I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.

But his status remained that of a master, and his weaknesses were not overcome.

Upon seeing the large amount of US dollars, Klaus was gripped by an uncontrollable and intense panic.

Then the enormous body began to tremble, and its attacks became powerless.

"Money! Money! Tear these money to shreds!"

"Damn it! How did you know this secret!?"

"Damn it! Even that rebellious son Sap didn't know this secret!"

At this moment, Klaus's voice was on the verge of collapse.

Amidst the extreme fear, there was also confusion and anger that he couldn't understand no matter how hard he tried.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he roars and gets angry, he can't change his current weaknesses.

Evan could tell that Klaus's voice had lost its strength and was trembling as he spoke.

The massive skeletal mech was also retreating uncontrollably.

The modified ghouls attacking Ivan from all sides are not machines and have some self-awareness.

There is usually a 1-2 second delay after hearing the command, during which time the attack is still carried out instinctively.

It was at this moment that Ivan took the initiative to activate the automatic counterattack that he had been suppressing.

In an instant, hundreds of fog-like phlegm particles automatically reversed their trajectory.

The ghouls in the vicinity were instantly transformed into a group of robots that appeared to be completely out of order, standing there in a daze.

Seizing the opportunity, Ivan opened his mouth and spat out a large amount of black poisonous blood towards the ghoul remains that were cursing him in the distance.

As the remains were completely corroded by the poisonous blood, the chains binding him also came off.

Immediately afterward, the Fog Brain Plague automatically activated its full counterattack, and all the ghouls that were attacking Evan were frozen in place.

Ivan seized the opportunity, grabbing Klaus's trembling skeletal mech with his wings on either side, and then leaped into the air.

Having escaped those cannon fodder ghouls that die at the slightest touch and have deathrattle effects, Evan began his counterattack.

"die!"

Two enormous wing-like claws held Klaus firmly in place, while Ivan launched a devastating attack on Klaus's mech with his hands.

Bang bang bang!

That fist, carrying terrifying power, can deliver dozens of punches in an instant.

Amidst a flurry of bone fragments and scales, the skeletal armor on Klaus's body was rapidly stripped away.

At the same time, Ivan continued to spew out poisonous blood, corroding the various structures inside the skeletal mech.

In less than two seconds, the mecha formed by this level-three magical artifact was dismantled by Ivan with his bare hands!

Then Ivan grabbed Klaus's head, which was trembling with fear of the dollar, and pulled it up with his hand.

Two enormous wings and claws grabbed the giant egg and lifted it high into the air.

He then turned around and kicked the fragile, corroded skeletal mech to pieces.

At this moment, with the complete separation of Klaus from the Bone Saint, the aura on Klaus's body weakened instantly.

"No! No! Don't! Don't kill me..." Klaus pleaded, his voice trembling.

Ivan's face was cold, but his heart was filled with sighs.

"What a pity, the Silver Key's memory-stealing effect can only be used once a week!"

"I wonder if the nine silver keys, when combined, can be used indefinitely?"

Thinking of this, Ivan opened his mouth, preparing to unleash his poisonous blood breath.

Upon seeing Ivan's wide-open mouth, Klaus immediately let out a scream.

"Don't kill me! I know many secrets!!"

At this moment, fearing that this brute might not realize his value, he loudly relayed the most crucial information to Evan.

"Eldin Hearst!!! She's lying to you!!"

“Pris is her teacher! They just want to use you to save their queen!”

Upon hearing this, Ivan shut his mouth, raising an eyebrow: "Priss is Hearst's teacher? What nonsense are you talking about? He's just an expert, what right does he have to call himself an expert?!"

Klaus was afraid that Ivan might kill him without thinking, so he spoke urgently.

"Aldin Hearst possesses the blood of a queen from a previous generation, due to his mother!"

“A hundred years ago, before Cain’s Castle was sealed, Pris was just the castle’s archivist!”

"As an administrative staff member, his main responsibility is to keep records and manage documents."

"His bloodline determines that his upper limit can only reach the level of an expert!"

"It was precisely for this reason that he barely managed to escape during the subsequent annihilation!"

"Then they ran to the New World and discovered Eldin Hearst!"

“Using the resonance of bloodlines, Priss imparted to the young Eldin Hearst a great deal of thirsty blood and extraordinary knowledge!”

“There are also some secrets about the Queen!”

"So, I became her teacher."

This string of words came out of Klaus's mouth without stopping, like a machine gun.

Ivan quickly processed this information and nodded.

Klaus breathed a sigh of relief: "So..."

quack!

Before Klaus could finish speaking, Ivan crushed his head with his claws.

"Why? I...I still have many secrets..."

Without any hesitation, Ivan spat out a mouthful of poisonous blood.

After the entire structure of his head had completely melted away, Ivan gave a cold laugh.

"Because you have too many secrets!"

"If you keep saying that, I'm afraid I won't be able to bring myself to kill you!"

Throughout the entire battle, from the scheming against Sap to Klaus's control and reminders of Sap during the earlier fight...

Or perhaps these various backup plans...

Ivan harbored deep apprehension towards this former lord-level financier, now a master-level ghoul.

Evan was very self-aware; he knew he could never outsmart this guy.

He also had no way of knowing how much of the secrets this guy was talking about were true and how much were false.

He even worried that this guy might use the extraordinary methods hidden in these secrets to silently parasitize his mind.

Moreover, judging from what just happened, this guy knows himself very well.

He immediately revealed his long-held doubts and crucial secrets.

This ability to see into people's hearts, along with his cunning and calculating mind, made Ivan dare not let him live for even a second longer!

After all, your understanding of certain people, and your understanding of the world as a whole, is often calculated by combining various pieces of information.

If you hear too much about things that you don't know if they're true or false, you'll naturally develop very serious cognitive biases.

Even if you stuff him into a pile of US dollars, you still can't be sure if he'll develop some kind of special mutation or resistance.

He couldn't control the master's head.

And in the final battle just now, this guy learned too many of my secrets!

"You old bastard, you must die today!!"

After completely killing the family of three, Evan took a deep breath and looked around.

Looking down at the modified ghouls staring at him expectantly, Ivan was just about to kill them all when he suddenly heard an indescribable voice.

"They are not your problem."

The next instant, an indescribable grayish-white light emanated from the giant egg.

When the light faded, Evan discovered that the ghouls had completely lost their intelligence and had all become chaotic beasts in their minds.

They were like a pack of dogs, barking at each other.

The runes and copper-like structures on his body had completely disappeared.

“You are…” Evan asked tentatively.

That information, which couldn't distinguish between men, women, young, or old, and which even Evan wasn't sure if could be considered a voice... reappeared, directly surfacing in the depths of his consciousness.

"You're in such good shape; if you put that on a regular expert, you'd be crazy."

The Holy Son has awakened.

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Ivan knew perfectly well that the voice came from the Holy Son!

Based on the information Dick had given him, Evan tentatively asked, "So you... you've been watching the show all along?"

The message continued to arrive from the Bone Saint, but the tone and emotion were indiscernible, as if the speaker was stating things in a detached and emotionless manner.

"It's quite interesting."

"These blasphemous people have been exploiting my tendency to not manifest in the material world, using hazy dreams to lull me into a deep sleep, thereby stealing my power."

“But you have His blessing on you, and we have met before.”

"You haven't forgotten, have you? You used the Silver Key to spy on me while I was sleeping?"

Ivan coughed and said, "It's a misunderstanding, Your Highness."