Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 71: Tingen City

When there are one or two coincidences around you, you will find it strange. When there are three or four coincidences around you, you will doubt whether there is something wrong with your luck. When all you see around you are coincidences, you will just feel numb.

Klein was like this now. He had long been confused by the various coincidences around him and was no longer surprised by them. He simply fooled Leonard skillfully and finished another day's work before finding Jack to share the news he had received today.

"Ah, an angel? Is that true?" Rowling blinked. He wasn't surprised by the information Klein shared with him. He had long guessed that the Evernight Goddess's attitude towards him now was either observation or goodwill. Now it seemed that the other party was probably more inclined to the former.

This is not surprising. After all, if the Goddess of Night did not share information with the Creator Group, it would be normal for her to tend to observe unknown beings like him.

In other words, in this case, "don't worry about Him" not only means observation, but also means showing goodwill.

Luo Lin, who understood the attitude of the Night Goddess in his heart, showed a puzzled expression on his face and said, "Don't they say angels have big wings? I don't think the old guy has any!"

"Have you never asked Mr. Lucifer about His sequence?" Klein asked in confusion and helplessness.

"I asked, but he said low-sequence characters didn't need to know too much, and he dismissed me." Luo Lin spread his hands, indicating that the blame wasn't on him.

After all, he is not an angel. Perhaps the "Him" mentioned by the Goddess of Night is referring to him as an Outer God.

Klein thought about the personality of Mr. Lucifer he had met and immediately understood. After a moment's thought, he asked, "Did your teacher ever mention Leonard's existence to you?"

"Leonard, who is that?" Rowling looked at him puzzledly.

"My colleague, also a Nighthawk." Klein thought for a moment and briefly described Leonard's appearance. This wasn't something he needed to hide from Rowling; after all, the latter could easily find out if he wanted to.

"Oh, that fool!" Rowling showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

This time, Klein was confused. Although he sometimes felt that Leonard wasn't very smart... well, where did the word "idiot" come from?

Luo Lin smiled and explained, "The teacher did tell me about someone who fits your description. When I asked him if the ancestor of our family was still alive, he told me that the ancestor was living in the body of a fool. I asked him what kind of fool he was, and the person he described was pretty much the same as you just described."

Having said this, Rowling paused, as if finally realizing something. He looked at Klein and said, "Hey, doesn't that mean the ancestor is now living in your colleague?"

Klein: ...

What a big melon!

And why is it Zoroast again? He feels like he is about to be surrounded by Zoroast.

Klein didn't know what to say for a moment. He suddenly thought of his second meeting with Leonard. Back then, that idiot... Ugh, Leonard had talked to him about some idiotic topics like "the wheel of history" and "the meeting of two protagonists." He had originally thought that the other party was just an idiot, but he didn't expect that he actually had an old man with him.

What an old-fashioned Long Aotian protagonist setting!

"Actually, it's not just him. My own setting is also quite the protagonist. Time travel, gray fog golden finger, suspected to be targeted by multiple behind-the-scenes bosses..." Klein complained in his heart, and suddenly thought of Mr. Azik who had lost his memory. Then he looked at Luo Lin in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

"Our Tingen is truly a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery!"

Look at how many protagonist templates there are in this small city.

Klein felt like the high-sequence beings, the ones who looked like angels, were almost enough to fill a handful: Mr. Azik, the mysterious mastermind A who had taken Mr. Azik's son's skull, Mr. Lucifer, and the grandfather in Leonard's body. Just one more high-sequence being would make it a full five.

"They said high-sequence artifacts were rare. Why do I feel like they're everywhere?" Klein complained inwardly, but he also felt a sense of urgency.

After all, such an ordinary small city actually gathered so many high-sequence beings. According to the routine, something big should have happened to justify this scene.

Klein then turned to Rowling and asked, "Jack, do you know anything about your ancestor?"

"Perhaps he's a good person?" Luo Lin said with a nostalgic expression, "The teacher once said that Pallez, the ancestor of the Zoroast family, was a rare conscience among thieves. Although I feel that the teacher doesn't like this ancestor very much, perhaps there is some personal grudge between them."

He seemed to see what Klein was worried about and said comfortingly, "So your colleague should be fine. Maybe this is an opportunity for him?"

When Klein heard this, his eyelids twitched at first, and his stereotype of the "thief" path increased again, but in the end, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although they had only known each other for a short time, he really didn't want Leonard to become a high-sequence snack, and he didn't want him to suffer the same fate as the Zoroaster in the diary.

Now it seems that Leonard's grandfather is still a good person?

……

"Ah che-"

"Old man, why are you sneezing again? Do you have a cold?" Leonard asked curiously.

Pales chuckled and said, "Rather than worrying about my health, you should worry about your colleague."

"Klein?" Leonard was stunned for a moment, then asked nervously, "What's wrong with him?"

"He..." Pales was silent for a second, not knowing what he was thinking. He said, "Nothing happened to him."

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Leonard said angrily, but Pales had obviously made up his mind not to tell anyone. No matter how much Leonard asked, he couldn't get anything out of him.

Helpless, Leonard could only give up and discuss today's events with Pales. "That Mr. Lucifer should be the Lucifer that Rowling mentioned, right? I think the descriptions match."

"Maybe." Pales did not give a definite answer.

Leonard didn't care and continued, "So it turns out that Rowling really didn't lie. The Lord of Chaos might really be an ally of the Goddess." His expression was a little distraught.

After all, if this is true, it means that what Rowling once said is also true.

"Boy, I told you long ago that things about the True God aren't that simple. Now you finally believe it?" Pallez's voice was slightly sarcastic, and he spoke earnestly.

"Believe in the power of the gods, but don't trust their mercy. This is my only advice."

(End of this chapter)