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

Klein's body seemed to split into countless individuals, each with their own preferences, personalities, beliefs, and destinies, living in a town called Utopia.

These people quickly passed through their short lives, and in the midst of a torrential downpour of lightning, they came to their senses and realized what their true identity was.

Is it Zhou Mingrui, or Klein Moretti, or Sherlock Moriarty, Gehrman Sparrow, Dawn Dantes...?

A thing can have many names, but its essence remains unchanged.

These "people" raised their heads, gazing at the infinite heights from that illusory city in the spirit world.

They saw illusory, intricate lines of spirit, and a symbol composed of parts of "eyeless eyes" and parts of "twisted lines."

With this symbol at its core, Klein's figure is depicted, his eyes tightly closed.

One by one, the "spirit insects," each with its own extraordinary characteristics and self-awareness, flew up from the spirit realm corresponding to Utopia and landed on Klein's somewhat illusory body, gradually giving it substance.

At this point, there was no longer a clear boundary between Klein's spirit and his physical body; they were both one and separate, existing in a rather 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 merge into the spirit body. As long as Klein is willing, he can switch 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 unique characteristics. This is just a matter of a thought.

Two seconds later, the reconstruction was complete. Klein, who was floating deep in the spirit world, opened his eyes. His pupils were now only deep black, without a trace of light.

Although it took almost half a year, the result was gratifying.

He has been promoted to Sequence 1 and become the "Mysterious Servant".

Without a sound, a gray-white mist appeared behind him, and above the mist was an ancient palace. Inside the palace stood a door tinged with a bluish-black color, composed of illusory and brilliant orbs of light.

Each sphere of light is composed of countless tiny, sometimes transparent, sometimes segmented, sometimes starlight-like insects, intertwined and embracing each other like creatures from mythology. At first glance, the portal appears merely strange, but upon closer inspection, one discovers that its surroundings are dark, as if draped in a hooded, deep black robe.

Therefore, viewed as a whole, it is like a mysterious person hiding an unknown and strange figure under a robe.

The next second, slippery, illusory tentacles shot out from beneath the mysterious man's dark robe.

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

Before him was still that door, tinged with a bluish-black hue and composed of countless orbs of light, which was constantly emitting a thin, grayish-white mist.

It only took Klein two seconds to look away from the light gate.

Klein had always had a suspicion that, compared to the Fool and the Mistake, the Gate might be the most suitable path to serve as the foundation, because the Gate and the Source Castle had a high enough compatibility.

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

The "Source Castle" is also a door, a door composed of countless orbs of light.

Yes, that gate of light is the real "Source Castle".

In comparison, what lies above the gray fog is merely the power leaking from the 'Source Castle'.

Now, the gray mist has turned into a sea of ​​flames, and the gray-white mist that overflowed from the door was burned away in an instant, turning into gray-white ashes that filled the entire space.

This makes the world still look gray and white, even though its essence has changed drastically.

The door, composed of countless illusory orbs of light, was now burning with sparks, spreading deeper and deeper like spots. Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that more than half of the orbs that made up the "door" had completely transformed into the shape of flames.

Whether it was those insects, some transparent, some segmented, some like starlight, or those slippery tentacles extending from under the hood, or even the anchor itself, they had all been forced to burn without anyone noticing.

Those surviving "orbs of light" that have not yet been tainted by the Martians are desperately "squeezing" into the depths of the portal, trying to escape the burning.

But the orbs of light could not escape the portal. No matter how strong their will to survive was, their fate was already sealed—they would burn to ashes under the flames, forced to burn themselves for the flames.

Just like the people of Lordran, when the flame was about to go out, when the passing on of the flame was nearing its end.

The entire world, all life born from the flame, is forced to burn its own soul, making a final, meager effort to perpetuate the First Flame.

Even if the initial flame is destined to be extinguished, even if this outcome is destined to be unchangeable.

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

When the whole city is on fire, where can they run to?

"I'm not really qualified to say that."

Klein chuckled self-deprecatingly. In a sense, he wasn't much different from these orbs of light. The difference was that the 'Source Castle' was forcibly corrupted by the Primal Flame, while he was forcibly corrupted by the 'Primal'.

Klein felt a strange mix of emotions, but it all happened in an instant.

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

He looked at the figure seated to the right of the long bronze table and said softly:

"The 'Mysterious Servant' digests the potion much faster than I expected, so the plan can proceed ahead of schedule."

Ember thought for a moment and asked:

"How much longer?"

"The Fool" Klein solemnly said:

"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, he only needed less than three months to digest the 'Mysterious Servant's' potion.

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

Initially, in order to better deceive other members of the Tarot Club, he created the identity of "The World" using the "All-Black Eye".

The identity of 'The World' was initially positioned as a follower of the 'Source Castle' master, directly equivalent to 'Mysterious Servant'. Therefore, Klein had been playing the role of 'Mysterious Servant' for a long time and quite successfully.

With the blessing of the Source Castle, although he had only just been promoted to Sequence 1 angel, he was now considered the king of angels, very close to the level of a true god.

In this situation, he has no need to consume additional 'Mysterious Servant' extraordinary traits, nor does he need to risk absorbing 'Fool' uniqueness. While this could enhance his strength, it would also increase the time it takes for him to digest the potion.

However, once he has digested the potion of the "Mysterious Servant," he can directly concoct and consume the potion of the "Fool," thus advancing to a Sequence 0 True God. In this way, the pressure of digesting the uniqueness of the two potions, "Mysterious Servant" and "Fool," will fall on his shoulders as a Sequence 0.

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

He is now only missing a ritual to reach the position of true god at Sequence 0.

To fool time, history, or fate once.

And now, preparations for this ceremony are underway.

And what they are trying to fool is not just any one of time, history, or fate, but all of them!

Whether it's time, history, or destiny, everything will be inextricably linked to the First Fire in the ceremony!

From this day forward, there will be no creator in this world, only fire.

They will fool the whole world, and even the true God will be fooled!

After a moment of silence, Ember slowly spoke:

"That definitely needs to be expedited; I will personally take charge."

"Speeding up is necessary, but before that..."

Klein nodded in agreement, but then pointed to his head and said with a wry smile:

"Could you please help me stop the voice in my head?"

The moment he was promoted to 'Mysterious Servant', he could already hear His whispers in his ear.

His intuition told him that the rambling could not be eliminated, and no matter what he tried or where he was, it would follow him everywhere.

At this moment, Klein felt a deep sympathy for the extraordinary beings of the 'Mystic' pathway. It was no wonder that these extraordinary beings were all madmen; for them, at a lower sequence, the murmur of a true god was more deadly than the primordial murmur he, an angel, had heard.

Ember glanced at him and said:

"You know that's impossible."

The primordial is omnipresent, and no one can silence its murmurs until the First Flame truly takes its place. Although the Source Castle has been corrupted to the point of near collapse, with almost no part retaining the purity of the 'Celestial Venerable,' this situation will not improve in the slightest.

"Tsk."

Klein had a bit of a headache. He was well aware of all this, but he still couldn't help but complain to his friends.

After all, Ember doesn't have to worry about the Primal's delirium, nor will it suffer the torment he does.

If he didn't tell, how would Ember know that he was being tortured?

Klein rubbed his temples and asked:

"So, what do we need to do now?"

Ember gazed at him silently, his tone utterly calm:

"Kill God."

"..."

Klein raised an eyebrow and asked:

"Which one? The God of War?"

The paths of the Goddess of Night and the God of War are adjacent, making them sworn enemies. Even the current war will ultimately end in a divine battle between the Goddess of Night and the God of War.

Ember gave him a deep look and slowly said:

"Not only that, but for your ritual to succeed, you must unify all the mainstream beliefs in this world."

"Complete unification?"

Klein's breath hitched; this was no ordinary difficulty!

Klein took a deep breath and said solemnly:

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

The dominant faith in this world is undoubtedly the Church of the Seven Gods, and the only definite ally of the Church of the Seven Gods is the Goddess of Night, while the rest are five true gods!

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

However, such behavior will inevitably cause great upheaval.

This may not be a good thing.

"not necessarily."

Ember's eyes were deep as he said:

"The God of knowledge and wisdom will not be our enemy, nor will the Steam Church be our obstacle. The only real obstacle is the remaining three."

Klein's mind raced, and he immediately made a connection—the "Mysterious Queen" Bernadette once said that the God of Knowledge and Wisdom was not Herabergen! He had long been secretly replaced by another being, something that even the other true gods had not discovered.

They wouldn't be an obstacle, which didn't surprise Klein.

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

hiss!

Klein seemed to suddenly remember something, and frowned as he asked:

"Because of Adam?"

"right."

Ember said calmly:

"Adam knew exactly what he wanted, so he knew even more clearly what he should do."

"Our interests are aligned on this matter."

Klein fell silent; their interests were aligned, which was easy to understand.

Once the Primal Flame successfully replaces the Creator, the Extraordinary Beings of this world will no longer need to worry about the risk of the Primal Resurrection. They will be able to completely control their Extraordinary Characteristics and their own destiny.

Klein was like that, the Goddess of the Night was like that, and Ya Dang Dang Ran was like that too.

This is a good thing for everyone.

Therefore, Adam would not stop it, nor was he able to stop it; He would only fuel the flames.

For Adam, the final result might not necessarily fall into the hands of the embers—there was also an incarnation of the First Flame standing beside him.

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

For Adam, cultivating an old friend as an ally is clearly a more worthwhile endeavor!

So Adam actually intended to cultivate the Lord of Steam into an Outer Greatness? But if that's the case, why would he need to cultivate 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 only natural that the hidden sages would hold a ceremony to become gods, but this ceremony is not guaranteed to succeed!

After all, Amon is still watching from the shadows!

How did the embers, who were inside the Source Castle, know all this?

That, of course, is through the other eye—

The Ember and the First Flame were originally one. Just as Klein could see the location of Amon and the others through the Source Castle, the Ember could also see Adam's plans from the perspective of the First Flame. Similarly, the reverse is also true; the First Flame could also see what was happening here, and see their conversation...

Clearly, both sides tacitly understood this.

"..."

Klein gradually pieced together the whole story and asked in a deep voice:

"Which one are you planning to target first?"

Ember slowly spoke:

Lord of Storms.

Klein was stunned again. He had thought it might be the Eternal Sun, or the God of War, but he never expected it to be the Lord of Storms.

After all, this person is someone who can be courted to some extent, because He has a very harmonious relationship with the Goddess of Night—those who don't get along wouldn't establish churches in the same country, and they can coexist peacefully despite ideological conflicts.

To be fair, this act of sacrificing potential allies was indeed somewhat beyond Klein's imagination.

But soon, he heard Ember add:

"Or the eternal blazing sun."