Part 2 The Faceless Man Chapter 94 The Dawn Knight
Kill you? The first time Klein heard this kind of request and encountered this kind of mission, he briefly actually didn’t know how to react.
He even began to wonder if there would be a big conspiracy in this matter.
Bishop Utravski opened his eyes and looked down at Klein:
”Kill the past me.”
…… Mr. Priest, don’t speak with a big gasp …… Klein’s mouth twitched slightly and asked suspiciously:
”Even in myths and legends, no one can go back to the past, and I’m afraid that this commission of yours can only be accomplished by the seven deities.”
”No, what I mean is to kill the past that is still hidden deep inside me and has never really died.” Seeing that Klein was still a bit puzzled, Bishop Utrafsky slightly hunched his back and said, “The former me who loved killing and was fanatical about fighting did not completely die with my heartfelt repentance, I can clearly feel that he is still living within my body, always thinking of taking back control of everything, I am suppressing him every moment, hoping to use mass, austerities, and evangelism to sensitize him, so that he, too, will truly believe in the teachings of the Mother Goddess and become one with me again.”
Simply put, the imprint of the past is too deep, and the conflict with the current life is so intense that a split in personality has arisen …… Pseudo-Psychologist True Keyboard Strongman Klein Moretti made a preliminary judgment, weighing his words:
”It’s a psychological problem, and I think what you need most is to see a psychiatrist.”
”I’ve tried, in case you’re not aware, the extraordinary pathways held by the Mother Goddess include the sequence of ‘healers’, the ancient ‘healing priests’, who have studied my problem and concluded that it’s not simply a psychological disorder that It’s also mixed with a tendency to lose control, and if, in the end, the past me overcomes the present me, I’ll undoubtedly lose control and turn into a monster.” Utravski sighed.
Then what you need is Sequence 7 of the “Audience” pathway, “Psychiatrist.” …… Klein thought for a moment:
”Your words lead me to believe that you’ve found a solution, you just lack a proper implementer, right?”
”Yes. During these years, in addition to preaching, I was also searching for people and things that could help me, and eventually, under the blessing of the Mother Goddess, I was given a very magical item that is said to be the relic of a certain dragon from an ancient age.” Seeing that Klein wasn’t scared away, Utravski replied with a few hopes, “It allows the holder to enter the deepest part of the target’s mind, or rather, the lowest level of the dream world, and materialize the corresponding scene, that way, you can directly see me in the past, and then through battle, destroy him, that particular state, once he is truly dead, he won’t ever appear.”
Worthy of being a mysterious world, it can also treat split personalities in this way …… Klein secretly sighed with emotion and cautiously asked:
”What are the limitations of this, or rather, what harm will it cause to the holder? Why do you think I can’t fulfill this commission?”
Bishop Utrafsky looked down at Klein and said:
”Once that magical item is used, the holder itself will remain awake but the mind, or dream state, has many layers, which I in the past was able to take full advantage of to deceive you, or even hunt you in turn, and after a predetermined amount of time, well, five minutes, that magical item will cause you to be completely lost, with the spirit never being able to return to your body and become a sacrifice to it. ”
”In this way, you will become a vegetable.”
”Also, because of the materialization of the scene, if you were killed in the deepest recesses of your mind, or the lowest levels of the dream world, you would experience similar after-effects, equivalent to actual death.”
”Believe me, the me of the past was a lot stronger than you’d expect.”
This way ah …… But, your problem is not a problem for me at all, I am the one who can autonomously stay awake and sane in the psionic and dream worlds, even if that magical item tries to make me completely lost, I don’t have to worry too much, as long as there is still room to struggle, I can walk four steps against the grain and chant my honorable name, and go directly to the gray mist above …… The question is, how powerful was Bishop Utravski in the past, and how certain was I of defeating him? What are the limitations and contraindications of fighting in the materialized world of the mind? Klein thought for a while and said:
”Father Utrafsky, just how powerful were you in the past? I don’t think I would necessarily lose.”
Bishop Utrafsky’s eyes drifted for a moment:
”I am a warrior.”
”I have traveled to Sequence 6 of this extraordinary pathway and become a ‘Knight of the Dawn’.”
It turns out not to be an extraordinary person of the “cultivator” pathway …… He himself said that he committed a crime and became a pirate before being reformed by the Church of Mother Earth Goddess …… Sequence 6, well, it’s not like I don’t have a way to win,” the magician said. way to win, “magician” is the type that will be much more powerful as long as it is prepared in advance, and, based on my special, the deepest part of the mind or the lowest level of the dream world is considered my home ground …… Klein pondered for a few seconds and said:
”Will that magical item weaken him?”
”It would, but that is, after all, the main area of his activity, and that weakening wouldn’t be too great; at best, it would be as if he had already fought more fiercely.” Utravski recalled the previous attempt.
Then I’m more certain …… Klein continued to ask:
”What is there to be aware of when fighting in that particular environment?”
”As with real battles, effective attacks are always effective, and illusions remain illusions, however, one must be aware of the fact that he could take you into several other layers of dream world at any time, thus creating situations where it’s difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.” Bishop Utrafsky emphasized, “So, you have to be at least a Sequence 6, or some special Sequence 7, to be able to complete this commission, and the risk is not small, heh, if I hadn’t once sworn by the Mother God’s holy relics as my credentials that I would not ask for help from the church until my missionary work was accomplished, things wouldn’t have been so difficult.”
This way ah …… I’m not afraid of the situation where dreams are stacked on top of each other …… Klein hooked the corner of his mouth and said:
”One last question, what are the characteristics of ‘Knights of the Dawn’ combat?”
Bishop Utrafsky tugged at his cheeks that had quite a few wrinkles and sighed:
”This is something that needs to be kept absolutely secret for the extraordinary.”
”However, as long as one participates in enough battles, others tend to be able to summarize it as well, and, the more detailed you know, the higher the likelihood of success, right?”
”Yes.” Klein nodded frankly.
Bishop Utravski said in a reminiscent tone:
”The Knight of the Dawn possesses titanic strength, able to fill a surrounding area of forty to fifty meters with morning sunlight, which can both break illusions and possess a little bit of special ability to dispel the ghosts of grudges and phantoms, and can even weaken evil spirits.”
”He can condense ‘Dawn Armor’ on his body surface, which is equivalent to refined full-body armor, yet has no noticeable weight, doesn’t interfere with movement, and takes a certain amount of time to recover if damaged.”
”He can also coalesce different weapons, the strongest being a huge two-handed sword, which is often referred to as the ‘Sword of the Morning Sun’, sharp, sturdy, and has a purifying effect with every blow.”
”In addition to that, the Knight of Dawn also has an extraordinary ability to create ‘Storms of Light’, which can directly destroy the human body, annihilate grievous souls, and traumatize evil spirits.”
Extraordinary ability is not much, but all of them are very restrain me ah, belong to the type of strong attack power and high defense and not afraid of illusion, the good thing is that, in addition to the face of the ghost of the ghost, the “Knight of the Dawn” is very low degree of mystery …… Klein listening to the battle in his mind while deducing the battle situation, looking for the most certain way. He was looking for the most certain way.
The level of mystery he had in mind was the level of weirdness, eccentricity, unimaginability, and incomprehensibility.
Bishop Utrafsky watched him quietly, without prodding or repelling.
After gradually getting an idea, Klein lifted his head and looked up:
”Maybe I can try, but only if I leave for a few minutes to make sure you’re not lying.”
Bishop Utrafsky responded with slight consternation:
”No problem.”
”However, I must remind you once again that while I don’t know where your confidence comes from, definitely do not take the past me lightly; he was very good at fighting.”
”I will not joke with my life.” Klein pressed his hand to his chest and saluted, then exited the Church of the Harvest, found a secluded and unoccupied place nearby, and quickly went above the gray mist to do a divination.
After getting the answer that there was a certain danger but it was still bearable, he immediately returned to the real world, before and after adding up, he was only delayed for ten or twenty seconds on top of the gray fog.
Immediately afterward, Klein re-entered the Harvest Church and said to Bishop Utrafsky, who was standing in place:
”I accept this commission.”
Bishop Utrafsky gazed at him for a while and slowly spoke:
”If successful, I will not only give you the formula of the ‘Apothecary’, but I will also present you with a magical item that doesn’t have much negative impact.”
Klein froze for a moment, then sighed with heartfelt admiration:
”Mr. Priest, you are truly a generous man!”
Without further words, Bishop Utravski took out a strange candle from the hidden pocket of his brown clerical uniform.
The outer layer of the small half-candle looked like it was wrapped in a circle of human skin, but with several bumps protruding from it.
Its candlewick was only a knuckle high, and was pitch black, divided into subtle and densely scaly patterns.
”You light it with your spirit.” Utravski handed the small cut of the strange candle to Klein.
Klein didn’t immediately do as he was told, but instead took out his matchbook, drew a few, put them in his pants pocket, and scratched and blew out a few, dropping them in different corners of the church, then he adjusted the positions of the paper figures, post-it notes, long strips of paper, Aztec copper whistles, and various charms.
This was done in preparation for what he expected to be the worst of the situation.
After completing all this, Klein snapped his fingers and let a light blue spiritual flame emerge from his fingertips.
Zip!
He brought the flame to the tip of the small half-candle and watched as the darkened wick pranced to life.
Nothing around him seemed to have changed, but Krynn was awake to the fact that he had entered the psychic world.
He saw directly in front of him Bishop Utravski still standing in place, his stocky body of over two meters twenty very oppressive.
This penitent bishop looked down at the opposite side, the muscles of his face twisted a little, and his expression then became unusually vicious.
Immediately afterward, Klein realized that the light and shadows around him were rapidly illuminating, feeling that he was experiencing a real and intense battle.
Snap!
At the end of the battle, Bishop Utravski fell heavily to the ground, blood flowing out, without breath.
The sober and sensible Klein watched this scene woodenly, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he commented wordlessly:
”A very professional performance.”
”But I know that this is a dream within a dream.”