Part 3 The Traveler Chapter 114 The Clue
In the magnificent palace supported by a stone pillar, Klein sat in a high-backed chair, tapping his fingers on the edge of the long mottled table, first of all, he ruled out the search for the Sun pathway Sequence 4, the Dark One.
This is because he has almost no contact with the “Eternal Sun” Church, it is difficult to find anyone to help, and secondly, he suspected that the “No Darkness” may not be able to purify the spiritual pollution within the “Eye of Total Darkness”, after all, the “Hidden One”. After all, the advice of the “Hidden One”, Gadelia, was aimed at the legacy of the ordinary runaway, which came from the “True Creator”!
”Seeking the help of angels or true gods is also unrealistic. Theoretically, I could divine the Eternal Sun in this mysterious space above the Gray Mist, and use the spontaneous counterattack of the K to crush the Eye of Total Darkness and vaporize the spiritual pollution. Spiritual pollution, but the problem is that k who has had ‘experience’ might be able to invade this place and take over the gray mist, and then I’ll lose more than I gain ……
”And that kind of power that exceeds my current level by I don’t know how many levels takes effect instantly, without delay, targeting itself, I simply don’t have the time or ability to direct it towards the ‘Eye of Total Blackness’, lacking room to maneuver.
”Also, it’s not just divination, there has to be a medium, the one I used before was a mutated Sun Holy Emblem that had the divine blood of the ‘Eternal Blazing Sun’, an ‘ear’ contaminated by the ‘True Creator’ ‘.
”Those who currently have mediums are Mr. ‘Gate’ and the ‘Hidden Sage,’ which can be accessed through the full-moon ravings of Ms. ‘Magician’ and the ‘General Above the Stars’ being chased by Knowledge to try, but there is the same problem of the ‘counterattack’ not pointing to the ‘Eye of Total Darkness’ and me not being able to neutralize it.
”Mr. Aztec has not yet recovered, the ‘Serpent of Destiny’ Will Onsettin has not yet been born, and come to think of it, I can’t find any angels to help me, hey, there are still too few high-level greats I know …… By the way, there’s also an angel with a The one that is related to the angelic order, the evil spirit that is suspected to be the King of Angels Medici in the underground ruins of Bekrand! But this fellow had a deep heart and hid an unknown amount of intrigue and malice, so it couldn’t even be considered if there wasn’t really no other way.
”Right, it’s not worth it to take such a risk, then I might as well give up the ‘Eye of Total Blackness’ and re-gather the main materials of the ‘Master of Secret Puppets’, that is, the dust of the Ancient Grievous Spirit and the core crystals of the six-winged gargoyle, the former of which might be found in the Underworld!
”It seems that re-collecting is one way of thinking, and looking for magical items like the ‘Vessel Thief’ is another way of thinking, with the gray mist shielding, I can play around with that stealing ability, and I can definitely isolate the ‘All-Black Eye ‘ within the ‘Real Creator’ mental pollution without fear of it returning.
”The simplest operation would be to throw the contaminated magical item into the distance as soon as the stealing is complete, and then bring the pure ‘All Black Eye’ back to the real world to ‘physically’ isolate both sides.
”Hmmm …… Where should I look for similar magical items? Mr. ‘The Inverted Man’ didn’t say anything after reading the solution, indicating that he didn’t know either, but next time, he could still ask at the Tarot, Ms. ‘The Hidden One’, Ms. ‘Justice’, Ms. ‘Magician’, little ‘Sun’ and that Emlyn White guy all have the appropriate channels and resources ……
”I’ll try to find it myself first this week, starting with ‘Lieutenant General Iceberg’, whose three pairs of ‘Flower Bow Ties’ Jordson has the extraordinary ability to ‘steal’ , may know where a similar magical item exists.”
Klein gradually cleared his thoughts and had a preliminary plan.
He first did a divination, then quickly returned to the real world, got rid of the disheveled state of paralyzed in an easy chair sipping a drink and reading a newspaper, and quickly set up the ceremony.
There were still three candles, but the difference was that the depiction was changed to the holy emblem of the “God of Knowledge and Wisdom” – the Eye of Omniscience on the open book, and the ceremonial silver dagger was changed to a brass knife – the symbol of the “God of Knowledge and Wisdom” in the occult. -In the occult, the counterpart of the “God of Knowledge and Wisdom” is the Blue Star, and the metals of the Blue Star’s domain are mercury and brass.
Klein had already considered the issue of contacting “Iceberg Lieutenant General” Edwina Edwards, so he had prepared a set of “séance” materials, after some operations, he burned the corresponding powdered herbs, and dripped the extracts and pure dews extracted from lavender and mint. Pure dew.
With a fresh, light, and mysterious scent, Klein stepped back and chanted an incantation in the ancient Hermetic language:
”I pray for the power of knowledge;
”I pray for the power of reason;
”I pray for the favor of the God of Wisdom;
”I pray that you will allow me to communicate with the spirit of ‘Mentor of the Chase of Knowledge, Researcher of Spirit Creatures, Lieutenant General of the Icebergs Above the Sea, Edwina Edwards from Rumburgh’.”
……
Klein’s voice echoed in layers, and the altar became eerily cold all of a sudden, and both the brass holy dagger and the metal vials all floated away.
Success, “Golden Dream” is still within 500 nautical miles …… Klein first a burst of joy, and then saw the three candles of the flame lengthened a little, tinted with pale, with a bit of dark green.
–He knew that the essence of the “séance ceremony” is to let go of one’s own body and let the target’s astral body attach to it to accomplish effective communication, and that one will lack the necessary protection and will easily be victimized by the one to whom the “séance ceremony” is directed. “Therefore, he had done divination in advance to determine the danger level of the matter, and through the meeting and conversation, he thought that “Iceberg Lieutenant General” Edwina was not a person with malicious intent, and could be trusted for the time being.
At that moment, the wind inside the wall of spirituality whistled, and Klein felt a cold, icy power descend from the void and try to enter his body.
Then, he was shocked to realize that he was not like what he had expected to only allow the other party to possess his body, and that he had enough power to resist and room to maneuver.
What was going on here? As soon as he thought about it, he vaguely saw a thin, invisible layer of gray mist around his body.
This was a special feature that he possessed only after he was promoted to “Faceless Man”, and the power of the gray mist penetrated into reality a little bit!
In the midst of his thoughts, Klein didn’t hesitate, he swung his arm violently, pointing to the coat rack where his jacket was hanging, and “threw” the cold and icy power over.
On the coat rack, his black tweed coat floated strangely, his arms were raised, slightly awkward.
It was as if an invisible person had put on his coat!
The black tweed coat floated forward for two meters, then paused.
Its two sleeves were raised and interlocked in the shape of an “x”.
What did it mean? Klein froze for a moment, then realized what the “Iceberg Lieutenant General” meant:
Without a mouth, I can’t speak! Without a hand, I can’t write!
This is a little awkward …… Klein thought, bluntly said:
”I need a magical item that can steal someone’s extraordinary ability, I wonder if you have it, ma’am?
”If not, could you ask your third mate, Mr. ‘Flower Bow Tie’ Jordson, for me?
”The appropriate answer can be written in a letter, summoning my messenger to deliver it.”
The sleeve of the black tweed coat unfolded and made a downward motion.
Then it lost its soul and fell to the floor with a snap, no longer so straight.
Did that mean “okay”? With a silent sigh, Klein busied himself with the ceremony, hung the black tweed coat on the coat rack, and cleaned it with a brush and handkerchief.
Then he wrote a letter, consulting Mr. Aztec with a similar question.
After blowing the brass whistle, beckoning the messenger, and removing the epistle, Crane energetically tried up a third method.
He took the thousand-paper crane from his money-clip, carefully unfolded it, and wrote on it in pencil:
”May I ask where I can get a magical item for stealing someone’s extraordinary abilities?”
Placing the pencil in place, Klein followed the lines and completed the restoration of the thousand paper cranes, expressing great relief that his handiwork had improved so much.
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In the evening, after browsing through the prayers of the believers, Klein returned to the real world and went to the washroom to take a rather comfortable hot bath.
This allowed him to fall asleep quickly after getting under the covers, until he was startled to realize in his sleep that there was an intrusion of power.
Again the barren, bleak plains, again the dark, towering spires, and Klein very skillfully maneuvered through the doors and over the walls until he reached the depths of the tower.
Here are still scattered decks of tarot cards, they are placed around the center of the raised ground, seems to indicate something, but as a “soothsayer” Klein can only make a confusing and contradictory interpretation.
On the raised area, the text had been updated, and the silver-white words formed three sentences.
The first sentence read thus:
”I’m just a child that hasn’t been born yet.”
Klein’s expression faltered, as if he heard a baby cry out, Please, don’t make this difficult for me, it’s exhausting to communicate like this ……
The second sentence was equally succinct:
”The clue is in yourself.”
The third sentence reads:
”Don’t ask what the clue is, because I don’t know.”
In other words, Will Onsettin, the “Serpent of Destiny”, foresaw that the clue was in me, but couldn’t foresee exactly what it was …… It’s very much like divination by a magician… no, I can’t say that… I can’t call myself out on it… …Crane remembered the cue, exited the dream, and went back to sleep until dawn.
After breakfast, he began to think back on the items he owned and the things he had experienced, looking for the so-called clues.
It was at this time that inspiration suddenly struck him and he quickly opened his spiritual vision.
The White Bone Messenger was still huge, but unlike before, its head didn’t go through the ceiling anymore.
This was because it was drilled out from the floor, and the majority of its body was on the level below.
With that being the case, it looked flatly at Klein and placed the return letter into his palm.
Witnessing the messenger fly apart and fall like a waterfall, Klein was stunned for two seconds and whispered in a good-natured and amused voice:
”Getting polite!
”You’re getting considerate!
”It’s changed a lot since I knew it wouldn’t be forwarded to me ……”
Klein quickly withdrew his eyes and unfolded the letterhead, reading up on Mr. Aztec’s reply:
”…… The pathway to stealing extraordinary abilities from others is the ‘Stealer’ pathway, which in the Fourth Age belonged to the Amon, Zoroaster, and Jacob families… …After the ‘Battle of the Four Emperors’, they have rarely reappeared, and it is said that some of them have formed alliances and fancied themselves as hermits of destiny.
”More than that I cannot recall, you can start with the descendants of these three families.”
Amon …… So “blasphemer” means this path? The House of Jacob was one of the five great angelic houses of the Tudor dynasty, alongside Abraham, Amon, Antigonus and Tamara, and the House of Zoroaster was the …… hermit of destiny, destiny, hermit of the Solomon empire …… The clues were in myself …… Klein suddenly sat up straight and thought of an item.
It was a mysterious badge from Lanlus, and the symbols on it were “fate” and “concealment”!