Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Backlund, North District, beneath St. Samuel's Church.

Leonard returned to his office and sat down after having a case discussion with "The Punisher," "The Mechanical Heart," and members of MI9.

Although they didn't know why the Fursak Empire's airship force had suddenly changed course, it was a real relief for them. At least it meant that Backlund would no longer be bombed, and the casualties and chaos would not escalate further.

Just then, the slightly aged voice of Palez Zoroaster echoed in his mind:

"They have located the exact location of the Jacob family's treasure."

"Huh?" Leonard was momentarily stunned and couldn't react.

But he soon remembered that not long ago, he had some interaction with Ash Black and Dawn Dantes at a dinner hosted by a senator, which he and Mobert Zoroastrian had attended in search of a promotion.

Both sides share the same goal: to find and hunt the demigod who follows the "Thief" path.

Leonard wasn't familiar with either of them, and although he strongly suspected that Dawn Dantes was Klein Moretti, he had no proof. On the other hand, Mobert Zoroaster clearly knew both of them and had close relationships with them.

In the end, Ash Black successfully hunted down that demigod.

Just when everyone thought the matter was over, the other party contacted Mobert—the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 4 could not be given to him, but the other party gave Mobert some information.

That was the demigod who was hunted, a descendant of the Jacob family.

During the Fourth Age, the Tudor dynasty had five great angelic families: the families of Abraham, Ammon, Antigonus, Tamara, and Jacob. The ancestor of the Jacob family was also an angel of the 'thief' path!

Before the Fifth Age, Amon, the King of Angels, possessed only one Sequence 1 extraordinary characteristic and uniqueness.

The other two Sequence 1 extraordinary properties are found in Palles Zoroastrian and the progenitor of the Jacob family.

But at the end of the Fourth Age, Amun began hunting down the two angels. The ancestors of Jacob's family were nowhere to be found, and it was highly likely that they had been successfully hunted down by Amun. As a result, Pallas was also severely injured and had to wander around as a parasite to avoid Amun's pursuit.

The destruction of their ancestors undoubtedly dealt a heavy blow to these two archangel families, even more so than to the Abraham family.

Although the Abraham family is unlikely to produce individuals of mid-to-high rank, it at least has a complete lineage.

However, the Zoroaster and Jacob families almost completely disappeared.

From the demigod's memories, it can be learned that the other party was the last descendant of the Jacob family branch to which he belonged!

She came to Backlund in search of a Jacob family treasure.

That was a treasure left behind by an angel from the Jacob family. If the other party can find that treasure, there is hope of advancing to Sequence 3 or even higher.

As for Pallas Zoroaster, if he could obtain the extraordinary properties of that treasure, he could also recover some of his strength. Therefore, he was equally determined to obtain this treasure.

But the old man was clearly very cautious. He did not explore it himself, nor did he stop Leonard and Mobert from doing so. Instead, he had Leonard sell the information to the Hermit of Fate, so that the Hermit of Fate could be used as cannon fodder to explore the treasure.

Leonard finally realized what was happening, but something seemed off, so he frowned and asked:

Why did they suddenly act? Could this be a trap?

Palez Zoroaster chuckled:

"Although the location of that treasure is well-hidden, if we rush to explore it, it will be easy for the official extraordinary beings to discover our weaknesses, and we will end up losing both our treasure and our lives. But now, the war launched by Fussak has kept the official extraordinary beings busy and they have no time to pay attention to us. This is undoubtedly the perfect opportunity, and they will certainly choose this time to explore that treasure."

"As for traps, how could a treasure left by a 'Thief' angel not have traps? But have you forgotten that I am also an angel of the 'Thief' path?"

Leonard breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the old man's explanation, then asked somewhat awkwardly:

"That……"

Pales guessed what he wanted to say and chuckled:

"Don't worry, besides that extraordinary property, I also got you a sealed artifact."

"That's good."

Leonard breathed a sigh of relief, even though the Church of the Night also had quite a few sealed artifacts.

However, those things cannot be used casually, and even if they are borrowed, there are strict time limits.

For Leonard, who is eager to improve his strength, having his own '1' level sealed artifact is of paramount importance.

This treasure hunt presents an excellent opportunity.

You'd better leave here first.

Palez Zoroaster's aged voice rang out once again:

"The Church of the Night will likely send an angel to Backlund. It will take me some time to process that extraordinary quality, and it might cause quite a stir."

"it is good."

Leonard frowned; he still found it a bit strange, but nodded in agreement nonetheless. Without a word, he stood up, rubbed his temples, left St. Samuel's Church, and returned to 7 Pinster Street.

As he passed through the porch, he suddenly saw someone sitting on the sofa.

The man was dressed in a classic black robe and wore a pointed soft hat. He had his right foot resting on his left leg and was leisurely reading a newspaper.

Seemingly noticing Leonard's entrance, the man raised his head, adjusted the monocle on his right eye, and revealed a mocking smile.

Ah, Monk!

"The Blasphemer" Amon!

At that moment, Leonard's thoughts were almost completely frozen, his mind went blank, and only a few ideas could be processed.

At that moment, Amon's lips moved, and he uttered utterances that were entirely at the divine level.

In Leonard's mind, a series of voices echoed instantly, as if from countless Amons:

"Surprised? Unexpected?"

"After realizing that I couldn't get the 'Source Castle' in a short time, I shifted my focus to you."

"Oh right, Pales, I forgot to tell you, for a long time in the late Fourth Age, the progenitor of the Jacob family was me in disguise. I secretly devoured Him long ago, and then watched His descendants panic and devise a secret treasure in the place where Tudor became the 'Blood Emperor'..."

"I didn't deal with these guys because I had a feeling this treasure would be very useful. I have an avatar that has been sleeping there for over a thousand years, patiently waiting for someone to open the treasure..."

"To truly pinpoint your location, I watched those guys sabotage the traps, steal the items, watch your clone steal traits and sealed artifacts from them, and watch it carefully devour and digest them. And now, my patience has finally paid off..."

"Oh, right, I forgot to ask you, don't you think all of this is a bit of a coincidence?"

"coincide?"

A thought popped into Leonard's mind subconsciously—'0-08'.

He said something was wrong because it was all such a coincidence!

Just as war broke out, the Hermits of Fate took the opportunity to explore the treasure, only to be discovered by Pales. Just then, an angel descended upon Backlund, and Pales, fearing discovery, sent him home first!

Most importantly, all of this is quite logical – the outbreak of war left the official extraordinary beings overwhelmed, so the Hermits of Destiny had to explore the treasure; this development was almost inevitable.

It was because of the outbreak of war that the angels of the Church of the Night descended, in order to prevent Fussack's angel dogs from resorting to desperate measures.

In other words, almost all of these coincidences are inevitable, which is why it is difficult for people to notice the 'coincidence' in them!

The throbbing pain that writhed throughout his body pulled Leonard back to reality. His spirit had been corrupted by the divine ravings of Amon, and the tearing of his soul caused his body to undergo uncontrollable mutations—his head began to swell and contract, tufts of short black hair grew on his face, and flesh bulged and writhed in his ribs and waist, as if to form new limbs.

With just a few babbling words, Leonard nearly lost control, was in great pain, and was completely unable to fight back.

This is the Son of the Creator, this is the King of Angels.

Meanwhile, at 7 Pinster Street, something changed; rows of dark stone pillars had appeared out of nowhere.

It supported a magnificent and imposing church.

Every pillar, every arch, and every dome of this church is inlaid with the bones of different races. They are densely packed together in an extremely chaotic manner, staring with empty eyes at Leonard, who appears somewhat insignificant in the center of the hall, as if conducting a trial.

Standing before the cross hundreds of meters high deep inside the church, Amon smiled as he looked at Leonard, who was bent over with a distorted expression, and said:

"This church of bones is pretty good, isn't it? I just stole it not long ago, and He doesn't need it right now anyway. This way, it will be at least thirty seconds before they notice anything unusual here and the gods descend, which is enough."

He originally intended to steal the Source Castle, since the Source Castle's level far surpasses the extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness of Sequence 1.

Unfortunately, Amon knew very well that it was almost impossible to steal the Source Castle from a Sequence 2 "Miracleist".

To outsiders, the extraordinary abilities of the 'Thief' pathway angels might seem incredibly bizarre—they can parasitize, create clones, and steal fate. But for Amon, the 'Diviner' pathway angels are among His most hated enemies.

It's not because the angels of the 'Diviner' pathway are particularly powerful, but because they are incredibly fast runners!

Their true forms can hide in the gaps of history at any time, and can move within a large number of historical gaps. As long as the history they know is well concealed, even the gods are powerless against them.

Even if they are miraculously pulled out from the cracks of history, they still have one last trick up their sleeve—

suicide.

As long as they commit suicide, the extraordinary properties contained in their destroyed bodies can unknowingly enter the gaps of history, combine with projections of "spirit worms" from the past, give them substance, and then emerge from the mists of history to rebuild their bodies in the real world and be resurrected.

This is what is known as "resurrection," and this miracle is essentially a deep utilization of the power of the past.

But just like the Black Emperor's resurrection, this kind of "resurrection" is something even the gods cannot stop.

In other words, even if Amon manages to corner Klein, Klein could simply commit suicide and escape.

Even assuming Amon did steal the Source Castle from Klein, he couldn't possibly live inside it. After all, the Source Castle was already contaminated by flames; if he dared to enter, the only possibility would be being burned to ashes.

Therefore, Amon decisively abandoned the Source Castle and turned his attention to the extraordinary characteristics of the last Sequence 1.

Only by first obtaining the extraordinary characteristics of the last Sequence 1 and becoming the true god of Sequence 0, can he be qualified to seize the ownership of the Source Castle!

Therefore, Amon made a decisive choice. He never intended to do anything to Klein from beginning to end, but only used a clone to buy time for him.

Meanwhile, His true form had already secretly infiltrated Backlund to search for Pales Zoroaster!

And just as He thought, Pales was completely unaware of this, and He naively believed that he could take this opportunity to restore his strength.

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"Eh."

Klein sighed softly, silently praying for his poet classmate. Since Amon wasn't with him, he must have gone to find Pales.

In this way, the poet, as the object of Pales's parasitism, is certainly in a very dangerous situation.

With so much time having passed, Amon might have already succeeded.

The only thing Klein could do was to send a message to Ember through the Source Castle, hoping that Ember would be able to stop it all in time.

Even if we can't stop him, it would be good to save Leonard.

As for himself—

Klein walked to Amon's side, stood at the edge of the deep ravine, looked down at the gray building, and remained silent.

Amon stood motionless, smiling as he asked:

"Before you turn me into a secret puppet, could you let me say one last thing?"

Klein casually remarked:

"You can speak freely."

While Amon stalled for time, Klein was certainly not idle either.

He had already taken full control of the other party's spiritual threads, and the clone in front of him was already his quasi-secret puppet, posing no threat to him whatsoever.

Amon's fingers twitched slightly, as if he wanted to raise his hand to adjust his monocle. But his body was already Klein's puppet, unable to move at all, so he could only show a somewhat helpless expression and say:

"You possess both Zarathustra's and Antigonus's extraordinary traits. Your current situation is similar to mine; you're both missing the final Sequence 1 extraordinary trait. What if I told you that this final Sequence 1 extraordinary trait is in the Forsaken Lands?"

Klein remained expressionless, calmly watching Amon with an air of "Go on, I'm listening."

"When you came into this world, Cortal received a curtain, which contained the last Sequence 1 extraordinary property of the Fool's Path."

"Oh, by the way, Cortal is a Dark Wolf, and the only Dark Wolf left in the world."

Amon's lips curled up slightly:

"So much time has passed, and you've already grown into a Sequence 2 angel. Do you think He has completed the ritual to ascend to the 'Mysterious Servant'?"