Mystery: Lucky One

Upon hearing this suggestion, Klein was inevitably a little confused. He asked:

"why?"

"The extraordinary characteristics of the 'Attendant of Mysteries' come directly from the 'Lord of Mysteries'," the projection in front of him replied, "If you use it to advance..."

There was no need for the Goddess of Night to continue. Whether it was facing the spiritual pollution of the "Lord of Mysteries" or the possible backup plans, these were not what Klein wanted.

But not using the Beyonder characteristic of the Mysterious Servant meant that he had to go hunt Zaratul. The time consumed made Klein frown. He wanted to say something, but the Goddess of Night saw his confusion and added:
"I am confident that I can hide it from Him who doesn't deliberately explore. But how to make Him not deliberately explore is your problem."

There is no need to worry too much about Alice who has not been born yet, and I can actually find an excuse to get rid of Alice after she is born... However, if I choose this method, I'd better complete all this before Alice is born...

I can first complete the ceremony for advancement to Sequence 1 and other preparations. Anyway, the ceremony can be kept. My potion is almost digested, so I can prepare the ceremony and auxiliary materials first, and collect clues about Zaratul in the process. If I can complete the hunt before Alice is born, I can be promoted directly, and then go get the water from the "River of Everlasting Darkness"!

After establishing the plan, Klein no longer hesitated. He recalled the question Alice asked when she took the water from the River of Destiny, and asked:
"The water from the River of Everlasting Darkness should also require a specific container, right?"

This "also" did not attract any attention, and the projection of the Goddess of Night replied:

"When you return, you can hold a ceremony to request the grant, and I will give you an item to draw water from the River of Everlasting Darkness."

Klein nodded and continued, "Do you know Amon's current situation? Can He still... propose to me?"

The projection of the Goddess of Night glanced at him, and Klein felt a fleeting pressure. Then he heard the other party say calmly:

"of course can.

"He was very lucky. When the incident happened, he had an avatar in the 'Sea of ​​Chaos', isolated from the pollution of the outside world."

Because it is being polluted by the Chaos Sea, it is isolated from the pollution of the outside world, right... Klein controlled his expression and brought up another thing:

"Alice told me that Adam is an incarnation of the ancient sun god."

The projection in front of him did not waver. “He” replied calmly, as if he had known everything for a long time: “He and the ‘True Creator’ are in the ‘God-Forsaken Land’.”

Klein's heart skipped a beat, realizing that they had already begun to merge, or were discussing the issue of fusion.

The projection of the Goddess of Night continued:

“Whatever happens next, it’s going to take a while, and you don’t have to pay attention to it for now.

"Once this is over, you can consider asking for information on the uniqueness of the 'error' path and the extraordinary properties of the 'worm of time'."

Klein suddenly realized that this was also what Adam and the True Creator were discussing. He did not ask any more questions. After thinking about the information he already knew, he asked again:

"Did you interfere with my birth?"

The projection of the "Goddess of Night" nodded and said:
"I used Antigonus' uniqueness to indirectly affect 'Source Castle' and 'tampered' the corresponding location of the Beyonder characteristic that accompanied your birth to the God-Forsaken Land."

As expected... Klein was not surprised at all. Long before the barrier, he knew that his birth had been interfered with. Now he only learned the method of interference. As for the only thing that could affect the source essence, Alice herself was the best example.

Of course, considering how troublesome it was for Amon to do something to him, it should be difficult for ordinary uniqueness to affect the "source quality". In other words, this may be related to the revival of the old spirit.

However, thinking of Alice, Klein naturally had a new question: "What about Alice's birth...?"

“I am powerless to intervene,” the projection of the “Evening Goddess” shook her head and replied, “I was merely aware of the unusual movement of “Him” when He came, and helped to cover it up to a certain extent.”

Klein nodded in understanding, and then asked curiously, "Why were you and Roselle not born with extraordinary characteristics?"

This was a natural doubt that arose after Klein understood the truth. It was also a resurrection from the pillar. Once the "Ancient Sun God" was born, he became a high-level existence. It is very likely that he has more than one path, and he is definitely unique. But looking at the performance of "Source Castle" or "Lord of Mysteries"...

The earliest "Goddess of Night" became a demon wolf. As soon as she was born, she was a high-sequence "Insomniac" path, which obviously did not belong to the three paths held by the "Lord of Mysteries". Roselle did not accidentally become another path, but later he drank the "Generalist" potion. When it came to him, although he was assigned a "Mystery Servant" extraordinary characteristic, his birth point was tampered with again...

Oh yes, Alice can also be considered half, and she and Amon combined may be considered a complete resurrection backup plan, but considering that Amon was killed by the "blasphemous slate", perhaps "God" is better in this matter.

...Speaking of which, does "God" hate the "Lord of Mysteries" so much?

Oh, maybe this is mutual. After all, the "Ancient Sun God" did not directly become the resurrected "God", and it is probably also the credit of the "Lord of Mysteries"...

...Do they hate each other so much?
Klein thought about a lot of things in his mind, but reality only lasted for a moment. The projection in front of him shook his head and responded:

"Something went wrong with the Lord of Mysteries, and he lost control of many things."

Could this also be the influence of "God"?

Klein was thoughtful as the Goddess of Night continued to state:
“If it weren’t for this, I would have died long ago, living as the ‘Lord of Mysteries’, and you and Roselle would have no chance to return to reality.

"This is also a good thing for you. With the coming of the end of the world, the remaining will of the Lord of Mysteries is dissipating, and only his spirit will remain, trying to wake up.

"If you were born in the Fourth Epoch, my advice to you would not be to try not to use the Beyonder characteristic of 'Mysterious Servant', but to absolutely not use it.

"Otherwise, you will definitely become the 'Lord of Mysteries' the moment you are promoted to 'Servant of Mysteries'."

Klein shuddered, and his murderous intent towards Zaratul increased.

I wonder if Antigonus would be easier to kill? After all, he has no reason... Klein sighed in his heart and asked again:

"How did Antigonus accommodate the uniqueness of The Fool?" Klein didn't think that the uniqueness of The Fool would be safer than the extraordinary characteristic of Attendant of Mysteries that he possessed. Although Antigonus was indeed crazy, the Lord of Mysteries had indeed never revived.

In addition, he also plans to refer to the rituals of his "predecessors".

The dream projection of the "Goddess of Night" did not hide anything and responded softly:
“He asked Adam and Amon for help.

"They all supported Alistair Tudor at the time.

“They captured a demigod from the Solomon Empire, and Adam performed deep hypnosis and corresponding memory transplantation on him, making him believe that he was Antigonus.

"Then, with Antigonus' cooperation, Amon stole His identity and destiny. Antigonus used the power of 'tampering' to combine Amon's identity and destiny with the experimental subject.

"That demigod of the Solomon Empire began to live as Antigonus, and after a while, took the initiative to try to accommodate the uniqueness of the 'Fool'.

"He undoubtedly lost control, and at this time, the real Antigonus lifted the 'tampering' and let his identity and fate return to Amon's hands. Amon then stopped stealing and returned them to their original owners.

"In this way, it means that two completely different fates, 'Antigonus failed to accommodate uniqueness and became a monster' and 'Antigonus lived well and nothing went wrong', exist simultaneously in the real world. So, fate is fooled to some extent."

Klein, who had already experienced the power of the "Trojan Horse of Fate", had no doubts about the whole process. He nodded, and only felt admiration for Antigonus for daring to trust Amon.

However, although this operation seemed smooth, it contained hidden dangers. Klein frowned and asked:

"Won't there be any problems with this?"

"There are great risks." The dream projection of the "Goddess of Night" responded calmly, "Fate is not easy to bear. If we cannot retract the fate in the extremely short time when the target is about to lose control, things will undoubtedly fail: retract it a second earlier, and the ritual will have no effect; retract it a second later, and Antigonus will bear the fate of losing control and going crazy, and will inevitably end up with the same result."

What a frightening ability... If the fate of death is established, and there is no authority over fate to fight against it, there probably won't be any solution... Hiss, could this be the reason why every path requires a little authority over fate?

Klein sighed in his heart, and then compared the two methods.

The strategy adopted by Antigonus is to fool fate itself, which is actually simpler to operate - it is still difficult for him now, but compared to deceiving an unpredictable "Wheel of Fortune", rigid fate is definitely a better object to fool.

But relatively speaking, this method is more risky, because once it fails, he will be out of control. As for deceiving Alice, even if he fails, he only needs to provide enough ice cream and give Alice a few light kicks.

Klein undoubtedly considered the option with a higher tolerance rate as a backup, but he also thought about how to operate in another way.

Sefirah Castle provided him with the ability of the "Fate Trojan Horse". Klein believed that when he reached Sequence 1, he could also try to steal Antigonus' fate and simplify Antigonus' past actions to accommodate the uniqueness of The Fool.

However, he still needs a little help. For example, he needs someone to help suppress Antigonus...

Klein looked at the dream projection of the Goddess of Night. The Goddess of Night seemed to see what he was thinking. The dream projection spoke in his sight:

"If you want to steal Antigonus' fate, it would be best to put him into a temporary state of eternal sleep.

"I can try to help you, but I also need the water of the 'River of Everlasting Darkness' as a medium to be sure of it. This is an angel that contains the uniqueness of 'The Fool'."

I understand. I must take this river water.

Klein accepted it immediately and promised, "Once I am ready to go to Calderon, I will hold a ceremony to request the gift."

The dream projection nodded slightly, and then the darkness in front of him shattered. Klein opened his eyes and found himself still sitting on the bench in the prayer hall.

So he stood up from the bench and felt around his body, but he only grabbed a handful of coins from various countries - this was the profit from the fully automatic wishing machine. He still maintained the habit of storing his property in Sefirah Castle, so he only had some change on him.

The corner of Klein's mouth twitched, and he shook his head. He walked to the donation box and put the coins from different countries into the donation box.

The bishop's expression froze for a moment. He seemed to recall some very bad memories and shouted:
"Sir—no, ma'am."

"?" Klein looked at the bishop in confusion.

After considering for a few seconds, the bishop asked tentatively, "You...just came from the Storm Church?"

After being stunned for a few seconds, Klein suddenly realized that Alice's good deeds were still taking effect. When she robbed the donation box of the Church of Storms and donated the money to the Church of Night, she must have donated a lot of foreign currency.

And the bishop called him Miss, clearly mistaking him for Alice!
Klein secretly gritted his teeth, raised his hand and drew a crimson moon symbol on his chest, and said seriously:

"I am a devout believer of the goddess. Why would I go to the church of the Lord of Storms?"

As a result, the bishop's expression became visibly uglier.

Klein paused for a moment, realizing that his reaction at this moment was entirely possible for Alice. His expression froze slightly, and then he turned and left as if nothing had happened.

Behind him, the bishop's expression was filled with an indescribable hesitation. He looked at Klein's back and moved his lips several times, but still couldn't open his mouth.

It was not until Klein’s back disappeared from the church entrance that the bishop hurriedly said a few words to the people around him, then turned and left, walking towards the back of the church.

After leaving the church, Klein had put the matter behind him and focused his attention on the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery.

The high-level beings have already decided the outcome, and the battlefield below will naturally decide the outcome soon. Feysac's defeat is a foregone conclusion, and the Steam Church, which has chosen the wrong side, will definitely pay the price.

Can he... take this opportunity to bring Arrodes over? (End of this chapter)