Volume 7: The Hanged Man Chapter 27: A Miracle
Thousands of Amon each made a “steal”.
With the number of Amon, as long as they weren’t extremely unlucky, there would always be a few that succeeded. Moreover, the “Fool” magic potion was now unattended, so there wasn’t any difficulty in stealing it.
”At the same time of “stealing”, the Amon lifted some kind of seal on themselves, allowing the extraordinary characteristics of the Apprentice and the Stealer to reveal their own convergent abilities.
This worked well for the Fool’s Potion, which maximized the success rate of the Amon’s “stealing”.
However, all the Amon failed in the end.
Because a new rule appeared in the Book of Trenthorst Brass:
”Stealing is not allowed here!”
Previously, in order to deal with the resurrected Master of Secrets, the Amon had weakened all the seals here, helping the Tron Solstice Brass Book to be free of “fools”, and to be able to make some short-lived rules for a limited time in the repeated cycles. The repeated cycle of making rules that work for a short period of time is now affecting the K’s in reverse.
Seizing this opportunity, the illusory brand on Klein’s brow became more and more obvious.
Around him, a thin gray and white mist intertwined, forming a thin “cocoon”.
He fully activated the “Source Castle”, and together with the extraordinary characteristics of his “Secret Servant”, he created an extremely powerful polymerization effect on the “Fool” magic potion.
The dark liquid with no fixed form seemed like a beast that finally saw food after a long time of hunger, and immediately pounced on Klein.
It continuously stretched and changed, like a translucent human skin, completely wrapping Klein inside.
Klein’s face stood out under this layer of liquid, his five senses sometimes distinct, sometimes blurred, sometimes distorted, sometimes blank.
Within the Godforsaken Lands, beneath the massive light that the ancient sun god had transformed into, encompassing the surface of an illusory sea of all colors and all possibilities, another passage of words written in the oldest of languages took shape in a rush:
”Antigonus’ efforts to ascend to the rank of ‘Fool’ have ultimately failed for a variety of reasons.”
The reason why this being, who had once dominated an entire planet, did not use the name Klein Moretti was because the other was now carrying the identity and destiny of Antigonus.
If the former was used as the main language, Klein could completely ignore it:
What does the failure of Klein Moretti’s promotion have to do with Antigonus becoming a “fool”?
But when the subject is Antigonus, this sentence, which seems to be a prophecy, an arrangement, a decision on the result and then a reason, can make the situation very serious:
If Klein does not renounce Antigonus’ identity and destiny, then he will be qualified by this sentence;
If he renounces Antigonus’ identity and destiny, then the extraordinary properties of Sequence 9 through Sequence 1 in his body will no longer really “belong” to him, having been undigested – they are the extraordinary properties that Antigonus once controlled, and which are currently not related to Klein Moretti. He just swallowed them by force.
In this case, even if there were no other factors, just those undigested extraordinary characteristics would probably cause Kraven to lose control on the spot, and taking the “Fool” magic potion in such a state and completing the promotion ceremony would undoubtedly not have the slightest chance of success!
When the Ancient Sun God wrote these words, the “Eternal Sun”, “Lord of Storms” and “God of Knowledge and Wisdom” in the Astral Plane all sensed what was going on, and each of them made the most violent counterattacks, trying to interfere with the other’s actions. They each made the fiercest counterattacks in an attempt to interfere with each other’s actions.
However, even though he had diverted most of his energy to restricting these three true gods, and even though it appeared to be quite difficult, the Ancient God of the Sun still quickly finished that passage.
However, the huge light shadow of the k incarnation had obviously dimmed a lot, and it seemed that it could no longer be maintained for too long.
In the middle of the Star Realm, inside the floating ancient palace.
The battle between the “Mother Goddess of Earth” and the “God of Steam and Machinery” against the “Original Witch” and the “Hidden Sage” became intense again. The battle between the “God of Steam and Mechanics” and the “Witch of the Beginning” and the “Hidden Sage” became fierce again, but the first two were still able to spare some energy to exert influence on the Amon’s doppelgangers, preventing them from disrupting Klein’s promotion ceremony.
The Amon were forced to “flash” all over the place, but some of them still turned into plants that blossomed and returned to the earth, and some of them collapsed into words that were printed in illusory books.
In addition to these, the k’s also have a large Part 1n strengthening the seal, limiting the “Tron Solstice Brass Book”, so that the rules set by it can not be effective or can only play a momentary role.
Under the influence of the three aspects, even with the number of Amon, also seems to be a bit insufficient.
But even so, a small portion of the K’s caught the opportunity to have Klein’s silhouette reflected on the crystal-worn monocles and similar circle symbols.
In the next second, the monocle and the circle logo blossomed with pure light.
This was not “stealing,” it was returning.
The Ammonites chose this moment to give back to each other what they had “stolen” from Klein.
It was the thought that Kraven wanted to commit suicide!
When Klein was captured by the Amon in the land of God’s Abandonment, he tried to commit suicide many times but failed to do so, and the other party had “stolen” the corresponding thoughts from him.
At this critical moment of promotion, once he had suicidal thoughts, the result could be imagined!
At this moment, wrapped tightly in the “Fool” magic potion, Klein’s thoughts had become confused and scattered, feeling the extreme coldness of the body surface, the viscous liquid is a little bit of erosion into.
Then, he had suicidal thoughts, thoughts of giving up.
This is Klein completely did not expect the change, he had long forgotten that he was Amon “stolen” suicidal thoughts, and did not expect the other party not only did not casually discard these, but on the contrary, they will be carefully preserved.
Before, in other moments, such ideas although strong, but Klein can still rely on self-control to make a certain confrontation, this kind of thoughts will be forced to suppress, waiting for them to dissipate on their own, just as in the face of other bad thoughts.
But right now, he was in the middle of a promotion ceremony, being under the influence of a magic potion and mentally destabilized, and there was no way to effectively curb the suicidal thoughts.
The Amon always had all sorts of weird but quite effective ways of doing that.
Fortunately, Klein was now not only Klein, but Antigonus.
What does Klein Moretti wanting to kill himself have to do with Antigonus?
Relying on the knowledge that came with that status, Klein didn’t immediately give up and end his life. He pulled in the mental imprint of Antigonus within him and allowed it to stir with the suicidal thoughts, barely suppressing them.
In this balance, Klein’s mind and body were further eroded by the Fool’s potion.
His thoughts were just as completely scattered as when he was promoted to “Secret Servant”.
But the difference was that this time, he didn’t merge into the spirit world, but rather, he continued to extend, encompassing the entire planet, the entire spirit world, and part of the astral world like a gas.
At this moment, Klein felt that he was inside different believers, inside every human being, inside all kinds of animals, inside all things that possessed life.
All things were divine.
At the same time, he was dispersed in the mists of history, dispersed within passing time, dispersed in a long river of waves of light that flowed silently and had many tributaries.
It is the One and the All.
This experience of the divine dimension dulled Klein’s thoughts even further, and it seemed that all that remained was the indifference that looked down upon all things.
And even this indifference was festering a little.
Before long, Kraven would completely lose himself and become a monster in the true sense of the word, dominated by the various mental imprints in the “Fool” magic potion.
This coincided with the fate of Antigonus’ uncontrolled madness, which accelerated the latter.
It was at this time that he sensed a slight incongruity unnatural and abnormal.
A small number of fragments of light twisted and failed to combine in the mists of history, and seemed to be in essential contradiction with each other.
They gradually separated, to record different contents in the form of different branches, allowing the distortion to be initially restored.
The spirit of Klein, who had been transformed into everything, “popped out” a little due to this incongruity and unnaturalness, and regained a little bit of self-awareness.
With this self-awareness as the core, he quickly gathered his scattered spirit and dominated the process of integrating the “Fool” magic potion into his body.
But at this time, the fate of Antigonus’ uncontrollable madness came early under the ancient sun god’s “prophecy”, and Klein’s body once again collapsed, unable to withstand the “Fool’s” magic potion.
Without hesitation or time to hesitate, Klein immediately lifted part of the “theft” effect and returned Antigonus’ identity, destiny, and self-knowledge to its original owner, allowing Antigonus, who was sitting on a huge stone chair and slowly opening his eyes, to gradually become conscious.
K did not lose control immediately, because the main reason why K lost control of his madness was that the will of the “Lord of Secrecy” had been revived to a greater extent, and now the uniqueness and most of the extraordinary characteristics of the “Fool”, which carried that part of the will, were no longer in K. Therefore, Antigonus was able to realize that his identity and destiny had been restored to his original master.
Therefore, Antigonus was able to fight against the madness with his own will, trying to undo the loss of control.
The “prophecy” of the ancient sun god was thus fulfilled: Antigonus was indeed not promoted to the Serial 0 “Fool”.
Without the identity of K, the extraordinary characteristics of the “Diviner” pathway from Sequence 9 to Sequence 1 in Klein’s body became undigested, and he was on the verge of losing control at once.
The “Fool” magic potion that wrapped around his body like a cloak finished penetrating at once, and the will of the “Blessed Xuanhuang Tianzun” revived once again!
”Give up ……”
”Give it all to me ……”
”This time, I will not accommodate another source quality ……”
”I will not help the beings you wish to protect, but I will not harm them either ……”
”It’s not that I keep my promises, but they are too weak to deserve my attention ……”
”This will be a forbidden place for the Outer Gods ……”
”……”
Strange and familiar ravings echoed through Krynn’s mind, causing him to want to give up.
And the suicidal thoughts he had previously suppressed by Antigonus’ mental brand resurfaced after losing the balance of the former.
The result of the failed promotion was about to appear.
At that moment, the “Goddess of Darkness”, who was unable to slash down the giant sword of dusk, suddenly relinquished her control over Amon’s real body.
While Amon’s real body jumped out and the doppelgangers waited for Kraven to fail the ritual, the goddess once again dragged the exaggerated long sword covered in orange-red light.
This time, the target was Klein!
With a flash of thought, Klein was actively controlled by suicidal thoughts, not bothering to make any attempt to resist.
With a poof, he was struck by the symbolic sword of dusk, and crumbled into a pile of rotting “flesh”, leaking out its extraordinary properties.
Kraven was dead, killed by the Night Goddess before the Amon could do anything to him, before the ritual failed and went completely out of control.
In the next moment, the Goddess of the Night placed the bird-shaped gold ornament on her head, and her body vaporized and expanded, enveloping the entire ancient palace, allowing the Amon incarnations, the Earth Mother, the Primordial Witch, the Steam Witch, the Witch of the Earth, the Witch of the Earth, the Witch of the Earth, the Witch of the Earth, the Witch of the Earth, the Witch of the Earth, and the Witch of the Earth to come into being. “, “God of Steam and Machinery”, “Hidden Sage” and Antigonus were all like sketches, instantly erased by an eraser.
”Cryptic.”
The Ancient Sun God seemed to understand what the “Goddess of the Night” wanted to do, but K, who had already made two “prophecies”, couldn’t write down a third paragraph, and the “Lord of Storms”, who had already made two “prophecies”, couldn’t write down a third paragraph. The three true gods continued their previous outbursts, firmly dragging k down.
In the next second, a “miracle” happened, Kraven returned from the fog of history.
The uniqueness of the “Fool” that belonged to him just now, and the three copies of Sequence 9 to Sequence 1’s extraordinary characteristics all returned to his body in a hurry.
The “God of Lights”, who was afraid that he would be disturbed, added a rule using the “Brass Book of Trenthurst”:
”This place is suitable for the return of extraordinary characteristics.”
Suddenly, Kraven returned to the state he was in when he drank the Fool’s Potion.
But unlike before, the pillars of his body were the Sequence 9 to Sequence 1 extraordinary properties belonging to Antigonus, which had not been digested, and now, the first thing to return to him was undoubtedly the part of Sequence 9 to Sequence 1 extraordinary properties that once belonged to him and had already been fully digested.
In this way, he has a real pillar, a pillar that can accommodate the uniqueness and remaining characteristics of the “Fool”.
–Crane is now the equivalent of the person he was when he first arrived at the peak of the Hornachis Mountain Range, a person who has digested the “Secret Servant” potion and is ready to try to advance to Sequence 0, “Fool”.
Relying on his resurrection after dying once, Kraven had completely reversed his state!
This is his inspiration from Russell’s resurrection, of course, the whole process is still different from the resurrection of the “Black Emperor”.
Klein originally arranged to kill his role as the “God of Light”, but did not realize that the “Goddess of the Night”, who had not communicated with him beforehand, had such a tacit understanding.
In a split second, his body split into a thin gray mist and a dark liquid.
The gray mist and black liquid melted together, and densely packed flesh-like worms appeared on the surface, and then they intertwined to form a translucent dark-colored cloak.
Underneath the cloak, no body existed, and it was a ghostly darkness.
This process was very short, just less than two seconds, and the “Goddess of the Night’s” move to conceal so many deities at once obviously could not be maintained for long.
After a short while, a “door” of light appeared on the surface of the hidden world.
The door opened with a bang, and Amon’s real body, wearing a peaked cap and classic black robes, leaped out.
At the same time, K saw an illusory mask with blank features appear under the translucent dark-colored cloak.
As the mask instantly drew the likeness of Kraven with the characteristics of Germaine Sparrow, the Amon’s thoughts became confused, as if they were forced to lower their IQs.
The “Fool” was born.