Adam turned âHisâ head and looked at Klein. âHisâ limpid, light-colored eyes reflected the face that was stained with blood.
âHisâ expression remained unchanged, and there was a hint of pity in its warmth. It was as if a god was looking down upon the world.
Klein smiled at âHimâ as his head cracked apart.
This trend on his body caused him to collapse into a pool of blood.
In the pool of blood were his clothing, the blood-soaked stake, and an ancient mirror.
In the corpse cathedral, in the divine kingdom of Visionary Adam, Klein had died a strange death.
Adam, dressed in a simple white robe, looked at the scene before âHimâ with gentleness and calmness. It was unknown if âHeâ had expected it or if âHeâ had avoided having any emotions.
In the ancient palace above the fog.
That crazy maggot vortex instantly stopped as they broke apart into numerous frozen, dead Worms of Spirit.
In the next second, these Worms of Spirit turned illusory as they became stained with grayish-white as though they had fused into the fog of history.
Then, they came back to life. As they shimmered with a dark glow, they gathered together.
In just a few seconds, the Worms of Spirit reassembled into a figure. It was Klein Moretti, who had black hair, brown eyes, and a formal suit.
With the return of the owner of Sefirah Castle, the destroyed mottled table and the twenty-two high-back chairs rapidly restored to normal. The junk scattered all over the floor was piled up again.
Klein picked up the Staff of the Stars embedded with various gems and sat on the seat belonging to The Fool.
The entire space above the gray fog quaked as boundless and mighty invisible forces surged out.
Klein immediately nodded at the golden figure that occupied Bernadetteâs prayer.
âI will fulfill my promise.â
Genie laughed and said, âIt looks like you havenât inherited âHisâ cunningness and shamelessness. Very good.â
As soon as âHeâ said that, the blurry and distorted golden figure rapidly receded, no longer projecting itself on Bernadetteâs prayer light.
âWell done.â As Klein separated a Worm of Spirit to respond to Queen Mysticâs prayers, he lowered his head and made a wish to himself. âI wish to be restored to how I was like before tonight.â
When his main body died, he had only taken away the core portion of the Miracle Invoker Beyonder characteristic, leaving behind the remains in Adamâs corpse cathedral. He was unable to retrieve them.
Of course, Klein still had a large portion of the characteristics in the Worms of Spirit in his body above the gray fog and the remaining marionettes in Utopia. Zaratul didnât need any additional Beyonder characteristics, nor did âHeâ want them to end up affecting âHisâ condition. Therefore, âHeâ didnât directly use the law of convergence of Beyonder characteristics to suck all the characteristics of the same pathway in Utopia. âHeâ collected them using a different method which was relatively slow and would require a certain amount of time.
After making this wish, Klein summoned the âcurtain,â draped it behind him, and snapped his fingers.
Inside the junk pile, the Seer pathwayâs Sequence 9 and 3 Beyonder characteristics that were separated from the âcurtainâ previously floated up at the same time, transforming into pure light dots that drilled into Kleinâs body.
His condition instantly returned to the time when he was almost done digesting the Miracle Invoker potion. Apart from the lack of a physical body, he was no different from when he was attacked.
Right on the heels of that, Klein cast his gaze at Utopia, which was closely connected to him.
...
Inside Utopia, the hooded, black-robed Zaratul, whose face was covered in white whiskers, stood on the roof of Saint Arianna Cathedral. Beside him were Roselle Gustavâs, William Augustusâs, and Abomination Suahâs historical projection. âTheyâ patiently waited for the door to the corpse cathedral to open and for Gehrman Sparrow to walk out.
He controlled some of âHisâ marionettes, dealing with a few of the mutated Utopian marionettes, leaving the remaining portion of marionettes which remained normal to the end.
At that moment, dense, illusory Spirit Body Threads suddenly floated up from the rigid Utopian marionettes into an infinitely high height away.
They instantly came to life and turned around, looking at Zaratul and âHisâ historical projections.
The pairs of eyes sparkled in the darkness.
At the same time, a huge shadow descended from the faint grayish-white fog, enveloping the entirety of Utopia.
Zaratul and âHisâ historical projections instinctively raised âTheirâ heads and looked up at the sky that suffused a faint gray fog.
âSealing is prohibited here.â In the next second, William Augustineâs historical projection raised the sword in âHisâ right hand and solemnly made an announcement.
The shadow that enveloped Utopia immediately shook as many gaps appeared. It was unable to completely isolate the marionette town from the outside world.
Roselle Gustavâs historical projection immediately transformed into a torrent of information that surged towards Kleinâs remaining marionettes in an attempt to interfere with their movements. As for the historical projection of Abomination Suah, it attacked the shadow that appeared like a curtain in a bid to expand the corresponding gaps.
Zaratul extended âHisâ hand and âGraftedâ the void in front of âHimâ to another island in the Berserk Sea that âHeâ had previously fixed.
Following that, as long as âHeâ took a step forward, âHeâ would be able to leave Utopia.
At that moment, Kleinâs marionettes snatched the opportunity before the torrent of information entered their Spirit Bodies. At the same time, they opened their mouths and chanted in Jotun, âLeodero!â
In the Forsaken Land of the Gods, with the remnant divine powers of a Tyrant, Klein could directly trigger the power of a deity based on this name alone, but that wasnât the case in the outside world. As for whether or not âHeâ wanted to punish the fellow for calling out âHisâ true name, it was decided by the Lord of Storms.
Klein had his marionettes recite the honorific name at the same time only to get the Lord of Storms to cast âHisâ gaze over.
As one of the members of the five pathways of Omnipotence and Omniscience, the Lord of Storms was probably one of the true deities that didnât wish for Adamâs plot to succeed. If Amon became the Lord of the Mysteries, the King of Space-Time, this Tyrant would be in a very dangerous situation. âHeâ would have to constantly worry that the son of the Creator would deal with âHimâ and help Adam or the True Creator to ascend to the position of the Lord of the Astral World.
Therefore, compared to the Evernight Goddess and Earth Mother, Lord of Storms, Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom were probably the existences who didnât wish to see Adam and Amon succeed.
If there was a chance, Klein planned on getting his marionettes to continue shouting âAucusesâ and âHerabergenâ!
Utopiaâs surroundings instantly turned gloomy, as if it contained the indescribable wrath of nature.
Before Zaratul could take that step, the night sky instantly produced different colors of lightning. They bared their fangs and brandished their claws as they wantonly expanded. They seemed to envelop the entire sky in a sea of lightning.
Boom! Boom! Before the deafening sounds could be heard, the lightning blasted like a torrential rain at Utopia.
...
The Rorsted Archipelago, New City of Silver, the top of the spire.
Derrick Berg, who was looking at the source of the earthquake, heard the sound of doors and windows opening at the same time. Furthermore, it repeated thousands of times.
Although it didnât bring him any direct danger, the bizarre change still made Derrick very wary.
With some hesitation, he prepared to seek out the current Chief, Waite Chirmont, and suggest using the god-level Sealed Artifact, Proof of Glory. He wanted to first protect the New City of Silver and the nearby New Moon City. Then, he decided to pray to Mr. Fool based on the progress of the anomaly.
Just as he turned around and walked to the door, Waite Chirmont, who had a dark-blue symbol engraved on his head, walked out from the corridorâs light. He said in a deep voice, âThe seal underground has failed.â
The seal has failed... Derrick instinctively believed that it had something to do with the anomaly in Blue Mountain Island.
Compared to doors and windows opening, the consequences of the sealâs failure were extremely terrifying!
âImmediately use the Proof of Glory!â Derrick said without hesitation.
This was a god-level Sealed Artifact that could be used for a short period of time. It had once helped the City of Silver avert repeated disasters in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, allowing them to persist until the present era and obtain salvation.
Derrickâs thoughts were very clear. He was using the Proof of Glory to suppress the other god-level Sealed ArtifactâGift of the Land. The suppression effect would soon affect the saint-level Sealed Artifacts that would have negative effects on the surroundings.
Waite Chirmont didnât say anything else. He immediately made up his mind and brought Derrick underground using the light as concealment.
Proof of Glory required at least two saints before it could be utilized. This was also the reason why Waite Chirmont didnât immediately head underground and came to find Derrick first. Of course, if he wanted to make use of it simply, there were tricks to do so, but he had to be prepared in advance to brand the corresponding mark on his body.
...
Bayam, Cathedral of Waves.
A bolt of lightning shot into Alger Wilsonâs room, turning into a hurried voice.
âYour Eminence, most of the underground seals have failed! Only certain items remain in a balanced state thanks to their effects!â
Algerâs brows twitched as he combined it with the phenomena of opening doors and windows in Bayam City happening at the same time. He sensed that something was amiss.
He immediately said to the void, âAll of you immediately form groups of three. Take out the Grade 2 and 3 Sealed Artifacts that wonât cause immediate danger, or those with living characteristics from underground to prevent any chain reactions.â
This way, the underground area would become uninhabited. The dangerous Sealed Artifacts wouldnât be able to cause casualties within a short period of time.
With the passage of time, when the anomaly of the seals losing their effects passed, the Mandated Punishers would have the time to deal with the items.
However, the premise was that they hadnât lost control of the three Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts.
Once there was a problem with them, the negative effects would soon affect the entirety of Bayam.
However, with the seal no longer working, it was very difficult for the three items to remain without problems.
The first thought that flashed through Algerâs mind was to bring along the one whose negative effects had the greatest range. Then, using his own powers to make temporary restrictions, he would fly to the sea and away from Bayam.
This wasnât too dangerous for him for a short period of time. After all, he was a demigod. The biggest problem was that the remaining two Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts would undoubtedly cause serious damage to Bayam.
At least I did my best... Alger felt that this method was safe and could handle the subsequent investigations from the Church of the Lord of Storms. It was pretty good.
His gaze subconsciously looked out of the window. It corresponded to the few schools and the workhouses near the cathedral.
Alger retracted his gaze and fell silent for two seconds before sighing. He continued, âLeave the rest to me.â
His words transformed into electric waves that transformed into silver lightning that flew underground.