Chapter 1055: A "Tailor-Made" Ritual

After thanking her, Klein immediately relinquished control over Hwin Rambis, making it impossible for him to maintain his puppet state. Thus, this demigod of the Spectator pathway fell to the ground with a thud and turned into a corpse.

Arianna lowered her gaze, and the darkness in her eyes grew even deeper. Hwin Rambis's corpse instantly became like a pencil drawing, erased inch by inch by an eraser, leaving only the ice-blue metal cylinder behind.

Then, specks of radiance seeped out from the void and quickly converged into a peculiar mass. It was the size of a fist, shaped like a heart, but its surface was covered with grayish-white wrinkles, resembling an alien brain, and on each wrinkle, countless symbols and strange patterns overlapped and extended, penetrating the surrounding environment and connecting to a world that Beyonders of other pathways could hardly see.

This was the Beyonder characteristic left behind by a "Manipulator".

Lady Arianna had quickly extracted Hwin Rambis's Beyonder characteristic through the process of concealment and de-concealment... Klein was stunned for a second before understanding.

At this moment, Arianna said calmly, "The spiritual imprints inside have been cleared."

"Thank you, Lady Arianna." Klein was not surprised at all, and bowed as if he had already prepared.

He had so decisively given up the puppet precisely because he had foreseen that something like this would happen.

Actually, his original plan was to bring Hwin Rambis to the Gray Fog in a puppet state, have him hold the "Unshadowed Cross", and then gradually extract the Beyonder characteristics of "Manipulator", "Dreamwalker", "Hypnotist", and so on. This way, not only would Miss "Justice" not worry about where to buy materials before becoming a demigod, but even her family's extraordinary dog would have a chance to be upgraded — earlier, Audrey had mentioned to Dwayne Dantès that Susie contributed the second most to her escape from Hwin Rambis's control.

But later, Klein considered that taking Hwin Rambis to the Gray Fog could not be done in this concealed world under Arianna's watch, as that would directly expose the fact that he was "The Fool", and once they left here, no matter where he "teleported", there was a possibility that Adam would discover him due to the presence of Hwin Rambis.

In that case, directly giving up the puppet in front of Arianna was undoubtedly the better choice; at least this Angel would most likely help Klein clear the spiritual imprints within the Beyonder characteristic as a favor.

And this did not affect Klein's original plan; he could easily find some materials, turn Hwin Rambis's Beyonder characteristic into a problematic potion, and then pour it onto an ordinary item, causing it to mutate by absorbing the potion.

Once such a sealed artifact was obtained, he could then bind the "Unshadowed Cross" to it, and with proper timing, the corresponding Beyonder characteristics would be gradually extracted.

As for the spiritual pollution generated during the process, there was no need to worry, as the "Unshadowed Cross" could purify it too!

Watching Klein pick up Hwin Rambis's Beyonder characteristic but unable to put it into the iron cigarette case, having to stuff it into his pocket, Arianna turned her gaze to the ice-blue metal cylinder and said at a moderate pace: "It comes from the starry sky. You'd better not use it, and don't even carry it if possible. Otherwise, a gaze will fall upon you, causing you to unknowingly suffer contamination and deformities."

"From the starry sky?" Klein found this description strangely familiar.

Soon, he remembered the familiar source: it originated from the prophecy of the apocalypse by "Yellow Light" Venitan recorded in the Abraham family's "Spirit World Visitations": "The gaze casts from the starry sky, the earth will split apart, and everything in the world will cease to exist."

The apocalypse... Was the origin of this sealed artifact related to the source of the apocalypse? What exactly did the starry sky represent here? What was its relationship with the astral world? A series of questions formed in Klein's mind, making his expression more serious.

Facing his question, Arianna gently nodded and said, "Yes, the starry sky."

"Is it the starry sky above our heads?" Klein raised his hand and pointed at the deep black night curtain embedded with a huge crimson moon.

"Yes." Arianna gave an affirmative answer but did not provide further explanation.

Klein thought for a moment and asked again, "Are there many malicious beings there, beings that try to destroy this world?"

Arianna's gaze swept across his face and finally rested on his eyes: "I cannot give you an answer. Some things, the more you know, the easier you are to be 'infected', from body to soul. When you become an Angel, then you can explore the specific answer."

The more you know, the easier it is to be "infected"... Klein felt a chill down his back for the first time in a while.

—Regarding which sealed artifacts Hwin Rambis possessed, he had not asked the "Magical Mirror" Arrodes beforehand, fearing that leaving traces would be detected by Adam.

Facing such an Angel King, one could not be too cautious!

Seeing that Arianna would not reveal any more, Klein turned to the ice-blue metal cylinder and said, "How should this item be handled?"

The description of the leader of the ascetic monks made him somewhat afraid to bring this sealed artifact to the Gray Fog for "disinfection".

Arianna said calmly, "My suggestion is to sacrifice it to the Goddess, and combined with your previous contributions, exchange it for what you desire."

Klein nodded slightly: