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

Chapter 468 Silver City

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Amon disappeared over the horizon before Klein's eyes.

Klein tactically leaned back, slowed down his running speed, and slowly stopped more than ten meters outside the strange deep pit, tightly grasping the glowing golden cross in his hand. - Not sure if it was his illusion, he seemed to feel that "God" was watching this farce with interest.

"…Your Highness the Red Angel?"

Klein stood outside the pit, craned his neck slightly, and shouted uncertainly.

Then he heard a strong response from the pit. It was a little vague, but it was indeed the familiar voice of Medici.

Klein finally felt relieved and breathed a long sigh of relief. He realized that his back was soaked with sweat. His tense mind suddenly relaxed and he almost lost his balance and sat down on the ground.

On the surface, he did force Amon to escape, but if given a choice, who would really exchange their life for the other person's clone?
He used this move as a backup hidden energy source. The focus of the mutual destruction was not on Klein himself, but on God.

I thought that when the Amons found Pallez Zoroast's trace and realized that they didn't want to hurt innocent people, they would just surround him in a large group and should not be afraid of death. However, I didn't expect that he was still unwilling to be buried with a Sequence 3 Saint.

As a result, they were forced to retreat by his change of offensive.

Of course, Klein also feared God. He was not only afraid of God's power, but also of his ability to educate and brainwash everything. He looked around in this world and realized that faith was such a terrifying thing.

The gods regard humans as objects, and humans also think they are indeed the property of the gods, just as Amon can confidently say "believers belong to me, and I can punish them if they change their beliefs", just as everyone thinks that they need to believe in a god, and those who do not think so are not necessarily treasonous, but they are definitely eye-catching. The humans in this world are so docile that even if their faith is not enough, they can spontaneously be "pious", take the initiative to become the objects of the gods, the anchors of the gods, the resources of the gods, and the servants of the gods, and use this to compete with each other.

Klein had no faith, nor did he think he would believe in anything. If he would also revere and believe in God devoutly as the other party expected after meeting him, would he still be Klein Moretti at that time? Or would he still be Zhou Mingrui from the past?
It’s definitely not the case anymore, at least it’s no different from being dead.

Just like Emlyn once said, "If one day, I really decide to convert to Mother Earth, I hope that it is a decision I make based on my own will, not psychological suggestion or brainwashing"...

But after thinking about it carefully, sitting down was not a bad idea. Standing was tiring. Klein looked around, wiped the sweat from his head, and quickly moved to a rock a few meters away and sat down. He calmed his breath and waited for the divine Medici to reappear.

This period of time is neither long nor short, it has been almost ten days. Where has Medici been during this time?

Why didn’t Hermes come back? Was he behind or did he go to another city first?
The matter of Amon came to an end for the time being. At least in the East Continent, it was impossible for the main body to immediately dispatch a Sequence One Amon to deal with Medici. If a Sequence One Amon really came, the Angel of Destiny in the nearby Silver City would definitely not sit idly by.

If the angels of destiny were to move, then this matter would immediately be elevated to the level of a war between gods. The next step would be for God to rise up and arrest people. This great god would suddenly revive the dead, and perhaps even he, his two angels, Silver City, Moon City, and Amon himself would not be able to escape.

So nothing should happen anymore, unless Amon hopes to explode with God today.

Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Klein has completely let it go.

Angel of Destiny…

Klein sighed and suppressed his doubts in his heart, waiting to ask Medici later.

About half a minute later, just as Klein had caught his breath, he saw two hands emerging from both sides of the pit. The two hands pressed on the ground and pushed hard. The Red Angel jumped out of the pit very nimbly, with some dirt on his body.

He first stood firmly on the ground and looked at Klein. Before he could say hello, he suddenly asked:

"Is this Amon useful?"

Klein immediately shook his head: "It's useless. I'm worried that I won't be able to kill him."

Medici understood and immediately jumped down with great force. There was a strange muffled sound and a burst of flames broke out in the pit like a volcanic eruption. When he came up again, Medici had a transparent, twelve-segmented Time Worm in his hand.

“He” threw the Time Worm into Klein’s hand and said, “Kill it.”

"Great!" Klein said immediately, "Praise the Red Angel!"

He stood up and was about to move closer when he suddenly saw Medici narrow his eyes, motioning him to stop and saying "Don't move".

Then, Klein felt his heart suddenly begin to heat up, as if a ball of fire was stuffed into it. In his mind, he heard a "hissing" sound of something burning. Klein immediately felt his throat itchy. He bent over and coughed, and one... two burnt Time Worms were coughed out by him!
"Two?"

Klein's eyes widened. The mental link seemed to temporarily increase his tactical and conspiracy abilities. Looking at the two bugs, Klein almost immediately thought of what this Amon clone was planning to do:
At the beginning, Amon directly controlled his body and throat. He thought it must be a deep-level parasitism and didn't think there would be two;
And the deep-level parasitism is just to prevent Klein from noticing the other Time Worm!

Even if Klein really had the ability to remove this deep-level parasitism, it would certainly take a huge amount of effort. Then when he thought he was out of trouble, Amon only needed to think about it and parasitize him again, leaving him powerless to fight back since his trump card had already been exposed.

Is there a way for me to get rid of the parasite? Well... there is probably a way. With the help of "War Red" and the mind link, it is not impossible to expel Amon's clone. Or if I pray to Hermes and Hermes responds to me, it will not be difficult to expel the Sequence 3 parasite with the help of His power...

There are always more solutions than problems. As long as you are determined to survive, you will definitely be able to accomplish something.

But Klein still couldn't help but think, if I fail to escape and am parasitized by Amon again, what will Amon do?
Thinking of this, the words that the clone had said before, "Once I discover your weakness, I can easily make you collapse," came to mind. Klein unconsciously clenched his hands and thought of the innocent people in Silver City and Moon City who had not yet been parasitized.

Medici walked over and patted Klein on the shoulder, dispelling the indignation in Klein's heart:

"Why are you chasing that boy?"

"I thought the one being chased in front was you. Fortunately, I took a closer look and I almost kicked the wrong person."

Klein smiled and briefly recounted what had happened before: "I threatened him by summoning God to die together with me. He seemed to cherish his life and refused to die with me. He wanted to hide behind the scenes to control me. In the end, I had to chase him."

"Why does it sound like this guy wants to play the role of 'Master of Secret Puppetry'? Well, now that he has occupied Sefirah Castle, it's not surprising that he has some of the problems and abilities of your three paths."

Medici recalled the time when he was threatened by the "Strange Mage" and was not surprised. Then, his voice became a little low:
"What did he do to those survivors that made you so angry that you wanted to die with him?"

Klein's expression suddenly darkened, and he was in a bad mood. "I visited Moon City. When he saw me, he parasitized many people and kept letting these people appear in front of me. He seemed to want to make me feel morally painful and attribute the misfortune of these residents to my lack of ability. But I didn't give Amon the opportunity to say this."

There was no need for him to think that this was his fault. Even if he hadn't come, would Amon have let go of these believers who had converted to other gods?
Obviously, it was impossible. The countless cities in the God-forsaken Land that were destroyed after conversion all told of their tragic endings.

——It was easy to think this way, but Klein found that he couldn't be completely emotionless. Even though divinity had long begun to erode his ego and values, he still felt uncomfortable and sad, and regretted that his arrival had brought about their deaths.

Medici did not comment on Amon's behavior, but just asked:
“How many people are parasitized in total?”

"I don't know. I participated in a festival in Moon City and was forced to leave by Amon afterwards. At the festival, I found that at least one-third of the people had been parasitized by Amon. I don't know if there will be an increase in this period."

“All of them…”

"All of them."

Medici stopped talking and pulled Klein towards the direction of Silver City, silently taking out another cigarette.

Yes, Amon never took "people" seriously. If He knew that a competitor of the "Lord of Mysteries" was coming, but did not take ruthless action against those believers, those city-states whose lights were stolen in an instant would cry out for injustice. Most "people" were probably not as interesting to Him as the pebbles on the roadside. He could wipe out the personalities of countless people without any psychological burden, and then use their skins to intimidate and kill more people. And these despair and pain were not interesting to Him.

It is true that the "Angel of Time" is not cruel, and will not torture others for fun like the extraordinary people of the previous Indulgence Sect and the Celestial Sect. Even if the "Angel of Time" parasitizes tens of thousands of people in one breath, and allows darkness to bury tens of thousands of people in one breath, it probably will not get any pleasure.

Does the behavior of the Angel of Time prove that He hates humans? Klein thinks this is a question mark.

He probably didn't think it was fun or that killing people was a way to vent his anger, he just wanted to do it and then he really took action.

"Amon is still too young."

Medici lit a cigarette for himself and said lightly:

"He left his destiny to you before, and drove Sefirah Castle away. Now he is worried that you, who have your destiny, will get ahead of him. This is really petty. When I think about the fact that the Lord once asked me to teach Him, I feel ashamed. Fortunately, He never told anyone that I taught Him."

...What kind of complaint is this... I don't ask for anything else from you, except that if you get into trouble in the future, don't tell anyone about me... Klein recalled this sentence with mixed feelings in his mind, and quickly pasted the corresponding clips onto Medici and Amon's faces. He couldn't help but twitch his lips, and he felt better and not as uncomfortable as before.

Klein asked casually:
"If it were you, what would you do?"

"Me? Of course I have to behave well to you, and it would be best if I could show compassion and enlightenment. You like being with humans, so I will do my best to give benefits to Moon City and Silver City. Anyway, there are no other faith resources in the outside world, so you can only stay here."

Medici answered seriously without thinking, and flicked the ash off his cigarette with his fingers:
"You have a family, so I will bless them. The Lord of Mysteries certainly has the power of destiny. I will then bring good luck to your brother, sister, relatives and friends around you, so that they can live a happy life. Even if you lose your humanity in the future, will you remain indifferent when you see this? Even if you are indifferent emotionally, you will know rationally that you owe me a favor."

"In short, if I need you to help me block the Lord of Mysteries, I must make you remember my kindness, so that you will take the initiative to work hard to stay alive. Killing and imprisoning are always the worst ways to do things. What's more, hehehe——"

Medici took a long puff of his cigarette and sneered:
"He doesn't have the courage to kill you."

The War Angel explained the interests clearly in just a few words. Klein nodded slightly, not surprised.

This is his weakness, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, some people know how to achieve a win-win situation, while some people only use their weaknesses to threaten others.

Klein is not a completely soft persimmon without temper. If he is really pushed into a corner, the previous chase scene will happen.

"That's the bad thing about Amon. He wasn't that rebellious when he was young. At most, he liked to play pranks. But at that time, who would really take the pranks of a little angel who hadn't experienced the turbulent times when the Lord was fighting against the gods seriously?"

Medici also felt that he was a little sentimental, but he couldn't help but said indignantly:

"The Lord himself is also partial. He wanted a little guy at that time to become the Lord of Mysteries, and later Bethel Abraham. He never intended to push Amon forward. Although there is no real blood relationship, he is also his creation and his own child."

"After that, without his supervisor, he became more and more excessive and lawless. In the Fourth Epoch, he opposed the gods and joined Tudor. After Tudor fell, he ran directly back to the God-forsaken Land. His mind is very simple. He only knows that he is high above others and has never thought about judging the situation. There is no other way. After all, birds don't have big brains in order to fly, let alone this little crow who is spoiled by the master and doesn't know east, west, south or north."

At this moment, all the Amons in the entire God-Forsaken Land either felt their noses itchy or looked around as if someone was saying something bad about them.

Klein looked at the Red Angel with admiration. This was the first time he had seen such a vivid and weird look. He still had a lot to learn in the future.

"Let's not talk about that kid anymore, he's very unlucky!"

Medici didn't mention Hermes, and jumped directly to the local customs and practices that Hermes had been stalling for time to talk about before. He chatted with Klein about this and that. As they walked, the outline of the Silver City grew larger and larger on the horizon ahead.

Suddenly, the two looked in the same direction at the same time, and saw a small camp with a bright bonfire and animal skin lanterns hanging. The Beyonders of Silver City were sitting around the bonfire, chatting and laughing, with their weapons at hand, as if they could pick them up at any time to deal with emergencies.

It’s just that—they were frozen in this moment, even the firelight, like lifelike sculptures.

Klein frowned: "Why are they not moving?"

Medici frowned, "There was no cooking, no lighting of the fire, they were frozen at night."

Klein raised his eyebrows and immediately thought of Ouroboros.

With his spiritual thread, he could freeze the people of Silver City at a certain moment, but their heartbeats and breathing could not be faked. These people were still alive, but the puppets were just dead objects.

But before he finished speaking, Medici looked elsewhere, as if he was looking for someone: "Just in time! The Great Snake is in Silver City. I don't know what He did this time. He tricked me with his mysterious words. I came here just to..."

Before He finished speaking, He suddenly looked forward.

Suddenly, a man appeared on the deserted wasteland. His silver-white hair fell to his shoulders and his blue eyes looked at them. He was barefoot and wore the simplest cloth robe, like a little ascetic monk.

TBC
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Medici: Orochi, how come you turned into a child but spoke to me in an adult voice?