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While Lin Ruo and his historical projections were justly ganging up on the Demoness of Despair, leaving her no room to fight back, on the other side, in the underground palace, Klein had already quietly made his way to the hall where Mr. A was located.
The situation was like this: after receiving Medici's letter, Bernadette brought Klein to this underground palace. Immediately after, they were discovered by a demigod wearing a golden mask.
Bernadette chose to deal with the demigod alone, telling Klein to go ahead and see what was happening there. She would resolve her opponent as quickly as possible and then rush to help.
Although nervous, Klein knew he couldn't help much and was equally worried about any unexpected incidents, so he naturally set off without hesitation.
Relying on his Faceless abilities, Klein walked, deceived, and fought his way through, throwing the entire underground palace's guards into chaos, finally finding the hall where Mr. A was.
Hiding in a corner, Klein cautiously glanced in Mr. A's direction. Due to the angle, he couldn't clearly see the altar's specific situation, only that the surrounding pillars and floor were covered in runes with various mystical meanings, and in front of the altar, Mr. A and Aurora Order members ABCD were kneeling in a row.
There seemed to be no demigods. That's right, Lin Ruo is the Aurora Order's main boss in Backlund... Klein almost instinctively assessed the strength of the few people in the room, his peripheral vision glancing at the marionette, Zombie Jason, also hidden in a corner and in a controlled state.
That's right, it was the marionette Zombie Jason he obtained when he helped Sharron and Maric earlier.
For various reasons, this was Klein's first time using this marionette. It must be said that compared to the Faceless's own fragile state, the Zombie, also a Sequence 6, was much stronger in both defense and attack, making Klein quite comfortable using it.
With Creeping Hunger and Zombie Jason, even though the opponents were a Sequence 5 Shepherd and four other mid-sequence individuals, it wasn't an impossible fight.
Klein had a plan in mind, but he wasn't in a hurry to act. It wasn't fear, but rather waiting for Bernadette.
He knew Lin Ruo's plans in this regard. If possible, Klein also hoped Bernadette could use this opportunity to complete her ritual to advance to an Angel.
But for some unknown reason, after waiting for several minutes, Klein still didn't hear from Bernadette. In the hall, Mr. A had already stood up.
He said in a deep, fanatical voice:
"Everyone, let us welcome the descent of the Lord!"
At the same moment, intense spiritual fluctuations echoed in the hall. With his reliable knowledge of mysticism, Klein could almost see streams of tangible resentment flowing into the altar, and layers of crying sounds echoed in his ears.
Can't wait any longer, must stop the ritual!
Klein immediately realized this. He gripped the Skeleton Key, which he had taken from the gray fog with his marionette not long ago, in his right hand, while slightly raising his left hand. Zombie Jason, from another corner, shot out like a cannonball.
The moment Zombie Jason rushed out, Mr. A looked in his direction, seeming somewhat surprised, yet not entirely so. He didn't even look at the altar again, but stared at Zombie Jason, seemingly judging something.
"Marionettist... No, Creeping Hunger. So that's it, the organization that killed Vice Admiral Hurricane."
Mr. A seemed to understand something. As he spoke, a violent wind rose behind Klein.
Because he had been specially trained and had a deep understanding of the Windstorm Domain's skills, Klein immediately rolled diagonally forward.
Where he had just been, wind blades had carved deep marks. One could imagine what Klein would have encountered if he hadn't dodged.
As Mr. A made his move, Zombie Jason also launched an attack. The air instantly turned icy cold, and frost even condensed on the ground, carrying an ominous black aura, flutter ing onto Mr. A.
Without the control of a Zombie or a wraith, the Zombie's strongest aspect was close combat.
And Klein's goal was to use Zombie Jason to create an opportunity for him to throw in the Skeleton Key and disrupt the ongoing divine descent ritual.
Due to a lack of crucial information, Klein at this moment naturally didn't realize that Mr. A's attitude was actually quite off.
If Mr. A was truly performing the True Creator's divine descent ritual, he wouldn't have cared about Klein at all. After all, allowing the Lord to descend through his body was more important than expelling an intruder, and the True Creator's divine descent ritual, once started, couldn't be stopped by ordinary mid-sequence individuals.
But the current Mr. A clearly wanted to kill the intruder more than he cared about the ritual.
If Klein had time to carefully study the altar in the hall, he would surely realize another thing—the altar's arrangement in this room was problematic.
After the ritual began, the resentments from the East Borough seemed to be absorbed by the altar, but in reality, this was just a smokescreen. Those absorbed resentments seemed to be directed elsewhere, and the actual absorption of resentment and the ritual itself were taking place in another location.
Unfortunately, everything was too urgent, leaving no time for Klein to observe carefully, so he missed the opportunity to discover the truth.
He didn't realize that everything he was experiencing now was a script written by someone, aiming to replicate the original while upgrading it, creating a high-spec version of Klein versus Mr. A of the Aurora Order and his attendants ABCD in an encounter battle.
The goal was to have an evenly matched, sufficiently thrilling fight.
Otherwise, how could it serve as a training effect!
"Actually, I've already held back, otherwise it would be even more exciting to strip you of your equipment..." Although not in the underground palace, Lin Ruo, who could guess what was happening, said with a smile as he looked into the distance, then turned to the Demoness of Despair lying on the ground a few meters away.
On that lifeless corpse, a black-purple Beyonder characteristic was currently condensing.
"The Demoness of Despair... selling it is definitely not an option, but making it into a mystical item might still be useful, or at worst, it can be used by others!" Lin Ruo, in a good mood, made an even happier decision, then suddenly looked in a certain direction as if he sensed something.
The figure stood beside him. It was a young woman, draped in a classical hooded robe, with black eyes and hair, and a beautiful but blank face.
Lin Ruo blinked, instantly realizing who this was, and naturally greeted her, "Good morning!"
The lady with the hood's blank eyes brightened at this moment. She probably glanced at Lin Ruo and said:
"What do you plan to do with the Numinous Episcopate?"
"Hmm..." Lin Ruo paused. He then realized that the Evernight Goddess had probably already dealt with the matters caused by the Numinous Episcopate. This was not surprising, as compared to the Demoness Sect, the Artificial Death Faction created by the Numinous Episcopate was more important to the Evernight Goddess.
So Lin Ruo curled his lips and said, "I probably want to turn the Numinous Episcopate into my own organization. Interested in joining?"
Such a thing couldn't be hidden once the Evernight Goddess mastered the uniqueness, so Lin Ruo simply decided to be frank.
The reason for the invitation was that if the Evernight Goddess mastered the the the the the the the the the Death uniqueness, it would undoubtedly have a great impact on the Numinous Episcopate, and the other party couldn't possibly have no thoughts about the Numinous Episcopate.
Lin Ruo was not a greedy person. Rather than completely devouring the Numinous Episcopate and "going against" the Evernight Goddess, it was better to bring her in.
The lady with the hood did not speak. She simply stared at Lin Ruo for a few seconds, then said:
"Give the Artificial Death Faction to me."
"If there's trouble, find the Church."
After speaking, just as suddenly as she appeared, 0-17's body faded, as if erased by an eraser.
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