Part 3 The Traveler Chapter 64 The Spirit World

　　Back in the real world, Klein extinguished the candles, put away the remaining items, and carefully examined the inside of the warehouse.

　　To his credit, he felt fortunate that the whirlpool of seawater created by Kavituva had cleaned the place out completely, leaving behind only the rain that had spewed out later in the day, some of the charred blackness from the lightning strike, a scant amount of ash, and the furrows plowed by Klein’s feet.

　　The traces are easy enough to fix, just have Danez “wash” the place with fireballs and disguise it as an infighting between pirates. …… Klein nodded imperceptibly, drew out one of the few remaining paper figures, and snapped his small arm, shaking his wrist.

　　The paper figure flew off and burned itself into black ash.

　　With that done, Klein stepped toward the door, frowning the further he walked.

　　His leather boots had lost their bottoms and the rest of them were in tatters, and his clothing pants were similarly filled with signs of shredding, wetness, and scorching.

　　These were all things that could not be avoided in the situation just now, and were not something that the “paper double” could take on – the tearing came from the massive suction of the seawater vortex, the wetness from the torrential rain spewed out by the Kavituva, and the scorching blackness from Klein’s use of the “paper double” – the “paper double”. The burnt blackness was a symptom of the small amount of lightning that had struck Klein in between using his “paper double”, and even now, after it had subsided, there was still a slight cramp in his right arm from the electric shock.

　　”This one cost me eight pounds and six soules …… will have to get a new set …… I divined the danger and prepared for it, but I didn’t expect Kavituva to be stronger and crazier than I expected… …I hope there will be some gains afterward.” Klein shook his head noiselessly, collecting his expression and enduring the pain, he went behind the door panel blocking the exit and flexed his fingers and tapped it three times.

　　Danez, who had been a bit jittery, hesitated for two seconds at the sound before moving the door panel.

　　Finding that Germaine Sparrow had returned to her cold, introspective state and was no longer radiating the hunger and insanity that made one’s spirituality tremble, Daniz breathed a quiet sigh of relief, peered inside, and asked casually:

　　”Is it over?”

　　”No.” Klein arched the corners of his mouth in a svelte smile.

　　Not yet? Daniz was startled:

　　”Still, what else is there to do?”

　　Klein kept his implied crazy smile:

　　”There’s still cleaning to be done.

　　”It’s polite.”

　　Cleaning …… Danez froze, raised his right hand, and pointed at himself:

　　”Me?”

　　The corners of Klein’s mouth widened:

　　”Or me?”

　　I’d be eaten by the Creeping Hunger! Danitz laughed dryly:

　　”How do I clean it?”

　　”With fireballs.” Kraven replied succinctly.

　　Being a part-time pirate, it didn’t take much for Daniz to realize what Germaine Sparrow meant and crossed over to the other man, heading towards the interior of the warehouse.

　　In the process, he was guilty of muttering a not-so-subtle doubt:

　　”The captain said that the ‘Creeping Hunger’ devours a living person every day, but Germaine Sparrow only satisfies it at the end of a battle, and usually doesn’t bother with it at all, and, and it counts as a battle that took place just now, and Germaine Sparrow used the ‘Iron ‘ McVitie’s icy cold power, and yet he didn’t ‘feed’ on it afterward …… Strange …… What secret is this hiding?

　　”A seal of some sort? That he, or rather, the organization behind him could seal ‘Creeping Hunger’?”

　　As Daniz “cleaned” the warehouse, Klein stood outside, staring at the overlapping dark clouds in the sky, looking forward to what was to come.

　　I’ve already sent the iron cigarette case stained with the smell of gray mist over there, and I’m just waiting for Kavituva, the pseudo “god of the sea”, to collapse and die …… Hopefully, the extraordinary people from the Storm Church and the kingdom’s military either haven’t had the time to find the place yet, or they’ve left a few items they don’t care about, but which have a certain amount of value. The Storm Church and the Kingdom’s military have either not had time to find the place or have left some items they don’t value but which have a certain value……. Klein took a slow breath and listened to a dull, not very loud, rumbling sound coming from behind him.

　　……

　　Inside an inn, Alger stood at the window, gazing out at the overcast sky.

　　Not long after the end of the last Tarot meeting, I got the anesthetic gas of the blood race, ready to go out to sea, to collect materials, as a result, almost a week has passed, and is still stranded in Bayam …… The corners of his mouth moved slightly, and he shook his head.

　　This is the first “world” hunting “steel” McVitie thing, let him earn a lot, after that is must wait for the bounty, and bounty just to hand, he met Kavituva that sea serpent collapsed, was asked to look for Laticia and other adventurers, archaeologists.

　　I heard that in yesterday morning’s raid, Laetitia and the others were found, the “vicarious punishers” and the military seem to have gotten hold of quite important clues, and quite a few of them have gone to the island of Simeon …… Heh, this kind of thing will never be my turn… …Alger retracted his eyes, pulled the short robe on his body which was less than his knees, and whispered to himself:

　　”Let’s end this as soon as possible.”

　　Once Kavituva was completely dead and the tsunami was no longer hidden, he could leave the harbor and leave the “City of Generosity”, Bayam, and work hard for his promotion to Sequence 6 “Wind Favorsman”.

　　In the midst of his thoughts, Alger’s mind moved and he turned to look out the window.

　　He saw that the clouds in the sky were quickly dispersing, and the Crimson Moon was quietly hanging.

　　……

　　Klein slept until midnight, when he suddenly woke up with a start, vaguely aware of something.

　　He rolled out of bed, went to the window, and pulled open the curtain.

　　The scarlet moonlight shone in at once, frostily covering everything, cool and dreamy.

　　Klein’s eyes cast out, found that the low-pressure clouds had disappeared, the red moon was bright in the sky, and the bright stars were sparse.

　　This means that the confrontation between Poseidon and Sea King is over? Klein pondered for two seconds, withdrew his eyes, closed the curtains, and took four steps backward into the gray mist.

　　He sat down at the top of the long mottled table, manifested a gold coin, and whispered a divination statement:

　　”Kavituva is completely dead.”

　　……

　　After seven times, he flicked the gold coin with a clang and watched it leap upward and tumble down again.

　　With a snap, the gold coin landed in Klein’s palm, the king’s head facing up.

　　It was an affirmation!

　　It meant that Kavituva, the god of the sea, was completely dead!

　　As expected, there is a close connection between the ancient elf relics on Simeon Island and the hideout that Kavituva relies on to maintain his existence……. “The Punisher” and the military have just obtained the “Book of Natural Disasters”, and it’s only been a day or so since the information about the relics was made known to them. The information about the relics was only a day or so ago, but Kavituva can no longer support it …… I originally thought that it could still survive for two to three days …… Klein sighed and tried to divine whether the official extraordinary people had entered Kavituva’s hiding place.

　　Unfortunately, due to the lack of corresponding information, he failed in his divination and failed to gain any revelation.

　　After thinking about it, Kraven changed his mindset, unraveled his Spirit Pendulum, and divined whether there was any danger in his current exploration of Kavituva’s hideout.

　　It involved himself, and the results soon appeared:

　　The citrine pendant was spinning counterclockwise, not too fast and not by much.

　　There is danger, it can be tolerated …… It is a little lower than the danger of the previous sacrifice ceremony …… Klein nodded gently and returned to the real world to begin making preparations for the operation.

　　He first unlocked his bedroom door, then set up the ritual to summon himself.

　　Re-entering the gray mist, Klein picked up the “Black Emperor” card and placed it into his spirit body.

　　Suddenly, he solidified as if with flesh and blood, the surrounding black fog diffused out of the surface to form a very majestic sense, like a substantial full body armor, but on the head is a black ornate crown.

　　Glancing at the human skin gloves placed on the table, Klein hesitated to put them on.

　　Above the gray mist, the “creeping hunger” was almost sealed, not daring to move, but as soon as it left this place, the out-of-control hunger would allow it to endanger its bearer, regardless of whether the other party was a living person or a spirit.

　　Kraven was considering whether the higher frame of the “Black Emperor” card could suppress the “creeping hunger” within the spirit body and keep it normal.

　　Try it out, if it doesn’t work, then end the summoning immediately and return here. …… It takes almost no time, and there’s no danger. …… Klein picked up the “Creeping Hunger” and put it on the outside of his iron-black armor gloves. Black armor gloves outside.

　　He no longer hesitate, stepped into the “summoning door”, with the help of the swelling candle flame, to the real world.

　　Without negligence, Klein’s first reaction was to check the status of the “writhing hunger”, and found that it was peaceful and calm, subjugated to the “Black Emperor” card under the high grid.

　　Not bad …… Klein sighed with relief and put the Aztec Copper Whistle, the Biotoxin Vial, the Sun Brooch and other magical items into his body in turn.

　　Finally, he picked up the black hardwood cane, ready to use it to find the “lost” iron cigarette case stained with gray mist.

　　Of course, in order to find Kavituva’s hiding place, one must first enter the spirit world and locate it from within, otherwise one would only fail.

　　As for the question of how to enter the spirit world, Klein didn’t consider the three methods provided by Mr. Aztec, as a spirit body with intelligence and the ability to think, how could it be possible that he couldn’t locate the spirit world and enter inside?

　　He calmed down a little and observed the image of countless balls of light gathering, his body and mind flew into tranquility, his thoughts gradually emptied out, his spirituality extended a little and unfolded a little.

　　Soon, he found that his surroundings were filled with an illusory and transparent thing that was hard to describe, all the colors became bright and distinct but overlapped, and the gray mist was so faint as to be void that it enveloped everything.

　　In the depths, high in the sky, there slowly swam seven different colors of bright and pure light, which seemed to have life and contained endless knowledge.

　　This is the spirit world, overlapping with reality, everywhere.

　　If I happen to meet a “substitute punisher” or military personnel, I will just end the summoning and return to the gray fog …… Klein took a step forward and simply entered the spirit world, only to feel that he was illusory.

　　The black cloak behind him swung gently, and the hardwood cane in his palm stood upright.

　　He spoke in a low voice with his own sense of majesty:

　　”The location of my unique iron cigarette case.”

　　……

　　In the midst of the low chant, Klein inexplicably tightened a bit as a pair of pale, strange eyes looked over in the rich, parted colors around him.

　　After seven times, Klein released his grip and waited for the revelation.

　　The black hardwood cane floated up and floated forward, unhurriedly.

　　Klein followed it, flying through the real and unreal, weird and mysterious spirit world.

　　Here, with no orientation, it was easy to get completely lost and never get out again.

　　Of course, this is not a problem for Klein, really “lost”, he can end the summoning, directly back to the gray fog.

　　Klein chased the black cane that flew and fell in front of him, weaving in and out of the distinct and overlapping colors, passing by an indescribable, half-hidden spirit creature, and wondering how much farther his destination was.

　　Suddenly, he saw an eye, round, black and white.

　　The eye looked at him unblinkingly, with no head to which it belonged and no corresponding body.