Volume 7: The Hanged Man Chapter 28: Authority
”Inside the white tower of the headquarters of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.
After completing his prayers, Luca Brewster, who was trapped underground, returned his attention to the matter of strengthening the seal itself.
He wanted to study what was going on and see if he could decipher the mysteries contained therein as a way to invent some secret arts.
Between traveling down layer by layer, seal by seal as he examined them, Luca suddenly froze and stopped in his tracks.
His expression became rather confused, not knowing whether he should step left or right first next.
This seemed to be a very profound question that was not so easy to understand.
On the southern continent, next to a church belonging to the “Goddess of the Night”.
Leonard picked up a cup of freshly ground coffee made from local specialty coffee beans and tried to take a sip.
In the process, his thoughts turned to the closed doors and windows, and the bright sky, trying to figure out what had gone wrong.
However, he couldn’t leave the current room, being closed in, and the old man, Palles Zoroaster, fell into a strange silence, never answering his questions.
Fortunately, there was no danger attached to this, so Leonard was still able to sit comfortably in his seat and think instead of act.
After an unknown amount of time, he looked down at the coffee that had been repositioned on the table and frowned slightly, wondering to himself:
”What did I just try to do?”
The Rothschild Archipelago, within the secluded city of Byam.
Daniz, oblivious to the change in environment, carefully fiddled with the wired telegraph that had been received in his room.
”The Golden Dream had recently returned to the Sunia Sea and was anchored in one of the ports that had been wired, and Daniz wanted to invite them to come to Bayam as his guests, to see the decency of the Lord God-Emperor.
If he could, he would like the Golden Dream to be homeported in Bayam, so that he could return to the ship at any time to join in the adventures, search for treasure, and at the same time, listen to the captain’s lectures on a selective basis.
As a decathlete, Danez had undoubtedly mastered all the knowledge and skill required to shoot a telegram, and at this point, sitting in front of the machine, his fingers pressed rapidly as he sent sentence after sentence of the words he had composed in his mind.
At the first stage he was clear and well-spoken, and therefore a little pleased with himself.
Gradually, his eyes glazed over and his hands did not stop, seeming to maneuver there by instinct.
When the telegram had been tapped and sent, Danez exhaled, picked up his mug, and gulped down his beer.
”It went faster than I expected, and even if I lose my job later, I’ll be able to get a decent paying job at the telegraph office.” Danez thought with a bit of pride and a bit of apprehension.
He casually picked up the bottom of the telegram and recalled how he had just tapped and sent it, his expression gradually becoming odd.
”What exactly did I end up sending?” Danez couldn’t help but whisper.
It seemed as if he had ended up probably probably taunting the first mate, the second mate, “Ironhide”, “Bucket” and the rest of them in the telegram, and then enthusiastically making a confession to the captain.
”It’s finished, it’s finished …… How could I have said what was in my heart ……” Danez’s face turned a little white, suspecting that he had just been controlled by a magic potion, and that what he had written had not passed through his brain.
He was busy to make up a telegram, stating that those contents just now had nothing to do with himself, and that they were all the product of Anderson’s intentional messing and fooling around and catching.
At this time, he realized that there seemed to be something wrong outside, the sky was gray, not even a trace of clouds.
……
In the astral world, the existence and things hidden by the “Goddess of the Night” have broken through the limitations and returned to reality in a certain order.
The k’s, like Amon’s real body, were a bit dumbfounded and didn’t react at first.
In addition, the “Goddess of the Night” also stopped in mid-air slightly confused, as if it had not yet figured out what to do next, but the k’s instinct was to defend itself first.
The “Storm Lord”, “Eternal Sun”, and “God of Knowledge and Wisdom”, which were confined within their respective goddoms by the thick prism-like light spots, also showed some changes, and the intensity of their counterattacks decreased significantly, giving the impression that they were starting to fight back. The intensity of their counterattacks decreased significantly, giving the impression that they were beginning to doubt themselves and were not sure if they were the enemy in front of them.
The “God of Lights” left the “Brass Book of Trenthorst” and returned directly to the “Wishing Lamp”. k seemed to have reached its limit and had to shrink back into the seal, or it seemed to have remembered something and subconsciously made a decision. It was as if k had to shrink back into the seal when he was at the end of his tether, or as if he subconsciously avoided it when he remembered something.
Antigonus, who had just regained his self-awareness and consciousness, was once again at a loss, with question marks written all over his face:
Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? What is happening around me?
Within the Godforsaken Lands, the huge light shadow of the ancient Sun God, which had dimmed considerably, sighed softly and spoke once more:
”Let there be light!”
The light in the astral realm then brightened, piercing into the “eyes” of Amon’s true body, his doppelganger, the “Original Witch,” the “Hidden Sage,” and other existences.
They immediately regained their senses, and each of them grasped the time to make different responses:
The torrent of information suddenly dispersed, merged into the various symbols around them, and instantly disappeared;
That python-like, eyeball-topping black tentacle retracted sharply, going nowhere;
Amon’s real body gazed at the newly promoted Klein, and, giving up the opportunity to exert influence while he was in an unstable state, raised his hand to square the crystal-ground monocle he wore over his right eye.
K’s figure split at once, turning into door after door that seemed illusory and real.
These doors opened and closed at the same time, making it impossible for the “Goddess of the Night” and other beings to grasp where Amon’s true body had left from.
When Amon’s real body was far away, the K’s doppelgangers faded away and disappeared in a strange way.
This was a loophole that was utilized to equate “Amon’s true body moved away” with “Amon’s people moved away”.
At the same time, the ancient sun god’s huge light shadow shrunk and disintegrated, returning to Adam, who was burdened with a thick shadow.
Under the feet of the “Imagineer”, the sea of all colors and possibilities dissipated as if it had returned to the earth.
Looking up at the astral plane, Adam returned to the back of the curtain of shadows through the rift.
The fusion of the K’s with the “true Creator” had only just begun and was not yet complete, and the attempt to raise it to half of its former self had been rather reluctant and risky – it would have forced the K’s to slow down a great deal in their next steps.
In the star world, as the war subsided, the civilization picture and the natural barrier made up of various plants, along with the illusory red moon faded away one after another, returning to who knows where.
The “Lord of Storms”, “Eternal Sun”, and “God of Knowledge and Wisdom” first shattered the thick light patches outside the divine kingdom, and then they quieted down and continued to block the cracks in the world barrier just like before. The God of Knowledge and Wisdom first shattered the thick light spots outside the divine kingdom, then they were quiet and continued to block the cracks in the world barrier as before.
The “Goddess of Darkness” floating above the ancient palace put away the black coffin, the dusk sword, the bird-shaped gold jewelry and the four arms, and turned her gaze downward.
The translucent dark-colored cloak changed into Klein’s body after the mask was highlighted.
Klein had one hand pressed against the iffy mask on his face, and one hand was placed between the small of his back, his waist and back slightly arched, as if he was suffering from unspeakable pain.
He just raised his head to look at the face of the “Goddess of the Night” covered with a thin black veil, a dark cloak appeared outside his body, and underneath the cloak, one after another slippery and sinister tentacles extended out.
After becoming a “Fool”, the “Blessed Xuanhuang Tianzun” in his body had undoubtedly revived even further.
The crazy ravings and hisses constantly echoed in Klein’s ears, tearing at his spirit and letting him know that this would be the norm in the future.
There was no way to kill the “Lord of Secrecy”, and even though K’s will would be worn down by time, K’s spirit would live on forever, and at any time, it could take over Klein’s body and completely resurrect him.
If not just “killed” the will of the “Lord of Secrecy” once, so that the awakening of the k is a little weaker than Klein expected, Klein suspected that he may not be able to hold out, can only watch the body collapse, he turned into another existence.
Of course, he can also ask the “Goddess of the Night” to help, to give himself a drop of the “River of Eternal Darkness”, but this is by no means a long-term solution, can only be delayed for a period of time, he will eventually have to face.
Relying on his own consciousness and anchor, Klein balanced the will of the “Heavenly Father” in his body.
At this moment, he was unable to speak.
The “Goddess of Darkness” floating above gently nodded and said:
”What you need most now is stability.”
After saying this, K’s figure was wiped away inch by inch, returning to the divine kingdom in the astral realm.
Klein glanced sideways at Antigonus, who was still a bit confused, and with a change of mind, he took away the “Wishing Lamp” and “0-02”, and returned to the “Source Castle”.
Antigonus sat in the half-collapsed palace, sitting on a huge stone chair, and had the feeling that he had dreamed a long, long dream.
……
Inside the “Source Castle”, Klein sat in the position of the “Fool” and concentrated on stabilizing his mental state.
As before, he couldn’t seek treatment from a psychiatrist until he was initially stabilized, unless he went to visit Adam the Visionary, which would probably make him even crazier.
Stabilized, Klein took a quick look at the power he had acquired:
It’s called “Fool”!
Not only does it encompass history, time, destiny, change, and hidden powers, but it is also a symbol of “Blind Foolishness” in the realm of the mind – the simplest application of which is to lower the IQ of an enemy.
Just as Klein was about to do further research, he had a sudden flash of inspiration.
”The Source Fortress had been invaded by someone!
Klein didn’t get the “hint” until the other party succeeded in invading!
Klein raised his head sharply and looked underneath the long mottled table, only to see that the grayish mist there had somehow formed a door.
A figure wearing a pointed fedora and monocle, dressed in classic black robes came out from inside.
Amon!
This “Mr. Mistake” had a little darkness in his eyes and a slightly crazy smile.
K looked around leisurely, pushed down his monocle, and smiled:
”Surprise?”
Klein wanted to mobilize the “Source Castle” and drive away the other party, but he found that Amon had somehow taken control of the “Source Castle” as well!
Amon turned his gaze to him, pulled out a chair, sat down, and laughed:
”I let go of the suppression of the will of the ‘Lord of Secrecy’ in my body.”
”K is the master of ‘Source Castle’, which is equal to me being the master of ‘Source Castle’ as well, so of course I can come in.”
”It’s risky, even I didn’t dare to try it before, but since you’ve grown to this level, I had to take the risk.”
”It’s exciting, and the effect is not bad.”
As he spoke, underneath Amon’s clothing, one slippery and evil tentacle after another leapt out.
K took the initiative to partially resurrect the “Lord of Secrecy” and let himself fall into a state of semi-insanity.