Klein, who was about to cancel the maintenance of his Historical Void projection, was taken aback by
He controlled himself, not letting his brow furrow slightly, and instead of answering, he asked back: "Are you not Amon's true body?"
Amon, standing at the edge of the "Cliff," took a step forward and said with a smile: "Of course not."
"You seem to know my true body, or my other avatars?"
Although the Amon opposite hadn't made a move, that single step forward still brought Klein an indescribable pressure. He barely managed not to step back out of reflex, revealing his own fear.
He gave a quiet "hmm" and responded in a low voice: "So I'm surprised you don't recognize me."
"Are you very famous?" This Amon, who had crawled out of the void darkness, joked with a smile, then raised a hand to adjust the crystal monocle on his right eye.
This action froze for several seconds after it was completed before it ended. Amon muttered to himself as if in thought: "There are no other mes nearby... Is it really that there are none, or have I become completely disconnected?"
Did something unexpected cause this Amon to become independent? No, I can't believe anything this guy shows—He's a top-tier trickster... Klein's mind stirred, but he quickly suppressed those thoughts and asked instead: "Why did you crawl out of the ground?"
That Amon's expression returned to normal, and he chuckled: "You guess."
Whether it's the true body or an avatar, the malicious personality remains unchanged... Klein complained inwardly and tentatively replied: "You're exploring the secrets of the underground."
Amon lightly nodded.
"Isn't that obvious?"
He then half-turned his body, pointing at the darkness ahead of the "Cliff" that light couldn't illuminate: "My father crawled out of here just like I did just now."
"Ah, yes, it has a name. You should have heard of it—'
"Chaos Sea"? One of the nine "Source Materials," the "Chaos Sea"... So it really was hidden deep underground... The contamination behind the Bronze Gate really was brought by it? I filled in my knowledge of this aspect of mysticism through my chat with Amon... The
After two or three seconds, he cooperated and said: "So you risked jumping in to find the buried history and the truth of the world?"
"More or less." That Amon pinched the upper and lower edges of his monocle and said with a slightly self-deprecating tone: "But I didn't do it willingly."
"Ah?" Klein expressed his confusion with a simple sound.
Amon smiled and said: "Every one of me knows the depths are very dangerous, and none wants to go down. We tried many roundabout methods, including creating puppets to replace us, but none succeeded, and we received no feedback."
"In the end, under the chairmanship of the true body, we held a fair vote. Unfortunately, I was chosen."
...It's a miracle Amon hasn't completely gone mad yet... As expected of the "God of Mischief," even internal decisions have to be done in such a ridiculous way... Klein suppressed his urge to mock and said: "So then you jumped down yourself?"
"I couldn't wait for them to throw me down, could I?" That Amon spread his hands.
Having said this, He seemed to finally understand something and whispered to himself: "The 'Chaos Sea' cut off my connection with the true body and the surrounding avatars?"
"I've become independent?"
Independent... When I was in front of the Bronze Gate in the Honesty Hall, I felt every cell and every "Spirit Worm" giving birth to a new consciousness, producing a self distinct from the true body... Amon's avatar directly entered the "Chaos Sea," so it's normal for a similar mutation to occur... An independent Amon avatar could effectively trick the true body... No, I can't believe it... Klein, who had just confirmed the words of the Amon before him from his own experience, suddenly warned himself that he must not believe the "God of Deception."
He smiled and said: "I suspect you're deceiving me."
Amon adjusted his crystal monocle, looked Klein up and down for a few seconds, and said: "Whether you believe me or not means nothing to me. Even if I wanted to find a partner, I wouldn't choose someone as weak as you."
"During the era of the Eight Angel Kings, you were very close to the 'Red Angel'