Volume 7: The Hanged Man Chapter 30: Setting the Rules

　　As the Klein in front of Amon turned into a “Fool” card, the entire room shrunk and revealed its original appearance.

　　It was an iron cigarette case with slight corrosion marks and the scent of the Source Castle.

　　Klein’s figure appeared out of thin air, in the process of the collapse of the entire “Fool” God’s Kingdom and the reappearance of the magnificent palace, he grasped the container containing the “Fool” card and Amon’s true body, and violently closed it.

　　He did not expect to rely on such an item to be able to seal Amon, who was in charge of the authority related to the “Gate” pathway, but only used it to buy some time to find an opportunity to throw Amon out of the “Source Castle” and take back the initiative.

　　But at this very moment, the movement of Kraven, who was wearing a black trench coat, stopped.

　　With his other hand, he took out a crystal monocle from the void and put it towards his right eye.

　　Behind him, Amon, wearing a pointed fedora and classical black robes, flew out of his outline, his eyes slightly dark and crazy as he laughed:

　　”When did you get the illusion that I’m not using my doppelganger?”

　　Before K’s words fell, the “parasitized” Klein’s figure rapidly thinned out and turned into a roughly cut paper figure.

　　Kraven was cautious, so he also didn’t use his own body, relying on a paper double that had been “grafted” with the “thread of the spirit body”.

　　He knew very well that when fighting with Amon, he would rather give up the chance than make a mistake, and once he made a mistake, it would be very difficult to reverse the situation under the suppression of the “Bug”.

　　For the prey into a paper man situation, Amon does not seem to be surprised, just raised his hand lightly against the crystal ground into a monocle.

　　On the other side of the magnificent palace, Klein, wearing a bowler hat and a trench coat, uncontrollably stepped out of the secrecy that came with the “Fool”.

　　He raised his right hand heavily, and with great difficulty, he touched out a crystal monocle from the void, and little by little, he brought it towards his right eye.

　　During this process, Klein’s expression was full of resistance, rather twisted, as if he could no longer control his hand.

　　Amon laughed half insanely uncontrollable and half leisurely:

　　”You can replace yourself with a paper man, and a paper man can replace you.”

　　”It being ‘parasitized’ is the same as you being ‘parasitized’.”

　　”Everything is relative, there are loopholes, and no extraordinary ability is unbreakable and can be applied to any occasion.”

　　K took the initiative to create a “bug” by utilizing the connection between the paper man double and the main body.

　　Although Amon seemed to be unable to control his desire to speak due to his half-madness, it didn’t affect K’s ability to fully erode Klein, little by little strengthening the “parasitism” and making the other person actually wear the monocle and become himself.

　　At that moment, Kraven’s body suddenly collapsed, actively collapsed.

　　He split into countless transparent and twisted worms that traveled in all directions.

　　These “Spirit Worms” were mixed with several “Worms of Time” that had twelve links.

　　Strictly speaking, Amon’s Worm of Time could forcibly “parasitize” even such tiny creatures as “Spirit Worms”, but Klein took the initiative to use his “Fool” power when he split. But when he was splitting, Kraven took the initiative to use his “Fool” power to confuse the sequence of time, and “fooled” those “Worms of Time”, so that they didn’t split up until the end, didn’t follow the army, and didn’t find the “parasitized” creature. “They didn’t follow the army and didn’t find the target of their parasitism.

　　In the next second, the scene inside the “Source Castle” changed again, and Klein once again used his “Secret Realm” ability to create a new “Fool” God’s Kingdom.

　　Amon was instantly in a room.

　　There was a thick yellowish carpet, a chandelier made of crystals, and a door on every wall that led to nowhere.

　　Meanwhile, oil paintings depicting various eyes hung on all four walls.

　　Without any special scrutiny, Amon knew from just one look that the four doors corresponded to different effects, the main purpose of which was to delay his actions and create enough time for subsequent preparations.

　　Mr. Mistake hooked the corner of his mouth, and turned his attention to his feet.

　　He then stretched out his right fist and spread his fingers.

　　On the yellowish carpet, an illusory door appeared.

　　This door quickly traveled for a second before fixing itself and opening noiselessly.

　　However, along with the opening of this illusory door, the doors around the room also strangely linked up, emitting a creaking sound and following suit!

　　Almost at the same time, in the dark wilderness, inside a tower of shadows leading to the sky, Klein was holding the “Wishing Lamp” and lifting the “Foolishness” effect attached to the “Book of Trenthorst Brass”. The “Fool” effect attached to the “Book of Trenthorst Brass” was lifted by Kraven.

　　The wick of the “Wishing Lamp” flared up and spewed out a viscous light golden light.

　　These rays of light then formed a distorted and blurred figure.

　　Klein didn’t consider making a wish to the “God of Lights”, transferring the number of wishes carried by Bernadette to himself and changing the ownership of the “Wishing Lamp” because it would only end in one way, that is, he would die on the spot, and relying on the ability of the “Miracle Worker”, he would be able to make a wish to the “God of Lights” and change the ownership of the “Wishing Lamp”. Miracle Worker’s ability to return from the mists of history.

　　Normally, this would be a good way to get out of the trap, especially since Klein can be resurrected several times.

　　However, the situation this time was very different from the previous one.

　　Once Kraven died, it was like he briefly gave up his identity as the owner of the “Source Castle”, turning it into a paradise for the Amon, so that the Ks could utilize the source material unhindered.

　　In such a case, Amon could have “fooled” history, interfered with destiny, and suppressed Kraven’s resurrection, allowing him to die for real.

　　The most powerful thing that can restrain an extraordinary person is a powerful person of the same pathway who is higher than him.

　　Therefore, Klein’s current plan is to utilize the “God of Light” to make better use of the “Book of Trenthurst Brass”.

　　–Without the influence of the “God of Lights”, the rules set by the “Tron Solstice Brass Book” would definitely not favor Klein, and it would only restrict all existences other than his own without discrimination. It would only restrict all existences other than its own without discrimination.

　　As the light gold and blurred figure of the “Lamp God” took shape, the “Trentost Brass Book” quickly turned to the second half of the book that could be written with the sound of metal clashing.

　　Without a moment’s interval, a new article appeared on the brass pages:

　　”Stealing is prohibited here!”

　　According to Klein’s idea, the most suitable article should be “Stealing is not allowed here”, because the first clause was of a legal nature, if anyone stole, it was impossible to prevent it in advance, but would only punish them afterward, moreover, the first punishment for stealing was bound to be mild, which the Amon could completely withstand, whereas the latter clause, directly restricted similar behavior. that clause, which directly restricts the creation of similar behavior, there will be no stealing at all.

　　However, the “Brass Book of Trenthurst” can not make such a provision at present, but must wait for it to formulate enough terms and conditions sufficiently strict, and its own awakening to a certain degree, then it can be done.

　　Previously, the “God of Lights” relied on the close relationship between himself and the “Tronnenstadt Brass Book”, relying on his high enough status, and exerted all his strength to forcefully accomplish similar provisions, but at this time, K has already withered, and is unable to do this kind of thing again.

　　Klein could only hope to delay as much time as possible, so that the “Book of Trenthorst Brass” could formulate enough strict rules against Amon, in order to match his own “fooling” authority.

　　At this time, inside the room where Amon was trapped.

　　As the illusory door on the floor opened, the real doors around it shook and cracks appeared at the same time.

　　This would bring about a variety of unknown effects.

　　Suddenly, the sound of a bell that seemed to come from an infinite distance rang out from here.

　　Amon had somehow transformed into an old, mottled stone wall clock, on which the second hand, constructed by the Worm of Time, had paused violently.

　　When!

　　As the clock echoed, everything in the room, including the four doors, fell into a strange solidification.

　　The only exception was Amon, who transformed back into his peaked cap and classic black robe, and with a smile on his face, he raised his left hand and clenched five fingers in a nonchalant manner.

　　In the next second, the strange solidity was broken, and the four real doors that were about to open clanged back together without leaving a single gap.

　　Amon’s figure descended with it, burrowing inside the unclosed illusory door on the floor.

　　Having just left the room by this means, K found himself in a dark wilderness with a shadowy tower thrusting into the sky in the distance.

　　Inside the tower, a second rule had been formed in the “Brass Book of Trenthorst” in front of Klein:

　　”Fraud is forbidden here!”

　　Although Amon couldn’t see this scene, it was as if he sensed something, after all, a high-ranking person who took pleasure in defrauding the rules could undoubtedly detect the changes on the rule level, otherwise he couldn’t accurately find the loopholes in it.

　　K instantly raised his hand and squared off the monocle that was clipped to the socket of his right eye.

　　On the surface of the crystal polished monocle, a blazing white pure light erupted out, illuminating the entire wilderness, so that there was no longer any hidden secrets that could exist here.

　　This was the “eternal day” that K had given to Klein and retrieved from Klein’s “body”!

　　Under such circumstances, the tower made of shadows dissolved inch by inch, and Klein floated in mid-air, holding the “Wishing Lamp” in one hand, the “Staff of Stars” in the other, and in front of him was the “Brass Book of Trenthorst”, which was spread out. In front of him was the “Trentost Brass Book” spread out.

　　Amon stretched out his right hand, which was holding the monocle, and clutched Klein’s “projection” into his palm from a long distance away.

　　Behind him, the shadow trailing out from the “eternal day” environment was getting fainter and fainter while twisting a little bit as if it had life force.

　　Noiselessly, Amon began to “steal” all of Kraven’s extraordinary abilities.

　　K did not deliberately seek “fool” authority, but chose to randomize, which can effectively increase the success rate.

　　However, after a flash of light, what fell into K’s palm was only a simple paper figure.

　　”Graft.”

　　Snap!

　　The shadow behind Amon was lashed by an invisible whip, while k himself was unharmed.

　　k created the mistake and replaced himself with the shadow.

　　Immediately afterward, Amon laughed, his voice echoing in Klein’s ears:

　　”‘Lamp God’, I can also promise to return you to the stars.”

　　”You see, I have not been penalized, which means I am not committing fraud.”