Secret: The years I served as a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 420: The God of Fraud
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Silver City, top of the round tower.

After properly sealing all the extraordinary items, Derrick Berg waited for a long time, but did not receive any response from Mr. Fool.

The negative effect tips and corresponding sealing suggestions given by the Fool were quite useful, and Silver City successfully placed them without any loss. Silver City also had to keep these extraordinary items well, and use them when necessary, but they could not be damaged or used for promotion, and had to wait for Mr. Fool's followers to take them away.

Derrick was not surprised.

As the price for this help, The Fool promised to fulfill one of Colin Iliad's wishes - except helping them leave the God-Forsaken Land - this additional condition made Colin Iliad and Derrick a little uneasy, wondering whether it meant "not necessary" or "cannot be done".

But now, the Fool's lack of response made him panic. He didn't understand what this meant, nor did he know how to deal with it.

This has never happened before.

Mr. Fool is in a state where he cannot respond to prayers? However, He sent all of Mr. World's belongings here, which should mean that Mr. World will come here... Is this the reason for not responding for the time being? Mr. Fool is talking to Mr. World? Derrick had not yet calmed down his anxiety and tension when he suddenly felt his heartbeat quicken. He slightly widened his eyes and saw that the gray mist like a tide gradually became thinner and went away.

Derrick looked up in astonishment, and saw seven ribbons of light hanging in the sky in the distance, like the legendary "rainbow".

The gray fog gradually faded away and returned to the sky. After a brief moment of shock, fear and sadness flooded Derrick's heart like a tide, almost drowning him. Derrick suddenly felt his eyes burning, breathing difficult, and he almost felt dizzy.

It was no wonder that he had such a big reaction, because similar situations were recorded in the textbooks of Silver City:

The Creator who normally responded to believers suddenly stopped responding one day, and then did not respond to any prayers for more than a thousand years. The great Lord abandoned this land!
After a few seconds of silence, Derrick stood up and returned to the chief's room. He smiled and said to Colin Iliad:

“Chief! Mr. Fool has responded to me. Now that the matter has been completed, we only need to wait for His next instruction.”

"Just wait for the next instructions?... I understand." The "Demon Hunter" Colin frowned slightly and then relaxed his brows. He didn't find it too strange. After all, it is impossible for gods to always have time to care about human affairs.

Derrick Berg had received the Fool's oracle for a year and would definitely not falsify such matters.

Derrick resisted the instinctive reaction of scratching the back of his head and maintained a flawless cheerful smile and tone. He didn't add anything because he knew that in front of Colin Iliad, the more he said and the more he added, the more he would be discovered to be wrong.

"Is there anything else?"

"Nothing."

The gray-haired Colin Iliad stared at him for a few seconds, but didn't notice anything unexpected. He nodded and said:
"Okay, you go back first."

Derrick nodded, and left the round tower without any abnormality, walked through the city and streets without any abnormality, and returned to the house he lived in. It was not until he closed the door and lay on the bed that Derrick slowly, slowly exhaled.

His palms were covered in sweat, his eyes were a little flustered and at a loss, but there was no fear or despair.

Soon, his eyes became firm again.

……

Late at night, Leonard arrived at the street where the "River and Sea Church" was located.

In order not to attract other people's attention, Leonard chose to stand low-key under a dim street lamp. From his angle, he could see the "Substituted Punishers" busy at work, and the senior deacon of the "Substituted Punishers" he was familiar with seemed to be on patrol and did not appear here.

Leonard looked for a while, but didn't see any familiar faces, so he looked away and whispered to the air:

"Old man, I just tried, but I couldn't summon Klein's messenger!"

"Where did the mutilated angel go?"

Pales Zoroast did not answer immediately. Half a minute later, his voice appeared in Leonard's mind:

"Use your brain."

"Can't you just tell me directly? How could I possibly know these things..." Leonard muttered to himself, thinking hard, "Is it related to the assassination of George III? I remember Klein was very dissatisfied with his style."

The death of George III had brought extreme busyness, and he had been on duty all night during this period and was given a five-hour holiday today.

Of course, as the captain of the "Red Gloves", he knew more than the reporters in some aspects. Leonard was extremely sure that George III was dead and the eldest prince was about to inherit the Balam Crown and the Loen Crown. However, he did not expect that the final decision would be that Pope Gad II, the God of Thunder, would temporarily act as the crown - the leader of politics and the church became the same person, and the country seemed to be heading in an unpredictable direction.

Pales hummed but didn't deny it.

Anyone who can hold a deification ceremony is, at the very least, a Sequence 1 angel. Klein could actually directly participate in such a thing... Thinking that he was near the church, Leonard looked around, covered his mouth with one hand, and lowered his voice: "Could it be that because of the destruction of the ceremony of a being who is about to become a god, Mr. Fool has been hurt? Is Klein in danger because of this?"

"How can an old and weak angel like me know about the Fool? But I do have some guesses about your former colleague..."

Pales muttered a few words and said slowly:

"This should involve the battle for Sefirah Castle."

"The changes in Sefirah Castle attracted Zaratul. How could Amon not have noticed it?"

"He may have fallen into Amon's hands."

Leonard's expression changed drastically. He stepped back again, hiding in the darkness. He quietly recited the Fool's Honorable Name and asked about Klein's recent situation.

After telling the story about Klein, Leonard ended his prayer and waited for Mr. Fool to respond.

However, nearly a quarter of an hour passed and he still didn't get any feedback.

"..." Leonard's spirit tensed up uncontrollably, and he asked in a low voice with concern, "Old man, is there any way you can provide a little help? Isn't Amon your biggest enemy?"

Such help might be limited, but it should be able to pull Klein out of this vortex.

Upon hearing this, Pales Zoroast laughed and said with obvious self-mockery:
"Are you expecting too much from me?"

"Indeed, if Amon gets Sefirah Castle, I will surely die at His hands, and I may not even survive this winter. If Sefirah Castle remains with The Fool, I may still have a chance to survive in the future."

"But do I, an old fellow who has just recovered my Sequence 2 strength, have the ability to interfere in a fight of this level?"

“Even if we use the ‘Yesterday Reappearance’ spell, what can we do in just two or three seconds? Yes, yes, at the critical moment this may help the ‘Fool’ to distort the situation, but now I don’t even know where they are fighting, how can I seize the opportunity?”

Leonard was silenced by the old man's series of words. He immediately lowered his head, raised his hands, pressed both sides of his head, and whispered to himself:
"Could it be that I can only watch helplessly like this..."

"No, there is one more thing you can do." Pales said, "See the church in front of you that belongs to the God of Thunder? Go in and stay there. If you don't reveal yourself, Amon will never become a true god until he kills me."

……

"Sephiroth? There are so many different kinds?"

Klein, who forcibly captured Amon, thought about the information Amon provided and felt a little unbelievable.

There are actually many kinds of things like "Source Castle", and there are many of them!
Inside the "Source Castle", Klein in his dream seemed to have a sense of something. He seemed to see the deep red star representing the "sun" hidden in the gray fog. It then expanded rapidly and then suddenly contracted. This process was repeated continuously, emitting circles of light containing the sound of prayer.

Not far away, the crimson star representing the Magician remained in a similar state because the Fool had never responded. The halos, ripples, and vibrations created by the two gradually intertwined, overlapped, and became increasingly intense.

In the dream, the calls of these prayers seemed to become very far away. When I listened carefully, the illusory and overlapping sounds of prayer in my ears became noisier, more chaotic, and louder than before.

However, Klein could tell that the prayers came from a woman and a man, and he could vaguely grasp certain content: the woman seemed to mention "thanks" and "angel protection", and the man used Giant language, and the key word seemed to be ritual.

Ritual, Giant language... This is from the little "Sun"... Silver City has already preserved my sealed object and is waiting for my response? I don't have time now, so I may have to talk about other things later... The woman might be Miss Magician, yes, it should be Miss Fors. I just gave all the paper angels to her. She can hold out as long as she can in the full moon whispers... Klein pulled the corner of his mouth, and his expression remained calm as he looked at Amon at the end of the long table, frowning and saying:

"What exactly is Sefirah? Sefirah Castle is also a part of Sefirah? So how many Sefirahs exist?"

Amon pinched his monocle. Before he answered, Klein had already formed a guess.

He looked at the bronze table in front of him and the gray fog in the distance, and asked Amon uncertainly: "Source Castle corresponds to 'Fortress', 'Thief' and 'Apprentice', and these three paths are adjacent paths."

"Among the 22 known pathways on this planet, there are 'Pharmacist' and 'Farmer', 'Prisoner' and 'Criminal', 'Generalist' and 'Secret Peer', 'Witch' and 'Hunter', and 'Shepherd', which has five adjacent pathways... Since Sefirah Castle corresponds to three adjacent pathways, does that mean that after these pathways are grouped, they each occupy one Sefirah?" Klein got the answer from Amon's expression and became more certain, "In other words, there should be nine Sefirahs on Earth?"

“No, is it nine or eight?” Klein thought of the “fate” that had no adjacent pathways.

Amon seemed to have relaxed and nodded happily: "You are very perceptive. Yes, the 'Destiny' path also has a corresponding source element. It is said to be a key, and there is an incomplete one that has no corresponding path... So, for us, there are nine."

"Then why do I only see Sefirah Castle now?"

Klein frowned and looked around with a probing look in his eyes. "Since you can find me easily, it means that the gods and angels from other paths can definitely find the corresponding source. Have they found it, or not?"

So far, Klein's spiritual perception has not issued any warning, and this knowledge is still safe and within the acceptable range.

He finally asked the question he wanted to know most, and at the same time prepared himself to forget it once he left:

"What exactly is the Sephiroth?"

"The Sephiroth is what makes one an Old One."

Amon pinched the frame of the mirror and said with a smile:

"I can give you some intelligence and reveal some news about other source materials. Of course, only their names." "I won't give you anything other than the Source Castle." Klein repeated this sentence for the fourth time. Every time Amon made a suggestion, he would repeat this sentence. This time, he successfully saw the smile on Amon's face that almost broke.

"...I know, you don't have to say it so many times."

Amon took a deep breath and restrained himself. "The Hanged Man should have told you about the 'Chaos Sea' and Medici. Medici may not tell you his dark history, but I can tell you that He once tried to contain the 'City of Disaster' but failed, and was contaminated in the reverse direction. He was almost contained in the reverse direction... Do you understand? There is also a chance of failure."

"So, you are very lucky. You can completely control Sefirah Castle. And I am also very lucky. I can steal your complete control over Sefirah Castle to the greatest extent possible, so that I can also easily control Sefirah Castle."

Amon seemed to have deliberately avoided a detail, but Klein was not deceived by Him. He understood what Amon said, completely!
The source is not dead!
Klein's eyes widened slightly, and he immediately thought of his deduction from a long time ago -

"Source Castle" is the inactive "Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun", "Lord of Mysteries!"

Now, this inference was confirmed by Amon!

Amon's expression was very indifferent. He and Klein observed each other. He was not sure whether the True Creator had told Klein the relationship between the "Lord of Mysteries" and Sefirah Castle, but when he thought about it carefully, he needed at least an angel to understand this knowledge roughly. Klein was only Sequence 3 now, and the True Creator had gone to the Eastern Continent. He definitely didn't know - the corners of Amon's mouth rose slightly.

Klein thought: "The True Creator didn't tell me about the Chaos Sea. Why do you think He told me? What did He do that would make you notice..." Klein said suddenly, "It's the Eastern Continent, right? Is there a connection between the Chaos Sea and the Eastern Continent?"

Amon almost applauded Klein's wisdom:

"Yes, the Chaos Sea is deep in the East Continent. My father came from there, so He is the same person as you."

He is the same person as me...

Klein sighed softly - as of now, Amon didn't seem to be sure that he was a person from the old days like the ancient sun god. Klein would not take the initiative to expose it, but there was no guarantee that He would realize this later.

Without waiting for Klein to respond, Amon spoke up:

"The 'Sea of ​​Chaos' is very large, almost filling up the center of the earth and submerging the layers above. It is also the only 'Source' that is both real and illusory and has a direct entrance in the real world. The others are either completely illusory and hidden somewhere, or absolutely real and coexist with reality."

The Chaos Sea symbolizes God, and God's spirit is more active than that of the Lord of Mysteries - Amon didn't say it either.

"I found something very interesting inside. The first 'blasphemous slab' should have been conceived there, but was later pulled away from the ground by some force before it was complete."

"My father may have browsed the 'blasphemous slate' at first, so when he fell, his remnants condensed into a second 'blasphemous slate'."

Is this the origin of the two "blasphemous slabs"? No wonder the ancient sun god was so powerful in the late Second Epoch... Klein seemed to understand something vaguely, and subconsciously asked:
"What's the difference between the two 'blasphemous tablets'?"

Amon adjusted the position of his crystal monocle and said:

"The second 'blasphemous slate' has some changed sequence names and added some content.

"Those contents contain secrets that transcend the sequence."

"Beyond the sequence?" Klein's pupils slightly widened. He felt that a guess he had long held had been initially confirmed. His guess about the source substance also became clearer. "Are there other levels above Sequence 0?"

He didn't feel any danger on Sefirah Castle, but he guessed that this thing shouldn't be something he could listen to now - otherwise the real Creator would have told him! Did Amon tell him these things in order to make him explode and die after leaving Sefirah Castle?
Amon smiled and said:

"Almost, but that's not an accurate description."

"I like to call that level 'Above the Sequence'. Some true gods also name it in other ways. Some call it 'The Old Days', some call it 'Outer Gods', and some refer to it as 'Starry Sky'."

"Starry sky"... As soon as Klein heard this term, his spiritual intuition began to frantically warn him.

Almost at the same time, he heard Amon stretch out his hand with a smile, pointing to the sky and saying:
"Outside this planet, there are several 'Old Ones' surrounding it. They are waiting for the moment when the barrier disappears, waiting to come in and divide up the pathways and essence of this planet. The Blue Planet, or the Earth, is just a small crab cage, and we are all their food."

"And the Sephiroth can make the gods become 'Old Ones'."

"The Sefirah Castle you possess is one of the most powerful Sefirahs, and it can make you the strongest 'Old One', the Lord of Mysteries..."

Amon's voice seemed to carry some kind of demonic quality. He called out to the "Lord of Mysteries" on Sefirah Castle in a language that carried extraordinary power. Under the deliberate influence of this Angel King, the world in the dream suddenly began to collapse into large patches of gray fog. Klein raised his eyebrows, and immediately left the dream divination and returned to the real Sefirah Castle.

As soon as he woke up from the dream, Klein clearly felt that he had digested a lot of "Ancient Scholar" potions in this dream and learned a lot of incredible knowledge. Then, he saw a figure begin to gather at the end of the long table. The next moment, Amon, who was wearing a pointed hat, a monocle, and a classical magician's robe, appeared in his eyes. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, with unspeakable joy.

His eyes suddenly widened.

Klein's mind suddenly exploded, and all his thoughts were occupied by Amon's crazy muttering:

"I do want to become the new master of Sefirah Castle, but I don't want to shoulder that heavy fate and burden..."

"To tell you the truth, the demon that's chasing you isn't actually a demon, but one of the Old Ones from outer space. Because of this, He is particularly wary of you who owns Sefirah Castle, because He believes that you will become the Lord of Mysteries... Ha, who knows?"

This sentence suddenly disrupted Klein's thoughts, causing him to once again reveal an expression of shock and surprise.

Is this the real reason why Edward Vaughn hunted down this little demigod and even started to root him out at Sequence 7?

The knowledge of the Outer Gods and the Old Ones once again filled his mind, leaving him unable to utter a word.

"I was indeed deceiving you. Everything I revealed at the beginning was just to make you think that I was afraid of being hunted down and unwilling to accept Sefirah Castle. But do you think I would give up an opportunity to make myself stronger?"

"Do you think I really need to talk to you to get any information?"

"I have been in the God-Forsaken Land for more than a thousand years, searching for the oldest history, the history that transcends the First Age."

"The only purpose of my talking to you and giving you information is to give you some time and some historical knowledge, so that you can digest the Ancient Scholar potion and relax your guard in this regard. Then, when your connection with Sefirah Castle deepens, I will seize this opportunity, exploit the loophole, and directly steal Sefirah Castle."

Dangerous knowledge lingered in Klein's mind. He watched Amon stretch out his hand and wave it. The chair in the Sefirah Castle that was not under his control suddenly disappeared. Amon had initially mastered a part of the power of the Sefirah Castle. As the King of Angels, He possessed power that was infinitely close to that of a true God. He could even use the Sefirah Castle itself to erase the pollution that shouldn't exist!

At the same time, the seat behind Klein suddenly collapsed into mist, and the ground beneath his feet also broke apart, and his spirit body suddenly fell!
“He” pinched the crystal monocle and looked at the falling Klein with a happy smile:

"The fate belongs to you, and 'Origin Castle' belongs to me."

Amon turned and left, but he didn't see——Klein was slightly stunned after hearing these words, and then he showed an incredible smile.

The "destiny" to become the Lord of Mysteries is mine!

TBC
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Klein suddenly woke up and found himself standing next to the Loen-Feysac boundary monument, with his feet already in Feysac.

An unknown bird’s cry came from afar. Klein subconsciously looked up and saw a hardy bird flying out of the woods with a noticeable white circle on its right eye.

Amon!

Amon is here, that's why I am attracted here!
Klein understood all of a sudden. He shook his head and felt as if he had forgotten something, but he still remembered clearly what happened in Sefirah Castle. He was about to leave when he suddenly heard a very subtle sound of metal collision.

The ends of his hair on the back of his head were gently moved by something, and Klein heard a familiar voice saying in an unfamiliar tone:
"Where is Sefirah Castle?"

Edward Vaughan stood behind him.

"Oh, your fate has changed..." Edward looked at him in surprise, and suddenly said to the air, "Don't distract me now. I can see that the future has changed, and Sefirah Castle has disappeared... On Amon? I saw it."

Klein listened to Edward talking to himself for a few sentences, as if someone was talking to him.

Before he had time to think about what was going on, suddenly, he heard an explosion in his ears, and then the whole world became dark.

“His possibilities changed.”

Edward calmly let the gun disappear, casually glanced in the direction of the southern continent, hesitated for a moment, closed his eyes, and opened them again.

A pair of light blue eyes looked at everything around, looked up at the sky, and then looked at the world in the distance.

The unchanging world and lines suddenly extended some new possibilities that cannot be ignored. These things gathered together and moved towards a new future that has not yet been woven.

His expression became a little strange, and he glanced at the headless corpse at his feet:

"The possibility of changing the world has emerged..."

"…appeared after his death."

Obviously, Klein could be resurrected once more, although I didn't know how he could do it without Sefirah Castle. At the same time, a choice appeared - if nothing happened, I would definitely wait here for him to be resurrected and then kill him again.

but now……

His power and instinct are curious about the emergence of new possibilities.

After thinking for a moment, Edward listened to his other self muttering in his ear for a while, then turned and entered the spirit world to look for Amon's trace.

(End of this chapter)