Mystery: Survival from the Secret Doll

Chapter 125 124 One Jin Big King, and One Jin Little King

"The Goddess of Night knows? She knows of my existence?"

Tang asked the system to explain from heavy to light, but he didn't expect the system to really hit a king bomb at the beginning.

Tang felt numb all over. This news was no less than the psychological trauma caused by Amon's recent shock.

Tang had been avoiding the Church of Evernight for such a long time. The first reason was the peculiarity of their family. Azik Eggers was the backup left by the God of Death, and the Goddess of Evernight, as a Sequence 0 True God of Darkness in one of the three paths of eternity, instinctively longed for death and dusk in the adjacent path.

As a direct descendant of the God of Death, being discovered by the Goddess might not necessarily be a good thing. Even if he revealed that he was also a "remnant of the Old Ones", it would probably be the same.

The second reason is because of the control the Church of Evernight has over the Diviner's Path. Wild high-sequence extraordinary people on the Diviner's Path will definitely attract the attention of the Church of Evernight.

What did you do in the future to attract all the goddesses?
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

The system indicated that the future host had communicated with the vessel that the Goddess of Night had descended into. However, because both the Goddess of Night and the future host held secret authority, it was completely blocked and had no idea what the specific content was. The future host only revealed that he and the Goddess of Night had reached an agreement on something.

Tang didn't hold out hope, but still asked, "What about the content of the agreement that was revealed to you?"

What kind of cooperation could a Sequence 1 Diviner Angel achieve with the Goddess? Could they help him eliminate Salinger's manipulation of the Death God Path's uniqueness? And then the Goddess would give him the Sequence 1 potion he was now?
"Archbishop Chanis of the Church of Evernight arrived in Tingen a day ago. The details will be discussed between him and you, the host."

Don buried his head in the pillow. "...Archbishop Chanis."

Isn’t Archbishop Chanis the founder of the modern Nighthawk system, a powerful demigod?

He remembered that he had met the archbishop once before. Oh, at that time, he was only concerned about the goddess of night behind him and was running away frantically in the Euclidean space, so they didn't meet in the real world.

"Okay, go ahead."

He began to feel a headache again.

I want to mess up jpg.

Sometimes I really envy Antigonus. After turning into a caterpillar, he doesn't have to do anything but howl there.

'Next.' The system imitated the coughing sound again, 'Pallez Zoroaster is currently in the Never-Ending Theater.'

Oh, after the one-jin king, there is another one-jin small king.

An old man in the theater? How presumptuous.

A Sequence 1 Angel might be able to try to block a Sequence 2 Level 0 Seal, but it's unlikely to win.

Moreover, as an angel of Sequence 1 of the Thief's Path, Tang possesses the uniqueness of this path and the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 1. Although the old man had a good feeling from the original text, this is reality, and it is not surprising what happens.

When faced with something one desires, one's greed will be infinitely magnified, and Tang really has too many good things.

What does he think in the future?

When Tang fell into deep thought again, a document appeared in front of him. It was a parchment based on the extraordinary power of the Sun Path and bound by strong rules.

There were two signatures at the bottom of the parchment, one signed by him and the other by Grandpa Pales.

"contract?"

The specific content of the agreement is...

Tang got up from the bed and numbly took a glass of water to relieve his dry mouth.

"Grandpa needs to provide some help. The price is that when the tide of the times rolls in, I will give him the Sequence 1 Time Worm Beyonder characteristic, help him become the Angel King of the Thief Sequence 1, and eliminate Amon's other clones as much as possible..."

Others, of course, also have clauses to ensure their own safety.

This is a standard agreement, and the witness is——

Tang held the agreement and looked at the countless twisted and swirling mystical symbols in the corner, but did not try to identify them.

His spiritual intuition prevented him from doing anything irreparable.

A Sequence 1 with sufficient experience, high status, and no major worries. This kind of help is more powerful to Tang than Abraham.

As for the price he had to pay...

"The trend of the times? When did this happen? It wasn't even stated in the contract."

Doesn't this mean that it's Grandpa Pales who has the final say on when to hand over the Sequence 1 Time Worm Beyonder characteristic? It's an open-ended labor contract, and the old man doesn't even object to a contract that clearly has loopholes in the rules?

"It always feels like a contract to sell one's body..."

"…Grandpa not only didn't object, he was actually happy to sign the agreement," the system muttered.

Pales Zoroast was nearly killed by a series of misfortunes. The arrival of the power of Sefirah Fort, symbolizing the Lord of Mysteries, the suspected resurrection of the Lord of Mysteries, and the subsequent appearance of the Goddess of Night... Amon was killed. If he said anything, he might even have to become a Sequence 1 Beyonder.

You know, the Beyonders of the same path and sequence are the most clear about how difficult Amon is.

What kind of thing could be so good as to allow Amon to explode his equipment within five minutes?
Tang didn't hear the system's quiet beeping. He felt baffled, yet somehow it made sense. He was already ready to give up, feeling that no matter how big the situation, it wouldn't affect his nerves. "Okay, so what's next?"

The system took out the magical item that had been made earlier, which was created using Amon's extraordinary characteristics.

It was a pocket watch with twelve hands inlaid in the dark gold dial. Six of them shone brightly, while the other six were as black as ink. They were mixed with each other and placed chaotically in the not-so-big pocket watch, rotating on their own.

It feels slightly cool when I touch it. The object itself seems to have an absolutely constant temperature. No matter how warm it is, it cannot be easily heated up.

The system pops up the corresponding introduction.

Item Information: A magical item crafted from the Beyonder properties of a Sequence 1 Time Worm, retaining a certain 'alive' quality.

'This item has twelve pointers that can steal and store stolen objects. When the user turns the balance wheel, by injecting a certain amount of spiritual energy, the user can steal the target object they desire.'

This type of stealing is targeted at one target and can only be used three times within a short period of time. Each stealing attempt will occupy one pointer. The number of items stolen at a time varies, ranging from a minimum of four to a maximum of ten. The user can select three fixed items for each stealing attempt. This fixed stealing method has a certain probability of failure. Following the principle of "the more you understand the stealing, the higher the success rate," failure will turn the stealing into a random stealing attempt.

By turning the balance wheel and reversing the direction of the pointer, you can release all stolen items at once, or you can release only a specific item from a pointer, with the effect being equivalent to the corresponding level of power of the stolen item.

Negative impact: It's a living magical item. The longer the wearer carries it, the more likely it is to have important things stolen from them, including authority, Beyonder abilities, Beyonder characteristics, lifespan, thoughts, behavioral logic, and so on. Please note that in this case, stolen items cannot be returned and will become the item's inherent Beyonder abilities. At the same time, it will involuntarily approach high-sequence Beyonders in the surrounding Thief's Path, attempting to make them its carriers. If no one is using it, it will attempt to escape its current state and seek out new Beyonders in the Thief's Path by any means, sending some of its own 'little thoughts' to the holder.

"Sealing method: The owner of this item must be changed regularly. Nothing related to theft is allowed to appear around the owner. The owner must be in an absolutely sealed environment of mysticism, and any form of interaction with the outside world is prohibited... unless you are its former owner."

Former owner?
Okay, okay, come for me.

Tang held the pocket watch in his hand, not knowing whether to throw it away or not.

"I can only say that it is worthy of being a Level 0 Sealed Artifact." He put his hand down helplessly.

"I can steal four to ten Beyonder abilities at a time. I can steal three times from the same target within a short period of time. The maximum is thirty, and the minimum is twelve. And based on my understanding, at least nine of them are what I want..."

If it was just a demigod at the saint level, this wave of theft would really be a dimensionality reduction attack.

A powerful "0" level seal, but even more troublesome are its negative effects.

"This is the situation after the intervention and optimization by the 'Craftsman'. Just like a never-ending theater, a seal of this level inherently has powerful, terrifying, and strange negative effects, and can only be influenced through certain means."

The system optimized the Never-Ending Theater to be "Theater Controlled by the Ring of the Master", and optimized the pocket watch to be "Full Control by Master Amon".

"Matching?"

He couldn't help but suspect that the monocle and the pocket watch were matching magical items.

There is a remnant of Amon's spirit in the monocle!

"Next thing."

I feel like my hair is going to fall out... Can a miracle worker perform a 'hair growth miracle'?

If this miracle could be made constant, could it be sold for a good price?

Tang, whose mind had unknowingly strayed into the sea of ​​​​rage, immediately came back to his senses and listened to the system telling him everything that had happened in the past few days when he was asleep. After seeing that there was indeed no major event that shocked his world view, he breathed a sigh of relief.

“It’s really hard to make money.”

'This question...' It understands!

Tang didn't hesitate, "Shut up."

'QAQ'

After categorizing the things and letting the system reorganize them, Tang prepared to go see Grandpa Pales.

Of course, this time he went to meet her as a secret puppet.

Grandpa Pales is very interested in the entire theater. He has been trying to understand everything here in the past few days and has shown considerable curiosity.

Miskatonic University, which blends the style of time travel into the pre-modern era, is like a non-existent miracle to people of this era. Especially some of the things taught in this university, even the bigwigs in the world of mysticism can't help but be amazed.

"Is this the sealed object? Was this your idea?"

The secret doll next to him turned its head slightly and still caught the attention of Pales. Pales was sitting on a chair, holding a notebook, and taking notes leisurely. Seeing that the secret doll next to him was a little curious, he did not hide it. He spread his hands and showed the notes to the secret doll next to him openly.

Through the eyes of the secret doll, Tang saw that the notes were covered with strange symbols. These did not belong to any branch of linguistics, but were more like a kind of writing created by the old man.

"Those kids used to always love playing these little games. While the words they created didn't possess the extraordinary power of mysticism, they were still secretive and entertaining enough," Pales said with a touch of nostalgia. "They weren't very old, but they were quite clever."

Tang: “…”

He suspected that the old man was pointing at him, but he had no evidence.

Moreover, Pales should have seen his future self. If his current behavior is very different from his future self, will the angel find out?

No, that can't be said. The first person to come into contact with the old man was himself at Sequence 4. This should be because his future self is so different from his present self. How can I explain it?

Pales looked at the marionette beside him, its clear yet slightly foolish gaze, and suddenly asked, "You should be able to advance to Ancient Scholar, right?"

Tang: “Hmm…”

Pales put down his notebook. "I know the location of an ancient scholar of the Secret Order."

Tang: "Hmm?"

Pales said gently, as if teasing a younger person: "Are you interested?"

"If you're not interested, I have a list of the main ingredients, auxiliary ingredients, and rituals for the potion that I can use to deceive my mentor. I can also tell you if you need me to."

Tang: “…Well, wait a moment.”

The three modal particles show that Tang's mood fluctuates.

After cutting off the connection with the secret doll, Tang felt his brain start beating again.

"How could I have thought that Grandpa was easier to get along with than Amon?" He felt a toothache. "A Beyonder who has lived for nearly a thousand years, lived through the history of the Fourth Epoch, and experienced the Pale Calamity and the Four Emperors' War. He's a Sequence 1 powerhouse."

Oh, and that terrifying insight that showed he wasn't Amon after just a few seconds of panic.

If it weren't for the "contract", Tang would never have dared to go to the old man in the form of a secret doll, and it would even be impossible for him to get close to the theater. He could only contact him through the dimensionality reduction projection of Euclidean space.

"I'm just an ordinary trickster. I just want to quietly hide in a dark corner, level up, and then amaze everyone."

In front is Archbishop Chanis, who was obviously sent by the Goddess of Night. Behind him is an old angel who looks cheerful but is actually full of twists and turns in his mind and is not weak at all. In the middle, the "0" level seal in his hand is a big thunder.

Ahhhhh, Dad, come and save me.

A dead grandfather, an amnesiac father, a useless brother and a broken self.

What have you done to my future self? Please write me an instruction manual before you leave!
(End of this chapter)