Mystery: Lucky One

Alice's question made Ann a little confused. She didn't seem to understand what Alice was concerned about, so Alice took two steps back to distance herself from her, then smiled and said:

"My Lord probably doesn't mind this kind of thing, but... I do mind it, you know?
"Tsk tsk tsk, it was obviously us who saved the life and we were the ones who did the work, how can you thank someone else?"

Ann was stunned. This was a really confusing question because she had not forgotten why Alice came to save people - didn't you say this was a request from the Creator? Didn't you say this was a deal between you two?

Perhaps it was difficult to conceal her doubts, so Alice kindly explained:
"That is a deal between our Lord and the Creator. What does it have to do with you?"

"..."Ann understood, and she deeply realized the bad character of Alice, but she dared not say anything.

An adjusted his mood as quickly as possible, bent down and asked:

"I am very sorry, Lord Shen Zi, and please forgive me for my self-assertion. If possible, I would like to ask you for the ritual of sacrificing the fool."

“I don’t know.” Alice pointed at Derrick, who was standing like a background. “I can’t remember… You can ask him.”

Derrick, who was dragged out like this, looked up blankly at An. Inexplicably, they saw a hint of mutual sympathy in each other's eyes.

After pushing out Derrick, an old member of the "Miss Fate's Victims Alliance", Alice withdrew from the newcomer welcome ceremony and went out to look for new victims... no, she went out to perform the mushroom transformation for others.

By the time Dawn City had grown numb to the spectacle of living people turning into a ball of mushrooms and then back again, the ceremony was finally ready. After watching Klein's entire performance, Alice imitated Klein's process very well, only changing some of the wording.

Perhaps out of politeness, or perhaps out of speculation about Alice's character, after the ceremony was over and everyone had been treated, An also chose to ask the Fool's honorific name.

Alice chose to reveal it. After all, it was not Klein's honorific name, and the honorific name of the Fool... Klein had to climb up to the "Source Castle" to respond. With the "Source Castle" there, Alice was very confident about Klein's safety, unless he was praying for Amon, but Amon... Amon knew the honorific name of the Fool.

……

A week passed, and during this time, Cattleya received a reply from Bernadette, in which she learned that she did not have the relevant spells or items, but could buy them.

Of course, Klein did not choose to go this route, because Leonard and Pales had faster sources—although Leonard was scolded by Pales for this.

Of course, in line with the principle of making more preparations, he told Cattleya to ask her and Bernadette to buy the relevant spells outside, and this also gave him inspiration. He used the "magician" Fors to go back and asked Sharon and Maric to help buy them in the Beyonder circle.

Klein didn't specifically remind the other members of the Tarot Club. After all, being a middleman and making a profit from the price difference has become an established custom in the Tarot Club.

During this week, Alice visited two more cities, and the process was similar to that of Dawn City. According to Derrick, if he could visit all the cities on the map, his potion should be digested, and he could start preparing to be promoted to demigod.

Another person who made some progress was the "Hanged Man" Alger. After entering an elven ruin, he met the legendary elven queen, the "Queen of Scourge" Cosinamu.

Cosinamu gave him a chance to become a demigod and asked him to bring something from the Book of Calamities to the Western Continent. Klein, who relied on Sequence 2 power in Sequence Castle, finally agreed to the task and was praised by Alger, the Hanged Man.

After another Tarot meeting, Klein finally started the plan that they had discussed at the last Tarot meeting.

After preparing for the counter-divination, he first took the "Star Staff" and appeared in a wilderness outside the Silver City. This was one of the places they passed through. Through divination, Klein easily found the scene at that time.

In the desolate wilderness, Klein reached out his hand into the air. In a flash, he caught a figure holding the "Star Staff". It was himself who had not yet left the gray mist. He did not stay for long, and immediately drilled into the historical gap, running wildly to the ruins of civilization before the First Epoch.

Then, the historical projection holding the "Star Staff" projection returned to the gray-white barrier.

——Such a long-distance crossing can minimize the possibility that someone will be able to lock onto his real body through projection.

Then, in front of the gray-white barrier, Klein's historical projection changed its appearance and transformed into the most well-known Gehrman Sparrow, reciting in a low voice in Giant language:

"The Lord of Darkness who exists with history;
“The embodiment of countless miracles;

"The god who controls wishes..."

This was the honorific name of the Dark Wolf that Klein obtained from the Goddess of Night. Although the mythical creature might not still be using this name and might have made some changes to it long ago, in mysticism, it would undoubtedly still point to Him.

……

Deep in the rolling mountains, inside an ancient castle.

Giants, elves, humans, and vampires serve as gardeners, cooks, butlers, maids, and guards respectively. They have different expressions and will talk to each other in a low voice when they meet. They seem very lively and spiritual, but when they return to their rooms, they will immediately become dull, their eyes will no longer move, and their bodies will float up and hang from the ceiling.

Deep in the castle, in a hall that was only illuminated by the lightning outside the window, a huge figure lay quietly in the darkness.

The figure was like a small mountain, covered with dark short hair. Its dark pupils took up at least a quarter of its eyes. There was a tuft of gray hair on its forehead, and its head resembled an enlarged and distorted wolf.

This is none other than the "God of Wishes", the Dark Wolf Kotar.

Suddenly, this extremely large demon wolf raised its head, and every dark short hair began to shake. All the servants in the castle followed its example and made similar movements.

Cottard then moved his eyes slightly and tilted his head slightly, as if listening to something.

The next second, he opened his mouth, let out a silent roar, and summoned another self.

As soon as the dark wolf appeared, Kotar's body jumped into the gray mist and ran to a historical light spot in the Second Age.

This is a secret history that He holds.

In the real world, the historical pore image of the Dark Wolf made a wish in a difficult and incomprehensible language, and then, with a flash of his figure, he moved directly to the mountain near the city of Noth. After making the corresponding preparations, Kotar let a short dark hair fall off, turning into an illusory "Spirit Worm" and expanding into a corresponding prayer light spot.

With the help of this spot of light, Cottard saw who was praying to him: it was a young man wearing a strange hat and strange clothes. He stood next to a jeweled cane and whispered the name of the god of wishes.

Hmm... the dark pupils of the Dark Demon Wolf turned, and it saw that the young man was covered with a layer of gray mist, and there were some things in the mist whose specific appearance could not be seen clearly.

As a Sequence 2 angel of the "Fortune Teller" path, Kotal could clearly perceive that this fog was similar to the fog of history, and could sense that the things in the fog had a strong attraction to him.

Source Castle?

Cottard immediately had some guesses, and based on this premise, he had one idea after another about what the young man was going to do:
"Use the 'Source Castle' to attract me, let me attack him actively, and then reversely determine my position?
“Is this a bait?
"Indeed, he is just an image from a crack in history. No one knows where his real body is hiding, and no one knows where the ambusher is hiding...

"When Sefirah Castle showed signs of movement before, I controlled myself and didn't try to find the corresponding area or collect any remaining clues. Why do they think I'll be fooled this time?
"Just give it a try, and if it doesn't work try another method? Or is there something wrong with this prayer?
"Haha, I've lived for so many years and experienced so many things. What kind of situations have I not seen?

"The best way to deal with it now is to ignore him and not spy on him. Just remember him."

The dark wolf made a quick decision and planned to observe it for a few more times before extinguishing the prayer light.

At this moment, He saw the young man open his mouth again:
“O eternal burning sun;
“You are the everlasting light;
"You are the embodiment of order."

...The Dark Demon Wolf was a little confused about what this young man wanted to do.

Praying to any other true God is useless in this forsaken place!
The next second, Klein recited the god's honorable name once again:

“The Lord who created all;
“The Lord behind the veil of shadows;
"The fallen nature of all living beings."

The pupils of the Dark Demon Wolf dilated slightly, and it was somewhat confused by the behavior of the human in the prayer light spot.

Before He could make any guesses based on this, Klein suddenly stopped praying and shouted:
"Grisha, if you don't respond to me, I will make Alice pray to you every day!"

——The final link of this polytheistic prayer is not to trick Kotal into attacking, but to use the "Source Castle" to reversely pollute Kotal.

But how to delay long enough and how to cover up the reverse pollution are big problems for Klein.

The first person Klein thought of was actually Amon - if he prayed to Amon, his historical projection and Kotal would both wear monocles first.

But recalling Alice's repeated warnings, Klein did not launch the plan directly. Instead, he asked Alice first. He learned that if he did so, even Sefirah Castle might not be able to protect him.

Klein then cautiously gave up this path and, at Alice's suggestion, chose another safer object of prayer... yes, the "True Creator".

In order to avoid the "real creator" not responding, he asked Alice for a piece of luck in advance, and after asking for help, he got the real name of the "real creator" from Alice.

Then he made such an ingenious threat.

The threat was not very harmful, but probably very insulting. The "True Creator" responded without hesitation, and a dark and filthy aura spread. When the Dark Wolf was still wondering who "Grisha" was, a gaze had already penetrated the prayer light and passed through the layers of historical projections.

Without any hesitation, He immediately extinguished the prayer light.

And His essence dissolves that gaze and at the same time eliminates the maintenance of this historical projection.

In the mist of history, in the layers of old cities, Klein suddenly stood up, and a scene emerged in his mind.

As early as a few seconds before this scene took shape, he cut off the connection between his main body and the historical pore image to avoid being attacked by the "real creator".

But it was too late. When Klein climbed onto Sefirah Castle, a dark vortex formed above Sefirah Castle. A dark and filthy aura emanated from it, and whispers were heard from it, dyeing most of the sky black.

Klein, who was sitting in a high-back chair, covered his head and listened to the thousands of words in his mind. They did not come from the outside world, but from within - he felt that every spirit insect seemed to have its own will.

Those spiritual worms crawled out of his eye sockets, nostrils and ears one by one. He opened his swollen mouth and spit out the same spiritual worms.

Soon, the spirit insects were not satisfied with only coming out from these places. His skin bulged one after another, and spirit insects fell out one after another. The vortex above his head seemed to be satisfied with this scene, or it might be discovered by the self-defense system of the "Source Castle". He gradually shrank and then disappeared.

The mumbling finally stopped, but the spirit bugs were not so easy to deal with. Klein stretched out his hand firmly and took out the "Restart" spell. In the silver light, he restored his spirituality and spirit.

After casually restoring Sefirah Castle, Klein slumped in a high-back chair and muttered:
"So, it turns out that provoking the True God is something that not everyone can do...?"

……

Deep in the rolling mountains, inside the ancient castle.

As soon as the dark wolf Kotar returned from the mist of history, he instinctively cleared all connections between himself and the outside world, preparing to abandon this place and move to another place.

Although he still hasn't figured out what happened before, his experience tells him that he can't rely on any luck when an accident has happened. He should retreat when he should, and give up when he should!
——It is because of this mentality that He can live to this day.

But He didn't make it in time.

As Kotar was about to escape, he suddenly saw a long silver river. The river swayed and raised huge waves, which hit his face and knocked him back to his original position.

Then, the young man holding the "Star Staff" quickly appeared in front of Him and stood in front of Him who was supporting his body with eight legs. (End of this chapter)