Part 4 The Undead Chapter 181 Klein’s Preparations
Preparations …… That’s certainly not the case …… Klein piled on a smile and pointed down at the secret puppet Enzo:
”That glove has yet to be sealed.”
As he spoke, Enzo, whose skin was red and peeling, used his left hand, which wore the “Blood Flower” and “Green Wah” rings, to remove the human skin glove that covered his right palm.
This is “Creeping Hunger”.
Normally, Kraven would tend to throw the “Creeping Hunger” on top of the gray mist when not in use, after all, after the mutation of the glove, the original seal failed, and it had to eat a living person a day, otherwise it would feed on the wearer, but considering that Mr. Aztec had already replied to his letter, and might come to the rendezvous in the near future, he decided to put the “Creeping Hunger” on the glove, unless there were special circumstances. However, considering that Mr. Aztec had already written back, he decided to leave the “Creeping Hunger” in the real world unless there were special circumstances.
After all, he had already anticipated the scene of Mr. Aztec’s arrival, and did not want to have the following conversation:
”Didn’t you say that the previous glove needed to be resealed?”
”Yes, just a moment, I’ll go to the lavatory.”
Or:
”Is it ready?”
”…… No, just a moment, I’ll go to the lavatory.”
Similar images and lines, just thinking about them, made Klein feel awkward and strange, and even if he didn’t consider the possibility of being discovered by Mr. Azteca’s secret of the Gray Mist, it would lead to his image in the other party’s mind slipping in an unpredictable direction.
Therefore, after obtaining the new secret puppet and completing the attempt to “see himself”, Klein took the “writhing hunger” back to the real world to make up for the previous meal.
The difference was that the wearer had been changed from him to Enzo.
In addition to this, in order to curb the “Creeping Hunger’s” daily cannibalistic urges, Klein carried a few common mushrooms with him and kept the secret puppet less than 5 meters away from him at all times.
Hearing his words and seeing the secret puppet’s movements, Aztec nodded and reached out to take the human skin glove.
And Klein took the opportunity to take out a few mushrooms from his coat pocket and threw them towards the trash can not far away.
Snap!
He snapped his fingers, causing the mushrooms to burn on their own, rising to a reddish color without affecting anything else in the vicinity.
This was the magician’s ability to manipulate flames.
After doing this, seeing Mr. Aztec’s gaze inevitably looking over, Klein laughed dryly and said:
”That turn of events earlier made the ‘Creeping Hunger’ a bit scared of mushrooms, and I used that weakness to curb its usual impulses.”
In fact, this was of little significance for practical use, because carrying mushrooms around to suppress the ‘Creeping Hunger’ would cause the seal that was enduring hunger to revolt immediately after the mushrooms disappeared, and unless there was other ‘food’ in front of it that could be easily obtained, it would only Unless it has other “food” in front of it that can be easily obtained, it will only become the enemy’s helper.
”Mushrooms ……” Aztec whispered to himself as he held the gloves, which were beginning to stain the surface with the color of blood, and made the surroundings so dark that even the sunlight from the window was denied entry.
One by one, pale, shadowy green, intricate symbols, logos, and patterns appeared out of thin air, as if written by invisible creatures such as grudges, ghostly shadows, and spirits.
They intertwined and combined in mid-air, creating a mysterious illusory bronze door that seemed to connect to another world, a deep, silent, and terrifying world.
This illusory door shrunk smaller and smaller, and finally landed on the “writhing hunger”, so that the color of blood on its surface quickly faded, and pallor became the main body.
After a few seconds, the human skin glove returned to normal, still a thin layer, but even without the mushroom’s suppression, it did not show the slightest bit of mania or impulse.
”Same as before.” Aztec handed the Creeping Hunger to Klein.
It felt good to have a big brother backing him up! Klein felt a wave of emotion, sincerely thanked him, and put the “Creeping Hunger” on his left palm.
After thinking about it, he took the initiative to mention:
”Mr. Aztec, when I passed through the Raging Sea with the copper whistle you gave me, I had the same dream.
”The main body of the dream was a dark, cold, upside-down mausoleum deep into the earth, with uncountable coffins, within which lay the dead, with dense white feathers sprouting from their backs.
”Those feathers were stained with yellowish oil, and deep within the mausoleum there was a black mist that enveloped all.
”In the dream, you and I were exploring this mausoleum, and we didn’t know what had startled us, causing the black mist to emit a wheezing sound and extend a thin, illusory black tube.
”Every time I dream about it, I wake up with a start, it seems to be somewhat similar to the spin-offs of the Spirit Order’s Artificial Death Program that appeared earlier.”
Klein told what he had divined using the copper whistle into his dreams in more detail, in order to remind Mr. Aztec, so that he would not be careless, anyway, “dream divination” is also equivalent to dreams in a sense, and Aztec knew that he was an extraordinary person in the pathway of “Diviner”, and had similar experiences. It is not surprising that Azik, knowing that he is an extraordinary person of the “Diviner” path, had a similar encounter.
–There is only one difference between the revelation obtained by normal dreaming and the revelation obtained by “dream divination”: passive and active.
Azuk listened quietly without interrupting Klein’s description, and nodded at the end:
”This should be related to the things left behind by the God of Death in the Berserk Sea.
”The Spirit Order’s artificial Death God program seems to have made some substantial progress as well.”
Mr. Aztec is worthy of being the “Death Consul” of the Fourth Age, and he didn’t take my dreams lightly at all …… Klein raised his right hand, rubbed his face, and transformed into the appearance of Germaine Sparrow.
He then said:
”There’s only one preparation left, and that’s to make sure that ‘Admiral of Hell’ Ludwell isn’t in a dangerous place, and that there are no demigods of the Spirit Order around.”
As for the question of whether or not the fishman’s sleeve nail was still on the other ship, Klein didn’t raise it because he would make a confirmation every other day, believing that ‘Hell Admiral’ Ludwell hadn’t yet discovered the magical item, or had already discovered it but intentionally didn’t make a move and waited for the crazy adventurer Germaine Sparrow to take the initiative to “visit” and step into the trap.
Azk responded calmly:
”That can be confirmed when we get nearby.”
”Okay.” Klein immediately sent Enzo, the secret puppet, to the coat rack and drew the gold-encrusted cane.
Seeing that there was nothing else left to do, Azek probed his right palm and grabbed Klein’s shoulder.
Klein also reached out with his right palm and grabbed Secret Enzo’s shoulder.
The colors of the surrounding scenery changed suddenly once again, red becoming redder, black becoming blacker, and blue becoming bluer, overlapping each other, yet distinctly not blending.
The two of them then began to travel through the spirit world, while the black, gold-encrusted cane fluttered “ahead”, pointing out the location and direction of Kraven’s missing fisherman’s spikes.
It wasn’t long before the cane stopped and hung “in the air”, and Aztec stopped traveling, but didn’t leave the spirit world.
He seemed to be watching something and listening, and after an interval of two or three seconds said:
”Nothing is wrong.”
After that, he took Klein with him, and Klein took his secret puppet and “walked” out of the spirit world.
At the same time, Klein remembered his previous experience of searching for clues to his memories with Mr. Aztec, and that time, the target was the ancient tome in the hands of “Disease Lieutenant General” Tracy.
At that time, Mr. Aztec also said “not a big problem”, but in the end, the opposite side of the “ageless witch” Katrina ……
It’s not a problem …… Well, if you say it’s not a problem, then it’s not a problem …… Klein spat as he looked around.
This is the environment he is quite familiar with, the huge ship with a dark green color in the darkness, the white mainsail depicting black tulips, and the undead creatures such as corpses, skeletons, ghosts, and shadows who are either manipulating the sails, patrolling back and forth, or rehearsing the cannons, all proved that this is the flagship of the “Admiral of the Inferno”, the “black tulip”. The Black Tulip.
Unlike what Klein had seen last time, the Black Tulip had a number of living extraordinary people.
The captain of the ship, “Admiral of Hell” Ludwell, who was wearing a thin bayonet on his waist, a lace shirt, a gorgeous coat, a white skull and triangular hat, and a silver-white mask, was standing at the entrance of the ship, looking at this direction.
Suddenly, Ludwig’s right hand wearing the square-shaped black ring slightly trembled, there is a light flash.
The pale flames in the eyes of this arrogant pirate general then visibly shook, and eventually shrunk to an extreme point.
Immediately afterward, Ludwell bent his back, and in the eyes of the crew members who were either dumbfounded or surprised or not angry, he faced Aztec Aegis, prostrated himself on the ground, and kissed the deck.