Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 343 You can feel honored about this

In the original story, Zarathustra only regained his freedom through Klein's arrival in Misty Town, and successfully advanced to Sequence One, becoming Klein's greatest enemy besides Amon. After showing off his power a few times, he successfully defeated Klein.

"I should have asked Roselle if he wanted to come and see his old friend," Rowling said with a hint of regret, only now realizing the importance of this.

“If you’re not prepared to kill Him now, you should have many more opportunities,” Amon said with a smile, clearly aware of Zarathustra’s relationship with Roselle.

“That’s true.” Rowling nodded. He really didn’t intend to kill Zarathustra; that was Kelpie or Bethel’s job, and Rowling wasn’t going to do it for them ahead of time.

After all, Little K needs a suitable opponent as a whetstone. After Bethel recovers, he also needs a practice opponent to get back into the swing of things, since he hasn't fought much for 1000 years.

Now that Amon is practically one of our own, Zarathustra is undoubtedly someone who meets the above criteria, someone we can fight without worry, and it doesn't matter if he dies.

“Never mind Him, let’s go see Antigonus. I’m really looking forward to seeing that furry big dog,” Roland said with a smile.

Amon raised his hand and pushed up his monocle. He was clearly unconcerned about Zarathustra's presence. He said, "Then you may be disappointed. As far as I know, Antigonus in an out-of-control state is probably more like a swarm of insects than a furry dog."

"Tsk! Don't shatter my fantasy!" Rowling complained slightly, then added, "It's alright, it'll be fine once He wakes up. A conscious Antigonus will definitely be a good dog."

The two chatted as they headed toward the palace where Antigonus was imprisoned. Along the way, they naturally passed by the place where Zarathustra should have been. However, the place where an old man should have been sitting was now empty, clearly indicating that Zarathustra had already hidden away.

Neither Rolin nor Amon paid any attention to this matter. The two arrived at the palace where Antigonus was imprisoned. Rolin flashed the key in his hand, and the palace door opened, revealing the scene inside.

In the center of the palace, on the stone throne, there was something that was hard to tell whether it was an insect or a tentacle. It was semi-transparent and had mysterious and strange patterns on it. If an ordinary person were here, they would probably lose control and turn into a monster at the first glance.

"So ugly, you three... Sigh, this mythical creature's form is just too ugly." Luo Lin looked at the clump of wolf-like insects, his expression of disgust clearly visible, and shook his head.

Amon was clearly used to this. He simply looked at the clump of wolf-like insects with a slightly nostalgic yet sarcastic expression and said, "Long time no see, Antigonus. Although I knew you were destined to fail, I must say you look quite unsightly now."

The wolf-worm, which had been quiet on the throne, did not make any further noise because of Amon's words; clearly, He had truly gone mad.

Roland glanced at Amon, then suddenly smiled and said, "It seems you don't completely treat Him as a toy, as you said."

“Even with toys, you’ll develop some feelings for them after playing with them for a long time, won’t you?” Amon neither admitted nor denied it, but simply asked in return.

“Perhaps!” Rowling smiled and did not delve further into the topic. He simply looked at Amon and said, “Would you mind helping me hold Him down? I’m just an ordinary Sequence 2 right now. If He struggles too much, it’ll be difficult for me to hold Him down.”

"And what can I gain?" Amon asked slowly, looking at Roland.

“My goodwill?” Roland blinked, looking at Amon with a smile, and said, “Or perhaps in the future, after you fail to become the Lord of Mysteries, I will spare your life?” “For my father’s sake, you would never have killed me anyway.” Amon smiled and pointed out this point, then changed the subject, saying, “However, your goodwill does have that value.”

"Good eye!" Rowling smiled, then took a half step back, indicating, "Then it's up to you, Amon. I'll do my best for you."

Amon glanced at him, a rare hint of helplessness in his eyes, but he didn't refuse. Instead, he walked towards Antigonus, saying, "I'm curious, if I'm not here, how will you keep Him under control?"

"Maybe you should call your dad over for help? Or maybe you should call Nightfall for help?" Roland said frankly. "You know I have a lot of friends."

“Friend… Ha!” Amon chuckled as if he had heard something amusing, and said, “If the night counts as your friend, then wouldn’t I count as one too?”

“You are!” Luo Lin nodded matter-of-factly, then looked at Amon with some doubt and said, “Although you are not as important to me as Xiao Ke and the others, since I have taught you as a student, you are of course my friend as well.”

Amon paused, probably not expecting such an answer, then smiled and said, "Should I feel honored by this?"

“You can feel honored about it; it’s up to you,” Rowling said with a smile.

Amon glanced back at him, then suddenly smiled. He then looked at Antigonus, who, sensing the danger from Amon's approach, became agitated, his tentacles flailing wildly.

"You're such a lucky guy!" Amon said with a sigh as he looked at the increasingly smiling wolf-worm in front of him. Then he pinched the monocle on his face, and the power of the thief was activated at this moment.

Even among the angel kings, there are differences in strength. Antigonus, even at his peak, was no match for Amun, let alone now that he has gone mad and had a portion of his Mysterious Servant trait stolen by Zarathustra, making him even less of a match for Amun.

Therefore, in just a few minutes, the wolf-like insect, which had been baring its fangs and claws, had already reluctantly retracted all its tentacles and was forced to squeeze itself onto the narrow throne.

“You’ve gone completely mad!” Rowling joined in at this moment. He poked the aggrieved wolf-insects and looked at Amon with some curiosity, saying, “I thought you would take the opportunity to do something, such as stealing the Fool’s Uniqueness or the Mysterious Servant’s Trait.”

"And then get another beating from your father?" Amon looked at Rolin and said calmly, "I'm not so stupid that I can't see through your entrapment."

Luo Lin raised an eyebrow, not denying it, after all, the reason he brought Amon over was indeed somewhat like a sting operation.

Unfortunately, Amon didn't fall for it.

Roland didn't say anything more. He continued to look at Antigonus, then reached out and pressed his hand lightly on the swarm of wolf-like insects.

"Now, let me see if I can awaken you, Antigonus!"

(End of this chapter)