Chapter 1378 Change of Plans
On the different Amons' faces, the monocles in different forms emitted pure light.
This was something "They" had stolen from the depths of the ruins of the battle of gods. It came from the ancient sun god's eternal daytime effect there. It could purify filthy and evil objects, and awaken sleeping creatures.
"They" "gifted" this to Klein.
This, combined with the ability to control the strength of seals obtained from the Apprentice domain's authority, was enough to break the state of eternal slumber.
In that instant, the mental imprint of Antigonus and the will of the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings in Klein's body awakened. The madness, the vastness, cruelty, bloodthirstiness, and coldness were like an invisible storm that wreaked havoc in Klein's mind.
Almost at the same time, in The Fool's Uniqueness that he wore on his face without fully accommodating it, the powerful will of the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings seemed like a terrifying monster that had been sleeping in the darkness for thousands of years. It suddenly opened its eyes.
The former chaos and loss of control swept over again at that instant, but Klein didn't panic. Following one of his contingency plans, he calmly used the "Grafting' ability to guide the mental imprint of Antigonus to Celestial Worthy's will in The Fool's Uniqueness, allowing the two thousand years of entanglement between "Them" to collide again.
Meanwhile, Klein relied on his own consciousness and the anchors from The Fool and the Sea God believers to balance out the Celestial Worthy's will contained within his Beyonder characteristic, just like when he separated out the Attendant of Mysteries marionette.
If there weren't any accidents, and if this continued, there was a chance that Klein would be able to balance between the two sides and completely accommodate The Fool's Uniqueness. He would enter the final stage of the ritual, but how could there be no accidents when he was surrounded by Amons?
Several Amons strengthened the seal of the Trunsoest Brass Book and the Magic Wishing Lamp to resist the former's rule limitations. Some Amons gave the "eternal daytime" to Klein, and a small number of Amons locked onto Klein and attempted a "Theft."
"They" were trying to steal his lucidity.
One Amon failed after another, but in the end, there were still a few Amons who succeeded. "They" "Stole" away Klein's self-awareness for the next two seconds.
Klein's thoughts blurred. Without his guidance, the Antigonus's mental imprint, the two wills of the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings, as well as the anchors from his believers instantly lost their balance and began to madly invade, influence, and corrupt each other.
Everything became extremely chaotic, and it was as if it was developing irreversibly.
Klein's body collapsed inch by inch, turning into clusters of transparent and distorted maggots as he extended even more slippery and sinister tentacles.
And at this moment, the rules on the Trunsoest Brass Book were wiped away and began writing:
"Speaking is prohibited here!"
"Attacking each other is prohibited here!"
Soon after, a familiar text appeared before the two rules.
"All the following rules are ineffective."
After the seal was strengthened, the Trunsoest Brass Book seemed to enter a new cycle. And the influence the Genie exerted on it became rather limited.
Klein's consciousness quickly regained lucidity, but the situation in his body was completely chaotic and out of control.
This made him completely unable to deal with the different influences or have any hope of finding a new sense of balance.
In other words, he would run down the path of losing control until he became a monster.
Without any time to think, Klein initiated his final contingency plan using his instincts and experience.
He instantly gave up on saving his body and no longer focused on this matter.
Not only that, but Klein had also even allowed the Attendant of Mysteries marionette to turn into a whirlpool of maggots and let it fuse with his body along with Zaratul's mental imprint.
He wanted to mess things up! However, Amon's avatars wouldn't allow him to make any attempts. Apart from the Amons, who were fighting against the Magic Wishing Lamp and the Trunsoest Brass Book, the rest of them began to "Steal" once again, trying to throw Klein's thoughts into chaos again until he completely lost control.
The Amon in the postman uniform succeeded, but what "He" stole wasn't Klein's lucidity, but a drop of fresh blood.
This blood immediately seeped into Postman Amon's palm.
Right on the heels of that, Postman Amon's eyes turned crimson as "His" stomach bulged at an unimaginable speed as it squirmed.
"He" seemed to be pregnant with a child!He" had stolen the blood blessed by the Primordial Moon, or in other words, the Mother Goddess of Depravity!
Klein no longer placed most of his consciousness on balancing the Antigonus's mental imprint, the awakening will of the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings, and his anchors. There was no need for him to endure it passively like before. He could barely respond to Amon's theft.
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He used "Grafting" to change the target that Amon had stolen to Sefirah Castle and "Tampered" it to the junk pile, replacing it with the blessed blood of the Primordial Moon.
This was from Shaman King Klarman.
There was no doubt that there was a certain connection between Amon's avatars. Furthermore, it was impossible for "Their" levels to reach Sequence 0. Therefore, when the Postman Amon was contaminated by that drop of blood, the other Amons also showed levels of chaos. Some of "Their" stomachs protruded as well. Some of "Their" eyes were dyed crimson, while others had invisible babies in their arms as "They" walked in circles on the spot…
This caused the other "Theft" to inevitably fail.
Klein seized this opportunity and used the brief moment of lucidity to stir the power of Sefirah Castle to cast a shadow over the ancient palace.
This place was once again concealed.
Then, he ignored the mental imprint of Antigonus in his body, Zaratul's mental imprint, and the two wills of the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings that was beginning to fuse together. He made the blank-faced avatar which stood nearby without having shown any breakdown to extend his hand towards his main body.
Its five fingers quickly closed, and its wrist quickly twisted.
As Klein's self-consciousness didn't resist and even took the initiative to cooperate, his avatar didn't suffer many failures before using the help from Sefirah Castle to successfully steal his own consciousness, fate, anchors, and most of his identities.
The only identity he left behind in his main body was his identity related to The Fool.
At the same time, he had also "Stolen" the identity, fate, and mental imprint of the Antigonus family's ancestor, the mark of fate and spirit. This could only succeed in a few tries thanks to his self-consciousness cooperating
As the stream of light with countless distributaries appeared, Klein's avatar's face contorted as it turned into Klein Moretti, who had fused with Gehrman Sparrow's traits.
He had become the main body, the main body without any Beyonder characteristics!
Of course, his self-consciousness and anchors were still resisting the mental imprint of the Antigonus family's ancestor, but compared to before, this was undoubtedly much easier to deal with.
Having already adapted to the identity of Antigonus, he quickly found a new balance, delaying the fate of losing control.
Although this remained unavoidable, it gave him a certain amount of time for his subsequent actions.
On the other side, in the spot where Klein's original body was, there was only The Fool's Uniqueness, all the Beyonder characteristics from the "curtain," the Beyonder characteristics that originated from Zaratul, the tiny number of Beyonder characteristics which Klein had consumed and digested previously, as well as the awakening will of the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings, the remnant mental imprint of Zaratul, as well as The Fool's identity.
And without Klein's self-consciousness, Antigonus's mental imprint, and the large number of anchors involved, Zaratul's remnant mental imprint was quickly destroyed and corroded by the awakening will of the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings.
In the next second, Klein's "main body" suddenly fell silent.
The collapse of his body stopped. He lowered his head and stopped extending the slippery and sinister tentacles around him. He was so quiet that he appeared to have lost his soul.
In such a scene, the silence was even more terrifying than madness. That frozen body seemed to be giving birth to an extremely terrifying monster!
Klein didn't care about what was happening. He quickly "Grafted" the partial connection between himself and his "main body" above the gray fog.
Then, he shifted his target and locked onto Antigonus who was on the huge stone chair.Without receiving Amon's help, the former Half-Fool failed to escape from "His" state of eternal slumber.
Klein once again reached out his right hand, stealing the remaining Sequence 9 and 1 Beyonder characteristics of the other party.
Although he was currently using the identity and fate of Antigonus, it was still difficult for him to complete the "Theft." Failure was inevitable.
At that moment, outside the Realm of Mysteries created by Sefirah Castle, Amon regained "His" consciousness from the initial chaos.
"They" raised "Their" hands and adjusted "Their" monocles, causing the redness in "Their" eyes to vanish. Others looked down at "Their" stomachs and reached out to stroke them.
A second later, the bulging stomachs split open, and baby after baby with faint crimson colors appeared.
These infants didn't cry, nor were they deformed. All of them took out crystal monocles from the void in smooth succession and wore them to their right eye.
The number of Amons increased.
"He" had converted the babies which were due, turning them into "His" avatars so as to prevent the corruption of the Primordial Moon from interfering with "Him."
At this moment, Earth Mother and God of Steam and Machinery had achieved the upper hand to some extent on their respective battlefields. They could finally make use of this small advantage to interfere with the situation inside the palace.
Instantly, a portion of Amons turned into plants as they bloomed or bore fruit, returning to the land. A portion of Amons became knowledge, information, and words, as "They" ended up imprinted into an illusory book.
However, there were still some Amons who had used "Blink," relied on loopholes, or from using the deception of the rules to successfully avoid the influence of the two true deities. As "They" continued to strengthen the seal of the Magic Wishing Lamp and the Trunsoest Brass Book, "They" opened a "door" in Klein's Realm of Mysteries.
At the same time, the angels also noticed the changes in the astral world, but "Their" gazes were unable to penetrate the Earth Mother's natural barrier and the God of Steam and Machinery's civilization picture. "They" couldn't see the interior at all.
This also meant that, even if "They" wanted to exert influence, there was nothing "They" could do.
Inside the Realm of Mysteries created by Sefirah Castle, Klein finally succeeded in stealing the Beyonder characteristics of Antigonus from Sequence 9 to Sequence 1, ones that had been digested!
Due to the law of Beyonder characteristic convergence, the latter had attracted many Beyonders of the same pathway over a long span of history. While turning them into marionettes, "He" had also absorbed their Beyonder characteristics. Therefore, at that moment, there was still a large number of Seer pathway Beyonder characteristics left in Antigonus's body, including a Miracle Invoker Beyonder characteristic.
The dark points of light quickly merged into Klein's body and fused with him.
As he was now Antigonus, and as all the Beyonder characteristics had been digested by Antigonus, his fate of losing control didn't speed up as he maintained his previous progress.
This way, Klein had once again become a Sequence 1 Attendant of Mysteries, one who had already digested the potion, with a fate that pointed towards losing control.
At this moment, his original "main body" raised his head, his eyes dark.
However, from this glance, the present Klein's mind instantly slowed down as his body turned cold. He almost had no way of resisting it.
The powerful will that he was very familiar with began to slowly rise, attempting to influence Sefirah Castle.The Lord of the Mysteries had awakened to a certain threshold in Klein's "main body."
The Fool had become a truly great existence that was being awakened. It matched the guess of the Tarot Club and was in conflict with true history.
Before Klein's thoughts slowed down, he took the initiative to cooperate with Amon and dispelled the Realm of Mysteries, allowing the situation inside to interact with the outside world.
He had already "fooled" history without any problems, just like the first plan he came up with. As for how to end it, he never had a good idea.
According to the changes in the situation, the final plan he activated at this critical moment
was:
To not leave himself any way out. He would go from accommodating The Fool's Uniqueness to advancing to the true Fool!
In any case, this wouldn't be worse than the previous situation.
interactions. Fragments of light began to distort as they merged into one, sometimes breaking apart, unable to completely form a piece of history.
A sense of self-conflict appeared in that piece of history!True history clearly involved the prehistoric human soul, Klein Moretti, disguising himself as The Fool and establishing the Tarot Club. He became stronger one Sequence at a time, and eventually reached the level of the true Fool. However, the present history was that Mr. Fool was a great existence that was awakening, the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings from ancient times. "He" had finally awakened!
At that moment, although the rule restriction put in effect by the Genie using the Trunsoest Brass Book could only be effective for less than a second, it still significantly weakened the will of the Lord of the Mysteries inside Klein's "main body," as though "He" had suffered a fatal blow.
As for Earth Mother and God of Steam and Machinery, "They" had given up on interfering with Amon's avatars, as though they wanted this Mr. Error to have the time to deal with the awakening Lord of the Mysteries.
However, "They," who clearly had some power to spare, didn't attempt to affect Klein's "main body," but continued suppressing the Primordial Demoness and the Hidden Sage.
The subsequent attacks and interferences from the latter two were no longer intense, as if "They" were waiting for an outcome.
To "Them," the resurrection of the Lord of the Mysteries was the achieving of "Their" goals:
Produce a "Pillar" as quickly as possible; and prevent entities that had animosity towards "Them" from becoming the Lord of the Mysteries.
In addition, the pathways that "They" were in didn't belong to the three pathways that were controlled by the Lord of the Mysteries. Furthermore, "They" didn't have any feuds or conflicts of interest with the other party.
Amon, who was no longer affected, immediately changed "His" target and focused most of "His" attention on Klein's "main body."
There was no need for any explanation. "They" clearly knew that this was "Their" greatest threat!
Without any hesitation, the Amons raised "Their" right hands at the same time and gently squeezed it, seriously "Stealing" the effects of the "eternal daytime" from the target.
However, the Amons didn't give up influencing Klein. With "Their" numbers, "They" split off a small number of members and looked at Klein, who was currently a Sequence 1 Attendant of Mysteries. Furthermore, Klein also bore the identity of Antigonus.
The monocles of these Amons suddenly lit up. Using the authority related to "doors," "They" moved Klein out of the real world and into the cosmos.
In the dark and vast Universe, Klein's figure appeared. Then, it instantly became thin, turning into a paper figurine.
The paper figurine first had its belly bloated before giving birth to a paper baby. Then, it rapidly rotted into dust.
Klein had used "Grafting" and "Paper Figurine Substitutes" to block the attacks of the Amons.
At the same time, the other Amons had succeeded in stealing the effects of the "eternal daytime" from Klein's main body.
However, in the next second, the effects of the "eternal daytime" were once again "stolen" back.
This was the Lord of the Mysteries's control over powers from "His" pathway. Even though "He" had yet to fully revive, "He" had already begun this process.
Amon's eyes flickered as "He" immediately gave up on Klein and focused on three matters:
Most of "Them" continued to steal the effects of the "eternal daytime" and resist the Lord of the Mysteries, while a small number of "Them" locked onto Antigonus, who was sitting on the huge stone chair. "They" began to "Steal" the other party's state of eternal slumber.
In addition, all the Amons had dispelled the strengthening of seals, and even weakened them.
Klein, who was no longer being attacked by Amon, similarly didn't counterattack. His attention was focused on his "main body."
The awakening of the Lord of the Mysteries was the biggest problem!
At that instant, an illusory mark appeared on Klein's glabella. It was a strange door of light that was stained with hints of bluish-black. It constantly emanated a faint grayish-white fog.
Klein began to snatch control over Sefirah Castle from the Lord of the Mysteries, so that it wouldn't be so easy for "Him" to make use of the level and power!
And with the Lord of the Mysteries not fully resurrected and having yet to accommodate The Fool's Uniqueness and the corresponding Beyonder characteristics, he could effectively reduce "His" strength, allowing "His" failure rate to increase significantly and for the effects to be inferior.
With his addition, with his control over Sefirah Castle, the "Fooling" received by the Trunsoest Brass Book immediately weakened. The chances of Amons' "Theft" also increased.
In the Forsaken Land of the Gods, at the foot of the giant shadow formed by the ancient sun god, on the surface of the sea that was covered in all colors, words written in the most ancient language quickly appeared:
"The revival of the Lord of the Mysteries failed due to many interferences."
With this sentence forming, as Klein fought for control over Sefirah Castle, the Amons once again "Stole" the effects of the "eternal daytime" effects that had augmented the Lord of the Mysteries.
Elsewhere, "They" had also "Stolen" Antigonus's state of eternal slumber.
Without any hesitation, the Amons transferred the state of "eternal slumber" to Klein's "main body" and gifted it to the Lord of the Mysteries.
The ancient existence's aura immediately fell silent, but it quickly rebounded.
At this moment, the corresponding text appeared on the weakly-sealed Trunsoest Brass Book:
"Resurrection of the deceased is prohibited here!"
Suddenly, the terrifying will in Klein's "main body" rapidly weakened, producing a strong urge to fall asleep again.However, this will was so powerful that, even after a long period of time, it was unable to completely wear it down. Under these two restrictions, it was still tenacious and slowly recovering. It also attempted to use "Tampering" and "Fooling" to get out of the predicament.
Klein sensed that the other party was using Sefirah Castle's power, so he immediately focused and interfered.
At the same time, the Evernight Goddess, who was floating above the ancient palace, slightly relaxed "Her" control over Amon's true body. "She" pulled back the bird-shaped, golden accessory and aimed its head downwards.
Inside the bronze eye of the bird-shaped, golden accessory, illusory layers of doors surged out, allowing a drop of colorless water that had a strong aura of stillness to drop onto Klein's "main body" in the ancient palace.
This was a drop of river water from the River of Eternal Darkness!
While the Evernight Goddess was doing this, Amon's actual body's attempt to escape by opening "doors" also tacitly slowed down.
The drop of water plummeted at an extremely fast speed. The natural barrier formed by Earth Mother, and the portrait formed by the God of Steam and Machinery simultaneously pulled back to give way for it.
With a smack, the river water of the River of Eternal Darkness accurately dripped onto Klein's head and silently entered.
The aura of the Lord of the Mysteries, which was slowly growing, immediately receded. It stopped its fluctuation and fell into a state of eternal slumber.
However, this condition wasn't very stable, as if it could be broken at any moment.
At this moment, the Evernight Goddess's empty hand pulled out a gigantic sword from the void.
The sword's surface was covered with orange-red light as it exuded the dawn of twilight, the aura of decay.
This was the symbol of the Twilight Giant.
The Evernight Goddess's arm that was covered with short black fur extended, striking down with the exaggerated sword.
"She" had always kept some energy as though prepared to deliver this moment!
In the strange sound of the void shattering and decaying, the sword that was covered with the light of twilight slashed through the dome of the Antigonus palace, causing the hanging corpses to drop to the ground.
Right on the heels of that, it struck Klein's "main body," which had yet to escape the state of eternal slumber.
The portion of the awakening of the Lord of the Mysteries rapidly vanished, and the body began to wane uncontrollably. It broke down along with The Fool's Uniqueness and the two sets of Sequence 9 to 1 Beyonder characteristics in his body. They also collapsed and gathered together.
Upon seeing this, Klein followed his plan without any thought. He used Sefirah Castle to pull down a quarter of the fog of history and enveloped it.
Amidst the grayish-white fog, The Fool's Uniqueness and the Beyonder characteristics fully converged.
They frantically absorbed the fog of history around them, turning into a shapeless and dark liquid.
This blob of liquid stretched out as though it was forming a strange, translucent hooded cloak or a person whose internal organs and flesh were emptied out.
The Fool's potion
The Amons reached out "Their" right hands at the same time in a bid to "Steal" the potion.Chapter 1380 A Miracle
More than a thousand Amons each committed "Theft."
With "His" numbers, as long as "He" wasn't extremely unlucky, there would always be a few who would've succeeded. Furthermore, The Fool's potion was ownerless, so it wasn't difficult to steal.
While carrying out the "Theft," Amon removed a particular seal on "His" body, allowing the Apprentice and Marauder Beyonder characteristics to release their powers of convergence.
This was rather effective towards The Fool's potion, allowing Amon to increase "His" success rate to the greatest extent.
However, all the Amons ultimately failed.
This was because a new rule had appeared on the Trunsoest Brass Book:
"Acts of theft are prohibited here!"
In order to deal with the awakening Lord of the Mysteries, Amon had weakened all the seals here and helped the Trunsoest Brass Book escape the "Fooling." It could now have a limited number of effective rules for a brief moment amidst its repeated cycles, but now, this had adversely affected "Them."
Seizing this opportunity, the illusory brand between Klein's brows became more obvious.
A faint grayish-white fog gathered around him, forming a thin cocoon.
He activated Sefirah Castle with all his might. Together with his Attendant of Mysteries Beyonder characteristic, he created an extremely powerful convergence effect on The Fool's potion.
The black liquid that didn't have a fixed form seemed to be a starving beast that saw food. It immediately pounced onto Klein.
It kept extending and changing like a translucent skin, wrapping Klein inside.
Klein's face appeared underneath this liquid. His facial features were sometimes distinct, sometimes blurred, sometimes distorted, and sometimes blank.
In the Forsaken Land of the Gods, under the giant shadow formed by the ancient sun god, words in the most ancient of languages rapidly took form on the illusory surface of the sea that contained all possible colors:
"Antigonus's efforts at advancing to The Fool ultimately failed due to various reasons."
The reason why this existence that once dominated the entire planet didn't use Klein Moretti's name was that he was now carrying the identity and fate of Antigonus.
If the subject in the sentence had been the former name, then Klein could completely ignore it.
What had Klein Moretti's failed advancement got to do with Antigonus becoming The Fool?
But when the subject became Antigonus, it was like a prophecy, as if it was an arrangement that had the outcome already be decided. Such a sentence could make the situation turn very grim.
If Klein didn't give up on Antigonus's identity and fate, he would be restricted by those words.
If he gave up Antigonus's identity and fate, then the Sequence 9 and 1 Beyonder characteristic in his body would no longer belong to him in the true sense of the word. He had never digested them before—they were Beyonder characteristics that Antigonus once controlled. At present, it had nothing to do with Klein Moretti. All he did was forcefully devour them.
Under such circumstances, even if there were no other factors, just the undigested Beyonder characteristics would likely cause Klein to lose control on the spot. And consuming The Fool's potion in such a state and completing the advancement ritualHowever, "His" giant shadow embodiment dimmed, as though "He" was unable to maintain it for too long.
In the astral world, within the floating ancient palace.
In the battle that pit the Earth Mother and the God of Steam and Machinery against the Primordial Demoness and Hidden Sage, the situation became even more intense. However, the former two were still able to divert a certain amount of strength to affect Amon's avatar, preventing "Them" from destroying Klein's advancement ritual.
The Amons were forced to "Blink" everywhere, but some of them still turned into plants, blooming and bearing fruit before returning to the land. Others collapsed into words as they were imprinted into illusory books.
Apart from that, a large number of "Them" were strengthening the seal, limiting the Trunsoest Brass Book, preventing the rules it enacted from being effective, or be effective for only an instant.
Under the influence of these three factors, even with Amon's numbers, it appeared to be insufficient.
But even so, a small number of "Them" managed to seize the opportunity to make crystal monocles and similar circular symbols reflect Klein's figure.
In the next second, the monocles and circular symbols emitted pure light.
This wasn't "Theft," but the act of "returning" things.
At this moment, Amon's decision was to return an item that "He" had formerly "Stolen" from Klein.
It was Klein's thoughts of suicide!
Back when Klein was captured by Amon and brought to the Forsaken Land of the Gods, he had tried on many occasions to commit suicide but failed to succeed. He had such thoughts "Stolen" by the other party.
At the critical moment of his advancement, once he had the intention to commit suicide, the outcome could be imagined!
At that moment, Klein, who was tightly enveloped by The Fool's potion, felt his thoughts turn chaotic and wander. His hair spread out as he felt an extremely cold, sticky liquid slowly invade him.
Then, he had the thought of committing suicide and giving up.
This was a change that Klein had never expected. He had long forgotten how Amon had "Stolen" his thoughts of committing suicide. Furthermore, he didn't expect that not only was the other party unwilling to abandon these thoughts, "He" had even kept them carefully.
If it were anytime in the past, this thought might've been strong, but Klein could still use his self-control to resist it forcefully, suppressing it until it dissipated on its own. It would be akin to dealing with nasty thoughts.
But now, he was in the midst of an advancement ritual. He was being influenced by the potion, and his mind had lost its stability. He was unable to effectively suppress the thought of committing suicide.
The Amons always had various strange but rather effective methods.
Fortunately, Klein wasn't only Klein, but also Antigonus.
What relation did Klein Moretti's thoughts of committing suicide have to do with Antigonus?
With this level of knowledge from this additional identity, Klein didn't immediately give up and end his life. He pulled the Antigonus mental imprint in his body and mixed it with the idea of suicide, barely suppressing it.
Under such a balance, Klein's mind and body were further corroded by The Fool's potion.
His thoughts were the same as when he advanced to Attendant of Mysteries—completely dispersed.
But the difference was that he didn't fuse with the spirit world this time. Instead, he continued to extend, enveloping the entire planet, the entire spirit world, and part of the astral world like a gaseous body.
At that moment, Klein felt that he was in the bodies of different believers, in every human's body, in every animal's body, in every living thing.
Everything had godhood in them.
At the same time, he was still scattered within the fog of history, scattered through fleeting time, and scattered inside the silent flow of a river of light with multiple distributaries.
One was also Infinity.
At the level of godhood, an experience like this made Klein's thoughts wear away even further, as though all that was left was a coldness that looked down on everything.
Even this coldness was dissipating slowly.
It wouldn't be long before Klein completely lost himself and was led by the various mental seals in The Fool's potion, becoming a true monster.
This coincided with Antigonus's crazy fate, allowing the latter to accelerate.
At this moment, he felt something off. It was unharmonious, unnatural, and abnormal.
In the fog of history, there were a small number of light fragments twisting and distorting, unable to take form. It was as if there was a fundamental conflict between them.
They gradually separated, breaking out into different branches to record the different content, allowing the twisting to achieve the initial state of recovering.
Being imbued into everything, Klein's mind was "thrown out" due to this tiny disharmonious abnormality. He found some aspect of self-awareness again.
With this self-awareness as the core, he quickly gathered his scattered mind and guided the fusion process between The Fool's potion and his body.
But at this moment, the fate of Antigonus losing control thanks to the ancient sun god's "Prophecy" erupted early. Klein's body collapsed once again, unable to withstand The Fool's potion.
Without any hesitation or having the luxury of time to hesitate, Klein immediately removed a portion of the "Theft" effects and returned Antigonus "His" identity, fate, and self-awareness, allowing the "Him" sitting on the huge stone chair to slowly open his eyes. The dazed Antigonus gradually regained "His" clarity of mind.
"He" didn't immediately lose control, because the main reason "He" lost control was that the Lord of the Mysteries's will had awakened to a large extent. And now, The Fool's Uniqueness and most of the Beyonder characteristics that contained a portion of the will was no longer in "His" body.
Therefore, Antigonus could use his own will to resist the madness and try to stop the fate of losing control.
The prophecy of the ancient sun god came true: Antigonus really failed to advance to Sequence 0 The Fool.
And without "His" identity, the Sequence 9 and Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic of the Seer pathway in Klein's body turned into something that he hadn't digested. This threw him to the edge of losing control immediately.
The Fool's potion that wrapped around his body like a cloak instantly completed the act of seeping through. The will of the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings was awakened once again!
"Give up…
"Leave everything to me…
"This time, I won't accommodate another sefirah…
"I won't help you protect the living creatures you wish to protect, but I won't harm them either…
"It's not that I won't keep my promises, but it's just that they're too weak and not worth my attention…
"This place is an area that is off-limits to Outer Deities…
"…"
The unfamiliar yet weirdly familiar ravings reverberated in Klein's heart, giving him the idea of giving up.
And the thought of committing suicide that he had been suppressed by Antigonus's mental imprint previously, surfaced again after the balance created by it was lost.
The outcome of failing an advancement attempt was about to occur.
At this moment, the Evernight Goddess, who was originally powerless to slash downwards with the Twilight Sword, suddenly gave up on controlling Amon's true body.
As Amon's true body leaped out, and just as the avatars waited for Klein to fail the ritual, the goddess once again dragged the exaggerated sword that was covered in orange light.
This time, the target was Klein!
A thought flashed through Klein's mind as he took the initiative to be controlled by the thought of committing suicide, not making any attempts to resist.
With a poof, he was slashed by the symbolic sword of twilight, shattering into a rotten body of "meat" that seeped out Beyonder characteristics.
Klein died. Before the Amons took any sort of measures against him, he was killed by the Evernight Goddess before the ritual failed and before he completely lost control.
In the next second, the Evernight Goddess wore the bird-shaped, golden accessory on "Her" head as "Her" body expanded and enveloped the ancient palace. She instantly erased Amon's true body, avatars, Earth Mother, Primordial Demoness, God of Steam and Machinery, Hidden Sage, and Antigonus, as though "They" were erased by an eraser.
Concealment!
The ancient sun god seemed to understand what the Evernight Goddess wanted to do, but having already made two prophecies, there was no way for "Him" to write a third sentence. As for the three true gods, they continued throwing what they had at "Him," holding "Him" back.
In the next second, a miracle happened. Klein returned from the fog of history.
The Uniqueness of The Fool that had already belonged to him and the three Sequence 9 to Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics rapidly returned to his body.
Afraid that he would be disturbed, the Genie quickly made use of the Trunsoest Brass Book to add a rule:
"This place is suitable for the return of Beyonder characteristics."
Suddenly, Klein returned to his previous state of him "drinking" The Fool potion.
But the thing that was different from before was that, back then, his body's pillar of support belonged to the Sequence 9 to Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics of Antigonus—ones he hadn't digested yet. And now, the first to return to him was undoubtedly the digested Sequence 9 and 1 Beyonder characteristic that once belonged to him.
This way, he would have a true pillar of support that could accommodate The Fool's Uniqueness and the remaining characteristics.
Klein was in a state that was the same as when he first arrived at the main peak of the Hornacis mountain range, an Attendant of Mysteries who had finished digesting the potion and was capable of attempting to advance to Sequence 0 The Fool.
By relying on his resurrection, Klein had completely overturned his state!
This was the flash of inspiration he had obtained from Roselle's resurrection. Of course, the entire process was different from the resurrection of a Black Emperor.
The character that Klein had arranged to kill him was the Genie. He never expected that the Evernight Goddess, who he hadn't discussed this with, would share such tacit understanding with him.
In that instant, his body split apart, turning into a thin gray fog and dark liquid.
The gray fog and black liquid blended together, and the countless maggots that resembled meat tendrils sprouted on the surface. Then, they intertwined into a translucent dark-colored cloak.
There was no body under the cloak, just darkness.
This process was very brief. In less than two seconds, the Evernight Goddess's concealment of so many deities was clearly unable to last that long.
In an instant, a door of light traveled across the surface of the concealed world at an extremely high speed.
The door suddenly opened, and Amon, who was wearing a pointed hat and wearing a classic black robe, leaped out.
At the same time, "He" saw an illusory mask with blank facial features appear under the translucent dark-colored cloak.
The mask instantly outlined Klein, who had fused with Gehrman Sparrow's traits. Amon's thoughts turned chaotic as though "He" had his intelligence forcefully lowered.
The Fool was born.