Part 5 The Red Priests Chapter 40 Parasitic “Infectiousness”
Mr. “Fool” also has the authority of the “secret” ah …… Leonard suddenly realized why the old man deliberately mentioned the secret shelter.
Not waiting for his response, Klein added:
”Also, tell Palles Zoroaster again that Amon is likely to know that there is an angel of the ‘Stealer’ pathway in the area around Birklund Street.”
This …… Lennard’s pupils fluttered open and he blurted out:
”How would k know?”
This is not convenient to tell you …… Klein mumbled in his mind, then spoke rather seriously:
”I’m not Amon.”
”You inferred that from some of k’s actions and words?” Leonard subconsciously asked back.
No, it was me who “told” k …… Klein laughed, a sort of answer.
Sure enough …… Leonard secretly nodded and said:
”No problem, I will tell the old man.”
He paused for a moment and then said:
”Are you waiting for k to give a specific plan?”
Klein let out a “hmm”:
”There are few beings better than K when it comes to knowing Amon’s knowledge of the ‘Stealer’ pathway.”
Having said that, he, who had already deduced that Amon would not be coming to Berklund Street for some time, added calmly:
”There’s no need to rush your response, give me feedback at the Tarot party tomorrow.”
It seems that things are not too urgent …… Leonard deciphered the most important one from Klein’s words and nodded slightly:
”Good, we’ll discuss the details at the Tarot Gathering tomorrow.”
Having finalized this matter, Klein immediately got up and saluted towards where the “Light Gate” was located:
”Mr. ‘Fool’, we are finished.”
Leonard had just followed suit and stood up, and before he could make any movement, his vision blurred and he was completely enveloped by the leaping crimson starlight.
By the time he came to his senses, he was back within the sparse woods on the outskirts of the Northern District.
”Any words to pass on to me?” Palles Zoroaster’s slightly aged voice followed.
Leonard cleared his throat a bit and said:
”Klein told me that he is a Hidden Favorite and that he can try to pray for help.”
”Hidden favorites, indeed ……,” Palles sighed, “You tell him that as long as he really can pray for hidden refuge, in things like dealing with Amon and finding out all the doppelgangers k has hidden in Berkland, I’m willing to offer to help.”
Leonard was not surprised by this answer and said with a “Hey”:
”Old man, you’re not as weak as you say you are!”
Palles Zoroaster grinned with no anger at all:
”Didn’t you go through the Rossel Quotations? I remember there’s a line in it that says, ‘A skinny camel is bigger than a horse.'”
”It depends on what breed of horse and what breed of camel.” Leonard retorted out of habit and turned to ask, “Old man, what should we do about Amon? Are you going to use yourself as bait?”
”Ahem!” Palles replied without any good humor, “In that case, the one who will be facing will be Amon’s main body, not a doppelganger, and at that time, it will more than likely trigger a divine war, and I’ll still have a chance to escape, but you, well, you probably won’t even be able to return to the darkness of the Deep Darkness of the Heavenly Kingdom of the Darkness of the Night.”
”…… “Leonard could only respond with a sarcastic smile.
Palles Zoroaster continued:
”Unlike the similar abilities of the other pathways, Amon’s doppelganger can rapidly grow itself by absorbing the extraordinary characteristics of the ‘Stealer’ pathway, splitting off more ‘Worms of Time’ and parasitizing different organisms as long as the Extraordinary Characteristics are enough, this process can continue forever ……”
”This, isn’t this like a plague infection?” Leonard once again listened with a chill down his back.
If the extraordinary characteristics of the “Stealer” pathway were enough, Amon’s doppelganger could grow from parasitizing one person to parasitizing everyone in an entire city!
”Something like that.” Palles Zoroaster affirmed Leonard’s guess and sighed, “To deal with Amon, we can only start from this aspect, using the extraordinary characteristics of the ‘Stealer’ Pathway at the Demigod level to fish K out, as long as we can successfully deal with one of the doppelgangers, there will be a way to track down and remove the remaining ones, but… Amon is a master in the field of fraud, one must be careful enough, or else it will appear as if you are fishing for k, but in actuality, it is k who is fishing for you, in this matter, stealth is vital!”
”I see.” Leonard let out a small exhale and turned to ask, “How powerful can Amon’s doppelganger be at its strongest?”
Palles Zoroaster was silent for several seconds as if he was reminiscing before he said:
”Theoretically, K’s strongest doppelganger can reach the level of Sequence 1, but it’s almost impossible for K to do so, it would make K’s mental state unstable and appear out of control.
”Generally speaking, one of his doppelgangers is a ‘Worm of Time’, which initially has the strength of a weak Sequence 4, but combines both angelic essences such as crushing extraordinary characteristics. After full absorption of the extraordinary characteristics of the ‘Stealer’ pathway, such a bilocation can reach the sequence 2 rank, however, Amon rarely does so, and k’s bilocation will actively split to create more bilocations.
”Moreover, given the actual situation in Berkland, it would be difficult for k to gather the extraordinary characteristics that would allow the split to grow to Sequence 2.”
Leonard thought carefully for a moment and said:
”So, what we’re facing will be a group of Amon, of which, most of them are weak Sequence 4 strength, a small number of them have normal Sequence 4 level, and a few of them can reach Sequence 3?”
”In Amon’s style, that should be it, but you must remember that Amon specialize in fraud.” Palles Zoroaster reminded, “Also, based on the time that Amon’s bilocation arrived in Bekrand, there won’t be too many ‘Stealer’ pathways of extraordinary traits collected by K. After all, this is Bekrand… Also, if the situation isn’t right, K’s bilocations will center around the strongest one and actively coalesce together, allowing the essence to gain a climb, the most important point in dealing with Amon is that we can’t let things get to this stage, otherwise, even if an angel from the hidden realm comes, it won’t be able to stop Amon from escaping.”
”It’s really difficult to deal with ah, this is still just a randomly thrown out free development of a detachment, worthy of being the King of Angels …… “After a burst of exclamation, Leonard suddenly remembered Klein’s reminder, and said in a hurry, “Amon seems to have locked onto a demigod of the ‘Stealer’ pathway, and Klein was the one who met Amon while tracking the latter, also, Amon seems to know that there is an angel of the ‘Stealer’ pathway hiding in the area around Berklund Street… …”
Palles Zoroaster was silent again, and did not utter a word for a long time.
After a while, just as Leonard couldn’t resist the urge to press, K exhaled:
”How is it that your ex-colleagues are as much trouble as you are?”
”What?” Leonard looked puzzled.
Palles Zoroaster didn’t have the heart to say it:
”Amon knows that the area around Birklund Street is harboring a ‘Stealer’ Pathway Angel is more than likely related to him!”
”Old man, you… you used your powers to do the ‘decryption’?” Leonard inquired in slight surprise.
Palles let out a “humph”:
”I used my brain!
”Otherwise, why do you think it has the prefix Berklund Street?”
…… Also yeah, how can anything related to Birklund Street not bypass Dawn Dantes …… Could it be that guy Klein who caused the trouble again? Leonard then woke up.
At this point, Palles exhaled and said:
”It’s a good thing he only said it was an angel and didn’t mention my name, otherwise my advice would have been to get out of Berkland as soon as possible.
”You tell him that there are now two ways:
”One is to collect the ‘1’ level seals of the ‘Stealer’s’ Path, or to find whichever demigod of the ‘Stealer’s’ Path is to be used to devise a trap, and that the The whole process must be under the shelter of secrecy, and it must be natural, reasonable, and normal, without letting anyone suspect anything;
”The second is to wait for Amon himself to enter Birklund Street, and he will probably employ a mixture of both ‘filling in for some individual’s identity’ and ‘sneaking in through the air,’ so that ex-colleague of yours must either be able to recognize the graft of fortune Or can detect the anomalies of tiny creatures, otherwise, any more scheming would just be serving food to Amon.”
Leonard’s eyelids fluttered as he listened, and he nodded solemnly:
”I’ll discuss these things with him tomorrow afternoon.”
”Uh-huh.” Palles Zoroaster sighed again and said, “Also, if we can clear out all of Amon’s doppelgangers in Berkland, most of the leftover ‘Worms of Time’ have to belong to me.”
That’s an addition? No wonder the old man wanted to take the risk …… Leonard asked with some dawning realization:
”Those ‘Worms of Time’ contain the extraordinary properties of the ‘Stealer’ pathway?”
”In my hands they do, in others they may not.” Palles explained simply, “The ‘Worms of Time’ left behind after the death of Amon’s doppelganger do contain enough extraordinary properties to begin with, but this is quickly lost and returned to the original body, and there has to be a corresponding ability to stop this from happening.”
Leonard nodded at first, then asked in disbelief:
”Then why can the ‘Luck Stealer’ charm made by the ‘Worm of Time’ be that powerful?”
Palles snorted out a laugh at once:
”Have you forgotten the essence of the charm?
”The essence is to pray to a higher being for power and fix the power gained with materials that can carry it and corresponding symbols, the role the ‘Worm of Time’ plays here is a unique carrying material that is high enough in level, conforms to the essence, and has enough spirit to fulfill the need. ”
”So the power of the ‘Luck Stealer’ charm actually comes from Mr. ‘Fool’?” Leonard asked thoughtfully in return.
Palles Zoroaster chuckled:
”Yes, you could also try praying to Amon to utilize the power of K for the ‘Luck Stealer’ charm.
”Also, the uniqueness of the bearing material will also affect the effect of the final shaped sigil, in other words, the nature of the response power that can be induced by different special materials varies, ai, sigil is a very profound and complex study, it is not something that can be thoroughly mastered by simply learning it, you have to use your mind ah.”
Leonard was instantly somewhat ashamed.
……
On Monday afternoon, having used the power of the mysterious space above the gray mist to observe Hazel’s family and confirm that there was nothing wrong for the time being, Klein patiently waited until the Tarot Gathering was convened.
A deep red light leapt up inside the ancient palace and then subsided.
”Justice,” Audrey said as she rose without pause and curtsied toward the topmost head of the long, mottled table:
”Good afternoon, Mr. ‘Fool’~”