Volume 7: The Hanged Man Chapter 17: Decision
The dream projection of the “Goddess of Darkness” replied with a small smile:
”If it’s just for the sake of supporting a ‘Lord of Secrecy’, then I should bet on Amon, at least K’s chances of success are much higher than yours.”
Without waiting for Klein to ask again, k continued in a tone as light as a dream:
”Buried in that era of the old days, it is our common memories, and it is also the crucial period when our humanity was first born, sprouted, and grew. Even if I already have a long life, it is still my fondest memory.”
”You have its imprint, so I am more than willing to help you.”
Love House …… Klein summarized in his mind with an idiom.
At this moment, he associated it with the word that Rossel the Great had written down in his diary:
”Hometown”.
In his silence filled with emotion, the dream projection of the “Goddess of Darkness” turned and said:
”When you’re ready, you can go to the main peak of the Hornachis Mountains at any time.”
”Of course, how you choose is your freedom, no one will force you or can force you. You can absolutely choose to stop at a certain stage, not to become the old days, not to let the ‘Lord of Trickery’ awaken within you, and then, when the end comes, take the people and things you want to protect, and ‘roam’ to other planets in other galaxies, hide from the watchful eyes of the Outer Gods, and recreate a civilization.”
Klein had long thought about this aspect, and after a moment of silence said:
”I’m not sure if Rossel has ever said: you can hide for a while, but you can’t hide for the rest of your life.”
His conversation with the “Goddess of the Night” was in the language of the giants, and the translation of that proverb was slightly strange:
Hiding is only a temporary strategy, it can’t be used as a long-term program.
After a pause, Klein continued:
”Although the universe is vast and has no boundaries, the Outer Gods are obviously more familiar with it and more powerful than us, directly representing some aspect of the symbols of the entire universe, and it’s very difficult to evade the Ks’ search. Moreover, even if we are able to succeed, we will only be able to settle down for a period of time, and the recreated civilization will be destroyed again in no more than a thousand years, and by that time, there will not even be a chance to become the old days, and we will never be able to redeem ourselves.”
This is because in order to successfully escape during the invasion of the outer gods, it is necessary to give up all the source material, otherwise it will certainly become the focus of attention of the K’s, not to mention roaming the starry sky, even if it can survive the initial round of strikes are unknown.
The dream projection voice of the “Goddess of the Night” said softly:
”Excluding things torn directly from the Outer Gods, just taking away the uniqueness and high sequential extraordinary characteristics of the rest of the pathways, the Outer Gods may not care and will not spend too much energy searching for them.”
”You also said that it’s just ‘may not’, the Outer Gods should still have a certain desire for the uniqueness and high sequence extraordinary properties of similar domains, which can help the Ks approach the pillars.” Klein responded calmly, “We can’t pin our hopes on the mood of the k’s, the k’s have no mercy.”
The dream projection of the “Goddess of Darkness” nodded and said:
”You are more lucid than Rossel in that regard, and of course, because he knew about the Old Days, the Outer Gods, too late.”
K continued:
”You have another option: utilize Palex’s method of surrendering yourself to the realm, and have Amon steal away the ‘Source Fortress’. That way, you can live well as a Sequence 1 Archangel, without having to constantly worry about the ‘Lord of Secrecy’ awakening inside you, and without being too tired.”
In the religious texts of the Church of Darkness, there was a division between angels and archangels, and Klein had always guessed that the latter referred to Sequence 1, which was finally confirmed today.
Of course, this was only the standard of one church and could not represent the others.
After listening to the words of the “Goddess of the Night”, Klein was silent for a long time before asking:
”Can Amon be trusted?”
The dream projection of the “Goddess of Darkness” said frankly:
”I cannot give you a definite answer.”
Klein asked again:
”If the ‘Lord of Secrecy’ awakens within Amon, will k take back the ‘Diviner’, ‘Stealer’, and ‘Apprentice’ pathways of all the high sequence of extraordinary traits?”
”I don’t know.” The dream projection of the “Goddess of Night” replied in the same tone.
Crane was silent once more, and after a while said:
”For me personally, I don’t crave to become the old days, but I can’t fail and turn my back on those existences that have staked their claim on me, the K’s have helped me in one way or another.”
”Once Amon becomes the ‘Lord of Secrecy’, the k will inevitably help the Ancient Sun God reclaim the ‘Lord of Storms’, the ‘God of Knowledge and Wisdom’ at the Uniqueness and Sequence 1 Extraordinary Characteristics, causing the k’s to fall.”
”Moreover, Amon is a wanton deity.”
The dream projection of the “Goddess of Darkness” nodded gently:
”You’ve maintained your humanity well.”
After Klein made up his mind, he got rid of the low state he was in just now and smiled at his words:
”If humanity was poorly maintained and allowed divinity to gain the upper hand, I would likewise make a similar choice, as divinity’s instinct is to converge with me as the main focus.”
The dream projection of the “Goddess of Darkness” let out a soft laugh:
”Go make your preparations and meet Antigonus as soon as possible.”
Klein nodded, suddenly remembering something, he was busy asking again:
”Has Amon accommodated the uniqueness of the ‘Apprentice’ pathway with the help of Mr. ‘Gate’s’ ritual?”
The dream projection of the “Goddess of the Night” answered slowly:
”If it were any other being, then certainly not.”
”But if it is Amon, there is a 50/50 chance.”
”He is adventurous and thrill-seeking by nature.”
Klein said no more, watching the projection of the “Goddess of the Night” fade away before his eyes, and watching the dream world gently collapse.
The altar, which had not yet been cleaned up, reappeared in his vision.
As far as he was concerned, there was not much he needed to do to prepare for the journey to the main peaks of the Hornachis Mountains to face the ancestor of the Antigonus family, but he mainly relied on the “Fortress of Source” to make a diversion and steal his undigested share of the “Secret Servant” that once belonged to Charatruz. The Extraordinary Characteristic, which allows the body to be in a state that can accommodate uniqueness.
–With his mental state stabilized, even without the residual spiritual imprint of Charatu, Klein was able to rely on his own humanity, consciousness, and anchor to barely suppress part of the revived will of the “Heavenly Father”.
However, before that, Klein’s spiritual intuition told him that he should do something else.
After a quick look around, he gathered up the altar and dragged it out of the fog of history into Dawn Dantes’ study.
Sitting down at his desk, Klein spread out his paper and put pen to paper to write a letter to Mr. Aztec.
Because he had just finished the previous letter, there was not much content this time, he only mentioned the “River of Eternal Darkness” in the ground of Calderon and the death brands wandering on both sides of the tributaries, and emphasized that he had seen more than one Aztec Aegis, and his speculation about it.
Folding the letterhead, Klein took out his Aztec copper whistle, brought it to his lips, and blew.
The white-boned messenger appeared at normal human size, got down on one knee, and spread out its palm.
Klein handed it the paper and then fished out a gold coin from the Source Castle:
”This is a thank you for the long trouble.”
”If you can’t receive it voluntarily, give it to your master to be distributed by K.”
This gold coin was one of Klein’s five gold coins that had been tainted with the aura of the “Source Castle” and had mutated to a certain extent.
He had already used one of them to pay for the messenger lady’s postal expenses, and had lost one to Maric when he had played cards with him.
The white-boned messenger froze for nearly five seconds before he dared to close his knuckles against Klein’s words, holding both the letterhead and the gold coin.
It then disintegrated and fell to the ground like a waterfall, burrowing in.
Immediately afterward, Klein took out another gold coin and put it into his coat pocket.
At the same time, he asked the “Spirit Worms” on duty in the “Source Castle” to take a look at a certain crimson star.
……
Inside a church belonging to the Goddess of the Night in East Baylon.
As one of the first demigods to participate in the siege of the Rose School, Leonard Mitchell had already arrived at the Southern Continent using a seal.
However, he had no luck for the time being, as the demigods of the Rose School seemed to have smelled the danger in the air and coincidentally hid themselves.
This forced Leonard to wait patiently, ready to be deployed at any time.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was nothing else to do, he put on his red gloves and entered the large prayer hall of the church, and performed his daily prayers with a fair amount of reverence.
Within the dark and peaceful surroundings, it was as if he had fallen asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, Leonard opened his eyes, stood up, and walked down the aisle toward the door.
It was then that he saw a familiar figure, that of Klein Moretti, wearing a bowler hat and formal attire, with dark hair and brown pupils.
In the midst of Leonard’s dilated pupils and slightly raised eyebrows, Klein, who was also praying, lowered his hands and stood up, passing by him and approaching the altar step by step.
During this process, neither spoke, as if the other was just a stranger.
Upon arriving at the consecration box near the altar, Klein fished out a gold coin from his coat pocket and cast it in with a serious expression.
Then, he changed direction and left the church through another door.
Leonard stood sideways in the main aisle, watching the scene with a rather puzzled expression, frowning slightly.
At that moment, within his mind, the slightly aged voice of Palles Zoroaster echoed out:
”Find a chance to get your hands on that gold coin.”
……
Berkland, inside a certain house.
Will Onsettin holds a small silver spoon, intently digging into the light green pile of ice cream in front of him.
Suddenly, k’s left hand stretched out, blocking the side of the food.
The figure of Dawn Dantes was instantly outlined in the chair next to k.
”I seem to have missed your birthday twice.” Klein said with a smile, “This is a belated gift.”
As he spoke, he took out a gold coin and pushed it to Will Onsettin:
”This is a lucky gold coin for you.”
Will was stunned for two seconds, then muttered:
”A birth gift is a lucky amulet, a birthday gift is a lucky gold coin, you’re so unoriginal.”
As he said that, he reached out his chubby little hand and quickly took the gold coin back.
Klein laughed, stood up, and disappeared.