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

Chapter 536: All Benefits and No Harm

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Inside Sefirah Castle, after finally using up the power transmitted by Leodero with the help of the historical projection of the Fourth Epoch, Amon tiredly found a place to rest in the mist of history and began to alleviate the impact on himself.

This battle made Amon realize that his abilities were not greatly enhanced by the "Source Castle", or in other words, his extraordinary abilities were sometimes useless in this kind of battle, and there was even a possibility that they were analyzed and learned by the "Omniscient", so he was in such an embarrassing situation.

Fortunately, He was not injured, except that His uniqueness was torn.

After stabilizing himself, Amon planned to continue observing the outside world. Just as he was preparing to do further research, his inspiration suddenly struck him.

"Source Castle" was affected by something!

Amon suddenly raised his head and looked towards the distance where he felt something abnormal. He saw that the gray-white mist there had fluctuated at some point, and it seemed to have formed a certain picture, outlining the figure of a person.

However, it was only an outline now, and the figure had not taken shape. Nor did a door suddenly open as Amon worried, and then Bethel Abraham walked out of it and directly gave himself a set of linked skills.

He just suddenly felt that "Source Castle" had suddenly divided a large part of its authority to another person.

That person is...

"Antigonus..."

Amon pinched his monocle, his expression somewhat solemn. Some gray mist gathered and repaired the cracks on the monocle.

……

Not long after Klein had this thought, he heard a strange answer:

"Is that what you think?"

Klein's thoughts suddenly paused. He stopped thinking in astonishment, but a doubt subconsciously arose: Can Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun hear my thoughts?
How is this possible? Yes, Amon can steal ideas, but He awakened in Antigonus, not Amon!

I didn’t have the feeling of “brain going blank for a moment” when my ideas were stolen just now!

How is it possible that my inner thoughts could be heard like that?

Could it be that He not only awakened in Antigonus, but also awakened in Sefirah Castle at the same time? Could it be that Sefirah Castle has already fallen? If Sefirah Castle has already fallen, and the will of the Lord of Mysteries awakened directly in the Sefirah, does that mean that Amon has become a bun stuffing? Klein couldn't help but think of a lot of random things in his mind, and his train of thought was completely interrupted.

Why could He hear his own thoughts?
No, judging from His tone, would He be willing to agree?

If - if Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun is really willing to give him some time... For an old-time existence, a hundred years should not be a big deal, right? Two hundred years is not that big of a deal either. Maybe a thousand years, or even several thousand years is just a period of sleep, just like what is said in those novels and movies, eight thousand years is spring, eight thousand years is autumn... If He is really willing, then he can just sleep a little longer and give Him the power of the "Lord of Mysteries" so that He can calmly deal with the troubles ahead. Then what reason do I have to refuse?
It’s just what I wanted!
As long as he has strength, everything will be easy. What he lacks most now is strength!

For a moment, Klein wanted to ask Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun what he thought, but he remained cautious and continued to walk forward quickly as if he hadn't heard it.

The balance in his heart was shaken violently by this short sentence, and he almost couldn't control himself from stopping and talking to the Lord of Mysteries. But Klein still chose to continue moving. He didn't know where to go, but he had a vague feeling that it would be best for him to keep moving to prevent his attention from being attracted by the Lord of Mysteries.

The best way to deal with scam calls is to ignore it and pretend you didn't hear it.

In the final analysis, there is only one reason - "You can't trust fraudsters"!
"If this is what you think, then I can satisfy you."

Just as Klein was silently repeating in his heart, "Don't believe it, don't believe it, don't answer it, don't answer it," the voice of Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun appeared in his ears again. This voice was completely different from Antigonus's. Instead, it sounded very much like Klein's own voice—no, it was getting more and more like him! This made Klein extremely alert. The way the other person looked in the mirror was exactly like himself!
The voice lingered in his ears, and seemed to come from behind him.

At this moment, many "Don't Look Back" ghost stories suddenly emerged in Klein's mind. Interestingly, just like the great floods recorded in various civilizations, it seems that in the old era, there were often proverbs and fables with similar cores in the East and the West.

And "looking back" is a dangerous act, which in these stories means giving permission to what is following behind, and therefore also means death.

Thinking of this, Klein didn't dare to stop.

After a few seconds, when there was no more sound in his ears, Klein not only did not feel relieved, but he had an even more creepy feeling - as if someone was sticking closely to his back, standing back to back with him, and a dangerous chill was growing behind him, and it began to penetrate from his back to his whole body bit by bit, and his thoughts began to become slow - Klein took a deep breath, closed his eyes and began to meditate. Countless overlapping golden light balls emerged in his mind, calming his spirit bit by bit.

When he opened his eyes again, he felt that the chill on his back had disappeared.

"not bad."

The lingering Lord of Mysteries began to speak again, causing Klein, who had just calmed down and hadn't breathed a sigh of relief, to almost jump up on the spot.

"I don't actually know what you're thinking."

The Lord of Mysteries spoke to Klein in his voice, with a tone that was obviously frivolous and mocking. Klein was a little uncomfortable. He had never spoken in such a tone before:

"I'm just trying to trick you. If you agree, I can change the conditions as you wish."

My question and answer would be considered as "agreement"? Indeed, if I asked "Are you willing?" or "Really?", it would be equivalent to not directly denying His words, but He actually said nothing. I got a blank check, and the amount on the check could be filled by the Lord of Mysteries himself... As expected, He only awakened initially in Antigonus and did not obtain the Beyonder characteristic of "Thief", so He could not steal my ideas, but He was also cheating without the Beyonder characteristic, and this kind of fraud was much better than Amon's.

Klein wasn't too surprised and still didn't say anything.

Who knows if speaking up now means agreeing to certain conditions?
Listening to the Lord of Mysteries' voice, a figure unconsciously emerged in Klein's mind - let's just think of Him as a human, a figure with a blurry figure and face, shrouded in the gray mist of Sefirah Castle. Although he couldn't see anything clearly, he could instinctively feel that He was smiling in a relaxed manner. Not only was He smiling, but He was also looking at him with a playful look, appreciating his struggle.

The next second, he realized that the picture was drawn by the spirit.

Klein heard the unspoken meaning in the Lord of Mysteries' words—"If you agree to my conditions in surprise, but find that the conditions you thought were completely different from what I agreed to, and you lose yourself like that, you will probably have a very interesting expression."

"You can speak your mind now."

After a pause of a few seconds, the Lord of Mysteries spoke again, giving Klein enough time to digest the information and rethink his thoughts.

But Klein continued to pretend he didn't hear.

"You don't need to be so wary. Ha, I'm not a dictatorial control freak like God who won't allow any lamb to escape from his control. Like I said, I don't even mind your existence because you are weak and insignificant."

"The same is true for your spirit. Although you are very firm now, in a few tens of thousands of years, you will lose your perception of everything around you..."

"Isn't the purpose of your promotion to be close to me and become me?"

His tone became more seductive and deeper, and every word he said hit exactly what Klein was worried about.

Most importantly, the Lord of Mysteries’ voice was exactly the same as Klein’s, and his spiritual intuition, which had already surrendered to the enemy, seemed unable to distinguish who was his master, and continued to go against Klein’s subjective will and sketch out images of spiritual symbols in his mind.

Then, he saw the figure shrouded in gray fog in his mind becoming clearer and clearer, with outlines and a face.

His face was that of Klein Moretti, but he also seemed to have some of Zhou Mingrui's facial features. In his right eye socket, he wore a monocle that gave Klein a bit of a heart attack, but in his eyes, there was a starlight like the universe hidden in Bethel.

He has an ethereal and lofty aura, as if he is overlooking the entire world from a very high place. This is indeed the case - the throne of the master of the spiritual world is at the highest point in the world. Even the seven lights have to look up and cannot even find its specific location.

The gray mist turned into a cloak and robe of the figure, connecting with the mist around the throne. Another piece of it loosely wrapped around the sides of His head, like a hood covering the upper half of His face, but with a hint of an ambiguous smile at the corner of His mouth. A white mask floated beside Him. Although His eyes were blocked, His sight seemed to penetrate this static picture and collided directly with Klein's eyes.

"Lord of the Mysteries."

This term emerged in Klein’s mind.

This is what he dared not think about, but what he most desired to achieve.

The perfect appearance—possessing powerful strength, being in the Source Castle, combining three paths of True God-level Beyonder characteristics, and retaining a certain degree of self-will—Klein didn't dare to think about these things now. He just wanted his humanity to drain away more slowly, and more slowly.

Klein had to admit that he was bewitched. His Adam's apple rolled and he couldn't take his eyes away from his other self.

"This is what you wanted."

"I can give you these."

The Lord of Mysteries' voice was still leisurely and frivolous, but every word he spoke just hit Klein's heart.

Boom boom, boom boom.

Klein heard his own heartbeat quickening.

"It's just to sleep a little longer and let you take my place temporarily... To your ego, you are not even as good as a bug that lives and dies every day. I have lived for hundreds of millions of years in total. Do you think I care about this fleeting moment?"

Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun smiled, was silent for a while, and continued:

"To house three copies of 'The Servant of Mystery', and then to seize the Uniqueness."

"Give me everything you have, and I will give you your ideal form and my power."

After saying this, Klein couldn't help but fall into deep silence.

So different, he thought.

So different from God.

He didn't hate God's Eden, but he did hate His dictatorship, and felt that the world with only one voice was twisted, weird and terrifying. Regardless of whether Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun said it was true or false, even if it was a lie, He at least said this sentence - if God also thought so, would he... still be able to see the day when the true Creator returned?
Such a God and such a will were what Klein could not refuse.

but……

"Are you wondering now why I had to talk to you so secretly instead of waking up directly in your body?"

As soon as this doubt popped up in Klein's mind, the voice of the Lord of Mysteries sounded immediately, which made him doubt again - does this guy really have no ability to steal or read minds? Or is He so accurate in understanding human nature? Combined with the previous confession, is this a serial fraud? - If so, should he really consider agreeing to His request?
"The answer is simple."

The Lord of Mysteries didn't care what Klein was thinking, or maybe He didn't know.

"Aren't you very much against God? Are you not eager to destroy His sheepfold?"

"Coincidentally, this coincides with my thoughts."

"To tell you the truth, I did not completely cover the will of the demon wolf..."

At this point, Klein felt that the other person's voice had become somewhat similar to Antigonus's, as if the words were mixed with the vague roar of a demon wolf.

“He is alive.”

"I just let you discover me."

"If His will is completely covered by me, then God will realize that I have awakened..."

"And in order to deal with Him, I will also awaken in you at a slightly slower but almost similar speed and fight with Him... By then, your world will be torn to pieces with a bang in the aftermath of our battle."

The Lord of Mysteries laughed a few times unconcealedly. It seemed that to Him, only things like this could be considered real fun.

Or maybe just a decent warm-up after waking up.

When He smiled, or showed obvious emotions, Klein had the illusion that "He was also an understandable life form." Klein knew that this was just an illusion, because the difference in their life levels was too great. After waking up, He could destroy the planet by just stretching, and a brief battle with the opponent would make this space a forbidden area for life. Klein really couldn't put himself in His shoes.

"So, you should thank me - it was me who saved the lives of all the creatures on your planet."

...Is this also considered? Klein felt speechless.

But he was not going to complain about the Lord of Mysteries' inexplicable flattery. As He said, no matter what His subjective purpose was, at least it objectively slowed down the time of the Earth's explosion and gave Klein a chance to choose.

Although the chance of this choice is the same as having no choice at all.

TBC
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"I am not going to answer your question or grant your request for now."

Klein uttered a very strict refusal. Before he said it, he went over it in his mind several times to make sure there were no loopholes in the sentence that could be caught, and he did not agree to anything.

"I want to know - why are you doing this? Don't say it's interesting. You may think it's interesting one second, but I may regret it the next second after I agree. Making a deal with you is equivalent to suing the 'judge' and the 'lawyer'. The legislator and the judge are all on the other side. There is no way I can win. Moreover, my power comes from you. If you regret it, I have no way to save myself."

"No reason."

The Lord of Mysteries said: "When you see an ant brazenly wanting to be you, you will also find it funny."

“And you want to crush it to death?” Klein asked tentatively.

"Yes." The Lord of Mysteries said with a smile, "But I don't plan to do that at the moment. Little Ant."