Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Klein's body seemed to have split into countless people. They had their own preferences, personalities, persistence, and destiny. They lived in a town called Utopia.

These people quickly lived their short lives, and in the lightning that fell like a rainstorm, they woke up and realized what their most essential identity was.

It was Zhou Mingrui, Klein Moretti, Sherlock Moriarty, Gehrman Sparrow, Dwayne Dantes...

A thing can have many names, but its essence does not change.

These 'people' raised their heads and looked towards the infinite height in the illusory city in the spiritual world.

They saw the illusory and fine spiritual lines, and a symbol composed of part of the 'eye without pupil' and part of the 'twisted line'.

With this symbol as the core, Klein’s figure was outlined, with his eyes tightly closed.

One after another, the "Spirit Worms", a little bit of extraordinary characteristics, and a little bit of self-awareness flew up from the spiritual world corresponding to Utopia and flew towards Klein's slightly illusory body, making it gradually become substantial.

At this point, there was no clear boundary between Klein's spirit and flesh and blood. It was both integrated and scattered, in a very delicate state.

In other words, the spirit body can be equal to the flesh and blood body, and the flesh and blood body can also be integrated into the spirit body. As long as Klein is willing, he can transform between these two states at any time. Of course, he can also separate the flesh and blood body and the spirit body, each with its own characteristics. It is just a matter of thought.

After two seconds, the reorganization was complete. Klein, who was floating deep in the spiritual world, opened his eyes. His pupils were dark without any light.

Although it took nearly half a year, the results are encouraging.

He has been promoted to Sequence 1 and has become a 'Secret Servant'.

Silently, a gray mist emerged behind him. Above the mist was an ancient palace. Inside the palace stood a door that was stained with a little blue-black and was made up of illusory and brilliant light balls.

The main body of each light ball is a series of insects that are either transparent or segmented or look like starlight. They embrace each other and entangle with each other, just like creatures in myths and legends. This light gate looks a little strange at first glance, but if you look closely, you can find that the environment around it is dark, as if it is covered with a dark black robe with a hood.

So, from the overall perspective, it is like a mysterious person with unknown and strange things hidden under his robe.

The next second, one slippery and illusory tentacle after another sprang out from under the dark black robe of this 'mysterious man'.

But when Klein looked again, the 'mysterious man' and the 'slippery tentacles' had disappeared.

In front of him was still the door that was stained with a little blue-black and composed of countless light balls. It was constantly emitting a thin gray-white mist around it.

It only took two seconds for Klein to shift his gaze away from the light door.

Klein actually had a guess all along - compared to The Fool and Error, the Gate might be the most suitable path to be the cornerstone, because the Gate and Sefirah Castle have a high enough affinity.

Just like when he first met Mr. Door, His mythical form was a human figure collapsed from a ball of light, with layers of doors inside his body.

The 'Source Castle' is also a door, a door made up of countless light balls.

Yes, that light gate is the real 'Source Castle'.

In comparison, the power above the gray fog is merely the power leaking out of Sefirah Castle.

But now the gray fog had already turned into a sea of ​​flames. The gray fog that overflowed from the door was burned up in an instant, turning into gray ashes that filled the entire space.

This makes the whole world look gray, even though its essence has changed a lot.

The door, which was made up of countless illusory light balls, was now burning with sparks, infecting the depths step by step like spots. If you look more closely, you will find that more than half of the light balls that made up the "door" have completely turned into the shape of flames.

Whether it was the transparent, segmented or star-like insects, the slippery tentacles extending from under the hood, or the anchor itself, they had all been forced to burn without knowing it.

And those "light balls" that survived and have not been infected by Mars are desperately "squeezing" into the depths of the light gate, trying to escape burning.

But the light balls could not escape from the light gate after all. No matter how strong their desire to survive was, their fate was already determined - they would burn out under the flames and be forced to burn themselves for the flames.

Just like the people in the world of Lordran, when the fire was about to go out and the flame transmission was nearing its end.

The entire world, all life born from flames, are forced to burn their souls, making the final meager effort to continue the First Fire.

Even if the first flame is destined to be extinguished, even if this ending is destined to be unchangeable.

Klein inexplicably recalled a famous quote from a teacher named Xu:

When the whole city is burning, where can they run?
“I’m not actually qualified to say this.”

Klein laughed at himself. In a sense, he was no different from these balls of light. The difference was that the 'Source Castle' was forcibly infected by the First Fire, while he was forcibly infected by the 'Origin'.

Klein felt inexplicably emotional, but all this happened in just a moment.

He quickly regained his composure and returned to the bronze table, transforming into the hooded Mr. Fool.

He looked at the figure sitting on the right side of the bronze table and said softly:
"The potion of 'Secret Servant' is digested much faster than I expected. The plan can be carried out ahead of schedule."

Yu Jin thought for a moment and asked:

"how long will it take?"

Klein the Fool said solemnly:
"No more than three months."

Yes.

Although it took Klein nearly half a year to digest the Miracle Master's potion and complete the corresponding ritual, it would only take him less than three months to digest the Mysterious Servant's potion.

The reason why I was able to digest the potion so quickly was actually an accident.

Initially, in order to better fool other members of the Tarot Club, he used the 'All-Black Eye' to create the identity of 'The World'.

The original position of the identity of 'World' was to be the follower of the master of 'Source Castle', which was directly equivalent to 'Attendant of Mysteries'. Therefore, Klein had been playing the role of 'Attendant of Mysteries' for a long time in advance, and he was quite successful.

And with the blessing of Sefirah Castle, although he had just been promoted to a Sequence 1 angel, he was now considered the king of angels among kings of angels, very close to the rank of true god.

In this case, there was no need for him to take the extra 'Mysterious Servant' extraordinary characteristics, nor did he need to take the risk of accommodating the 'Fool' uniqueness, which would enhance his strength but would also increase the time required for him to digest the potion.

But as long as he digests the potion of the Servant of Mysteries, he can directly mix and consume the potion of the Fool and be promoted to a Sequence 0 True God. In this way, the pressure of digesting the uniqueness of the two Servant of Mysteries and the Fool will fall on him as a Sequence 0.

It is undoubtedly much easier for a Sequence 0 to digest the potion than a Sequence 1.

And now, all he lacks from reaching the position of a Sequence 0 True God is a ritual—

Fooling time, history or fate for once.

And now, the ceremony is already being prepared.

And what they want to fool is not just time, history or fate, but all of them!

Whether it is time, history, or fate, they will all be inextricably linked to the first fire in the ceremony!
From now on, there will be no creator in this world, only fire.

The whole world will be fooled by them, even the true God is no exception!

Yu Jin was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke:

"That really needs to be expedited, and I'll take action myself."

“We should speed up the process, but before that…” Klein nodded in agreement, but then pointed to his head and smiled bitterly.
"Can you please help me stop the voices in my head?"

The moment he was promoted to the Servant of Mystery, he could already hear His whispers in his ears.

His intuition told him that the mumbling could not be eliminated. No matter what he tried or where he was, the mumbling would follow him.

At this moment, Klein felt a deep sympathy for the Beyonders on the Secret Prayer Path. It was no wonder that the Beyonders on this path were all lunatics. For them, who were of low sequence, facing the mumbling of a true God was more deadly than for him, an angel, to hear the original mumbling.

Yu Jin glanced at him and said:

"You know that's impossible."

The original is everywhere, and before the first fire truly replaces it, no one can block the original whispers. Although the source castle has been infected to the point of collapse, there is almost no place that still retains the purity of the "Tianzun", and this situation will not improve in the slightest.

"Tsk."

Klein had a headache. He was of course well aware of this, but he still couldn't help but complain in front of his friends.

After all, Yu Jin doesn't have to worry about the original's mumbling, nor will he endure the torture like him.

If he didn't tell her, how would Ember know that he was being tortured?
Klein rubbed his temple and asked:

"Anyway, what are we going to do now?"

Yu Jin stared at him quietly, his tone extremely calm:

"Killing God."

"..."

Klein raised his eyebrows and asked:

"Which one? The God of War?"

The path of the Goddess of Night and the God of War are adjacent paths, and the two sides are in a relationship of life and death. Even the war that has broken out now will end in a battle between the Goddess of Night and the God of War.

Yu Jin looked at him deeply and said slowly:
"Not only that, if you want your ritual to succeed, you must unify the mainstream beliefs of this world."

"All unified?"

Klein's breathing stagnated. This was not just difficult!
Klein took a deep breath and said solemnly:

"Doesn't that mean that, except for the Goddess of Night and Mother Earth, everyone else is our enemy?"

The mainstream belief of this world is undoubtedly the Church of the Seven Gods, and the only ally they can be sure of in the Church of the Seven Gods is the Goddess of Night, and the rest are five true gods!

Although he believed that with Ember's strength, it would not be difficult to kill a god.

But such behavior will inevitably cause great shock.

This may not be a good thing.

"not necessarily."

Yu Jin's eyes were deep and he said:
"The God of Knowledge and Wisdom will not be our enemy, and the Church of Steam will not be an obstacle to us. The real obstacles are only the remaining three."

Klein's mind moved, and he immediately had an association - the 'Mysterious Queen' Bernadette once said that the God of Knowledge and Wisdom was not Herabergen! He had already been secretly replaced by another existence, which was something that even other true gods had not discovered.

Klein was not surprised that they would not become an obstacle.

But why wouldn't the Steam Church become an obstacle?

hiss!
Klein seemed to suddenly remember something and asked with a frown:

"Because of Adam?"

"Correct."

Ember said calmly:
"Adam knows exactly what he wants, so he knows even better what he should do."

"Our interests are aligned in this matter."

Klein fell silent. It was easy to understand that their interests were aligned.

Once the First Flame successfully replaces the Creator's position, the extraordinary people in this world will no longer have to worry about the risk of the Original Revival. They will be able to completely control their own extraordinary characteristics and their own destiny.

This is true for Klein, the Goddess of Night, and of course Adam.

This is a good thing for everyone.

So Adam will not stop it, nor will he be able to stop it; He will only add fuel to the fire.

Because for Adam, the final result may not fall into the hands of Cinders - there is also an incarnation of the First Fire standing on his side.

As for why the Steam Church would not become an obstacle... Klein's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly remembered the 'Hidden Sage'! A Sequence 0 True God is very powerful, but it is difficult for him to change the overall situation.

For Adam, cultivating an old ally is obviously a more cost-effective thing to do!

So Adam actually intended to train the Steam Lord to become the Ancient? But if that was the case, then why did he need to train the Hidden Sage?

No, that's not right!

The Hidden Sage who has become a god will certainly be an obstacle to the Lord of Steam, but what if He cannot become a god?

It is natural that the Hidden Sage will hold a ceremony to become a god, but this ceremony may not be successful!

After all, Amon is still watching in secret!
And how did the Embers in Sefirah Castle know all this?
That is, of course, through the other eye—

Ember and First Flame were originally one. Just as Klein could see the location of Amon and others with the help of Sefirah Castle, Ember could also see Adam's plan through the First Flame's perspective. Similarly, the reverse was also true. First Flame could also see what was happening here and their conversation...

Obviously, both parties have a tacit understanding of this.

"..."

Klein gradually figured out the whole situation and asked in a deep voice:
"Which one are you going to attack first?"

Yu Jin slowly said:

"Storm Lord."

Klein was stunned again. He had thought of it as the Eternal Sun and the God of War, but he never thought of it as the Lord of Storms.

After all, this person could be won over to some extent, because he had a very harmonious relationship with the Goddess of Night - if their relationship was not harmonious, they would not have established a church in the same country, and they would not have coexisted peacefully despite conflicting ideologies.

To be honest, this behavior of sacrificing potential allies first was indeed beyond Klein's imagination.

But soon, he heard Yu Jin add:
"Or the Eternal Sun."