Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 222 Klein's First Meeting with Russell
"Who is this?"

Russell naturally also saw Klein and little Amon. Seeing how close they were to Rowling, he immediately became interested and asked curiously.

"This is little Amon. If you know anything about the Thief's Path, you should know who he is. As for this..." Rowling paused, his eyes landing on Klein, and he smiled.
"Sherlock Moriarty, my student's student. You can probably guess where he comes from."

"Amon? Hiss, is that true? The Amon I know isn't so innocent." After hearing Rowling's introduction, Russell's eyes first fell on little Amon. Looking at this little guy who was only a few years old, he was a little suspicious that Rowling was kidding him.

"Amon wanted to experience the life of an ordinary person, so he threw a clone to me and sealed his memory and mind. So now you can really treat this little Amon as a child." Luo Lin explained with a smile.

"Huh?" Experiencing the life of an ordinary person? Is he bored?" Russell was puzzled. His eyes fell on Luo Lin, and he obviously thought of something else. He asked suspiciously, "You didn't force him to do this, did you?"

Although they had not been together for a long time, Russell still had some understanding of Rowling's bad taste, so it was natural for him to make some guesses.

"I just gave a suggestion. It was Amon himself who wanted to gain humanity." Rowling said with a smile.

Hearing this, Russell knew that this matter was inevitable. Amon was definitely tortured by Lucifer and had to sell his clone to protect his original body. For a moment, he couldn't help but feel more pity in his heart.

Poor little Amon!
However, this pity lasted less than a second. Russell's attention immediately fell on Klein. He said excitedly, "Sherlock Moriarty? That's a good name. It's comparable to my Caesar."

After commenting on Klein's pseudonym, Russell smiled, extended his hand, and said to Klein, "Rossel Gustav, you should have heard of this name."

After a pause, Russell suddenly switched to Chinese and said, "Do you mind telling me your real name? First, let me introduce myself. My last name is Huang Tao. If you've read my diary, you probably know this name."

Klein was stunned for a moment when he heard the familiar Chinese. Then he couldn't help but smile and said in Chinese, "My name is Zhou Mingrui. After traveling through time, I'm called Klein Moretti. I'm currently operating under the identity of Sherlock Moriarty."

"Wow, you're such a vest expert! If you follow this pattern, you'll definitely need to create a few more vests in the future." Russell raised his eyebrows and said jokingly.

The two "time travelers" who were both strangers in a foreign land became much closer in an instant.

Russell suddenly remembered something and glanced at Klein hesitantly before finally speaking, "Your current sequence shouldn't be too high, right?"

Although the sequence of the mysterious world is not like in the immortal cultivation novels where the higher level can directly see through the lower level, Russell is at least a sequence 1 knowledge emperor, and he can probably make a judgment about the sequence of the person in front of him.

"I was promoted to Sequence 7 not long ago." Klein did not hide it. After all, facing a fellow countryman who was at least an angel, there was no need for him, a mid-Sequence, to conceal his strength.

"How long have you been traveling through time?" Russell asked without showing any surprise.

"Less than four months." Klein answered without hiding anything.

"Hiss, I was just about to say that your advancement was a bit slow, brother. Now it seems I was wrong. You've been promoted to Sequence 7 in just over three months, which is faster than I was back then." Russell expressed his feelings about the cheater. He glanced at Klein and couldn't help but say, "It's just too late. What a pity." As the Emperor of Knowledge, Russell could of course see the peculiarity in Klein. He wasn't surprised by this, but thinking of the doomsday that was only a dozen years away, he couldn't help but shake his head.

After all, before seeing it with one's own eyes, no one would believe that someone could become a god in three years. In the old days, even fairy tales didn't dare to make such a story.

Hearing Russell's words, Klein naturally understood what the other party meant. He touched his nose and did not express his opinion.

"You traveled through time early, but was it any use? You just took the wrong path." Luo Lin, who had been quietly watching the show, spoke at this time.

"That's not something I didn't think of... Alas! But it's a good thing I didn't take the right path, otherwise that thing might have fallen into... my hands." Russell instinctively refuted at first, then thought of something and said with some fear.

However, considering Klein, who had just entered the Sequence, Russell naturally vaguely mentioned the words related to the Outer Gods and the Old Ones.

He then looked at Luo Lin and said, "No wonder you wanted to help Mr. Lao Men. Otherwise, this matter would be really difficult to handle."

Although there was another candidate for the Lord of Mysteries besides Mr. Men, Amon, the God of Deception, knew everything. Although Roselle had not dealt with Amon much, he knew what kind of guy he was - he had been by his side with Zaratul and Mr. Men, so how could he not be familiar with Amon.

"You're wrong. Even without Mr. Men, Klein would have become a Celestial Venerable." Luo Lin glanced at him and replied with a smile, "According to his original destiny, he would have been a true Fool in three years, and then half a day later he would have become a Half-Celestial Venerable."

Russell's expression froze. After being stunned for a second, he looked at Rowling and then at Klein, and finally said, "Brother, I thought I was already a genuine Long Aotian template, but I didn't expect there were masters. Where did you buy this cheat?" The last sentence was naturally a joke.

Klein smiled helplessly upon hearing this. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Maybe it was a gift from God?"

"Hahaha! I just like people with a sense of humor like you." Russell smiled and patted Klein's shoulder. Then he realized something and looked at Klein and said, "Wait, you know?"

"He does know. Except for the knowledge that is inherently contaminated, I have already told him everything else." Luo Lin said lightly.

"Mr. Lucifer did tell me about my destiny." Klein nodded. He looked at Rowling with an expression of undisguised gratitude. "He gave me the opportunity to choose my own destiny."

Russell wasn't stupid. He guessed what was going on as soon as he heard this. He glanced at Klein, sighed, and said:

"It seems like it hasn't been easy for you, Xiao Zhou. Alas, we are all pitiful people tormented by fate. Sometimes I don't know whether traveling through time was a good thing or a bad thing. Of course, as someone who survived, what I say actually sounds quite hypocritical."

Having said that, Russell laughed at himself, with a hint of bitterness in his smile.

Klein remained silent and sighed.

(End of this chapter)