Chapter 583 Mystery
Learning that the letter held by the messenger was actually from Adam, Klein didn't know whether he should take the envelope back into his hand, but neither did he drop it as if it were burning hot.
Various possibilities flashed through his mind, and finally, he gently placed the letter on the nearby desk.
Only then did he look at Reinette Tinekerr, who was still in the room, and remember to ask, "Did He give you Gold Coins?"
The four blonde, red-eyed heads spoke in Sequence: "No—" "But—" "This time—" "It's not needed—"
Klein swallowed: "Then what else is there?"
"Do—" "You—" "Need—" "A reply—"
A reply—What kind of reply do you want me to send, and how?
Klein gave a self-mocking smile and shook his head: "Not for now. Uh, if I need to reply, I will contact you."
The four heads held by Reinette Tinekerr all turned toward Klein, moving up and down unevenly for a while, as if nodding. After that, her figure quickly vanished from Reality.
After staring at the plain envelope on the desk and pondering for a few seconds, Klein made up his mind, immediately took four steps counterclockwise, and sacrificed it above the gray fog.
The confrontation between "Justice" Audrey and the Psychology Alchemists, and even her previous battle with the royal consultant, Hvin Rambis, made Klein understand how deeply Beyonders of the Spectator Pathway could control the mind, and issues on this spiritual level were difficult for Klein to guard against at his current level.
Only after the "gray fog space" had disinfected it did he dare to open the envelope—in fact, touching the envelope with his bare hands earlier was already a serious mistake; Klein wasn't even sure if the King of Angels of the Spectator Pathway had placed any suggestion or hypnosis just by looking at it. But Sefirah Castle was enough to solve all problems; this mysterious and powerful space could even smooth out the might of a true god.
Even the King of Dragons had to be suppressed above the gray fog, unable to escape to this day.
Klein subconsciously looked toward the enormous, struggling figure on the other side of the magnificent palace, and bursts of dragon roars surfaced in his mind again.
After "0–08" encountered Groselle's Travels, it led to the recovery of the King of Dragons, Ankewelt, but the location of the recovery was chosen to be above the gray fog, which now appeared to be inside the mysterious Sefirah Castle. This resulted in Him being completely sealed despite His recovery, unable to exert any influence on Reality.
He represents a Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic of the Spectator Pathway, the Author.
Similarly, being confined inside Sefirah Castle for a long time means that Adam, the Son of the Creator and King of Angels of the Spectator Pathway of the same Sequence, has lost the possibility of becoming a god.
And the current of the era, a war sweeping the world, pushed by Adam and the Twilight Hermit Order, has already begun.
This involves the apotheosis ritual for the Sequence 0 Visionary of the Spectator Pathway—if all the Author Beyonder characteristics cannot be gathered during this era's current, and the potion consumed, perhaps all of Adam's previous arrangements will come to naught, turning into wasted effort.
Klein guessed that this was the reason Adam sought him out this time.
But now Adam has a favor to ask of me—
Klein mumbled a few words to relieve his psychological pressure.
Immediately after, he opened the envelope and saw neat and tidy handwriting on the ancient, yellowed paper: "Greetings, Mysterious."
Mysterious—
Seeing this word, Klein's heart immediately skipped a beat.
When he first obtained the "Cross of Paleness," he had divined the origins of that relic of the City of Silver's Creator.
This was a drop of divine blood from the Creator before He was divided, combined with the silver-white cross He carried, making it a true "relic."
And that Creator, on the eve of His demise, was actually able to follow Klein's prying gaze, casting His eyes thousands of years into the future, toward the area above the gray fog. At that time, He had said the word "Mysterious," leaving Klein confused—He didn't know if He was referring to himself or the former master of Sefirah Castle.
Yet now, the letter Adam wrote to him began with "Mysterious"—
It seems that the "Cross of Paleness" was truly sent by Adam, using the hands of the Loen royal family and military, to Magician Forsi, then to Judgement Xio, and finally to me.
What exactly is He plotting?
Is He demonstrating His power—that He knows my identity and that everything is under His control?
Klein suppressed the shock and doubt in his heart and chose to continue reading.
"First of all, congratulations on your advancement to Scholar of Yore." "Since that is the case, you must have seen a creature called the 'Hound of Fulgrim,' and thus learned the title of these wondrous creatures as the 'Sefirah Castle Guardian,' and therefore know what Sefirah Castle is."
"Unfortunately, an old friend of mine is trapped inside Sefirah Castle and requires your assistance."
"I hear that the Tarot Club hosted by Mr. Fool advocates for equivalent exchange, so may I participate?"
"Whenever you wish, recite My name, and I will give you an offer you cannot refuse."
"Adam."
This brief letter ended just like that.
Adam was still vague, only mentioning his need for the King of Dragons, Ankewelt—which would be obvious to anyone with sufficient knowledge reserves.
Other than that, Adam did not write about any other demands in the letter, nor did he expose his bargaining chips.
But this single letter provided enough information.
First, this letter was able to reach Klein, and it was a letter addressed to "Mysterious," delivered through Gehrman Sparrow's messenger.
It was not strange that Adam could find Klein's messenger.
During his adventure east of the Sonia Sea, Klein met the strongest Hunter in the Mist Sea, Anderson Hood. He had once angered a demigod of the Spectator Pathway and promised him some unknown condition.
Currently, all forces in the world mastering the Spectator Pathway are related to the Angel of Imagination, and demigods of the Spectator Pathway are even more so. This connected Anderson Hood to Adam.
Later, Anderson Hood spent a long time working with "Blazing" Danitz, and "Blazing" Danitz knew the method to summon Gehrman Sparrow's messenger. For the world's most top-tier Telepathist, learning the method to summon Gehrman Sparrow's messenger was not difficult.
The problem lies in how Adam managed to pierce through Gehrman Sparrow's "favored one" facade and directly know that Klein was "Mysterious" Himself.
This led to some other extended questions:
Since Adam knows that Klein is "Mysterious," does His brother, Amon, who has always coveted Sefirah Castle, know as well?
Furthermore, the one whose gaze pierced through millennia was the "City of Silver Creator," but why is it Adam who now refers to him as "Mysterious"?
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Chapter 584 Adam
Chapter 584: Adam
Adam generously admitted his disadvantage; the missing Author Beyonder characteristic was currently in Klein's hands.
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But Klein had to consider what Adam could do in the current situation—he had locked onto "The Fool," "The Hermit," and even Klein himself. Combined with his status as a King of Angels, this was an undeniable threat.
Based on the information gathered previously, several things could be deduced from the act of writing the letter:
First, Adam needed Sefirah Castle's permission to acquire the Beyonder characteristic of Ankewelt, the King of Dragons.
Klein knew that he was merely the current controller of Sefirah Castle, not its inherent master.
He had discussed this in detail with Red Angel Medici, confirming some of his suspicions and learning that Amon, the Blasphemer, and Zaratul coveted Sefirah Castle. This also proved that they, too, could potentially become its masters.
Adam could choose to directly support one of them to replace Klein as Sefirah Castle's new master, thereby releasing the King of Dragons trapped within Sefirah Castle.
Klein guessed that if negotiations with Adam failed, he would turn in another direction—after all, compared to other schemes, advancing to Sequence 0 Visionary was his most urgent goal at this stage.
The peak of the era's tide would not last much longer, so Klein had to make a decision soon whether to chant Adam's true name.
Second, Adam currently possessed many methods to pinpoint Klein.
The act of sending the "Darkness-less Cross" to Mr. Fool could already be confirmed as Adam's doing.
This meant that Adam knew Magician Fors and Judgement Miss Xio were members of the Tarot Club.
Of course, this was also related to Magician being insufficiently cautious in Reality. After learning that Xio had joined the Tarot Club, she carelessly uttered the name "Adam" in Reality—although she had comforted herself at the time that Adam might not necessarily pay attention to them because of it, it now seemed they were clearly being watched.
Wouldn't he then use their social connections to find Miss Justice Audrey?
Although Audrey Hall was already a Sequence 5 Beyonder of the Spectator Pathway, how could she possibly resist Adam, a King of Angels? Even if Adam's invasion of her subconscious sea were to be exposed at the Tarot Club, as long as Adam wished, he could know the thoughts of those around her, and then pinpoint the wealthy businessman Dwayne Dantes.
Due to the aggregation effect, the anomalies and Beyonder gathering in Backlund Street were so conspicuous that Amon only needed a Sequence 4 level avatar to deduce and pinpoint that location. Adam had no reason to perform worse.
Therefore, why he hadn't directly informed Amon of this information was very intriguing.
Klein prided himself on understanding the interpersonal relationships of ancient times very thoroughly, and thus had always hypothesized that "kinship" was the basis of Adam and Amon's relationship, and that the two sons of the Creator were natural allies.
Amon was an enemy of Klein in the Sefirah Castle dispute; while Adam's scheme had incited a world-spanning war, and his cooperation with the Ruen Royal Family to impact the Black Emperor Pathway had led to the Backlund Great Smog, causing countless innocent deaths.
As they were both enemies, Klein naturally and subconsciously regarded Amon and Adam as being in the same camp. But now, it seemed that was not the case.
If Amon knew the above information, he could completely parasitize known identities such as Magician and Judgement through his main body, and infiltrate above the gray fog—at least he could control Magician and Judgement in this way, as a threat to "The Fool."
Klein knew that the "God of Pranks" was capable of such things.
For now, Adam had not shared the relevant information with Amon, but if he decided to place the hope of obtaining the Author Beyonder characteristic from Sefirah Castle on his brother, that might change.
In Klein's view, this was a veiled threat, forcing him to negotiate with Adam, and perhaps even to compromise with him.
Currently, the King of Dragons in Sefirah Castle had no exploitable value for Klein. Merely sealing this ancient god, a King of Angels, had already placed a considerable burden on Sefirah Castle.
Klein knew that one day he would either release or defeat Ankewelt, the King of Dragons, and restore him to a Sequence 1 Author Beyonder characteristic. Doing so now would not only bring benefits but also allow him to use the Angel of Imagination's hand to remove a great problem from Sefirah Castle.
If he truly broke ties with Adam completely, then he would only be left to face the pursuit of multiple Kings of Angels, living in hiding—unless he could grow strong enough to contend with Kings of Angels in a short period.
This was the third point—the root of the conflict between Klein and Adam.
Adam confidently offered Klein terms that he "could not refuse," making it imperative for Klein to hear what these terms actually were.
Klein also had things he didn't want Adam to interfere with.
What Adam was doing now was not only promoting the "tide of the era" but also supporting Loen's King, George III, in forcibly becoming a Black Emperor.
The abolition of the grain act that bankrupted countless farming families, the support of the New Party, the suppression of the Conservative Party, human trafficking, the Backlund Great Smog—all these disasters were orchestrated by the Ruen Royal Family to establish the Black Emperor's order, secretly constructing mausoleums as part of the god-ascension ritual.
One of the reasons Klein chose to advance so urgently was that he could not ignore the atrocities committed by the Ruen Royal Family during this period. He wanted Loen, and George III, to pay the price for everything they had done!
He could not accept George III ascending to godhood by standing on a staircase built from layers of corpses!
He disagreed!
Destroying George III's god-ascension ritual and disrupting those high-level schemes was precisely what Klein intended to do next.
And to achieve all this, he had to confront the manipulator and planner behind it all—Adam.
It seemed—meeting now might not necessarily be a bad thing.
Klein gave a self-deprecating smile, tapping lightly on the tabletop.
He simulated the sensation of falling, leaving the gray fog space.
To prevent this from being a conspiracy by Adam to help Amon pinpoint him, Klein made the creeping hunger suddenly transparent, teleporting to an uninhabited island in the Mist Sea. He then manipulated a paper figure to chant "The Fool's" honorific name, before teleporting to another corner of the world and hiding in the historical fog.
His main body in the historical fog took four reverse steps, returning above the gray fog. Then, following the prayer, he attached his historical projection to the paper figure using "Angel's Embrace," controlling it remotely.
After doing all this, he took a deep breath and, with a thought, made the paper figure speak: "Adam."
"I am here."
A gentle, clear voice appeared in Klein's mind.
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