Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 371 The Assault of Four Demigods

Before Klein could react, Bandit, who had transformed into a lion, unleashed a slash at him.

Klein's eyelids twitched violently. On one hand, he realized that Bandit was already a Sequence 4 demigod. On the other hand, he really didn't want to fight this crazy tabby cat. It wasn't that he was a coward, but he was afraid of damaging things in the inn and being forced to pay for them.

Thinking of this, Klein used a "Flame Leap" to arrive outside the door, bumping right into Roger and Lindsay.

"What are you doing? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Roger grabbed Klein, who appeared in a flash of fire, and asked with some suspicion.

"Bandit came up and tried to hit me."

Klein sighed, then looked up at Lindsay Louis beside him and asked:
"Who is this?"

“Oh, this is my subordinate, Lindsay Louis, a newly promoted ‘Iron Knight’.”

Upon hearing Roger's introduction, Klein extended his hand and shook hands with Lindsay:

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Sherlock Moriarty."

“Mr. Lindsay, you look somewhat like an Intis. May I ask if you are a member of the Iron Cross Society?”

Seeing that Lindsay's attitude was very gentle, Klein casually gossiped.

“Uh… no, although I do have Intis blood.”

Lindsay shook her head:

“I am currently one of the captains of the ‘Fleet of Stars’. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Moriarty.”

"I see."

Klein realized that Lindsay didn't want to talk about her past, and suddenly understood what was going on.

Just as the three were discussing, Klein's door was suddenly opened from the inside.

Bandit, still holding the sword in his mouth, asked menacingly:

"Come fight! Why are you running away?"

"..."

Roger was speechless for a moment, then asked:

"Sherlock, this guy just advanced to Sequence 4 and wants to fight you. Why don't you play along?"

After hearing Roger's words, Klein thought for a moment and then nodded:

"That's fine, but not here."

"Great."

Upon hearing this, Bandit became excited. It meowed and rushed forward, then used its "magnification" ability to engulf itself and Klein, and the two disappeared from the scene.

"Don't just stand there, go inside and sit down. They'll be back when they're done fighting."

Roger waved his hand, already used to the two cats' antics, and then invited Lindsay into Klein's room. He poured himself and Lindsay a glass of sweet iced tea each, and then they sat down together to drink.

While waiting for Klein, Lindsay asked Roger curiously:

"Captain, you seem to know this Mr. Moriarty quite well? He also seems to be a demigod?"

"More than just familiar."

Roger chuckled and said:

“We were roommates in Backlund for six months. He was another master of the Bandit, and my brother was Mr. Moriarty’s apprentice.”

"And he should have only recently been promoted to Sequence 4, a little earlier than you and Bandit—although Bandit has many abilities, considering his combat experience, if he were to really fight Moriarty, he would probably suffer some losses."

Sure enough, less than ten minutes after Roger finished speaking, a blue light flashed in the room, and Klein and the tabby cat reappeared in the room.

The tabby cat was soaking wet, and Klein's half-high silk hat had disappeared; one side of his once beautiful hair was now scorched.

"Who's winning?"

Roger asked with great interest.

"I won."

Klein smiled, then poked Bandit, who was clearly unconvinced, with his toe.

"Shit."

Bandit was furious:
"If you hadn't pulled that group of sailfish that were leaping out of the sea over there and plunged me into the water, do you think I would have lost this fight?"

Upon hearing this, Roger couldn't help but chuckle. He already knew what was going on from the description.

The so-called sailfish was probably a puppet that Klein made on the spot. By switching places with it, he not only avoided Bandit's attack but also caught the tabby cat off guard and gave it a solid stab.

If it weren't for the latter's "Black Knight" armor and "Exile" ability, it's unlikely they would have been able to climb out of the water.

"Yes, yes, you are right."

Klein stopped smiling:

"However, your abilities are indeed quite impressive, especially the ability to hide yourself behind a portal. If I hadn't deliberately exposed myself to make you show yourself and attack me, I probably wouldn't have been able to do anything to you."

"It's good to know."

Bandit meowed, then created a flame and began drying its wet fur.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?"

Klein shook the small bottle of sweet iced tea, which was now just a tiny bit of residue at the bottom, sighed softly, poured it out, and then sat down to look at Roger.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to drag you along to kill two people."

Roger shrugged and said casually.

"Who are they, and what rank are they?"

Klein raised an eyebrow and asked.

"The two saints of the 'Aurora Society' are Sequence 3 and the other is at least Sequence 4. They also likely have some hidden subordinates."

Roger then told Klein about the information he knew about Arexos, the "Saint of Shadows," and Vinera, the "Saint of Calamity."

Not only Klein, but Lindsay was also hearing about this for the first time. They were all astonished when they heard that the "Three-Headed Sanctuary" could be restored using only a single cell.

"If that's the case, we definitely can't fight in densely populated areas."

After a moment's thought, Lindsay came to this conclusion.

Klein nodded in agreement.
"That's right. But we still have two ways to solve this problem."

"The first method is to find a way to forcibly transfer them to an empty battlefield and then quickly finish the battle. Ideally, we should use a curse to directly destroy the mystical connections between all the cells, thereby completely severing their chance of rebirth."

"Another way is to directly traumatize the spirit of the 'Three-Headed Sanctuary,' causing irreversible damage to it at the spirit level, thereby truly eliminating it."

"But this raises a question: can the saints of the 'Destiny' path foresee the abnormalities in their own destinies in advance, so as to guard against our ambush?"

"You think about the same thing as me."

Roger nodded, agreeing with Klein's assessment:

"Indeed, on a 'fate' level, our plans could be detected in advance, but that doesn't matter to me."

“My own abilities are very restrained in terms of insight into fate. Even if Vinera advances to Sequence 3, I am confident that I can bypass her insight.”

Roger was so confident because, on the one hand, the "Living Star Chart" potion granted him an independent spiritual sky, which rendered most conventional forms of fate prediction instantly ineffective. Furthermore, he could use "fate bestowal" to modify the fate of his own group for a period of time. Such modifications would be extremely difficult to detect through conventional means unless Vinera became an angel.

On the other hand, Roger, as a Sequence 4 demigod, could already unleash the power of the "Primal Core" to the corresponding level. With the blessing of the "Primal Core", even angels could not guarantee that they could predict and divine Roger's fate.

From this perspective, the "Star of Judgment" pathway's unpredictable control over fate is indeed closer to the "Three Mysterious Pathways" than the "Wheel of Fortune" pathway. This further confirms what Adam said: the "Star of Judgment" pathway and the "Three Mysterious Pathways" are adjacent pathways.

"But on the other hand, we cannot be certain of Arexos and Vignella's location right now, so we need your help to perform some divination, Sherlock."

Hearing Roger's words, Klein nodded slightly:

“No problem. Do you have any medium that has a strong occult connection with them? This will greatly increase my success rate in divination.”

"Of course, I have Arexos' blood."

Roger nodded; he had deliberately left some blood for this very moment.

Although Roger severed Arexus's occult perception of this blood, the occult information it contained remained intact.

Especially with the aid of the "Source Castle" as a source material, Roger was at least 8% confident that Klein could divine something useful.

On the other hand, the divination on the "Source Castle" can also help Klein avoid interference from the "Angel of Fate" Urolius to some extent, which is also a very important part.

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

Klein took the small vial of blood from Roger and then spoke:
"Could you three please leave for a moment? Your presence will affect the accuracy of my divination."

"of course."

Roger and Lindsay both got up, and they took Bendit away from Klein's guest room for the time being, then stood outside and waited quietly.

Klein held the blood Roger had given him in his hand, then took four steps backward and arrived at the "Source Castle".

After becoming a Sequence 4, Klein's understanding of the "Source Castle" deepened further. In particular, when he climbed the mysterious staircase and saw the huge cocoons hanging inside the "Source Castle," Klein was greatly shocked.

This made him realize that, besides himself and Emperor Roselle, there was another Hanged Man who had been cast into the mysterious world in earlier times.

Moreover, Klein was almost certain that it was not Roger!
This information caused Klein's belief that he had grasped some historical context to waver greatly. He felt that he had to become at least a Sequence 3 Extraordinary before he could obtain more information.

Klein took a deep breath, sat down at the bronze table, and, using the blood in his hands, activated "Dream Divination."

The surrounding gray mist began to distort inexplicably and produce various types of light and shadow. Suddenly, Klein heard a voice.

"Arexus, child of the Lord, are you ready?"

The voice sounded very indifferent, yet it possessed a strange magnetism.

“I am ready, great ‘Angel of Destiny’.”

Arexos's voice trembled slightly as he looked around, and Klein saw a bottle of prepared potion in Arexos's hand.

The potion looked very deep, like a tranquil lake in the dark night, with storms constantly raging in its depths.

The next second, the scene Klein saw suddenly began to distort.

Many scenes are cut and reassembled, including Arexos's childhood, youth, and various experiences after joining the Aurora Society, as well as various possible futures. All of these are divided into three different segments and then reconnected.

Klein's head was throbbing from watching this, and just as he was about to exit the scene, Alexstrasza drank the "Three-Headed Sanctuary" potion, and all the divisions returned to calm.

However, this time, three different scenes appeared in Klein's field of vision at the same time. This feeling was very strange, like a person growing three heads.

"Thank you, great 'Angel of Destiny'."

After catching his breath, Arexus stood up again and spoke. As Arexus turned his head, several wings of light flashed across the screen and disappeared.

Instead, there was a long-haired woman with her eyes closed, wearing red leather pants, a white trench coat, and high-heeled boots, who was about 165 cm tall.

The woman was exceptionally beautiful, possessing an allure comparable to a high-ranking witch. Her fair, blonde hair was piled high at the back, forming a strange, wheel-shaped bun.

Out of the corner of his eye, Klein caught a glimpse of the night view outside the window. Under the illumination of the street gaslights, a green sign in Rune that read "Ratatosk General Store" came into Klein's view.

Below that, in smaller print, is written: "Prydz Harbour, 15 Plantagenet Road".

The video cuts out at this point.

As Klein withdrew from the "dream reading," he began to piece together what he had just seen and heard.

First, based on Roger's previous statement that the "Tri-Headed Sanctuary" would experience personality splits, and combined with the content of the scene, Klein can basically confirm that the "Tri-Headed Sanctuary's" ascension ritual requires personality splits, but not to the point of losing control.

Under the influence of the "Angel of Fate," Arexos's fate was split into three different stages and then reassembled. This resulted in him lacking the prior psychological experience and corresponding state for each stage. As a result, Arexos's personality was divided into three parts, thus completing the ritual.

During this process, Klein also learned the potion recipe of the "Three-Headed Sanctuary".

"Main ingredients: the head of the Lord of the Herd, the heart of Chief Grigg."

"Auxiliary materials: 100 ml of the blood of the herd lord, the eyes of Chief Grigor, a stone that seals 100 souls, and 30 grams of fennel."

This was a completely unexpected bonus, and Klein was quite pleased with it.

On the other hand, Klein also learned that Arexos and Vinera should have been active on the third floor or so of a building opposite the "Ratatosk Grocery Store" at 15 Gulchlea Road in Port Pritz, which should be their base, or one of their bases.

Afterwards, Klein once again performed "Dream Divination" on the blood. The fragments he obtained were all recent, and the time of day varied. There were also some extraordinary individuals who were clearly of the middle sequence reporting to Arexos and Vinera using some code words. However, the "Ratatosk Grocery Store" sign and the beautiful woman still appeared very frequently.

At this moment, Klein understood that Vinera and Arexos had most likely made Prydz Harbor their base, and that they probably had at least a dozen low- to mid-sequence Beyonders there to support them.

Having figured this out, Klein exited the "Gray Fog" and returned to reality.

"come in."

As Klein's voice rang out, Roger pushed open the door and walked in with Lindsay and Bandit.

"Bandit".

Roger didn't rush to ask Klein for an answer; instead, he nodded to Bandit first.

Bandit understood and immediately activated "Secret Protection" in Klein's room to protect everyone's upcoming conversation about Arexos and Vinera's location from being leaked through occult effects, so that Vinera could sense it in advance.

"How about it?"

After making sure there were no problems, Roger finally spoke up and asked.

“Prydz Harbour, 15 Broom Street, opposite the ‘Latatosk’ Grocery Store.”

Klein recounted what he had seen to Roger in detail, and Roger nodded, then added:

"Lindsay, after the 'secret' is lifted, go and gather all your tactical squads. We're going to Port Pritz tonight."

"We're going to do something big."

"Yes, Captain."

Lindsay immediately stood at attention, then clenched her fist and placed it on her chest, bowing respectfully to Roger.

After discussing tactical plans, everyone made their own preparations. When night fell, Roger once again used the "Old Box" to put Lindsay's combat team inside. Then, using the "Magnify" and "Teleport" abilities, he transported Maggie Lopez and his group, who had been hiding in the shadows, to downtown Pulitzer Harbor.

Before this, he did not forget to use "magnification" in conjunction with "fate bestowal" to alter the "fate" of his group to that of ordinary civilians in Port Pritz, in order to escape the perception of Vinera's fate.

Because Roger himself is from Pulitzer, he is extremely familiar with the place, giving him a natural advantage in fighting here.

The place he chose to land was a dark alley near the Golden Flower Street. As soon as he landed, he looked up at the opposite side of "Ratatosk General Store".

It was a three-story inn, and the suite directly opposite the "Ratatosk General Store" was lit up. With his "Secret Insight," Roger could clearly sense the power fluctuations of "Shadow Saint" Arexos and another extraordinary being of similar strength to him filling the room.

On the other hand, apart from the reception area and two other rooms on the second floor where there were extraordinary members of the "Aurora Society," there were no ordinary people in the entire hotel at this time.

This made Roger realize that the hotel had probably been secretly taken over by the "Aurora Society" and used as their base of operations.

As for what these people are plotting in Pulitzer, Roger doesn't know yet, and Klein hasn't found any useful clues from the "dream divination."

Having determined this, Roger quickly selected the optimal option from the previously devised plan. He then used the "Living Star Chart" ability to adjust the flow of fate and significantly boost his own side's luck before releasing Lindsay's tactical squad.

"Disperse!"

With Lindsay's command, the tactical squad immediately split into smaller units, each using their extraordinary abilities to escape or infiltrate the night. Within just 3 minutes, they had dispersed throughout Narcissus Street, the surrounding blocks, and the higher buildings.

Lindsay, on the other hand, knelt on one knee with her arms outstretched to the sides.

Spatial perception!

As a tongue-twisting "instruction" was relayed, the focus of all the tactical squad members was concentrated on Lindsay, and they also shared vision with each other.

In an instant, every detail of the entire Goldfinch Street and the condition of every floor was reflected in Lindsay Louise's mind, continuously transmitting information to her.

Information about about 20 extraordinary individuals was also transmitted to Lindsay, including their appearance, posture, gender, and body type, as well as information about the sequence path of the opponents reported by some of the tactical squad members. These were all judgments made by them based on their own extraordinary abilities.

With this information, Lindsay began to deploy his extraordinary subordinates almost without any obstacles, changing their positions and distribution, and forming a countermeasure against the opponent's extraordinary group in the shortest possible time.

"There are 20 people in total. Our personnel are in position. Captain, shall we proceed?"

At that moment, Lindsay looked up at Roger.

"wait a minutes."

Roger looked down at Bendit:

"Bandit, use 'Secret Protection' to cover the entire Goldfinch Street."

"it is good."

Bandit didn't ask any further questions. As it released "Secret Guard," Roger used "Twisting" to target and cover the area including the three-story hotel and all the surrounding extraordinary members of the "Aurora Society."

In this way, Vinera's perception of the fate of these peripheral extraordinary beings will be delayed, buying Roger time for his subsequent actions.

"let's go."

With Roger's permission, Lindsay also used occult communication to issue the "attack" order to his men.

In an instant, within Roger's "secret insight" vision, the extraordinary individuals scattered around Plantagenet Street began to suffer rapid losses.

All of these casualties were low- to mid-level extraordinary individuals under the "Aurora Society." Due to Lindsay's advance resource allocation and sneak attack, these people were wiped out in a very short time.

Lindsay's men suffered no casualties.

This terrifying record was achieved almost instantly; Lindsay's team swept through the enemy lines, securing a dreadful 20-0 victory.

This is the terrifying aspect of demigods using the "Red Priest" pathway when conducting large-scale military operations, whether it's a small-scale battle like the one currently taking place or a large-scale military operation.

With prior preparation, demigods using this method can annihilate enemy faction's extraordinary forces in an organized manner with minimal losses. From this perspective, the "Red Priest" is the true "God of War," rather than the "Twilight Giant," which is relatively better at individual combat.

As the last Extraordinary fell, Roger's figure rose into the air from the darkness.

The instant Roger's eyes met Arexus's, he used the "Old Box" to throw the entire third floor of the inn into the toy space!

However, the next second, Roger sensed something unusual, a "reboot" where a certain established fact was about to return to its origin.

Under this "reboot" power, the third floor of the hotel will be reopened almost immediately!

However, at this moment, this "restart" suddenly slowed down, as if some unknown force was interfering with the flow of time and the operation of the "restart" in this area.

This finally gave Roger the opportunity to use the "Box of the Past" to teleport himself out. When he reappeared, he was already on the stone platform of the "Blackwing Reef"!

At this moment, the "Abyss" power on this island and the surrounding reefs have automatically receded, but what remains unchanged is that in this boundless ocean, the "Black Wing Reef" is still lifeless and appears extremely lonely.

At this very moment, Bandit also used his "magnification" ability to bring Roger's forces with him and descend upon this place.

Just then, the "restart" finally returned to normal, and the hotel floor crashed onto the stone platform with a "bang" and instantly disintegrated.

In the dark ruins, a giant dragon, appearing and disappearing, soared into the sky, and countless pieces of rubble flew towards Roger and his companions like a torrential rain!

"court death."

Lindsay snorted coldly, drew a short knife from his waist, and then transformed into a ball of blazing white flame with black and blue hues, flying towards the "manipulator" who had transformed into a giant dragon, leaving a sonic boom in the night sky!
Bandit, on the other hand, used "spatial concealment" to create a distorted space shrouded in shadow, catching all the rubble that was being manipulated by the "puppet" and raining down like a storm.

This move was a quick and improvisational reaction from Roger, who described how the "Secret Saint" Butis responded when Roger used "little ducks" to attack Butis.

However, compared to the time in the Hexagonal Tower, the land of "Blackwing Reef" was polluted by the "Abyss," so there was not much inanimate matter that could be used by the extraordinary power of the "Puppet" level. This greatly reduced the pressure on Bandit to deal with the "Inanimate Rainstorm."

While Bandit dealt with the "Puppet's" attack, the "Trickster" Klein and his puppet "Maggie" Lopez launched a ranged attack simultaneously, thus restraining the "Saint of Calamity" Vinera.

While the opponent's other demigod-level powers were being restrained, Roger had already transformed into the "Black Knight" and arrived between the three crazed "Shadow Saint" Arexos in the blink of an eye, clashing with his shadow-flowing "Spirit and Flesh Blade"!
Roger Abraham!

As it roared, Arexos's three faces displayed different expressions: one was furious, one was laughing, and the other was in a state of madness.

Arexos seemed to have been caught off guard by Roger's surprise attack, which included three demigods.

Despite being a Sequence 3 Saint, Arexos was still caught off guard and unsure how to respond to the overwhelming numerical advantage and the sudden attack.

But at this moment, he felt no fear at all; on the contrary, he was somewhat aroused by Roger's surprise attack.

"Die!"

Arexos shouted again, and in the gap between parrying Roger's slash, his flesh and shadow began to writhe rapidly.

Roger felt a sudden sense of danger and immediately used "Flash" to retreat a certain distance.

The next second, Arexos, whose body was writhing in shadow, sprouted spikes all over his body. These spikes contained the power of the "Spirit and Flesh Blade". Each strike was not only able to corrode flesh and blood, annihilate the soul, and shatter barriers, but also to disable the defenses of any creature with corrupting intentions!
The disgusting scene sent chills down Bandit's spine. He had transformed into an armored lion, forcing the "puppet" soul to retreat.

However, in that moment of distraction, the "puppet's" entire body suddenly became lifeless, and its pair of cloudy, glass-like eyes coldly stared at Bandit.

It activated "Source of the Curse," attempting to redirect the damage from Bandit's slash back onto its own body!

But at this moment, Bandit's blade was already whistling like the wind; it tried to control its force, but it was too late.

Just then, the figure of "Fallen Earl" Chunus Korg suddenly appeared behind Bandit and raised his hand towards the figure of "Puppet".

In that instant, the power of "Twisting" was activated, the "Puppet's" intentions were twisted, and the original intention of "transferring the damage to Bandit" was reinterpreted and twisted into "returning a small portion of the damage to Bandit".

The "puppet" seemed to have noticed this change, but by then it was too late for him to remove the "source of the curse".

With a "whoosh," as Bandit's "Blade of Spirit and Flesh" slashed down, obvious cracks appeared all over its armor, causing the tabby cat to stagger back several steps.

In contrast, the soul of the "puppet" became unusually lifeless.

With a soft cracking sound, the puppet began to crumble inch by inch from the spot on its shoulder where Bandit had struck it, and was reduced to fragments by the sea breeze blowing from the raging sea.

The "puppet's" soul was destroyed at this moment!
This loss caused Arexos, who had transformed into a "sea urchin," to let out an incredulous roar. He had been on guard against the souls that Roger had "herded" or the "shadow of corruption" suddenly appearing beside him and attacking him, but for a moment he neglected the safety of the "puppet" who was fighting with that inconspicuous cat!

However, just as he was about to unleash all his anger on Roger, a ray of dawn suddenly emerged from the thick shadows on his chest.

Immediately afterwards, the faint light of dawn burst forth, and Arexos felt as if his body was about to be torn apart.

The "Shadow of Corruption," wielding the fully unleashed "Demon Slayer," inexplicably emerged from Arexos's body!
(End of this chapter)