Part 4 The Undead Chapter 145 – Whose Trap?

　　For Amon, Leonard actually does not have too intuitive impression, only know that it is the most feared enemy of the internal parasite, let the mysterious and powerful old man injured to such a degree today’s “murderer”, so the mood quickly eased down, lowered his voice and asked:

　　”What should we do now?”

　　Within his mind, the slightly aged voice echoed after two or three seconds:

　　”The one who came shouldn’t be Amon’s main body, but k’s doppelganger.”

　　k …… Sure enough, “blasphemer” Amon is an angel, and may even be a Sequence 1 angel, after all, the old man is also suspected of being an earthly angel …… Leonard absorbed the information, confirming the conjecture , while listening to Palles Zoroaster speaking down:

　　”If Amon’s main body dares to appear in Berkland, it’s likely to trigger a divine descent.”

　　Divine descent? How many years had it been since that had happened? Since the Fifth Age, it was a legend that belonged entirely to the canonical records and had never appeared publicly! Does this mean that even in Sequence 1, Amon is a top-ranked existence? No wonder it’s called “Blasphemer”…… Between two or three sentences, Leonard realized more and more how terrifying that angel called Amon was.

　　Standing in front of the letter box, his thoughts floated, suddenly had an idea, busy whispered:

　　”Since Amon is valued so highly by the gods, can we find a way to inform the church about k’s appearance in Berkland ……”

　　In Leonard’s opinion, the two churches of Night and Storm, which were born in an earlier era and covered the entire Fourth Era, should have rich experience in fighting against angels, and would be the best “candidates” to deal with Amon.

　　Inside his mind, Palles Zoroaster chortled:

　　”It won’t work, and that might even be what Amon is trying to accomplish.

　　”For k, losing a bilocation is just a waste of power, it won’t suffer any substantial damage at all, and k can just use the bilocation’s death encounter to see the corresponding change in destiny, so that he can find the source of the perturbation, or ‘wave’ creation, and while this won’t directly target you and me, it can greatly narrow down the range and create the conditions for a fatal strike from k’s main body.

　　”Besides, you don’t think that Amon only has one doppelganger in Berkland, do you?

　　”Depending on k’s habits and style, the one that makes no secret of its presence may be the only one, but in reality, there are several, a dozen, or even hundreds of doppelgangers surrounding this ‘lighthouse’.

　　”When we try to remove that conspicuous fellow, it is likely that we will be surrounded by several, a dozen, hundreds of amons from different angles. k is capable of being a passing pedestrian, a bird on the rooftop, an ant on the ground, a worm in the wood, a tiny creature in the air, and less than a demigod, even if invaded by k’s doppelgänger, one will not be able to detect any of it ……”

　　Listening to the old man’s detailed description, Leonard’s back gradually turned cold, suddenly having the feeling that there were countless Amon lurking in the air around him.

　　”Scared?” Palles Zoroaster laughed, “If you knew that Amon could still steal away your destiny without a single abnormality, you would be even more scared.”

　　”What do you mean steal away destiny?” Leonard asked, wary and confused.

　　The pale voice of Palles sighed:

　　”K will follow you home, and then, you realize that your parents think of K as a son, your wife thinks of K as a husband, your children think of K as a father, your friends, everyone you know, thinks that K is you, and you become the ‘Luckless One’ and lose all connection and die a little bit.”

　　”…… Will this theft be permanent?” Leonard couldn’t help but suck in his breath.

　　Palles Zoroaster hemmed and hawed:

　　”Would a thief voluntarily return stolen items before being caught?

　　”Unless, k have had enough fun.”

　　Leonard fell silent for a moment, only to realize that an enemy of Amon’s level could no longer be described as being able to fight or not, but rather as being able to imagine.

　　After a few seconds, he could hardly hide his low voice and asked:

　　”Then what should we do?”

　　He didn’t give his own idea again voluntarily, because the odds were that it wouldn’t be realistic.

　　Palles Zoroaster murmured for a while:

　　”Look again.”

　　……

　　Inside the “Brave Man” bar.

　　Maric was waiting in Pool Room Three, as promised.

　　Since Sherlock Moriarty had agreed to help, it was essential to discuss the details of the operation face to face.

　　This could not be made clear by the exchange of letters alone.

　　Gulping down a mouthful of beer, Maric lifted his hand to comb his hair, his pale face without a trace of blood, the vaguely translucent insanity faded a lot more than before.

　　Just then, his mind stirred, raising his eyes to the side, he saw a figure wearing a bowler hat and formal attire flying outlined, it was none other than Sherlock Moriarty.

　　Transmission? Maric’s heart fluttered, his gaze narrowed, and he instinctively raised his guard.

　　It wasn’t that he didn’t trust Sherlock Moriarty, but it was the natural reaction of a creature when confronted with an existence further up the food chain.

　　At the same time, out of the corner of his eye, he caught Sharon’s doll-like figure floating on the high stool.

　　Klein pressed his hat and saluted the two men, turning to laugh:

　　”What concerns me most is how much information you actually have?

　　”The fuller the intelligence, the higher the probability of success and the lower the danger.

　　”A very simple example, can you guys confirm that there is nothing wrong with the Tutansis II mummy? Can you confirm which coffin it is in? If I can, I’ll grab it before the guards can react and just ‘teleport’ over there and ‘travel’ with it to the spirit world, problem solved.”

　　Maric was just about to think back when he heard Sharon say in a calm voice:

　　”You can determine which coffin it’s in, you can’t confirm if there’s a problem.”

　　Klein nodded and pulled a chair over and sat down:

　　”Other than that, what else do you guys know?”

　　Sharon’s azure eyes twitched slightly as she said:

　　”It could be a trap by the Rose School or by the Rune military.”

　　Didn’t say the second guess before ah …… also, the other party did not confirm the cooperation, in my place I would not reveal too much …… Klein thoughtfully asked in response to the latter point in return:

　　”A trap for the Rose School?”

　　This time it was Maric who answered, elaborating:

　　”In the ancient Highland Kingdom, mummification was a custom for the honored ones, very sacred, and the mummies of the pharaohs were even things that could not be desecrated, and in the beginning, before the allied forces of Ruin, Intis, and Feneport captured this country, the pharaohs’ descendants had transferred the most important batch of mummies, which included the remains of the pharaohs of all generations.

　　”This time, a secret base of the Highland Resistance was breached, and Ruin soldiers found the mummy of Tutansis II on the lowest level, ready to send it to Beckland for study by an unknown agency of the military.

　　”It was the greatest of insults to the descendants of the Pharaohs, who were motivated enough to snatch back the Tutansis II mummy, and within those descendants was a demigod named Mehames, who was both one of the main leaders of the Resistance and a prominent member of the School of the Roses, and was a ‘Sinner of the Gods’ S’eua ‘s student.”

　　Klein nodded slightly:

　　”That is to say, it is possible that the mummy of Tutansis II was a bait for the Rune military to fish for Mehames, of course, the possibility that the Rose School deliberately sacrificed the remains of a pharaoh in order to remove you cannot be ruled out.”

　　He was about to say, you have a Sequence 6 and a Sequence 5, it seems unnecessary for the Rose School to go to such an extent, but when he thought that the current dominant Rose School was the “Indulgence Department”, which would not have any restraint in its desire for revenge, he felt that he couldn’t be sure with what a normal person would think.

　　Moreover, Ms. Sharon and Maric were able to escape from the restrictions of the “Mother Tree of Desire” and successfully escaped from the Rose School, in addition to the factor of luck, there may also be a secret support …… If this is true, it will certainly be the Rose School’s key target of the fight! …… Klein naturally turned some thoughts within his mind, but did not say anything.

　　”Right.” Maric said as he rubbed the corner of his forehead, the mass of words he had just spoken seemed to have caused him to have a mental and desire fluctuation.

　　Klein thought for a moment:

　　”If it’s the former, then things are more troublesome than I expected.

　　”To deal with a demigod, a demigod with an accomplice, the Ruin military would have to ambush at least two Extraordinary Ones whose combat power was at the same level as that of Mehames, and aside from that, they would inevitably have to leave a bit of wiggle room for preventing mishaps, such as, for example, prepping ‘0’ level seals, in short, if it wasn’t in the vicinity of Berkland, or in a joint operation with the three major churches, they likely wouldn’t be able to pull off such a trap with relative ease.”

　　Sharon’s chin moved slightly and nodded, recognizing Sherlock Moriarty’s judgment.

　　Without emphasizing the difficulty any further, Klein turned to say:

　　”Therefore, we have to have more accurate and detailed intelligence so that we can make more targeted preparations so that we can achieve our goal.”

　　Without waiting for Sharon and Maric to speak, he added:

　　”I know a hidden existence that can do magic mirror divination, and K strictly adheres to the principle of equivalence, so as long as one doesn’t care about privacy or can withstand behaviors that carry a strong sense of shame, one can get answers to many questions from K.

　　”Will ye try?

　　”Summoned by me.”

　　The one who summoned means the one who takes the biggest risk in “Black Divination”.

　　”What if, for example, one refuses to expose one’s privacy, or refuses to engage in that kind of behavior?” Marich narrowed his eyes.

　　Klein answered sincerely:

　　”One would be struck by lightning, which can cause no small amount of damage.”

　　Lightning strikes …… Marich originally thought that with the strength of the body of the living corpse, it wouldn’t be too much of a problem to withstand direct damage, but he didn’t expect that it would be the “lightning” that is quite restraining to the undead.

　　He hesitated, looked at Sharon, and after receiving an affirmative nod, exhaled:

　　”Good.”

　　Without further ado, Klein took out a pen and paper from his coat pocket while ordering:

　　”Prepare a mirror.”

　　As soon as his words fell, a palm-sized make-up mirror appeared on the ball table.

　　Palace style make-up mirror …… Klein took a glance and drew the symbol of “peeping” and “hidden” on the paper.