Mystery: Lucky One

In fact, to Klein in his normal state, this sentence didn't mean anything - he had long been accustomed to Alice's sudden disconnection.

But Klein was not normal at the moment. What Alice mentioned seemed to have made him have some associations. His expression suddenly became embarrassed, and he stammered:

"Oh? Yes, really..."

Alice paused for a moment. She finally realized that teasing Klein was definitely not a wise choice. After gritting her teeth, she sighed and said,

"...Forget it, let's go."

She shook her head and looked at the main entrance in front of her. Colin and others had already stopped and were looking at the door vigilantly, with no intention of opening it first.

Alice lifted her leg, stepped onto the last step, and looked up.

The gate was several dozen meters high and covered with golden nails. Alice looked up at the highest point of the gate and felt a little uncomfortable in her neck. She shook her head and turned back to ask:
“Is your shadow in there?”

“I think so,” Klein replied as he climbed the stairs.

As he spoke, the incredibly tall "Silver Knight" behind Klein strode forward and inserted the greatsword in his hand into the crack in the ground.

Then, the "Silver Knight" lowered his body, stretched out his hands, and pressed on the main gate that was dozens of meters high.

With a heavy sound of the door opening, the door with many golden nails slowly opened.

At this time, the "sun" in the sky, symbolizing noon, jumped and solidified the entire "Giant King's Court" in the orange-red evening light.

The huge front door opened faster and faster, gradually exposing the scene inside to everyone's eyes.

Behind the door was a gray-white staircase covered with orange-red light. It was impossible to count how many floors there were. All one could see was that the stairs went up all the way and extended to the highest and most magnificent residence of the Giant King.

Palaces and towers are densely packed on both sides of the stairs. Huge statues holding halberds and covered in iron armor are lined up in front of different buildings, guarding the road leading to the gods' abode.

Alice swallowed and asked, "Who's going to go up?"

Colin Iliad glanced at her and said nothing, but drew the pair of long swords behind him.

Behind Lovia, an illusory figure several meters tall quietly emerged. Alice could see its silver full body armor and dark red eyes like flames.

"Silver Knight?" she asked aloud.

Luo Weiya glanced at her and nodded calmly.

The "Silver Knight" puppet that Klein carried was also clearly ready for battle. With the efforts of the three "Silver Knights", most of the giants on both sides of the stairs were shattered in the silver-white light, and only the part closest to the Giant King's residence remained.

At this time, two figures flew out from the giant's main palace area and slid towards where the three "Silver Knights" were.

One of them had a shadow covering his face, shoulder-length black hair that was slightly curled, and a pair of virtual black wings growing out of his back; the other was just a pure shadow, twisting left and right from time to time.

Alice tried to identify it, and then she asked Klein in shock:
"This is... the 'winner'? I remember his name was Enzo... no, Enuni, right?
"No, you didn't open the door with this thing, did you?!"

This is the secret doll that Klein captured in the southern continent. His name is Enzo. He was originally from the "School of Life". In the end, because his concept of using luck was inconsistent with the "School of Life", he finally joined the "School of Rose".

After Klein turned him into a secret puppet, he changed his appearance to conceal his identity. He also changed his name to Enuni and kept him as a personal valet for a while.

As soon as he saw her expression, Klein knew something was wrong. He hesitated and asked, "...What's wrong?"

“…Nonsense.” Alice rolled her eyes and then raised her finger to point at her own eyes. “All those who were unlucky…died under these eyes, and you, you don’t have our luck.”

Klein was stunned for a moment, and Alice smiled again:
“Besides, sometimes good luck isn’t necessarily a good thing… If you insist, I suggest you use Anderson’s.

"At least judging from Anderson's performance, he is tough enough, and...

"I think the 'Hunter' approach is sometimes no different from the blind approach."

Klein thought thoughtfully.

Colin Iliad and the others had no plans to join in the chat; they were observing the shadow and the historical projection of Enuni after being affected.

After they finished talking, Colin, who had already retreated, looked at the "Silver Knight" secret doll and the vengeful spirit who had also retreated, and analyzed aloud:

"It looked like they couldn't leave the area."

"Hmm?" Alice raised her eyebrows. "No way to leave? Hey, you should have a means of long-range attack, right? Can that be used?"

She shouted to Shadow, and Shadow did as she wished, opened his mouth and fired an air bullet.

Alice didn't dodge. She let the bullet hit her forehead. Then she rubbed her head and turned back to analyze with Klein:
"It hurts a little more than...it hurts a little more than when Mr. Fool usually hits me on the head."

"Why don't you hurry up and get the 'blasphemous slate'?" Enuni on the other side asked as if she was chatting with him, "It will be too late when Amon arrives."

“If Amon was going to come, he would have come a long time ago…” Alice curled her lips, “And those three didn’t react… I guess, before we met Sasriel, no one would do anything here. As for Amon… Tsk, he’s a thief, why would he come to take things by himself?”

Alice shook her head, smiled and glanced towards the door, then said in a rather intimate tone:

"I know my dear friend better than you do... He would not be as reckless as me and come to me without knowing the situation.

"Also, are you trying to lure me away? If it's Shadow, he should have the same abilities as him, right? And you...you can't beat me? No, you can't even beat me?"

She looked at Enuni in surprise, her eyes full of doubt.

Enuni, who was contaminated by the power of the "Dark Angel", seemed to have given up communicating with her. His shoulders moved and a head grew out of each. Alice took a breath and exclaimed:
"Wow, Nezha!
"No, he doesn't have four extra arms, and his head seems to be different..."

Alice tilted her head to examine Enuni's new look.

These three heads all have black curly hair and are covered with a layer of shadow. In terms of appearance, there is actually no difference, but it gives people the feeling that, except for the original one, the other two are one young and one old.

When Alice was making a noise, the old head had already fallen off, taking away one-third of Enuni's body. The split body quickly squirmed and became whole in an instant, and on the shadow covering the surface of the head, a pair of eyes stood out, with pupils standing upright and glowing light gold.

The stairs under my feet collapsed, turning into a desolate and silent plain. At the end of the plain was a city with dark walls and weeds.

Silver City!
This scene was so real that Derrick's heart tightened, worrying that unknown enemies would drag him and other demigods to Silver City and destroy the city-state. When Enuni grew two heads, Lovia's eyes froze and her body trembled, as if she felt the breath from an absolutely high-ranking being.

Alice glanced at her, and her trembling stopped. She looked at Alice as if she had noticed something. Alice gave her a nasty smile and mouthed:
"Why don't you thank me quickly."

Colin Iliad looked around, crossed the two straight swords covered with morning light in his hands, and said in a deep voice:
“This is false.”

This surprised Alice, who had not paid attention to him just now, for a moment, and she praised:
"Not bad? You're more useful than her... Wait, I remember you're... You're from the 'Secret Prayer' path? Um, do you guys call Sequence 9 that too?"

She suddenly turned to Lovia.

Luo Weiya was stunned for a moment, and after hesitating for a while, she took back the words of thanks that were about to come out of her mouth and nodded calmly.

"...This is a big problem," Alice took a breath, "Other paths are fine, but here, the higher the sequence, the more dangerous your path will be..."

"What's wrong?" Luo Weiya asked.

Colin and Derrick also looked at Alice. Alice rubbed her brows and sighed:

"As you can see, although the Dark Angel Sasriel can probably use power from other sources,...

"He obviously still prefers the 'secret praying person' route the most."

She pointed at Shadow and Enuni with her chin and shook her head slightly. Enuni looked at them chatting as if no one was around and took the second step.

As soon as he finished speaking, the barren plain and the castle in the distance disappeared at the same time, and the magnificent staircase filled with bright light reappeared.

At this time, the left side of Enuni's body was also broken, and the young head took away one third of its flesh and blood.

The shadow on his face was quickly replaced by a brilliant golden light, and there seemed to be two miniature suns in his eyes.

Alice took a breath and exclaimed:
"'Sun'? Are you crazy?

"Even from this distance I can sense the aura of corruption and darkness in you and that shadow, especially the shadow...are you crazy?!"

Klein didn't say anything, but the corners of his lips that were slightly pursed revealed his mood—he wanted to laugh, but he was too embarrassed to do so.

But at least the person in front of him was his shadow and his former secret doll. After watching them being laughed at for so long, Klein gained some courage. He pulled Alice and whispered to her:
"Look, among the three of them, one is called Xiao En, one is called Xiao You, and one is called Xiao Ni..."

"......?" Alice turned her head and showed a look of amazement. "Next time I see Medici, I will call him Xiaomei, Xiaodi and Xiaoqi."

The Enuni main body, with a shadow on its face, finally couldn't stand it anymore and said:
"You didn't choose the 'Hunter' path. Do you know that you will die if you take this path?"

"You're wrong," Alice shook her head. "No matter which time, it was fate that took the initiative to find me. From the beginning to the end, did I have the slightest chance to choose?"

She shook her head and sighed:
"Whether it's falling into the long river of fate or picking up the 'Key of Light'... no matter how you look at it, this kind of thing can't be achieved just as I want it to be, right?

"By the way, who are you now? My Lord's vice-king of heaven?"

"......?" Affected by the "Dark Angel", Enuni was briefly confused, and seemed to have doubts about the word "My Lord".

Alice blinked and smiled slowly:
"So it's really you, at least the consciousness is you...right? In this case, I have a question for you. I asked Amon at that time, but He couldn't give me an answer...

"Why aren't you called Eve? Shouldn't Adam's wife, the one who was made from his rib, be called Eve?"

"......?" This time, the ones who felt confused were Colin Iliad, Lovia, and Derrick.

They obviously lacked knowledge of the myths and legends of this past sect and could not understand Alice's questions. They just thought they had heard unrecorded secrets, such as the "Dark Angel" Sasriel, the legendary left hand of God and deputy lord of heaven, who once used the pseudonym Eve and became the wife of the "Imaginary Angel" Adam.

Klein glanced at Alice hesitantly, wanting to advise her to resolve the issue quickly and not to argue with the other party. After hesitating for two seconds, he gave up.

...Forget it, let her be.

Alice stared at Enuni with burning eyes. Enuni took a deep breath and slowly said:

"Eve was supposed to be Adam's rib, not..."

Before he finished speaking, Alice's expression suddenly turned cold. She pulled Klein away and glared at the elderly Enuni. The illusion suddenly shattered, revealing a storm that was both illusory and real.

The destination of the storm was exactly where Klein originally was!

Alice could feel the endless thoughts contained in the storm, that's why she was angry. Silver light appeared in Alice's eyes. The storm rolled back and tried to retreat, but was blocked by an invisible force and remained deadlocked in the middle.

After a few breaths of struggling, Enuni seemed to realize that continuing like this would only be a waste of energy. The storm exploded, and the consciousness contained in it was like fragments after the explosion, splashing all around.

“Damn it!” Alice cursed and opened her spiritual power, wrapping Klein within its range.

She ignored the other three because they didn't need her and weren't Enuni's main target.
While she was protecting Klein, Derrick was already glowing with a bright and warm light, and the long sword in Colin Iliad's hand was also spreading a light like the morning sun. Even Lovia was protected by the "Silver Knight" she was herding.

Seeing that the disaster was over, Alice breathed a sigh of relief and sneered at Enuni:

"Good job... You want to attract my attention and then take advantage of the opportunity to attack me? How dare you? This is obviously the trick I should use!"

Her anger was about to overflow. The hood of her robe fell off in the wind. Klein was behind her and glanced at her hair suspiciously.

I always feel like I have a few more white hairs...

Klein reached out and grabbed the angry Alice, and said softly as if to comfort her:
"Okay, don't worry. I'll be fine even if he hits me... Did you forget? I still have my virtual personality!"

(End of this chapter)