Chapter 500: The Disappearance of the Elderly Companion

Chapter 500: The Disappearance of the Elderly Companion

This was a double-edged sword. Amon couldn't fully trust the high-dimensional observers either.

The reason He allowed Pallez to leave this time was that He feared the high-dimensional observers might suddenly block His escape route, potentially trapping Him.

Hastur contemplated various possibilities, then sighed softly as he leaned back in his chair, his gaze sweeping over Backlund below the Hall of Stars.

He needed to create an avatar that could exist in the Hall of Stars for extended periods, helping him maintain constant surveillance.

The stars watched everything, but to achieve this, one had to remain in the Hall of Stars.

It was impossible for his main body to stay there constantly.

The Star Vessel wasn't an ideal choice either, as it was ultimately stolen from the True Creator and lacked purity.

If it were to develop its own consciousness and take over the Hall of Stars, that would be disastrous.

"It must not have self-awareness, and it doesn't necessarily have to be limited to an avatar..." Hastur pondered for a long time but couldn't come up with a satisfactory solution.

When he heard someone calling him in the real world, Hastur left the Hall of Stars, got up, and went to open the door.

Leonard, who had been frightened by Amon's interception, couldn't think of a better place to go and had to return. Pallez followed Leonard back as well.

"Hastur, I was terrified earlier. I thought I might never see you again," Leonard said, his body trembling slightly, his face and eyes still filled with lingering fear.

"Have some hot tea first to warm up," Hastur instructed someone to prepare tea, gesturing for Leonard to calm his fears.

"Amon won't give up this opportunity. He will come again," Pallez expressed concern about his own future.

"Isn't there any good way to deal with Amon?" Hastur inquired.

"It's difficult. The Thief pathway is full of deception, decryption, trickery, and fate from Sequence 9 onwards. Amon is especially proficient in these areas. It's hard to outmaneuver Him, even with the Goddess of Night providing secret protection," Pallez explained.

"He can always use an inconspicuous loophole to easily see through the entire situation. With His malicious personality and solitary nature, it's even more challenging to target Him."

"Otherwise, given His character, He would have been dealt with by deities like the Lord of Storms long ago. The reason they tolerate Him is that the cost of dealing with Him is too high and not necessarily effective."

Hastur listened silently to Pallez's introduction of Amon, thinking it wasn't comprehensive enough.

Behind Amon were Adam and the True Creator. This was the real reason why the three true gods - Lord of Storms, Eternal Blazing Sun, and God of Knowledge and Wisdom - had been unable to deal with Amon.

Even if the Goddess of Night was willing to provide secrecy for them, they would suspect whether She was allied with Adam and Amon to hunt them.

Moreover, the three of them were already hostile and wary of each other.

In short, when it came to dealing with Amon and Adam, these three could only be considered as extras, not the main force.

Counting the forces on his side and Klein's side, it would still be very difficult to encircle and suppress Amon.

After all, Amon wasn't an avatar of an Outer God but an enemy of all true gods, a target that must be eliminated.

There were quite a few hidden existences willing to bet on Amon becoming a god and potentially competing for the position of the future Lord of Mysteries.

**The Night's Developments**

That night, Leonard, who was resting in Hastur's villa, finally received a dream from Klein.

In the dream, Leonard seemed to hear someone muttering: "Don't wake people up in the middle of the night every time."

Leonard deeply resonated with this statement.

"Amon came. I just encountered Him today, it was His main body in person," Leonard briefly explained the situation.

"I understand," Klein simply nodded.

"Can the Fool provide protection for the old man?"

"Only to a certain extent."

Klein said this with some uncertainty. As non-believers of adjacent pathways, Amon was also his natural enemy.

However, he was currently preparing for his advancement to Sequence 4 Bizarro Sorcerer and was relatively weak, so he generally wouldn't attract Amon's covetousness.

As for Mr. Fool, although he had the trump card of Sefirah Castle, he himself didn't possess the ability to directly confront Amon.

Among the people he knew, only Will, the Mercury Snake, had some ability to fight against Amon, but He also had His own nemesis, Ouroboros.

Other figures like Miss Messenger and Mr. Azik were only at Sequence 2, which was quite inadequate when facing Amon, an Angel of Lordship.

"Does the Fool have a way to deal with Amon?" Leonard asked hopefully.

That's quite direct... Klein could only find a temporary excuse to deflect this pointed question, "The thoughts of someone like Mr. Fool are not for us to speculate about."

"Sigh..." Leonard sighed heavily, not asking anything further.

After the dream ended, Klein, who had temporarily left Backlund and was collecting non-believer materials needed for his advancement to Bizarro Sorcerer in a distant place, also sighed heavily facing the direction of Backlund.

He wanted to help Leonard and Pallez get through this difficult situation, after all, Amon was too terrifying. If He were to take the Sequence 1 Worm of Time from Pallez's body, Amon would be just one step away from godhood.

This was his future opponent. If He grew too quickly, he would definitely end up like Pallez in the future, having to hide everywhere from Him, like a little mouse.

"Soon, by the end of the year, I should be able to gather all the non-believer materials, end the act, and advance to Sequence 4 Bizarro Sorcerer."

Thinking of this, Klein's mood lightened a bit. At least he was also catching up step by step.

As for how to solve the Amon problem, he didn't have any good ideas either and could only pin his hopes on Hastur, who was still in Backlund.

Hmm, let's pay high respect to Mr. Hastur.

**The Morning After**

In the morning, while the mist in the sky of Backlund had not yet dispersed, the gloom in Leonard's heart had largely dissipated.

After a night of contemplation, Mr. Hastur finally gave him a relatively feasible solution to the current situation.

That was to let Pallez continue to hide.

It sounded like a simple and passive method, but it could prevent Amon from finding Pallez in the short term, buying some time.

Catching Amon was not a simple matter and required long-term planning to have a chance.

Another reason was that Hastur didn't want his home to become a battlefield, with Amon watching his life from outside every day. This feeling was really uncomfortable.

Moreover, the act of hiding very much suited Pallez's personality. The key question was, where would be relatively safe to hide.

Currently in Backlund, the Goddess of Night's side could no longer be relied upon, and the God of Steam and Machinery wouldn't offend Amon and Adam for Pallez's sake.

As for the Lord of Storms, although He was hostile to Amon, if Pallez were to enter His church, He might directly take the Worm of Time non-believer characteristic from Pallez's body and bring it to His divine kingdom, preventing Amon from ever completing his godhood.

None of the three gods could be relied upon, the current Fool was a fraud, and the stars didn't want their doorstep to become a battlefield.

So, Hastur's suggestion for Pallez was to hide in the history of the Fourth Epoch.

Zaratul was currently hiding there as well, which would be a fitting payback.

Although Pallez's condition wasn't very good, he wasn't someone Zaratul could easily deal with. Plus, there was the Star Vessel using historical mist to seal off the history of the Fourth Epoch.

If Amon really came looking, He would definitely have to get past the Star Vessel.

Pallez was delighted to hear this. "Hahaha... That bastard Zaratul caused me to be targeted by Amon, I'll give Him some trouble too. I'll go to the history of the Fourth Epoch!"

Although Leonard was reluctant, he knew this was probably the best solution at present.

"Old man, take care of yourself," Leonard said, his eyes slightly reddened, as if he was sending off his own grandfather.

"Kid, you should worry more about yourself. Amon has already seen you. If nothing happens, try to stay in St. Samuel Cathedral as much as possible. That Archbishop Anthony is not bad," Pallez said.

Pallez emerged from Leonard's body as a virtual image, clearly in the form of an elderly man, but with his facial features obscured, as if shrouded in a layer of mist, preventing Leonard from seeing clearly.

Hastur, however, could see clearly. Pallez's overall demeanor was similar to Leonard's, just with the added sedimentation of years. Although his features had aged, one could tell that He must have been a handsome man no less than Leonard in his youth.

Perhaps this was why Pallez had always chosen to parasitize Leonard's body. Watching Leonard grow was like watching a younger version of himself.

Pallez originally wanted to pat Leonard's head and teasingly say, "Such a big man, still crying like this."

But in the end, He just gently stroked Leonard's head, like a kind grandfather saying goodbye to his beloved grandson.

Before Leonard could react, with the help of the Star Vessel, Pallez entered the history of the Fourth Epoch, now under the same historical sky as Zaratul.

The difference was that Zaratul was hiding in his own secret historical fragment.

As layers of historical mist obscured and sealed off the path to the history of the Fourth Epoch once again, the Star Vessel silently merged into the historical mist.

After sending Pallez away, Hastur looked at Leonard with a solemn expression, "To conceal Pallez's whereabouts, I need to erase your memories of knowing Pallez's movements. This will be a complete erasure, irreversible."

Leonard opened his mouth, but finally nodded silently, allowing Hastur to erase this part of his memory.

To prevent Amon from extracting the corresponding memory fragments from Leonard, Hastur first completely erased this part of the memory, then processed it using the authority of secrecy.

When the memory erasure was complete, Leonard first froze, then looked at Hastur with a confused face and said, "Old man, where did the old man go? Why can't I sense His presence anymore?"

Leonard pressed his hands on Hastur's shoulders, shaking him urgently, "He hasn't been captured by Amon, has He?"

He only felt as if a corner of his heart was empty, an indescribable sadness flowing from that empty corner to all parts of his body.

"This is for your own good," Hastur finally gave Leonard this answer.