Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 86 The Clown of Fate

For a moment, Klein even felt like he couldn't hear any sound. The despair of not being able to go back made him suffer. For a moment, he felt like he might lose control.

"Be more confident. Remove the word 'maybe'. You almost lost control."

Following Rowling's somewhat helpless voice, Klein felt his mood return to calm. He then realized that his hair had grown wildly and his nails had become sharp and long.

"Sorry, I forgot you just experienced a boss battle and are not in good condition. You can't stand the stimulation." Rowling said apologetically. Klein in normal condition might not lose control because of the truth of traveling through time, but Klein's current condition was extremely bad because of the battle with the offspring of the evil god. With such stimulation, he actually had a tendency to lose control.

Fortunately, Rowling's ability was specifically designed to overcome the loss of control caused by emotions, and he saved Klein in time.

"...Thank you." Klein said with a slightly tired voice. As his mood calmed down, he thought about what Rowling had just said and suddenly caught a key word. He looked up and asked, "Wait, what do you mean a time traveler can't return to the past?"

“Why the past?”

"You're very perceptive." Rowling wasn't surprised by Klein's perceptiveness. He simply looked up at the sky outside the window before saying,
"Where do you think this is? This is Earth."

"We haven't traveled to another world. We've simply been remnants of a bygone era, sleeping for countless years and finally waking up in this unfamiliar era."

Klein opened his mouth, and all the doubts he had once had seemed to be explained at this moment.

Why does the other world also have these 24 hours, why does the other world also have the sun...

"But the moon is red, and there's no oil in this world..." Klein finally looked at Rowling and asked blankly. He didn't know why he asked this. It was probably just a last-ditch effort.

"This involves some knowledge you can't know yet." Luo Lin looked back at Klein Cat and said, "I can only tell you that the moon turned red because of an evil god, and the oil was swallowed by a certain being."

Upon hearing this answer, Klein lowered his eyes, his thoughts unclear. He suddenly raised his eyes and said, "Then what am I? What about Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun? And the gray fog..."

"You are the chosen protagonist on the stage." Rollin's gaze fell on Klein. With a sigh, he said, "Unlike Dunn, who is the protagonist of a single story, you are the protagonist of the chosen era."

"Huh?" Klein was stunned. He suddenly felt like laughing because this was too ridiculous. He couldn't help but ask, "Should I feel honored by this?"

"You can be sad, Klein, about your fate." Rowling sighed and reached out to rub Klein's cat's head.

"For this damn fate that was imposed on you."

Klein suddenly felt like crying, but he didn't. He just said in a hoarse voice, "So, what's going on? I'm just an ordinary person, so why did I become the protagonist of this era?"

"It's a long story. In our time, our civilization encountered an apocalypse, and we were the lucky ones chosen by it..." Luo Lin said with a mocking smile, "If we survived as a vessel for a resurrected being, then we'd be considered lucky."

"Fu Sheng Xuan Huang Tianzun, right?" Klein guessed the answer almost immediately.

"You do exist as the resurrection vessel for Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun." Luo Lin did not deny it. He explained, "If the Goddess of Night had not helped you when you descended, Tianzun would probably have been resurrected in you."

Klein was stunned for a moment. He obviously didn't expect that the Goddess of Night would interfere in his affairs. But he soon thought of the strangeness in himself, that abnormal lucidity in the dream. He originally thought it was a benefit of time travel, but now he thought that perhaps it was the blessing of the Goddess of Night.

"Why?" Klein didn't understand. He looked at Luo Lin puzzledly and asked, "Why would the Goddess of Night help me?"

"There are probably two reasons. First, Tianzun is not a good person. If there is a choice, no one would want Tianzun to be resurrected." Luo Lin held up a finger, followed by a second. "Second, it may be out of friendship with fellow countrymen!"

Klein was stunned again, then reacted and said, "So the Goddess of Night is also a time traveler."

"You, Roselle and the Goddess of Night, you are all the resurrection vessels of the Heavenly Lord." Luo Lin did not hide this fact. After all, it would be exposed sooner or later. Of course, he also deliberately left a loophole.

Klein seized upon this flaw, just as Rowling had hoped, and asked, "What about you and Jack? Aren't you the resurrection vessels of the Celestial Lord?"

"We are the resurrection vessels of another being," Luo Lin said calmly. "I cannot tell you His name, as even the name itself could be deceptive to you. I can only tell you that He is a being no less than a Celestial Lord."

"Have you gotten rid of Him now?" Even though his own situation was difficult, Klein couldn't help but worry about Jack and Mr. Lucifer in front of him.

"I guess we've gotten rid of it!" Luo Lin smiled and didn't talk much about this topic.

Of course, he said this on purpose so that even if he was exposed later, he would have an explanation.

After all, what Rowling said was not a lie. He was indeed the container of the Naaah fragments, wasn't he?
While Klein breathed a sigh of relief, he also realized that the other party probably didn't want to discuss this matter any further, so he simply continued to ask, "So, am I now free of Tianzun?"

"Of course not. It's just that, thanks to the help of the Evernight Goddess, you didn't immediately become the Celestial Lord's resurrection vessel." Rowling shook his head, looked at Klein, and continued, "Do you know why I call you the Protagonist of this Era?"

Klein shook his head in confusion. Although he would self-deprecately describe himself as a protagonist, he didn't really think he was the protagonist of any era.

"Because you possess all the qualities to be the protagonist of the era, and everyone expects you to become the protagonist of that era." Luo Lin spoke slowly, saying:
"No one wants the Celestial Lord to be resurrected, but everyone hopes for the existence of a Celestial Lord to fight against the impending doomsday. That's why they chose you and placed their bets on you, hoping that you can defeat the Celestial Lord in the future, take his place, fight against the doomsday, and save the world."

Rowling looked at Klein with a sigh in his eyes. He said, "Actually, I've already warned you. Batman is watching you, and the Joker is being watched by Batman! Even if he can foresee everything, he's still helpless and unable to change it all."

(End of this chapter)