant, brothers are more likely to cooperate than others... Klein nodded slightly, turned his head to look at the stained glass that highlighted the distorted face, and said:
"I also didn't expect Zaratul to cooperate with you. Isn't He afraid of becoming Amon's food?"
When Klein created Utopia, he anticipated that Amon would attack and Zaratul would destroy it, but he did not expect that they would cooperate in a certain sense.
In his opinion, the probability of Zaratul completely surrendering to the "Mother Tree of Desire" is greater than this, unless Adam has arranged it for Him unknowingly.
Adam's clear eyes showed a little more compassion:
"To Him, if you become one of the Old Ones, it means that He will inevitably fall. But if Amon becomes one of the Old Ones, He can still retain his current status and level as long as he shows his loyalty. The Lord of Mysteries will always need a Servant of Mysteries.
“So, He chose to cooperate with me. During this process, if He can seize the opportunity and turn you into a secret doll before me, and use you to enter the ‘Source Castle’ and become the master of the source essence, then He will be qualified to ask for a chance to face Antigonus from the Night and have a final competition with Amon. Otherwise, He will completely admit defeat and be loyal to Amon.
“He is very decisive on this point.”
"It's not like you to explain so much." Klein responded casually, then frowned and asked, "Becoming an Old One does not require all the Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics of the corresponding path?"
He had deduced this from the relationship between the ancient sun god and the eight kings of the angels, but he believed that they must first become the Old Ones or the Quasi-Old Ones before the characteristics were divided.
Adam replied with a gentle expression:
"For adjacent pathways, only 'uniqueness' and one Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic are needed. Forcibly occupying more will easily lead to loss of control. Therefore, after Zaratul pledges allegiance to Amon, he has the opportunity to become the King of Angels, but He cannot pledge allegiance to you because He cannot separate a Sequence 2 clone like the 'Thief' pathway, and use Him to steal the spirit, consciousness, and spirit of the main body, turning from auxiliary to master."
There is an essential difference between the secret doll clone of the "Fortune Teller" and the "Time Worm" clone of the "Thief" in this respect. The former involves the "spiritual thread", while the latter relies only on itself.
Furthermore, the "Thief" angels can do this because their Sequence 2 is the "Trojan Horse of Destiny".
Klein just nodded when he suddenly saw Adam turn his body to the side, revealing something under the cross.
It was a gray slate with many mottled marks remaining on the surface, making it look quite weathered.
This is very similar to the first "Profane Slate", but without that extraordinarily ancient feel.
It also had the same kind of text on it that seemed to be the source of all languages, with sequence names and potion formulas written on it one after another.
"The second 'blasphemous slab'?" Klein asked in surprise.
He quickly scanned the slate without deciphering the first few lines, and looked directly at the last few lines.
His intuition told him that there was very important information there.
“Don’t worry. Amon will not come to steal your fate until you complete the ritual and become Sequence 0. Otherwise, He will not be able to bear the identity of the master of Sefirah Castle. Before that, it is the best option for you to continue to stay in my kingdom of God.” Adam was like comforting a repentant believer.
Kill me... Klein muttered in his heart.
At this time, he had deciphered part of the last few lines:
God, the Creator, the All-Knowing, the Lord of the Stars:
"Chaos Sea" + "Deviator" uniqueness + "Sun" uniqueness + "Tyrant" uniqueness + "White Tower" uniqueness + "Hanged Man" uniqueness + 1 "Writer" extraordinary characteristic + 1 "White Angel" extraordinary characteristic + 1 "Thor" extraordinary characteristic + 1 "All-Seeing Eye" extraordinary characteristic + 1 "Dark Angel" extraordinary characteristic.
Lord of Mysteries, King of Time and Space, Beacon of Destiny, Incarnation of Sefirah Castle, Ruler of the Spirit World:
"Source Castle" + "The Fool" uniqueness + "Error" uniqueness + "Gate" uniqueness + 1 "Secret Servant" extraordinary characteristic + 1 "Time Worm" extraordinary characteristic + 1 "Star Key" extraordinary characteristic.
Seeing this, Klein turned his head to look at the Visionary Adam and asked in confusion:
"Why are you showing me this?"
Wouldn't it be safer to just hypnotize me and let me sleep until Amon becomes a god?
Adam's eyes were clear and his expression was gentle as he said:
"To be honest, if the other side wasn't Amon, I would be more willing to help you become the 'Spirit World Ruler'.
"We have so many similarities. In a sense, we are just old friends who have just met."
Having said this, He smiled slightly and said:
"We meet again, Mysterious."
PS1: I will update first and revise later. By the way, I have something to do tomorrow morning, so the second update will still be at 7pm.
PS2: Happy birthday to all the curly-haired baboons~
PS3: Asking for guaranteed monthly tickets on the first day of April!